Glowbox - The Fresh Line Edition 2017

Μάιος, ο  τελευταίος ανοιξιάτικος μήνας, εκεί που καταλαβαίνεις ότι το καλοκαίρι είναι πιο κοντά από ποτέ, αλλά είναι και  ο μήνας που τα τελευταία χρόνια το Glowbox βγάζει το ετήσιο συλλεκτικό του κουτάκι σε συνεργασία με τη Fresh Line. Έτσι και φέτος αγόρασα το limited edition Glowbox και θα σας δείξω αναλυτικά τι ακριβώς  περιέχει.

Glowbox - The Fresh Line Edition

Μιας και είμαι σ’ ένα Fresh Line vibe τελευταία είπα σε αυτό το post να σας μιλήσω για  το ολοκαίνουργιο Glowbox για τον Μάιο-Ιούνιο το οποίο είναι αποκλειστικά αφιερωμένο στη Fresh Line. Δε ξέρω πόσες από εσάς γνωρίζεται για το Glowbox, αλλά θα σας πω ότι πρόκειται για ένα συνδρομητικό κουτί ομορφιάς το οποίο βγαίνει κάθε 2 μήνες, και κάθε χρόνο τέτοιο μήνα βγάζουν ένα special edition κουτάκι αφιερωμένο στη Fresh Line το οποίο περιλαμβάνει αποκλειστικά και μόνο προϊόντα της εταιρείας. Το είχα αγοράσει και πέρσι και επειδή είχα μείνει αρκετά ευχαριστημένη είπα να το αγοράσω ξανά και φέτος. Λοιπόν τι λέτε, να δούμε τι περιέχει?

GIVEAWAY: Fresh Line Pistachio & Almond Set. (ΕΚΛΕΙΣΕ)

Καλημέρα σε όλες και σε όλους! Τι και αν μόλις τελείωσε ένα giveaway, εγω σας έχω άλλο ένα και αυτή τη φορά είναι άκρως ανοιξιάτικο! Η Fresh Line προσφέρει σε μια τυχερή το σετ Φιστίκι & Αμύγδαλο από τις νέες συλλογές του Fresh Bar για την άνοιξη.

Christmas Gift Guide For Her.

Καθώς τα Χριστούγεννα και η Πρωτοχρονιά πλησιάζουν πάντα σκεφτόμαστε τι να πάρουμε στα αγαπημένα μας πρόσωπα. ειδικά εάν το δώρο προορίζεται για μια γυναίκα. Έκατσα λοιπόν και έφτιαξα έναν οδηγό beauty δώρων για γυναίκες που είμαι σίγουρη ότι θα σας βοηθήσει γιατί είναι για όλα τα budget!

Empties #8 - Summer Edition (Hair & Body)

Καλημέρα σε όλους! Σήμερα μετά από πολύ καιρό σας έχω ένα empties post, και μάλιστα είναι το summer edition, δηλαδή όλα εκείνα τα προϊόντα που τελείωσα μέσα στο καλοκαίρι. Πρόσφατα άνοιξα τη σακούλα μέσα στην οποία φύλαγα όλες τις άδειες μου συσκευασίες και προς έκπληξη μου είχα μαζέψει υπερβολικά πολλές ,οπότε για να μην βγει το post τεράστιο αποφάσισα να τα χωρίσω σε 2 κατηγορίες, μια για προϊόντα σχετικά με τα μαλλιά και το σώμα και μια για προϊόντα μακιγιάζ και περιποίησης προσώπου. Σήμερα σας δείχνω όλα τα προϊόντα μαλλιών και σώματος που τελείωσα μέσα στο καλοκαίρι, όποτε τι λέτε, αρχίζουμε? 

May Favorites.

Καλό μήνα, και επίσημα πια, καλό καλοκαίρι σε όλους! Ήρθε και πάλι η στιγμή να μιλήσουμε για τα αγαπημένα του προηγούμενου μήνα, και μπορώ να πω πως λόγω του άστατου καιρού, ο Μάιος ήταν κάπως περίεργος. Τα προϊόντα που χρησιμοποίησα και αγάπησα περισσότερο ήταν λίγα και καλά, και σίγουρα θα συνεχίσω να τα χρησιμοποιώ όλο το καλοκαίρι. Τα πιο πολλά από αυτά είναι πρόσφατες αγορές και να πω την αλήθεια δεν περίμενα ότι θα μου άρεσαν τόσο πολύ. Ας πάμε όμως να τα δούμε ένα-ένα. 

January Favorites.

So it's that time of the month, and the first favorites post for the 2013, I'm so happy! It's been two months since my last favorites post, and for some weird reason I don't have lots of products to show you. Please excuse the bad lighting at some of my photos, it was so hard for me to find good natural light this past week, but I did my best.

