TIS Farmaceutic Q4U Anti-aging face cream with royal jelly and honey review

Official description:

It is a nourishing cream used to care for aging skin and even skin without wrinkles, preventing them. Can be used as a protective layer against external agents, weathering. The product is recommended for dry skin prone premature.Active ingredients like honey and royal jelly, and the vegetable oils (lavender, wheat germ, seabuckthorn) stimulate blood circulation, keep water in the skin, regenerate skin cells and diminish wrinkles.

Packaging: Plastic jar containing 50 ml.

Texture: This cream is  not as greasy as the multiprotective Q4U face cream, but it does have a strange scent too. 
What it does: I use this face cream in the evening in combination with my other TIS cream in the morning. Apart from the scent, I like both creams because I do have smooth skin and no other negative effects, but again, they are not THE creams for me and probably I'll keep searching. The ingredients are: Aqua, paraffinum liquidum, lanolin, dimethicone, glycerin, glyceryl stearate, cetyl stearyl alcohol, Helianthus annuus , mel , potassium cetyl phosphate, cetyl alcohol, octyl palmitate, Lavandula angustifolia, Triticum vulgare , Hippophae rhamnoides , imidazolidinyl urea, Royal Jelly , methylparaben, citric acid, triethanolamine, parfum, tocopherol (and) hydrogenated palm glycerides citrate.
Price: 7 lei (1.5 euro) from icosmetice.ro
Re-buy or pass: I personally won't be repurchasing this face cream, but I would recommend it to others because it might be perfect for someone else.

TIS Farmaceutic Q4U Multiprotective Day Face Cream review

Official description:

Natural complex of vegetable oils (wheat germ, sea buckthorn, calendula, lavender, chamomile, capsicum) and vitamin E formulation helps maintain skin's suppleness and softness and protects against harmful external factors (UV radiation, wind, cold, humidity, air pollution). Zinc oxide mineral forms a screen, protecting the skin against solar radiation. Protection Factor 30.

Packaging: Plastic jar containing 50 ml.

Texture: This cream seems to be on the greasy side because of the vitamin E, but it absorbs really fast into the skin. The scent is not very pleasant and I think it would have been better if they skipped the perfume in the composition.
What it does: I started using this cream daily because I like the natural SPF it provides. I had no problem applying my foundation and as far as I can tell it's suitable for all skin types. I apply a thin layer because I have oily skin, but I think someone who's more on the dry side can work with a more generous amount because it absorbs really fast and the skin doesn't look oily. The ingredients are: aqua, paraffinum liquidum,glycerin,glyceryl stereate,cetearyl alcohol,sodium cetearyl,sulfate,Calendula officinalis, Hippophae rhamnoides,ceteareth-20, stearic acid, theobroma cacao, butyrospermum parkii (shea butter), octyl palmitate, Capsicum frutescens, Triticum vulgare, imidazolidinyl urea, carbomer, Chamomilla recutita, Dancus carota, methylparaben, propylparaben, zinc oxide, tocopheryl acetate, BHA, parfum.
Price: 6.5 lei (1.5 euro) on icosmetice.ro
Re-buy or pass: I must say I do like this face cream, but it doesn't have a wow factor for me to make me buy it again.

Book review: Eat Me by Alexandra Antonioni

Hi, kitties!
Usually I don't care much for cookbooks because I hate cooking I mainly do simple things in the kitchen, but this cookbook is a fun reading, because the author mixes some self help tips in there. She approaches recipes from the perspective of a relationship. The first butterflies in the stomach, the first date, the long week-ends and finally, the beak-up.
The recipes are not all that easy, although she claims so, but there are a few things I got my eye on. Let me tell you a little secret. My birthday is coming up in a week and I'm terrified because it's the first year I'm hosting a small party at home, so I have no clue what to serve the guests. I found some quick recipes in this book, but I don't have all the ingredients, so probably I'll do some mini-pizzas instead. Anyways, Eat Me is a sexy, fun read and I think you should definitely check it out if you find it on sale. I paid for my copy only 5 lei (1 euro) , so it's worth it.

