THE BEST MAKE UP OF 2016.

Hello lovelies! Sorry I'm running a bit late with this video and post!
In case you haven't seen my beauty faves of 2016. you can watch it here or check out my previous post! (I talked about top skin care, hair care, body care, perfumes and lip care!).
I'm getting super close to my due date, and it's a bit harder for me to get all the things done at this stage of my pregnancy. I have many ideas and projects, but not that much time (nor energy!). I'm going to try and upload 1-2 videos a week for you during January and February (I'm filming some videos in advance), so you guys will have something to watch on my channel even when I'm off, delivering my baby and in that delicate period of post partum...If you guys have any requests for the videos you'd like to see this month and in February, now it's the time to send in your requests!

I'm hoping I'll be able to post regularly, possibly more beauty / maternity posts than fashion ones, at least until I can go out & about again, shooting my outfits of the day! :-)

In this post I gathered my absolutely favourite make up products! Some of them I discovered in 2016., whilst some are my old time favourites that I have been using for years now!
I hope you'll try some of my recommendations! Some of these products might just get on your top list for 2017.! :-)

Let me know which were your best make up products of 2016.?

Concealers, foundations, face powders:

- Catrice Camouflage cream concealer 010 Ivory

- Maybelline Instant Anti- age concealer in Light

- Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum gel foundation # 52 Vanilla

- Shiseido UV protective compact foundation Medium Beige spf 30

- Rimmel Stay Matte Long lasting pressed powder 001 transparent

Bronzers & blushers:

- Too Faced Sweethearts bronzer in Sweet Tea

- Rimmel Natural bronzer with minerals 021 Sun Light

- Max Factor Creme Puff Blush #15 Seductive Pink

Highlighters:

-The Balm Mary- Lou Manizer

- Pupa Red Queen Highlighter Pure Gold 001

- MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Soft & Gentle

Nail polish:

- Essie Fiji

- Essie Coconut Cove

- P2 Sand Style polish 070 Pretty

Eye palettes:

- Too Faced Semi Sweet Chocolate Bar

- The Balm Nude 'tude

Eye primers:

- Bourjois color edition 24h cream to powder (gold)

- Chanel Illusion d'ombre #86 Ebloui

- Maybelline Color Tattoo 24h by eye studio #65- Pink Gold

Mascaras, eye pencils, eyebrow products:

- L'Oreal Voluminous

- Maybelline Lash Sensational

- Kiko Milano Everlasting kajal #01

- Benefit Ka- Brow! #3 cream-gel brow color with brush

Lips:

- NYX liquid suede cream lipstick #04 soft-spoken

- Too Faced Melted liquified long wear lipstick in Sugar

- Maybelline lipstick #781 Chocolate Temptation

- YSL Rouge Volupte #01 and #32

- Kiko Milano Creamy Colour Comfort Lip liner in #303 and #315

Little every day treats & luxuries...

The Best Make Up 2016. VIDEO:

You can check out my post for Glam Express here!

Empties # 11: Products I've Used Up & Mini Reviews

Hi dolls, it's time for my "Empties" blog post/video again!
I have accumulated a whole bunch of empty containers, I've used up so many beauty products so quickly! At least it seems so...
I just wasn't able to keep up with all the empties that I have accumulated over the past couple of months, so recently I cleaned out my storage and threw away a whole bag full of empty beauty products (that I haven't even mentioned in "empties" video yet!)

I did that because they were just occupying my storage space and it seemed kind of crazy, to accumulate all that junk!
I wasn't able to film 10 "Empties" videos in a row, so I've decided, I'll take a little break from "Empties" series, and dedicate more time to individual beauty product reviews!

So, after this "Empties #11" you might have to wait for a good while to see another "Empties" video or a blog post...


If you'd like my "Empties" series to continue, make sure to leave me your comment, and "vote" for "Empties #12" to happen... :)

Until then, you can enjoy watching my last "Empties" video here:

These are 15 beauty products that I've used up (make sure to check out my video for mini reviews of every single one of these products!):

Caudualie, L'Oreal, Yves Rocher, Garnier, Balea, Alverde, Aussie, Klorane, I Provenzali and Avon are the brands I've been using the most often over the past couple of months...

