Blogmas 31: Happy New Year!

Best of 2014

It’s time for the yearly favorites! I took my time and picked the product that I loved most throughout the year. I’ll add the links to the posts where the products have been mentioned or reviewed before.

Blogmas 30: The Christmas Challenge Overview

 Throughout December I've been doing the Christmas Challenge that Taya created this year. I've enjoyed it very much and I like how it challenged me to think out of the box and create some looks that I probably wouldn't do otherwise. I posted the last »entry« yesterday, and now I want to do an overview so that you will be able to see all the posts in one place!

Blogmas 29: New Year's Eve Makeup

The end of the year is getting closer and closer and I've started thinking about what makeup I will wear. This is the look I came up with, using the products from my Drugstore picks for New Year's Eve. 

Blogmas 28: Advice to my younger self

A while ago I read a similar post on Sanja's blog –Sparkle with laughter- and ever since wanted to do one myself.  I think it fits perfectly in this time of year, since we are thinking about New Year’s resolutions and are looking for a way to improve ourselves. Here is what I would tell my younger self if I had a chance to meet me:

Blogmas 27: Sleek Ultra Smooth Matte Lip Cream

I mentioned this gorgeous item in my Blogmas 26, but I felt like it is so gorgeous that it deserves a separate post.

Blogmas 26: Drugstore picks for New Year's Eve

Earlier in December, I did a post, where I went through my makeup collection and picked up some pieces to create a Christmas makeup look. Today, I am doing a similar thing, where I picked some pieces that would be perfect for creating New Year's Makeup look.

Christmas Giveaway Winner

I'm announcing the winner of the Christmas giveaway that ended yesterday. 

Merry Christmas

It's here, it's finally here! It's Christmas day and I couldn't be more excited!

In case you celebrate Christmas, I want to wish you a very very merry Christmas, I hope you enjoyed your presents and hope you spent some time with your family. I wish you all an incredibly great day and I really hope you have lots of fun!

P.S.: Don't forget that I am blogging every day in December, so my Blogmas won't stop today, but will continue until the end of the year.

How was your Christmas?

Thanks for reading and see you tomorrow!

Happy holidays,

your Beautysaur

Blogmas 25: Christmas Inspired Nails

Blogmas 24: The Christmas Tag

Today is Christmas eve, my favorite time of the year, and I am going to spend my day with the family and my boyfriend, enjoying good food, relaxing in front of the fireplace and exchanging the gifts. I found this Christmas Tag and though it would be a great thing to do for today's Blogmas.

Blogmas 23: Santa Claus is coming to town

 For the theme of the 8th day of Taya's Christmas Challenge she picked »Santa Claus is coming to town«. 

I must admit I am not a big fan of cartoon-like Santa Clauses, so I didn't want to do that on the nails. 

I decided to focus on the colors the remind me of Santa Claus.

Blogmas 22: My Favorite Thing about Christmas

Blogmas 21: Makeup Revolution -I Am In Love

I was browsing through the online store Ličila.si and spotted this lovely Makeup Revolution palette on the discount page. It seemed like a great idea to have a palette and a lipstick in one packaging and since I liked the look of the colors, I decided to buy it.

Blogmas 20: Favorite Leave-in Conditioners

Today I want to share with your two of my leave-in conditioners I use in the winter when I want to get my hair looking healthy and beautiful.

Blogmas 19: Christmas Makeup Look

Christmas eve is getting closer and closer and I've started thinking about what makeup will I wear.I started playing around and came up with this look. It's a pretty standard Christmas color scheme, but I love it and I'll be definitely wearing something like this on Christmas eve.

Blogmas 18: Drugstore Christmas Wishlist

In Blogmas5 I shared my high end wish list with you, but of course I couldn’t stop there and had to add a drugstore wish list as well.

Blogmas 17: Under the Tree

It's time for the day 6 of Taya's Christmas Challenge and today's theme was » Under the Tree«.

Blogmas 16: Fantasy eau de parfum

I was browsing through our drugstores the other day and saw a sign in DM that said -35% off the price of selected perfumes. Even though some of the brands on display seemed very interesting, i had a little sniff around, and fell absolutely in love.

Blogmas 15: Inspired by a shooting star

Blogmas 14: Favorite Winter Scarf

I don’t usually feature »fashion« items on my blog, but I've been obsessing over this scarf for the longest time, and I wanted to share it with you.

Blogmas 13: Drugstore picks for Christmas

This time of the year I try to spend money on gifts for the others, instead of buying things for myself. I had a little browse through my makeup collection and picked up some pieces that would be perfect for a festive/Christmas makeup look.

Blogmas 12: A Shopping Trip to Italy

Remember my Late Night Shopping haul from Blogmas 9? Well, the day after that event, I went on a trip to Italy with my family, and guess what we did there? Yes, we were shopping, so I have another haul for you today.

Blogmas 11: Revlon Parfumerie Nailpolish -African Tea Rose

 I wanted to try these nail polishes since the moment they got released. I got this shade for my birthday in the summer and have been using a ton ever since. I thought it would be a great idea for a Christmas present or just an inspiration how to brighten up these cold winter days.  