TIS Farmaceutic Q4U Contouring Eye Gel review

Continuing my raves about Romanian cosmetics, I present you today a gel cream for eyes I absolutely love!

Official description:

Plant extracts (inula, cornflower, blueberry) are incorporated in the formulation in a loose formula, powerful hydrating, effective for maintaining sensitive skin around the eyes.After use, gives an immediate sensation of coolness, the skin becomes smooth and maintaining its natural look.

Packaging: A tube containing 15 ml.
Texture: I very light creme, maybe that's why they call it a gel. It's not transparent. 
What it does: What I like about this eye cream is the fact it doesn't contain perfume and synthetic colors. A little goes a long way, it's not greasy, but it does maintain the eye area hydrated. The ingredients are: aqua, glycerin, cetyl alcohol,ceteareth-12, Centaurea cyanus, Inula helenium, Vaccinum myrtillus, carbomer, triethanolamine, methylparaben. I don't especially feel a cooling effect, but the eyes look brighter and I look more rested in general. I would love to have discovered something miraculous for my undereye circles, but that just seems highly impossible, since they are quite dark. Other than that, it's a very nice eye cream and I would recommend it.
Price: 5.50 lei (just a little more than 1 euro) on icosmetice.ro
Re-buy or pass: I'll probably continue using it because it does great things for such a low price ans my eyes tolerate it well.

Book review: A Chocolate A Day Keeps the Doctor Away by John Ashton and Suzy Ashton

Being a chocolate lover myself, I was intrigued by this little book and I was hoping I could find some fun facts and maybe some recipes for chocolate. Now, there were some historical facts thrown in there, but Suzy Ashton is a nutritionist, so she's giving a lot on info on the good substances you find in chocolate and why it's healthy if you eat a moderate amount every day. What I liked the most was that she explained what we should look for when we read the label, so we don't eat unhealthy chocolate (because it's not really chocolate).
Other than that, I liked the presentation of the book,  it's a cute little coffee table book. It's hardcover, the cover has a brown chocolate color and the wrapper shows a seductive woman eating chocolate. There are a few illustrations and the book is pretty short, about 120 pages. This was originally 20 lei (5 euro) and I think it's not worth that much, because you basically get an extensive nutritional study, but I got it on sale for 4 lei (1 euro).
All in all, I think it's a nice acquisition for chocolate lovers and it looks nice on the table, but that's about it, so I would recommend you to get it from places where they have it on sale.

Favisan Virginia Beauty Mask review

Hi, kitties!
Lately, I've been reaching for Romanian cosmetics just because I think our beauty market has a lot to offer, but sadly people just don't know about the products. Favisan is a cosmetics firm and as far as I know they're available only here in Romania. The products are pretty cheap because they don't invest much in packaging and the marketing lacks completely. Nevertheless, I have read some positive reviews on Romanian beauty blogs, so when I wanted to buy a face mask to pamper myself in the weekend, I chose this one.

Official description:

Produces smooth skin, muscle relaxation, removes wrinkles, traces of fatigue, daily stress, poor sleep, stimulates local immunity, metabolic processes, supports the synthesis of collagen and elastin, helps to restore physiological activity of skin cells.Suitable for all skin types. 

Packaging: Comes in a plastic jar,containing 100 ml.
Texture: It doesn't look too appealing because of the natural ingredients and the lavender scent is quite strong.

What it does: First, I'll list the ingredients: Aqua, lutum, stearinum, glycerolum, TEA, Echinacea herba, Lavandulae aetheroleum, vit. E,C. So it contains echinacea bio and lavender. You're supposed to apply it on the clean face and keep it for 30 minutes or even an hour. The mask has the consistency of all the usual clay masks, so after it completely dried up I waited for the 30 minutes and then I washed my face. My skin felt very smooth and I looked more rested and fresh than before. All in all, it's a nice face mask and besides the lavender that I know is not tolerated by anyone, I see why this would be perfect for all skin types. The clay helps mostly for oily skin, but the vitamin E is moisturising enough so you don't feel your face dry after using it. 
Price: 9 lei (2 euro) on icosmetice.ro
Re-buy or pass: I like it very much and at such a good price I see no reason why I wouldn't buy it again.
 

