How to work with Katie Holmes / Camille Belle eyes ?

Hello again,

Second post in a row, but I really have some questions

I have seen numerous tutorials of eye make-up, and when I am trying in reality, they such on me . Yes, I am not that good in eye-make up, but neither my eyeshape helps.

My eyes have the Katie Holmes / Camille Belle thing, which is : The outer corner of the eye, is lower than the inner. Its also called sleepy/downy eyes.

Basically, this is what I am talking about

 

 

Have you got any tips how to make them look less sleepy or downy?

If you search their photos, you ll see that most of times, their eyes look not downy at all, but I can’t do it

Πανάδες. Αντιμετώπιση? – Something like big freckles.

Θα ήθελα κάτι να ρωτήσω εσάς τις Ελληνίδες blogger, και μιας και δεν ξέρω πως λέγονται ακριβώς στα Αγγλικά, ρωτάω στα Ελληνικά!

Ξέρετε τίποτα για την αντιμετώπιση των πανάδων? Για να ”ξεθωριάζουν” ή να καλύπτονται?

Η μαμά μου είναι γεμάτη στα χέρια, και έχει απογοητευτεί πολύ… Δεν είναι μεγάλη σε ηλικία, για να πεις οτι είναι απο το γήρας, απλώς έχει πάρα πολλές φακίδες σε όλο το σώμα, και απο τον ήλιο έχουν γίνει πιο εντονες, και στα χέρια γίνανε έτσι..

 

For my English readers, I just want to ask if you know how to make them fade, or its the best product to cover a thing like this.

Its like big freckles, but they are not from age, rather than sun, and her being very freckled and blonde.

 

Thank you

 

Zebra nail tutorial!

Hello beauties!!! I know I still don’t post very often.

But here I come with another nail tutorial!

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What you need is:

A white nail polish (with fine brush, or seperate brush)

a red nail polish (same with white)

a black nail polish

and a base coat (and top coat of course)

I chose a Keratin base coat, to enrich my nails a bit.

So, apply the base, and the french manicure them with Black

So, from the top edged corner of the tip, draw a line, almost till the 70-80% of the total nail lenght

You can either do the same from the other side (drag the line till the 70-80%)

Or you can draw a smaller line (thicker maybe) and even play joining the first and the third one

I double-layered them later, cause my white is not that good.

One last step is just to draw a red line on the bottom of the french mani

And voila

This zebra stuff work better in long nails.

My thumb nail broke, and it looks awful with the zebra..

Easy, isn’t it ?

You can adjust the thickness of the white line, and do it as slim/fat as you want

In an older time I made it as I show you there,

I had longer nails (acrylic, lol) , and finer brush

 

Will you try it ?

Hope you liked it !

 

See you soon!

V.

My perfume collection

Hello there!

Ι have been absent again, I don’t make excuses but I have the most perfect and sweet reason not to be on the blog.

Here is it, my best friend gave birth to her second daughter -> my future godchild

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Anyway…Do you love perfumes? I do, so I have some in my collections (I have more actually, but I have left them in my hometown, where the rest of my family lives).

And… I m gonna show it to you

(No, its not a try to get a panoramic photo)

 

Pure Poison by Dior and Noa by Cacharel

 

 

 

Sensation by Jil Sander and  Glow by Jlo

 

 

Hot by Givenchy and touch of Pink by lacoste

 

 

Coco madmoiselle by Chanel and He/il by Armani

 

 

One by Ck and One summer by CK

 

 

Rush 2 by Gucci and Extreme by Bulgari

 

 

Montana Blu by Claude Montana and 212 (the green one) by Carolina Herrera

 

 

Brit By Burberry ( I didn’t took a photo, I forgot it ) and Burberry

 

Summer edition of Isey Miyake and Hypnose Senses by Lancome

 

 

And last, a Joop one which I don’t remember and a perfume from the Greek brand of Seventeen. Its not a high-end one, it actually costs only 11€ , but the magnificent is that has the exactly same smell with Gucci rush (1, the red ) and maybe even better.

 

 

 

So…

 

Do you have any of them above? What is your favorite perfume?

If you want to ask anything about the above, feel free to . Yes, I know 2 of them are unisex and one is for males.

 

Lots of love

 

V.

 

My wishlist – February

Hello there, here I am again!!!

 

So, I was thinking of making a wishlist post, and … here it is…

 

There are some items at the moment that I want, but for some reasons (explain below), I don’t have.

I am not so good with make-up, so you will suprised to see that there are much ”must have” that I do NOT own .

So, here is my wishlist :

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- Eos Lip Balms.