The Body Shop Seaweed Mattifying Day Cream
For two months straight I'm using this moisturizer and I've already finished the jar! I'm so surprised that I actually managed to finish a moisturizer, I never do that because most of them break me out, either right away or after a month of using them. I love how lightweight this gel moisturizer is, without feeling greasy, sometimes I find gel moisturizers not being as lightweight as they claim to be, but this one is perfect and works amazingly well under make up. I actually love it so much that I repurchased a jar, as you saw in my latest haul post here. If you have oily skin and you're looking for a basic moisturizer that costs less than 15 euros, you should try it!

Fresh Line Chocolate Body Milk
This is the only body lotion that I've been using this whole month, and just so you know I have lots of body lotions in my stash right now! I got it with the Chocolate and Vanilla set that I won at the Beauty Bloggers Event and I already did a small review here. It's very lightweight and it's perfect for those who don't have dry skin and don't like the heavy and sticky feeling of a body moisturizer on their bodies. It has the best texture for a summer body lotion, and it smells like pralines!

Stila In The Know Eyeshadow Palette
This palette was the best thing I purchased at Christmas! An eyeshadow palette full of matte neutral shades, I just couldn't ask for more! The best palette for everyday neutral looks for school or work, but you can also do dramatic sexy smokey eye looks with the darker shades because they're super pigmented! I'll do a review about this palette soon! The shades I use the most are Wind, Desert and Driftwood. Here are some swatches for you:

from left to right: Desert, Wind, Driftwood

Yves Saint Laurent Faux Cils Shocking Mascara
This is a sample of the mascara that I got as a freebie with a magazine a couple of months ago, I've been using it for a month now and I find it to be a very good mascara for giving length to the lashes. First of all I love the formula, it's neither too wet or too dry  it's something in between and it really holds my curl. It's not the mascara that will give to your lashes that false effect, but it makes my lashes look cute, and I say cute because it gives that "feather" look, I find it very girly! Too bad it's too expensive, over 30 euros, but if I'll find a good discount I may get it in full size.

La Roche Posay Respectissime Mascara
Yes, I included a second mascara to my monthly faves this time! I was sent this mascara by the company to test it out a few months ago but I didn't want to open it since I was using others at that time. Respectissime is suppose to give length and seperate your lashes, and it's perfect for those who have really sensitive eyes and for those who wear contacts. I have to agree that it does seperate really well but it doesn't give any length to my lashes what so ever! When I use it, my lashes look exactly as if I have no mascara on except a little more defined and blacker. Then why is in my favorites this month you may ask, that's because I find that Respectissime is one of the best mascaras I've ever used for my lower lashes! It has a tiny brush that allows you to apply mascara on the lower lashes very easy and without making a mess, which is something that most of us have serious problem with, huge mascara brushes are the worst of the lower lashes!

Here's a comparison picture between the brush of the YSL Faux Cils Shocking mascara, which is a normal sized mascara brush, and the one from the La Roche Posay mascara. See how slim and short Respectissime's brush is?

Mac Omega Eyeshadow
I actually use this eyeshadow for my brows. It's a light taupe brown shade, very similar to Mac's Lingering brow pencil, only a tone lighter. So for those who wear Lingering, you could also try Omega if you're looking for more of a natural look on your brows. I also noticed that it's quite similar to Naked eyeshadow from Urban Decay. I apply it with a Mac 208 brush which is an angled brush.

BareMinerals  Buxom Katie Lipgloss
Most of the times I have a love-hate releantionship with lipglosses, I like wearing them mostly at summertime, so for over 4 months I wasn't wearing any lip gloss at all, but this Buxom Katie one changed my mind. I got it at Christmas with the Buxom Time to Shine lipgloss set, as you can see it's not the full size. Katie is a very pretty baby pink shade with very fine silver shimmers and it is a little sticky. It gives a light cooling/tingling sensation to your lips, like a menthol lip balm, but it doesn't taste bad, it has a light vanilla taste. If I could use only one lipgloss from now on I'd be more than happy to use only this one!

Givenchy Dahlia Noir Eau De Perfum
I got this perfume last year as a gift, and I've been waiting since now to start using it again because it's definitely a winter perfume, musky/powdery and warm, very sexy I would say! I love the design of the bottle, very simple yet elegant.




I hope you liked my favorites this time and you didn't find them boring. I can't wait to read what were your favorites for the January! Let me know!

Sophia
xoxo

Fresh Line Chocolate & Vanilla Set Review

Reviewing the Fresh Line's Chocolate and Vanilla Set is something I wanted to do ever since I won it at the Beauty Bloggers Event in Athens last month, also many of you asked me to do this review, but first I wanted  to try every single one of the products to have an overall opinion on them.

Fresh Line, for those who don't know, is a greek brand that sells fresh and homemade cosmetics, very silmilar to Lush Cosmetics. They do not test on animals and their products are free from parabens, SLS, silicon, mineral oil, phthalates and synthetic colors. Since I was a little girl I loved going into a Fresh Line store and smelling all the divine scents from their soaps to their fizzing balls. My personal favorite product from Fresh Line is their soaps, I think they make the perfect handmade soaps, very creamy and moisturizing and they lather up amazingly good.

