My winter holiday, a photo blog

January is already upon us and my winter holiday has already ended but I had an amazing time catching up with family and friends, exchanging gifts and travelling around!

So here is a little photo blog about it (^_^) . Beware, this is a photo heavy post.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year everyone! I hope 2016 brings you health, happiness and joy!

Every year I want to try something new, so this time it's a new type of social media. From now on you can find me as celdeconail on snapchat too. Follow me if you use it.

Les Merveilleuses Ladurée Face Color Rose

If you've been following me for a while, you must know by now that I am a fan of Ladurée and also cute cosmetics in elegant packaging. So a few years back I was very excited to discover that my favourite patisserie had somehow expanded to the world of beauty. Recently a dear friend of mine granted my wish to try them in person and sent me the infamous Ladurée Face Color Rose.

Etude House and TonyMoly Superboxes by Memebox, Asian beauty extravaganza

It's time for another Memebox post and today I want to show you my favourite Superbox releases so far, the Etude House Superbox and the TonyMoly superbox ^_^

If you follow my blog you must know by know that Etude House and TonyMoly are probably my favourite Korean beauty brands. So when these superboxes were released, I just couldn't pass them up.

Memebox Luckybox review

It is time for another Memebox post. Today we are going to take a look at Luckybox. A Luckybox is full of the most popular products from previous editions of Memebox that are now sold out.

Kiehl's in Thessaloniki, Greece

Kiehl's has finally landed in our city!!! I was very excited when I found out so with a couple of friends we decided to pop by and take a look. It's a brand that I always loved but never got the chance to investigate as it wasn't easy for me to get. I had tried some products during my travels but now I finally have the chance to investigate everything ^_^

Memebox, a beauty box full of Korean cosmetics

Hello, hello!!!
After almost two months, here I am back with another blog post. Today we will talk about one of my favourite topics, Asian beauty products and more specifically Korean beauty products. After years of using various brands I have found that Asian cosmetics work much better for me than western ones. So when I heard that there is a beauty box full of Korean beauty products, and after the disappointment Glowbox turned out to be, I just had to try it.

Meet Memebox, possibly the best beauty box there is.

Favourite cosmetics brands - Majolica Majorca

Today I have for you another post about one of my favourite Asian beauty brands. The brand I want to talk about is Majolica Majorca from Japan, the drugstore section of Shiseido, available only in Asian countries like Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Favourite cosmetics brands - Tony Moly

I am starting today a new series of posts where I will talk about some of my favourite cosmetics brands. 10 years ago I was introduced to Asian beauty brands from a dear friend and it was a turning point for me as they have since become my weapon of choice so to speak. They have great variety, awesome application and results, good combination of quality and price and super cute packaging. What's not to love, seriously!

Since this month's theme is kawaii, I had to start with a brand that I consider to be super cute, Tony Moly.

10 items I would repurchase tag

Hello everyone ^_^/

back in August the lovely Argyrousa tagged me with the 10 items I would repurchase tag. So here are the 10 beauty products I would repurchase if I ran out.

What's in my makeup bag, the summer edition

Hello everyone ^_^/

I am on vacation so this is a quick post. I've been tagged by quite a few friends to do a what's in my makeup bag post. So here it is, in summer edition mode.

NARS Night Series

Hello everyone ^_^/

Just two weeks are left for Christmas so I did a bit of holiday shopping. One of the top items on my wishlist was the whole NARS Night Series collection. I love the Night Series eyeshadows and have collected almost all of them over the years so as soon as I saw the eyeshadow palette and nail polishes I knew they had to be mine.

I was so excited when the package arrived!

Here is what was inside. The NARS Night Series Eyeshadow Palette and two nail polishes, Night Breed, a black creme with silver glitter, and Night Rider, a sparkly glittery light purple.

I am so in love with these two nail polishes right now <3
So of course I had to wear them on the spot. Application was perfect, as expected of NARS nail polishes, and you would be pleased to know that these are one coaters! I still applied two coats but one would have been just fine.

After wearing my nails like this for a couple of days, I wanted to spice them up a bit so I did a drip design using the same colours.

What do you think of this collection? Will you be getting anything from it? Are you a fan of NARS in general?

Eyeko Portobello Lipgloss and Vampira Nail Polish

Hello everyone ^_^/

this is a quick post before I run out to see my favourite band, Paradise Lost, live.

A few weeks ago someone used my Eyeko ambassador code for the first time so last week I received a lovely gift pack including an Eyeko London Lips Lip Gloss in Portobello, a lovely sheer baby pink with gold shimmer! Thank you so much to the lovely ladies who used my code and also to Eyeko for sending me this awesome gift pack ^_^

I was really excited as I love the colour. It's a very pretty colour, perfect to wear everyday and it has a lovely smell too! I tried photographing it on myself but failed miserably, so my lovely friend T. kindly offered to model it so I can take a decent photo to show you guys!

Doesn't it look fabulous? She fell in love with the colour!

