Liquid Eyeliners: Kallos & Miss Sporty

   Some time ago, I ran out of liquid eyeliner, which used to be quite essential for me in general, but then I was constantly working on my pc, and I didn't go out of the house almost at all, well not during the day anyway.. x)) So I kept postponing it, and when I really wanted to define the lash line and draw that nice little 'tail' in the outer corner, (tip:) I used a bit of mascara with on an eyeliner brush. 
  BUT today, I thought of making up for all the 'lost time' and I got me two liquid eyeliners :D Studio Lash Eye Liner by Miss Sporty in 001 Extra Black ( <3 extra black sounds awesome for me, hehe) and the other one is a Kallos Cosmetics liquid liner in 01 Black. 
   I was already familiar with the Miss Sporty liner, since I had one longer ago, also black, but this one is a new presentation and extra black. Though the one I had longer ago, had a realllly thin brush, which makes it more difficult for me to work with, especially on the outer corner if I want a thicker line. But this one surprised me, it has a more solid and thicker brush/tip, which gives me more control over the thickness and shape of the line. So that is a bonus! 
  The one by Kallos on the other hand is the one with the thin tip now, and I tested it, and I can say I was still able to work smoothly with it. 


   Whenever I buy two products at once or just use 2 products for the same thing simultaniously, I end up comparing them. In this case, I can't say much about either of them, except what I seee right away. I have the feeling these were both a good investment. I'll leave you with a pic of them and a little test, on an eye each. You can see them here, compare the tips. I personally prefer if they are thicker, which in this case is Miss Sporty, but the other one clearly contains a bigger amount of product and the tip is fairly ok so far.

Kallos:

Miss Sporty: 

   As you can see, there is a bit of difference in thickness, afer a raw and not too pretentious test. I usually don't blink before the eyeliner dries, but now I did and I was surprised Kallos didn't leave any mark on the lid, while the other one smudged a bit as you can see. But that is not really relevant, just a small observation.

So all that's left now is to keep using them and see how great the quality is :D

Did you try these? Opinions? :*

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Review: H&M Lipgloss

   Been wanting to write about this lipgloss for some time now, bought it in Sweden a while ago, more than a year ago. Though it didn't change smell or consistency at all. Which is a plus, eventhough there were some tiny dislikes I had.
   So. This is a bright pink gloss by H&M. I honestly can't remember the price, but in Sweden everything is more expensive than here, so it wouldn't have much relevance, especially for my romanian readers :D It is bright pink, and there are mainly 2 things I like about it most of all: the fact that it doesn't contain pearly/shimmer particles, which I LOVE since I am not a fan of shimmer on lips when going out. So it looks more like...pink latex, hahah! rather than having a pearly finish. And the second thing is the transparence, which makes it more fruity and natural-looking. So you can build up the color and glossyness depending on how much you apply. And despite being a bit transparent, it IS very pigmented. It is the perfect combination.
   Oh, and the SMELL!!! Which is extreeeeemely delicious, vanilla smell (taste :">).


What I can say is the only bad thing about this lip gloss and a pretty prominent one is that it's rather sticky :( maybe not THAT much, but if you apply it in a thick layer you might still notice it...and might want to hold your hair back too, in that case. 


What can I say, it works well for me, since I don't apply thick layers anyway, not being a fan of very pink lips personally. Another thing that is cute is that the color has a bigger amount of red shade than blue, but I'll let you check that out in the crappy quality pictures: 

Did you try this gloss or just any H&M products? What was your impression?

