August Favorites 2012

Ok,ok I know I'm kinda late with my August favorites but better now than never right? So I'm not sure if I will be doing favorites posts every single month simply because I don't buy new things every month plus I tend to stick with my old favs so...You can read my July Favorites here. Here are my August favorites:

Bioten cleansing wipes: I use those wipes to remove my makeup and they do great job. They aren't the softest but they are well moisturized and I like it.

Summerline Hydrating cream with insect repellent effect: Basically during this summer in Greece it was crazy with mosquitoes so I decided to try one of those protective creams and this one worked for me,plus it is based on different plants not chemicals :)

MUA Undressed palette: Well not much to say here I just love this palette and I've using a lot. You can read the review for it here.

MUA lip boom in Doing Good: I really really love the lipstick part of it and I have recieved many compliments when I'm wearing it. The lipgloss though isn't my favorite. Read the review here.

Revlon Age Defying concealer: I looove this one. I have been using a lot during summer and less in winter because the color is slightly dark for me in winter. It has good coverage and staying power. The only downside is that I think it has been discontinued :(

e.l.f. wet gloss lash and brow clear mascara:  This is simple clear mascara that helps me with keeping my eyebrows in place. I have been using it for almost a year now. You can read the review here

Lancome hypnose drama mascara: This is great mascara and I like it but it's a bit expensive. You can read the review here.

e.l.f. Complexion brush: This brush is so so soft. I love using it for powder and blush. I think if don't own this brush you should,it's great value!!

Sigma F80 Flat Kabuki brush: I have said it in the past but I'll say it again: This is my favorite brush for foundation! You can read the review here.

Sigma E35 and E45: Ever since I got those brushes I've been using them all the time. You can read the review here.

What items you have been using the past month?

EOTD: Blue and Purple + Tutorial

 Hello everyone, cloudy and rainy weekend here in Greece. So I was bored yesterday and I decided to play with some colorful eyeshadows and I came up with a really pretty look with blue,purple and brown eyeshadows.

To be honest as a girl who pretty much always uses neutral colors I've been always afraid of wearing colors such as blue and purple. So I decided to overcome my fear and start using those colors. When you are wearing neutral eyeshadows you don't have to pay that much attention to the rest of your outfit to do not end up looking like a rainbow whereas with colorful eyeshadows you have to pay attention, at least in my opinion. So back to the look. It isn't hard to create but it does require quite enough blending as I used quite a few eyeshadows.

Products

e.l.f. Eyelid Primer

NYX Jumbo Pencil in milk

Shade 1 and 5 from the MUA Undressed Palette

Shade 4,10,13 from MUA Immaculate Collection palette

Bossy Bobbi, Feisty Felicia and Caught in the act Courtney and Devilish Danielle from theBalm Shady Lady Vol 2

Lancome Hypnose Drama mascara

e.l.f. Liquid eyeliner
Brushes
Most of the brushes are from Sigma

Tutorial

- First apply your primer and/or eyeshadow base.

- Using a dome shape brush like Sigma E45 add the Shade 5(matte brown) in the crease and blend it.

- With eyeshadow brush like Sigma E55 apply the Shade 10 (blue) all over the lid leaving out the inner corner.

- With the same dome shape brush ( E45) pick up a small amount of caught in the act courtney ( dark brown) and blend it in the outer half part of the crease.

- Next with the same or another dome shape brush apply the Shade 13(purple) in crease and blend it. Build up the color so when it is blended it looks like a slightly dark purple like you see in the picture.

- With a fluffy brush like Sigma E35 add the Bossy Bobbi ( dark blue) to the outer 1/3 of the lid and slightly blend it inwards.

- With the same brush ( E35) pick a small amount of the Shade 4 (black) and darker up the very outer corner.

- Now with another fluffy brush or angled brush like Sigma E70 use some light beige,close to you skin color, eyeshadow (Shade 1) and blend the eyeshadow under the eyebrow.

- With a flat brush like MAC 252 add the Devilish Danielle (champagne color) under the brow at the highest point,in the inner corner and on 1/3 of the lower lid.

- Next add the same purple( Shade 10) with a pencil brush like MAC 219 on the rest of your lower lid.

- To line your lower lash line use small amount of black or grey eyeshadow with a push brush like MAC 212.

- Using liquid eyeliner, line your lid and wing it out.

- Lastly apply your mascara and you are done :)

- Enjoy!

