literature recommendation: "Fettnäpfchenführer Korea" (eng:To avoid unpleasent situations in Korea)

literature recommendation: "Fettnäpfchenführer Korea" (eng:To avoid unpleasent situations in Korea)

by Rosalie 

 

 click for german version!!

Hi Lovelies,

at the moment I have summer vacations and in this time I am able to read more often. While I read this book I thought about you and now I will do a short book recommendation for you. I hope you are interested in literatur about asia?? :)

I plan on writing more about book's with the content of Korea and Japan, since I always wanted to travel to Korea one day.

So it was one of these fine day's when I wanted to start doing something for my plan. Because of money and not beeing fluent in language I am a bit inhibited so I decided I shoulld start my plans with buying a guidebook. At the book store I found this book to avoid unpleasant situations, wich is kind of written as a storry. I was so excited that I bought it right away... :D

Text on the backside of the book:
It can happen that in Korea people trow salt at you, or your boss is feeding you or some strangers in public transportations will take away your bag - all neat thing's, these people simply wanna make you more compfortable. Men with make up are not rare, but dog's  to eat are not common. Andyou should always take your deodorant with you on a trip to Korea because you will be the only person hwo needs this. Korea is a unknown place for us (in this situation I think he means the german people haha) and it is absolutely common for us to get into unpleasant situations. Also collage student Julia and internshipmen Nico are really bballi bballi as the korean people would say be because of the every day life in Korea. They come from temple to wedding to burial to red-light district. In these situation's it is pretty normal to do something wrong. But luckily the korean people are really friendly and forgive these mistakes. Because you also know: even a monkey can fall from a tree.




 It's a bigger book serie where each book is about a different country. In the picture abouf you can see as an example the China version and I also have read the book about Japan. 

 

In total there are two story's, from Julia and from Nico. And I think they have they're problems in the beginning but in the end they have grown a lot and are able to understand the korean people so much better. They are so sad after they have left Korea.

 

This book is written in german language, but I don't really know if you can buy it in english, too. If you know please let me know!! Or do you have similar book's in your country's language??

In the beginning of the book is also an map of Korea, where you can follow in the story and see where our hero's are right now.

In the following you can see how the capitle is: 

In the end it is always interesting to see wich mistakes Julia or Nico have done. Sometimes you realize that they have done something wrong but couldn't say how to make it correct. The writer of the book also has 3 different headlines for "good job" "you can make it betther" and "everything went wrong" in korean language. It's really fun.

In general korean people are different to german people in lifestyle, speaking, family, wedding, culture, history... but especially in the last point I also could see that there are some similarity's. The people there are always nice to Julia and Nico. They help them and forgive mistake's. Because of this book I am more and more willing to travelk to Korea one day but time and everything... who can know this right now??? :D
But I will inform you about everything! <333

Also I am planning on reading more book's of this row. I am really interested in Vietnam and Thailand. I hope these book's are as much fun to read as this book was.
 

I hope you like this literature recommendation. If you also want to recommend me some book's just let me know. I want to write about the Japan and China book as well so not miss this post make shure to follow me on  facebook and twitter. <33


 

TonyMoly Dalcom Banana Pong-Dang Lip Balm

TonyMoly Dalcom Banana Pong-Dang Lip Balm

By Rosalie

 

Hi my Lovelies,
today I am back with an super cute product, wich is always exciting for me to write abotu it. I am in love with the cute and sweet packaging from the korean cosmetic industry. They are super creative!!!

To get on this creativity I wanted to do something cool onto the title image, let's see how long this creative thing will last haha. What do you think about some more special title images?? :)

Anyway, the product I am writing about is from the korean beauty brand TonyMoly, and basically it is a banana lipbalm.

BRAND: TONYMOLY

VOLUME: 7g

WHERE TO BUY(click for link)

TYPE OF PRODUCT: LIP BALM / GLOSS

PRICE:  $6

I ordered this product at jolse.com.

in the following I will show you how the product look like:

 

It really look's like a small banana, where you can twist up the top and than get the product out.

