Winter Picks: Nails

Hello, hello !

This monthI'm starting a new mini series in which I will be sharing with you my most worn Nail polishes/ Eyeshadows/ Lipsticks throughout winter. 

Today it's time for lots of nailpolish - 10 shades if I'm more acurate. I love these shades this year a lot cause I love changing up my nailpolish very frequently. Too frequrntly in fact.
Let's be real folks - I have a problem ! 

Well jokes aside - I don't know what it is about winter but I love wearing deeper tones and all of theese that I picked are truly magnificent.

- Deep Night Tones -

I'm starting with the most dramatic ones.
I discovered Essie's After School boy blazer (btw how cute is that name) last yeat and I've been obsessed. It's a deep blue color, it almost seems that you are wearing black nail polish, but you're not.

Hyde in the park was a recent discovery from one of the LE collecion that Catrice have out every month. It's the prettietst and I love wearing it on a night out.

Essie - After School Boy Blazer; Golden Rose -Brandy Desert; Catrice - Hyde in the park; KIKO - 374

Brandy desert is a vampy berry collor (my fave one for the winter season -  and may I add that I have too many fashion items in that particular color). Enough said !

I picked up this KIKO nail polish when I went to Malta this summer, they had a nice little shop at Bologna's airport and I couldn't resist to pick up a few items to try, since a lot of bloggers have been raving about this brand. I don't have a lot of deep browns in my collection, and this one is not just your tipical brown, but it has copper shimmer too. It's a win win situation for me.

- Winter Shimmers -

There is something apealling to me about having a shimmery nail polish on snowy days. Although there haven't been as many snowy days this winter as I'd like them to be, I still hope for one more "snow storm" just to say goodbye to snow. I love snow can't you tell !

Paralilac is the all year round go to taupe nailpolish for me. It suits my style and it has the right amount of shimmer. I can't remember when I got it, but it was a part of a Catrice LE collection.

Catrice - Paralilac; KIKO - 858; H&M - Extravaganza

I  also picked up Extravaganza on a trip last year when I went to visit Bratislava for a day (I even made pictures for a post, I just never got around to post them - maybe I'll do like a traveling post).
It's a party in a nail polish bottle. That's the perfect description. 

This one is from the same trip in KIKO as the dark brown one. I have nothing like it in my collection which with the amount of it that I own it surprises me a lot.
I wish I had an eyeshadow that was this color.

- Warm Afternoons -

When it's too cold outside I like to pretend that I'm warm just by playing make belif with the color of my nailpolish.

Golden Rose - 109; Catrice - Chromeo&Julia; Essie - Twin Sweater Set

I remember bloggers posting pictures on this collection and I fell in love with Chromeo and Julia right then and there. The next day I picked it up. It the most beautiful marble polichrome nail polish I own.

Twin sweater set is an all time favorite for me. It's the first Essie nailpolish I purchased. I love everything about it. It's one of my favorite reds from my collection.

GR 109 - I picked up this one this summer. I loved it all through fall and because of it's warm color I keep reaching for it.

So these were my winter picks, and I'd like to know which are yours?
Share your favorite shades of nailpolish with me in the comments below!

Thank you for reading and have a nice day, 

Dee.

MeMeMe - Eye Inspire Eyeshadow Trio

Hey lovely readers :)

Živjo drage bralke :)

On this casual Sunday I have another review for you in English and Slovene.

This time I am reviewing a new brand that I haven't tried before. It is MeMeMe and I have heard of it before by watching a lot of british Beauty vloggers.

Last month Anja from Moja Drogerija (click away) asked us to pick a quad/trio from this brand to review and I decided to pick 04 Desire Eyes.

I was very atracted to this shade, because it's green colors reminded me of fall/autumn and since I don't have similar eyeshadow colors in my collection (schooker), it was an easy pick. 

MeMeMe Trio - 04 Desire Eyes

Tokrat ocenjujem novo blagovno znamko, ki je do zdaj še nisem poskusila. Ta je MeMeMe za katero sem slišala le preko nekaterih pritanskih Lepotnih vloggerjev.

