Updated: everyday eyes!

Good day to all!

I want to share my updated eye makeup rutine. It is based on Essence cream eyeshadow in a shade "09 For Fairies". I've seen girls wear similar shades in summer (I think Chanel's "Emerveille" looks similar). Since it has golden shimmer in it, it looks beautiful once your eyes "catch the sunlight". Although it is a cold and snowy winter out here, it is still suitable for an everyday look. It is simple and fast which makes it perfect in morning getting ready for school, university, work, etc. 

One more thing: Essence claim that these are long lasting eyeshadows and shouldn't "move" or crease during the day. I have tried a few of their shades (next post is coming up) and for me, it depends on a shade. This pink one stays pretty well on, but I feel that people with oily eyelids should use a primer or set it with eyeshadow on top. Also, the pigmentation depends on the amount of the product: the more you use, the more pigmented it will be.

More information about the product can be found at http://www.essence.eu

Review: My Holy Grail Conditioner!

In this post I would like to tell you about  my favourite hair conditioner so far.

Some background about my hair:

My hair is relatively long at this point. Six months ago I had half of my lower hair lightened to achieve ombre effect which I really grown into loving. My hair is brown with a few highlihgts here and there, and lightening the ends just brought some life to my hair.

Anyway, after that my hair became quite dry and damaged, which I was afraid the most. At the time for conditioning my hair I used Garnier Fructis nutri-repair hair mask.

Now, I know this is a hair mask but I used it as a conditioner since my hair is quite dry at the ends. And I really loved it. After washing it out, my hair would feel soft and moisterized. 

Four months or so ago, I found this store which provides a huuuge range of salon products for hairdressers. And that's where I found products from Macademia. I bought their Nourishing Leave-in Cream in a small tube and a few samples of their Deep Repair Masque.

After using the leave-in cream I realized that it doesn't help my hair much. I didn't get the results I was expecting but it would make my ends softer.

The Deep repair masque was what I really fell in love with. I would still use my garnier for conditioning my hair on the regular basis, but once a week I would use the masque on my hair. I would leave it for 10 minutes and then my hair would be softest ever after using any product. 

I remember I bought 2 samples of the masque, and they were enough for 6 uses (my hair is long but not too thick, so I don't use a lot of product). And really, this product is amazing and smells gorgeous!

After those six uses I was out of my miracle masque. And frankly, I was kind of lazy to go back to that store. And, tose products are quite expensive.;/

As I was out of my garnier hair mask as well, I went to the drug store to buy more. I didn't find the exact same one (that was odd, as it would always be in stock). I found a similar one in a diferent colour packaging, it seemed to have the same if not more fantastic claimes, so I took it. (Garnier fructis oil repair one-minute mask).

I was still sad that my miracle masque has ended, but! I noticed that using this actually leaves the same feel to my hair. This is a one-minute mask, but again, I use it as conditioner. I love it! Before washing my hair is usually tangled and hard to brush through, but already when I am washing the product out, I can freely brush my finger through it! :)

So this Garnier product is pretty cheap compared to Macademia products I tried. And will dare to say that , at least on my dry damaged hair, it achieves almost the same results! :) 

And! I use it as a conditioner on regular basis, and once in a while - as a mask, just leave it for longer in hair. 

Also, I have just checked both of the Garnie products for ingridients, and it seems that they are the same... So I kinf of failed to find the difeence between them...;/

P.s. I am not claiming that this somehow "repaired" my hair, which is damaged from dying (or more like bleaching a bit). This product makes damaged hair easier to manage and look and feel healthier.

TIPS: close set eyes!

Ciao!

As I was doing my makeup today (which I decided to do very simply) it occurred to me that this eyelook actually suits me pretty well, especially because I think my eyes are a bit too closely set, and what I did made them look more further away from eacher, hence my face looks more proportional.

SO I decided to share my tips for close set eyes!

What's to be done is to elongate the eyes, cheating, to be exact!

Tip Nr. 1 - Eyeliner :  I don't want to draw attention to the inner corners to my eyes but want to excentuate the length of the eyelid. So when lining your upper eyelid, start at least  at a third inner part away, I start at about the middle  and the further the thicker the line should be , but not too thick. Wing it out a little bit, and your eyes already should look wider set apart!