Also as I am going to a metal live today, I wanted to paint my nails in a colour that would match my mood and outfit. For this reason I chose the Eyeko Vampira nail polish. A lovely black nail polish full of dark red shimmer! Application was perfect and I had full coverage with two coats. Added a coat of Seche on top for extra shine and I'm ready to go!

Hope you are all having a fabulous Sunday <3

If you are interested in trying out these lovely products you can use my ambassador code  E10053 or just click on the banner on the left.
From all sales made this week an amount will be donated to the Japanese earthquake relief fund.

Submerge Me moisturizing booster by b•liv review

Hello everyone ^_^/

I hope you are all having a fabulous weekend.
After a very busy week I have a review to share with all of you today.

The product I am going to review is Submerge Me, a moisturizing booster by b•liv.

I have mixed skin so at times finding a right moisturizing product has been quite an issue. I have been using Submerge Me for 3 weeks now as part of my daily routine. I use it every night after cleansing my face before applying night cream. After the first week I started noticing the difference on my skin. It felt much more hydrated and smoother. After three weeks the dry areas on my face are almost non existent and my face looks brighter and healthier.

I would describe Submerge Me as a thick moisturizing lotion with a pleasant subtle scent. Apart from moisturizing it is also brightening and age preventing. The packaging is very convenient, as it has a pump on top so you can use exactly as much product as you need.

This is the full ingredient list that can also be found on the product page along with additional information on this product.

Purified Water (Aqua), Cetearyl Isononanoate, Ceteareth-6 Olivate,Trehalose, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Olive Oil PEG-7 Esters, Ceramide 3, Ceramide 6 II, Dimethicone, Ceramide 1, Diazolidinyl Urea, Fragrance, Triethanolamine, Cetyl Palmitate, Sorbitan Palmitate, Carbomer, Xanthan Gum, Strawberry Begonia(Saxifraga sarmentosa) Extract, Grape (Vitis vinifera) Fruit Extract, Sorbitan Olivate, Methylparaben, White Mulberry (Morus bombycis) Root Extract, Baikal Skullcap (Scutellaria baicalensis) Root Extract, Propylparaben.

All in all I am very pleased with Submerge me and I will definitely keep using it after this bottle runs out. The product has been provided to me by the company for reviewing purposes but this did not affect my opinion at all. What you see written here is my honest and true opinion after using the product for three weeks.

You can check out b•liv on their home page or on Facebook.

Also they were kind enough to offer the first 50 readers of my blog free samples of Submerge Me.

All you have to do is check out my review post on their Facebook page and comment under it with your e-mail address and blog url.

I hope you enjoyed this review. Have a lovely Sunday everyone ^_^

What I'm using right now

Hello everyone ^_^/

How was your weekend? I hope you had fun.
I had another post planned for today but I saw an interesting post at Stavroula's blog where she had a list of the beauty products she is currently using. She tagged everyone and I found it a fun idea so here is my list too.

Face
♡ Cleanser: Soap & Glory Face soap and clarity
♡ Toner/lotion: NARS balancing moisture lotion
♡ Cream/moisturizer: NARS hydrating moisture cream
♡ Facial mask: My Beauty Diary black pearl
♡ Exfoliator: Nivea Visage peel soft!
♡ Face make-up remover: Septona face wipes with almond oil and moisturising milk
♡ Eye make-up remover: Simple eye makeup remover pads

Body
♡ Shower gels/soaps:  Radox Lavender & Waterlily
♡ Body lotions/creams: Avon Planet Spa Japanese sake and rice illuminating body lotion
♡ Body exfoliator: Lush sugar scrub
♡ Hand cream: Shiseido moisture hand cream
♡ Lip balm or lip treatment: Korres lip butter
♡ Perfume: Jean Paul Gaultier Classique
♡ Deodorant: Sanex dermo-sensitive

Hair
♡ Shampoo/conditioner: L'oreal for kids, very berry strawberry
♡ Mask: Timotei for coloured hair
♡ Conditioner : -

Make-up
♡ Primer: NARS makeup primer with SPF
♡ Foundation: Skin79 shiny pearl water drop BB cream
♡ Concealer: Anna Sui concealer
♡ Powder: Shiseido Pureness matifying compact
♡ Blush: Jill Stuart blush blossom
♡ Bronzer: -
♡ Lipstick: -
♡ Lipgloss: Nivea Volum' CHerry
♡ Eyeshadow: Kate Diamond Cut Eyes in purple
♡ Eyeliner: Urban Decay ink for eyes in Zero
♡ Eyeshadow primer: Urban Decay eye shadow primer potion
♡ Eyelash curler: Shu Uemura
♡ Mascara: Majolica Majorca Lash Expander Frame Plus (best mascara ever!!!)

What are your favourite beauty products? Have you ever used any of the above? Any recommendations?
Let me know in the comments ^_^
Also I am tagging everyone who finds this fun, I think it's always interesting to see what beauty products fellow bloggers are using.