Something I recently got: Maybelline The Blushed Nudes Palette and Master Brow Pro Palette. These are fairly new in here, I got excited and had to grab both even if I actually may not need them (or may I?) in my life. Today I put them into test and applied both quickly and tried to put as little effort into it as possible. Some things surprised me in a great way, some things not so much.

The eyeshadow palette looks absolutely beautiful and divine. Having mostly shimmery shadows in it, I assumed I will get some fall out with darker shadows and I wasn't wrong. Fall out was easier to get rid of than I suspected though, gentle swipe with powder brush and all was gone without leaving any trace on my face. Colour pay off could be better, but with building up few layers, you can get more opaque finish. While I didn't grab my eyeshadow primer, I recommend doing it... just to make your life easier. Consistency is quite soft and powdery creamy, this allows you to blend different shades together easily, but you can also get away with just wearing one shade at a time. Brush applicator it comes with is quite useless, but all the downsides can be forgotten if you see the shades itself. Beautiful rosy nude colours just melt my heart. This selection definitely will compliment anybody's summer makeup, from neutral to more dramatic.

Eyebrow kit looks also fabulous and comes with a useless brush I immediately threw out, brow wax, brow powder and a highlight powder. Wax is quite hard to apply and seems dry to me, you have to work dig in to make it easier to apply. Powder glides on like a dream and with very few strokes will build you a perfect arch. No fall out or smudging throughout the day, everything will stay put just like you intended to. Highlight is like a cherry on top of a cake! It is very natural creamy shade, lightens everything up and pulls everything together.

To sum up, I love both products and most definitely are these worth to try out. If you experiment with the textures, get the hang of everything and own few good brushes yourself, these work with an ease and won't fail in offering you the perfect blushed nude makeup and polished arch. 

Surrounded by the most interesting antique and art shops, Estonia's first cupcake shop Tassikoogid  on Tähe street 21 definitely catches the eye when taking a walk through Tartu. On one beautiful Saturday afternoon I decided to walk in and have a treat while enjoying freshly brewed cappuccino. While walking in you can definitely feel and sense the romantic style and retro vibe surrounding the whole room. Cupcake stands are full of freshly baked goods they do bake themselves every day. Besides offering wonderful selection of cupcakes to every taste, they do have a selection of macaroons, cake pops and offer bakings upon orders. 

We got coffee cupcake along with salted caramel cupcake to taste with our coffees. Chocolate one had coffee filling and sour cream topping on a chocolate base. It was perfectly moist, rich in taste and after having just one you will be fulfilled with the nice combination of chocolate and coffee. Both tastes go hand in hand together without overpowering each others. Perfect choice if you love coffee and to have with creamy cappuccino! Salted caramel cupcake consisted of the vanilla base, yoghurt cream and salted caramel filling. Wonderful treat to anyone who wants to have a quality treat, but dislikes too sweet cakes.

While enjoying coffee and cake, we got to chat privately, look at the magical surroundings, both inside and outside without feeling rushed. I will definitely want to go back and have a cupcake outside during summertime as the little table next to the wooden house under the Tassikoogid sign just shouts 'come and get the taste of fairytale'. Yes, it sure does feel like being in a fairytale in this cupcake shop. 

Conscious Skincare is something I have heard before, but really haven't had a proper chance to hop in and try something out. I must admit, these two products from Neutralize line are totally different what I meant them to be when I first got them. Being organic, I thought I get something very gentle, mild and not so surprisingly active. But when I say 'active', I do mean it in a good way. These two, and especially this exfoliant are something I would recommend testing out with caution, because oh boy, they are effective. 

Neutralize Face Wash is a clear gel that mildly lathers up and really gently makes your skin tingle. This does help with microcirculation, and its zesty ingredients along with the lovely refreshing scent will deep clean your pores from all the buildup in a regular use. At the moment my skin is quite tolerant and I always give this cleanser little bit more time to work and leave it on my face for couple of minutes before rinsing it off. This allows all the zesty goodness sink into my skin, cleanse it properly and treat any imperfections like pimples, clogged pores and even dry patches. This cleanser will leave your skin like you have had a mild chemical peel in the most natural way as it feels acidic without any harm actual acids can do when misused. 

