News: Madina Milano now ships worldwide!

You have seen me raving about some products from this brand here.
You have seen me wearing those products in many FOTD's...

...now you can have them too!

Madina Milano has recently launched the English version of their site, and now ships worldwide!

You can see that prices varies from cheap to expensive (the latter for the rEvolution lines), but don't let yourself be misguided: Intercos technology is behind each product, so you are quite likely to have a super luxurious product for 4 euros (hello, gel bronzer!)

Shipping costs range from
almost 10 euros for Europe (3/7 days)
almost 20 euros for the rest of the world (5/15 days)

I highly encourage you to explore the brand's site at www.madina.it

Something you would fancy? ;)

Review: Liz Earle - Eye treatments

When I was offered to try out these two products from Liz Earle, I was more than happy as in the past few months I have started to be very sensitive about my eyes.
Working on my thesis, keeping the blog, watching tv, I have developped some dark circles around my eyes, plus I am short-sighted therefore I do have to take care of my eyes and have them well relaxed.

Case in point, is the holy grail of all eye treatments (in my own personal view):

EYEBRIGHT

Liz Earle's Eyebright soothing eye lotion that helps toning and refreshing your tired, puffy eyes.
Its naturally active ingredients contain alpine herb, witch hazel, organic aloe vera and cornflower.
To discover what their benefits are: click here.
This product has rapidly become my favourite eye treatment of all times: if I soak some in a cotton pad and leave it on my eyes for 5-10 minutes I feel immediately refreshed and relaxed.
One swipe in the morning and evening wakes up my eyes and give me a boost of energy, which is always a plus!
Suitable for contact lenses wearers, this eye toner also works as a remover for all those makeup traces that are very frequent even after using a cleanser.
This will be a definite repurchase, and an A+ in my books!
Available in a
50 ml bottle for £ 4.75
150 ml bottle for £ 9.50
or a set of 3 150 bottles for £ 25.50

You can purchase this product from the Liz Earle official site, or at your local retailer (check out the list on their site)

DAILY EYE REPAIR

This product is described on the site as a "light, triple action cream helps to visibly reduce the appearance of fine lines around the eyes, mouth and forehead. Light-reflective particles conceal and help brighten dark under-eye shadows while SPF10 mineral sunscreen protects against UV light".

Unfortunately, I have to say that this product hasn't impressed me at all. All it did for me was brightening up my dark circles (NOT CONCEALING!) and protect me against UV light.
My fine lines haven't been reduced, and it left me wondering if it didn't worked for me only, or the product really needs some improving.
I still have no idea, so if you have tried this, please let me know what you think of it in the comments below.

It comes in a very small tube which costs £ 13.00, so it is also a bit expensive not to be effective.

My conclusion is: I definitely recommend Eyebright, as I know you will not be disappointed, but go to a Liz Earle store or counter before buying Daily Eye Repair.

Please let me know what you think about these two products in the comments below, especially if you have had a different experience with Daily Eye Repair.

MSICS (Mens sana in corpore sano) - my weightloss diary: week 1

As promised, my weekly update on my diet journal.

Come promesso, ecco il mio aggiornamento settimanale sulla dieta.

GENERAL REMARKS:

To my astonishment, being on a diet is not at all bad. When your diet is fairly distributed you don't feel any restriction or deprivation, nor do you think of yourself as starving.
Also, I have re-discovered some tastes that I had forgotten, or simply given for granted; e.g. the simple taste of a crispy toast-like bread in the morning.
Apart from really longing for a pizza yesterday (which was my weekly treat that my diet allows me to have) there hasn't been much pain this first week.
But let's take a closer look at my regimen for this week:

OSSERVAZIONI GENERALI:
Con mio gran stupore, ho constatato che essere a dieta non è poi così tanto male. Quando la dieta è ben distribuita, non si percepisce come restrizione o privazione, e nemmeno si avverte un senso di inedia ;)
Inoltre ho riscoperto dei sapori che avevo dimenticato, o semplicemente dato per scontato, come ad esempio il sapore semplice di una fetta biscottata di mattina.
A parte desiderare una pizza ieri (ed è comunque un piacere che la mia dieta mi concede di avere una volta a settimana), questa prima settimana non è stata tanto dolorosa.
Ma andiamo nel dettaglio di quel che è stato il mio regime per la prima settimana:

Sept, 18th - saturday

Lunch:
Lentils soup / Zuppa di Lenticchie
Chicken meat (130 gr) / Carne di Pollo
Fennel / Finocchio

Dinner:
Ham / prosciutto cotto
Fennel / finocchio

Sept, 19th - Sunday

Breakfast:
Plain yougurt + cereal/ yogurt magro con cereali

Lunch:
Chicken meat / carne di pollo
1 Potato / una patata (NEVER EAT FRENCH FRIES/MAI FRITTE LE PATATE!)

