monthly favorites (November 2012)

It's the end of November and because of that I decided to do a blog talking about my favorite beauty products of this month. I thought about what I used the most and these were the products.

This month 

Why and what

Mac lipstick in impassioned.. this photo doesn't do it justice, it is a beautiful lipstick. On the mac website it is described as amped-up fuchsia which is so true. I have been wearing it a lot this month, both full on and also by just dabbing it on the lips. This is a color that, in my opinion goes well with both dark and light eye make up, and also works at both day time and night time. It is a great color and has been my "go to" lipstick this month.

 EOS lip balm.. This lip balm has been a great help for my lips this month. It has been cold this month where I live and I have probably used this every single day. This keeps my lips fresh and moisturized. 

Make Up Store brush Nr. 216.. This brush you can use for any cream or liquid products. I use it mainly as a concealer. This month I kept grabbing for it, I was trying out a new concealer and this was the best brush for me to use with it. I had never really used this brush to a any real degree but I started to like it more and more and now it is one of my favorite brushes and if I lost it I would buy it again. 

Rimmel London blush in 006 Autumn catwalk.. This is a really nice blush that had three colors that can both be used together or each on its own. I use it in a few different ways using the lightest as a highlighter or the darkest as a sort of ''contour'', so I have been using most of the month. I have had it for some time now and I keep going back to this blush, though more in the fall/winter time than in the spring/summer time. It looks very good on me and I have fair/pale skin, but I think it would look good on most skin tones, and it's really pigmented and nice.

 Smashbox High definition concealer in fair..  I think that this is one of the best concealers that I have ever tried. It is a light and highly pigmented concealer that blends like a dream and hides under eye circles, all redness and blemishes. I got this the first of the month and I have used it ever since. I got this concealer in a Smashbox kit along with a primer and a foundation but I haven't been using those as much. I use the Make Up store brush nr.216 for this.

 Clinique BB cream in the shade 01.. I bought this BB cream this past summer when the BB cream had come to my country. They had only come from a handful of brands and they were all high end, so I decided to buy one from Clinique to try out and see if I like it. And I really like it. It is the perfect shade for me and it covers the redness on my face very well. I use my hand to apply it using circular motions and I have not had any problems with it so far.

 Bourjois nail polish in 44 Bleu model.. I bought this nail polish this summer. I think its really pretty and I love having it on my nails. It is a nice polish and it stays on, and is really glossy. I have it on my toenails at the moment. I keep going back to it when I don't know what to wear on my nails. This will be a re-buy for sure.

What were your favorites this month :) ?

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Nails of the week (week 2)

This week I painted my nails in a dark purple color, with white and silver stripes with glitter at the base. I have always been a fan of stripes on nails, and I am in love with this glitter polish. It has multicolored glitter and flakes in cool dark colors. It was really fun to make.

What I used

Left: L.A.girl Glitter addict(Celebrate) Right: Maxfactor max effect(38 Purple haze)

L.A.Color Art Deco, Left: (Silver), Right: (white)

    

 

OPI base and top coat

How I did it 

1. I started of with clean, dry nails with nothing on them

2. I put one coat of base coat polish on each nail to protect them from damage and let it dry

3. I put on two coats of the dark purple polish (Called Purple haze) and let it dry

4. I made stripes on the nails (some nails white and some nails silver) and let it dry

5. I put on the glitter polish (Celebrate) and put it from the base of the nail up to about a 1/3 of the nail and let it dry

6. I finished of with a top coat and let it dry

I hope you like it,

please comment and tell me what you think :)

My first youtube video

Today I uploaded my first video on Youtube! This is really exciting.
It's short, sweet and easy. I went with a golden holiday eye look, because I'm in a holiday mood :)

It's only 4 minutes long, so it's an easy watch.

I really hope you like it.

Video:

What I used:
Clinique BB cream
Smashbox high definition concealer
Nars eyeprimer 
Blackout (black) from naked 2
Tease (brown) from naked 2
Half baked (gold) from naked 2
Mac fluidline in blacktrack
Gosh kohl eyeliner in black
Maybeline falsies mascara 
Mac browpencil in Lingering 
Mac blush in harmony (contour)
Mac blush in well dressed 
Mac m.s.f.n. In light (powder)
Mac lipstick in Impassioned (pink)
Mac lipstick in Russian red (red)

Song: Cut and run by Kevin Macleod. Incompetech.com

Nails of the week (week 1)

This week I made my nails bright and exotic. It's a look that's more for the summer months.

I chose this look because the days are getting darker where I live and I don't see much sun,  so I've been a little blue lately and felt like making my nails bright and "summery".

What I used

Left: MAKE UP STORE (Olle),right: Depend nr.034

OPI top coat and base coat

How I did it 

1. I started of with clean nails with nothing on them

2. I put one coat of base coat on each nail to protect them from damage and let it dry

3. I put one coat of the gold polish (Olle) on each nail and let it dry

4. I took a cosmetic sponge and painted the end of the sponge with the pink polish and then took the gold polish and put some where the pink ended and a little over where the colors met so they would blend a little, so it would make a gradient effect on the nail

5. Then I started to sponge it on a nail, used another end and do the same to the other nails, then I let it dry. 

6. I took the pink and put a little on the ends of the nails just where it was needed and let that dry for a while.

7. I put on the top coat and let it dry.

I hope you liked this post :D

I will be hopefully posting ''Nails of the week'' weekly :)

Steinunn S.

Hello there :)

Hi. I'm starting a blog about make-up, things related to beauty, and just life in general :)

I'm going to be posting photos and videos that are make-up related, some tutorials, and other stuff.

This has been in the works for a long time, because I love experimenting with make-up and

trying out new things and new products, trying to find something new and fun. I am always learning new things and I would like to blog about them, even though it's something small. And sometimes I will just say hello and update a little about my life. :)

Steinunn S.