Nov 8, 2011

Budapest Haul & Cosmopolitan Review

Kao sto sam vam juce rekla, bila sam u subotu u Budimpesti. Nazalost, samo na jedan dan, tako da sam propustila da vidim celokupnu lepotu tog grada, ali ici cu opet (verovatno kada se pojave neke nove kolekcije lakova koje moram imati a ovde ih nema). Uglavnom, posto je bilo popodne kada smo imali slobodno vreme, vise od pola prodavnica je bilo zatvoreno. Bedak. Ali, pozurili smo da nadjemo McDonalds, ponajvise zbog WiFi-ja, izgooglala sam adresu najblizeg Muller-a, ukljucili smo navigaciju na telefonu i uputili se malim ulicicama Budimpeste. Moram priznati da nam je trebalo dugo da dodjemo do njega, oko 4km smo pesacili do onde. I ulazak u Muller. Prvo sto sam videla su brendovi tipa Chanel, Dior, Dolce&Gabbana, i pomisao “Sta ja radim ovde? Nemam ja te pare.”. A onda, skriveni iza svega toga, sa zadnje strane prodavnice, stoji Essence (za 1/3 jeftiniji nego kod nas,sa novim nijansama, ali sa polu-praznim rafovima), Catrice (nazalost, samo 3 boje, ostalo je bilo prazno), NYC, Maybelline, Miss Sporty, i jos poneka marka koju mogu da priustim. Nazalost, bas zbog tih praznih rafova, kao i pomalo ruznjikavih boja koje su stajale na policama, kupila sam samo 5 komada. Ustvari, 7, ali jedan sam kupila koji vec imam a skoro sam ga potrosila, i od jednog novog sam slucajno uzela dva. Ne pitajte kako, desilo se od uzbudjenja :D. U svakom slucaju, Budimpesto, ocekuj me opet, ako nista drugo zbog lakova za nokte. Evo novih :

As I told you yesterday, I was in Budapest on Saturday. Unfortunately, only for one day, so I didn’t saw all the beauty of that city, but I’ll go again (probably when some new polishes show up that I can’t find here). Anyway, since it was a late afternoon when we had our free time, most of the stores were closed. Bummer. But, we rushed to find McDonalds, mostly because of Wi-Fi, and I Googled an address of nearest Muller, we turned on GPS on mobile and started walking through the small streets of Budapest. I must admit that it took a while to find it, about 4km of walk. And entering in Muller. First I saw was brands like Chanel, Dior, Dolce&Gabbana, and thought : “What am I doing here"? I can’t afford it”. And then, hidden behind all of this, in the back of the store, stands Essence (1/3 cheaper then here, with new shades, but with half-empty shelves), Catrice (unfortunately, only 3 colors, rest of it was empty), NYC, Maybelline, Miss Sporty, and some other brands that I can afford. Unfortunately, I bought only 5 polishes. Actually, I bought 7, but one I already have and it’s empty, and from one I accidently bought two. Don’t ask me how, it happened because of excitement :D. Any way, Budapest, expect me again, if it’s not for anything else, then because of nail polishes. Here’s the new ones :

BenQ Corporation
Essence– Gleam In Blue, NYC– Prince Street, Essence– Let’s get Lost, NYC- East Village, Essence– In Style

Druga stvar o koju sam htela da podelim sa vama je u vezi sa magazinom Cosmopolitan, tj novembarskim izdanjem. U principu, to je jedini magazin koji ja kupujem i citam. Za ostalo su tu blogovi :). Uglavnom, kada je su u pitanju njihove Beauty stranice, skoro nikad nema nista u vezi noktiju, uvek samo sminka. A nokti se pojave jednom u 6 meseci i to uglavnom sa losim clankom. Priznajem, da nisam u ovom svetu, verovatno bih im verovala. Ali na ovo moram da odreagujem. Naime, naslov je “Nokti za 10”, a pretstavljeni su 8 lakova za nokte koji su navodno savrseni za ovu sezonu i moraju se imati. Posto ni jedan od tih lakova ne posedujem, opet sam upotrebila Google, i bukvalno sam prvi swatch koji izadje uzela da procitam. A evo i vama, ako vas zanima.

