Wednesday, September 19, 2012

THREE challenge look #6: FAVOURITE FEELING

This one is obvious. HAPPINESS! People who know me in real life, they know that I smile most of the time, I'm a really happy person in general. :)
Challenge rules and other lovely participants here: click.

Rainbow was my first thought. Rainbows are beautiful, they make me happy and rainbow flag is pride flag and gay means happy. So, everyhing comes together :).

It's a very simple look, you just need enough thin small brushes and steady hand.




It always good to have some glitter fall out. I was probably born with glitter all over my face :))

Turquise: Essence pigments Little mermaid
Green: Coastal Scents 88 palette
Yellow: BellaPierre pigment Money
Orange & red: Coastal Scents 88 palette
Purple: NYX palette Jazz night
Essence liquid eyeliner waterproof
eBay falsies
OriflameNude kohl pencil
NYX Glitter cream pallet Surreal
Barry M gold glitter
Artdeco All in one mascara

Hope you are having the happiest day ever! :)
Have a lovely day,


Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Weekly makeup tag: TROPICAL

That's why I love beauty blogger community (and blogging community in general) so much. You get to know people all over the world, talk to them, participate in their tags/challenges, being introduced on their blogs, which is an honor ...
So, long story short, beautiful Aqeela (she came up with this tag/challenge/howeverisitcalled) and some other girls are doing makeup looks each week on a selected theme. This week's theme is TROPICAL. You can go on Aqeela's blog, she will be posting all our makeup looks every Wednesday. I just decided to do blog post on them, too :).

Here is the look:





All colours except for the yellow and turquoise are depotted eyeshadows from Oriflame. Have no idea how are they called, had them for ages.
Yellow colour is from BellaPierre pigment Money.
Turquoise from Essence pigments Little Mermaid.
Liner was blue kohl pencil from Avon.
In my waterline I used nude eyeliner from Oriflame.
And for base I used Too faced Shadow insurance.

Highlight colour looks much prettier in real life. Camera, why you no cooperate? *sigh*

Hope you like it and have a lovely day,


Monday, September 17, 2012

AVOCADO + ways of using it

If you've never tried avocados, you don't know what you are missing! I think I actually tried them this year for the first time, and it was love at first bite. The only bad thing is that they are quite expensive in my country (yesterday I bought 3 avocados for 5,50 €!).

Avocados are super foods, full of vitamins, potassium, magnesium, monounsaturated fats, are sodium and cholesterol-free ... They help you lower blood cholesterol, are good for your heart, skin, hair, teeth, nails, help your eyes to stay healthy, they give you energy, boost your metabolism ...
You can read more amazing avocado benefits here: www.avocado.org. I'm so happy I found this site, it has amazing recipes, nutritional facts etc. Go and check it out!

My favourite ways of using it:

1. In SALADS.
This is actually my favourite way to use avocados. I just put all ingredients in a bowl and add half of avocado (if avocado is teeny tiny, I use one whole). I make my salad with whatever I have in fridge. Two examples:

Rucola, tomato, beans, mozzarella cheese, half avocado with little bit of olive oil, salt and apple cider vinegar.

Tomatoes, beans, half avocado with olive oil, salt, garlic, apple cider vinegar.


2. In SANDWICHES.
I'm not a big bread eater, because I think they are so many other delicious foods out there. I just want to make more space in my tummy for other yummy foods :) But when I eat it, I usually always put avocado in it, to make it richer.
Avocados have a creamy texture, they are really fattening, so they are a good substitute for mayonnaise.

 Rye bread with half avocado, rucola, tomato, cucumber (I would add mozzarella or goat cheese to add protein).


3. As a SIDE DISH.
The third way is to just put it as a side dish.

 I cooked some quinoa with veggies and added half of avocado. So simple!

4. DESSERT.
 My favourite dessert is vegan chocolate mousse. I posted a recipe not so long ago: click here.



Hope I gave you some ideas how to use avocados. Otherwise, you can still click HERE and see the amazing recipes! Good I bought 3 avocados yesterday!
You can even make face and hair masks, but about that some other time. :)

How do you prepare your avocado dishes?


Sunday, September 16, 2012

FOTD: back to basics

Just a short face of the day post. It's "back to basics" kinda day.




Products used:
- Missha perfect cover BB cream no.21
- Bourjois healthy mix concealer 52 medium radiance
- E.l.f. HD powder 
- Essence Liquid Eyeliner waterproof (I'm testing it out, just bought it two days ago)
- Artdeco All in one mascara
- Essence eyebrow designer 04 blonde
- Avon face brush
- e.l.f. eyelash curler
- Alverde cream blush 01 Nordic rose (I keep forgetting about this blush. I even forgot to take a picture of it.. Ah, well :))
- Revlon lipbutter 050 Berry Smoothie (review: here)

+ blush & lipbutter. oops :)

Just to let you know that I don't usually wear a lot of makeup during the day. And it's not  as crazy as all the other looks I usually post :)

Hope you're having a lovely day!