Neutralize Exfoliant is the real bad boy in this duo. This is a lot thicker gel with pretty sparingly added beads in it. When I first poured a dollop on my hand I wondered how it does its job with so little amount of actual particles. Little did I know that besides almond shell powder that does its mechanical exfoliation, this exfoliant is packed with good natural acids, floral waters, essential oils to work deep in the skin like a good chemical peel. It will make face warm and stinging, but tolerance builds up use after use. My face was little bit red after rinsing, but after 5 minutes the redness was gone. Even after first use, you will notice how smooth, bump free and even your skin is. Every other product from toners to serums, moisturisers and makeup will be so much easier to apply and blend in. Truly 'get that glow' product in a bottle!

This weekend I took apart from an event 'Ilublogijate Kokkutulek 2016' where many Estonian beauty bloggers got together, learned about few beauty brands, enjoyed good food and drinks. Most importantly between all that we got to meet each other, talk all the important talks and leave with the goodie bags that were full of products to try... and all that because of to the most generous sponsors who supported us and made this event possible. 

Wonderful Al Bastione restaurant hosted us and fed us wonderful food. Their healthy pizza disappeared as fast as they served it and their interior was cozy yet sleek. Vitamin Well and John Lemon took it to their responsibility that we wouldn't get thirsty. Hands down, both beverages taste wonderful, are good for you and keep you going. Lovely local homemade waffle makers from Vahvlihaldjad served us the crispiest nostalgic waffles I have tasted in a long time. These do bring back memories from childhood and will definitely be the highlight of every event. 

Many companies chose to take apart from the event and introduce their products in person. Even though a lot of them were already familiar to me, I enjoyed getting to know how some products were born, what were the struggles and joys when creating them and the gratitude towards beauty bloggers as a part of their journey was felt almost everywhere. 

As I have decided long time ago, I will be honest and clear in all of my posts. Not everything was great and bubbly, but that is also fine, because it gives us something to think about, a new perspective and an experience! The only bitter taste I had in my mouth when leaving this event was due to the person who represented Vestige Verdant. 

I love this company and admire everything they do and have done so far. They have always been so humble, brave and appreciative of everything, therefore the whole situation was very surprising. I do hope that Vestige Verdant as a company don't actually accept the qualities like 'we are better than everybody else', 'we know better than our competitors', 'we only lost, because we don't have as much resources' as their own. Their spokes person who was representing them at the event, highlighted so greatly with pride in his eyes, that this is his way of thinking and sadly reflected these beliefs into the company. Publicly trashing and taunting the other company who's creator is in the same room is also not professional and made everybody roll their eyes. This is not healthy competition like he defended his behaviour afterwards, it is abuse and shows more fear than confidence. I do think there is enough room and beautiful faces in the world to TurBliss the and Vestige Verdant, because both companies make amazing organic peat masks, have totally different campaigns and roads ahead of them. I also do admire and have so much respect to the creator of TurBliss who in all of this stayed so professional, held her back straight and was above all of itTo sum this up I do want to believe this instance was only because they chose the wrong person to represent them, the company itself has their original positive attitude they had in the beginning of their road and they haven't forgot where they come from - the same place their competitors, little country Estonia that has enough peat for both of them. 

On the positive note, we also got exciting information that NYX Cosmetics will soon be in Estonia with its wide selection of affordable and colourful makeup. I also got to play with few products they had on their display and found myself drooling all over their blushes that were so tempting.

As I mentioned, we all walked away with heavy goodie bags provided by all the sponsors. I will get to testing everything and in the near future you will see many reviews, opinions and my talking, talking, talking about them. 

Teazy Teatox teas and Moshi hair oil are two things I got from the bag and have talked about before. My Teazy Teatox experience post can be seen in here. Good news is that now they have reduced their price range significantly and you can enjoy good tea cleanse even if your budget is smaller. It was not too long ago when I talked why I love Moshi's moisturising hair oil in here.