Prejšnji mesec Anja iz Moja Drogerija (klik), nam je dala na izbiro za oceno quad ali trio senčk te blagovne znamke in sem se odločila, da si izberem odtenek 04 Desire Eyes.

Ta odtenek me je zelo privlačil, ker so me zelene barve spomnile na jesen in ker nimam podobnega odtenka v moji kolekciji, je bila izbira lahka.

So lets dig into the details :)

Torej, gremo k podrobnostim :)

Packaging:

The shadows are in a round black container with a seethhrough lid which has the name of the brand on it (as you can see in the pictures).It reminds me a lot of MAC packaging (judging from pictures) and that excites me a lot. I also like that you can easily see the colors through the lid and I like that it closes well and securly.

Pakiranje:

Senčke so v okrogli črni posodi s prozornim pokrovom, ki ima na njem ime blagovne znamke (kot lahko vidite na slikah).

Spominja me na MAC embalaže (sodeč po slikah), kar me je navdušilo še bolj. Všeč mi je tudi, da lahko enostavno vidimo barve skozi pokrov. Pravtako pa da se dobro in varno zapre. 

Desire Eyes: up close

Enough talking about the outside, we all know real beauty lies on the inside. 

Dovolj govorjenja o zunanjosti, saj vsi vemo, da prava lepota leži v notranjosti.

Eyeshadow colors:

All the eyeshadows are shimmery, the vibrant green though is a little less. The lighter and darker mossy greens have gold reflex to them, where as the vibrant green has more of a golden green reflex. 

Barve senčil :

Vse senčila imajo "shimmer finiš", medtem ko živahno zeleni odtenek malo manj. Prva dva odtenka imajo zlati refleks, živahno zelena pa bolj zeleno-zlati refleks.

Application:

I love the formula of these eyeshadow. I found it very easy to apply them. You can blend them to get a more settle smokey look or build them up to get a more night out and sexy smokey eye. I also noticed that there wasn't as much fall out as there usually is with other eyeshadows I often use, and that was a plus. 

Nanos:

Obožujem formulo teh senčil. Ugotovila sem, da je nanos zelo enostaven. Zelo lahko se jih zabriše, da bi dobili bolj vsakodnevni Smokey, pravtako se da pigmentacijo dodajati, da bi dobili večern in seksi Smokey look. Opazila sem tudi, da ni bilo veliko opadanja senčil na licih, kar je velik plus, saj ni potrebno dodatno popravljanje podlage v tem predelu.

Pigmentation:The vibrant green dissapointed me in this aspect, in comparisson to the other two greens which are impressively much more pigmented. And as they say a picture is worth a 1000 words - you can see it all in the picture of the swatches.

Pigmentacija:

Živahno zelena me je razočarala v tem pogledu v primerjavi z drugima dvema, ki sta izjemno pigmentirana. 

In kot pravijo slika je vredna 1000 besed - vse se lepo vidi na slikah spodaj.

Swatch: with primer

Without primer

Staying power:

I used the eyeshadows with different primers and eyeshadow bases and overall I was satisfied with the staying power. The eyeshadows stayed well on my lids, they didn't crease and the colors stayes vibrant.

Obstojnost:

Senčila sem uporabila z različnimi podlagami in kremnimi senčili. Na splošno sem bila zadovoljena z obstojnostjo. 

Senčila so se odlično izkazala na mojih vekah, saj se niso pogreznila v gubice veke. Barve so tudi po nekaj urah ostale živahne.

The look I created

In conclusion if you are looking for a nice eyeshadow trio to carry aroung in your makeup bag, I reccommend you to get this one.

You can find all the different shades if you click this link, which will lead you to Anja's site Moja Drogerija.si where it retails for 8,30€.

Skratka, če iščete lep Trio senčil za prenašanje v vaši kozmetični torbici, vam priporočam tole senčilo. Lahko najdete vse različne odtenke, če kliknete to povezavo, ki vas bo popeljala na strani Moja Drogerija.si, kjer se prodaja za 8,30 €.

Thank you for reading, make sure you check out Moja Drogerija, and have a nice day, Divna.

Hvala za branje, poskrbite, da boste preverili senčila in drugo ponudbo na Moja drogerija.si.

Lep dan,

Divna.

