Valentine's Series: Nail Art #4

Hey there!
This is my last Nail Art Design for Valentine's Day, and again, it's on a nail wheel.
Here we go:

That's what you need:
- a base coat of you choice (I used Essence pro white french)
- a bright red color (I used p2 it's hot)
- a black creme polish (I used p2 eternal)
- a white tip painter (I used essence white tip painter)
- your favorite top coat (I used Essence nail art sealing top coat

That's how to do it:
1.  Use your base coat to protect your natural nails.
2. Paint all of your nails red, use as many coats as needed.
3. Add a black line over your tips, just as if you were doing a straight french tip manicure.
4. Separate the black and the red color by drawing a thin white line in between. Use either a tip painter or pour some white polish onto a piece of paper, pick it up with a toothpick and use that to create the thin line.
5. Seal the design with your favorite top coat.

This design was inspired by this look from the illamasqua throb collection *click*. In the collection the tips are white and the separation line is black, but I liked it better the other way round. Which one do you prefer?

xoxo, Misch

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Valentine's Series: EOTD #2

Hi dear readers,
today I have a new look for Valentine's Day: Smokey Eyes!
They're so basic, everyone should know how to do them! And they always look great :) I did a little varitation, it's not the total typical smokey eyes look, but smiliar.
I thought, some of you might be going out at night on Valentine's Day with their husband/boyfriend, so this would be something great to wear.
I decided to do it in the basic way, which means that the highlight is on the center of the lid and the inner and outer corner are dark. I made it black and grey, but you can use the color you like. Normal smokey eyes are way more smokey and blended, but I liked it that way today ;) Hope you still like it!

That's what you need:
- an eyeshadow base/primer (I used the RdLY one)
- eyeshadows in black, silver, grey and white (I got all of them from my 120 palette)
- a black pencil liner (I used the Essence Black Mania one)
- black mascara (I used the RdLY diamond wish one)

That's how to do it:
1. Prime your lid with your eyeshadow base.
2. Apply the white color (no matter if it's matte or shimmery) on the center of your lid.

3. Take a grey color and blend it into the white, going around it. The grey shouldn't be that dark.

4. Pick up a darker grey and blend it into the lighter grey. just fade it outward again, and also add a little bit to your outer lower lashline.

5. Add a thin black line to the outer line.

And then blend that out. It should complete the faded look. You can do it as smokey as you want to, I didn't do it that much. Also drag it up as far as you like to.

6. Add a black eyeliner line to your upper lashline and to your waterline. Also apply black mascara to pull the look together.

And that's it! It's not to hard to do, just be careful to blend well enough and to make the fade even!
Do you like it??
I'll see you soon!
xoxo, Misch Read Full...

Valentine's Series: Nail Art #3

Hey dear readers,
today's post is another nail art for Valentine's Day. Again, I did it on a nail wheel, didn't have enough time for a full manicure.
Let's get started, shall we?

That's what you need:
- a base coat of you choice (I used Essence pro white french)
- a bright red (I used p2 it's hot)
- an opaque white polish (I used Essence Stampy Polish in white)
- a toothpick or other tool to draw with
- a pink polish (I used Hot Stuff by Essence)
- a top coat of your choice (I used Essence Nail Art Sealing Top Coat)

That's how to do it:
1. Use your base coat to protect your natural nails.
2. Paint all your nails with the red polish.
3. Take your white polish and draw a diagonal line over your nail.
4. Pour some of the white polish onto a piece of paper and pick it up with your toothpick or other tool. Then draw some tiny hoops along the outer lines or the diagonal stripe we just did. This is going to look like lace when it's finished, so just draw them on both sides all the ways down. You'll see what I mean in the pictures.

5. Pour some of the pink polish onto your piece of paper and pick it up with your tool. Now we're gonna write "xoxo" onto the middle white part. Do it very carefully and don't make it too hard. Just create it by doing lines and circles.

6. Seal your design with your favorite top coat.

And that's it! Easy, but really cute! What do you think?
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Valentine's Series: Nail Art #2

Hey there,
today I have another nail art piece for Valentine's Day. I didn't do this one on my nails, because I didn't have enough time for a full manicure, so I just did it on a nail wheel. Hope you don't mind!
The design I did is pretty simple, it just takes some concentration and you need to be careful when drawing!

