New cosmetics: Summer 2014

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I'd promised myself to refrain from buying cosmetics as much as possible this summer so I could use up all samples I have and some old stuff I've had for ages. I think I did quite well considering what's in the picture above is all I bought in June-July-August-September. I should be given an award for resisting temptation! :D

MOTD: Lana Del Rey 60s Make-up

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Yesterday I tried to do something Lana Del Rey inspired because autumn is here and melancholy has taken over me :D The make-up is very 60s and reminiscent of Priscilla Presley, who is a big inspiration for me. I love the 60s - the music, the fashion, the make-up. I love the thick black liner on the upper and lower lid, the big dolly lashes and pale lips. 

MOTD: Black x black

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Today's make-up was definately very dark and unwearable. I did the smokey eyes first and I was really curious how they'd look paired with black lipstick (which, of course, I didn't have so I used black pencil liner + black eyeshadow on top :D)

Routines: Skin Care - грижа за кожата

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I've only posted about cosmetics but not a single post about skincare, so today I decided to add some variety to the blog and do a skin care routine post. I'll try to describe how I keep my skin in an acceptable condition and I hope you find it informative. Warning: horrible pictures of me with random products smeared on my face :) 

KPOP: Hyuna - Red Make-up

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Summer's end is approaching and I don't know how to keep my summer-y mood. I've been listening to happy songs only and I've probably watched Hyuna's Red video a 1000 times this month. I couldn't help but notice how fresh her make-up looked, so i decided to try something similar :) 

TAG: 10 Books - 10 книги

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A post that's not about cosmetics! How shocking! 

Everyone else has already done the book tag, but I wanted to do it too. It was really diffiucult for me to choose only ten books that have influenced me the most because I;m a big fan of books and I regularly stay up till the morning to finish a book.  I like many genres - dark fantasy, sci-fi, historical fiction, gothic literature and so on - so this made it even more difficult for me to decide which ten books to include in my list. 

The Portrait of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde

I really like Oscar Wilde's work in general. I won't go into details, I guess this is a book most of you have read and you know what it's about. How can I not like Dorian - he's so elegant and…vicious. And I just know I'm going to end up like him - hiding a portrait getting uglier and uglier because of my sins :D 

Highlight & Contour IV - Contour Products

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I finally found the time to continuue my Highlight and Contour series I started last month. The last three posts are about cream and pressed highlighters  (here, here and here), and this one is going to be about contour products. Since I don't own that many contour products there is only going to be one post. I'm really pale and it took me years of trying different products to find ones that are matte and don't look orange on me. I hope you find this post informative. You can share your favourite products with me in the comments if you wish. 

KPOP: 2NE1 Park Bom Make-up

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I've been stuck to my laptop lately. I've been watching kpop videos A LOT. Of course, this was meant to have an effect on my make-up :D My inspiration for this look came from 2NE1s videos. Park Bom

MOTD: Yellow x Green + Nails

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Today's make-up was inspired by…lime and lemons. No, seriously. I wanted to do something tropical because I got tired of always using neutral colours or blue and purple. I did something green about ten days ago but it was really spooky and dark. Today's make-up was much more summery and colorful. The blusher and the lips made the look really fresh. 

MOTD: Neutral I

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I wanted to do something really simple and neutral today. Of course, the natural make-up effect on me always gets lost, because I can't resist putting some huge lashes to make it more interesting :D

On the lids I have a beige cream base set with a matte beige eyeshadow. In the crease I've put some matte brown eyeshadows, then I have highligted under the brows and in the inner eye corner with my good old MAC Nylon eyeshadow you're probably tired of reading about. I used liquid liner on the upper lid and then applied upper and lower false eyelashes by Dolly Wink. 

MOTD : Pin-up / Dita Von Teese make-up

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I've been looking at some french vintage cosmetics adverts and vintage post cards lately for inspiration. I really like the 40s and 50s old Hollywood movie stars with the elegant make-up and gorgeous curls. I do like Dita Von Teese and Catherine d'Lish too. I used to be absolutely obsessed with the vintage look 2-3 years ago and a liquid liner and a red lipstick were always present in my handbag. As you can tell from the name of the blog - I really love red lipstick! I decided to go back to the 40s yesterday and dug up my hot roller set. After I put them in my hair I did my make-up which took about 20 minutes. 

First I applied some foundation on my face and blended it evenly with my beauty blender. I used Revlon Colorstay to cover all skin imperfections because red lips attract attention and require a good

MOTD : Blue x Purple

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I've been alternating between really colourful and neutral looks lately. My mood is changing all the time and you can see that in my make-up. Today  for example I was feeling very summer-y despite the horrible rain. So I decided to make something colorful :)  

The light blue eyeshadow is from a Sleek palette and crumble a bit. It's annoying but it's not that bad if I use a base underneath. They stick well and the fallout is not that bad. The dark blue color in the outer corner is from Urban Decay's Electric Palette which is probably the product I've used most this year. Under the brows and in the inner corner I've used my usual highlighter - MAC Nylon.