EOTD: Universe

Last week I got new "glitter dust" by H&M. I already had some gold glitter dust and since I am so crazy about them, I've been wanting to get more.
A few days ago I found some colours I liked - and they were on sale as well! I got a silver one, a white one and a black with blue one - all for €3 a piece.

I love glitter. It comes in handy for special occassions like birthdays and New Year's celebrations, but it's also a fun to wear on a daily basis. You get to create a fun make-up look and the sparkly just makes it that extra bit special.

This look that I made today doesn't just have glitter dust, it also has a bright eyeliner and some black eyeshadow. Easier than you'd think and great to steal the show on a night out!
Oh, and when you look up, you might notice that the sky above you looks just like the make-up you have on your eyes.
Let's have a look!

I applied two shades of brown in my crease first and blended them out. Next I applied black eyeshadow all over my eyelid and just a tiny bit of glitter glue on top of that before applying the glitter dust. 

I also put on black eyeliner, to put blue eyeliner on top of that later (it just shows up better when there's a base already). Some kohl liner on the waterline, mascara and done!

 

Not your everyday kind of look. It is a bit of a dramatic look, but it sure is fun. Below you can find two full face pictures!

Thank you again for reading today! Have a good one!

EOTD: experimenting

Goodmorning everybody! 

About a week ago I uploaded an 'eye of the day' called "Dory vibes" (click here to go to that post). In that post I focussed on eyeliner dots on the outer corner. I decided to experiment with the eyeliner again, but I used it on the inner corner this time. 

 

This look is - just like the one in this post - inspired by the beach. The blue eyeliner represents the ocean and my orange eyeshadow with gold and yellow spots of eyeliner, represents the sand and the sun.

I used eyeshadows from the Flawless 2 palette by Revolution (click here for the review) and the Salted Caramel palette by I heart make-up (read more here).

My eyeliners are Miss Sporty (click here for the review) and Essence (click here).

I enjoyed playing around with this look, although I would have loved a brighter orange in my inner corner.

What do you think?

Thanks for reading!

H&M "De Nîmes" coloured eyeliner review!

Another day, another eyeliner added to my make-up collection - or so it seems!

As you might have noticed, I've been getting into glitter and coloured eyeliners recently. I've been experimenting with eyeliner ever since I've started blogging, well over four years ago now!

My latest eyeliner buy was a bit of an impulse; I didn't need more eyeliners, but the H&M store in Bruges has been expanding, adding more make-up to their collection and the eyeliners were on sale, so I got one.

 

The packaging of this eyeliner is so cute! You can see the colour of the eyeliner through the tube. The letters on the eyeliner are gold, which is beautiful. Everything else is pretty basic.

The eyeliner that I got is called "De Nîmes", it's a gorgeous blue colour with a bit of glitter in it. Oh, and I also have an "eye of the day" coming up using this eyeliner, so make sure you check that out as well.

The tip of this eyeliner brush is soft and flexible. It's so easy to draw a line across your lashline.

And would you look at the colour of this eyeliner. My god, it is gorgeous - it reminds me of what the sky looks like at midnight! 

The eyeliner contains a bit of sparkle. I wouldn't say glitter because there aren't any big chunks in it, it's very subtile. It's almost difficult to explain. 

It has a nice texture and applies smoothly. I don't have any complaints about pigmentation either; one layer does the job just fine, this eyeliner isn't watery or anything.

To be honest with you, I never expected to find such a great eyeliner at H&M. 

Finding this eyeliner was a coincidence (I wouldn't have seen it if it didn't have a huge red sticker or if it wasn't placed near the check out- very smart marketing by the way) but I'm glad I did notice it.

If you feel like trying something different, I'd recommend giving this eyeliner a shot.

I'm will be going back to see if they have any other exciting colours! 

I paid €3 for this eyeliner.

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Wake up, spring!

Every spring, pastel colours come back. I'm not a fan of a wide range of pastel colours, there are only two pastel colours I like: mintgreen and pastel purple.

Just a few days ago, I was in the city center window shopping, but I ended up buying a few things too! One of those things was a mintgreen eyeliner that I came across.

I've never had bright coloured eyeliner but it's trending so I wanted to give it a shot.

The packaging of this product is so adorable. It looks like a mintgreen pen. The pen says "Wake up, spring!" in curly letters. This is the title of this collection. Ah, it makes me feel so happy inside! 

The felt tip was something that made me doubt a little. Up until now, I've haven't had a good felt tip  experience when it comes to eyeliners. However, the swatch looks decent.

The look that I was going for was quite simple; a normal, black line and above it, the mintgreen line. I decided to do the mintgreen line before adding the black, because it would be easier.

Even though the colour payoff was okay on my wrist, it didn't show up that well on my eyes. I had to go over it a couple of times, but then the product didn't look like it was distributed evenly. The middle was less intense than the outer parts, if that makes sense. 

I wish the colour would show up more on my skin. I feel like you have to go over it a bunch of times and still, you barely see any result.

 I get that this is a pastel eyeliner, but still, it did disappoint me a little. 

The next day I re-applied this eyeliner with the difference that I put the pen vertically in a cup with my other pens all night overnight, I thought maybe the product would come down more and it would be easier to use the felt tip. No luck.

I absolutely love the idea of pastel eyeliners, but so far I'm still not satisfied with the eyeliner Essence came up with.
I will be trying some other brands soon!



Thanks for reading, have a nice day!

Favies for spring and summer: eyeliner

 

Hello everyone! A few days ago I introduced you to my series "Favies for spring and summer". Today I have a very first update for you guys. Now that spring is here, I've been experimenting with colour a lot again. The easiest way to do that is with eyeliner.

