September empties

Dear readers,

Autumn has finally arrived and the last month of summer has flown by leaving me with a few empty products.

I've run out of two bottles of my favourite sunscreen lotion: the Garnier Delial Golden Protect. It gives the skin a beautiful glow as it contains some tiny golden particles that glisten in the sun. It is also nicely scented and it doesn't leave any sticky feeling after applying it.

Some lip glosses I haven't liked: the L'Oreal Glam shine formula is too shiny for my taste nowadays although I liked wearing it in the past and I find the Mary Kay nourishing plus lip glosses too sticky.

Top coats: Seche Vite and Mavala. I didn't like the Seche Vite as much as I thought I would. I find it difficult to work with, too gloopy and that it somehow sucks in the outlines from the nail polish below if that makes sense. The Mavala one doesn't dry as quickly but is easier to work with.

A few random nail polishes that are no longer salvageable: 17 Lasting Fix in Tropical Island a bright coral shade with tiny golden specks, very easy to apply and perfect for summer. The Borjouis So Lacque glossy in Amande defile is so sheer that even after 3 coats it doesn't get opaque enough. The L'Oreal Resist & Shine in 606 I think, it's a beutiful purple plum shade that has been a favourite of mine, especially on my toes, for the last two summers.

Felt eyeliner by Eylure, this has dried out on me as I barely ever wear any kind of black liner.

More samples, among them this Vitamin C serum I liked using although it smelled pretty bad: like oxidized metal.

The Mary Kay timewise repair volu-firm foaming cleanser: this lasted me for ages and I'm not kidding, I think I've had it for over a year, maybe two. It's very creamy and foams up with just the tiniest amount, I liked its scent but I wouldn't say that I noticed any increase in firmness after using this.

The Caudalie Premier Cru cream. I'm going to write an individual review on this product alone as I have loved many things about it. If you're curious, come back this Friday and read all about it.

And that's it for this month, I'm starting the countdown for Christmas, are you as excited for the holidays as I am?

For the love of sharing,

Mini haul: The Body Shop

Dear readers,

I had a few TBS coupons saved up and I used them to purchase the following items.

The Satsuma candle for 7€:

I have mentioned my love for the Satsuma range in countless occasions, it's the most relaxing and delicious scent in the world. I've been quite obsessed with candles over this last year, I have my youtubers to blame for as I was living quite happily without having any candles. I haven't burned this one yet but it's very promising, hopefully it will smell as good as any other product from this range.

The Satsuma Body, Room & Linen spritz for 7€:

This is my second bottle, I love to use this before going to bed. I spray it on my pillow and bed sheets, it really helps me relax and I wake up feeling better rested.

As I'm getting more into lip products lately I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to try out the Colour Crush lipstick in 120 Raspberry in love for 9.10€ as it seems like the perfect shade for autumn.

They also threw in a sample of their Vitamin E moisturizer which I haven't tried before.

Total: 23.10€ minus my coupons, I ended up paying only 15.10€ Yay !

And that's all for this week, hopefully I'll return to be my chatty self next week.

For the love of online shopping and coupons,

Cars

Dear readers,

I recently (two months ago) traded in my oldest car and I decided to share my car history with y'all.

image taken from www.disney.es

I'm afraid it's too late to include a picture of my first two cars but here's the little story behind them:

My first car I got from my mum at age 26 when she inherited her father's Peugeot 407 after he passed away. It was an old white Citröen AX. 

I had never needed a car before but it came in very handy, especially on rainy days. Before that I had to get to work on my scooter. It was fine for over two years, after that it needed a big repair and I didn't see the point in it as it was a very old car anyway.

The following car I bought second hand from the money I had saved from having two jobs at the same time. A friend of mine who sells used cars had a white Ford Escort at a reasonable price with very little mileage and he gave me something in exchange for the old Citröen.

Unfortunately this car, although still in perfect condition, had no air conditioning. I enjoyed the car for about 3 years but when I married we wanted to visit the Andalucía region on our honeymoon in August and wanted to do it by car so we decided to trade in the Ford Escort for a new car with a more powerful engine and the very needed air conditioning, although I ended up buying a sweater as the weather turned out to be unseasonably cold and I had only packed summer dresses.

We chose a Ford Fusion in white but after waiting for almost a month and not getting it in time for our holiday we had to settle for the colour they had at the dealer's.

Now, 11 years later and having had some problems with the brakes (my mum was driving this car after she crashed hers and I got worried about her safety), we have traded it in for a new car.

This time we were lucky to get a hugely discounted Renault Clio Sport Tourer and they even gave us a tablet device as a present. We are so happy with this car that we've already made 6.000 Km.

In between we also had a very girly cherry pink Suzuki Alto which we purchased when the hubby got a new job that was too far away for him to go with the scooter. I didn't pick out the color, the hubby did. My mom is currently driving it.

This post may be a bit random but I like mixing it up once in a while and give you something different outside the obvious hauls, empties and favourite beauty products.

For the love of driving,