LOTD: Vamped

   Have been preparing this post for a few days now, but I kept sticking to reviews because I'm behind on a lot of products waiting in line to get a little attention on the blog. I was in such a make-up mood that day that I did like 3 different looks with the same eye make-up (adding a bit to it meanwhile though). I ALWAYS accentuate my eyes regardless if I have a natural lip color or something crazy, mostly with black eyeliners and some dark shades at least, in different combinations of course. 

   Tot pregătesc această postare de câteva zile, dar până la urmă de fiecare dată am rămas la review-uri, deoarece am o sumedenie de produse care stau cuminţele la rând, aşteptând să primească atenţie pe blog. În ziua cu pricina aveam un chef nebun de a mă juca cu make-up, aşa că am făcut vreo 3 look-uri, păstrând machiajul ochilor (la care doar am adăugat între timp). Mai MEREU trebuie să-mi accentuez ochii, orice machiaj mi-aş face şi indiferent dacă mă decid asupra unei culori naturale pentru buze sau ceva strident. Orice ar fi, pe ochi trebuie să-mi aplic eyeliner şi ceva umbre puternice, în diferite combinaţii desigur.

 I love eye make-up looks that are heavy on the upper lid/ lashes and sparkly on the lower ones, makes them look bigger and more open, and a hint of retro. If you like prominent make-up, this can be ideal for Valentine's Day mainly because of the colors. Producs used:

Ador machiajele de ochi cu accent generos pe pleoapa superioară/ gene şi ceva strălucitor pe cea inferioară, dă impresia de ochi mai mari şi deschişi, şi un aer uşor retro. Dacă vă plac machiajele mai puternice, acest look poate fi ideal şi pentru Valentine's Day, mai ales din cauza culorilor. Produse folosite:

- Lucy Minerals foundation (review soon!)

- Rimmel Stay Matte pressed powder

- GOSH Catchy Eyes mascara

- eyelash curler

- Manhattan black mono eyeshadow (forgot to add in the pic, sorry!)

- Balea grapefruit lipbalm

- Alix Avien dark plum lipstick

- Miss Sporty lipgloss (one of my all-time favs)

- Miss Sporty bronzer

- Rimmel All over pencil

- Rimmel eyebrow pencil

- Farmec black eyeliner

- Laura Mercier Shimmer Bloc

- KKCenterHK A829 false lashes (review soon!)

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Review: GOSH Smokey Eyes Palette

   Happy holidays, everyone! 

Frankly, I am not such a big fan of holidays and stuff, so I didn't make a huge fuss out of it, but I did enjoy the parties, family, boyfriend and friends so far!

Now I will finally review the palette GOSH were nice enough to send me, along with other amazing products. Eventhough they chose the products and colors for me, they nailed it pretty well, this is 03 Plum! Along with blacks and greys, I use natural shades mostly, especially at the moment. More like, I combine black with natural shades.

Now, the name of the palette is 'smokey eyes'. To be honest, the shades don't really satisfy my expectation of smokey eyes, since I mostly use much darker tones to be more or less 'smokey'. But this palette is enough for those who seek for a less bold and more subtle smokey eyes look. Though I love the darkest shade, and combined with black eyeliner and/ or black eyeshadow in the outer corners/ crease, it works very well! I use the rest of them as highlighters, which they are amazing for.

Pros:

- natural-looking, no excess of shimmer

- beautiful colors; the lightest ones work as awesome highlighters for me, and the darkest one works for a smokey look, especially 'tuned up' with some black (this is subjective though, since when we talk 'smokey' I prefer something very intense)

- easy to blend, didn't experience much fallout either.

- lasts pretty well, didn't crease (and I wore it just with concealer, no primer).

Cons: 

- the colors are a bit sheer, which is not necessarily bad, but I need more layers for good coverage

- the two darker colors are a little bit dusty, as you can see below and in the swatches

- as I said, the resistence is pretty good, though I need to find a new primer since I am out of primer, and then I can judge more fairly if the lasting will get from ok to amazing. :D

All in all, I really like it and would try their grey-black version of this palette too. I am thankful to GOSH for allowing me to review this product! Soon I'll review the last two of the GOSH package, the mascaras, which are my favourites from what they have sent me! 

Did you try this palette or any GOSH palette? 

p.s. As I said, I need to get a new primer, and I've got my eyes set on the one by Avon, does anyone have an opinion about that one yet? Please tell me! x

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   Now I'll leave you with a song that I love, from a band that I love, and the title of the song is the same as a movie that I love (even if I am not really into vampire stories, but the old Lost Boys is great).

EOTD: Tropical Sunrise

   I was in the mood to play with colors today, and this is the result. Too bad the Kallos eyeliner is so watery, messy and all, and ruined it a bit...But heck!

I will make a part 2., called Tropical Sunset :)

Products used: same as always, 180 palette, Rimmel London Lash Accelerator mascara, Ruby Rose white eyeliner, Rimmel London eyebrow pencil. 

Hope you like it!  x

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LOTD: Cactus shades

   Actually, it's the look of yesterday, but I didn't get to do any blogging. It is not some advanced look either, but I thought I'd show you anyway, since I took pictures of it and stuff. It's a simple green-black look with white waterline (I don't often wear white pencil on my waterline, just use it to intensify the highlights). That's another reason I immortalized it :D 

and a baaad, blury one :P

I didn't take a picture of the products I used because I used the same as before; greens and black from the 180 palette and Ruby Rose palette, white Ruby Rose eyeliner, Mineral Hygienics foundation, powder and bronzer (will review them later, I love them!).

