Rival De Loop | Berlin Lipstick

Rival De Loop's Lipstick Berlin in the shade 100.

Hi everyone!

When I went to the drugstore yesterday I stumbled across the Rival De Loop counter.

I had never heard of that brand before, so, as I do with every new brand I discover, I took a look at their lipsticks.

I ended up getting this gorgeous nude.

To be honest, I was more than skeptical. I only payed 2€ for this, which is super cheap for a lipstick - so I wasn't expecting much.

But I was once again suprised.

When first applying it this morning, I noticed that it left my lips a little bit dry (but they are dry quite often, so that might just be me.)

The matte finish made the lipstick stay on my lips for a good 5 hours until I had to re-apply it, even though I did drink and eat quite a lot throughout the morning.

To my suprise, it is also pretty pigmented for a cheap drugstore lipstick - of course, not coming close to my Mac one - but the colour still looks rather pretty and lush.

Overall, I think it was safe to say that this was a great purchase - very good quality for a very low price and it definitely made me want to look further into Rival De Loop's products soon.

Did you make any suprisingly good purchases lately?

What is your favorite brand when it comes to lipsticks?

Thank you so much for reading!

Franzi. x

NOTD | Avon Cosmetics l Nailwear Pro+ Nailpolish

Avon nailwear pro+ nailpolish in the shade "Decadence". 

If you know one thing about me, that is that besides lipsticks, nailpolishes are my holy grail when it comes to beauty.

I own a good forty of them, some in very similar shades, but it wasn't until the other day that I picked up one that compares to this beauty.

I know, I know. Another Avon product.

Hear me out - their nailpolishes are just as great as their make up brushes.

I recently picked up Avon's nailwear pro+ in the shade "Decadence" for 3€ in their sale - usually it would've been 8€ - because I didn't really own a purple shade.

I certainly don't regret that decision.

I believe Decadence is one of Avon's newest shades. It's a dark, shimmery purple.

This polish stays on longer than most nailpolishes I own, taking around five days before it starts to seriously chip (except for when I have to do a lot of work around the house, then it's obviously quicker.)

It takes a little longer to dry, but in my opinion, it's absolutely worth that small casualty.

Avon's nailwear pro+ range consists of 28 nailpolishes, all of which you can find on their website here.

What brand is your favorite when it comes to nailpolishes?

Also, what kind of blog posts would you guys like to see me do next?

Thank you so much for reading!

Franzi x

Avon Cosmetics | Avon Pro Brushes

Avon Pro Powder Brush

Avon Pro Foundation Brush

I have been using Avon products ever since I got into make up, being influenced by my Mom, who's make up collection is definitely dominated by Avon.

I have never used their brushes before since they are 9€ each and I usually used the much cheaper ones I got at the drugstore.

Which was a huge mistake!

First off, I just think these brushes look pretty neat - they are a matte black.

But what I like most about them is that they feel incredibly soft on your skin, unlike the cheap ones - which felt like they were scratching my face and left it rather itchy.

They pick up the product rather well, even though, using the powder brush, you'll have to swirl it  for a few seconds.

But they do blend in better than any brush I have ever used.

I only own the powder brush - which in my opinion works for blush and bronzer just fine, in case you're on a budget - and the foundation blush.

There's a total of 12 brushes in the Pro collection, some of which you can find here:

Powder | Foundation | Blush | Bronzer | Concealer | All-Over Eyeshadow

Avon's also having a sale at the moment (up to 60% off) so if you're thinking about getting some new brushes, I highly recommend these!

What are your favorite brushes?

Thanks for reading,

Franzi x

Education And Its Side Effects | Lifestyle

Hi everybody!

I know, I know. I promised you guys that my next blog post wouldn't be about a heated topic, but, as I'm quite the feisty person, I get into arguments every now and then - just because if I think something's wrong, I won't shut up about it.

As you know, I'm currently in high school - a sophomore, to be more precise.

And to be honest, I love learning. Learning new things, like a new language, for example, is incredibly interesting.

But I hate the idea of studying. And that's what school is about these days, if you take a look at it.

Let's be real, you don't get home from school, sit down at your desk and think - "I'm going to learn my notes by heart just because I think the topic we discussed in class is pretty damn neat."

No, you do it because you have to if you want to pass a quiz, a test, an exam, a final.

Passing. It's all about passing.

And as if to prove my point, my entire class is having a mental breakdown over the Physics exam we're taking tomorrow as I'm typing these words.

And we're not talking "Damn, this is annoying" kind of reactions.

We're talking me studying for 5 hours without a single break.

We're talking my friend calling me, on the edge of crying.

We're talking some not even showing up for multiple days of classes so they have more time to study for one exam.

When did we reach the point where students would rather miss possibly important classes so they could try - and often fail - to pass some stupid exam?

I don't know about you, but I think somewhere between the idea of educating young people and this, something went very wrong.

Honorable mentions in what is wrong with our school system go to the fact that not only most of the people you will come across in your school career, but also a lot of teachers will take any given chances to pick on you, humiliate you.