Another thing that I wanted to share with you is about Cosmopolitan magazine, and his novembar issue in Serbia. Basically, that’s the only magazine that I read I buy. For rest of it, there are blogs :). Anyway, when it come to their Beauty section, there’s almost nothing about nails ever, always just make-up. And nails show up in about every 6 months, and usually with very bad article. I admit, in case I didn’t in this world, I will probably trust them. But on this, I have to react. The title is “Nails for 10”, and they show 8 nail polishes that are reportedly perfect for this season and are must have. Since I don’t own any of them, I used Google and literally read first swatch that he found of every polishes. And here they are, if you’re interested.

    Bourjois #22 (couldn’t find swatch, so there is review of other bourjois)

Od zadnja dva nisam mogla da nadjem swatch, tako da sam od Sephore stavila sliku samo, a od Bourjois-a, swatch drugog laka iz iste kolekcije. Uglavnom, ako ste procitale (a i ako niste), shvatate da nisu u pitanju savrseni lakovi u savrsenim bojama. Suocimo se sa istinom, ima toliko boljih lakova za nokte koji su boljeg kvaliteta u mnogo lepsim bojama (prvi na umu mi je Ozotic 505 koji mi je na wishlisti vec dugo). Da ne pricam o cenama. Rimmel je 393RSD/4 €, Sephora 470RSD/4.7 €, BourJois 659RSD/6.6 €, Collistar 1422RSD/14€, Givenchy 1650RSD / 16.5€, Lancome 1975RSD/20€, YSL 2175RSD/21.75€, Chanel 2365RSD/23.6€. Stvarno mi nije jasna ideja Cosmopolitan-a o zivotnom standardu ovde, a i celoj svetskoj ekonomskoj krizi. Ne kazem da su ovi lakovi ocajni, ali “za 10”? Ne bih rekla. Sta vi mislite?

From last two I couldn’t find swatches, so I put only picture of Sephora, and of Bourjois I put swatch of different polish from same collection. Anyway, if you have read (and if you didn’t), you understand that these are not perfect polishes in perfect shades. Let’s face it, there is so many better nail polishes that have better quality, in so much nicer shades (first on my mind is Ozotic 505 that’s on my wish list for ages). And the prices. Rimmel is 4€/5.3$, Sephora 4.7€/6.25$, BourJois 6.6€/8.8$, Collistar 14€/19$, Givenchy 16.5€/22$, Lancome 20€/26.5$, YSL 21.75€/29$, Chanel 23.6€/31.5$. I don’t see a point of Cosmopolitan about life standard here, and whole world economic crise. I don’t say that these polishes are awful, but “for 10”? I don’t think so. What do you think?

4 comments:

  1. E,mislim stvarno!! Toliko novca (YSL,Chanel) odvajam za kremu za lice ili dobar tecni puder bez problema. Ali lak?? To se neko grubo sali %)Imam 2 Diora u kolekciji (dobila naravno :)) koji mi traju isto toliko dugo na noktima kao Gr ili Essence..Plus ne mogu da gledam isti lak duze od 3 dana..a i brate mili , blesavo mi toliko para za lak da dam i tacka.

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  2. Napiši im mail. Cosmo je (bar po mom mišljenju) u Hrvatskoj dosta izgubio otkad je otišla ekipa koja danas piše u Stilistu. Ja sad čitam samo Stilist i stvarno mi je super. I modni i kozmetički prijedlozi su prihvatljivi za svačiji džep (od New Yorkera i Essence do Chanela i Timberlanda)

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  3. Mislim da su to samo plačene reklame,nažalost,zato ja čitam samo blogove....

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  4. @MyPerfectLounge to je bila poenta i ovog sto sam ja napisala. Stvarno su preterali.

    @Biberlee mislim da i hoce. Mozda sledece nedelje kad budem imala vise vremena. Stilist ne postoji kod nas, i bas mi je zao sada kada vidim koliko je boljih novina. Iskreno, jedino cemu se uvek obradujem u Cosmu je Zverka. Ne znam da li je on i kod vas, ali kod nas je on zakon.

    @Nina moguce je. Ako nisu, onda izgleda snobovi pisu tekstove.

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