Review: Essence Eyebrow Stylist Set

About 6 months ago I started to put more effort into styling my brows and filling them in. 

Before that I usually just plugged them and if I wanted any shaping I would go to my friend's house, because she is the best in making my eyebrows the perfect shape. 

Then I started to fill them in and used just an angled brush and a brown eyeshadow. I was amazed by the fact that they looked a lot nicer and put together than before. 

So then about a month ago I purchased this eyebrow set.

It is the Essence Eyebrow Stylist Set. I don't remember the exact price, but I think it was about 3,00 €.

This eyebrow set contains: 

- 3 different eyebrow stencils

- 2 eyebrow shadows (lighter and darker brown)

- A little angled brush

What it says on the packaging :

Select required stencil and place it on the eyebrow. Hold it firmly at the edges and apply the eyebrow shadow with the brush. 

I use it every day right after I do my foundation in the morning. I usually use an angled brush. I have one from Eco Tools and the other is from Essence. 

After I apply the eyebrow shadow I brush my brows out and sometimes I brush through some brow gel. The one I use is the Essence Lash & Brow Gel Mascara. 

With all that done my eyebrows are done. 

Now I can't skip this step at all, because otherwise I feel that my face doesn't look framed and that my look isn't polished. 

That is all for today's post. If you have any questions or anything else to add please live me a comment. 

I hope you enjoyed reading this post  :)

xoxo, Dee

My Top 5 Fall Makeup Looks

Celebrities truly inspired me to do this blog today. 

I don't know about you, but when I don't have an idea what to do for my makeup I love to check out some pictures of celebrities. 

These top 5 looks that I have today for you are worn by people that truly inspire me with their style and makeup. 

Also all of these looks can be used as day and night time looks. 

1. Simple Lily Collins 

I love Lily Collins and especially I love all her looks.
This one here is a simple more daytime look.
I love how you can achieve a great put together look just with some blush, mascara and lipstick.

Products I used to recreate this look :
- Avon Invisible light corrector on my eyelids to give them a glow
- Avon Super Extend Extreme mascara
- Avon Ideal Luminous blush in Peach
- Catrice Ultimate Shine lipstick in 070 It's Robin Wood (small amount)

2. Sarah Hyland

How can you not fall in love with Sarah Hyland's big eyes.
This look that she is wearing is perfect for fall. It is smokey and mysterious in the eyes and it's simple on the lips and cheeks.

Products I used to recreate this look :

- Coastal Scents 88 Warm palette (use any brown-grey shimmery color) 

- Avon Super Extend Extreme mascara

- Bourjois Chocolate bronzer

- Alverde lipstick in 30 Silky Nude

3. Nina Dobrev

The Vampire Diaries beauty amazes me when she plays Elena and has little to no makeup in the Tv show, but she's even more amazing when she glams up her look.
This smokey brown eye is amazing and I love how they focused mainly on her eyes and left the cheeks and lips pretty natural, but still with glow.

Products I used to recreate this look :
- Sleek I-divine palette - STORM
- Avon Super Extend Extreme mascara
- Avon Ideal Luminous blush in Peach (use it very lightly)
- Bourjois Chocolate bronzer
- Any lip balm that has a glossy finish, I used my Labelo 

4. Selena Gomez

Selena Gomez has impressed me with many of her looks lately. From all of them I chose to put this one out because it is different to all the others. It is a blue eyeshadow look with a nude lip.

I would choose darker blues.

Products I used to recreate this look :

- Use any blue eyeshadows that compliment your eye color, I don't own a blues eyeshadow palette so if you know a great one please recommend it to me 

- Avon Super Extend Extreme mascara

- Bourjois Chocolate bronzer

- Revlon matt lipstick in Nude attitude 

5. Katy Perry

Katy Perry has an amazing range of looks that you can choose to recreate and to a makeup addict like me she is a goddess because she is so inspiring. I love her funky looks as much as I love her very glamorous Old Hollywood looks.

Products I used to recreate this look : 

- Sleek I-divine palette - AU NATUREL

- Avon Super Extend Extreme mascara

- Avon True Colour blush in Soft Plum

- Alverde lipstick in 124 Beautiful Mauve