Orange waterlines

I love a pop of color on the waterline or lower lashline!

Have you tried using orange?

I was inspired by an Instagram post by ShowYouMakeup but obviously turned it into something quite different... I felt like going a bit liner heavy, I guess ;)

Sugarpill Penelope

I'm sure you've all seen Sugarpill's Penelope eyeshadow. It's gorgeous!
In this look, I used it with some browns, a tiny bit of purple and another product I bought recently: GOSH Bronze extreme liquid gel eye liner.
So far, I quite like the color and waterproof formula.

Keep reading to see more pictures and full list of products used.

Bronzy, smokey summer look

Anyone remember the MAC Style Warriors collection from 2009?
It makes me feel pretty old that it's already been five years, but that's not really the point here ;)

I didn't go for a Style Warriors revisited look when I did this but it sure ended up that way.
I'm wearing Bronzescape solar bits on my eyes, Eversun blush on my cheeks and Brave New Bronze lipsticks on my lips.

 

And a question for you: Is it boring to see looks with old, limited edition products?

A neutral rut

Wow, another 6 months have passed since my last post. I do update my instagram a bit more, but I know it's not the same at all.

Makeup used to be such a big part of my life, and while I still love it and play around with it as soon as I get the chance, I've been busy with so many other things.

Most days I'll look like some version of the look posted here - quite neutral but with a little bit of color thrown in since I can't help myself.

I've had an incredibly stressful semester at uni with my bachelor's project while at the same time trying my best to lead a much healthier lifestyle with (lots of) exercise and home made food. I've made some much needed changes which unfortunately meant that my blogging and general playing with makeup suffered a bit, but after my exam tomorrow (yes, I'm using the blog as procrastination!) I hope to return to the makeup table :D

Diva

After doing my eye makeup today, I reached into my lipstick drawer and pulled out... MAC's Diva! I love wearing shades like that!

Hyperreal look

Anyone remember MAC's Hyperreal foundation? They discontinued it soooo long ago, but mine is still doing fine and I quite like using it in the summer :)

This is a type of look that I've been doing a lot lately - simple skin and eyes and bright lips.

Blogging, how I've missed thee!

I'd like to start with a statement: I love blogging.

And now that my exams are over, and I'm looking to spend my time doing exactly what I want instead of thinking about deadlines and grades all the time, I might actually have some time for the blogging world again!

I want blogging to be fun!

I don't really make money off of it and my blog isn't nearly as professional looking as so many others out there. But I love it anyway. Blogging is a source of inspiration to me, and I'd like to keep it going. I hate thinking back at the past year and realizing that I haven't done nearly as much makeup as I'd have liked and definitely haven't posted as much either.




However, since I can't change that, I'll try my best to keep up with the blog for the summer - and hopefully long after that as well, but let's face it - I shouldn't promise anything. I hate starting every post with "sorry I haven't posted, but I've been busy" and lame excuses like that.

Anyway,

the point of this post really wasn't to ramble on and on, but to share some random FOTDs I've done the past couple of months but never got around to posting.


I'm not entirely sure what I used in them, but I figured it was something to share :)

E.L.F: First impressions and everyday look

I love trying out different brands and products, so I was excited to finally try some ELF products!
I wanted to try to film a "first impressions"-type video, so I've included that and would love to know what you think about it.

As I say in the video, I was very pleasantly surprised by the products - I think they're pretty good, especially considering the price. The products I tried out are pretty basic; eye pencil, gel liner, blush, lipgloss and brushes, but ELF has so many different products, so I'm really curious to try more of them!

The ELF products were sent to me by ELF Cosmetics Denmark and the products are priced between DKR 12.96 and 30.24. 

Angel Flame look

A pretty simple look to try out the (semi)new MAC Angel Flame quad from the Fall Color Collection :)

I quite like the combination of colors in the quad. Like my colleague said: "I just get so happy when looking at those colors!"

Doing makeup on my sister :)

My 13 year old sister wants to wear makeup for an upcoming event, and has asked me to do it.

So, what kind of makeup do you do on a 13 year old?
She doesn't usually wear any makeup besides mascara, so I wanted to do something sweet and natural.

This past weekend, we did a little "trial" and I think the look we ended up doing is really nice on her! The gold liner makes it a little more fun than your standard super-neutral look but without being overpowering :)

Gimme That!

I'm in love with the (not so) new Dare To Wear Lipglasses from MAC! In love!
And my favorite is probably this one... Gimme That!

FOTD: Orange lips are awesome! :)

The weather here was super nice today, so I decided to put my favorite plastic flowers in my hair and use some orange lipstick! ;)

For whatever reason, I find Morange lipstick quite hard to capture in pictures.
It always looks more red in pictures than it does in real life.

MAC Trend S/S '10: American Nomad Tutorial

A very long overdue tutorial! I'm behind on everything, haha! ;)
If you want to read about the MAC American Nomad trend, I did a post about it here :)

Keep reading to see tutorial, more pictures and list of products :)

"I woke up too late" FOTD ;)

You all probably know those days where you have all the good intentions to get up early and you end up sleeping much longer than you planned to, right? ;)

I had (another) one of those days today!

FOTD: Testing the lip tars!

This FOTD was done super quick (we're talking 5 minutes... maybe 10) so it's really not that exciting... But I wanted to put the lip tars to the test.

These pictures were taken just after applying the lip tar, so they're not meant to show you the staying power. But I will tell you, that even though I didn't wear primer or liner with this, it didn't bleed at all on me! Sure, it smeared a little after eating and drinking, and it did fade a bit as well but it really wasn't bad at all!
Now, 8 hours after application, I still have red lips. Not perfect red lips, and definitely not as bright as they were when I first applied the color, but not lips I wouldn't leave the house with either.

And the most crazy thing about it? It didn't even take a drop to cover my entire lip!

Liberty of London look + tutorial

Whoa! This looks is quite shocking, isn't it?!
It's a (almost) NEUTRAL look! ;)

For this look, I used all the products that I got from the MAC Liberty of London collection, which I posted about here :)

New Telephone tutorial! Lady Gaga in the jail scene.

I don't have much else to say than: NEW LADY GAGA TUTORIAL! ;)

Haha, I had to put that picture first!! ;)

Viva Glam Cyndi look + tutorial

I finally got my hands on the new MAC Viva Glam lipsticks!
And what better way to celebrate than to do a looks using them? ;)

I decided to use Cindy first, and here's what I did :)
It's definitely a more toned down look, so I hope to think of something fun to do for the Gaga lipstick look!

Keep reading to see more pictures of the look, list of products used and a tutorial!

FOTD: Poisoned Apple

As much as I love bright, fun and dramatic looks, I actually like simple looks as well ;)
I rarely go completely neutral with my makeup though - a little colored eyeliner or bright lipstick is a must :P
For this look, I used High Voltage Cosmetics' Poisoned Apple e/s as an eyeliner.

 

Super simple FOTD

I guess this isn't much of a FOTD, since I'm hardly wearing any makeup.
I figured I'd post anyway, since this was all I wore to work the other day and I did take pictures :P