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My Valentine’s Day date night makeup 2016

21 Sunday Feb 2016

Posted by Mami și Zâna in beauty, makeup

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#narsissist, Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz, Burberry, Chanel Le Volume Mascara, Charlotte Tilbury, date night, Hourglass, MOTD, NARS, Tarte Cosmetics, Tom Ford, Valentine's Day 2016, Valentine's Day makeup

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I hope I’m not too late, but today I’m going to share with you, my lovelies, the makeup I wore on my date night out with my Mister, on Valentine’s Day!

As you can easily see I ditched the classic red lip look and winged eye liner, and went for a more peachy-pink-smokey eye paired with a matching nude lip, a look I’m sure I will wore over and over again throughout this whole upcoming spring…

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I took my inspiration from this gorgeous macaroon picture I found on Pinterest, paired it with a matching silk blouse I recently got on a glorious sale from H&M ( similar item here ), a feminine Dior-esque skirt and a pair of nude heels from my favourite Romanian brand, Smiling Shoes and ready I was for a fabulous romantic date.

And it was a fabulous one indeed!

The Makeup:

FACE:

  • NARS All Day Luminous Weightless Foundation Light 3 Gobi
  • Charlotte Tilbury Filmstar Bronze & Glow
  • Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder Dim light and Incandescent Light
  • Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush Dim Infusion

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EYES:

  • Tom Ford Cream and Powder Eye Color 03 Golden Peach, as a base
  • Charlotte Tilbury The Vintage Vamp and The Sophisticate Luxury Palette Colour-Coded Eye Shadows
  • Dior Diorshow Fusion Mono Long-Wear Eyeshadow 001 Lune, innercorner highlight
  • Tom Ford Eye Defining Pen 01 Deeper
  • mascara: a mix of the Tarte Lights, Camera, Splashes and the Chanel Le Volume
  •  brows: Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz – Chocolate, new in, not sure about this shade though

LIPS:

  • Charlotte Tilbury Lip Cheat Pillow Talk blended, NARS Audacious Lipstick Anita and Burberry Lip Glow No. 09 Nude Beige

I hope you all had an awesome Valentine’s Day and that you are willing to share with me what you wore on your date!

[ Remember that I’m currently running another awesome Blog Sale here, on the blog, and that I still have a couple of gorgeous makeup items that need a new home! ]

See you soon, Beautiful!

xx, Annie

 

 

 

 

 

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HOURGLASS Ambient Lighting Edit – Too good not to!…

08 Tuesday Dec 2015

Posted by Mami și Zâna in beauty, makeup

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Christmas 2015, Diffused Light, dim light, Hourglass, Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit Palette, Irridescent Light, limited edition, Luminous Bronze Light, Luminous Flush, Mood Exposure, review, swatches

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This is a one-of-a-kind makeup collector piece and I’ve been absolutely obsessed with it ( along with other ever-so-many beauty enthusiasts?! )! It’s the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit Christmas 2015 Palette, filled with the most magical things you’ll ever see: fairy dust in the form of finishing powders, highlighters, blushers and bronzing powders…

I can actually hear myself dismissing this Palette when it first released. I had most of the shades in it ( Mood Exposure and Luminous Flush – review here, and Dim Light ) and I was only interested in getting the bronzing shade…

In the meanwhile disaster stroke!…

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I managed to reduce to pieces my L.E. Ambient Lighting Blush Palette containing the two blushers mentioned above ( well done Self! – NOT!!!!?!?!! )…

As for Dim Light, I almost hit pan on it since it has been my go-to powder for setting my makeup, for the longest time. So another purchase would’ve been inevitable anyway!

So why not get me this gorgeous complete palette!?

Plus, with Christmas approaching and all – that certainly didn’t helped much, as this gorgeous Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit Palette would definitely make an awesome gift for everyone… Not just for a makeup addict like myself!

[ I will definitely include this in my annie’s beauty… Christmas 2015 Gift Guide upcoming post, so make sure you keep an eye on my blog next week! ]

Not going to ramble more about how amazing quality these are as I already did raved about that in some of my previous posts ( here and here )… I will definitely write a separate review on the bronzing powder and the new highlighting shades later, next year.

Until then I’ll leave your with some more pictures that I hope you’re going to enjoy as much as I enjoy this palette!