Dinner:
Lentils soup / zuppa di lenticchie

Sept, 20th - monday

Breakfast:
Plain yougurt + cereal / yogurt magro e cereali
30 grams of freshly baked bread / 30 grammi di pane fresco

Lunch:
Vegetable soup / passato di verdure
Cheese / formaggio (yes, you can eat cheese, but in a precise portion / sì, si può mangiare il formaggio, ma solo in determinate quantità)
30 grams of bread / 30 grammi di pane

Dinner:
Vegetable soup / passato di verdure
1 hard boiled egg / 1 uovo sodo

Sept, 21st - tuesday
Breakfast:
yogurt + cereal / yogurt e cereali
2 slices of crispy toast like bread / 2 fette biscottate

Lunch:
risotto with meat / risotto con carne
30 grams of bread/ 30 grammi di pane

Dinner
tunna/ tonno
carrots / carote

Sept, 22nd - wednesday

Breakfast:
the usual / il solito

Lunch:
pasta
cheese/formaggio

Dinner:
boiled meat / carne bollita
half a boiled potato / metà patata bollita
half a boiled onion / metà cipolla bollita
60 grams of bread / 60 grammi di pane (yes, I can eat more bread in the evening because I don't eat pasta / sì, posso mangiare più pane la sera perché non mangio pasta)

Sept, 23rd - thursday

Breakfast:
the usual

Lunch:
Pasta al sugo
1 mozzarella
30 grams of bread / 30 grammi di pane

Dinner:
1 hard boiled egg / 1 uovo sodo
Spinach / spinaci

Sept, 24th - friday

Breakfast:
the usual

Lunch:
pasta al pesto
ham / prosciutto cotto

Dinner:
Beef meat / una fettina di manzo
Spinach / spinaci

Sept, 25th- saturday

Breakfast:
the usual

Lunch:
horse meat / una fettina di cavallo
peas / pisellini primavera
30 grams of bread / 30 grammi di pane

Dinner:
Pizza vegetariana ( pizza with peppers, aubergines, and zucchini topping)

Sept, 26th - sunday (yes, today)

Usual breakfast

Lunch:
beef meat / fettina di manzo
peas /pisellini primavera
spinach / spinaci

Dinner:

Vegetable soup / passato di verdure
20 grams of potatoes / 20 grammi di patate


Please, do notice that this is MY diet, therefore I have not written all my portions on purpose. My portions may be the wrong portions for you. My point here is simply to tell you that you can match food like this, and you will have healthy habits.
However, I do encourage you to see your own doctor to get YOUR OWN diet, and NOT TO COPY THIS ONE.
when I eat the same food for 2 days, it means simply that living with other 4 people I am forced to cook for them as well, so sometimes I really do not have time or ingredients to do anything else, because my time nad ingredients, I already use up for them.
Hopefully this will be helpful to you, leave me some comments if you wish and...if you are dieting: GOOD LUCK ;)

Per favore, tenete a mente che questa è la MIA dieta, perciò non ho scritto le mie porzioni di proposito.
Le mie porzioni potrebbero infatti essere porzioni sbagliate per le vostre esigenze.
Il mio scopo con questo post è solamente di mostrarvi come abbinare dei cibi ed ottenere delle sane abitudini alimentari.
Tuttavia, vi incoraggio a consultare il vostro medico per avere una dieta TUTTA VOSTRA, e a NON COPIARE QUESTA.
Quando mangio lo stesso piatto per due giorni significa solo che, vivendo con altre 4 persone ed essendo obbligata a cucinare anche per loro, talvolta uso il mio tempo o gli ingredienti nei loro pasti e quindi non ne ho più per me.
Non è comunque un male, basta che conservi le porzioni e posso destreggiarmi io fra i vari cibi quotidianamente.
Spero di essere stata utile per qualcuno e se avete commenti scriveteli qua sotto-
se siete a dieta: buona fortuna ;)

PS: PLEASE DO NOTICE THAT WHEN I AM HUNGRY IN BETWEEN MEALS, I EAT A FRUIT - ANY FRUIT EXCEPT BANANAS AND GRAPE

N.B. SE MI VIENE FAME IN MEZZO AI PASTI MANGIO UN FRUTTO, UNO QUALSIASI TRANNE BANANA E UVA.

Exploring winter trends: black cherry lipstick

Products used:

FACE
KIKO Sunproof Cream Foundation
Madina Milano Exact Color Bronzer
KIKO Sun Bronzing trio in highlighting coral on the cheeks
Benefit Erase Paste

EYES
Eldora Lashes (the same that I have on the giveaway) REVIEW COMING SOON

LIPS
KIKO Red Emotion Lipstick in Black Cherry (Dupe for Illamasqua's Growl, although it is slightly warmer in the picture)

Soap&Glory's Sexy Mother Pucker now comes in four new shades!