I've met one too many of those teachers - my Physics teacher.

To be quite honest with you, even though I don't like judging people only by the things they chose to let me know about them, but I don't know how a woman who tells her students that they should leave her classroom and never set foot in it again because they obviously are too dumb to even take on a job at McDonald's would be able to raise two kids to be responsible adults, let alone teach a good hundred students a day.

I'm just rambling - yet again - but I needed to get this off my chest.

Because, being sophomores, most of the people in my year have reached the point where they either run on a lot of pain killers because they can't miss school even if they're having a migrane or they don't show up for school for weeks because it makes them feel that bad, heck, even depressed.

So when I say that I hate school it dosen't mean that I hate education or knowledge - it means that I hate the stress and the high expectations, it means I hate being treated liked shit, it means I hate the people who make me feel like a failure daily.

What are your thoughts on this? Have you nodded or rolled your eyes while reading my view on this topic?

Also, if you're feeling nice, please comment with which (beauty related) blog posts you would like to see me do in the future! :)

Thanks for reading, and I'll see y'all very soon!

Franzi x

Body Images | Lifestyle

Hi there!

Quite a few people on twitter have asked me to do a blog post on something about my every day life, and being surrounded by a bunch of pricks, I got a pretty good idea for one.

I'm someone who is always trying to be as positive as possible about their own body - sure, I'm not stick thin or as fit as I'd like to be - even though, until I quit both rhythmic gymnastics and rope skipping in summer, I've been playing them since sixth grade.

No, I'm a size 8/10 (UK sizes) / size 4/6 (US sizes).

And the fact that those sizes are frowned upon seriously disgusts me.

Going to a school where there are very few bigger girls and a whole bunch of girls whose legs are practically nothing but skin attached to bone - and this in no way supposed to be shaming, they literally are just that thin -, I've been called a whole bunch of names, starting in fifth grade.

Fifth grade. Just let that sink in.

How old were you when you were in fifth grade?

In Germany, kid's are 10 or 11 at that point.

10 and 11 year old kids who bully others just because their thighs are bigger, their stomach isn't flat, their face is a bit rounder.

I know what some people are going to answer to that statement.

 "Kids are mean, that's just what they do."

No.

I was no longer a kid when I decided to eat healthier last January, mainly because people told me to.

Well, in the beginning it was just about eating healthier.

Then, I started looking up calories whenever I wanted to eat something that wasn't fruit or veggies.

Then I started writing down every single thing that I ate, including the calories those foods had, added up all the calories I had eaten in a day, just to get rid of as many of them as possible by working out.

I obsessed over that.

It took me months to realize that what I had been doing wasn't helping my body, it was making me feel even worse than I had before.

Looking back at that a year later, it scares me.

It scares me that so many people believe the things that some dumbass tells them and act drastically, just because they want to look aesthetically pleasing to the people around them.

It scares me because there are millions of kids growing up in this society that tells them that it if they're not a size 2, no one cares about them, they are never going to achive anything looking like that, that they are worthless.

What scares me even more is that children, naive as they are, believe all those things.

This turned into one big messy ramble, but here's the point I'm trying to get across;

As cheesy as it sounds, you are not a number.

You aren't any different than the models in magazines just because you weigh more than them, and you really aren't a worse person because of that.

It is okay to eat sweets, don't mock yourself for having some chocolate after dinner, you deserve it.

There are a lot of people who are pricks about other people's apperiances, and there will always be someone who won't like something about the way you look.

You could be the juciest, ripest peach in the world, and there's still going to be somebody who hates peaches.

I know I can't burn anything I just spilled  all over your screen into your head (if you've even read this far) , and I know that once something like a horrible opinion about your own body settles into your mind, it's very hard to get rid off.

Even if you've gotten absolutely nothing out of this post and you're currently wondering why you're still reading this, I want you to set one small goal for yourself this year  - think about the people who tell you shit about your body, and cut them out of your life, because you deserve so so much better than them.

Thank you so much for reading, and I'll be back with a less heated topic soon!

Franzi x

Hello world!

Hi there!

I've been thinking about starting a blog for over six moths now, and I guess now I'm finally getting off my lazy butt and doing it.

And if you need to know one thing about me, then it's exactly that - I'm just as lazy as I'm creative (or I'd like to be, if I had the time)

But before I tell you about those kind of thimgs, I should probably introduce myself.

My name is Franzi and I'm for the (not so) beautiful country that is Germany.
I'm a fashion obsessed, TV show addicted, food loving teenage girl.


I get really passionate about the things I love very quickly, and as neither my friends nor my family are willing to put up with me talking to them about those, I decided to make a blog where I could discuss them all I want!

Mainly, the focus of this blog is going to be beauty amd fashion, though I will probably end up posting about my daily struggles as well - and believe me, I have plenty of those.

So, before I keep rambling on about a lot of stuff you guys don't want to read, I'll end my first ever blog post here.

Thank you so much for reading this, I'm super excited about getting in blogging and writing more posts.

Franzi.