The products I ♥ are:

- Caudalie (both products)

- L'Oreal Skin Perfection Micellar Solution

- Aussie Miracle Moist

- Klorane dry shampoo

- Avon Vanilla body scrub

These are the products I recommend and I'm most certainly going to repurchase!

I hope this was helpful!

Leave me your comments, have you ever used any of these products mentioned in this month's "Empties"?

Don't forget to enter my 500K pageviews GIVEAWAY!

Drage curke, zelim vam ugodan pocetak novog tjedna!

Danasnji video/ blog post biti ce "Empties", tj. govoriti cu vam o proizvodima koje sam potrosila te cu vam preporuciti neke od navedenih proizvoda koji su mi se najvise svidjeli!

Ovo ce ujedno biti i posljednji "Empties" koji cu napraaviti i nisam sigurna hocu li nastaviti sa tom serijom na blogu i youtube kanalu...

Nedavno sam shvatila da jednostavno ne mogu pratiti tempo snimanja "Empties" videa, s obzirom na to koliko sam preparativnih i dekorativnih proizvoda uspijela potrositi...u nekom brzinskom roku...ili se barem meni tako cini!

Ustanovila sam da sam skupila punu vrecu "smeca" koje je samo zauzimalo dragocjeni prostor, tako da sam pobacala sve prazne kutijice, bez da sam ih prethodno spomenula u "Empties" videu...jednostavno ih je bilo toooliko puno da nisam mogla sjesti i doslovno cijeli dan provesti snimajuci "Empties" video... O_O

Odlucila sam se koncentrirati vise na individualne recenzije proizvoda koji mi se posebno svide!

Ukoliko ste pak zaista voljeli moje "Empties" videe, ostavite mi vas komentar i "glasajte" da se "Empties" videi vrate :) I mozda bude jedan novi za par mjeseci...ali za sada mi ih je dosta, haha

Na gornjem video- linku mozete pogledati moj zadnji "Empties #11" video, a imate i slicicu proizvoda o kojima vam govorim u videu (ne zaboravite, video je korisno pogledati jer u njemu vam dajem i male recenzije o svakom od tih proizvoda!).

Od navedenih proizvoda, ovaj mjesec vam preporucam da isprobate:

- Caudalie (oba prikazana proizvoda)

- L'Oreal micelarnu vodu za skidanje sminke (ukoliko niste jos, sto cekate? Zaista je super proizvod!)

- Klorane sampon za suho pranje kose (najbolji!)

- Aussie Miracle Moist (odlicna njega za vasu kosu)

- Avon piling za tijelo sa mirisom vanilije (aaaah obozavam!)

To su proizvodi koje cu sigurno ponovno kupiti! Jako su mi se svidjeli, a neke od njih koristim vec godinama :)

Ostavite mi vase komentare, zeljela bih znati da li i vi koristite neke od ovih proizvoda koje sam vam prikazala u "Empties #11"?

I, nemojte zaboraviti, moje DARIVANJE povodom 500K pregleda bloga jos je uvijek otvoreno!

Ukoliko niste jos, prijavite se sada OVDJE!

Nadam se da vam je ovaj post bio zanimljiv i koristan! Pusa iz Italije xo

Top 10 Under 10 TAG! (Top 10 proizvoda ispod 100 KN!)

Hi beauties!

Pusa mojim ljepoticama :)

In my today's blog post & beauty video, I'm going to talk about my TOP 10 products that are super affordable!

It's the famous "TOP 10 UNDER 10!" TAG and I think this one is going to be pretty interesting for you guys :)

U danasnjem blog postu i beauty videu, govoriti cu o mojih TOP 10 proizvoda koji su cijenom vrlo povoljni, odlicne kvalitete, a kostaju manje od 100 kn. Radi se o poznatom "TOP 10 UNDER 10!" TAG videu, koji kruzi youtube-om i koji je po mom misljenju, vrlo zanimljiv!

Nadam se da ce vam se svidjeti ove moje male preporuke!

