Little Update on Project Use It Up! + a Thank You

Hello Dear Readers,

I just wanted to give you a little update on my project Use It Up!. In this post I introduced you to the project, but I just didn't stick to the rules...I don't know, that wasn't really something for me...I just can't stop buying things...but I try to think about everything I wanna get whether I really need it or not :) Well, as you might notice, I haven't been posting about this project at all...the last time was in October! Truth is, I haven't forgotten about it, and I have been using up some stuff lately, I just always forgot to either take pictures or blog about it :P Shame on me! But I will keep on doing it, mainly because this gives me a nice overview on how many stuff I actually use up... Well, now I got an idea and I hope you'll be fine with it: I'm going to "collect" the things I use up and do a post about them all. I don't think I'll be able to do this monthly, because I'm not that good at using stuff up :P But I'll show them to you every now and then! D'accord?

Also, I want to thank you guys: I have 4 subscribers now and I want to thank all of you :) Also, please do leave some comments, because that's what helps a blog! So if you like something or not, tell me! I want to do this blog the way you like it:) You can alsom email me at mischsbeautyblog@googlemail.com if you want to or have questions :)

I'll see you soon!

xoxo, Misch

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Halloween Tutorials: Pin Up Look + Use It Up! Product 7 & 8

Hi there,

today I have something a little more simple for Halloween: a really basic Pin Up Look.

For this look there are 2 important things: the dramatic black eyeliner with a wing and the bright red lips.

Eyes:

You can use whatever you want, a gel liner, liquid liner or a pencil liner. I first used a very sharp pencil liner and lined my eye without doing the wing. The line should be pretty think and defined. Then you want to start to draw on you wing. Draw it piece-by-piece and take your time with it. Try to find a look that works for your eyeshape. Make sure both eyes are even. If it didn't work, just remove it and start again.

Now you want to take an angled brush and a matte black eyeshadow and go over the eyeliner. This will make it even darker and it'll make it last longer.

To really get the defined look, take an eyeshadow in the color of your skintone and pick it up with the angled brush (if you're using the same brush as before, clean it on the back of you hand first!). Now go around the eyeliner and the wing you created. That will make the liner look even harsher and more defined.

Lips:

The lips are supposed to be bright red. I don't have a bright red lipstick, so I used a trick to get the bright red lips. But let's start with lining your lips with a natural skintoned lipliner. This will create the base for the color.

Now, go ahead and use yo0ur red lipstick, but if you don't have one, do this trick: Use a red eyeshadow and vaseline! I'm sure some of you own the 120 palette or one of the colorful Coastal Scents 88 palettes, and these contain red eyeshadows. So what you want to do is pick up some of the eyeshadow with a brush or a sponge-tip applicator, and get it onto the back of your hand. The take some vaseline and mix it with the red eyeshadow. Apply the mixed product onto you lips with your fingers or a lip brush. This trick works for any color, so if you are going for a specific lip color, just use an eyeshadow! And vaseline will also care your lips.

Now take your concealer and an angled or tapered brush. Pick some of the concealer up and go around the contour of your lips. This will define them really sharply.

Use It Up!:

I finally used up some more products! A topcoat by RdL, which I had for a while now and it got kinda thick...got it empty!

And then a lipbalm on velvet rose by Labello. This isn't my favorite lipbalm ever, but I still had it laying around here, so I used it up!

I hope you liked this tutorial!

I'll see you later!

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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NOTD September 18th: Jesse's Girl Blue & Silver Nail Art + Use It Up! Product 5

Hey guys,

it's me again :)

I did another nail art design, yay! :) I know, sometimes I'm not in the mood for it, but today I totally was :)

I'm using Jesse's Girl Blue Moon all over the nail (actually I've already been wearing this color a few days before) and added Jesse's Girl North Star over half of the nail. Okay, sometimes it's a bit more than half of the nail, but it can't be perfect. I really love both of these colors, North Star has a foil finish and it so super opaque, that's almost unique :) and Blue Moon is a royal blue with purple shimmer, a really interesting color :) Love it.

Something I don't really like about these polishes is the wear, though. I already wore Garnet (didn't show you, sorry guys, just for got to take a picture) and it didn't stay that long, as well as Blue Moon on it's own. I don't I just already have tip wear after on dan chipping after two days :(. But maybe it's because of the base or top coat I used...We'll see, I might try it with a different base and top coat.

I really like to do this design when I'm wearing a color that has already chipped off on the tips, but I don't want to remove it yet. I just add another color over it, pretty easy! :)

I hope you guys liked this design :)

I also used up another product, the Isana nail polish remover acetone free.

I like this one, but I prefer the one with acetone.

Until next time, xoxo, Misch

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NOTD September 14th: Catrice - 220 Lost In Mud + Use It Up! Product 4

Hey dear readers,

today I'm wearing Catrice - Lost In Mud on my nails :)

I really like this color, the taupe color is so pretty and it's even a close dupe for the Chanel 505Particulère nail polish wich was so hyped last fall. Application was nice, perfectly opaque with two coats. And it stays really nicely, two days, then you'll be able to see tipwear and after four days it'll chip off. It's really inexpensive (2.49 Euros in most drugstores) and pretty good quality :)

Do you own this color? Or do you have the popular Chanel 505 Particulère?

Use It Up! : I just finished my Isana Hand & Nail Balm with Aloe Vera.

I really liked this one, so I might re-purchase it after I finished this project.

Until then, xoxo, 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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EOTD September 2nd: Jesse's Girl + Use It Up! Product 2

Hi guys,

today I'll show you my EOTD! It's a version of the neutral color pop that I already showed you here, I just did it with some Jesse's Girl products. On the lid I used the Eye Dust in Sunstone, in the crease the Eye Dust in Cafe Au Lait and in the inner corner the Eye Dust in Kiwi Rose. I added a dark brown (Essence Silky Smooth eyeshadow) to the outer corner to darken up the look a bit and lined my eye with the Essence Eyeliner Pen on the top lashline. For the lower lashline I used a light blue cream shadow from the Jesse's Girl Mini Eye Compact #2. I love this look and I've been doing it for the past couple of days! For my lips I used the Jesse's Girl Mini Lipgloss Collection.

Unfortunately, my camera wasn't able to pick up the beautiful shimmer the Eye Dusts have, so it looks more boring than it is in real life!

And, I finished up my second product! If you don't know what I mean, I explained it here. The product I used up is the Essence 12h hand protection balm in repair! I'm happy I'm out of it, because I didn't like the smell anymore!

I'll see you guys 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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