EOTD: Sunny side

It's been a pleasure exploring Italy. Coming back to Belgium was so nice, but it needed some adjusting.

Rome was so hot, bright and sunny. Belgium is wet, cold and thunder-y. I tried to channel the good weather vibe in my eye of the day today.

 

All the eyeshadows used are MAC eyeshadows: 

- "Texture" in the crease

- "Bronze" in the crease

- "Espresso in the outer corner

- "Coppering" on the lid

- "Honey lust" in the inner corner

I used my Essence liquid eyeliner and Essence mascara to finish off this look, as well as a white Essence eye pencil (review coming soon)!

I hope you like today's look. If you have more suggestions, let me know! 

Thanks for reading! I hope you have a nice day! 

OOTD: Camp Nou

Happy Thursday! 

 Today I have one of the last posts concerning Barcelona for you! This outfit of the day was shot about a month ago when I was in Barcelona.

 

We visited Camp Nou, a football stadion in Barcelona, and of course I wanted some pictures! My outfit of the day is quite simple. It has a bit of a vintage/pin-up feel to it, thanks to my striped shirt and high waist shorts. It's been a really long time since I've had the chance to wear these, but everytime I do, it makes me feel so happy.

White is the main colour in this outfit - I've had a bit of an obsession with white recently.

My shirt is by H&M. Although it's a basic, I'm absolutely crazy about it. It's one of my favourite items. My shorts and shoes are both by New Look. The purse in this post is by Primark.

I hope you enjoyed this post!

Thanks for reading!

OOTD: Wildest dreams

Say you'll remember me, standing in a nice dress staring at the sunset, babe.
Red lips and rosy cheeks, say you'll see me again even if it's just in your wildest dreams.

Hi everyone! How are you doing?
I was just looking through the pictures that I took while I was on vacation in Barcelona and I long to go back! Ah, what a gorgeous time it was!
Today's outfit of the day is one that we shot when we visited Park Guëll, a gorgeous park that also incorporated mosaic. I already have a post about Park Guëll online so you can read that if you'd like.

I don't know what made me wear a maxi skirt that day, but I love that I did. I got this maxi skirt at Primark.

I paired it with a soft pink T-shirt with lace. I got this T-shirt a really really long time ago at H&M, but they still have similar T-shirts in stores. 

The scarf that I'm wearing is by H&M, it matches everything perfectly, I love it! 

My bag is by Primark as well.

The picture above is a picture of some gorgeous bracelets that I got at H&M.
The picture below is a picture of a bracelet that I got in Barcelona. It's so, so beautiful!

What do you think of this outftit? Until next time!

Essence mosaic compact powder review

When I was younger, I limited myself to eye make-up most of the time. I never really thought about the rest of the face, except for blush maybe.

Since then, I've learned that the face is also important. I started with concealing and right now I bronze, highlight, contour, the whole lot.

 

I have used my bronzer quite a lot recently, which led to serious pan at first, and empty packaging later. I went out looking for a new one and found something that I thought looked decent. This is the Essence mosaic compact powder.

The packaging of this product is rather normal and average, but I love how they made it 3D. Some parts are "sticking up" a little more. The way a product looks doesn't define the quality, but it sure is nice to have a product that looks special.

This bronzing powder is made of darker and lighter parts. I just mix all the shades together.

This mosaic compact powder is just the right colour for my skin. I was afraid it'd be too light but it's good. The powder is very nice to work with, it crumbles a little bit but not to the point where it's disturbing. As with all Essence products, it's affordable! I use this powder for bronzing and contouring.

This is what the powder looks like on my face. As you can see I used it to contour my cheekbones and my forehead a little bit.

 I like this product! 

OOTD: Birthday bash on the beach!

It's surprising what a little sand and a little water can do for you. Going to the beach is something that I haven't done in a long time, I actually don't do it often, but going to the beach sure makes me happy! 

I went to the beach a little while ago to celebrate my birthday and the birthday of one of my good friends!

 

When she showed up to my place, we were actually wearing thesame playsuit (but in a different colour)! Total coincidence because I didn't know she'd be wearing hers and she didn't know I'd be wearing mine! 

This playsuit is from a shop called Moggy's. My ballet flats are by H&M and my sunglasses are from Claire's.

I had such a great day and was so satisfied when I got home!

I'm blessed to have amazing friends who always take me on trips and adventures! 

As always, thanks for reading and have a great day!

OOTD: Leopard Lady!

Hello you guys! I'm back with another makeup look! I was feeling in the mood for leopard print earlier so I wore my leopard skirt ànd leopard bag, with a black tee. Pretty simple, but still fun. I also wore a couple of necklaces with it: a cross and this yellow statement necklace.