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Review: Two blushes by Rimmel London

   See, I am in a posting frenzy today! But fair enough, since I've got a LOT of absence to make up for...Now I thought of reviewing two blushes I've had for a few weeks, by Rimmel. I can say Rimmel never disappoints me. I think their cosmetics usually give a natural look. Well, I rarely have a natural look, including face contouring/ blush, especially in evening make-up looks, so after applying foundation, I apply cream blush (at the moment I have a homemade one that I LOVE, more about that later) and then powder blushes on top of that, this way it will obviously have much more intensity, and then a thin layer of the powder you apply on the rest of the face as well, so that the shades blend a bit. I will try to explain this with pictures. So anyway, sorry for babbling so much but I've missed this blog! :P

  Here are these two beauties ( <= 131 Madeira and 101 Pink Sugar=> ):

   I can't say I have pro's and con's in this case, it's a question of the occasion you use them for and how you use them. As I said, if I want something very natural (which is rare), I will apply them only on foundation and they will not have that much intensity, but will give a subtle color with very discrete satin shimmer. That is a plus for me, since I don't like very shimmery stuff on my cheeks, and since I want to make my face look more slim, too much shimmer will just puff it more from certain angles, bleah. As said above, I personally apply them over a base of cream blush <3 and I mostly use them both: the darker one right in the lip-ear line, and the lighter one above it, on the cheekbone. I hope you understood something from all this :P Aaaaaand some poorly photographed swatches:

   Sucky quality pictures, but eh! 

Would I buy them again? Yes definitely, and I will probably buy more shades. The price was around 23-24 Ron/ around 5 Eur.

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Red and black make-up

   As I finally have a bit of time to catch up with my beauty blog, I have decided to dig up one of my most usual looks for a night out. Everyone that knows me, knows that I love extravagant make-up, which is usually pretty dark for that matter. Black is something that is ALWAYS on the menu. But I usually like to combine it with another color, mainly red, thanks to the fact that I have greenish-hazel eyes, so the red brings out their green shade a lot, while black gives the look intensity and much more dramatism. So here's this one:

   The picture is not the best, and I have no idea why I pushed out my piercing :)) buuuut yeah. I don't remember exactly all the products I used, I always combine a lot of stuff, add more here and there...I do know I used Dream Matte Mousse foundation and Stay Matte powder... on the eyes...uhh, this is difficult since I 'pimp up' my eyes differently all the time. But I know I used the 120 palette, a combination of all the reds and the brightest pink, and on the outer corner I used the 2 black shades in the corner of that palette (no use for adding a pic of that I guess). And the mascara was Lash Accelerator by Rimmel, which I will review with another occasion. Though my lashes are short and I have the feeling nothing can accelerate them, haha :D

   The lips were just given a tint of red lipstick, not an actual real layer, so that it doesn't have the genuine painted lips look, just a bit of color. 

   Anyway, will dig up some more make-up looks and show you, you can tell me your opinion!

Ah by the way, I need to change the layout around here again, I have a feeling that the comments don't work :-s Cheers darlings!

Review: Golden Rose eyeshadows

   A few months ago, I bought two eyeshadows by Golden Rose. They are not bad, but what I can say is that for that price, I was kind of expecting something more pigmented & lasting. I think it was around 10 Ron/ 2.29 Eur, but I thought of trying them. Here they are, a bit used as you can see....

   On the bottom of the black one we can read 'Silky Touch Pearl Eyeshadow', and on the brown one, 'Silkly Touch Matte Eyeshadow'. Matte eyeshadows, as we all know, are often pretty chalky and unpigmented, but in this case I can say the same about the black one as well, which is actually closer to being matte than pearly. Which would not be a problem, if they would be....PIGMENTED!

   Here are some swatches with and without primer. (please excuse the bad picture quality)

As you can see, they DO look better with some primer underneath, but (I don't know how much the pic quality will allow you to notice..) they are still a bit uneven.

Pros:

• my kind of colors, especially the brown one, I love using matte dark brown for shading
• the packaging is nice as well, they are well-sealed when closed, simple and black

Cons: 

• as I said, too chalky, which makes it hard to apply evenly
• the pigmentation, or more like lack of it, which makes it impossible to work with them if you don't have primer with you :(
• the price <=> quality

   Would I buy them again? Well, considering the quality, not for this price. It is not that expensive, I just think I can invest that amount into something that will work better for me. It's a shame, I love the brown especially AND it's matte <3 ...

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