As you can see the only colourfull thing here is my nailpolish haha. The lipbalm itself is not colouring, it only gives a rich moisturizing to your lips and this bright glossy, typical look. The smell is similar to banana, really sweet banana milk. I like it so much! <33

So if you need a good moisturizing touch up on your lips or a nice lipgloss this one is cute and works really well for me, too.

If you have any more questions about this please let me know! <33

Also I hope this review was helpfull for you.

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ETUDE HOUSE "Moistfull Collagen Mask Sheet DUMBO"

ETUDE HOUSE "Moistfull Collagen Mask Sheet DUMBO"

by Violetta

Hey everyone!
It´s masking-time again and I also wanted to share with you my last part of the ETUDE HOUSE Pink Bird Box August. It´s really cool that I got this maks from ETUDE HOUSE because you always hear so much about it, because this moisturizing skincare edition is so great. I´m so happy I got the opportunity to try it out now!

As you can see, ETUDE HOUSE collaborated with DISNEY DUMBO to redesign they´re Moistfull Collagen edition. So this mask is the same as the original "Moistfull Collagen Mask Sheet" and you can get this for the same price aswell.

The design of the DUMBO edition is so cute. You can also check out my sisters review about the "Moistfull Collagen Cream" in DUMBO version aswell.

The mask should include "Super Collagen water" (Hydrolized Collagen) and Baobab. That is supposed to spend moisture to your skin. Since I love the ETUDE HOUSE "I Need You Mask" so much, I want to make a little comparission with these two masks, since I think it´s really interesting to know.

You can get one of these masks for $ 2.60 at the ETUDE HOUSE global online store.

 Since I personally think that this is quite a huge price for only one mask sheet and only one use, I always avoided to buy one, although I always dreamed of trying one. *.*

HOW TO USE: 

"After neutralizing the skin, spread the facial mask sheet on the face.
After placing the facial mask sheet on the face, remove the fabric attached to the outer surface of the mask sheet.
After 15-20 minutes, take off the mask sheet and with the essence, massage your face and neck."

Since I didn´t know what they meant with "neutralizing the skin", I just cleansed my skin as usual as I always do before my evening skincare or masks.

unfolded mask, comming right out of the package, full of essence
as you can see, this sheet is a normal cotton one (I didn´t realized something special about that)

me removing the prelayer on the mask sheet

the prelayer, more plastic.-like than a fabric

the mask sheet on my face ~ as you can see it doesn´t fit perfectly to my skin

After the 20 minutes, my skin feeled really moisturized and good. The scent was really nice, sort of a mix between the smell of the moistfull collagen cream and something diffferent (but good).
Since there was really much essence inside of the packege, I had really a lot for my neck area and to massage it into my face skin aswell.


ALL IN ALL the mask was really great and it has really did a good job, but as I said I want to compare it to the "I Need You Mask" and I have to say that they´re quite similar in the effect they do. Beside that, the "I Need You Mask" costs only like a quater of this mask, so I think it´s better to buy the cheeper ones. In addition to that you also have many different kinds of this maks you can choose from, depending on what you need for your skin.

Ofcourse the mask did a really good job, but I don´t think that this high price is really justified. :/
I personally will not buy this mask, because as I said, I´ll be happyer getting 4 sheets of the cheeper mask with the same result on my skin.

If you want to try iot out and you don´t have to pay attention whatfore you spend your money, this mask is really great and you can try it out if you want.






Thank you for reading this review. I hope I could help you if you are thinking about buying this mask right now. Please leafe a comment and tell me what you think about this mask if you have tryed it out aswell or you can write any questions you might have. My sister and I also love to chat with you in the comments, so it you have something (even randomly) you want to share with us, you are welcomed to do so. :D


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ETUDE HOUSE "Pink Skull Colour Eyes" PK 001 Lovely Skull

ETUDE HOUSE "Pink Skull Colour Eyes" PK 001 Lovely Skull

by Violetta

Hey lovely Ladies and Gentleman!
As I promissed before, I´ll show you here the new "Pink Skull Colour Eyes" palette I got in my PINK BIRD BOX AUGUST. But on top of that, I´ll also show you 4 different eye looks you can create with this palette, so you can also see how the colours work in combination with each other. ^^

In the picture above you can see both variants you can get. I got the one on the left side. As you see, mine is entirely much more warm toned and lighter than the other palette. The secound one is darker with more cool toned shades. Some of the single shades are a bit alike, but not completely similar.

