Üllatus postkastis ja minu esimene loosimine!

Sorry, but this post is in Estonian again. I'm going to do more English posts in near future, I promise! You see, we have a big beauty fair coming up next weekend, that's why we all have our knickers in such a twist :)

Reede hommikul marssisin tuhvlites ja hommikumantlis postkasti juurde. Ja seal ootas mind mõnus üllatus!

Kuldse ümbriku sees oli saabunud kaks kutset ilumessile Ilu Sõnum 2012. 5.-7. oktoobrini Tallinna messikeskuses toimuv ilumess on teadupärast Eesti iluelu aasta suursündmus. Mina ei tea ühtegi muud nädalavahetust, mil ühe katuse all oleks koos nii palju naiselikku energiat :) Loe minu eelmise aasta messimuljeid siit.

Aitäh, Nadja!

Otsustasin need kutsed kinkida oma kallitele lugejatele. Loosis osalemine on lihtne: täida allpool olev Rafflecopteri vorm ja oledki osaline.

Kuna messini on ainult loetud tunnid, siis on ka loos lühike. Võitjatega võtan ühendust neljapäeval ja siis lepime kokku, kuidas see väärtuslik paber uue omanikuni jõuab.

Ikka ja alati teie,
Tolmu Rull

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Ontic Minerals Peacock exclusive eye shadow collection swatches & review! Uus ja eksklusiivne lauvärvikollektsioon Ontic Minerals'ilt!

Today, my lovelies, I have something very special for you! Remember the Estonian first MMU company Ontic Minerals I've been telling you about (here & here)?

Well, you'd better do, because they have launched a brand new exclusive collection of eye shadows (their first exclusive!) and I have the privilege to tell you all about it! I know I have done previous posts on Ontic Minerals mostly in Estonian, but I'm pretty sure I would like to introduce these to everyone else also, so this one is going to be in both languages.

The collection is called Peacock, as you could probably notice from the header.  They are launched specially for the Estonian biggest beauty trade fair of the year Ilu Sõnum/Beauty Word. It consists of four mineral eyeshadows:

• Green Peace: a kiwi green;
• Queen of the Beauty Fair: something between cocoa and taupe;
• Kiss of a Peacock: a full on yellow;
• Shine like a star: medium denim blue.

I could have a touch on these about two weeks ago at Ontic Minerals event. I couldn't resist and two of these came home with me from MOM event. I shall probably purchase the other two as well (dear hubs, don't be mad, this is money well spent!)

Queen of the Beauty fair

Green Peace

But I'm going to show you the whole collection, as Nadja from Ontic Minerals was kind enough to send me the samples of the other two.

Kiss of a peacock and Shine like a star

These eyeshadows do not contain mineral oil or other petroleum derivates, parabens, gluten, perfume, dyes, talc, bismuth oxycloride, nanoparticles, sulfates, silicones, synthetic colourings, mineral oil. Basically, they should be pure goodness for your skin!

OK, let's torture you no more, the swatches!

L to R: Green Peace, Queen of the Beauty fair, Shine like a star, Kiss of a peacock.  Swatched over UDPP .

These shadows are very soft, buttery, highly pigmented and in gorgeous colours! BTW, did you notice the tiny holographic particles?

Without UDDP, on bare skin.

Queen of the Beauty fair is probably the most pigmented, while Kiss of a peacock is basically matte. Kiss of a peacock is easier to use with a primer, as you can probably notice from the photo above.

I must also note the amazing staying power of these. The swatches only came off with a remover of waterproof makeup.

I haven't had a proper chance to test them in my daily makeup yet, but I expect them to be very good. Must I mention that the colours are totally coordinating with the current jewel eyes trend? Probably not.

The eyeshadows come in elegant 2g shifter jars and cost 9.95 euros each.

These are not available on Ontic Minerals website yet and I forgot to ask whether they are LE or not. You can definitely see them at the upcoming beauty trade fair Ilus Sõnum/ Beauty Word. All mineral makeup by Ontic Minerals is 20 % off at the beauty fair Ilu Sõnum/Beauty Word next weekend, so be sure to visit!

Yours truly,
Tolmu Rull

For my lovely Estonian ladies:

Eesti esimene mineraalmeigifirma Ontic Minerals toob spetsiaalselt järgmisel nädalavahetusel toimuvaks ilumessiks Ilu Sõnum välja uue eksklusiivse lauvärvide kollektsiooni Peacock ehk paabulind. Ontic'u kodukalt seda veel ei leia, niiet nautige swatch'e!

Paabulinnu sabasulgedelt laenatud toonides lauvärvid on imeilusates värvides, tugeva pigmendiga, väga hästi püsivad ja sisaldavad imepisikesi holograafilisi osakesi. 