That's what you need:
- a base coat of you choice (I used Essence pro white french)
- an opaque white polish (I used Essence Stampy Polish in white)
- a bright red (I used p2 it's hot)
- a toothpick or other tool to draw with
- a top coat of your choice (I used Essence Nail Art Sealing Top Coat)

That's how to do it:
1. Use your base coat to protect your natural nails.
2. Paint all your nails with the white polish.
3. Pour some of the red polish onto a piece of paper and pick it up with your toothpick or other tool. Then draw some lip-shaped kisses onto your nails. It's pretty easy, just do a dew trials ahead of time, and then draw them carefully. For help, you can just look at a few pictures, like this one *click* Do as many kisses as you like, and make them as big or small as you like! :)
4. Seal your design with your favorite top coat.

I really like this design, it's easy but pretty, and it totally matched the whole Valentine's Day scheme. Do you like it??
xoxo, Misch

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LOTD / How-to make purple lips wearable

Hi everyone,
today I have my first LOTD post for you, and it means nothing but Lips Of The Day!
I did this combo because I was in the mood to wear a purple color, but I wanted to a make it daytime appropriate.

see the difference between the bottle and the lip color??

So I did these steps:
That's what you need:
- your favorite lip care / lip primer (I used Carmex)
- a nude lipstick of your choice (I used NYX Circe)
- a purple colored lipgloss (I used NYX Queen of Africa)

That's how to do it:
1. Apply either your lip balm or primer.

2. Apply your nude lipstick. You don't have to be careful or anything, the color isn't meant to look perfect, it's just the base color.

3. Add a few dots of your lipgloss to your upper and lower lip, but not everywhere.

looks funny, huh?!

4. Blend out the color by using either a lip brush or a clean lipgloss applicator. You don't want to add any more color, you just want to blend it out. Make sure you don't paint your teeth or get it outside your lip.

Also, when you wear a noticable color, make sure to reapply it after you ate something, because you don't want to run around, all funny with halft-painted lips...;)

What do you think? Is this wearable enough for you or do you prefer it more nude? I'd like to know!
xoxo, Misch Read Full...

Valentine's Series: EOTD #1

Hi there!
This is my first Valentine's Day eye look :) It's a pink look with a little bit of brown. When you do pink looks, keep in mind that it can make you look tired and crying easily, so don't overdo it.

That's what you need: 

- an eyeshadow base of your choice (I used the one by RdLY)

- a bright pink eyeshadow (I used one from an old duo by Essence, it was LE)

- a light shimmery pink color (I used a discontinued eyeshadown by the Manhattan MyBox Series)

- a cranberry eyeshadow (I used Spiced Red by Catrice from the Carame LE; it's a dupe for MAC cranberry)

- a shimmery brown color (I used the one from the mocca beige duo by RdL)

- a champagne color (I used the one from the mocca beige duo by RdL)

- a brown pencil liner (I used the p2 perfect look kajal in brown)

- black mascara (I used the diamond wish one by RdLY)

That's how to do it:

1. Apply an eyeshadow base of your choice all over your lid to prevent creasing.

2. Add the bright pink color to the center of your lid.

3. Apply your light pink shimmer color to the inner thrid of your lid.

4. Now slightly apply the cranberry color onto your v-area. You don't want to make it too vibrant, it should just give a nice red undertone for the following color.

5. Pick up your brown shimmery color and apply it to your crease. It should go over the cranberry color. Blend it out towards your brow. Also add a tiny bit of this color on the outer third of your lower lashline.

6. Add the champagne color to your brow bone and your inner corner to brighten your eye.

7. Line your top lashline and 2 thirds of your waterline with the brown eyepencil.

8. Add mascara to both your top and bottom lashes.

And that's it! I like it, because it uses pink, the go-to valentine color, but still doesn't make you look weird. What are you gonna wear on Valentine's Day?? I'll do some more looks, so you'll get inspired ;)

xoxo, Misch Read Full...

Valentine's Series: Nail Art #1: Hearts

Hey everyone,
as I did an EOTD series for Halloween and then a NOTD series for Christmas, I'm gonna do one for Valentine's Day :) I'll be doing not only one category, there'll be some EOTDs and NOTDs for sure!
Tell me if you want a certain design or anything!