Both match the autum season really well, although I think you can use it in every season of course. I really like the funky and rocky topic and the fancy pink shades that are included in both of the palettes.

Some of the colours are really alike to the ETUDE HOUSE "BERRY DELICIOUS Fantastic Colour Eyes", so check out our review about them and click. ^^

With 9 shades, this is a really nice size of a palette to create various looks and to take it with you on a travel. The only thing I´m missing is a mirror and a applicator.

You can get this palette regularly in the ETUDE HOUSE global online store for $ 22,80.

Having in mind that there is no mirror and no applicator, I personally think this one is not cheap, even if you get 9 shades.


As you can see in the swatches, the light colours are difficult visable, but that just comes from the fact that it is almost my skintone (LOVELY PINK, SEE THROUGH BEIGE). I really like these colours as base eye shadow.depending on which shade you want, more yellow or more pinky, you can choose between these two to get a decent light base or even use only this colour for your whole eye look.
TWINKLE PINK is really glittery, so it´s nice for the aegyo cell, or just if you want to place glitter on a certain area around your eyes. That´s why I always use matte colours (without glitter), so that I controll where the glitter goes and where not. I don´t like having my eye glittery all over (just my personally opinion).

3 of the colours are glittery / shimmery (TWINKLE PINK, ROMANTIC BROWN, VELVET BROWN) and the other 6 are matt (LOVELY PINK, SEE THROUGH BEIGE, ANTIQUE BROWN, SUGAR SKULL PINK, ROSE PINK-BROWN, LEATHER BROWN), which I really like.
The SUGAR PINK SKULL is a really nice intense pink,, just the right colour if you are looking for an eye catching colour.

The pigmentation is not thedeepest one, but I think it´s a good pigmentation for beginners, to not apply to much colour. It´s really easy to work with them. ^^
You can also use some of the more oink colours as your blusher if you like. It looked really good on me when I tryed, but you have to pay attention to not use to much colour, which happened to me when I tryed it.

ALL IN ALL I have to say that I really like the colours and the beginner-friendly pigmentation, but for this price, I´m missing a mirror and an applicator. :/ So I would say you should buy this on sale, or else I have to say ETUDE HOUSE has cheeper and also nice coloured palettes WITH mirror and applicator.

But if you are a collector and you absolutelly want this palette, I can really recommend the colours. ^^









So now, let´s start my little eye look tutorial. I hope you like the looks I created for you. I also made it really easy to follow my steps for beginners who just want to start with eye shadow, so please tell me how you think about this way I´m showing you the steps. ^^

1. LOVELY PINK LOOK

If you want to pop your eyes up with a bit of colour, you´ll definitelly like this look. :3

 

For the eye liner I decited to draw a really thin line near the lashes with a dark brown colour. I also used a brown mascara to make this look really natural and lovely.

 Now I look like a little lovely fairy. ^^ I just love to apply pink shades lately. I think that really suites dark eyes and dark hair.

2. LIGHT EVERYDAY LOOK 

If you like decent looks that make your eyes bigger without to dark colours, this look is the right one for you.

This will make your eye look much bigger. But if you don´t want your eyes to have glitter on, just leafe this step out. ^^

The ROMANTIC BROWN will make your look more intense, but still decent.

 

 Last steps: Do your brows as I showed in the first look above. I also decited to use a brown eye liner to draw a thin line near my lashes.

I really like this look for day´s you want to look like a princess, but you don´t know which colours are matching your clothes or style of the day. This matches to every outfit in your locker.

