Yesterday's OOTD + FOTD!

Anyone who knows me, knows i'm a night person. I love to live in the night and i don't really care about sleeping late in the night, but lately it has been a problem. The past few weeks i've been living like a vampire haha, my sleep rhythm was awful! It was getting worser and worser, and with worse i mean: sleeping at 10 am in the morning lol. First it wasn't that bad, but it was getting worser so eventually i slept that late because i wasn't really tired. It wasn't that bad the whole time, only the last week it was this bad. So i've decided to change my sleep rhytm, and here i am all woke up on 10:30 am (i woke up on 6 am). I don't really know how i did it, but a few days ago i skipped a night of sleeping without even really noticing. So i was very tired when it was 10 pm & *tadaaa* i went to bed and fell asleep. Some of you may think i'm crazy, but i've had this problem before (living like a vampire) and i always had to skip a night of sleeping to change my sleep rhythm. That was always a freaking nightmare, because it really sucks to stay up & trying to keep your eyes open when you really want to sleep. My boyfriend is also a night person (not that bad as me), so that's not helping either haha. So finally my sleep rhythm is normal again, i don't know how long it will stay this way but we'll see lol.
So here's yesterday's outfit of the day + face of the day, hope you guys like it.




What i was wearing: American apparel deep v neck in grey - h&m bodycon skirt - bronx bree ankle buckle biker boots - zara snakeprint blazer






Products i've used:
Face: Mac studio sculpt concealer in nw30, select cover up concealer
Mac studio sculpt foundation in nc40, nars blush in sertao, mark bronze pro
Eyes: Nyx for your eyes smokey eyes (lightest shades), mac fluidline in blacktrack
Hashmi kajal liner, l'oreal voluminous, mac eyeshadow in brulé, anastasia brow wiz in med. ash
Lips: nars dolce vita lipstick


Please let me know what you think of it, and don't forget to follow me if you'd like to!

FOTD, glamour check.

It's been a very long time since i've posted a FOTD, but finally here's another face of the day.
It's not anything spectaculair or something, but i really like neutral colours. I think that looks the best on me, bright colours don't really look good on me i guess. But soon i'm going to try it anyway, because i love to play with different colours to see how it looks on me. Also my hair sucks, i think it's super boring! I like my hair this long, but it doesn't have any style so it's just way too boring. Do you have any recommendations for a hairstyle? I was thinking about giving my hair a very safe haircut: just some layers and a bit shorter. Or do you have any idea what will look good on me?
Now let me show you my FOTD.



Lol, i hated my nose on this pic (you could look right in it, so i covered it haha)


On this photo the colours look the same as real life!









Products i've used:

Face:
MAC studio sculpt concealer in NW30
MAC select cover up concealer in NC40
MAC studio sculpt foundation in NC40
MAC mineralize blush in Nuance
Mark bronze pro

Eyes:
MAC paint pot in painterly
Stila eyeshadow in wheat (all over the lid)
Stila eyeshadow in golightly (on the outer half)
MAC glamour check (in the crease + outer v)
MAC brulé (as highlighter)
MAC fluidline in blacktrack
Hashmi kajal liner
L'oreal voluminous mascara
Anastasia brow wiz in medium ash

Lips:
MAC satin lipstick in spirit



Please let me know what you think of it!

Dogeared necklaces

Ever since i saw some of the jewelry by the brand Dogeared, i always wanted to have at least 1 piece of their collection. I really adore all of the necklaces they sell, they're so pretty & very cute! So i've finally bought a necklace on ebay. At first i didn't really knew which one i had to get, because they were all so cute. I really like small subtle necklaces, and most of the dogeared necklaces are so it was very hard to choose. I think i'll even buy one more next month, don't know which one yet but i'll figure it out haha. The one i got is a very cute small gold dipped key necklace, it's perfect for everyday wear (really wanted to have a small gold coloured necklace for everyday wear). This necklace is 16" long, so you can pair it even with a longer necklace. I think i'm going to buy another necklace from dogeared to pair it with this necklace, lol i don't know yet but i think it will look cute.
Now let me show you the necklace i got:


Here's the necklace on the card (i think it's very nice to buy this as a gift for someone)




The necklace on my neck, really subtle cute necklace.