Blogmas 10: Almost a year of blogging

Today I am doing something a bit different than usual. This post that you are reading is my 100th post and since my blog will be 1 year old on the last of December, I wanted to take this opportunity to look back and share some of my favorite moments with you.

I was obsessed with you tube and beauty blogs long before I started thinking about writing my own blog. It was Promise Phan that I first discovered on YouTube and then my subscription box started expanding very quickly. After that I started following more and more beauty bloggers and soon found out, I also want to share my opinions and experience with others.

I was thinking about starting the blog for almost a year before actually starting to work on it. I'm glad that I took my time and started slowly. I spend months thinking about the name of the blog and finally came up with the name Beautysaur –which I still love, so I think I did a good job. The design of the blog was another story, because I had no experience, but I am slowly starting to get the hang of things, and I love how the design of my blog is improving.  (Even though it is in a very over-the-top Christmas form right now!)

It was quite hard for me to learn how to photograph and edit photos in order to get the best representation of the product and its color. I promised to myself, that I will always be honest in my reviews and that I will do my best to use only my own pictures (except when writing about products I don't actually have, like wish lists and similar).

It was working for quite a long time on my first post, made so many pictures, used so many light and then finally had it ready and prepared a few days before I wanted to post it. On the New Year's eve, I showed it to my boyfriend, and after his »approval« I posted my first post.

Since then, I've been learning as I go, I try to improve the looks and the content of my blog with every new post I do and I love seeing how more and more people respond to it. Recently, I've created a Facebook page for my blog and this way »showed« the blog to people who also know me in the real life, and for now, the reactions have been lovely.  

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You must be pretty bored of this long, rambling post by now, so let me just add a few links to my favorite posts:

(click on the title to see the whole post)

Pivoine Flora: Shower Gel and Beauty Cream

 New in my beauty stash #3: -the Naked 3 palette

A weekend by the sea

Makeup Revolution -Blushes

Blogmas 3: Mulled Wine with Apple Stars

And the post that got by far the most views was (surprisingly) the

Balea Face Mask Review

Which one of my posts was your favorite?

Thanks for reading and see you tomorrow!

Happy holidays,

your Beautysaur

Blogmas 9: Late Night Shopping Haul

At the end of November, my cousin suggested we go to the Late Night Shopping event that was happening in some of the malls in Slovenia. I must admit that at first, I didn't want to go because I was too tired, but now, I am incredibly happy that we went.

Blogmas 8: I Heart Winter Tag

Do you like the cold?

I love the cold. I never was a particularly summer-y person and I feel much more at home in the cold winter.  After all, you can always put on another layer when you are cold, right?

I love the crisp air and the cold smell in the air, especially when there is snow outside.

Favorite part about winter?

Snow, cold, Christmas, fairy lights, cinnamon, mulled wine,… -I love everything about winter!

What is your favorite Christmas drink?

An honorary mention has to go to my mum's homemade tea –yum! But without the doubt, red mulled wine is a perfect winter drink!

Do you do any outdoor activity in the winter?

Does shoveling count? Besides that I love being in the snow –snow fights, building snowmen, snow forts and long walks with the doggies.

 Favorite winter scent?

In general, I adore cinnamon-y and spicy scents, also orange and cloves, but to be more specific, I recently got a new body spray from H&M and I am obsessed! (I will write more about it very soon!)

Does it snow where you live?

Yes, luckily it does. Unfortunately, we haven't had a white Christmas in a few years, but I have high hopes for this one!

 Favorite clothing item in winter?

My coat –I adore it. And all of my scarves, hats and mittens.

Your favorite winter memory?

The one that came first to my mind is last year's. I got a new dog in the summer and when it snowed for the first time, I took her out to »show« her the snow. She was so confused and afraid of the strange white stuff that appeared from the sky, it was the cutest thing ever! 

 What is your favorite thing about winter?

Thanks for reading and see you tomorrow!

Happy holidays,

your Beautysaur

Blogmas 7: Christmas Sparkle

The closer we get to Christmas, the sparklier everything becomes! The theme for the day 3 of Taya's Christmas Challenge was Christmas sparkle and this is what I came up with. 

Blogmas 6: Festive Essential Oils Haul

I already did a post about my love for essential oils, so you might be able to imagine how happy I was when I found these in a store a while ago. They are a perfect way to get the room that special festive feel and I simply have to share them with you.

Blogmas 5: Christmas Wishlist (high end)

Today I have my high end Christmas wishlist to share with you. If I would treat myself to one luxury item this Christmas, it would probably be something from this list. 

Blogmas 4: Snowman Nailspiration

For the second day of the Christmas Challenge Taya set the Christmas Character theme. I created this simple snowman design and I love how fun and playful the look came out!

Blogmas 3: Mulled Wine with Apple Stars

Is there anything more festive than a cup of warm spicy mulled wine? Today I'm going to share a mulled wine recipe and a serving idea with you. Perfect addition to a Christmas party or just as an afternoon treat in front of the fireplace!