What do you think of this eye makeup? Let me know in the comments below :) 

Blue smokey eyes tutorial

Hello my lovely readers. This is my 101st post,I can't believe that I have posted 100  times,hope you enjoyed if not all of them at least the majority :)...If you have been following me for some time you probably know that I'm neutral girl,I pretty much always choose neutral eyeshadows when I do my makeup. But today I though I would show you something with color that other girls who like neutrals will probably like too. This isn't an everyday look but it is great for a night out. Here are the pictures:

Products

e.l.f. Mineral Eyeshadow Primer

NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk

Bossy Bobbi from theBalm Shady Lady Vol 2

Feisty Felicia from theBalm Shady Lady Vol 2

Devilish Danielle from theBalm Shady Lady Vol 2

Shade 5 from MUA Undressed Palette

Shade 10 from MUA Immaculate Collection Palette

Lancome Hypnose Drama Mascara

Brushes from Sigma Beauty

Tutorial:

-First apply your primer and an eyeshadow base.

-With a crease brush like Sigma E45 apply a matte brown eyeshadow ( Shade 5 from MUA Undressed Palette) in the crease and blend it.

-With eyeshadow brush like Sigma E55 apply a dark blue eyeshadow ( Bossy Bobbi ) all over the lid leaving out the inner corner.

-Next with a fluffy brush like Sigma E35 apply a dark eyeshadow ( Feisty Felicia ) on the outer 1/3 of the lid and while blending it bring it slightly in the crease.

- With pencil brush like MAC 219 apply a light blue eyeshadow( Shade 10 ) on the half of the lower lid.

-With the same pencil brush use the dark color ( Feisty Felicia ) to line the other half of the lower lid.

-Lastly to highlight use an eyeshadow brush like Sigma E55 apply the highlighter shade ( Devilish Danielle ) in the inner corner and under the brow.

- And finally apply your mascara ( Lancome Hypnose Drama ) and you are Done :D

-If you want to have a sharp edge like on the pictures either use scotch tape before you start or after use a cotton swab and some makeup remover or water clean it, to make the sharp edge.

-Enjoy

What do you think? Do you like? Do you wear blue eyeshadows? Let me know in the comments below!

FOTD

Hello my lovely readers. Today's post will be FOTD. It's an easy everyday look and it's actually one of my favorites and go to everyday looks.

Products

Face

Lancome teint idole ultra 24h in Biege Diaphane

Revlon colorstay in natural beige as concealer

ELF HD Powder

Cheeks

Matt bronzer

MUA Mosaic blush in English Rose

Lips

MUA Lip Boom in Doin Good (the lipstick part only)

Eyes

Elf eyelid Primer

NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk

Sigma Publicize from the Flare Palette on the lid

Shade 3 and 5 from MUA Undressed palette in the crease

Shade 2 from MUA Undressed Palette  in the inner corner and half lower lash line

Shade 5 from MUA Undressed Palette on the other half lower lash line

Black eyeshadow to line half of upper lash line and wing it out

Lancome Hypnose Drama Mascara

Brushes

What do you think? Do you have favorite everyday makeup look?

FOTD: Light Bronze Eyes

Hello my lovely readers! Once again I've been playing around with my MUA Undressed palette and I came up with this simple look that I will work with many occasions.

Products

Face

Revlon Colorstay Active in natural beige

ELF HD Powder

Cheeks

MUA Blusher in Shade 2

Bronzer(local brand)

theBalm Devilish Danielle to highlight

Lips

La Roche-Posay in #28

Eyes

ELF Eyelid Primer

NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk

theBalm Tempting Tara in the inner corner

Shade 2 from the MUA Undressed Palette on half of the lid

Shade 9  from the MUA Undressed Palette on the over half of the lid

Shade 10 from the MUA Undressed Palette in the outter corner and crease

Shade 3 from the MUA Undressed Palette to blend everything out

Shade 1 from the MUA Undressed Palette under the brow

Black eyeshadow to line my upper and lower lashline

Lancome Hypnose Drama Mascara

What do you think? What's your favorite everyday look?

EOTD feat MUA Undressed Palette

 Couple days ago I recieved my order from MUA which inculded the Undressed palette.So before I did review for it I obviously have to try it. I already used it twice. At first I was thinking of making FOTD but there was nothing special about the rest of my face so I opted for EOTD.

You could easily wear it at day and night,maybe for night look you could add some eyeliner.

Products used:

ELF Eyelid primer

NYX Jumbo pencil in Milk

From the Undressed palette:

Shade 1 to highlight

Shade 2 and 8 on the lid 

Shade 9 in outter corner

Shade 3 to to blend out

Shade 2 and 9 on the lower lash line

Lancome Hypnose Drama Mascara

Tomorrow I will post my review for the Undressed Palette so definitely come back tomorrow :)

Also I have few looks on my mind that aren't so neutral , these day I really wanna play with colors so keep an eye for that too :).