Do you have any dogeared items? Please let me know what you think of it!

Rimmel lycra pro nail polish review + swatches

And again another review, this time about the rimmel lycra pro nail polish. I already have some rimmel nail polish & i think they're very good. Rimmel nail polishes never dissapointed me, they have some very pretty colours & i like the formula.


What they claim:
Professional finish effortlessly! New Maxi Brush for a mistake-free application. Up to 10 days colour.

The nail polishes i got: nr. 316 Flirty coral & nr. 402 Urban purple

So let me tell you what i think about the lycra pro nail polish + the colours.
First of all the package looks ok, but that doesn't really matter because it's just nail polish. This nail polish has 10 ml. in it, compared to the opi it isn't that much. But i don't care at all, because i never really consumed a whole bottle of opi nail polish (since i have more than 100 nail polishes it's almost impossible lol.) The brush of this nail polish is thick compared to normal nail polish brushes, you can compare it to the brush from the opi polishes. I actually like this one better, it's very easy to apply. Because it's such a thick brush, it's much quicker to apply your nail polish. Rimmel claims that this nail polish will stay on up to 10 days, well i don't think any nail polish could ever do that? I mean, i never had a nail polish that stayed on for 10 days (even if i wanted to) and also i've never heard of a nail polish that actually stays on that long? So that doesn't matter, but it does stay on for a long time. On me it will last 3 days without chipping, i think that's very good! Another good thing about these nail polishes is the price, it's not expensive they cost around 7 euro in the store. Now let me show you the swatches:



Here you can see the thick brush!



Urban purple: in real life the colour is a bit darker & it kinda looks like opi - miami beet


Flirty coral: pink coral colour, really pretty especially in the summer!



Pros:
- Very easy to apply
- Last on for a long time
- Pretty colours
- Very affordable
- Available in drugstores

Cons:
- Not much colour choice compared to opi/china glaze.



Do you have any rimmel nail polishes, and what do you think of them? Please let me know!

Review: Maybelline the collosal mascara

Today another review, this time about the collosal mascara from maybelline.

I've been wanting to try this mascara for the longest time, but i never bought it because i already had too many mascara's. So when i saw it on ebay for cheap (compared to the price here in the drugstore), i finally decided to buy it. I was really excited to try it out, because i saw some pretty good reviews on several blogs. And i really wanted to know if this could be my new holy grail mascara, but unfortunately it's not at all. This mascara didn't do anything good for my lashes, ok they made my lashes longer but my lashes look terrible when i put this on. I don't know if it's because i got the waterproof version, but i hate this mascara. When i first put it on i asked my boyfriend what he thinks about it, he thought it looked ugly (so that says a lot, because he doesn't know anything about make-up :-p lol), he said they looked a little sticky & like spider-legs. And that's excactly what i thought too, i had to put several coats to make my lashes more black. I don't know if that's the problem, but i don't have that problem with other mascara's i love so no i don't think so. Enough talking.. let me show you what i mean:

Normal lashes (uncurled etc.)

Curled lashes (with shu uemura eyelash curler.)

Curled lashes with the collosal mascara

On the photo it doesn't look that bad at all, but that was after i combed them trough with my lash comb. And in real life it looked way more worse (believe me), also my lashes felt really sticky and i wanted to take it off immediately. Of course mascara's are personal & this might be a holy grail mascara for some people. But for me no, i hated it! So if you want to try it, buy it on ebay it's a lot cheaper!

Pro's:

- packaging is kinda cute

- the brush is big

Cons:

- clumps like crazy aka spider-lashes

- feels horrible on your lashes

- too expensive for the quality (especially in the netherlands)

- Not that black, need to put more layers to show up.

- Stinks (but mascara's always do)

Have you tried this mascara yet? And what did you think of it? Please let me know!

Avon glazewear lipgloss swatches

A few weeks ago i did a review on the avon glazewear lipglosses & i thought it would be fun to show you the swatches on my mouth too. Also my sister asked for it, so here are the swatches on my mouth.

Darling pink, lovely pink colour with gold shimmer.