First time I saw them, I fell in love with them. The cute little sphere is just so… cute! I read some reviews, and also seemed okay (not exceptionally great) so I always wanted to buy them. I can find them on e-bay or online shop.

But the truth is , EOS lip balms cost around 3 dollars there (-> USA) . I will buy them at least 12 (price and shipping). Although 12 dollars is not much of an amount, 4 times the price of it, is … I just think its stealing…

- Lip Revlon Butters.

Same case as above. Plus, Revlon IS available to Greece, so I just have to wait when this will come here. I guess.

 

- The infamous blush of Nars – Orgasm

This is something I probably won’t buy . I have some/enough  high-end products, but I wouldn’t spend 30 € for a Blush, especially when I am not earning much at the moment, with the salary cuts, the extra taxes – haratsi,  and without knowing what happens next..

I am probably going to buy a  cheaper dupe  like Sleek,Milani or  Elf

However, I d love to have it…

- Naked pallete by Urban Decay

This is something that I am going to buy.Yeah, i know I am late to buy this already. The colors seems colors of my range , beautiful, and affordable pallete (compared to what it gives you) .Probably will be the present to my self for my birthday (28th of February). Probably…

-Hot by Givenchy

This is my all time favorite perfume. I want it , but it is discontinued. Every friend of mine that used it -> fell in love with it. Everyone that smelled it, compliment me. So sexy …

Do you know any ”dupe” of this?

- Shu uemura lash curler.

This is also something that I will buy as well. Although 20€ for a curler is a bit pricey, I think its worth the money. I never use mascara without curling my straight eyelashes, so using a great curler, is a must, right?

 

Side note :

I had the wishlist in my notes on blackeberry. I just write the key words so I can remember.

See how it looked like.

Naked P.

Hot

Orgasm

I was laughing alone, It seemed like a porn note or something … Hahah.

What’s your wish list? what do you think about mine ?

 

 

Lots of love

V.

 

E.l.f Super glossy lip shine (spf 15) – Malt Shake – Swatch

Hello again!!!!

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Here I am , lately posting more often than before and I hope I ll keep it up this way..

Not long ago, actually, only a couple of days, I got my first order from Elf.

I decided to swatch some products, and I ll start with the ”Malt Shake” lipgloss.

 

I will also swatch some face products, don’t worry, I am not hiding my face, its just that I am not that good with make up stuff.

Anyway….

I wasn’t  intending of bying it, since I have lots of similar stuff. But then, I googled ”Top Elf products” and this particular shade and product came up with many personal lists, so , I gave it a try.

 

When you first see the tube, looks something like  brown or transparent choco-something color.

I was kinda dissapointed on that, but I gave it a try anyway.

 

Wrong me! The lipgloss, of course, gives what promises, the lipshine. The ”Malt Shake” tone, is a very natural, ”how my lips should be” color. Like very natural.

I don’t have very pigmented lips, so it really gives me a beautiful color!

This is my bare – chapped – lips  /  half applied / fully applied

There is huge difference, yet, the color is natural to the lips.

 

 

I think what also makes it so popular is that it compliments every skin tone and lips. Its just give more color to less pigmented lips.

About the product itself, It has a good staying power, nice neutral smell, has SPF 15, easy-to-use tube, but the only negative is that it is sticky, something that I dislike.

But then again, it has some many positives, that the stickiness itself can’t stop me for have it on my bag everyday

Love it !!!

 

Many kissez girlz

Love

V.

 

 

 

Nail art tutorial no # 1 – Kind-of-flower

Hello there!

I promised to do some nail art tutorials, so here I am ..!!! Since my nails are kinda short yet, I ll start with those that are more suitable for that lenght…

The one I ll do is the kind-of-flower one, I had in my nail art post

Its not that good (the result), because the white color was a bit dry, and I didn’t have a nail thickener, but, at least you can get the idea of how this is done

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So, what we are going to need is :

-Base coat

-White nail polish

- A nail art polish or a brush for nail art

- a Bright color of your choice

- A dot pencil, (toothpick will do as well)

This is what I used:

Step one :

Form nicely your nails and apply base coat

Step two :

French manicure all nails except the the one in the ring finger (of course, if you want to to the nail art in other finger, its okay)

Step three:

Paint it in the half, your nail, with the color you choose. If its not exactly in the half, doesn’t matter

 

Step four :

With the nail art brush/polish, draw an arc / half circle in the side of your nail.

Then, draw a circly line from the end of the arc, to the middle, where the pink and bare nail meets.

Do the same on the other side, too

Fill in the ”leaf” that’s on the bare nail, with the pink/bright color

Draw two lines of dots, starting from the middle to the other side of the nail… This time I choose to both use the white color

While the other time, I made one white , one pink

Step five:

Cover with a top coat, and its ready

 

Hope it helped!!!!

