Harassing my roommate

So my roommate ordered an eyeshadow palette with 120 shades. And wanted me to do some different looks on her.. therefore we decided to have a little beauty-evening, unfortunately I ended up using mainly my own products.. oh well. And as I suck at blogging obviously.. I though that it would be nice to show you guys what we came up with. Meet Kristin!

This is a look she specifically asked for. She really wanted to see how a thick eyeliner would suit her, combined with light silver eyeshadow.. and I think she looks fierce! haha

As she really loves when I use neutral/brown shades on her eyes I thought I’d spice it up with some golden shades and created this rather sparkly look.

Now the last look was her favourite! We’ve never tried a complete dark look on her before and I have no idea why. Cos she simply looked amazing and I kind of forced her to go clubbing so that everyone could see her! haha

Hope you liked our little beauty-evening as much as we did!

Love,
Andra

Bourjois Flower Perfection Foundation review

Hi guys!

Bourjois came up with a new base make up line Flower Perfection a few months ago. The line consists of foundation, smoothing base, loose translucent powder and a powder brush.

 

What it claims to do: It’s a Youth Extension foundation with Wild Azalea, which is supposed to be a cell youth protector. SPF 15, Smooth, beautified complexion for 16 hours. Matte finish.

To read my opinion of the product click Read more.

Belated NYE look post

Hi guys, hope 2012 has started well.

I really didn’t have any inspiration on my NYE look, because I had forgotten to buy rhinestones. Asked my brother for inspiration, he told me to be inspired by Star Wars, recommended Chewbacca make up. I kindly refused.

So I did this slightly bluish grey sparkly smoky eye with false lashes, kept the rest of the face minimal as recommended with such a dramatic eye look. I think that I went crazy enough for me, though I sort of regret not buying the rhinestones and doing the look I had originally planned for weeks.

I think NYE make-up could defy all the rules and limitations we are used to on an every day basis. So this year go dark, bold, sparkly and most importantly crazy! I will have to remind myself this as well.

Maybe you could pick up that I’m not really in the writing zone, so excuse that. I do want to start blogging more often now, but I really lack the energy and it’s so tough for me to write when I’m not in the mood.

Love,

Janne x

December in looks

Hi guys! All I have to say is that time just flies by.

Anyway here’s a couple of looks I wore in December, maybe you’ll find some inspiration for your New Year’s look

Neutral cream eye shadow with fine silver glitter

A retro look

Look with Chanel Illusion D’Ombre Epatant- sparkly green cream eye shadow with black smudged liner

Golden and lavender look

Sorry for the lighting but the looks were done when it was already dark.

If you have any questions about the products used, don’t hesitate to ask.

Have fun!

Love,

Janne x

EOTD 11/11/11: Patriotic Friday

Today is Estonia’s playoff game against Ireland. And because of that, BLUE is the highly suggested colour for today, at least in Estonia. Since I don’t have any blue clothing items (except my jeans) I decided to dress in black and express my patriotism on my eyelids. So here you go, football inspired eyes and a little addition on my chest.

Products:

Face:

• Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation in 52 Vanilla 
• Artdeco Camouflage Cream in Beige Apricot
• Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder in nr 004 Sandstorm
• Bourjois Délice de Soleil in nr 12 Fair/medium skin
• MIYO Cheeky Blush in Sorbet

Eyes:

• Manhattan Eyeshadow Base
• Eyeshadow Palette by H&M (colours nr 7, 9, 16, 18, 36)
• L’oreal Paris Lash Archidect 4D in Black Waterproof

 

Now I have to get ready for the game. You all should watch! Go Estonia!

Love,

Andra

First e.l.f Haul

So I received my first e.l.f haul before September and without further ado I present to you the products.

e.l.f Studio Blush in Berry

I use this basically every day. It’s quite long-lasting and has some shimmer in it, which I don’t really like.

e.l.f Natural Radiance Blusher in Coy

I don’t really like it because it is so sheer that it’s basically a pink shimmer. Might work for some, but I like my blush to have more pigmentation.

e.l.f Natural Radiance Blusher in Glow

Same thing with this one, except this is an orange shimmer.

e.l.f Studio Cream Eyeliner in Black

I’m not in love with this one either, the colour starts to bleed a bit for me and is definitely not waterproof or long-lasting. Brush can be worked with, but is not very precise.

e.l.f Eye Brights eye shadow quad in Luxe

The colours are swatched upon a primer and are pretty good, the lightest shade is the most problematic in terms of pigmentation. The shadow is just so tightly pressed and solid, I had a lot of problem getting any colour on my finger, basically I just scraped the product from the palette. And the design of the palette is just ridiculous, I mean tiny triangles????? Stupid.

e.l.f nail polish in Desert Haze and Light Red

So I should really warn those people, who have not ordered e.l.f nail polishes online. The pictures shown on the homepage are NOTHING like in real life. Light Red seemed like a white based reddish coral from their online shop and as you can see, it’s nothing like the product I was expecting. So definitely google swatches, there are loads of swatches from every colour they offer.