First of all, I'd like to recommend a few products from my favourite drugstore, DM (Drogerie Markt)...

Balea and Alverde beauty products are very affordable, yet excellent quality!

These are currently my top products from these brands:

- Balea professional hair repair oil (with argan oil)

- Balea enzym peeling face mask

- Alverde lip balms in a stick

Prije svega, izdvojila bih nekoliko proizvoda iz moje omiljene drogerije, DM-a...

Balea i Alverde proizvodi cijenom su jako pristupacni, a izuzetne kvalitete!

Ovo su trenutno moji top proizvodi od navedenih brandova:

- Balea ulje za kosu (sa arganovim uljem)

- Balea enzym peeling maska za lice

- Alverde balzami za usne (vanilija i mandarina te nevenov balzam u sticku)

Balea, Alverde, L'Oreal, Lush...

I'd also like to mention a few products by L'Oreal, these are my "Go To" products, because they're very affordable yet great at doing their job! ;)

- L'Oreal hairspray Elnett Satin (a true classic, the best among the hairsprays for more than one reason!)
- L'Oreal 3in1 Purifying Micellar Solution (rather new product on the market, but it already became a must-have in a cleansing routine of many beauty bloggers! It's very gentle at removing make up, yet very fast at doing so & with excellent results!)
- L'Oreal Elseve huile extraordinaire (another great hair care oil, somewhat comparable to the famous Elixir K Ultime!)

I do like to shop at Lush, and one of the products I keep repurchasing is their Tea Tree water toner that instantly refreshes and soothes my skin!


Voljela bih vam preporuciti i par proizvoda iz L'Oreala...
Ovo su moji top proizvodi za kojima posezem svaki dan (volim ih jer su jeftini, a odlicno rade svoj posao!):

- L'Oreal Elnett Satin sprej za kosu (pravi "klasik", najbolji lak za kosu kojeg sam ikad isprobala, iz vise razloga...o tome u vise detalja u jednom od narednih postova, iako sam vam vec pricala o tom laku za kosu i zasto ga bas toliko volim!)
- L'Oreal 3in1 Micelarna Voda za skidanje sminke (3in1 Purifying Micellar Solution).
Novija stvar na nasem trzistu; super jer efikasno skida sminku i vrlo je njezan na kozi lica i osjetljivom okoloocnom podrucju!
- L'Oreal Elseve huile extraordinaire, ulje za njegu kose koje se moze usporediti sa famoznim Elixir K Ultime uljem od Kerastasa.

Volim i kupovati u Lush-u, a proizvod kojemu se uvijek vracam jest Tea Tree Water tonik za lice.
Instantno osvjezava moju kozu lica, smiruje ju nakon skidanja sminke i daje joj tonus.
To je proizvod kojeg sam vec puno puta potrosila, pa kupila i zaista ga volim, a cijena mu je prilicno ok (oko 50tak kn, ova manja bocica).

And now, onto the make up!

Idemo sada na sminku!

Catrice Pure Shine Colour Lip Balm,
Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder,
Revlon Lip Butters

My top products of the moment are certainly Catrice Pure Shine Colour Lip Balms, Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder (watch my review video on this product HERE!, or read my blog post review HERE!), and Rimmel Lip Butters (I have 4, but I like them ALL!).

Sto se sminke tice, trenutni favoriti, koji se cijenom krecu ispod 100 kn, definitivno su Catrice Pure Shine Colour Lip Balm, obojeni balzami za usne koji se mogu usporediti sa Clinique Chubby Stickom (samo sto je Catrice cijenom puno povoljniji...)

O Rimmel Stay Matte kompaktnom puderu napravila sam i video recenziju (POGLEDAJ OVDJE!) i blog post (PROCITAJ OVDJE!).

Rimmel Lip Butters-i su moja opsesija i trenutno ih imam 4, ali zelim ih SVE! haha

Odlicni su, vrlo hidratantni, a prelijepih boja koje su prilicno intenzivne i kada ih nanesete na usnice! Preporucam! ;)

Those were my TOP 10, I hope you enjoyed this post and that you'll try out some of these recommendations!

