EOTD: Pink

Here's something pink, unfortunately looks quite bland on the photos.

Colors used are:

Simply Naturals' Primrose all over lid
Conservatorie's Gold Earth in inner corners
TKB's Winter Rose in outer V
EDM's Pearl Sunlight concealer under the eyes and on the browbone

Archetype's Pink Beige in lev 1 as foundi

Kahjuks ei jäänud roosad toonid kuigi hästi pildile ning olgem ausad, Primrose on liiga tugevalt roosa et silmadele sobida. Pigem põsepunana kasutatav. Imelik värv - räige roosa hunniku kullasädelusega. See sädelus kaob silmilt kiiresti kui meigialuskreemiga koonerdada.

EOTD Brown, I guess... all Archetype

Tänased silmad on jälle juhuvaliku teel tekitatud:
umbkaudu valides jäid pihku pruun sädelev Xilbalba, tumerohekashall Gargoyle Trees ning lillakashall Veil of Shadows. Põsepunana Apocalypse Meow - pakendis väga lahe värv.
Meigipõhjaks samuti Archetype, Pink Beige level 1 - vaid silmade all on EDMi Pearl Sunlight.
Toonid kandsin peale kuivalt, ripsmejoonele pruuni, keskele rohelise ning kõige üles lillakashalli.

Dr. Scheller's new moisturizer for sensitive skin

Apotheker Scheller tegi väikese uuenduse ning on nüüd alates 2009. aastast tuntud lihtsalt Dr. Scheller'ina. Pakendid muutusid ja ka tooted ise on nüüd veidi teise koostisega. Looduskosmeetika kontseptsioon jäi samaks ning ka hind on samasugune, taskukohane.

Why I like Apotheker Scheller's/Dr. Schellers (from 2009) stuff:

1. it's cheap (ca 140EEK/USD13 for 50ml)
2. the ingredients list does not make my hair stand up
3. seems to work too.

Here's the ingredients list:
Aqua, Glycerin, Helianthus Annuus (päevalill) Seed Oil*, Alcohol, Butyrospermum Parkii (sheavõi)*, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Decyl Oleate, Hydrogenated Coconut Oil (hüdrogeenitud kookosõli), Hydrogenated Palm Oil (hüdrogeenitud palmiõli), Shorea Stenoptera Seed Butter (soorea, Malaisia taim), Silica, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Squalane, Simmondsia Chinensis (jojoba) Seed Oil*, Xanthan Gum, Schizandra Sphenanthera (talbjas sidrunväändik, ravimtaim Lõuna-Hiina aladelt) Fruit Extract, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Gossypium Herbaceum (rohtne puuvillapõõsas) Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Tocopherol, Kaolin, Gellan Gum, Palmitic Acid, Stearic Acid, Lecithin, Citric Acid, Ceramide 3, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Ascorbic Acid, Benzyl Alcohol, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Titanium Dioxide.
*) ingredients from certified organic agriculture

This new formula is replacing the old one which I also liked (uus toode vahetas välja vana, mida nüüd enam ei toodeta).


The old ingredients list (no longer available, discontinued):
Aqua, Glycine Soja, Pentylene Glycol, Buxus Chinensis (jojoba), Olea Europaea (oliivõli), Squalane, Alcohol Denat., Glycerin, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Tocopheryl Acetate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Butyrospermum Parkii (sheavõi), Panthenol, Camelia Oleifera (rohelise tee ekstrakt), Algae, Fucus Vesiculosus (peaks vist põisadru olema), Sodium Carboxymethyl Betaglucan, Ceramide 3, Sodium Hyaluronate, Silica, Kaolin, Sodium Carbomer, Tocopherol, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Ascorbic Acid, Citric Acid, Silver Chloride

Sakslased on suhteliselt suured looduskosmeetikahullud ning nende looduskosmeetikatootjad võtavad asja kaunis tõsiselt. Dr. Schelleri toodetav kraam vastab BDIH-standardile, mille põhimõtted on kirjas siin. Ei sisalda mineraalõli derivaate ega sünteetilisi lõhnaaineid.


Germans are pretty heavily into organic cosmetics and Dr. Scheller answers their needs: it has the BDIH-certificate, which is given to cosmetics that comlpy with these requirements.

Quality of MMU

I found an interesting video on youtube claiming it's possible to evaluate the quality of MMU by dropping some in a glass of water and mixing it through - apparently the good quality MMU will not sink or mix with water. I find this rather doubtful a hypothesis since I like to have scientific reasoning to back everything up.

According to my logic the only thing proven by this is that the powder contains lots of water repelling TiO2 pigment. This means that most mica-based formulae will sink and formulae with more kaolin clay in it, will make the water gray.

I personally do not enjoy very high concentration TiO2 stuff on my skin - it looks mask-like on me.

EOTD Rainbow: including the much avoided blue aka The Swedish Flag

This one is something i tried to do using the bright blue that i usually avoid cause it adds 30 yrs to me. And makes me look like lady of questionable morals. Well - unfortunately it did not turn out so good initially - and as I mended it later by adding a 'lil green in the middle and some off white in inner corners (improved the overall look a lot, i must say) I forgot to take the new pictures :D. So these two here are not the actual finished looks.

TKB Trading's Pop! Collection again, this time Lemon Drop and Blueberry. Later I added some Green Apple on the moving part of the lid, just above the iris and some EDM's Pearl Sunlight in the inner corners to tone down the excess yellowness. It looked pretty good after that.

These photos are actually very helpful - they help me to see, if the color is evenly spread or still needs to be blended. Educating. Ppl usually keep it to themselves when something is amiss in your face but the camera does not lie.

Meigist enda jaoks piltide tegemine on tegelt vägagi vajalik. Kui muid katsejäneseid pole ja iseenda peal harjutama peab, siis on väga raske hinnata, kas toonid said nüüd sümmeetriliselt peale kantud võiet kas toonide üleminekud on sujuvalt välja tulnud.
Nendel piltidel siin on hästi näha see, et kahe tooni vaheline üleminek on liiga järsk - seepärast lisasin pärast keskele, iirise kohale rohelise täpi ning veidi heledamat tooni silma sisenurka - see muutis mulje veidi sujuvamaks.