Today I did a really cute nail design with hearts that is kinda ordinary for Valentine's Day, but I still liked to do it! To some of you it might be too cute, but you don't have to do it ;)

That's what you need:
- your favorite base coat (mine is Essence pro white french)
- a nude peach shimmer base color (I used China Glaze - Sunset Sail)
- a black nail polish (I used p2 eternal)
- a toothpick or any other tool (I used the Essence nail art stylist)
- a multi-color glitter polish (I used one by Essence, don't know the name, sorry)
- your favorite top coat (I used Essence Nail Art Sealing Top Coat)

That's how to do it:
1. Apply your base coat all over your nails to protect your natural nails.
2. Paint your nails with your nude peach color, use as many coats as needed.
3. Pour some black polish onto a piece of paper and pick it up with your tool/toothpick. Draw some hearts onto your nails. You decide how big they are, if you fill them in or not, how many you put onto one nail - just how you like it to be! :)

4. Add your glitter top coat if you want to, but this step is optional, of course!

5. Add your clear top coat to seal the design.

Btw, this is the China Glaze Polish on it's own:
I like it a lot, it's pretty :)

And that's it! Do you like it, or is it "too cute" for your style??
I'll see you soon!
xoxo, Misch Read Full...

EOTD February 1st / Tutorial: Neutral Look

Hey there!
Today I have neutral look for you guys :)
I've always been doing this neutral look lately *click*, but then I got a little tired of it, so I did a new one :) Here we go:

it looks a little more intense in this pic...

That's what you need:
- a good eyeshadow base (I used RdLY eyeshadow base)
- a nice nude shimmery color (I used NYX jumbo eyeshadow pencil in yogurt)
- a matte brown shade that isn't too dark (I used the brown from the Essence Secrets of the past palette 02 babuschka's dream; it was limited)
- a matte off-white shade (I used the light color from the Essence Secrets of the past palette 02 babuschka's dream; it was limited)
- a black eyeliner (I used the Essence eyeliner pen)
- a brown eye pencil (I used the p2 perfect look kajal in brown)
- a mascara of your choice (I used the RdLY diamond mascara)

That's how to do it:
1. Apply your eyeshadow base all over your lid.

2. Apply your nude shimmer color onto your lid.

3. Pick up the brown color and apply it to your crease. I do this to shape my eye, to make it look bigger. So I don't really follow my natural crease but apply the shadow right over it. That gives the illusion of deeper, bigger eyes. I don't apply the color very heavily, just lightly, so you can use a sheer color, too. I also apply a tiny bit of this color along the outer third of my lower lashline.

4. Now take the off-white color onto a pencil brush, and apply that to the center of you lid, your inner corner and underneath your brow.

 
 5. Blend out the brown crease color with a fluffy blending brush.

6. Add your favorite black liner to your upper lashline.

7. Get some of the brown eyeliner pencil onto your waterliner, but not all the way in. Decide how far you drag it into by looking for what suits your eyeshape best.

8. Add mascara to your lashes.

And that's it :) It's very easy and pretty to do for every day.
What is your favorite every day look?
xoxo, Misch Read Full...

EOTD January 16th: Neutral Look

Hey guys,
I finally have another EOTD for you! I'm wearing a very simple look that I've been wearing a lot lately :)
It's very simple but not the typical look that just has a defined crease, so I would say it's a very wearable smokey look.

You only need a few things which are:
- a eyeshadow base (I used the old RdLY eyeshadow base)
- a shimmery nude powder or cream shadow (I used the NYX jumbo eyeshadow pencil in yogurt)
- a matte brown eyepencil (I used the p2 perfect look kajal in 020 brown)
- your favorite mascara (I used Maybelline colossal volum' express in glam brown)

That's how I do it:
1. Apply the base all over your lid.

2. Apply the nude shimmery color ( the one I used is a brownish pink shimmery nude) all over your lid, but don't go over your crease.

3. Line your top and lower lashline with the brown kajal. You can do this really messily, it won't stay as it is :)

4. Take a pencil brush (I used the Sigma E30) and smudge out the brown liner. Also on the lower lashline, just don't dragg it to far downward.

5. Add mascara to both your top and bottom lashes.

And that's it! Really easy but pretty :) Do you like it? What is your favorite every day look?
I'll see you soon!
xoxo, Misch Read Full...