The Beautiful Cloud: January 2014

Wow... such a long title! But I didn't know which part is important, so I thought might as well put all of it in! Hehehe

Well I have a new product to review for my fellow bloggers today.. (tonight for me!). I have a 100g squeezy flat tube of Montagne Jeuness's Damask Rose: Ultra Deep Cleansing Masque.

After I cleansed my face, I used this product for "ultra deep cleansing", not sure if I needed it, but sure why not! After I applied the mask I figured, I might as well write a review on this while I'm doing it! So here it is!

This mask has a muddy/clay texture which can get messy if you buy the small sachets, but this tube is a squeezy tube as you can see so it was quite mess free for me. It says on the front that you can get up to 10 applications from 100g, but maybe that's if you apply thin layers. Though, I can't say seeing as I've only done one so far!

Just make sure to shake it down first every time and squeeze a bit at a time because if you're planning on squeezing enough clay for the whole face in one go, there are some trapped air bubbles in there which may lead to some little explosions (yes I have learnt from this so I am just warning you all in advance!)

So once you've applied to your face, you wait for 15-20 minutes... do do doo doo doooooooo....

NOTE: While I was waiting, I did notice some tingly/ faint burning sensation, but that went after a minute or two, so I figured it's fine..(hopefully!) I should have done an irritation test before but completely forgot so make sure you do one! Don't be silly like me.

*20 minutes later*

After 20 minutes, my face was rock hard.. haha, well the clay had dried out completely, but it was very easy to wash off, so no complaints there!

So what did I think of it? I felt like my face was freshened up and there as a wee glow? Don't know if I'm just greasy there or if it's a nice glow, but I my skin did feel a little tight after a few minutes, so if you are to use this, I'd advise a good moisturizer after, because if your skin feels tight, it means that the mask is probably on the drying side for the skin, well mine anyways!

I'll have to review this again after I've used it a few times because this is just my initial opinion of it.

But I did enjoy it! :) All that was missing was cucumber for my eyes!

Have any of you guys ever tried this brand for face masks? What do you think of it?

Eneshai

Hello to all you beautiful people out there!

This is a bit of an odd blog, I'm going to write a review on a website that sells make-up (or at least they claim to!)

**DO NOT ORDER FROM MAKEUPBIRD.COM**

Any of you who purchase make up online may or may not have heard of this site. I am one who likes to do some bargain hunting online, so when I stumbled upon MakeupBird, I THOUGHT I had struck gold!

I googled their website to see if it was trustworthy, but I couldn't find any review like this one I'm writing so from what I gathered (of what minimal information that was available) it SHOULD have been ok.

I went through their sale products and made a purchase worth €32 and paid through Paypal. Again, I was a bit wary but my friend who works in Paypal said I can always open a claim if I don't receive the items I paid for! So I went through with my order.

On the website, I should have received my item within two weeks. 3 weeks passed and still nothing! So I waited till the start of the 4th week to "Dispute a Transaction". I also emailed Makeup Bird directly but no response.

(NOTE: My friend says do it within 30 days of purchase otherwise it will be MUCH harder to get your money back)

What that does is Paypal will contact the seller (Makeup Bird) on my behalf to tell them that I have not yet received my item and give them a chance to contact me. However, Makeup Bird did not contact me. Then I escalated my dispute to a claim which means Paypal will request proof of shipment or proof that the item is on it's way to me from the seller and if they can't provide that proof, then Paypal will refund the money to my account.

And that is what happened. The money was refunded back and no word from Makeup Bird. Thus I can only conclude that this website is a scam!

If this has happened to any of you and you paid your items through Paypal, make sure you keep an eye out on the date and if you have not received your item within 30 days make sure to go to the Resolution Center, and then Dispute a Transaction. Give that a week or so and if you still haven't heard anything, Escalate Dispute to Claim.

I have no reason to lie about them, seeing as all I wanted were my items which I never received. This event is 100% truthful and if you have any questions or queries, please let me know!

Safe shopping online!

~Eneshai

So today I met up with my friend who I hadn't seen in YEARS! Literally! I missed her so much and had a super duper afternoon with her and her friend!

Kaori was hungry and despite being in Ireland, she was craving Asian cuisine so off we went to a Japanese restaurant, Musashi on Capel Street in Dublin City Center, where we all ordered a Bento Box on the lunch special menu! I can't tell you enough how yummy it was and it wasn't a bad price either! €8.99 and it filled me well.. perhaps even too well! It's now 4 hours since I ate and I'm STILL full!

And also got miso soup on the side! I just love how the Japanese always present their food beautifully!

Kaori and myself!

Then after lunch her friend had to go meet another friend, so Kaori and I went to Cafe en Seine to have tea (green tea) because I was actually unbelievably full! It was really really super nice to met up with her again after all these years! She's probably one of the sweetest girls I'll ever be friends with!

Kaori brought me a present from Japan! She works in a big cosmetic company and one of the brands they have is Coffret D'or! I've never heard of it but she tells me they are compete with the French brands and other premium brands like Lancome, Estee Lauder, etc. So I can't wait to use this lip gloss "Elegant Jewelry Rouge (BE-216)" because I googled imaged it and the colour looks beautiful!

