EOTD: Feeling Feline

Goodmorning! How are you?

These last few weeks have been so weird. First, a lot of sun, then two weeks of rain, ...

This eye of the dayis a look that I created during one of those rainy days. I used my "Balm Voyage" make-up palette and my "Nude Tude" palette by The Balm to create this look.

 I'm a huge fan of The Balm and their products, and I use them on a weekly basis to create looks.

Let me know what you think in the comments below! 

Thanks so much for reading! I'll see you on Saturday!

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EOTD: A dark trip

A new year, time to try out some new things! Back in the day, when I was still a make-up rookie, I didn't like to use many products or dark products. Experimenting was not my thing at all and playing safe was more my cup of tea.

Recently I've been trying a lot of new things; different brands, different techniques, different colours, different styles,... Today's looks is a rather dark look. I didn't know where I was going with this look when I picked up my palette by "The Balm", and I just used the colours that caught my eye.

The look turned out a little darker than I expected, which is okay. I do love the colours that I used though. A little cranberry, taupe, dark brown. I didn't do a lot on Christmas, but if I had plans to go out, I would have probably worn this!

Products used:

- Balm Voyage palette by The Balm

- Essence liquid eyeliner

- Essence mascara

- MUA eyebrow set

What do you think?

Balm voyage fall make-up look

Hello you guys! How are you doing?

I have been playing around with a couple of my new things. Today I played around with my new make-up palette by The Balm called "Balm Voyage" and my new Nikon D3300.

I still have to learn how to use this camera correctly, because I think the colours in these photo's might be a little bit too dark, but it could also be because of the weather.

I used A4, B4, D4 and D3 for this look. 

The colours are insanely pigmented and are amazing to use.  Because my look turned out to be quite dark, I decided not to go overboard with my eyeliner. No wing, just a small line across the lid.

What do you think?

Thanks for reading, have a good day! 

Balm Voyage!

I'm a huge  fan of The Balm. I think it's an amazing make-up brand with fun products and amazing, creative packaging.

This week I treated myself to a bigger palette in their collection called "Balm Voyage", which is obviously the funnier version of "Bon Voyage" ("have a good trip" in French). This palette contains 16 different eyeshadow colours.

Look at the packaging! As you know, I'm a huge pin-up fan and this palette just blows my mind! So, so pretty! 

The eyeshadows are named after seats in a plane. (A4-D4,...). Aside from the 16 eyeshadows, there are also three lip colours.

I think it's very cute that everything in the palette is themed! So gorgeous!

Let's take a look at the swatches! 

The first four, and darkest colours in the palette are absolutely gorgeous! They are insanely pigmented! 

The next four eyeshadows are well pigmented as well, two of them are a bit chalky, so I think I will have some fall out when I use this palette.

I was very surprised to see how pigmented the lightest eyeshadow colours are! Most of the time, lighter colours in palettes are less pigmented, but as you can see these light colours are well pigmented. Better than I expected.

I'm very excited about this palette! I will for sure use it often! I like the pigmentation and texture of these eyeshadows, but also how different all the colours in this palette are! 

I will have a lot more looks online soon! Thanks for reading!

EOTD: Nude Dude

Happy Wednesday! How are you doing?

I have been experimenting with all the new make-up I got! One of my favourites is this "Nude Dude" palette.

Today I'm premiering the first look with this GOR-GEOUS palette!

I used the darkest part of the palette.

 

And this is the look I made today! I don't use pink that often, I prefer warmer colours but this is actually a very nice look, if I do say so myself!

 

I hope you like this look!

Thanks for reading and have a very good day! 

Nude Dude make-up palette!

About a year ago, I got a palette called "Nude 'Tude" by The Balm.
It was a palette that consisted of six pin-up girls. Each of the pin-up girls 'showcased' two eyeshadow colours.
Now, a whole lot later, I'm still very fond of this palette. I've hit pan on a few eyeshadows, but I'm still as crazy about it as I was when I first got it.

Recently, while I was doing some shopping, I saw that The Balm had a second palette. This time it's a palette with men. It's called the "Nude Dude" palette. Of course I took it home because - let's be honest - who doesn't like fine men?

Can we talk about the packaging? I'm crazy about it! I don't think I need to explain why, the packaging itself does all the talking!

I noticed that both the packaging and the eyeshadows contain a lot of pink. I like! 

Such pretty colours! I am in love! The colours in this palette are a lot cooler than the colours in the previous palette. I don't mind though! The colours range from very light to rather dark. There's no black in this palette though.