Fasten your seatbelts! It’s Super-Colour Sexy Mother Pucker. As ALL OUT Pout-Plumping as our ‘Original Formula’, in new Seductive Candy Gloss, Half Naked, Yummy Plum, and Pink Apricot colours with a fabulous flavors: respectively vanilla, buttered popcorn, chocolate/raspberry, and chocolate/orange!
You know how much I love Sexy Mother Pucker, so I am super excited about these new shades. Pink Apricot and Candy Gloss look lovely.

They retail for £ 8 (or € 12) each.

Have you already got yours? How do you find these new shades?

M.A.C. Cosmetics a Milano Moda Donna P/E 2011 e M.A.C sui Social Network

La moda e il talento artistico rappresentano l’essenza di M∙A∙C Cosmetics. Il M∙A∙C PRO team gioca un ruolo di primissimo piano dietro le quinte delle principali sfilate in tutto il mondo, dando vita alle tendenze make-up che contraddistinguono ogni stagione. Ogni anno, M∙A∙C è presente a 23 Fashion Week nel mondo: New York, Londra, Milano, Parigi, Sidney, Copenaghen, Atene, Mosca, Berlino, Delhi, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Madrid, Mexico City, Miami Swimwear, NY Bridal, Auckland, Toronto, Tokyo, San Paolo, Parigi Alta Moda, Milano Moda Uomo e Parigi Moda Uomo.

A partire da New York, un team internazionale di oltre 275 make-up artist M∙A∙C - a cui si uniscono alcuni tra i più talentuosi free lance – percorre tutte le più importanti tappe della moda, lavorando fianco a fianco con i più grandi nomi dell’arte del make-up, quali Diane Kendal, Charlotte Tilbury, Val Garland, James Kaliardos, Lucia Pieroni e Polly Osmond e gioca un ruolo chiave nella creazione dei look che sfilano sulle passerelle più famose al mondo. A Milano Moda Donna, i make-up artist M∙A∙C Cosmetics realizzeranno il look di oltre 30 sfilate. Alcuni nomi: Alberta Ferretti, Moschino, Missoni, Antonio Marras, Dsquared2, Just Cavalli, Blumarine.

M·A·C SVELA I SEGRETI DEL BACKSTAGE GRAZIE A FACEBOOK, TWITTER E YOUTUBE

M·A·C Cosmetics non è solo sinonimo di tendenze, talento artistico ed elevata qualità dei prodotti ma è anche un’azienda all’avanguardia in materia di new media e social network. Da alcune stagioni, i più importanti make-up artist M·A·C comunicano in tempo reale dai backstage delle principali sfilate in tutto il mondo grazie a Twitter, dando vita a un vero e proprio buzz sui look che sfileranno in passerella e sulle ultimissime tendenze beauty. Anche A Milano Moda Donna P/E 11 Gordon Espinet, Lyne Desnoyers, Terry Barber e gli altri truccatori che prenderanno parte all’evento trasmetteranno aggiornamenti immediati sulla loro esperienza del “dietro le quinte”.

E’ possibile seguire i make-up artist M·A·C dalla fan page di facebook www.facebook.com/maccosmetics o dal sito www.macartiststweets.com, una vera e propria community grazie alla quale i “M·A·C addicted” di tutto il mondo potranno rimanere sempre connessi con i propri Senior Artist preferiti. Inoltre, sul canale Youtube di M·A·C www.youtube.com/maccosmetics sono disponibili i “Video Journal” realizzati dai make-up artist.

Information contained on this post were provided by MAC PR for consideration. I am not affiliate to the company.

News: The FF Supertone sneaker has landed!

Over this past year I have become more conscious about health. Gym and excercise are now something I always want to do, as well as dieting.
This is why I was super interested when this news popped into my email box.

If you haven't heard of it yet, FitFlop is an American brand that launched in 2007, created by Marcia Kilgore that allow you to get a work-out while you simply walk.
Originally, FitFlop came in sandals and clogs that you may have spotted on celebrities and even Chelsea Clinton!
Now, the same technology (click on the link to find out more about it) has been built in sneakers!
Fashion conscious sneakers! Isn't that great? Every other brand with similar technologies has always come up with horrible shoes that you can only wear with your tracksuit.
These babies? They're classic sneakers, the kind you can wear with jeans any day, any season!
Two thumbs up!




They retail for £ 80,00 and are available on the fitflop site, at www.fitflop.com - or check out the retailers section to find the nearest retailer to you!
They are also available in black, silver, and red (lovely!).


What do you think about these shoes? Do you own them, or intend to buy them?