My Birthday Makeup-FOTD

My birthday was on July 5th and now I'm officially 20 years old :) . I invited few friends over to my house for a party and we had great time... I didn't want to go for very dramatic with my makeup so here's my look.

It's very easy to create and you can easily to wear even for everyday.

I wanted something neutral with some color so I created brown with teal eyes and rosy lips.

Here's a close up to the eyes

Face:

Lancome Teint Idole Ultra 24h in Beige Diaphane

Revlon colorstay active in natural beige

ELF HD Powder

Lips:

Nyx round lipstick in Ceto

Eyes:

Elf eyelid primer

NYX Jumbo pencil in Milk

theBalm Devilish Danielle  in inner corner

Shade 12 and 14 from MUA 24 Shade Immaculate Collection Palette on the lid

8th eyeshadow from the second row of NYX Nude on Nude in outter corner

3rd eyeshadow from the first row of NYX Nude on Nude to blend out

1st eyeshadow from the first row of NYX Nude on Nude to highlight  under the brow

Shade 1 from MUA 24 Shade Immaculate Collection Palette on the lower lash line

Shade 4 from MUA 24 Shade Immaculate Collection Palette to line half of the upper lash line

Lancome Hypnose Drama Mascara

What do you think of this look?

Lancome Hypnose Drama Mascara Photos,Review,Swatches

For quite a while I wanted to try a Lancome Hypnose mascara. So when the Sephora had 25% off  of selected brands I decided to give it a try. From the different Hypnose mascaras that Lancome has I chose Lancome Hypnose Drama.

You can't imagine how excited I was to try it since I normally choose drugstore brands for mascaras.I must say that I really like the packaging of the mascara and of the box.Let's have a look at the wand

It's a normal size wand with S-shaped which supposedly gonna help you to better cover your lashes.

What Lancome says about this mascara:

"Get instant lash drama in a single coat with this ultra volume-boosting mascara that’ll take lashes from so-so to show-stopping. The full contact brush, with its S-shaped curve, grasps and loads lashes for a fanned out, full body fringe. Lancôme’s luxe Texturizing Complex features highly saturated waxes and intense black pigments for maximum lash volume. The triple coating system delivers a fluid and creamy application to quickly and easily build big, battable lashes that won’t clump or flake."

What I think about this mascara:

First let's see the before and after

 *one coat and curled*

The formula of Hypnose Drama is quite creamy.It does add some volume and length but you really have to be careful when you apply it. What I mean? When you take out the mascara wand you end up with a lot of product on the wand so if you won't remove some, in the end you will have clumpy lashes and that's not pretty unless you like this kind of look. This is my biggest complain, I need to take that extra step to have a nice look. 

Also I was expecting for the mascara to give a bit more volume but I must say that I'm not disappointed with the Hypnose Drama and I quite like it.

What I notice is that if you spend some more time while applying it you can achieve really pretty lashes.

Now about it's lasting power. If you won't curl your lashes after the application and if you won't apply a ton of product it will last for quite a while. Whereas if you curl your lashes after the application you will see some fall out after around 3 hours...This is the not waterproof version so you won't have a hard time to remove it.

Overall rating: 4/5

Whould I buy it again?: I like it but I don't see myself spending that much on mascara,specially since I'm on budget now.

Have you tried it? Do you like it? What high end mascara do you like?

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Mini Sephora haul

Yesterday I went for a walk with my mom to get some fresh air.We went to Sephora and couple other stores....So as I walked through the door of Sephora I looked on the right side and what I saw?OPI nail polishes on sale from 13.90 euros down to 8.90 euros...
Just to let my Greek readers know Sephora and Hondos Center have 25% off on beauty products so go and check them out,you can find some pretty good deals.What I noticed is that Sephora does slighty better offers than Hondos Center does...
Unfortunately the shades that were on sale are from old collections,the newest ones were at 13.90...I bought the Girls Love Gold gift bag,which had a small make up bag and 2 OPI nail polishes in Rising Star and Bring on the Bling.Also I bought the Lancome Hypnose Drama Mascara and got the sample of Lancome's Teint Idole Ultra 24H foundation

Normally I would pay 30 euros for the OPI set and 33.10 euros for the Lancome Hypnose Drama mascara but instead I paid for both of them 33.10 euros,great deal right?
I want to try that Lancome's 24H foundation although I highly doubt I would buy that one over the MUFE(Make up for ever) HD since Lancome's cost 43euros while MUFE's 33,we'll see.
In my later posts I will post the review for the Hypnose and swatches of OPI nail polishes :),so keep checking back or even better follow the blog so you will be notified.

NOTE to Greek Girls:Go and Check out your local Sephora cuz I think they might have that offer for the OPI nail polishes as well as they try to sell all the shades from previous collections :)