Don't forget to let me know your "TOP 10 UNDER 10" products, I TAG you to do this video/ blog post, or post a pic of your faves on my FACEBOOK!

To su bili moji TOP 10 proizvodi (ispod 100kn), nadam se da ste uzivali u ovom blog postu i da cete isprobati neke od ovih preporuka!

Nemojte zaboraviti javiti mi vase preporuke, TAGIRAM VAS da snimite ovaj video i/ili blog post, ili mi ostavite slicicu vasih favorita na mojoj FACEBOOK stranici!

Slijedi video, nemojte ga propustiti!

Kiss from Italy!

Pusa iz Italije! xo

REQUESTED: Drugstore Make- up Starter Kit (Sonja Recommends)

It was requested for me to do this video, to talk about make up products (easily available at drugstores) that I believe everyone should have in their starter kit!

I do like drugstore make up and I believe most of the drugstore brands can stand side by side to most of the high end make up!

Why should we spend lots of money on a high end make up, when we can look fabulous even with (in most cases, great quality) drugstore brands!

I didn't always have a possibility to shop at Sephora for a high end make up& cosmetics!

Especially when I was a student, unemployed or between jobs!

I had to be very careful about where& how do I spend my money and I only had make up essentials in my, then non existing, collection.

Based on my personal experience, here is what I recommend:

;)

Don't forget to click on the link bellow and watch my video- recommendations:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5Pg64QJYpk

My drugstore make up starter kit:

1.) Liquid Foundation

My favourite liquid foundations have always been the ones from Maybelline.

Currently I'm using the "Dream Satin Liquid" (shade 30 Sand)

2.) Compact Powder

I'm quite impressed with the Essence Mosaic powder and Catrice Multi Colour Compact powder.

Both of these brands are very affordable price-wise, yet such a good quality!

3.) Mascara

I always go back to L'oreal mascaras!

Also, loving the Rimmel's The Max Volume Flash mascara.

My first mascara ever: Max Factor (I used to love the "2000 Calorie")

4.) Blush

If you decide to purchase one of many beautiful shades of Bourjois blushes, you won't be sorry!

Take my word on that!

:)

5.) Lipstick & Lip gloss

Rimmel again, when talking about lipsticks :)

Bourjois leads when it comes to lip glosses!

Anyways, I'm a lip gloss type of girl! I can live without a lipstick, but not without a lip gloss! lol

;)

How about you?

6.) Bronzer

These are a bit harder to find, but I had to mention them!

If you're looking for an inexpensive, but good quality mat bronzer, N.Y.C. is the one!

I know it can't be find in every drugstore (I don't even know if it's available in Europe), this was a gift from my dear friend Liz from LizYArtur youtube channel, she bought it in the US.

Bronzingold by Deliplus is exclusive to Deliplus drugstores (I believe it's then available only in Spain, correct me if I'm wrong...)

Bronzingold has got some very delicate shimmer, but nothing too dramatic, nothing that would stop me from using this bronzer on a daily basis.

Again, thanx Liz xx

Un besito!

7.) Eyeshadow

Whenever I'm travelling, I want to make sure that I'm bringing with me some basic eye shadows; the qualities that I'm looking for are: a good colour pay off & long lasting finish.

I don't want  to constantly have to re-touch my eyeshadows throughout the day!

I need the colours that are perfect for pulling off a day look & also a night, smokey eye look, easily& effortlessly.

8.) Eye pencil, Eye shadow base/primer, All Over Highlighter

Girls, I don't know how many of you have tried the Manhattan make up & whether it's available worldwide (uhmmm..probably not :( It's a german brand), but they have the best highlighters ever!!!

I have the limited edition one, "Pearls of Tahiti", but every now & then they come up with a similar highlighter.

Every time I see a new highlighter by Manhattan, I wish to buy it! Even though I don't need another one, lol

So these are all the products from my starter kit!

I hope you find this helpful :)

Let me know, what was in your drugstore starter kit?

Any product that you'd like to recommend as your personal favourite& a must-have?

xoxo,

Sonja