 

Lots of Love

♥

V.

E.l.f. haul – my first buy!

Yay! It arrived!! 

I was always looking to buy Elf from e-bay, and I didn’t make the obvious…See if there is a shop in Europe! Lol!

Once I saw it , tada… My first order happen, and came, very very soon!

E.l.f is super cheap with very good products!

The facebook page always have some offer or something, and their Warehouse team in twitter always make competitions, and they are very friendly…

So , look what I ve got!!! And this is just my first order!

( packed -> unpacked)

 

 

super glossy lip shine spf 15 – Juiced Berry

Healthy Glow Bronzing Powder – Sun Kissed

Smudge Eye Sponge

Eyeshadow Primer – (Sheer)

Eyelid Primer – Champagne.

Duo Eyeshadow – Mocha swirl

super glossy lip shine spf 15 -  Malt Shake (x2)

Brightening Eye Colour – Ethereal

Waterproof Eyeliner Pen – Ash

Complexion Perfection

Natural Radiance Blusher – Blushing

And a …

Under Eye Concealer & Highlighter (but this is to give to a friend so its not included!)

 

The most amazing? the cost was 30 pounds, which is less than 37€!

My only little tiny problem is the blush system. I can’t open it easily, and I am lucky that I don’t have long nails at the moment!

I ll swatch them, soon!

 

See you soon!

V.

 

 

 

What’s in MY bag?

Hello!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Well, I loooove ”What’s in my bag ” posts, from bloggers or from random people.

Its very interesting and fun…

Here is my bag, and what’s in it…

So…..

- a bambie pouch including -> maybelinne double eyeshadow,seventeen blush and blush brush, essence’s eyeliner , the BB cream Garnier that I recently won , my stilleto mascara, a eyelashes curler, and nail polish remover pads.

- sanitary ”septona” hankies

-bobby pins

- Blackberry’s back up battery

- Halls caramels

- My RayBans

- My Bershka wallet

- Gums and a USB stick,

- A bag to bag organizer to put all these stuff

- A coco Chanel mini pouch that includes : 3 Nyx lipsticks, a Korres Lipgloss, my La Roche Posay ceralip, Toyoko black eyeshadow and broken angled brush and seventeen’s concealer

- MAC’s mineralize foundation

- My phones

- a garnier handcream

- My camera in a pink case

Well, that’s all.. Usually I carry more …..

I ll be back soon!

Love

V.

Nyx Black label swatch : Bling

Hello Beauties….

How have you been? I had a bad time in  holidays since I got sick.. again.. Ever Xmas I m getting sick :S

I am still not totally okay, but , in better condition…

I know, I know its unacceptable for me that I haven’t update my posts for too long.

The think is that I had an 6 y.o camera of 6Mpx, that I was using. During holidays I got a new one of 12Mpx, but I can’t really use it the same.

The photos tent to get lighter, so I tried 3 times to swatch Bling, and couldn’t see the color (I saw in reality), in the photos…

I did something different today, its not that its the best thing I can do, but anyway…

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So….

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This is Nyx Black Label lipstick in Bling. Very popular color, I could say…

   

(okay okay, I might have put the 3rd photo just to show my nails (Opi Dutch tulip and INM hologram silver)

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I tried different angles and lighting to show you the color…

   

 

And here it is swatched in my arm, together with Iconic (which I will swatch very soon) and Minimalism…

(L-t-R : Bling, Iconic, Minimalism)

About Black Label series….

Well, Black label is indeed different from the round lipsticks series.. Not only in price, but in quality, smell, packaging…

Its NOT more pigmented but its more moisturizing, has a bit longer staying power, and smells better. The packaging looks more ”high quality”, but I prefer round lipstick’s more… Smaller, and fits better in smaller handbags/clutches.

The Black Label Bling…

Bling is a neutral color, for every day. I can’t really describe it , its surely pink, but its very.. grey. I mean, its kind of a boring pink with grey undetones?

Being pale myself, NC20, BUT with dark brown hair/brows and green eyes, and naturally NON-blushing cheeks, I wanted something to look more… alive in me.

I usually have the corpse look, so this doesn’t really help

It is a beautiful color, actually. I just need to year it with more strong eye makeup, I guess…

What do you think? Have you used it ? Have you used Black label lipsticks from Nyx?

Stay tuned and enjoy!

Lots of Love

V

PS: In my following posts I will show you  my Elf haul (when it will arrive) is as well as ”What’s in my bag” post (probably tommorow)…

Also, Iconic’s swatch (Nyx round lipstick), which is AMAZING! I already love it ! I adore it !