Halloween Tutorials: Blue Smokey Eye

Hi guys,

today it's time for my first Halloween Tutorial! I'm gonna say it now: This is not supposed to be a whole look or a costume, it's just a colored eye make-up, because I know that some people (me for example) don't like to wear complete makeovers, so a colorful "normal" look would be the thing to choose! Also, if you want to see any certain colors or something, go ahead and tell me :)

For this look, I started off by using a blue cream eyeshadow (TheBodyShopCream Eye Colour in 04 blueberry) on the outer half of my lid. Then I used several blue eyeshadows to create the look (120 palette, Rival de Loop Yound eyeshadow Quattro in 02 blue lagoon). All you wanna do is work your way back from the inner corner to the outer corner, getting the colors darker. Make sure to blend very well! In the very inner corner I applied a shimmery baby blue (Jesse's Girl Eyedust in Baby Blues), then I used the two lighter colors of the RdLY quattro on the lid and when it came to the crease, I first shaded it with the third color of the RdLY quattro and the blended the transition to the lid color with the tow colors from the 120 palette. The V-area had to get darker to give the look more dimension, so I applied the last color from the RdLY quattro, a blue-ish black. Then I blended the whole look towdards the brow using a nude skin tone color (Catrice Nude Cream) and used that a highlight as well.

On the lower lashline I just applied the two mid colors of the RdLY quattro to complete the eyeshadows. For eyeliner I used the Essence Black Mania Pencil and and the Essence Denim Wanted Geleyeliner in 01 vintage style. RdLY diamond wish mascara was used for the lashes.

Where blush is concerned, I just used a bronzer, but go with anything not too bright that you like. For my lips I used a light red lipgloss (Essence; don't know the name, it's old). If you want it to be more wearable, do a nude lip!

I really like this look, I think it's pretty! See this as a inspiration and change it the way you like it, using you own products! You could wear this when you are sailor for halloween, for example.

Do you have any color combinations or looks that I should do? Leave a comment and tell me!

Used It Up!: I finished my Evian facial spray, really liked it, but lately it started to smell bad :P

I posted it in my September favs!

I hope you liked this one, I will try to do two looks a week, forgive me if I'm not able to!

Make sure to check back later, because I will post my Clinique skin care experiences, week 1!

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Review: TheBodyShop Colourglide Lip Colour

Hi everyone,

a while ago I purchased the TheBodyShop Colourglide Lip Colour in 42 Dusk Rose, and now I'm gonna tell you how I like it!

Basic Information:

The Colourglide Lip Colour comes in a typical lipstick container that is completely silver. The color name and things like that are on the bottom. It contains 4 g/ 0.14 oz. It costs 10 Euros.

Here you can find it on the website.

Consistency, Scent and Color:

The consistency is really creamy and nice. It both the scent and the consisteny remind me of beeswax, it's definitely somehting you should get used to. The color is a pinkish, reddish, brownish nude color, I don't really know how to describe it. The coverage, though, is really not that good. In my opinion, it's not really a lipstick, I think of it more as a tinted lipbalm. It's kinda like "my lips, but better".

Wear & Care:

The lipcolor is really creamy and due to that, it lasts pretty long. It doesn't get sticky, though. I already feel as if I'm wearing a lipbalm, and that's also true when it comes to the caring features of this lipstick. It makes my lips super soft and moisturize them.

Bottom Line:

I like this lipstick, but honestly, I don't really think of it as a lipstick, it's more a lipbalm. It cares my lips and that's just fine, but I think it's to expensive to just get a "my lips but better" color. If you want to spend that much money on a lipstick that isn't really one, do it, but I won't buy myself another one.

Does anyone of you own a TheBodyShop Colourglide Lip Colour? Do you like it?

As far as lipsticks are concerned, would you like to see my lipstick collection?

Until then, xoxo, Misch

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September 2010 Favorites

Hey guys,

September's already over and now it's really getting fall - grey and rainy outside, but really cozy inside: it's time for spending the evenings in front of the TV, drinking a cup of hot tea:) I love love love this season so much

Evian facial spray - this stuff is so amazing :) it moisturizes, refreshes and cares my skin so well, and the mist is so fine. I used it several times a day, and I'm almost out of it :( I'll get a new one, though :)

TheBodyShop Born Lippy lipbalm in raspberry - I really like this lip balm, it tastes great, cares my lips and gives a nice pink shine. Definitely a fav.

Yves Rocher Aquarelles Vegetales Perfume - Y'all know that I love this scent so much - and I still do :) I used it a lot during this month.

Essence Soft Matt eyeshadow in 03 Silky Smooth - School started again for me this month and so I had to do a lot of nude looks everday and this eyeshadow was my go-to color. It's a matte chocolate brown, perfect to fill in my eyebrows, to darken up my outer corner or to simply shade my crease. This color is so convenient!

