Category: Beauty
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30 day make up challenge: pink vintage party look
Last Sunday, my friend threw another vintage party on behalf of her historical events company Beleef het Verleden. This is the 4th such party she held and I attended all 4 (you can find links to my other 3 looks at the end of this post). The party had a vintage theme, meaning the dress…
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HEMA Moisturising Lipsticks
Don’t you just love finding great make up products that are a steal? I sure do and when I found these lipsticks at my local HEMA, I was a very happy bunny. These lipsticks are budgetproof, stay on nicely, and don’t dry out your lips. Even better: the range comes in over 20 different shades…
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30 day make up challenge #6: Blue
Time to play catch up! As you may have read in my previous installment of my 30 day make up challenge, I accidentally skipped the color blue. So today I present to you my blue make up look. I have been playing around a bit with my camera settings to ensure that the colors look…
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Wilkinson Hydro Silk
Wilkinson Sword has just launched a new product: Wilkinson Hydro Silk. A handy new shaving system which does not only promise to give you smooth legs, but to moisturize your skin at the same time. The result: silky smooth legs and the best of both worlds. Since I have sensitive skin, shaving has never been…
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DiorSkin Nude foundation
And foundation review no. 2! My first high end foundation and one that I bought after finishing a little sample jar. I knew before I bought the full size that it wouldn’t break me out and that I would like the coverage and look and feel of this foundation. However, now that I do have…
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New Catrice & Essence make up (incl. swatches)
Every 6 months German budget make up brands, Catrice & Essence change their make up offerings. This week the Spring/ Summer 2014 collection hit stores and I decided to take a trip to my bigger drugstore in town to see if it was in yet as it changes per city and store. Since I’m still…
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L’Oreal Nude Magique Eau de Teint
A few days ago I posted a beauty shoplog and I showed you two foundations. Today I will be reviewing one of these for you: the L’Oreal Nude Magique Eau de Teint. Up until recently I only owned 1 foundation (and 2 BB creams). My history with foundation isn’t a very pleasant one. Because I…
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30 day make up challenge #5: Peach
The 30 day make up challenge is still going strong, however I found out I made a mistake. After the green make up look, I should have done a blue one, but instead I chose the next one of the list and went with bronze. So yeah, I skipped one. My bad and I’ll make…
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Red lipstick collection (part 2 – drugstore)
After posting the first part of my red lipstick collection last week, I am bringing you part 2 today. You can read the first post, containing my high end red lipsticks, by clicking here. This second half consists of budgetproof drugstore options. So if you are looking for a cheap to mid range priced red…
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Red lipstick collection (part 1 – high end)
About 500 posts ago, when I posted a blog concerning a new red lipstick, I promised I’d make a post on my red lipsticks. In other words, this post is long overdue and by now, I can’t even stick it into one post anymore. The red lipstick collection now holds 20 lipsticks in total, with…
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30 day make up challenge #4: bronze
So much for calling this challenge the 30 day make up challenge if I posted the last look in this series over a month ago right? Oh well… I thought I’d kick back into the swing of things with this warm bronze look. After soft greens I now introduce you to shimmering smokey browns. I…
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Princess tag
The princess tag. The principle? List the most expensive item you own in each category. I own quite a lot of make up and it goes from cheapy drugstore brands to high end couture brands. Of most of my products I don’t exactly remember how much they were so I went with those products which…
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New in: YSL Rouge pur Couture in Rouge Neon
After daily posts towards the end of the year, I decided to take a bit of a breather for 2 days and didn’t blog. What better way to get back into the swing of things, then with another high end lipstick purchase. The minute I saw this amazingly bright orange toned red I had to…
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Favorites of 2013: Make up
Today is the last day in my favorites of 2013 series. And it’s devoted to one of my biggest obsessions: make up. I think, when push comes to shove, I like make up the most. I like trying out new things, wearing different colors and I never wear the same make up look twice. I…
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Favorites of 2013: Beauty
In the line of favorites of 2013, I present to you my favorite beauty products of 2013. Some of these products I’ve written reviews on, others you may never have seen on this blog before. I don’t know why, but beauty products are things I tend to try and then forget about. By the time…