3. QUEEN OF LATENESS - LOOK

I think you know these mornings when you realize, that you only have 5 minutes for your whole skincare and make up. XD I know them very well. That´s why I want to show you this really fast and cute eye look.

Since we are late on time, use LEATHER BROWN for your brows and make just any easy eye line as you can. Also use mascara if you have enough time, but if not, it´s ok, because the eye shadow itselfe gives your eyes a great definition and depth.

This look isn´t representing perfection, it´s just for those make up junkes of you that can´t leave the house without eye shadow.

With this 2-step-look you are really fast and don´t have to worry about the time (so much ^^). I love simple eye shadow looks that work as good as a complycated one. ^^

4. SMOKEY NIGHTLIVE LOOK

This look is for those of you, who want to define their eyes alot. I created it to define, but not to look to dark, because that doesn´t match every girl and in addition to that I think girls that are a bit younger should not wear to heavy and dark eye make up, but that´s what everyone of us has to decite in their own.
The only important thing is to feel good and confortable with the look wearing, that´s all. ^^

So without further do, let´s start the last tutorial. :3

 This step is for a little colour pop in the look.

 You can also apply a wing with this colour on the outher corner of your eye to get an even more girlish look.

Also put a bit of the colour directly under your eye near your lashes to make this look even more intense.

I did this as the last step, because this way you don´t need to pay attention during applying the darker colours to not put any colour there, and you also have a darker look in total. The light colour defines the eye without ruin the dark and intense look.

If you want this look to be darker, just apply a bit more of the colours. Because the dark ones are really high pigmented, I blended them a lot, to don´t look to dark. But as I applyed the colours, I personally also like this look as a daytime look.

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So These were the looks I created for you. Please let me know how you think about the way I showed you how to apply the eye shadows. I did it in a bit different way in my make up tutorial of the first ETUDE HOUSE Pink Bird July look. So please let me know in the comments. ^^


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Etude House "Play 101 Contour Duo Stick" #contour2

Etude House "Play 101 Contour Duo Stick" #contour2

by Rosalie

Hi everyone,
nowadays contouring is a big theme in the beauty world. So today I will write about the latest contouring product from ETUDE HOUSE. It's the Play 101 Stick Contour Duo. Seriously, the play 101 range is now sooooo big!!! They have the normal pencils, this contour stick, big sticks, the blending pencils..... it's really amazing!! At the begin I don't thought of such a big range! :D

This stick is available in two color sades, one more cool toned and a warmer toned one. I have the shade #contour2, wich is the warmer shade. The stick itself contains two colors, one for highlighting and one for the shading. I think it's really handy to have these two things in one product and also in a nice pencil shape. This really makes it easy to apply, and you don't need a pencil for applying. (Only for blending, but you easily can use your fingers, too.)

BRAND: ETUDE HOUSE

NAME: PLAY101 CONTOUR DUO STICK

SHADE: #CONTOUR2

PRICE: $14.40

TYPE OF PRODUCT: CONTOUR STICK 

I got this product within the Pink Bird Box program from Etude House

my video about the whole box:

But you can easily buy the product at the ETUDE HOUSE GLOBAL STORE. 

 

The product has a nice shape for carrying it in your makeup back, too.

I personally think that the colors do fit my skintone really nicely, also they blend in so well. It's not as you would have dark lines on your face or something. Just a nice soft contour that you can create.

swatches:

 

Violetta slo tryed to only ude this product for the base, I mean without any BB cream under it. And she loved it. It look's really natural and nice. So if you are in a hurry at the morning you can use this to be faster! :D


advantages:

-easy to use
-nice to blend
-even without a base BB Cream the product looks really nice and natural
-easy to carry it wwith you



disadvantages:

-seriously, NOTHING!!! :D 



All in all I really can say that this product is super nice. I recommen this to all of you!! Especially to people who just started use contouring, because this makes it so easy to learn and use! <33

I hope this review was helpful for you and you'll have as much fun with the product as we have!

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