Now for the actual product- they wear quite well, I love Desert Haze on my toes and it would be great to do newspaper manicure with it. And Light Red is just a red, as if I didn’t had one like that before so I was really disappointed in their homepage swatches.

e.l.f Studio Flat Top Powder Brush

Now the brush is quite decent, synthetic bristles, very dense and at least mine hasn’t shed a hair.

And I made a look using the quad, I didn’t incorporate the red one because I think it would have been ‘too much’. I have another way for using the red one and I’m sure I will show it to you some day.

And people, who don’t know it, the brown spot on my nose is a mole not a black booger.

Hope you liked it.

With love,

Janne.

FOTD 7/08/12

Products used:

Face:

• TheBalm BalmShelter tinted moisturizer in Light/Medium
• TheBalm BalmShelter anti-wrinkle concealer in Light/Medium
• BeYu blusher in 115
• Grimas Fixing Powder

Eyes:

• GOSH waterproof eye shadow primer
• BYS eye shadow palette in Smokey Chic #10
• Pierre Rene black liquid eye liner
• MaxFactor Masterpiece Max mascara in Black
• Manhattan eyebrow pencil in 99W

Lips:

• L’oreal Glam Shine 6h Volumizer in 003 Pure Addict

Expand to see BYS eye shadow swatches and read about my freaky dream.

FOTD 16/07/11

So, I visited this fair. And had an opportunity to use make-up. ha-ha

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Products:

Face:

• MaxFactor Xperience Weightless Foundation in Raw Silk 45
• Artdeco Camouflage Cream in Beige Apricot
• Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder in nr 004 Sandstorm
• Bourjois Délice de Soleil in nr 12 Fair/medium skin
• MIYO Cheeky Blush in Sorbet
• wetnwild i-eparkle Eyeshadow in E91515 Flora (highlighter)

Eyes:

• Manhattan Eyeshadow Base
• Eyeshadow Palette by H&M (colour nr 1, 25 and 26)
• MaxFactor Materpiece Waterproof in Black
• (some green glitter on my right browbone)

Lips:

• Himalaya Herbals Lip Balm
• Rimmel Lasting Finish Lipstick in 086 Sugar Plum (very-very lightly)

 

Enjoy the sun!

Andra

Brothers manicure idea+ Egyptian make up

Yesterday I was lacking inspiration for my manicure, so I asked my brother. He has a red phase- he wanted red sunglasses, shorts and today he dyed the tips of his Mohawk red.

And this is what he recommended doing

He would have liked the nails to be white and not nude, but I don’t have a decent white nail polish. This is my dominant hand and I didn’t use the French manicure tip stickers or tape so it’s a bit imperfect.

And… My brother knows what a French manicure looks like. He actually said the phrase “French manicure” before I could teach him. I’m so proud, he really can bring tears to my eyes some times.

And today I submitted my look for Make Up Geeks Weekly Make Up Challenge. It’s all about Egypt.

At first I had this basic Egyptian eye in mind.

But that’s waaaaaay too plain, right?

So I added some details.

 

Pretty cool, in my opinion. I like to take part in those challenges, otherwise there is no progress and even if I do experiment, I won’t do it as a look, I  make a smoky black and green combo on one lid and a purple mess on the other. So I can’t wait for the next challenge.

And today, I played with oil paint. I mixed it with linseed oil as recommended and it was like painting with a dream. I hope I will finish this project soon, I have put it off for almost a year now and I really want to show it to you guys.

Bye for now,

Janne.

FOTD 11/07/11 and the best cookies ever

Well hello, lovelies!

Here is my face of the day.

Products used:

Face

• Oriflame beauty Skin Perfect foundation in Natural Beige
• Grimas Fixing Powder
• BeYu blusher 115
• Bourjois Delice de Soleil in nr 14 Olive/ Tanned skin

Eyes

• GOSH waterproof eye shadow base
• Rimmel London Glam’ Eyes quad eye shadow in 002 Smokey Brun (move over Loreal Paris Quad Pro in 303 Beige Taupe! The Rimmel quad is really worth buying!)
• Pierre René Precision Ink Eyeliner in Black
• L’oreal Volume Million Lashes Waterproof in Black
• Manhattan Eyebrow pencil in 99W

Lips

• L’oreal Paris Glam Shine 6h Volumizer in 003 Pure Addict

And that’s it for the FOTD. Now for the cookies. Someone tried them and you should have seen his face when he tasted them. Hah, to die for. He was super impressed that something could taste this good.