 

I swatched all the colours and wow! All of them are well pigmented. Just like the other palette, the quality is very good! I am a huge fan of this palette already! I will upload more make-up looks for sure!

The Balm blush review

A little while ago I purchased a Nude 'Tude palette, and I am loving it! 

While unpacking, I noticed there was something else in the little bag that the lady at the shop put my palette in. A receipt and... THIS!

This is the "Instain" blush from The Balm. I saw it in the store as well but I didn't get it so this was a nice little surprise! I love the name of the blush. "Instain". I wonder who comes up with these names!

I can't believe how beautiful the packaging is. The front totally reminds me of a magazine and the lady on the 'cover' is so beautiful! Seeing this immediately put a smile on my face!

This is the inside. Like I said, I saw it in the store as well but I thought they were eyeshadows. Now, it's clear that they're not. I wondered how I would get my blush brush in this little pan, but I tested it already and it works out just fine.

Here's a swatch of the blush! It's quite pigmented, especially for a blush! I'm a huge fan of bright blushes so they couldn't have given me anything better!
You do have to be careful not to put on too much though, just a little whipe is enough to brighten up both of your cheeks. Lovely!

Below you can see a picture of what my cheek looks like without and with blush.

Without any makeup

With "Instain" blush on!

I am loving this blush a lot! Great pigmentation, lovely colour, you don't need a lot of product at all. It's a "yes" from me!

Nude 'Tude palette makeup look #2

Hi everyone! 

As you can read by the title of this post I'm still as happy with my Nude 'Tude palette by The Balm as I was the first five minutes I had it. Today I have another, more wearable, look for you! I also filmed a tutorial on it and I will put it on the blog soon, so you can check it out too if you want to! 

For today's look I used "Selfish" on my lid, "Sultry" in the crease and "Sophisticated" in my outer corner. I used the black eyeshadow as eyeliner and I must admit that I like the softer eyeliner look a lot. I might do this more often! 

I also think I will wear this lok more often, I think it looks lovely! You can judge yourself by looking at the pictures, just keep in mind that in real life, the look does appear a little bit darker.

What do you think of it? Keep on checking the blog for the tutorial! 

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

Nude 'Tude palette makeup look #1

Hello everyone! I'm back with another post on my Nude 'Tude palette! Today I will be showing you the look that I made with my favourite fall colours from this palette. The girl covered up with these eyeshadows also happens to be my favourite pin-up girl in this palette!

I used "Sexy" on the lid and "Silly" in the crease. It might be a little bit of a darker look, but I think when the days are getting darker, the makeup is allowed to get darker too. It is still wearable though, it's not like a smokey eye or anything. I used blue mascara by 2B for this eyelook because I wore a blue sweater and I wanted to see how it looked. I must say I'm quite satisfied.

On my lips, I used a berry red/wine red/purple-ish kind of lip liner. I got this one from my mom, unfortunately it doesn't have a brand name on it. This colour is for sure a challenge if you're not the kind of girl (or boy) to wear dark colours but it looks very sophisticated and chique (in my opinion).

What do you think of this look? Thanks for reading!

Nude 'tude eyeshadow palette review

Hi guys! If you have been following my blog these last few day, you'll know that on Friday I went to Brussels and got some new makeup while I was there. One of the items that I got is the "Nude 'tude" palette by The Balm cosmetics. When I saw this, my heart jumped a little bit - I have been looking for this since I started out with makeup, which is quite a while ago now! Even though I thought it was a little bit on the expensive side, I decided to get it. I couldn't just leave it behind, knowing I would blame myself when I got home.

I think the packaging of this palette is very beautiful. It has some soft colours and the back is used to show you what colours there are in this palette. 12 to be exact! It also included a little brush.

And this is what you see when you open the palette. Six adorabe pin-up girls that have their private parts hidden behind an eyeshadow colour. How cool is this?! I have a think for pin-up girls so I almost died when I saw this haha! Especially the pin-up girl that has the colours "sexy" and "silly" looks very pretty to me! Maybe that's because I like those colours a lot for this fall as well!



Here are the pin-up girls up close for you. I've started with the lightest colours and I will be finishing with the darkest colours. 

 The pin-up girl detailing already was a huge 'yes' for me, but what about the eyeshadows? I tried all of the colours and I can tell you that I'm not dissatisfied!

The swatches are good quality. The black eyeshadow in this palette is actually the best pigmented black I have in my entire collection!!

The eyeshadows are easy to apply, blend, and build up and even the black eyeshadow doesn't give a lot of fall out! 

With its €35 price tag (about $50), it was a rather expensive purchase, but I'm very happy with it!

Looks and tutorials are coming up soon! Have a great day!