GRAMMY Makeup Tutorial inspired by Dianna Agron

Here you have the picture I used to recreate the look of my latest video, it’s showing Dianna Agron’s Makeup she has worn at the Grammy-Event.


To see my version of this look, please click here.

And these are the products I’ve used:

FACE:
Clinique-Supermoisture Makeup
Mac-Select Moisturecover Concealer
Manhattan-Powder Rouge Tender Touch Blush in Elegant Violett

EYES:
Urban Decay-Eyeshadow Primer Potion
Urban Decay-24/7 Glide On Eyeliner in Black
Artdeco-Mystical Grey, Anthracite, Smokey Blue Night, Chocolate, Snow Touch
Clinique-Lash Doubling Mascara in Black
Esprit-Ultra Rich Volume Mascara
Tape

LIPS:
Manhattan-Intense Moisture & Gloss in 56E
Maybelline-Watershine Gloss in Cherry Pink


I hope you like this look :)


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GRAMMY Makeup Tutorial inspired by LEA MICHELE

I have to admit that I don’t know anything about the TV-Show “Glee”, I haven’t watched one episode, yet. Since Germany is always very slow in showing American shows, Glee has just started about 3 weeks ago here. Therefore I totally missed the hype, that goes along with this show.
When I’ve seen Lea Michele at the Grammy’s I really didn’t knew who she was, but she looked extremely beautiful. After I’ve did my research I found out, that she belongs to the “Glee”-Cast and thought it might be interesting for you to see how her makeup is done, which she has worn at the event.

As promised in my video I’m going to show you the picture I used for my inspiration, here it is…


If you like to see, how you can recreate Lea’s makeup, please click here.

Here is the list of products I’ve used for this look:

Clinique
- Supermoisture Makeup in Fresh Beige
- Cream Shaper for Eyes (Eyeliner-Pencil) in Black
- Brush-On Cream Liner in Black
- Lash Doubling Mascara in Black
Urban Decay
- Eyeshadow Primer Potion
Artdeco
- Eyeshadows in Light Grey Beige, Decent Purple, Snow Touch
- False Single Lashes (they are called permanent lashes) in short length
Alverde
- Cream Rouge in Apricot
MAC
- Select Moisturecover Concealer in NW15
Bobbi Brown
- Bronzing Powder in Golden Light
Esprit
- Moisturizing Color Lipstick in Bohemian Pink
Manhattan
- Water Flash Lipgloss in 46D


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IT-Piece of the month: Converse Shoes

I haven’t written anything fashion related in a while, but today is my fashion comeback ;)

What I’m going to show you today is nothing new at all, but it’s something reinvented in my case. I’m talking about the good old “Chucks”.
Okay, mine are not really old. What I wanted to say is, that these shoes are never totally out of fashion. You see them everywhere, at all times.
But I have to admit, I didn’t own a pair of these shoes in the last perhaps seven years. I just had the feeling they won’t fit to my style and personality.
Now I’m proud to call a nice pair my own again and surprisingly it’s a very unique color. Thinking about me, loving everything navy/ black or grayish colored, I’ve decided for a color which normally really is not me. It’s called mustard yellow and I personally think that’s the exact right name for it. I don’t like to see anything too bright colored on me and this is the perfect amount of yellow paired with something warm like ochre. It just makes me happy to see this nice color, every time I see them wrapped around my feet.

And something I haven’t expected: This color fits just perfectly to one of my latest finds from “asos.com”. It’s a cognac colored leather jacket in the so called biker style. I love how these two rather abnormal pieces in my wardrobe kind of married each other, during the past few weeks…

And now you can say “Hi” to my new babies…



Today’s moral of the story: “Sometimes you have to leave your habits behind, to experience a positive surprise”.

What do you think of this color???

"Be My Valentine"-Tutorial

I’ve uploaded a new video to my YouTube-Channel for the upcoming Valentine’s Day, which you can see by clicking here.