Beliance Foundation Brush - This brush is perfect to apply my foundation, I really like it!

Jesse's Girl Enamel in Garnet - This is such a perfect color for fall :) it looks very similar to Chanel Rouge Noir and I love it

p2 nail polish thinner - I had a lot of problems with too thick nail polishes this month and this one helped me a lot.

My Uggs - These aren't real Ugg Boots, but I still love them. So cute shoes :)

McDonalds Mocha Frappe - I love McDonalds Mocha Frappe so much (I kinda love everything in this post...), it tastes so amazing

So guys, these were my favs for the month of September. What were yours?

xoxo, Misch

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EOTD September 26th: Blue & Brown + Use It Up! Product 6

Hi guys,

today I did a pretty natural eye but I used some color in it. I thought this would be pretty wearable and so I decided to show you guys!

I first applied a taupe-y brown shimmery color (MNY eyeshadow in 602A; it was limited edition) all over the lid and then added a shimmery turquoise-y blue color (Alverde baked eyeshadow in 06 intensive turquoise; it got discontinued but it might be still available) to the crease. I applied this one wet, I used the p2 perfect face! make-up fixing spray for that - water would work just fine. Then you want to add a shimmery peach-y highlight color to the inner corner ([b]basic mono eyeshadow in 13; I used this one for blush as well) and apply a black gel eyeliner to the top lashline (Essence denim wanted gel eyeliner in 01 vintage style; it was limited edition but might be still available). I used black mascara (RdLY diamond wish mascara; it's limited edition but out now) and a pink lipgloss (TheBodyShop born lippy raspberry lipbalm). That's it! It's really quick and doesn't require a lot of things! Also, if you don't own these certain idoms, feel free to use whatever you have in you collection!

I hope you guys liked this look! Do you think it's pretty or is it already to colorful for you? Leave a comment and tell me you thoughts!

Use It Up!: I finished my sixth product, the Cadeavera Compact Powder in Beige!

I really like it, but this one was a older one, so it had to get used up before it goes to waste!

Okay, I'll see you soon! Bye, Misch

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Nivea Ideal Finish Foundation Review + Use It Up! Product 3

Hi dear readers,

I told you I got the Nivea Beaute Ideal Finish Foundation in this haul, and I thought you might want to hear my thoughts on it!

Basic information:

It claims to give an ideal, even teint and to be longlasting. The foundation is oil-free and non-comedogenic (that means it won't clog your pores). According to the website, it has SPF 8 and contains Vitamine E. It costs something between 6.95 and 9.95 Euros, depending on where you buy it and it's available in 6 different colors. I'm using the color 02 Nude. It's supposed to give high coverage.

It comes in a tube that is in a natural color with a blue bottom and blue text.

Here you can find it on the website.

Consistency and scent:

The consistency isn't really that liquid, it's more creamy, but still very light and easy to apply. It has a light scent, I'd describe it as a typical lotion/foundation scent. The smell is very light and only noticeable on the face in the first few minutes.

Application and coverage:

The foundation is easy to blend out and it doesn't get streaky, but it does sort of stick to the hair on you face, you want to make sure that it doesn't look weird. I applied it with my fingers and with two different brushes.

With my fingers it was really easy to blend it out and to achieve and even teint. The coverage was not really that high, I still had to use concealer, but if you are fine with medium coverage, this will work for you.

Then I applied it with the Essence Blush Brush.

Yeah, I know, it's a blush brush, but it worked really well! The coverage was now high, I didn't have to use any concealer, although I had some pimples and blackheads. The only downside to this was that I had to use more product, because the bristles of the brush seemed to absord more product than they gave to the skin.

The second brush I used was the Beliance Foundation Brush

(available at Douglas and very inexpensive!) and this one was really good, too! It gave the same even look as the Essence Blush Brush did, and it gave high coverage, too, but this one didn't absorb that much product!

So I prefer to apply it with the Beliance Brush.

Finish and wear:

It looks really even and gives high coverage and it looks a bit powder-y, so you might not even have to set it with powder.

I reallt lasted all day long without fading too much. It doesn't get greasy or oily over the day (even with my oily skin!) and it's still there at the end of the day.

Bottom line:

I really like this foundation! It didn't cause me any break-outs and it gives a nice evne teint with high coverage, so I'm totally happy with it. I don't know if you can really call it ideal, but that's different for every person.

What do you think? Have you already tried this one? Would you like to give it a try? Tell me!

Project Use It Up!: I finished my Peach Body Butter from TheBodyShop today.

I love this one, so I'll repurchase it soon, but not before I finished Project Use It Up!