I really like the statement necklace that I'm wearing, I've been loving statement necklaces like this for quite a while: they're so easy to wear. Because they are so big, you don't need many other accessories. This particular one came all the way from Slovenia! It's by a company called Spark. 

They have an online shop with the most adorable jewellery such as bracelets, earrings, necklaces and rings. It's all very inexpensive, yet beautiful and unique! Above all that, they ship free worldwide - and the people who work at Spark are just so kind and sweet, it's a real pleasure to be helped by them!

 

If you're an accessory kind of girl, do check out this website, you might just find your perfect piece of jewellery. I already have a little wishlist!

Shirt: H&M

Skirt: H&M

Necklace: Spark

Cross necklace: H&M

Shoes: Shoe Discount (local)

Bag: C&A (local)

Earrings: C&A (local)

Thanks for reading! Have a great day! 

PS if you're reading this after going to school: how was your first day?!

OOTD: Corn

Hi guys! A lot of times when I go take outfit pictures, I like to take pictures of my "photographers" too! I finally convinced my gay best friend to let me take his outfit pictures and he actually started a fashion blog himself! I'm so excited, check his blog out if you'd like! (EDIT: he deleted already because he had "no views" the second day. Well erm, patience, ahum!)

Okay so I took his pictures and then it was my turn! I actually didn't think about my outfit a lot that day, I just threw on something I found in my closet and left! Here are the pictures!

Basic dress: H&M

Bag: C&A (local shop)

OOTD: Cats

Hi everyone! Earlier this week I went shopping. I picked up some items for the fall and winter (you can never start too soon), but I also got some items that I thought would be cute this summer! 

My favourite item is a top from H&M with a cat on it! I've noticed that a lot of the new collections in stores like H&M and New Look include animals. Cats or foxes on sweaters. I don't think it's a bad thing though, I think it's very cute! And I'm an animal lover, so,...

The outfit is pretty basic: top (H&M), shorts (New Look), ballet flats, necklace (New Look), bandana clutch (vintage), done.

"Russian Red" is the name of my newest beautiful lipstick. It's by MAC.

Cats everywhere! Just wanted to put in this picture of my cat, since I think he looks like the cat on my top a little bit! Thanks for reading!

 Have a great day!

OOTD: Wine red

Hi! How are you? I'm enjoying the weather today! I have another outfit of the day for you! Today, the weather has been very nice and hot, but there has been a bit of sudden rain. Dark clouds are coming up again so just to be safe we decided to take outfit pictures inside today!

Today I'm wearing a black and white outfit with gold detais. My pants and shoes are black but my top and clutch are white. The accessories that I'm wearing are gold - the buttons on my shirt are gold as well! Cute detail!

High low top and clutch by H&M
Shoes and pants are from a local store
Turtle ecklace by Six
Watch by New Look

 

Thanks for reading! Let me know what you think!

Face makeup for summer (back to basics)

Hello everyone! The weather has been really good lately. It's been so hot outside that I got sunburnt the first 15 minutes that I was outside! Of course such hot weather isn't nice when you wear makeup, because it all sweats off! Today I'm going to show you some items that I like to use during summer.

The first thing I prefer to wear in summer is BB cream or tinted moisturizer instead of foundation. I haven't got any tinted moisturizer at home right now so I use BB cream. I use my Catrice All Round BB cream. It also has SPF 30, which is always nice! I'd still recommend to use sunscreen as a base before you put on your makeup though. SPF 30 is nice but of course it can sweat of after a little while (or after going in the pool). Better safe than sorry, right?!

 

The Catrice BB cream does make your face look a little bit oily so using a powder is always good. I'm using the one by Essence. This one doesn't have a colour, which you don't need in summer, it just absorbs the oil. Even if you're not wearing BB cream this can come in handy - a good mattifying powder makes life easier during summer! You can also use oil absorbing papers but I don't have that yet.

 

If the weather allows it and your makeup doesn't sweat off of your face instantly, a shimmer powder can look pretty. When the sunlight hits your face, it reflects the glitters and it looks nice. This is the "Tropical Heat" shimmer powder by Essence.

 

During summer I also like to use a lip balm or lipgloss. For some reason, I almost never use lipgloss in winter or fall. I sometimes wear it in spring but most of the time I wear it in summer. I don't know why, I just like everything to be glossy and simple and cute during summer and more sophisticated, bold and classy during winter. Is that weird? This one is "Coral" by H&M and this is the lipgloss that I've been using most.

 

Do you have any products that you prefer to only use in summer? Or products that you bought just because it's summer?