So let's do a quick summary of make up :)

My makeup today was pretty much the same as I did in my Keeping it Simple post! So now you know I am a very simple makeup girl! Nothing dramatic! hehehe the main things that are different are the lipsticks I use. Today I used my Lancome lipstick Trendy Mauve.

If you have never used Lancome lipsticks I really recommend them because they are so creamy on your lips! One of the few lipsticks I have that don't end up drying up your lips after a few hours of wear. It really does keep your lips moisturized when you wear it. One of my new favourite nudes lipsticks.

A tip on purchasing Lancome lipsticks: If the colour you like is not a high demand colour, wait for their sales because they do a yearly sale around Christmas time where they sell off old stock for half price! Well Debenhams in Ireland do their clearance sale after Christmas! And lipsticks are usually one of the first things to go!

Tip to get more volume in hair: I use Tresemme's body root boosting spray on my roots after I towel dry my hair (make sure you dry it as well as you can with a towel) then I use a heat protectant spray from Aussie and here is the trick, when you blow dry your hair, do it upside down, i.e. bend over so that your head is upside down and hair is hanging down and then blow dry pointing the nozzle of the dryer upwards. and when it is nearly dry, flip your hair back and just blow dry like you would normally, but make sure you keep the nozzle pointing up when blow drying!

If it is windy outside and you don't want to ruin your hair, wear a very loose big hat to keep your hair together as the loose hat won't give you "hat hair", hair which has been pressed down thus lost volume!

I knitted this hat, but I'm sure you can buy it in some shops! If I get enough requests I may do a tutorial on how I made it! :)

An easy outfit!

If you are not bothered trying to find matching things or dressing up due to laziness, a pair of heeled boots and a blazer always works a charm! I wore a plain long sleeve turquoise top I bought from Pennys (€3), skinny jeans, black blazer, scarf and brown leather heeled boots (New Look).

A long scarf always helps to add colour to the outfit and I find long scarves always looks good with any outfit!

Tip to give a plain black blazer a bit more colour: As you can see in the photo, I had a long sleeve top but I just rolled the sleeves up over the black blazer sleeve. And voila, it actually looked really good! At least I thought so anyways!

Hope you all had a lovely day!

Eneshai

Thank you so much Danielle from Fashion.Smiles.Cupcakes for nominating me! I have no idea what this award is or how it is awarded, but here goes! :)

Here are the rules:

Make a post about the Liebster award and thank the blogger who nominated you
Write 11 interesting things about yourself
Answer the 11 questions created by the blogger who nominated you
Nominate 11 other bloggers (they must have less than 200 followers) and notify them that you nominated them
Write 11 new questions for your nominees

11 Facts about me:

I hated olives until I started dating my boyfriend (he LOVES olives). Now I love olives!
I wish magic was real. And here I am still wishing!
I have fallen for a cartoon character before! (c'mon, don't tell me you never thought the same)
I smile for everything. They know me as the smiley girl.
I love cartoons. I could watch them all day!
"Frozen" is my new favourite movie of all times and I love all the soundtrack from it!
I'm Ambidexteric, meaning I can use both hands.
I love singing, even though I'm crap.
I am the worst at accents. I'd try do one and my friends would go "what's that suppose to be??" It's rather embarrassing so I rarely do it.
I'd love to start a family.
I have 2 dogs, a malamute and a german shepherd/husky mix.

Danielle's Questions:

Why did you choose the blog name you did? Because clouds are formless and I think beauty is the same. There is no solid form of what beauty is. Beauty is what we make of it and how we perceive it. No one can tell you what's beautiful, only you can do that. :)
What's your favorite part about blogging? Being able to share to people the things I love and enjoy.
If you could travel to the past, when and where would you go? I don't know, how far can I go?? I'd love to travel back to when the dinosaurs were around to see with my own eyes what planet earth looked like back then! Would be cool!
You are given three wishes, what would you wish for? 1) Real peace 2) Everyone around me including myself to live a happy life 3) some mula to live off
What is your favorite food? Mmm... tough one! I duno!
Who is your favorite musician? Mmm.. I don't have one at the moment, but my favourite singer at the moment is Idina Menzel because I love the song she sings in Frozen!
If you could meet anyone, dead or alive, who would it be? I don't know! But I would love to meet Jennifer Lawrence because she seems like an awesome person!
Whats your favorite movie? FROZEN!!
If you could have a $1000 dollar gift card to any store, what store would it be? Toughy! Debenhams!!
Where do you see yourself in ten years? Married with kids and hopefully working a good job (pharmacist!)
What is your favorite brand? Don't have one!

Who I Nominate:

Mariannakhan
Gems Babble
Missmorganxo
That Quirky Panda
Madeline loves
Kelsielaurenxo
Cityymermaid
Anjanidee
Pons' Nation
Loveambam
Tasha Meline

My Questions for the Nominees:

Why did you start blogging?
What's your favourite time of year?
If you could go anywhere, where would you go?
Who's your celebrity crush?
One Direction or Bieber?
What's your new years resolution?
Is the glass half full or half empty?
What is your dream job?
Where do you think you'll be when you're 50?
If you had one day to live, how would you spend it?
What would you do with 1million pounds/euro/dollars?

Alright that's it for now! Thanks again Danielle for nominating me! Good luck everybody and have fun answering the questions!

~Eneshai
xx

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