Book review: I Want Those Shoes! by Paola Jacobbi

Hi, kitties!
I must confess I'm totally obsessed with shoes and if it were up to me, or better said if I had the money,I would buy a new pair every month. That's why, when I saw this book I thought it was going to be about how to chose the perfect shoes, shoe etiquette and some tips from designers or from stars. But...sadly this is just a brief history of shoes. How each type of shoe appeared, and stuff like that. From Mary Janes to Blahniks and so on. The book is also very short, it has no illustrations, and there are about 100 pages. I got it on sale, it was 4.5 lei (1 euro), but originally it was 19 lei (5 euro), and it's definitely not worth that much.I think Paola Jacobbi is just another shoe addict, but she doesn't know anything new in that department.
I love books about beauty or fashion, but I highly recommend you skip this one.
Byeeeee!

Avon teams up with Megan Fox

Avon snatched another beautiful actress for their oncoming perfumes, one for women and one for men. Instinct for Her and Instinct for Him will launch this fall in Europe and next year in the US.

Instinct for Her
Sparkling Greens: A modern lush freshness which transports you to a secret garden where your senses are gently touched by dew drops and sunshine
Sensual Sandalwood: A resinous top note that exudes a creamy, exotic woody sensation, giving it a distinct signature. Sensuous and skin-soft, sandalwood has a comforting effect, leaving you feeling wrapped in rich sensuality
Instinct for Him
Wild Mandarin: Provides a juicy and exhilarating burst on top
Sage: Herbaceous sage gives the fragrance a signature, earthy masculinity
Ebony Wood: Deep ebony wood provides depth, strength and primal sensuality

Movie review: Chalet Girl

I keep going with my project of watching as many movies as possible in my vacation and I chose this one because I love Austria, it's my favourite country and I hope someday I'll be able to move there.
Chalet Girl is about a former skateboard champion, Kim Matthews, who's currently working as a waitress. She gets a much better job joining the staff at some rich family's chalet in the Alps.At first, she's very uncomfortable among all those rich spoiled brats, and Caroline (Brooke Shields), her boss is the worst. Her son, Jonny (Ed Westwick) is a charming pretty boy, but he has a girlfriend, Chloe (Sophia Bush) who's everything Kim is not.  While working at the chalet for the winter season, Kim becomes interested in snowboarding, because it's similar to skateboarding, right? and she starts to prepare for a competition.
The movie is very light, there's much talk about winter sports( I hate all kinds of sports), but the Alps do look great and it got my dreaming of a nice winter vacation dare. Hot chocolate, snow, a fireplace....Enough, Kitty, get it together!
For all Austria fans, Ed Westwick fans, or just for those who like rom-coms, this movie is a nice choice.

Summer Splash with Avon Senses

Hi, kitties!
I haven't posted any beauty reviews in a while because during heat waves I don't feel like doing my make-up. At my workplace we have sauna-like temperatures, so it would be useless. My beauty routine consist of 3 essential things anyone should do daily: washing, moisturising and using deodorant.

Because I like to spoil myself and I'm a sucker for nice scents I love the Senses line from Avon. They had their shower gels on sale and I like the fact they have so many different scents. Too bad they discontinue old ones, because they are great. I chose 3 shower gels to have in the shower for the rest of the summer: Passion, Lagoon and Amore. They were 7 lei (1.5 euro) each, so it was a great deal.
Lagoon, the blue one, smells like waterfruits and pear, but the pear is what I get the most. Amore smells sweet, but not intoxicating, like violets, vanilla and musk. I don't like musk, but luckily I don't sense it. Finally, Passion smells like frangipan and tiare flower and it's a really nice, floraly scent.
Since I rarely use perfumes in the summer and I like body mists, I bought an after shower moisture mist, also from the Senses line, called Citrus Burst.

It smells like mandarin and grapefruit and I also feel a little lemon and orange in there, so I love it. I don't use it all over my body, I just spray a little lotion on my cleavage and I rubbed it into the skin and on my neck. So basically I use it like a perfume. The moisture mist was 9 lei (2 euro).
I think if it were up to me, I would buy all the Senses shower gels, that's how much I love them.