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Perfect palette tag
The most fun tag has been going round the Interwebs: The Perfect Palette Tag. And now there are two things I love most about make up: eyeshadows and palettes. Put those two together and you have a perfect addiction which I can’t get enough of. Curious to see which palettes I’ve picked as my favorite,…
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Chanel lipstick in L’eclatante
Recently, Ici Paris XL had another one of their infamous 40% off on all lip products deals and naturally I couldn’t resist taking a peek. That peek resulted in the buying off a lip color I have been eyeballing for months. And this time, I finally decided to buy it. Say hello to my new…
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Sigma brushes
You can have all the fancy make up in the world, if you don’t have the proper tools to apply it, it will never look good. Good brushes don’t have to cost a fortune either, which is good. I have cheapy brushes from drugstore brands, but when you want something a bit more special, you…
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30 Day Make Up Challenge #3: Green
We are still on the color themes of the 30 day make up challenge. The first 10 rounds are, and we are now at round no. 3 which calls for a green make up look. I went with this very autumnal looks, with a mossy green eye and a plum colored lip. It’s a mix…
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Night time skincare review
For almost a year now, I’ve been very satisfied with my night time skin care routine. After searching high and low for months I finally found a cream that is nourishing enough and an eye cream which actually works too. I am currently playing around with my skincare routine again due to the colder weather,…
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Essence I <3 Extreme crazy volume mascara
Review time! I tend to stick to my Maybelline mascaras religiously but when I was gifted this Essence mascara in the Beautygloss party goodie bag, I decided to try it out. I was curious whether this cheap mascara could beat my 5x more expensive Maybelline favorite. A bit of information about the mascara: I Love…
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30 Day Make Up Challenge #2: Purple
Day 2 of the 30 Day Make Up Challenge calls for a purple look. And when I saw this gorgeous by MUA, I just knew it was what I would be using to create this look. I made this look before I went to work and I was in a bit of a hurry and…
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RiRi Woo: RiRi <3 MAC Collection
After it having been released 3x, I now finally got my hands on the much coveted RiRi Woo lipstick from the special collection MAC released in collaboration with Rihanna. By now the entire collection has sold out online again and I was lucky enough to be online when the collection launched and snatched one up.…
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30 Day Make Up Challenge: #1 Nude
My friend Karin from Meerbeauty.nl embarked on the 30 day make up challenge when she first started her blog. She had so much fun doing it that she recommended I do it too. And I figured that wouldn’t be a bad idea. Much like her, I will not be posting 30 solid days of make…
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High end lipsticks #2: Dior
Yesterday Chanel, today I give the floor to Mr. Christian Dior. And red lipstick. Because this girl has been loving her red lipsticks and these two babies definitely add to that obsession. It seems like all I can do is buy red lipstick these days when it comes to make up. But that’s what’s so…
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High end lipsticks #1: Chanel
Today I’m bringing you the first part of a two part post featuring some high end lipsticks that I bought over the past 6 months or so. First up is Chanel and tomorrow will be devoted to Dior. I bought these lipsticks on discounts from the high end drugstore where they quite often have deals…
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Diorshow Fusion Mono
The first week of teaching is always the most exhausting and when I’m tired I like to be extra nice to myself. The fact that my home train station doubles as a mini shopping mall with stores staying open later than in town, doesn’t help much either. Often I find myself browsing a few stores…
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New Catrice & Essence make up
YAY for working pictures! Because that means I can show you some of the new items Essence & Catrice added to their collection. In case you didn’t know: budget brands Essence & Catrice revamp their selection every 6 months. Old products are out and new ones are in. And it just so happened to be…
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LOTD: Smokey blues
As I promised you two days ago: my hands were itching to create a make up look with my latest Inglot purchase. I decided to now only use all of the shades in my new palette, but also add some eyeliner and just go pretty much all out with different shades of blue. This is…
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New in: 5 pan Inglot freedom system palette
One thing I did during the past few weeks where I have had 4 weeks all to myself is shop. I didn’t shop all that much considering the time I had on my hands and so an actual haul isn’t in place. One item I purchased is special enough to get its own blog post…