What kind of necklaces do you like? :)

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Source: high-flying-star (eBay)

Source: sinedya (eBay)

Also, I got two new Sleek palettes which I think are GORGEOUS! The 1st one is LE, while the 2nd one is permanent.

Monaco palette from Mediterranean collection, source

Oh so special palette

What do you think? :)

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• each site has different rules so make sure you check out their FAQs before ordering. You definitely don’t want any surprises. :)

Well, here are my favorite sites!

My most visited online mineral shopping destination is definitely – Meow Cosmetics! I’ve been using their products for years and I always come back! Lately they’ve been having many sale coupons and free shipping offers so make sure you subscribe to their newsletter.

If you’re looking for affordable but well performing makeup brushes, you might wanna check out Abbamart! I have few of their brushes and I love the ones with Beau-make label on them and those which contain the word Bubinga. Prices are more then reasonable!

My 2nd brush shopping destination is – Sigma! Haven’t purchased anything yet for me (since I’m in their affiliate program so I have received few of their brushes as a result of that) but just the other day I’ve ordered a few brushes for a friend. I know that their packages always arrive after 10-15 days so I believe my friend will receive them that fast too.

I discovered e.l.f. Cosmetics about three years ago and I’ve been ordering a couple of times. I’ve always been nothing but satisfied with them and if you plan to try them out, I recommend you their Studio and Mineral product range. Also, follow them on facebook since they often offer some sale codes, free shipping, etc.

I haven’t been ordering from CheapSmells for a while, but my experience was always great! I love their sales and special offers!

Coastal Scents was my first website where I ordered some makeup brushes and I was also really satisfied but since I discovered Abbamart I haven’t been ordering anything. Anyway, they have other products than just makeup brushes so be sure to check them out.

Besides great clothing, on asos you can find excellent deals when it comes to cosmetics as well. They have brands like Paul & Joe, Illamasqua so I love to check them out! Also, they have free shipping worldwide!

Beside these shops, there are few others which are good based on my friends’ experiences:

• Cocktail Cosmetics
• Fragrance Direct
• Feelunique
• Jagoda

Enjoy your shopping!

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Two months ago (yes, 2 months!) I purchased 7 gel liners on eBay which finally arrived yesterday! I couldn’t believe they arrived, I was sure they got “lost”! I noticed how my gel liners look quite similar to these gel liners on Coastal Scents though I can’t claim these are the same ones, and the ingredient list is 99% the same:

Isododecane, Polyethylene, Trimethylsilocysilicate, Cyclomethicone, Ozokerite, Ploymethylsilsesquioxane, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Quaternium-18 Hectorite, Propylene Carbonate, Phenyl Trimethicone, Tocopheryl Acetate, Lecithin, Propylparaben, BHT. May contain: Mica and Titanium Dioxide, Iron Oxides, Ferric Ammonium Ferrocyanide, Ultramarine Blue,  (Ca Lake) Aluminium Powder, FD&C Blue No.1 Al Lake, D&C Black No.2.
Net wt.: 3g/0.11oz

The only difference is in the crossed word – instead of that, my gel liners have  Aluminium Powder. But as far as I can tell by looking at the photos – the packaging is the same and so are the available shades. The only other significant difference is the price – CS gel liners cost $6.95 while I got all mine for less than $20!

Check out my favorite shade after the cut! I have huge expectations! :D

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If you’re into online shopping you probably came across  Strawberrynet site, but if you haven’t, I’ll introduce it to you know! :D I think this is one of most known websites when it comes to online shopping. The thing is, if you’re looking for low prices – Strawberrynet is the place for it!

And here is what I love about Strawberrynet:

• great choice
• great prices
• free shipping on beauty products (not on perfumes, but it is low shipping for them)
• if you’re a loyal customer you have a certain discount for every order
• everything is so beautifully and carefully wrapped

Cons (not so much related to Strawberrynet since it affected all sellers too): it takes at least a month to receive orders so if you’re ordering – be prepared to wait (Croatian customers). :/ Though I’m sure it’s not related to Strawberrynet only because of all this chaos with packages lately. :/  It was really different before – every order was in my mail after 10 days the most, but, that’s obviously history. :(

And here’s what I received on Friday so I had to take photos for you to see how carefully wrapped it was!

Here’s what I got:

Elizabeth Arden Intervene

Have you been ordering from Strawberrynet? If you have – what was, if not – will you be ordering anything? :)

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As I already mentioned, this post is about buying makeup brushes online. To know which brushes I use, please read this post – link – because I don’t buy all my makeup brushes online. Some brushes – ecotools makeup brushes - I buy in local drugstores. They are available in sets and separately.

The rest of my brushes were purchased through Coastal Scents (CS). I prefer CS for few reasons: they have a huge choice of excellent but cheap makeup brushes which makes them affordable to everyone; shipping is barely noticeable;  they ship the very next day; customer service is excellent. I’ve tried quite a number of their brushes and I’ll recommend you few of them which are worth buying.

Face brushes:

• foundation concealer brush large – for applying liquid foundation
• synthetic wide buffer brush – for applying loose or compact powder
• italian badger buffer brush large – for applying liquid foundation or loose powder (haven’t tried this one, but it has excellent rating)
• italian badger angle blush – blush brush(haven’t tried this one either)kist za rumenilo (nisam ga isprobala, ali ga jako hvale)

Eye brushes:

• italian badger pencil brush – for applying and blending e/s
• italian badger round crease brush – for applying e/s
• sable blending brush – for blending e/s
• shadow/liner brush – for applying eyeshadow/liner  (I’m using only the liner side which is terrific!)
• black sable shadow – for applying e/s

Beside CS brushes, you can also purchase Sigma makeup brushes which are lately a huge hit among makeup blogers and on makeup forums. OI haven’t tried them, but I’ll afford them, I hope really soon.

I hope this post was useful, if you need any additional information feel free to contact me.

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