The Chocolate and Vanilla Set contains: 

 - Chocolate Shower Wash 200ml

-Chocolate Body Milk 200ml

-Chocolate Soap

-Vanilla Soap

-Lip Therapy Milk & Chocolate

-Vanilla Fizzing Ball

-Vanilla Hand Cream 40 ml

The price is 26 euros.

Chocolate Shower Wash
This is a simple shower gel, I wouldn't say that is very moisturizing, definitely not as much as the soaps are, it does smells like chocolate, not overpowering though, and it has a runny texture. Not my favorite product from the set, just because I prefer the soap more, but I still like using it for a quick shower.

Chocolate Body Milk
This is definitely one of my two favorite products from the set, it doesn't smell like the shower gel, it has a chocolate-praline scent, and the praline makes it so yummy! It's not a very moisturizing body milk, but then again it's a milk not a cream. The consistency it's very watery, you have to be careful when you pour it on your hands because you can easily cause a mess, like I did the first time I used it! It would be better if it came with a pump but that's OK. For those who have normal skin and not dry, they will definetely love it, it absorbs quickly without feeling your skin being sticky, and you can still feel your body moisturized. It's the perfect body moisturizer for summertime also, and they have a peach and a pomegranate one, I think these scents would be perfect for summer!

Chocolate Soap
As I mentioned above, Fresh Line makes the perfect soaps and this one is no exception! I prefer it way more than the shower gel, it lathers up like a dream, again not very moisturizing but that's propably because it's a glycerin soap and I still haven't found a glycerin soap that is very mositurizing. When you first smell the soap, it literally smells like a bar of chocolate, so for those who are chocolate lovers I'm pretty sure you'll love it!

Vanilla Soap
I cannot describe how much I love this soap, definitely the best product in the set, hands down! First of all the smell, it smells so divine, like pure vanilla goodness! Not the overpowering and sickening vanilla scent that most body products have, this one has more of an elegant woodsy vanilla one. It's super moisturizing, and it lathers up really good, it creates a mousse type of lather. It's such a shame that Fresh Line does not include this soap in their regular line, I hope one day they will! Please Fresh Line, make this incredible soap permanent!

Vanilla Hand Cream
OK so I really wanted to like this product, I really did, but the scent is just so bad that I couldn't! Even though the texture of the cream is superb, very creamy and moisturizing without being very heavy, the scent just ruined it all. From the jar you cannot tell the bad scent, it certaintly does not smell like the Vanilla Soap, but whenever I was using it on my hands it had that really bad vanilla scent, more like a mouldy vanilla one. I don't know why, maybe is just me but it didn't work! I suggest you try it first on your hands before you purchase it, who knows it may work for you.

Vanilla Fizzing Ball
I love fizzing balls, I've purchased quite a few from Fresh Line and Lush, and I have to say that Fresh Line's fizzing balls are way better than the ones from Lush. They're very moisturizing, you can easily use half of it for your whole body. The best part of this fizzing ball is that it smells exactly like the Vanilla Soap, so you can understand how much I love it, also its aroma is very strong and your bathroom will smell like vanilla for hours! And once again Fresh Line does not have this fizzing ball in their regular line!

Lip Therapy Milk & Chocolate
This is a chocolate flavored lip balm that really surprised me on how light it feels on the lips and still moisturizes very good!  I would prefer if it would be a vanilla one since I don't like chocolate flavored lip balms but nevertheless is a very good lip balm, a very high quality one I should say, and because it's very lightweight it's perfect to use as a base for lipsticks.



I think the set is still available in the Fresh Line stores and counters, so you can go and check out the products! You can also find Fresh Line stores outside Greece, in Cyprus, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, Albania, Turkey and Armenia, for more information you can check out their website here.



Have you tried any products from this set or any Fresh Line products in general? Did you like them?
Let me know!

Sophia
xoxo

Beauty Bloggers Event in Athens

A few weeks ago, on December 16th, a beauty bloggers event took place in Athens with a really good cause, we raised money for the Fashion Targets Breast Cancer Hellas. It was a great opportunity to meet and chat with some great ladies/beauty bloggers, and meeting some of them for the first time. It was a great tea party with lots of Lipton teas, yummy biscuits and muffins, and all the girls had manicures with the newest Essie shades from the Stylenomics and Winter collections! It was a really friendly and cozy gathering for beauty bloggers, I had such an amazing time!

All these pictures from the event were kindly provided by Mary from Made in Heart and Konstantina from 5 Glam Club, thanks so much girls!

We also won some amazing gifts from the brands that kindly offered them for the event: Avene, Bacchia, Clinique, Fresh Line, Garnier, Korres, L'oreal, Seventeen, The Body Shop, Vladi Elena and Plexei Plexi.

These are the ones that I won, and I have to say that I'm more than happy, all the gifts were amazing!

I'll do a review for the chocolate set from Fresh Line very soon, it smells delicious!

Again I want to thank all the gorgeous ladies that organized the whole event, it was amazing. I was so happy meeting all of you! 

Sophia

xoxo