Lynnderella "Love Potion No.99"

Today I'm wearing another polish from Lynnderella, it's named "Love Potion No.99". It's a purple filled with purple, pink, fuchsia & lilac hex & square glitter as well as some holo dust.

As the base is rather sheer, I decided to layer "Love Potion No.99" over OPI "Ink", a dark blue-based purple with tiny blue, purple & pink glitterflecks. The two match perfectly.

Furthermore, I did a matching purple eye makeup, too, for which I used the NARS "Jolie Poupee" eyeshadow duo:

Thanks for looking :-)

Purple Princess

I'd like to show you another Overall Beauty mineral eye shadow, namely one that's called "Princess".


The Overall Beauty website says that it looks darker in the jar than on the lid & that's spot on.
It's a midtone blue-based purple with a beautiful shimmer. The color payoff is very good & it's easy to blend, too.
Applied over a base (here NYX jumbo eye pencil in "Purple") the color gets more vibrant.


As a huge purple lover, "Princess" is my favorite from the bunch of Overall Beauty eye shadows that I was able to test.

face: MAC Studio Sculpt SPF15 in NW25

cheeks: NARS Orgasm

eyes: NYX jumbo eye pencil in "Purple" on lower lid, Overall Beauty mineral e/s in "Princess" layered over it & also applied without base in the crease.

MAC "Vanilla" e/s to highlight.

MAC "Feline" kohl power e/p to line, smudged with "Princess" on the lower lashline.

lips: MAC "Ever Hip"

Thanks for looking :-)

*Overall Beauty e/s sent for review, all other products purchased by me*

Meet Me on Dead End Street

Today I'd like to show you another Overall Beauty mineral eye shadow. It's called "Deadend Street" & is part of their Road To Nowhere collection.


The Overall Beauty website gives the following description: 
"You go for greens and you go for blues, Deadend Street is both! Just depends on the light, that's all."


It's a really gorgeous, a highly pigmented dark turquoise that has an almost metallic like finish - extremely rich looking!

face: MAC studio sculpt SPF15 in NW25


cheeks: NARS "Deep Throat"


eyes: MAC "Undercurrent" pearlglide intense eye liner as a base on lower lid, "Deadend Street" layered over "Undercurrent" on lower lid & without base in crease.
MAC "Vanilla" e/s to highlight. MAC "Carbon" to line upper & lower lashline. "Deadend Street" smudged over "Carbon" on lower lashline.


lips: MAC "Marquise D' "


Thanks for looking :-)

*Overall Beauty e/s sent for review, all other products purchased by me*

Dare To Wear Denim

Here's another look I did using an Overall Beauty mineral e/s, namely with "Flashy Denim".


The Overall Beauty website says "Try this denim blue with gold highlights. Works well as eye shadow as well as eye liner."


I agree, it's definitely a denim blue bordering on periwinkle with gold sparkles. It's very well pigmented & easy to work with. What I like in particular is that the gold sparkles actually show up & not disappear once the color is on the lid.
You can't say that about every product that contains sparkles/glitter.

face: NARS sheer glow foundation in "Punjab"


cheeks: NARS "Deep Throat"


eyes: Overall Beauty "Flashy Denim" on lower lid (with MAC "Marine Ultra" Chromaline as base) & also in crease (without base). MAC Vanilla e/s to highlight. MAC "Carbon" e/s to line the upper lashline, MAC "Carbon" e/s layered with Overall Beauty "Flash Denim" on lower lashline.


lips: MAC "Shy Girl"


Thanks for looking :-)

*Overall Beauty e/s sent for review, all other products purchased by me*

Fresh Mint

Hi guys,


Today I'd like to show you another mineral e/s from Overall Beauty.
It's called "Dragon Gems" & it's a mint green.
The Overall Beauty website describes it as a light baby soft green with sparkly pink highlights.


Their description is spot on, it's a mint green with pink sparkles that actually show up. Alas, my camera had problems to really capture them. This is the best pic I took (pls click to enlarge):

As with most mineral eye shadows, it works best layered over a base. Application was good, though a tad dusty, but nothing you couldn't deal with. The clue is to use a good brush - this goes for applying eye shadows in general, not only for mineral products. A good brush makes the difference IMO. I use MAC brushes, but from what I hear the ones from Sigma or Real Techniques work very well, too.


I did this look, using "Dragon Gems" on my lower lid (over a base: NYX "Horse Reddish") & in my crease without a base:

face: NARS sheer glow foundation in "Punjab"


cheeks: MAC "Amazon Princess" blush duo (lighter side).


eyes: Overall Beauty "Dragon Gems": on lower lid with NYX "Horse Reddish" as a base, without base in the crease. MAC "Vanilla" e/s to highlight. MAC "Carbon" e/s to line.


lips: MAC "Play Time"


nails: Rescue Beauty Lounge (RBL) "Recycle"


I chose to wear a dark green polish to match the look, RBL "Recycle":

Thanks for looking!

*Overall Beauty mineral e/s sent for review, all other products purchased by me*

Being Golden

For my first make-up look using an Overall Beauty mineral eye shadow, I decided to pick "Pretty Gold".


The website says "Looking for a gold that works for all eye colors? Then this is the gold for you! Precious metals don't sparkle, they flash. [...] Molten in gold, copper, and desert sun."