Book review: Luxe series by Anna Godbersen

Lately I've been in the mood for historical romance, and these books are set in the 1900's, so they've been a nice summer read. Basically, they're like historical soap opera. I've been reading the first two volumes, The Luxe and Rumors, I have ordered online the third volume, Envy and I have to wait for Splendor to be translated into Romanian by Nemira publishing house.
The books are about the Holland sisters, Elizabeth and Diana. Their family is facing poverty, so their mother pressures Elizabeth into marrying rich playboy Henry Schoonmaker. Henry is having an affair with Elizabeth's best friend Penelope Hayes, but his father wouldn't allow him to marry her because the Hayes family are "new rich", meaning they are not part of the old New York elite. Elizabeth is in love with one of her servants, William, and she's finding it hard to give him up for Henry. On the other hand, Henry gets bored with Penelope and he's starting to take an interest in Elizabeth's little sister, Diana.
You see how complicated everything is?Fixed marriages will do that to someone. So, will Elizabeth find a way to keep her true love? Will Henry and Diana have a chance together? And will Penelope accept to be left aside? You can only find out if you read the books. They are anything but boring.

Every beauty freak's dream: your own make-up line

If you haven't heard about YouTube guru Michelle Phan, than you probably live under a rock. Now, she's launched her own cosmetics line, named em, and she's having the support of L'Oreal for this. I'm not a huge Michelle Phan fan, but I know 6 years ago when I first watched make-up tutorials on YouTube, there were only a handful of girls doing make-up back then, and she was among the first. So, I'm happy for her, because she's fulfilling her dreams. The stars of the line seem to be the Life Palettes, but honestly I don't like the packaging that much, the eyeshadows look like tiny dots with no special arranging order. But hey, that's just me. Anyways, after Lauren Conrad and Makeup Geek it was about time she had her own line. I wonder who's gonna be next?Maybe Kandee Johnson?

Movie review: Two Moon Junction

Hi, kitties!
Because I'm on vacation and most of the time home alone, I watch a new movie almost daily and I want to see two movie categories: travel movies and...sexy movies. I'm not into porn or anything, but I appreciate a steamy movie love scene.
The first movie on my list was Two Moon Junction. I wasn't prepared to like it that much. The dialogue is ridiculous sometimes and the plot isn't so great either, but Sherilyn Fenn and Richard Tyson (I didn't know about the guy until now) had great onscreen chemistry and I wanted them to finally get together.
April is a typical Southern belle and she is preparing for the wedding to a man approved by her strict family. Her father is a Senator and her grandmother is quite wealthy and they want only the best for her. But one day, at a carnival, April sees Perry, a hunky worker she's instantly attracted to and so a hot love affair begins.
That's about 90% of the movie and I won't give away the wedding, but let me just say, the love scenes were...wow. And Richard Tyson was the ideal 90's man (although the movie is from 1988): long hair, full lips and killer abs. And the way he rocks jeans is just...let's just say a want a poster from this movie. Obviously, this movie is not PG, so don't let kids watch this.
Until next time, byeeeee!

Movie review: My Life in Ruins

Hi, kitties!
Long time no see. I've been very busy at my job and we had a heat wave and there were just so many things that kept me from blogging. So, currently I'm looking for a new job (it's really hard to find something here) and I'm on vacation for now, so I plan on catching up with my movie list and doing some light reading.
The first movie I watched on my vacation is this cute romantic comedy. I love traveling movies and when there's a promise of beautiful scenery, I don't even care that much for the plot.
My Life in Ruins is about Georgia (Nia Vardalos), a former teacher who's currently working as a travel guide. She's not that good at this because she wants to educate people a little bit too much, so they find her to be boring. Her boss is planning on firing her, so she assigns her on purpose a tough crowd and a weird bus driver named Poupi. So, Georgia begins her tour with the tourists for 6 days in beautiful Greek sightings. Like I said, the plot is not that great and there were few things that were funny, but I liked to see many wonderful places from Greece.
You know, I won't be travelling this summer (well , summer is almost over anyways), so at least I can dream.
Kisses to you and I'll be back soon!Byeeee