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See you soon, Beautiful!

xx, Annie

 

 

 

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My 2014 Favourite… Brands

30 Tuesday Dec 2014

Posted by Mami și Zâna in beauty, makeup, perfume, skincare

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2014 favourites, Burberry, By Terry, Charlotte Tilbury, dior, Hourglass, Maison Francis Kurkdjian, makeup, skincare, Tom Ford

To realise that I’m writing the last post I will publish on 2014 is literally overwhelming and equally exciting! My initial plan was to write the usual round up of my Annual Favourite Products post but since I wasn’t able to decide on a decent amount ( hence the flow of pictures in this post! ), it was somehow mandatory to go for a 2014 Favourite Brands instead!

As many of you might know, if you followed me for a while, I am the ultimate makeup snob with obvious tendencies of hoarding, and the brands I’m the most attracted to are mostly high end and luxury, for the most frivolous of reasons… Lovely packaging, limited edition items, scent and lastly the quality of such products which rarely fails me!

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So, I also guess it won’t come as a surprise the fact that I will open my post talking about Dior.

Dior has been THE brand of the year for me! If not for other reasons, only for the fact that I repeatedly splurged on some products which instantly became favourites! I love theirnewly reformulated nail polishes, their Christmas limited edition items are like a fairy tale… not to mention the new makeup bits they released this year – the “infamous” Star foundation, the Dior Addict Fluid Sticks, the new reforulated eye shadows…

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Those were the reasons I decided to share my Dior favourites with you in this Dior Christmas Giveaway! Have you entered yet?

DIOR CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY

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Oh! And one of the main reasons I love Dior this much it’s also a person, Peter Philips – the Creative and Image Director of Dior Makeup! The man is a makeup genius, his ideas are so innovative and compliment so well, Raf Simons’ creations! I have a few posts about his amazing work here, here and here if you’re interested in the work of this invincible duo!

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My next favourite brand had to be, of course, Tom Ford. I love their crazy expensive makeup brushes ( review here and here ) and I use them every single day; almost religiously! I also love the quality of their makeup and their entire perfume range! So to make me choose, would be definitely the hardest thing ever! Here you have some of my favourite Tom Ford lipsticks, I already wrote some reviews on ( links here, here and here ).

And thanks to my lovely friend and blogger Serene, who kindly let me know that Selfridges has a huuuuge Sale going on I finished my year in glory, obviously with another Tom Ford splurge! HAD to!

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Now let’s have a little talk about Burberry, shall we?! I love this brand; from the makeup bits, the gorgeous iconic trenches ( Santa was beyond generous this Christmas, if you know what I’m saying!? ), and the softest cashmere scarves everything about this brand screams luxury!

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Here you have a few of my beauty favourites: a stack of eyeshadows ( which doubled its amount from the time I took this picture! Uuuupps! ) and two my most used blushes this year: Tangerine and Cameo. I also love their lipsticks formula ( check some reviews here and here )… In fact, as a sneaky preview, I’m going to tell you that I will open my next blogging year precisely with a review on a gorgeous gorgeous lipstick from Burberry, which has become an obsession in a matter of minutes… So make sure you check that out!

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My best 2014 makeup discovery was without a doubt Charlotte Tilbury! I got my first product at the beginning of this year and I was hooked ever since! Her eye makeup palettes are easily comparable with my favourite Tom Ford eyeshadows, her blushes give your cheeks the most beautiful flush of colour and a subtle healthy glow, and the formula of her lipsticks, especially the matte ones, is like nothing I have tried before…

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You will definitely see more Charlotte Tilbury product reviews in the upcoming months!

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Another favourite brand this year was By Terry. I’m loving her makeup makeup products, and our “love story” went on for years now!

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But what I love the most this year were the Ombré Blackstars and the Tea to Tan, an innovative bronzer so easy to work with. It kind of made me forget about my favourite Guerlain Terracotta bronzers for a while!

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Hourglass oh, Hourglass! I’ve been wanting to try their products for such a long time but it was impossible fro me to reach them because of their shipping policy! Then I discovered the SpaceNK website, and the doors to Heaven opened for me! Here you have probably my most handsome makeup items in my entire collection and that Mood Exposure in the Ambient Lighting Blush Palette is my most used blush in the past months… Also the highlighting shade in the Ambient Lighting Powder Palette, Incandescent Light is my most used highlighter ever!

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Maison Francis Kurkdjian was my favourite House of Perfume this year. I loved everything from them from home scents like their scented candles and incense paper to Amyris, my favourite perfume of the year! It’s the most luxurious treat you can offer yourself and to your loved ones! Besides that, my search for a perfume to represent me and my personality ended once I put on Maison Francis Kurkdjian’s Oud! I am happy to admit that I now have a signature scent which is so intimate, particular and different from everything around me!

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As for my favourite skincare brand the one I enjoyed the most was Omorovicza, an amazing Hungarian brand with solutions for every skin issues! 