Tip Nr. 2 - Mascara :  When applying mascara to the lashes, brush them to the outer side of the eye accenting the outer part!

Tip Nr. 3 - Highlight : If you are highlighting the inner tear duct, avoid the most inner part of the eye. I like to highlight first third of the inner part of lower lashline. This will help to drag the attention away from most inner parts.

So these are my 3 tips for widening the space between eyes. They really do come handy for me, hope it will help someone too!

Cheers!

Inspired: 60s trend - Twiggy

Hey!

I have never done a celebrity inspired makeup and I have a party coming up! The theme is "60s"!
So who else could I use as a reference other than Twiggy!

This is a very simple yet graphic look. I think that false lashes aren't necessary.:) And fake freckles go very well with the look.:) 

Review: Wet n Wild liquid eyeliners

Today I want to share my thoughts on liquid eyeliners from Wet n Wild that I own. To be specific - two:
- Mega Liner liquid eyeliner

- H2O Proof liquid eyeliner

As other Wet n Wild products, these eyeliners are affordable. But what about their performance?

Firstly, I'm going to talk about the H20 Proof one. 
I bought it about half a year ago. I wanted to try a brown liquid eyeliner for a softer look and since I just wanted to try it out, decided to go with a more cheap product so that I wouldn't regret it. There was no tester in the store so I could see what was the applicator or how it would go on. I got it in Black-Brown.

When I got back home, I tried it out. And I wasn't happy with it at all >.<
The first thing to put me off was the applicator. It's a hard tip one. Don't know how you call it. (terrible if you ask me)

And then I tried it on my hand... And as I recall I was horrified! It was so liquidy, not pigmented enough, and it was hard to apply it on my eyes because of the applicator and since it's so liquidy I felt like it's going into my skin lines. In the picture you can see swatches of one coat of the liner.

So it scared me a lot, and I put it away until recently I found it in my drawer again. I thought I'd give it one more try.
I shook it well, took the applicator with not much products on it and really steadily tried to line my eyes.  I must say, when you put more effort in it, it can work. But I mean it by saying much more effort.
So yes, it can work. And you need to apply several layers of it because it's not pigmented much and because it applies better with less product on.
One positive thing about it I must say is that it is pretty water proof! After trying it on my hand and rubbing it with a wet cotton pad, it doesn't move at all! Well more like it doesn't smudge. But it loses a tiny tiny bit of pigment. So when removing this from your eyes, makesure to use a waterproof makeup remover.

And now moving to Mega Liner.
This liner is my most recent purchase but I have already wore it for a few times. I have it in Plum. Since I still have the packaging of it, let me first let you know what do they claim about the product:

"Fast drying, smudge-proof color. This long-wearing, quick drying formula applies smoothly and evenly for instantly bigger and bolder eyes. Glides on smooth"

Okay, so first things first - this eyeliner has a brush applicator which is so much better compared to the H2O Proof one. Though it's not super fine, I'd say,

But! it's not pigmented much. And because of the formula, it doesn't allow you to create a fine line easily. I'd like it a bit more liquidy because now it feels a bit thick (though not pigmented). Again, you have to work for it a bit. Yes, it does go on quite smoothly, but since it's so not pigmented, you're going to need to apply several coats of it. In the picture you can see swatches of one coat of the liner.

In addition, it's not waterproof or water resistant (not that they claim it is) because as you try rub it of with a wet cotton pad, it comes of right away. Though, as you apply more coats of it, it stays on better.  It is suppose to be long-wearing and if you're not rubbing your eyes or running in the rain, it won't be a problem.:)


SO to sum up, I'm not a fan of these two products. But if I put some effort in it and I'm not rushing trought the door, I can make them work. If you're on a budget, you'll have to practice a tiny bit, mostly witht the H2O Proof eyeliner, because it's so liquidy and can make a big mess thought it is very waterproof and this did impress me! And the Mega Liner one I like because of the colour, plus it has a bit of tiny sparkles in it.

P.S. Emily from Beauty Broadcast on Youtube has mentioned in oen of her videos that she likes Mega Liner. I think she has it in black, so maybe it has a diferent formulation and is more pigmented.

