CELEBRITY STYLE: KYLIE JENNER

If I only lived in a country where the temperature is always above at least 20 degrees I would definitely dress up like Kylie Jenner. I would just (not literally) steal her wardrobe. I've been obsessed with her style for so long now (I've even started watching "Keeping Up With The Kardashians"). I absolutely love the way she styles her outfits. I especially love her casual style. She makes ordinary clothes look amazing. She just puts on jeans shorts and a crop top and looks like a million dollars. My favourite casual outfit of her is the right one in the first set of pictures. These watermelon shorts are a must have for me this summer. Her more formal style or a "red carpet" style is also stunning. She really likes wearing minimalistic plain clothes and combining formal clothes and accessories with casual ones. My favourite formal outfit of her is the one where she's wearing a black maxi skirt and a white crop top. It is a perfect combination of styles!

Other than her fashion style I also adore her make-up. I think I've watched almost every Kylie Jenner make-up tutorial on YouTube and spent many (probably too many) hours trying to recreate it. I just never can recreate that perfect winged eyeliner she has. With a red or pink lipstick she adds, everything about her make up is amazing!

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What do you think of Kylie's style and make-up? Which outfit is your favourite?

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LAZY DAY MAKE-UP ESSENTIALS

I'm pretty sure every single one of you has a lazy make-up day every now and then. I know it's nothing to be proud of but I generally am a lazy person so I probably have those days a little bit more often. I'm not one of these people who won't leave the apartment without a full make-up on but I definitely do feel better when I put at least something on. 

On my lazy make-up days I always put some concealer on, under my eyes and on blemishes. For that I'm currently using the Seventeen phwoarr Paint heavy duty concealer. Unless the condition of my skin is very bad, then I'm going for the foundation. This probably is no surprise for you as I've been raving about this foundation many many times but for that I use the Rimmel Wake Me Up foundation.Optionally, I also like using the bronzer to give my face a little bit of shape and colour. My favourite right now is the Bourjois Bronzing Powder. For me, blush is always a must have! But on my lazy day I like using the Topshop cream blush as it's much easier to apply. My favourite shade is definitely Flush! Another lazy make-up day must have is a mascara! If I had to choose only one beauty product to use for the rest of my life, it would be mascara. I can't imagine any make-up without mascara. For my lazy make-up I like using the Astor Big & Beautiful Boom! Curved mascara. It's very easy to apply and gives a lot of volume! The last thing I have to do while putting a lazy make-up are brows! I feel like the face always looks better with the brows done. Currently I'm using the Maybelline Master Shape Brow Pencil in Dark Brown. It's not the best brow pencil I have ever used and I will definitely not repurchase it but it's good for lazy day make-up as it has a great spoolie brush which is great for shaping the brows and helps get rid of the product excess when I go a little too hard with the pencil. 

What do you like using for your lazy day make-up?
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SPRING 2014 MAKE-UP TRENDS PART II

Two days ago I posted the first part of Spring 2014 make-up trends. If you haven't seen the post, you can read it here. Here's the second part about keeping it neutral and about what's hot when it comes to eye make-up.

BAREFACE The most important part of this look is glowing skin. Healthy looking skin is always "in" and for this look it is essential. This of course requires taking care of your skin by moisturising it and keeping a balanced diet. Any make up applied to get this look should complement the raw beauty. You can add a neutral blush or nude lipstick. The products you might want to try for this look are: MAC Strobe Cream, MAC Powder Blush in Blushbaby and Rimmel Moisture Renew Lipstick in Nude Delight. 

CAT-EYE

This spring every beauty addict should get a good liquid liner. Chic cat-eyes are essential for the coming season. If you are already bored of the classic cat-eye you can go a little bit crazy and bold the line like there's no limit. You can also add some colour or glitter (middle picture). The liquid liners you might try to get this look are: Bourjois Pinceau Eye Liner, L'Oreal Super Liner Perfect Slim Eye Liner or just use your favourite liquid eye liner. 

WHITE EYE MAKE-UP

Another trend that has been seen may times on SS14 catwalks is white eyelids, either made with an eye shadow or an eye liner. When it is done right it gives an effect of a dewy and fresh make-up. Just don't forget to apply some mascara or you will look like a ghost otherwise. Add a red lipstick to it and you're good to go. The products you might want to use for this look are: Sephora Collection Jumbo Liner in White or MAC Eye Shadow in White Frost. 

EYELINER ALL AROUND

The last trend of the seven is a rock black eyeliner all around the eye. The best way to do it is to draw a strong solid line with a liquid eyeliner on the top and smudge an eye pencil on the bottom. Just remember not to add any flashy blush or lipstick so the focus stays all on your eyes. To create this look you might try liquid eye liners mentioned before and MAC Eye Kohl in Smolder or Maybelline Line Express Eyeliner in Ebony Black which also comes with a smart-tip smudger. 

