NOTD: French Baby Pink

When I was in Italy I bought a nail polish by the Italian brand KIKO Cosmetics. They had a range of 76 nail lacquer colours. I chose one in the French Manicure range called "French Baby Pink" (209).
What KIKO promises: "Nail polish with a hardening and strengthening action. The gel texture provides extreme lacquered shine and the ideal fluidity for perfect control when applying and extremely easy application. Special resins make it easier for pigments to stick to the nail, creating a resistant and elastic film that, thanks to anti-wear active ingredients, extends the life and brilliance of the colour" 

This is my NOTD in French Baby Pink. I really like the soft pink colour , the application was a breeze (I actually applied it while in the backseat of the car this weekend whilst driving to visit my Grandma!) and so far it's lasted really well without chipping. For only €1.90 I feel this lacquer is a real bargain with great quality, damn now wish I had bought some more colours..

Holiday Snaps #

I've had some requests to share my holiday photos so thought I would share a selection. Sorry for this post being so very picture heavy and to think this is only a tiny selection of the photos I took...I think I took around 400, eek lol :)

Piran, Slovenia

Verona, Italy

Venice, Italy

Hiking in the Slovenian Alps, Kranjska Gora 

Venice, Italy

Cannobio - Lago Maggiore, Italy

Isola Bella - Lago Maggiore, Italy

Rovinj - Istria, Croatia

Roman Amphitheater in Pula, Croatia

Delicious Gelato in Bologna for my Birthday (26, eek!)

Sunset in Rovinj, Croatia

Gorgeous little streets in Rovinj, Croatia

Me at Lago Maggiore, Italy

Rovinj, Croatia

Venice, Italy

Morcote - Lago Lugano, Switzerland

xoxo

Apricot Souffle %

Whilst browsing the shops in the city a few weeks back, I found out that they have a small Sephora shop based in one of NL's department chain stores. I absolutely LOVE Sephora in the States because it's just like a little heaven for a cosmetics addict like me ;) Anyways the Sephora department here in The Hague is pretty small but still sells their own brand Sephora, Benefit & Too Faced which is fabulous. 
Of course I couldn't resist a little purchase so I got the Sephora Super Shimmer Lipgloss in "Apricot Soufflé".

I have been wearing this gloss most days on my holiday and just love it! 
It's a perfect natural, slightly peachy pink lip gloss with multi-holographic shimmers & a yummy apricot taste. 

Think I might  have to check out what other colours they have in this lip gloss. Any recommendations?

Guess who's back, back again?

Roz is back, tell a friend :) !!! I have safely returned 'home' (to The Hague) after a very relaxing 4 week holiday around Europe. We ended up visiting Titisee & the Black Forest (in south Germany), Lake Lugano (in south Switzerland), Verona, Vicenza, Padova, Venice, Ravenna, Bologna & Lago Maggiore (in Italy), Koper, Piran & Izola (in Slovenia), Rovinje, Porec, Pula & Zagreb (in Croatia), Ljubljana, Dovje & Kranjska Gora in the Slovenian Alps and finally Interlaken & the Swiss Alps. Sooo as so you can I covered a lot of ground in 4 weeks. However it was still very relaxing and fun. I visited many cities, did hiking in the mountains, read about 7 books, worked on my tan and of course also managed to get a bit of shopping done :p 


I have to admit though that it is lovely to be back in the world of communication again; oh how I missed my MAC book and the internet! I'm very happy that I can now catch up on all my favourite blogs & of course start blogging again myself! For today to kick off my return to the world of Dutchessroz I will just post a quick FOTD & OOTD :) 

♥Face:
Revlon ColourStay Foundation in 180 (Product review to come!)
MAC Studio Fix Powder in NC20
Revlon Concealer & Bronzer
NARS Orgasm Blush
♥Eyes:
MAC Paintpot in Bare Study (base- all over lid)
MAC Retrospeck e/s (all over lid)
MAC Wedge e/s (softly blended into crease)
MAC Twinks e/s (lower lash line and outer V of crease)
MAC Fluidline - black (upper lash line)
MaxFactor Calorie 2000 Mascara

Dress: Puffy sleeves black jersey dress from Zara

Shoes: Market in Italy

Accessories: Watch by Guess, Necklace by Kate Sylvester

I have missed you all and am glad to be back! Please feel free to let me know if you have any special post requests! MWAH xoxo