Dear readers

what are the most important tools every artist need? That's right! Brushes! Whether painting artist or MakeUp artist, both species need their brushes to refine their masterpieces. The caring of brushes is therefore really important for artists to keep the quality high. And you even can't get enough of them. There were so many different forms and styles of them, you gotta have them all.



I like to make them in scene. To present them in a lovely way on my MakeUp desk and I think every girl loves to see their cups full of brushes. This collection I got from NurBesten (read the review here) is in travel size. I like the golden part of the brushes and the soft head, which I like to use for details parts on my face.

I just can emphasize to wash you brushes! It's more hygienic for your face and it would even keep the high quality of your brushes.

xo, RubyliXious

–  in cooperation with NurBesten  –

Dear readers,

fall season might not be my favourite, but I still like the sweater-weather. I prefer oversized sweater and this year I had to buy them in different styles. Here are 4 different styles I bought lately.

My favourite four different styles are still minimalistic in design and colour though. I prefer white, cream and grey in cold season, therefore I wear more often dark pants or jeans. The first style is very simple oversized. The V-Neck sweater can be wear as a one shoulder sweater. I like to combine it with a black lace bra, where you can show a minimal part of the black lace under the huge V-Neck sweater. And of course my favourite style is the backless one. I chose two, both in grey, as a backless version. The design of the backless sweater by forever21 shows almost the whole back and the detail of the sweater I found at Asos is laced up.

The last style is really special, but I got to have it. The Noisy May collection is definitely rare and have cutouts. Even the sweater has cutouts, but here it has cutouts on the shoulder part. One thing they all have in common. My sweaters are always oversized.

I will definitely show you how I combine oversized sweaters with my favourite velvet leather overknee boots. Stay tuned and don't miss it.

xo, RubyliXious

Dear readers,

as promised here comes part two of our trip to Cyprus. (Read part one)
We enjoyed the harbour city Girne very much. There were so many things to explore in the small city and we had to try out a lot of restaurants.




After spending a lot of time on the beach and in the harbour city Girne, we decided to book a historic sightseeing tour to learn more about this country. The tour contains a trip to two cities Salamis and Famagusta.





At Salamis you could visit the ancient ruin city.
Out tour guide tells us a lot of stories and myths about the place. As you know Cyprus is seperate in northern turkish half and southern greek half, but the history told us they were both connected somehow. And buildings like gyms and or vaporariums were influeced by the greek. Only 3% of the archeologic state was excavated, so that we just saw incomplete amphitheaters or broken buildings. Some of the statue were even stolen by british and swedish colonialists. However, it was really interesting. Part of the sightseeing tour in Salamis was also chapels and churches.



The second part was much more exciting than Salamis. Famagusta is known as a city for students. There were so many shops and restaurants, but we had to be part of the tour, so we didn't make a shopping tour. One of the things you always have in turkish countries are basars. There were a lot of possibilities to buy clothes very cheap, but I decided to buy accessories. Our tour guide also advised us to keep our hands of basar food. They have to be eaten fresh otherwise it tastes like shit.




The best part was the little trip to the ghost town in Famagusta with the most beautiful beach in northern Cyprus. I definitely had a caribbean feeling there, but because of the tour I didn't even thought about bringing bathing stuff with me. That was a real waste of a beautiful beach amid of a ghost town. The last part was to visit the old town of Famagusta. I really fell in love with this exciting city. The old town also offered a lot of shops, but I liked the Patisserie the most, so we stayed there until the tour ends. I never had so much opportunities to choose between sweets, cakes and icecream, therefore we had to try a lot of yummy stuff.



This was the most relaxing trip I've ever had. We'd done nothing but kept so many memories. As closure of the trip I could enjoy the sunrise in Istanbul as we were heading to Hannover. The last trip for the next months and I am recovered and ready to work and study again.

xo, RubyliXious

Dear readers,

before I went on my trip with my boyfriend I received a package by Max Factor. I was one of the 700 tester for their new product the Epic False Lash Mascara. My first impression of this mascara is the packaging. It was simple in gold on the outside but with a very special brush on the inside. The form of the brush was unusual for a mascara brush, but it said with its special form the brush is able to seperate the lashes clearly and makes it looks much longer like the false lashes effect.



I am surprised. Definitely. It really works. The texture is soft and not too massive what means you only need on layer to get the effect. It makes your lashes for about 2 cm longer and my absolute favourite; it makes it super curvy without an eyelash curler.



And the unique brush is definitely recommendable. It seperates my lashes perfectly and give my lashes extra length. It is super easy to handle, I didn't have any problem to apply with this special brush. I have to say I never use the brand Max Factor so much before. It's obviously affordable. I definitely have a crush on this mascara and it's absolutely one I would buy again. And yes. I can't find a negative point.

xo, RubyliXious

–  in cooperation with Max Factor  –

Dear readers,

I'm freezing right now. As we arrived the airport in Hannover I was shocked about the drop of temperature. For the last days it was about 30° for me and now I have to bear 9°. It was so wonderful guys. I enjoyed the trip very much as I always enjoy travelling with my boyfriend. This year we booked a trip to Kyrenia, Cyprus. I have to break my post in two parts otherwise it gets too long so don't miss part two.



Niclas and I had to work so much this year therefore I was so relieved as it was the end of august. Our trip started at our homwtown with the flight to Istanbul. We stayed only for 3 hours so there is no possibility to see the beautiful city. At least we arrived our hotel at 8pm and I was exhausted.

We actually booked a double room with sea view, but we were disappointed. The room got two seperated beds and no sea view as it was on the first floor. After an upgrade with to a modern room and a mountain view, our trip could finally begin.




This country is so fascinating. It's an isle. On one side you could enjoy the sea view on the other side there is the wonderful mountain scenery. Our hotel was very offside of the city, but it got its pool and its own bay.




We spent our first days at our hotel at the beach. We really needed this. Just relaxing without worries. And there I had this overwhelming feeling of joy. The sand under my feet and the warm sea breeze on my face. The water was warm even if it was october.



Beside the beach we had to visit the beautiful harbour city Girne and cost the delicious taste of seafood. Actually we wanted to book a sunset boat trip there, but our travel guide advise us against the trip because it could be too dangerous. It was nearly end of the season so it could be very dangerous with huge waves on open water.

But there was enough to see in Girne. We found a very nice restaurant at the harbour and of course we both ordered seafood. Fish, shrimps or calamaris were served with fresh salad and chips. As dessert Niclas proposed to find an ice cream shop, but I have to admit, the cyprian are terrible in producing ice cream.




We discovered a lot of small alleys and little shops. I didn't buy anything because most of the clothes or bags are fakes. They quality was really bad and it was expensive even it was just fake ones. But I decided not to spend so much money on this vacation so it wasn't really bad at all.

           

In part two I'll tell you about the trips to the cities Salamis and Famagusta. Don't miss it.

xo, RubyliXious