Which of these spring make-up trends do you like the most? 

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LONG LASTING MAKE UP? YES, PLEASE!

For me, the most important feature of the product is its longevity. I've been trying many product, always with the purpose to find the most lasting ones.And I finally found some that I will use as long as possible!

When it comes to face products the most durable foundation I have ever used is the Rimmel Wake Me Up Foundation. No wonder why this is my forever favourite one. I will be repurchasing it as log as it stays on drugstore shelves. It says on my skin for a whole day without any movements. As for the powder, the most durable one I've used is a Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder. I haven't tried many powders because I've found this one quite soon. And I'm glad I did because this product is a miracle. It doesn't of course stay put all day but in the end of a day which powder does. It stays on my face for about 4-5 hours and that really is long for an oily/combination skin like mine. The most durable blush I've tried is the Sleek blush. It's not only highly pigmented and easy to apply but very long lasting. It stays on my cheeks for about 8 hours. I definitely need to get more shades!

Talking about eye products I've picked three: an eye liner, a cream shadow and powder shadows. As for the eye liner, the one I find the most durable is L'Oreal Super Liner Perfect Slim. I remember wearing it once for a trip on a rainy day. I've been walking in the rain for a whole day, soaking wet and when I came back home, the liner was exactly where I'd applied it. I've never been more surprised in my whole life. My favourite long lasting cream shadow is the Maybelline Eye Studio Color Tattoo 24HR Cream Gel Shadow. I wouldn't say it stays put for 24 hours. It tends to crease after about 8-9 hours but it still is amazing for a person with oily eye lids like mine. As for powder shadows the most durable ones I own are Inglot eyeshadows. They stay on my eye lids for a whole day without creasing. They're also super pigmented and the colour range is amazing. I could rave about them for days!

Now onto the last part which is lip products. The first one is Collection Colour Pout Lip Stain. I became absolutely sure this is the most long lasting lip product I own when I woke up with it on my lips on New Year's Day, after wearing it for the whole evening and night of New Year's Eve. Imagine my surprise! The next lip product I find extremely durable is Barry M Lip Paint in Touch of Magic aka the green lipstick. It's like it changes the colour of my lips for about 7-8 hours. I'm so glad Barry M collaborated with Hogwarts to create this magical lipstick!

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AN EARLY SISTER BIRTHDAY GIFT

You should know that my Birthday is not even close yet, it's in January. But I already got my first birthday gift! Why? Because this year I'm not going to be home for that special day and as my sister came to visit me in Ireland, she brought the gift with herself. How thoughtful of her, isn't it? Well, I gotta say, she gave me the best gift ever, something I definitely haven't expected... well, at least one part of it. 

We're both obsessed with make-up and other beauty stuff so I was expecting to get something beauty related. And as she recently got herself Inglot's Freedom System, I might have also expecting getting some new eyeshadows. What I didn't expect were the shades! I just love them! They look amazing together and on its own! I got them in shades: 419, which is a goldish dark green (my favourite), 148, which is gold and 118 which is a light and a little bit pink gold shade,  perfect for the inner corner of the eye. All of them are shimmery which makes me love them even more. These three shades are a perfect match for me, so thank you, sister!

Now here comes the unexpected part: The real Techniques blush brush. I've been talking about this brush for ages and I think that's where my sister got the idea from. I've already tried this and it definitely is the best brush I have ever used. Not even the best blush brush, the best no-matter-the-purpose brush. I definitely need to try more real Techniques brushes.  The next one I want is the Expert Face brush (take a hint, sister). 

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MY THOUGHTS ON: REVLON COLORSTAY BROW ENHANCER

Some time ago I bought the Revlon Colorstay Brow Enhancer. I bought it in some weird small (but cheap) polish store so I have no idea whether it's available in stores or online now. I posted about it in one of my hauls (click) and as some of you wanted to read the review, here it is.

I bought the brow enhancer is colour Light Brown/Champagne. The wand has two different ends. One is a tinted wax which gives a little colour to the brows, fills them in and also tames them. The other end which is a highlighter gives the effect of a brighter, bigger eye.

I love filling my brown with pencils, I think it's very quick and easy. Unfortunately this brow enhancer doesn't work like that... I can only use the tinted wax on top of some other brow pencil. It gives almost no colour. But it's very good when it comes to taming brows. After applying, they stay in place for a very long time. I can safely say that it holds my brows in place all day. As for the highlighter, it's nothing extraordinary.  I don't think I will be using it. It's a little bit too highlighting and the shade of it is too yellow.

Overall I don't think that Revlon's brow enhancer is bad and I can't say that I regret buying it. But I wouldn't repurchase it.

What do you use for making your brows?

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