So, today I'm going to be showing you spring- and summerproof eyeliners! Oh, and they are very affordable!

Alright so I don't know if you have read my review on the Catrice made to stay inside eye higlighter pen, but this eyeliner is gorgeous! It doesn't really add colour but it does make your eyes brighter and makes you look more awake.

I've been using it for a week now and I can honestly say I see the difference when I don't use it. 

Next I have the eyeliner pencil that I used for my weekly make-uplook challenge update. It's from a limited edition by Catrice called "Colours of the ocean" and it has two sides: a silver one and a green one. Not bad!

Next I have all my Essence eyeliners. I'm going to go from top to bottom using the picture above. Below, you can see the swatches.

The first eyeliner by Essence (the blue one) is called "Cool down", next we have "Check me out", followed by "Hola, chika!" and "Nightfever". The white eyeliner, which I also use as a base for eyeshadow often, is called "White" (surprise, surprise).

Voilà, thats it for my first post on my favies for spring and summer. Are there any colourful, beautiful eyeliners that you'd recommend? 

Would you like to see a part two of other bright eyeliners I own? 

Thanks for reading! Have a lovely day!

Catrice made to stay inside eye highlighter pen

Hello everyone!

Recently I needed to pick up a new liquid eyeliner from the drugstore. As always, I take the things I need and then I just give myself some time to check out new collections or new products.

One of the things that cought my eyes was this Catrice made to stay inside eye highlighter pen. I had heard a few things about it and because I love a good eyeliner, I decided to take it home with me.

I think the packaging of this product looks great. It's nude with glitters, it's thin which is so handy and it can be used without sharpening because twisting the bottom exposes the pencil.

The eyeliner is nude. I like to use a white eyeliner because it makes me looks more awake and it 

gives the illusion of bigger, brighter eyes. I've never had a nude eyeliner, I think nude will look more natural than white eyeliner.

As you can see, the colour is quite pigmented. The pencil is creamy and soft but not too creamy, you can still put some pressure on the pencil without it breaking because it's too creamy.

This is what my eye looks like without make-up.

This is what my eye looks like with the highlighter pen. It's a very subtile difference.

My eye looks whiter, it also looks a bit bigger and I look a bit more awake.

I'm quite happy with this little highlighter pen. I think it does the job well, it stays on for a pretty long time and I love the illusion of my eyes being bigger, whiter, and me being more awake (without it making me look like I'm some kind of Alien because you can get that effect if you put on too much white eyeliner).

It's also budgetproof. It's a big "yay" from me!

Gosh teal eyeliner review

If you've been following the blog for a while, you'll know that this summer I started going crazy on coloured makeup. I tried several colourful makeup looks - most of them are up already. Just a few days ago I was going through my stash (cleaning it up a bit) and I found this teal eyeliner by Gosh. Now I haven't worn it before so I thought it would be fun to test it and review it! Are you ready?

The packaging of the eyeliner is quite simple, not that I think an eyeliner needs to be packaged in the most beautiful way. I think packaging like this is alright. I love how you can see the teal colour, and the packaging is plastic so when I'm running out of product and the teal slowly disappears, I'll be able to see it and I'll know I have to pick up another one. Right now I have a black eyeliner that's not see though and it's quite annoying because I never really know when I'm going to empty it completely.

OH MY GOD, do you see how pigmented this is? I didn't even have to go over my line a second time, it was bright enough already the first time. What an eyecatcher!
The brush is also very thin and it makes it so easy to apply the eyeliner.

There is only one bad thing I can say about this eyeliner and you're probably going to laugh at me but... It's a little bit too pigmented. Meaning that when I tried to get it off (I tried with three different types of makeup remover), it wouldn't come of. You didn't even see I touched it after I tried to scrub it off with my makeup removers. I love it when eyeliners are good quality and when they're waterproof, but I do think this one stays on a little too well. I don't want to have to scratch my eyes or rub really hard which leaves them feeling painful (and it gives me wrinkles)!
Aside from that, it's an amazing product!

Trending: Winged eyeliner + step by step photo tutorial

Hi everyone!

I don't know if you have heard it, but one of the spring/summer trends when it comes to beauty is winged eyeliner. 

 

Winged eyeliner is a part of my signature look and I always get lots of questions about it, so today I'm going to show you how you can do winged eyeliner. To help you, I've made a photo tutorial. To do this I have used my black gel eyeliner by Essence called "Midnight in Paris" and a small eyeliner brush. You can use pencil liner or liquid liner to do this as well (but gel eyeliner is a bit easier)!

The size of the wing and the thickness of your eyeliner is totally up to you. I like to change it up from time to time, sometimes I'll only have a thin line and sometimes I'll have a pretty big wing.

 

This is my eye without anything on it. 

The first thing I'm doing is to draw on a "normal" line. You can pull your eye for this step if that makes it any easier for you. I like to start in the middle and line the outer half first. Then I go back and line the inner part as well. (You can see this in the next picture as well).

To make the wing, you basically just need to follow the line of your lower lashline.

Draw the line and then connect it to the end of the lower lashline. Now you have the two lines that make your wing: one connected to the line you made on your upper lashline and one connected to your lower lashline. You can always go over it to make it look more smooth. Fill in the parts that aren't black (enough) yet.
In case you go wrong, just take a Q tip with makeup remover on it so that you can wipe the eyeliner off. You can also just use the Q tip to make the edges of your eyeliner sharper.

 

And that's it! You're done! It's not as hard as it seems, after trying a few times you'll be able to do it pretty quickly! I hope you enjoyed my tutorial! 

Have a good day!