           Alfajores de Dulce de Leche

Here’s what you need to make a bit over 20 sandwich cookies.

• 250ml corn starch
• 200ml flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 100g butter (room temperature)
• 150ml sugar
• 3 egg yolks (if you have large eggs, use 2)
• 400g can of condensed milk
• icing sugar

1. Put the can of condensed milk (the kind with real sugar and milk) into a cooking pot, covered with water. Boil for 2,5-3 hours to make it more solid. Be aware that the water will evaporate so be sure to add water from time to time. Let the can cool.
2. Sift together corn starch, flour and baking powder.
3. Cream the butter and sugar. Add egg yolks one at a time.
4. Add sifted powder ingredients into the butter mixture with an electric mixer.
5. Preheat oven 180* Celsius.
6. Roll dough 6mm thick, use a cookie cutter or a cup to make even circles, mind you this dough is quite difficult to operate with, well at least for me. And stick them into the oven. Bake for 10-15 min, until bottoms are golden, yet the top is pale.
7. Put a teaspoon of condensed milk between the cookies, sift some icing sugar on top and you have a gorgeous super-delicious treat. Don’t make them ahead, as the cookies will get too soft.

Stay cool,

Janne.

Face of the day 16/06/11

Products used:

Base:

• L’oréal True Match foundation in W7 Golden Amber
• Grimas Fixing Powder
• Bourjois Delice de Soleil bronzing powder in 14 olive/dark skin
• Rimmel London powder blush in 016 Misty Rose

Eyes:

• GOSH eye shadow primer waterproof
• L’oréal Quad Pro in 303 Beige Taupe (the upper peachy colour)
• Wet’n’wild Mega Eyes trio in 13 Green Moss(the 2 bottom ones)
• Max Factor Masterpiece Max in Black

Here are the eye shadows.

And I just applied some lip balm on the lips.

I’m really excited to do eye make up these last couple of days as I recently purchased Ecotools eye shadow brush kit. It’s really amazing and I can’t put them down.

I love that it’s raining right now, the weather announcement promised thunder but sadly enough there is no thunder to be heard or lightning to be seen. I really like the dark and murky weathers when I don’t have to go anywhere, I just sip my cup or earl grey with a splash of milk and eat my biscuits(I’m a true British at heart, lol), perfect day to catch up on my reading and blogging.

Have a nice one!

With love,

Janne.

Jungle Fever tutorial

 

Products used

For face:

• Bourjois Délice de Soleil bronzing powder in 14 Olive/Dark skin
• The Body Shop cheek colour in 04 Golden Pink

Eyes:

• GOSH eye shadow quad in 50 Rain Forest
• Gosh eye shadow primer waterproof
• Bourjois Coup de Théatre mascara in Noir Exeptionnel
• L’oréal eye shadow quad in 303 Beige Taupe
• AVON In a Blink eye pencil in Navy
• Manhattan eyebrow pencil in 99W

Lips:

Oriflame LipPerfection lip liner in Invisible Touch

Oriflame Make That Change palette sheer pinkish red lip colour

 

And some pictures I took while visiting Tallinn Zoo with my my brother and best friend.

Have fun and be sure to make the most out of the summer. Pretty soon you’ll be wondering where all of the time disappeared.

With love,

Janne.

Forest Nymph look

Ach, filming this vid was a bit of a fail. So for those, who have not seen it on YouTube, I just have to say that the camera died in the middle of the look and I had to recharge it. And while the camera was charging I finished the eyes, so you can’t see me smudging the eye shadow and I changed my nail polish while waiting.

And here’s what I used:

Base:

Oriflame Dual Skin Corrector in Medium

Oriflame Skin Perfect foundation in Natural Beige

Artdeco Perfect Teint concealer in 9

Grimas Fixing Powder

Bourjois Délice de Soleil bronzing powder in 14 for tanned and olive skin

Rimmel London blush in 016 Misty Rose

Eyes:

Wet’n’wild Conceal All concealer palette- highlighter

GOSH eye shadow quad in 05 Rain Forest- yellow with green and gold speckles

Wet’n’Wild Mega Eyes eye shadow trio in 13 Green Moss- bright green

Oriflame Very Me eye shadow duo in Cocoa Glaze- darker brown

Oriflame Dare to be palette- champagne-y colour for brow bone highlight

Inscene Kajal Liner in 401- brassy shimmery colour

MaxFactor False Lash Effect Fusion in black

Lips:

Rimmel London lipstick in 700 Nude delight

Oriflame Dare to be palette- a blue-based red sheer lipgloss covered with a sheer orange lipgloss

And that should cover it.

Hope you are well!

Janne.

City look

Instead of Make Up Destinations I’m going to post a look today.

List of products used in the vid.