I’ve listed all the products I’ve used down below…

Foundation:
CLINIQUE-Supermoisture Makeup
Concealer:
MAC-Select Moisturecover Concealer
Primer:
URBAN DECAY-Eyeshadow Primer Potion
Eyeshadows:
URBAN DECAY-Bordello, Smog, Midnight Cowboy Rides Again (Book of Shadows Vol.III)
MAYBELLINE-Color Definer Shadow Stick in Fascination White
Eyeliner:
CLINIQUE-Cream Shaper for Eyes in Black
Mascara:
ESPRIT-Volume Rich Mascara
Bronzer:
BOBBI BROWN-Bronzing Powder in Golden Light
Highlighter:
ALVERDE-Anti Aging Duo Highlighter
Blush:
BOBBO BROWN-Shimmer Blush in Pink Sugar
Lipgloss:
MAC-Tinted Lipglass in Underage

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY :)

Favorite peachy (and coral) Lipglosses

Since I feel in the mood to have a little bit of sunshine around me and I want to fight the rainy and dark days here in Germany, I thought it would be appropriate to write a post about my favorite peachy/coral lipgloss colors, cause they always look like the fun springtime.




Here you have the swatches of the four lipglosses I’m going to talk about now:



So let’s get started…

ESPRIT-Styling XL Lip Plumper in GLOWY PINK



I’m in general not a big fan of lipglosses, which promise to make your lips look fuller. It’s the same with this one, but I just liked the color so much when I’ve seen it, that I didn’t paid much attention on what was written on the bottle. The feeling on the lips is a little uncomfortable, because it starts to tingle immediately. I think that’s what should give you the extra volume and it really does volumize. If you have sensitive lips, I would recommend to stay away from those ones, but the color is what I really love. And I like the finish as well. It looks really like gel, as if you would have a mirror on your lips. The smell of this is a bit weird, toothpaste is what comes to my mind. And actually this would make sense, because menthol is often used to archive this extra volume

RIMMEL-Vinyl Gloss (Voluptuously Shiny Lipgloss) in HIPPY SPIRIT



To pronounce this name is a pain, but I really love to use it. It also should add volume, but it works a little different than the Esprit-Version. It’s more a visual effect, archived by the glitter particles, instead of actually really adding volume to the lips.
The color is an intense orange, but it’s still wearable, because of the included shimmer, which takes a little bit of the intense color away.
The smell of this is so yummy, it’s a mixture of vanilla & exotic fruits & gummy bear.

MAC-Tinted Lipglass in PINK LEMONADE



This one is probably the most intense one, because it’s an opaque color. I wouldn’t wear this one if I feel in the mood for a neutral look, but I really love this color. It’s so fresh looking and it makes my face look more alive (if that makes sense). The quality and the staying power is the best in this case in comparison to the other three glosses. If I would have to pick my favorite , I guess it would be this one out of the four.

MAYBELLINE-Watershine Gloss in CHERRY PINK



This color is the perfect nude-peach. I like to use this for neutral looks, where I still don’t want to have a super boring color on my lips. So you can add a bit of color, without making it look to obvious.
The gloss looks pretty thick in the bottle, but once you have this on your lips, it looks sheer. And again, this one smells yummy. I would love to have a perfume, with this exact scent. It smells very sweet, but fruity.

I hope you like the colors and got some springtime inspiration…

Eyeshadows in a stick?

I love this form of eyeshadows and now we have a less expensive alternative to MAC’s Shade-Sticks: MAYBELLINE NEW YORK-COLOR DEFINER WATERPROOF SHADOW STICK.



I’m really impressed by these ones and let me tell you why:
- You can chose between a good color range.
- There are very nice highlighter colors as well.
- Available in the drugstore, so they are easy to get.
- Maybelline’s version is less expensive than MAC’s Shade-Sticks and the quality is almost alike.

Sound’s great right?!

I haven’t noticed any negative aspects, but I know that there are two things, which might could be a negativity to some of you:
- There are just shimmery colors available so far and I know that some girls don’t like shimmer at all on their lids.
I also prefer the matte shades most of the time, but especially for highlighting I think that something light reflecting is a benefit.
- These Shadow-Sticks are waterproof. I don’t really know why, but I do know that a lot of girls don’t like waterproof makeup products.
The reason could be that it’s harder to remove, when you want to take off your makeup. On the other hand, waterproof products offer in my opinion (most of the time) more lasting power during the day.

