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New In | Herman Black Tara ♥

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Herman Design is probably one of my favourite brands when it comes to bags. In case you haven’t heard of the brand, let me tell you a bit more about it. Herman Design is a small, privately owned business located in Zagreb, Croatia.  Kornelija Herman, designer behind the brand, describes their products as “… a desirable mix of grunge, punk and rock combining an eclectic synthesis of the modern and retro.” All products are handmade and they can be made in genuine or faux leather. Since the products are handmade, you will have to wait a bit before you receive your bag, but trust me, it is worth the wait. ♥

Now, back to Black Tara. The reason I ordered it is because I actually wanted a new backpack, but as it turns out, this is actually a 2 in 1 product – it can be both a bag and a backpack! You basically get two products for the price of one. How cool is that? Of course, the fact that it is black had nothing to do with my choice ;) Once I placed my ordered and paid for it, I just had to wait. It took several weeks, but I really don’t mind since I know this is a handmade item and that it takes some time (they do tell you how long it will take for them to process your order). It took max. 10 days for it to get into my hands once it was shipped (I had a tracking number). And well, once I opened my package I have to say all my expectations were, once again, exceeded. I say once again because this isn’t my first order from Herman Design.

What can I say about the bag itself? Well, if there is perfection then this is it. It is beautifully made, every piece fits perfectly and one of the things I really liked – it comes in its own box! Anyway, take a look at my photos and hopefully I will show you soon how it looks in action!

♥ ♥ ♥

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Size: 32 x 30 x 10 cm
Price: €160 / $170 / 1550 SEK (this is the price for faux leather + shipping costs: €18 / $20 / 180 SEK to Sweden)
Where to buy: online

Vesna ♥

Rouge Bunny Rouge New In ♥

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I usually don’t order anything during Black Friday sales, but I did order Rouge Bunny Rouge this year and I have to say I won’t be repeating that again. My bitterness has nothing to do with Rouge Bunny Rouge, but rather with PostNord (Swedish post). Long story short: my package was shipped from Germany, and after 2 days it arrived to Malmö (south Sweden) where PostNord took over. Then it took them more than 15 days to deliver my package which I wouldn’t mind if I hadn’t received a daily message from them how my package was out for delivery – every single day?! I had a tracking number and according to their app (where they have daily updates), they kept driving my package around the city, their facility and so on. Not to mention I read so many bad reviews about PostNord that I seriously doubted I’ll get my package in one piece. Well, luckily, it did arrive in one piece and everything was okay, but it wasn’t worth the stress. So, no more Black Friday shopping for me, LOL :D

Anyway, I ordered some very nice products, and I’m looking forward using all of them! One of them isn’t actually ‘new’ since I repurchased it, and I already wrote my review, be sure to read it – Prelude In The Clouds Aqua Primer.

Other products:

I also got two foundation samples, I will be testing those to, but not sure how the shades will work for me, but we’ll see. And I haven’t taken any photos of the packaging, but their packaging is STUNNING! I think I might film a video because there is no way you can get the real idea how amazing it actually is! :)

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Anyway, what are you interested in most? I will be posting swatches in a separate post, wasn’t able to take good photos since there isn’t much daylight at the moment here in Stockholm, so it’s a real struggle when it comes to taking photos. :)

Vesna ♥

New In | Black Friday / Cyber Monday

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It’s that time of the year a.k.a. Black Friday / Cyber Monday sales and since it’s really hard to resist all the amazing deals, I tried to control myself at least. Let’s just pretend I was successful at that. :D

Here’s a few things I grabbed:

  • Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow Pomade in shade Ash Brown – this is one of those products I kept going back to, but couldn’t decide whether I should purchase it or not. Well, until now that it. I was worried about two things to be honest – that it would  look too harsh and / or it could be too warm for my brows. I decided to finally give it a go so we’ll see how will it work for me. I hope it will up to the hype surrounding it. ;)
  • The Body Shop Wild Argan Oil Body Butter – this is my favourite product when it comes to taking care of my skin during winter – thicker in texture but not greasy, goes on smoothly, smells nice and, the most important thing, it nourishes my skin. I do have a few other lotions and body creams, but I find his body butter to be the best choice for my dry skin.
  • Sleek MakeUP Mini Matte Me Holiday Set – I haven’t tried Matte Me liquid lipsticks yet so this is a good way to try a few shades for the price of one (well, almost the price of one). This set contains four different shades – Rioja Red, Velvet Slipper, Birthday Suit and Old Hollywood. The only shade that isn’t my cup of the is Rioja Red and you can go to my Instagram account @frozenspringblog if you’d like to win it since I’m giving it away!

Beside these products, I placed an order with Rouge Bunny Rouge and I’m currently waiting on it to be shipped. I’m really excited about the products I ordered, but I’ll post about them once I receive them.

Did you get anything during this crazy weekend? :)

Vesna ♥

New In | August ♥

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Somehow I managed to collect quite a nice bunch of products in August and since it will (probably) take me forever to review them, I think it’s not a bad idea to post another new in post where you can see what I got! Most products were purchased in August, while some of them were purchased in the beginning of September, but I decided to post them together since, hopefully, I won’t be buying anything in September. We’ll see about that, though… :D Anyway, let me start!