Base:

Oriflame Skin Perfect foundation in Natural Beige

Oriflame Dual Skin Corrector concealer in Medium

Wet’n Wild Ultimate Minerald Foundation in Light 05

Artdeco Perfect Teint Concealer in 09

Bourjois Délice de Soleil bronzing powder in 14 Olive/ tanned skin

BeYu blusher in 115

Eyes:

From the Oriflame Make That Change palette

Light champagne-y shimmery colour, light matte grey, matte black, light shimmery brown, white matte for tear duct area, white highlighter for the brow bone

Bourjois Coup de Théatre mascara in Noir Exeptionnel

Eyebrows:

E. Funkhouser Brow Defining Powder in Brunette

Manhattan Eyebrow pencil  99W

Lips:

Oriflame Lip Perfection lip liner in Invisible Touch

Oriflame Make That Change palette light pink lipgloss

So this was the first look that I actually recorded. Please be gentle.. haha

With love,

Janne.

Looks for 2 make up contests

I did 2 looks for different make up contests. I failed to apply for the first one because I did the look 30. January, thought I could post it the next day to make the deadline, but had issues with the computer, so I couldn't even apply. Anyway it was a Winter/ New Years look. I chose winter and here's the look.

I didn't have my sparkly blue pigment or the palet from the previous post when I made this look, so I must say that it should have been brighter. I also tried to use the blue eyeshadow as a blush, but as you can see it doesnät show very well. I applied several layers, but I guess the shadow played a role in that aswell.


For the second contest, I chose spring (you could choose from 4 seasons). I must say, I was pretty satisfied with the result, as I apply false eyelashes very rarely and I used real petals for this look. I did the whole face and eyes and then as the last step, applied the petals, so if I failed, I would have been obliged to do the eyes again and pretty much screwed up the look. I kinda felt like the look was incomplete, so I added some ornaments.

Shopping spree!

Hello! Sorry for not posting in a while, but i'm making it up with a longer post. So I got my paycheck for January already and had to spend it! I only needed a foundation, but ended up with.. more.
Firstly, the much needed foundation. I purchased the Rimmel Lasting Finish Foundation that claims to be sweat, heat and humidity proof for up to 25! hours. The longlasting factor was one of my concerns- long lasting usually also means that it can be a bit too dry. I really didn't have anything in mind when I went to the drugstore. The shopping assistant just explained that it was the newest one there. Foundation for me just means that it conceals minor skin defects, evens out the color and uhm thats it. I would also prefer a dewy finish. So when purchasing it I didn't really care what I ended up with as long as it didn't clog my pores. This has a mineral complex and moisturizing Aqua primer in it. Hmm. Anyway, here's the pic

So this set my back about 8,35 Euros. Cheap.










The second thing which I needed was a cleansing lotion. I opted for one from a pharmacy because those tend to be more effective and don't dry as much. I've got kind of a dry skin but still pimples and blackheads do happen. this was 8,31 Euros.



















So the third thing was not so important, but still. My school bag zipper has been on the fritz for some time already and today it decided to work even worse. I had to shop while my bag was fully open. Firstly, this is oh so suspicious and secondly, as I wore it over the shoulder, so that it rests on the back, someone could take my wallet, phone or my precious, precious textbooks. So I decided to buy a new bag. I got a light brown one, it looks cool, is friggin huge and very practical. I kinda wasn't sure about the purchase as all of my boots are black and light brown and black is surely not a "safe" combo. This was super cheap for a bag and cost just under 10 Eur.













But alas! the discounts were so tempting that I had to stop and check out the discount make up. Soo I ended up with a Wet and Wild Powder Foundation, Wet and Wild Mega Eyes eyeshadow trio in Aqua Marine and Beautyuk Eya Dust in 1. They were really cheap. I mean the powder cost 2 Euros, the eyeshadow 1 Eur and the eye dust 0,96 Eur.


As you can see I taped most of the holes from which the powder comes out, otherwise the whole place would be covered in it.






























































So here are the swatches.













And as I purchased the powder, I realised I didn't have a powder brush, well I had a Kabuki one, but I used that for my blush. So instead of buying a powder blush I bought a blush one. My first good quality brush. An Artdeco one. Natural bristles, soft, soft, soft and the best thing about it.. It liberates product evenly. I got a 5% off, it cost me 6,37 Eur. I was a little bit disappointed in it because I was expecting for the brush to be a bit slanted like usually blush bristles are, but the straight end is good aswell.











All in all a pretty good Tuesday I'd say. I also did a look with all of the products I purchased. Here it is.









The eyeshadows are very pretty, the brown one has a cool greenish undertone so perfect for a little more special than an au naturel, but still very wearable. So welcome home lovely make up, mommy loves you very much.

So wishing all of you a nice Tuesday.
Janne.

Coming up: Review for Rimmel Lasting Finish 25 hours