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LOTD: Contrasts

   Okay, seems like I am having an extreme blogging day, I will have to recover the actual work tomorrow :"> I thought it might be time for another 'look of the day' kind of  post, since I had time to play with some make-up today. More like..I made time. p.s. Excuse my brows, I didn't pluck them today and also didn't apply any gel to keep them in order :P

I just wish my camera would reflect reality more, it looks much more intense than in pictures.

Products used: 

- my gigantic Ruby Rose Palette

- Mineral Hygienics Sheer Mineral Foundation in Light

 - Mineral Hygienics Sheer Perfection powder in Matte

- Mineral Hygienics Enhancer in Warm Kiss

- Mineral Hygienics Kabuki XL brush

- Mineral Hygienics Flawless Face brush

- Astor cover stick

-Studio Lash liquid liner by Miss Sporty

- The Color Workshop palette

- The Color Workshop pink blush

- Rimmel London Lash Accelerator

- black mono eyeshadow by Manhattan

- black Farmec eyeliner

- sheer pink H&M lipgloss

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Haul + Eyes of the day :)

   Hey sweets! Yesterday, after I got my package from Mineral Hygienics , me and mom went to the local DM (Drogerie Markt), store that I adore. They have a lot of goodies, large variety and prices more than accessible. I bought a bunch of products there, some that I ran out of/ needed, some that I just couldn't resist (even if I'm low on money...damn!). Here they are, I will review them soon, and I am sure most of you will recognize some of them at least! :D

What I got: 

What mom got:

   Mom got a bunch of mini-size products since she is preparing for a trip, I must admit her alverde shampoo with olive oil and henna smells awesome, I will need to test it soon! :D

Aaand a small EOTD, not very detailed, just some blended colors (no lashes added, no eyeliner, I was lazy...oh and my real lashes are short because I have a sort of 'reflex' since I was a kid, I keep playing with them and breaking them :\ ).

First phase:

Hot pink shade added:

I didn't use any new products different from the previous looks, just the 180 palette, shimmery light lilac from the Ruby Rose palette ad Miss Sporty eyebrow pencil.

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Eyes Of The Day: Purple dusk

   So I'm done with my eye make-up, since I am going out a bit later; my cousin from Germany is home, haven't seen her for about 4 years, so we'll go have a sort of 'girls' night out' tonight :D

   As I can't stay away from dark shades but I wanted to mix it with something colorful, I made matte black find harmony with shimmery pink & purple. It's more blended than contrasting, but I do prefer colors to melt together. Here are some not very sharp pictures about how it turned out:

Products used (after I used a thin layer of concealer instead of primer):

- Rimmel London concealer

- Miss Sporty Studio Lash eyeliner

- 180 palette

- Ruby Rose palette

- Rimmel London Lash Accelerator mascara

- Farmec black eyeliner pencil

- Miss Sporty eyebrow pencil

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Look of the day: Spontaneous Pin-up

   Was playing with make-up, as usually. And once again, I was inspired by the beauty and ellegance of Dita von Teese. I once had a  NOTD inspired by her manicure and I will do a better mani inspiration, as well as a much better and more detailed Dita make-up, with lenses and all (maybe). For now, I did this from memory and exaggerate the contrasts a bit more. 

Eyeliner got a bit screwed up, but well!

...actually, I've used a lot of (more or less) noname products this time. I have a lot of noname stuff I like a lot anyway, and some that I use only for pictures. Same goes for expensive products that don't work great for me, I still take use of them for playing with them at home. That's useful because they don't go to waste completely even if I can't wear them while being outside for hours, either because they don't last, are not my for my skin type or so, or I simply don't feel good being out in public with those colors. 

 So finally, these are the products:

- Rimmel London Stay Matte pressed powder 

- Rimmel London Stay Matte foundation

- The Color Workshop pink blush

- Rimmel London eyebrow pencil

- some Fraulein38 brushes (not in the picture, but I am Captain Obvious ;D )

- Rimmel London Volume Flash mascara

- Golden Rose matte brown eyeshadow (crease)

- The Color Workshop palette with 6 colors (light peach on the lid mixed with shimmery white, warm brown color in the crease)

- Kallos  liquid eyeliner

- some noname red lipstick

- Ruby Rose palette (some of the lightest colors in the first row for the lid & highlights)

Oh, about the Kallos eyeliner (presented it to you in a haul last winter)...I don't think I'll buy it again anytime soon :( it gets messy and dries slowly :

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Look of the day: Burn

    A friend was asking me for a make-up that can be inspired by this crazy heat and summer spirit. Then I asked her, what type of summer make-up? Bronze shades, yellow, or...? She said 'something that burns!'. Okay...today, having nothing else to do, I did a quick make-up that I think kinda'...burns. I want to do something more advanced, also ran out of eyelash adhesive (which is not a big deal, since I don't really wear falsies on a daily basis anyway), and the sun started going down anyway, and I prefer taking pictures in natural light. This was inbetween now, so the pictures got a bit blury, but...you will get the idea. Ok, I'll leave you with some blury pictures now, and yes my pores are HORRIBLE when it's so hot outside, no matter what I treat them with, and I wasn't in the mood for thick foundation & powder.

I'll do more of these, take better pictures (hopefully), maybe a step by step one if I have enough time and...patience :D Oh, and here are some products I used, I marked them with little bright dots:

- Rimmel Stay Matte pressed powder 

- Rimmel Stay Matte foundation

- Rimmel lip liner pencil

- Mineral Hygienics Kabuki brush

- some Fraulein38 brushes

- Rimmel concealer

- Miss Sporty Studio Lash eyeliner

- 180 palette

- Ruby Rose palette

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