My opinion: This is a very nice, rather warm gold. While it's bordering on being metallic, it still has a very nice sparkle effect to it. It's not too light nor too dark & intensity varies as you can layer it over a base to get a bolder effect or apply it without one for a sheer wash of color.
"Pretty Gold" was easy to apply (it wasn't overly dusty or something like that) & a little goes a long way. 
The color is lovely, as all other golds in my collection are lighter toned & a darker gold which borders on being copper was something I wanted to have in my stash since quite a while.

I applied Pretty Gold over a base (MAC "Bare Study paint pot) on my lower lid & without base in my crease.


This is the look I created (Including special guest appearance of Dorian, my dog. Do you see him? *gg*):

face: MAC Studio Sculpt SPF15 in NW25

eyes: MAC "Bare Study" paint pot on lower lid, Overall Beauty "Pretty Gold"    layered over "Bare Study", "Pretty Gold" also in crease. MAC "Vanilla" e/s to highlight. MAC "Push the Edge" pigment to line upper & lower lashline.

cheeks: NARS "Luster" blush, NARS "Albatross" to highlight

lips: MAC "Bordeauxline" powerpoint pencil to fill in lips, MAC "Play Time" lipstick

nail polish: Sephora by OPI "Hell to the No"

Thanks for looking :-)

*Overall Beauty  mineral  e/s sent for review. All other items purchased by myself*

Don't Call It A Comeback

Hi guys!

Long time no see! I'm very sorry for my long absence, but due to chronical health issues (I don't want to go into detail here) I cannot post as regularly as I'd like to. I'll try my best to post as often as I can, though.

So here's a makeover I did yesterday, the warm weather inspired me to go for something a little colorful.

Unfortunately my camera always makes me look so much paler than I actually am *Boo!*

face: Chanel Vitalumière Aqua B40

cheeks: NARS Orgasm blush

eyes: MAC Aquadisiac e/s on lower lid & blended into crease. MAC Vanilla e/s as higlighter. Carbon e/s as liner on upper & lower lashline. Smudged with Aquadisiac e/s on lower lashline.

lips: YSL Rouge Volupté # 26 Tender Peach.

nails: Essence King of Mints (You Rock LE)

This is the outfit I wore, here you can see that I already have a bit of a tan *yay* :-D

As promised, I'm trying to explore other colors besides black & I think I like this dress so much because it's a compromise: It's black mixed with other colors. This way the change doesn't hurt that much *lol*

dress: Tally Weijl

shoes: Street

jewelry: I don't remember where I bought it.

Thanks for looking :-)

Catholic School Girls Rule

Hi guys!


I hope you all had a great weekend :-)


Today, I'm showing you new OotD & FotD photos.
I got a Peter Pan collar from an Etsy store & needed to wear it asap:

t-shirt: Esprit


skirt: Tally Weijl


collar: Etsy


shoes: Realkauf (*gg*)


jewelry: Tchibo, Christ

eyes: MAC "Tealblue" on lid, MAC "Shimmermoss" in crease, MAC "Plumage" in outer crease, "Vanilla" to highlight. MAC "Carbon" to line. 


face: MAC Mineralize Satinfinish foundation NW20


cheeks: MAC "Mighty Aphrodite" blush, NARS "Albatross" to highlight


lips: MAC "Ever Hip" lipstick, "Perannial Highstyle" lip glass.


nails: I'll do an extra post about the nail art I did.

Flop-Flop-Floppy Hat!

I've seen floppy hats on so many blogs that I simply needed to get one myself :-D I ordered mine from Asos & it's exactly how I wanted it to be *yay*

Today I was a little bored & played around with my make up, the look I came up with isn't very wearable I guess, but I had fun doing it, though. Plus I'm wearing my favourite wig - I wish I really had hair like that *lol*

eyes: Stars Makeup Heaven unlabed green eye shadow on lid & crease & ialso under the eye, MAC "Aqua" as highlighter & in inner corner of the eyes. MAC "Carbon" & "Feline" to line.

face: MAC "Studio Sculpt SPF15" in NW20

cheeks: NARS "Orgasm" blush

lips: YSL Rouge Volupté #26 "Tender Peach" 

nails: Make Up Factory #530 (I'll add mani pics of this one tomorrow, it's really beautiful: a dusty mint green.)

Cupcake Love

You're my honeybunch, sugarplum

Pumpy-umpy-umpkin, you're my sweetie pie

You're cuppy cake, gumdrop

Snoogums-boogums

You're the apple of my eye

(Strawberry Shortcake "Cuppy Cake Song")

Oh, what's that?!

It's a lollipop!

Is somebody watchig?

I should really eat it, shouldn't I?

*mmmhhh* So yummy!

But  I'm still hungry :-(

Oh, what's that?

 *Woohoo* It's a cupcake!

Don't mess with my cupcake & me!

Very tasty indeed!

Now I'm really in heaven :-)

 

But I'm a good girl, so I'm offering one to you as well ;-)

eyes: MAC "Aqua" e/s on lower lid, Aromaleigh "Aqua Nightmare" in crease, MAC "Aquadisiac" e/s above crease, MAC "Blanc Type" to highlight. Essence "Berlin Story" liquid eyeliner as liner on upper lashline, MAC "Feline" power e/k & Aromaleigh "Aqua Nightmare" (wet) as liner on lower lashline.

face: Dianne Brill Coverage Foundation in "Geisha Pearl 01".

cheeks: MAC "Her Blooming Cheek" blush, NARS "Albatross" as highlighter.

lips: MAC "Something New" lipstick.

nails: Essie "Knockout Pout", CND "Sugar Sparkle".