Okay guys, I'll see y'all soon! Bye, Misch

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Project: Use It Up! Product 1

Hey everyone,

as you may have noticed, I'm posting a lot of hauls lately and that is starting to become a little expensive, so I decided to start a project. I called it "Use It Up!"and that's how I'll do it:

I'm trying to use up some of my prducts, mainly ones that are already used up a bit and ones that will go to waste if I don't use them up pretty soon. I set myself a limit of 10 products, but that's just for now, and I'm not allowed to buy any more stuff before I used 10 products up.

Of course, there have to be some exceptions: I'm allowed to buy stuff when it's either limited edition or it's going to be discontinued or it's something I don't get too easily, at certain stores I don't visit often, for example. This sounds a bit like cheating to me, but I think it's fine.

I'm going to write a post when I used something up, but I'm not going to write single posts about it, I'll just add a short text to a post about something different.

So, I already have something for you guys today: I used up my TheBodyShop Super Volume Mascara! I happy that it's finally finished up because lately it became too dry, but I didn't want to throw it away when there was still some product left.

I'm sorry I don't have a photo for you, but it's been raining all day so I wasn't able to take a good picture. But, whatever...

So, what do you guys think? Is it a good idea? Do you do something similar, too? Or do you think it's completely nonsense? Tell me!

Until then, xoxo, Misch

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EOTD July 21st: Cranberry Look + 2 MAC dupes!

Hey everyone,

I wanted to show you the eye make-up I'm wearing today. I called it "Cranberry Look", cause the color in the crease is almost a dupe for the MAC Cranberry. It's from Catrice, from their current Caramé Limited Edition and it's called C03 Spiced Red. I love this eyeshadow. I tried to recreate this color with my 120 palette, but it was very hard, I had to mix at least 6 colors!

For this look I used a shimmery goldish tone with a yellow undertone on the inner half of the lid and a shimmery bronze color on the other half of the lid. Make sure to blend them together well! Then you wanna apply a shimmery cranberry color in the crease and take it up as high as you like it. Then I used a matte dark chocolate brown in the outer V-area to darken up the look and to give it more dimension. Your highlight underneath your brow and in the inner corner should be matte and a bit lighter than your skintone, but not white. On the upper lashline I applied a black gel eyeliner first, let it dry and then I applied the same chocolate brown as in the outer V over it to soften up the look. On the lower lashline you want to use a shimmery brown eye pencil, but only line your eye about 3/4 of the way in. Apply one or two coat of black mascara!

The exact products I used are:

- Manhatten MyBox eyeshadow in 23P and 93N on the lid [both are discontinued]

- Catrice Caramé Collection eyeshadow C03 Spiced Red in the crease

- Essence soft matte eyeshadow in 03 silky smooth in the outer V-area [discontinued]

- Alverde gel eyeliner in black on the upper lashline

- Essence soft matte eyeshadow in 03 silky smooth over the gel eyeliner

- Essence Secrets of the Past Collection eye pencil in brown on the outer 3/4 of the lower lashline [from and old limited edition]

- Catrice Nude Sensation collection eyeshadow in C01 nude cream as a highlight

- The Body Shop Super Volume Mascara in black

I really hope you liked this EOTD! I'm really happy with the eyeshadow from the Caramé Collection, I also got another one that is called C04 spiced bronze and it's supposed to be a dupe for the eyeshadow Amberlights by MAC. It's so pretty! You can see pictures of the collection here and swatches of the eyeshadows here

I also wore this look when I watched Eclipse!

I'll see you guys soon! Bye, Misch

Disclaimer: Nothing was sent to me for free and I'm not payed for anything, All opinions are my own.

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EOTD June 16th: White/Creme and Green

Hi everyone,
how do you do?? Tomorrow is my birthday!! Yay!! :)
I wanted to show you my Eye Of The Day :) I wanted some color, but I tried to keep it a bit more neutral so I could wear it all day long.
I used Rival De Loop's mono eyeshadow in 01 snowflake (it's a white frost) on the lid and applied Catrice's eyeshadow in C01 nude cream from their Nude Sensation Collection (it's a nude creme almost skin toned color, similar to MAC Mylar) over it so the frost wasn't too obvious. In the crease I used Catrice's eyeshadow in C03 Sea Of Green from their Oceana Collection (it's a matt green color with a slight hint of turquoise in it). I just used a black liquid eyeliner which I got in a kit once for the upper lashline. I don't wear anything on my lower lashline. For mascara I used The Body Shop's Super Volume Mascara in Black. I applied it to both my top and bottom lashes.
I hope you like this look!! :) Leave you feedback in the comments!!
I'm actually planning to do a nail polish collection post, so keep an eye out for that!! :)
I'll see you soon :)
xoxo, Misch

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