Real red, just like the name of the lipgloss is saying: real red. Just a nice red colour, i prefer lipsticks more for red lips but i think this lipgloss is very pigmented so you can definitely wear it instead of a red lipstick.

Please let me know what you think of it!

Tag: 10 facts about you & make-up.

I've been tagged by Laura from http://beautybloglaura.blogspot.com (thanks for tagging me Laura, haha it's always weird to call someone who has the same name)
So here are my answers to these questions:


How old were you when you first started to use make-up?
I don't know, i think i started to use make-up when i went to high school. So i was like 12 years old when i started to use it, i didn't use much. First i started to use mascara & an eyelash curler, when i got older i started to use a little bit foundation & maybe sometimes eyeliner. When i was 15-16 i used more make-up when i went to a party, i didn't really knew much about make-up so it didn't really look pretty haha ( i thought 10 layers of mascara looked good, yeah right? ).


What was your first make-up product?
Mascara. And i think my first mascara was from HEMA (dutch store)


Who inspired you to use make-up ?
I think my sister


Why do you use make-up?
I think make-up makes me feel more beautiful & i just love make-up. I love to play with different colours & to create a pretty look and feel good about myself after i've created that look. And i love to try out different brands and products, when i find a great product it makes me happy. Even though i love make-up so much, i don't wear it all the time.


What's the best beauty tip you've ever got?
I've seen a lot of great beauty tips on different beautyblogs/websites or on youtube. So it's hard to tell, but lately i've been using fix+ by mac to blend my foundation more. I think i saw this on youtube, i had problems with the foundation application (especially my studio sculpt foundation, because i have dry skin it looked cakey) now i use fix+ and a flat top brush (powder brush by elf studio) and it blends out perfectly. My foundation looks very natural & it doesn't look cakey anymore. So i think that was a great tip, because i hated that my foundation looked cakey.


What's your beauty tip for us?
If you have problems with foundation looking too cakey, use studio fix+ by MAC (or any other brand who has such sprays). You can spray it on your face before/after you applied your foundation, you can also spray it on a wedge sponge or your brush (i prefer a flat top brush, like elf's studio powder brush) than blend it out with swirling motions and your foundation looks more natural and not/less cakey. Also if you haven't got it already, buy an eyelash curler. When i was younger i had problems with my lashes. I always wanted them to curl more, but mascara didn't help. So when i found out there was an eyelash curler, it made me so happy. Now my eyelashes look much longer & much more curled.


How do you store your make-up?
I got 2 ikea drawers, where i store some of my make-up, hair & beauty products. I also have 2 plastic drawers from xenos where i store more make-up on top of the ikea drawer.


How long does it take for you to apply your make-up?
It depends on how long i have, normally i just take my time so that means i'm really slow. So it takes about 30-45 minutes, yeah it's very long i know but it's not like i have tons of make-up on. And when i go out to a party or have a dinner or something, it takes even longer because i always want my make-up to look perfect haha.


What's your favorite make-up brand & why?
Wow that's hard, because there's always a brand i like more for a specific product. For example: mascara's. I use drugstore brands, because i think they work the best. For mascara's i really love max factor or maybelline. But when it comes to foundation, lipsticks, lipglosses, blushes etc. I looove MAC. I also really like NYX, they have great products and it's very cheap. So i think my favorite make-up brands must be MAC and NYX. Mac because the products are awesome, one of the best i think! And they always have limited editions, so you have a lot of choice. Also the smell of their products are lovely! The packaging is also pretty, and it makes me feel very luxurious when i use it. I think nyx is one of the best drugstore brands (even though you can't buy it there in the netherlands), the products have great pigmentation and they have a wide range of colours and products. Also the smell of their products is ok, not great like mac but it's ok. I think the packaging of their products is also ok, i don't love it but i don't hate it either.


Which product do you really want to have at the moment?
MAC's lipstick in lollipop loving (especially the gorgeous limited edition packaging, so pretty!). I've been wanting this lipstick for a pretty long time, so i think it's about time i go and buy it.


I'm tagging, my lovely sister Jony: http://adreamworldwherefashionexist.blogspot.com/ & the sweet Suzanne: http://deltacephei.nl/