Let me start with Nabla Cosmetics since I already posted that as soon as my order arrived, so click HERE to check all the details and swatches! Next up is Hylamide which I ordered from Lookfantastic.com when they had a 3 for 2 deal on Hylamide. I’ve never tried anything from this brand so I was pretty excited when I saw the deal and I ended up getting these products: SubQ Eyes, C25 Booster and  SubQ Anti-Age. I was primarily interested in C25 Booster and SubQ Anti-Age (erm, not really getting younger, LOL), but I don’t mind a free product! It’s been a week since I started using these and my first impression is good, but I will wait a few more weeks to give some extra details.

Before I ordered Hylamide, I decided to work up on my skin care routine and that’s how I ended up ordering my first Paula’s Choice products – Resist Anti-ageing Repairing Toner and Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid. I got a sample of Skin Balancing Antioxidant Serum With Retinol as well, and it’s a good thing I ordered just a sample and not full size product because I didn’t like the texture in the end – turns out I’m not really a fan of silicone-based products any more. I’ve been using the first two products for almost two weeks now and I really, really like them! Definitely a must have for my combination skin!
Lush is my go-to store ever since I decided to support only cruelty free products and last month I got two additional products – Helping Hands Hand Cream (my skin loves it, but it really has a funky smell which I barely tolerate; hopefully my hands appreciate it!) and Lemony Flutter Cuticle Butter (I keep purchasing it over and over again!).

At the beginning of September I attended the vegan fair in Stockholm where I discovered two completely unknown brands! The first one is Zoya Goes Pretty – they make the most adorable shea butters! I picked two butters: shea butter & cacao and shea butter & rose oil. Both smell deliciously, but cacao is my favourite one! I could eat it, I’m not kidding! :D The second brand is puroBIO cosmetics, an Italian brand. They have a nice selection of natural and organic make-up products and even though I was interested in most of it, I got only one product – Compact Eyeshadow n 06 – Purple. I already swatched it so I will be posting it any day now!

As always, IsaDora managed to launch a gorgeous fall collection with beautiful nail polish shades, and one in particular got my attention – 540 Purple Paisley. Here can you see a swatch that shows how nice this shade is! Perfect for fall! And, last but not least, I got a new perfume for this fall – Clean Skin. Oh my, how mesmerised this perfume is! I purchased it almost instantly, no convincing was necessary, I just new it was perfect for me. It really smells like my skin, only better. ♥

I also got some fashion details, both brooches. That lovely bird you see is handmade by Marina Marinski and you can order it HERE. The other one, silver, is second hand and purchased at a vintage store in Stockholm (it was a gift from a friend).

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New In | July

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Another month, another new in post! Even though, to be precise, these products are part of my June haul since I purchased these products in June (sale game here in Sweden is really serious, especially after their biggest holiday – Midsummer!). Anyway, I chose to publish them in July since I did get them at the end of the previous month and, hopefully, I won’t be buying anything in July so I can consider this as my July haul. ;)

Let me start with my new gadget – Foreo LUNA mini 2! I was really looking forward to it and I hope it will be worth the price and the hype! My experience with purchasing from their website wasn’t the best one, but their customer service is really excellent and we solved my issue very quickly!

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I was debating with myself whether I’ll go to The Body Shop or if I’ll just skip it altogether, but I ended up checking out what’s on sale and I ended up getting these four shower gels! For some reason, I had only one showering product (the one from Ritual’s Sakura collection) so it wasn’t a bad decision to get these since I had some extra discount so I got these four for the price of one (the regular price)! That was a good deal, I must say! :) I got Papaya, Raspberry, Blueberry and Passion fruit shower gels.

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My next product is from Rituals – another Sakura product in my collection! This collection is SO amazing that I keep collecting products from it! I will let you know what I think of this collection next week, just until I test my products a tiny bit longer. :)

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I’m not really attracted to Lumene products usually, but I ended up getting three products – Bright Touch Refreshing Cleanser (which I use with my LUNA mini 2), Soft Touch Hydrating Cleanser (I planned to use this one with my LUNA mini 2, but figured too late that I picked the wrong type of product since this one is applied to dry skin and not wet, which is what I was looking for so I went back for the refreshing cleanser and I’ll give this one to my friend), Vitamin C Day Cream (I really did need a new day cream so I decided to try this one since a friend of mine tried the one with the SPF in it and said it was a good one; I didn’t get the one with the SPF since I have a separate cream for that – mine SPF crema is from John Masters Organic).

Anyway, I’ve been using these products shortly, but I will give you an update on how they worked out for me. So far, so good. :)

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Nail polishes ♥

After a long, long time of checking which shades to get, I finally got some Zoya nail polishes and, to be honest, I got them just because they were on sale. :D Their regular price is really high and this is the first time I caught them on sale and I’m really glad for that! Their regular price is 150 SEK (around 17$) and right now many shades are on sale for (only) 50 SEK (6$).If you’re in Sweden (or some other Nordic countries, I think they ship only to this area), you can get them HERE. Shipping for 4 nail polishes was 39 SEK and they arrived two days after I placed my order.

Shades I got are (clockwise): Racquel, Demi (not what I expected, I thought this was a cream shade?), Sam and Miley (on my nails right now! gorgeous!).

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And, like Zoya nail polishes weren’t enough, Åhlens had some Ciate shades on sale, they were 50% off and I ended with three shades (l-r): fool for tulle, white heat, burlesque. I think I’m done with buying nail polishes for a few months! :D

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What did you get recently? Is something from my latest haul on your wish list, maybe? :)

Vesna ♥