And! You can see me use both of these eyeliners in eye looks:
H20 Proof: "Private beach" eye look!
Mega Liner: Sweet candy-like eyes!

Hope this review helps any of you!

Miss K.

Sweet candy-like eyes!

Hello everyone!

It's been a while since my last post! Today I'm back and I want to share with you guys this look I created for a nice summer day (actually good for spring too!)

It's a soft pastel look created by using light blue and pink shadows and purple eye liners. This looks so sweet and candy like, I just love it!

So to recreate this look or just grab an idea of how you could achieve something similar keep scrolling down!:) And feel free to replace products to what you have ! Always be creative when following a tutorial :)

The shadow part of the look:
1) After priming your eyes, apply a light or baby blue shadow to the inner half of the lids and a nice cool toned pink colour on the second half. Blend the pink up to where you want it to be and blend well! I blended the pink a bit past the crease.
p.s. At this point, I must say I cheated. I could find a suitable pind shadow so what I did is I used a blush instead:

It's Pearlescent Pink by Wet'n Wild. Must add that this blush would go nicely with the look!:)
p.p.s does this mean that my eyes are blushing now? :D


2) To blend these two colours together and give a bit of dimension to your eyes, use a light shimery pink eye shadow in the center of your lids where the colours meet! I used third one in the Maybelline Eyestudio pallete in Intense chic. It's not very pigmently but just lightly pink with a shimmer so it's perfect.

3)With the same light shimerry pink highlight under the brow and in the inner corners of your eyes.

The liner part of the look:
1) As black would be a bit harsh for this sweet pastel look, use a purple liquid eyeliner to line your upper eyelids and wing it out to your liking.

2) Using a light purple or lilac eye pencil (or even the same liquid liner if you want) line your lower lashline about two thirds in.

I used Wet'n Wild's Mega Liner in Plum and an kajal pencil by Essence in 18 Everybody's darling.

Why are we using purple for this look? Well, think of it as if the pink and the blue we used got mixed together and what came out was purple colour! :)

Finally, add mascara and....

... this sweet candy-like look is done! :)

I'm really happy to share this with you guys! And this look brings me so much joy everytime I look in the mirror! So fun and sweet!:)

And I hope you like this! Thank you for joining me and have a lovely day!

Yours delighfully,
Miss K.

"Private beach" eye look!

Hey guys!

Every day I go through a list of my favorite blogs and youtube subscriptions and I'd say this is kind of a hobby of mine. It's really fun to see what other people come up with and what they have to share, isn't it?

Today I was really inspired by a nail look done by Nail Nerd which you can find here HERE !

I saw this and fell in love with it! I am so excited that I feel like calling this THE look of summer! 

I really wanted to try it out but my nails are currently 'growing' and 'resting' … 

Also I thought I'd enhance this look a bit and add gold polish on the tips (and I did try it out on my toenails, love it!)

And the more I was looking at the pictures and thinking about it, I thought "why not use this concept for an eye look?"

And so I did!

Here's some pics of what I used BUT everything can be substituted with other products. Be creative! :)

1. Apply white pencil as a base on the lid and slightly wing it out (shape the eye shadow to your liking). 

2. Take a light blue shadow with a dense shadow brush and apply it on the base. 

3. Take a warm chocolate shadow with a fluffy brush, use it to blend the blue and also place it in the crease (just to give some definition and also to neutralize the blue a tiny bit and warm up the look as blue is kind of cold). Find a shape for shadows that complements you the most!

4. Line the lower lash line with a creamy eye shadow (gives a base).

5. On top of the creamy shadow - place the gold in the inner half. With a taupe color - smoke out the outer half of lower lash line.

6. Finally - line the upper lash line (I suggest brown eye liner, black can be too harsh; besides brown will also add warmth), slightly wing it out. Mascara.

Aaaaand finito! 

I am a bit proud of myself to be honest because I feel like I found a way to wear blue on my eyes! I've never been too fond of blue eye shadows (maybe because I think that it actually looks better on blonds)  but this is just really fun and summery! And reminds me of sea, sun light reflection on water surface! So I called this look - "Private beach"!

Hope this will remind you to  enjoy summer while it lasts! Have a great time!

Miss K.