And I really enjoy the fact, that Maybelline included sharpeners. It would be amiss if you would have to buy an extra sharpener for bigger sized pencils just because of these sticks, if you normally don’t use those. It’s nice that they have thought about this customer friendly idea!



But now let’s come to the most important part, the swatches:



You can also get fun colors like a lavender and a pea green, which might be added to my collection soon.

I hope you’ll like these as much as I do…

Have a nice day :)

Get a peeling while you sleep!!!

A while back I haven’t done any peeling, because my skin was just too sensitive concerning everything that required some sort of rubbing motion, like most peelings do.
But I noticed that my skin looked more and more unattractive and it wasn’t possible to make the foundation look nice on my skin, I came to the conclusion that it must be because of the missing peeling.

My skin got a little less sensitive, but still I didn’t wanted to use anything too rough on my skin. That’s why I was searching for something that exfoliates your skin on a gentle way.
And this is what I’ve found: KIEHL’S Over-Night Biological Peel

The implementation truly is very gentle:
- wash your face like you normally would do.
- apply a thin layer over your entire face and blend it down to your neck (I use 1 ½ pumps).
- go to bed and get your sleep.
- wake up and wash off the peeling with warm water.

Isn’t it nice to know that you’ll wake up with nice skin, without a lot of afford?! Of course everyone’s skin is different, but so far this is the best I’ve found for my skin skincare wise. My skin feels soft and super moisturized, which is hard to reach in my case.
And what I like the most is, if I have any breakout, I know it will be gone after I’ve used this serum. I think that’s because of the Urea, which is one of the ingredients and is always working great on my skin.

The only negativity I’m able to mention is the unbelievable high price, I had to pay 40 Pounds for this product. This is a lot and I thought a long time about this investment, but I’ve never regret it. Maybe it hurts not as much to spend the money, when you hear that it also is an Anti-Aging product.
Thinking about this you’ll have 3 products in 1:
-Peeling
-Moisturizer
-Anti-Aging-Agent

Overall I would recommend to get this, it’s worth it and it will last a long time!

One information needs to be mentioned: It’s only for normal to try, but also for sensitive skin. I’m sorry if you have more of an oily skin, but I can see why they don’t recommend it for this skin type, it’s just too moisturizing.

Thumbs up for a sleepy peeling :)

Maybelline Jade - Eye Makeup Remover

My semester break has just started and now I finally have the time again to write a new post for my blog :)

I’ve got a lot of new products during the past weeks/months and I actually didn’t knew, which product I should review first.
Since this is a predominantly beauty/makeup related blog I thought it would be nice to start with something that actually is made for removing all the makeup: Maybelline Jade-Eye Makeup Remover (for waterproof makeup).

To be honest with you I don’t use anything specific lately to remove the makeup on my facial skin anymore (I’ve normally used some Bebe Makeup-Wipes), but I definitely need something other than water and a washcloth to remove my mascara et cetera.

During my London-Vacation I got a sample of the “Take The Day Off” Makeup Remover by Clinique. I really liked it a lot and wanted to purchase the original bottle, but I was just not willing to spend €19,- on this product for 125 ml. So I started to search for a cheaper alternative and ended up getting the Maybelline version, which I even like so much more!

Why do I prefer this one, over the more expensive remover?
- You will need less product (The Clinique Makeup Remover was not very efficient).
- You will get rid of your makeup faster.
- It’s gentler to your eye area (You have to rub less intensive).
- The skin around the eyes feels very nice afterwards.
- It’s less expensive! (One bottle costs just € 3-4 for the same amount of product).

And for all the people, who have sensitive eyes like me: It’s perfume free, non-irritating and save to use with contacts.


As you can see this bottle contains two different liquids (white and blue), so you have to shake…shake…shake before usage (but actually I figured out, that it also works great without mixing both liquids through shaking.)

I haven’t tried the non-waterproof version, because it wouldn’t make sense since my mascara is waterproof. That’s why I can’t tell you if both are equally good, but I’m super duper happy with my waterproof edition.

In some other parts of the world there is a pink version available by Jade Maybelline, which is from their “Expert Eyes”-Line, but I really don’t know if it would be the same.

I’m sure there are tons of different Eye Makeup removers, so please let me know your favorite one.