Ja muidugi ei sisalda need nahale kahjulikke koostisosi nagu talk, vismut oksükloriid, parabeenid, nanoosakesed, sulfaadid, silikoonid ja nafta jääkproduktid.

Lauvärvid maksavad 9.95 eurot 10 g sõelakesega elegantse topsiku kohta.

Need lauvärvid ja ka kõik muud Ontic Mineral'si mineraalmeigi tooted on ilumessil 20 % soodsamad. Ilumessihuvilised: juba varsti on siin blogis samuti tulemas midagi suurepärast, nimelt üks väike loosimine! 

Siiralt teie,
Tolmu Rull

Empties: summer 2012. Part 2

Now when the summer is really-really over and done with in Northern hemisphere and autumn has arrived, it's high time to do part with my summer empties. Here's the second part I promised a while ago (see the first part here). BTW, I've been suffering from the first true cold of this autumn for the whole weekend: slurping down some spicy chicken soup, while trying to stay warm and covered :(

OK, down to business, let's get this one done, so I could concentrate on better news next week.

• Purexin Garlic shampoo. We brought this from Turkey last spring. My hubby used up the most of it, but I did get a few tries. My frequent readers must know my love for kitchen-related beauty stuff by now :) It was a fairly decent shampoo (no actual garlic smell whatsoever!), but obscenely expensive and no need to mention, hard almost impossible to buy in Estonia. Since I have no special memories of it, no repurchase. (I used a lot of 'no'-s in these last sentences. Umm... the point remains the same, but I must contain myself, otherwise my reviews are going to be a lot like something you can read from certain books beginning with the word  'Fifty'). 
• Tigi Love Peace & The Planer Eco Awesome Shampoo and Conditioner. Whoa! These have been my greatest love in hair cleaning & conditioning since I laid my eyes on them. They totally deserve a review of their own! I've purchased these again in bigger sizes already and they are being loved by our whole family. Let's just say these are pure goodness in bottles. Don't remember the excact prices, but if you are familiar with Tigi range, then you'll know they're not the cheapest ones around, but not the most priciest either. 

• Avon  Senses Waterfall Shower Gel. I loved this too! Avon Senses is a nice range of shower gels, you've probably seen some of them here before. I love them for their smell, but must mention they're rather thin & watery, therefore go fast. I loved Waterfall for it's turquoise colour and great unisex smell of fresh waters. Paid 3.90 euros for it and shall probably repurchase. 
• Lancome Aroma Tonic Body Lotion. Another great love of mine!  I loved-loved-loved the scent of it! I've been saving it a while, using only a little at a time. To my knowledge, it's discontinued by now, so no hope for a repurchase. It's gone and dearly missed by me. If i could repurchase, I would.

• Australian Gold Intimidation solarium cream. Yep, I do visit tanning booth's from time to time, because a person needs a break from endless rains from time to time. I loved the cooling effect of this cream. The tube was huge, took a while to use up, but it was all good. 
• Sally Hansen Airbrush Sun self tanner. I got this as a GWP and totally hated it! The smell was obnoxious and application very patchy. And don't even get me started on the orangey skin tone and damage to the ozone layers it left behind! 
• Lush Cupcake Fresh Face mask. Not my first one of these, see review here.
• Lumene Arctic Aqua 24h Balancing Moisturiser. I was on the fence with this. I mean, I totally love Lumene and I like light face moisturisers, but this one was a brat. It completely sunk in to my skin, but after a few hours my face turned really oily & shiny, especially if I used some foundation on top. I liked it's slightly marine smell, but I can't give top grades on moisturising... I think there are better ones out there (this is my politically correct comment if I don't want to say that I'm outright disappointed with something). 

• Ambray Nail Polish Remover and Avon Individual Blue Ladies Scent. These are the beauty school drop outs this time. The nail polish remover didn't remove much, so it was gone in a jiffy, but Individual Blue was totally another matter. In spite of being a popular ladies scent, I hated it, so I mostly used it to scare off my evil cat from biting my shins at nighttime and to freshen the toilet. Glad they're both gone! 

After staying on the empties project for about 9 months now, I noticed today some more unexpected free space in my bathroom cabinet. Yay! On that happy note, over and out.

Yours Truly,

Tolmu Rull

For my lovely Estonian ladies:

Järjekordne osa tühjade potsikute projektist. Heas mõttes on kõige märkimisväärsemad on Tigi Eco Awesome shampoon ja palsam, millest ehk kunagi jõuan põhjalikumalt kirjutada, ja Lancome kehakreem, mida ma väga armastasin, kuid paraku sai seegi lõpuks otsa. Nüüd lähen voodisse oma nohust nina nuuskama ja loodan, et selle sügise esimene külmetushaigus jääb ka viimaseks. Loota ju ikka võib, eks?

Siiralt teie,

Tolmu Rull