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Here is the most amazing lip balm I have tried lately! 

I hope you enjoyed reading about my favourites and I would love to read about yours!

Since this is my last post on 2014, and the beginning of 2015 is a only couple of hours far, I would love to thank you once more for your constant support throughout my first blogging months, for your beautiful friendship, for the lovely conversations and the inspiration I get from you everyday!

Cheers to a new amazing year together, Beautiful!

Lots of xx,

Annie

 

 

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TRENDING A/W 2014: Molten Metallics. Runway inspired look with Serene from imserenel

11 Thursday Dec 2014

Posted by Mami și Zâna in beauty, beauty makeup fashion, fashion, makeup

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Burberry, chanel, Charlotte Tilbury, dior, fotd, Giorgio Armani, guerlain, Hakuhodo, Hourglass, Make Up For Ever, MOTD, Shu Uemura, Tom Ford

Everything started with this gorgeous picture VogueUK published on their website, of the gorgeous metallic trend which took over the runways this season!

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One word shared on Twitter with my lovely and talented blogger friend Serene, from imserenel and a few tweets later a new collab was born.

Her task was to recreate the trending Molten Metallic look with affordable makeup products and I got the “ingrate” mission ( obviously not! ) to recreate the look you see in the picture using high end/luxury products.

Here is the final look and the products I used:

COMPLEXION:

was the easiest to do! A luminous, yet not glowy, not even dewey base I easily achieved thanks to my trusty Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation ( my shade is #4 ), set with a bit of Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder in Incandescent on the forehead, down the bridge of my nose, cupid bow and a bit on the chin. I did the slightest contour to sculpt my cheeks a bit more, using a bronzer – the Guerlain Terracotta 4 Seasons in #04 Sheer Brunettes blended up, towards the temples. And added a flush of the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush in Mood Exposure on the apples of my cheek. NO highlighter on the cheeks!

Then, with a clean face brush I made sure everything was well, and uniformly blended.

Base one! Next step…

EYES:

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I have to admit that the complexity of this eye look scared me and put me on the fence a bit! I’m the one for a “lazy” eye makeup! Neutral creamy base, deeper neutral in the crease for some definition and to finish, guess what?!… You’re right, another neutral on the waterline to calibrate the look!

This was a whole other story! Layers and layers of colours and a lot of blending involved…

I used colours from both Charlotte Tilbury Eyeshadow Palettes in The Dolce Vita and The Sophisticate, the Burberry Complete Eye Palette in #10 Rose and #12 Nude Blush, the Burberry Sheer Eyeshadow in #10 Antique Rose. I discreetly lined my eyes with a brown liquid liner from Dior and did nothing to my eyelashes but curling them with my Shu Uemura’s S Lash Curler.

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What do you think about the NO-mascara look the big fashion houses came up with for their runway presentations? I already blogged this trend here and here, if you want to read/see more about that!

BROWS:

Since my brows are nowhere close to the “bushy” feast that’s going on in the picture, I had to put some serious effort into making them look as close as possible to the originals.

So, to define my brows I used my new brow addiction – the Burberry Effortless Eyebrow Definer in #02 Sepia; full review here. And to warm them up a bit I went in with some MAC Wedge and Espresso.

LIPS:

THE Lips were another challenge! But check out how gloriously gorgeous they are!?! The dark, deep, burnished-red colour, with the most beautiful metallic sheen/glitter on top… Just fabulous!

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I used: the Chanel Precision Lip Liner in #03 Roux-Sienna to contour my lips and to fill them up a bit. Then I went in with my Dior Addict Fluid Stick in #975 Minuit. I might do a review on this lip combination if you want; in the meanwhile check out my post about my other gorgeous Dior Fluid Sticks, here.

And here comes the fun part… On top of that, I added two amazing Dior Diorshow Mono Wet&Dry Backstage Eyeshadows in #006 Swan, a silver-white metallic eyeshadow with pink glitter particles and #616 Sequins, a gorgeous golden eyeshadow. And since it wasn’t enough “sparkle” for how I pictured everything in my head, I also added a bit of MUFE Glitter in N4 White Violet.

TOOLS:

LOTS of blending brushes from my Hakuhodo samurai army and some of my other trusty samurai, my usual Tom Ford brushes. Plus the Shu Uemura S Lash Curler.

… Which translates into A LOT of brush cleaning to do!

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So, what do you think about the finished look? Do you like it?

Thank you once more my lovely Serene for this exciting collaboration!

See you soon, beautiful!

xx, Annie

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HOURGLASS Ambient Lighting Blush Palette – review, swatches… It’s good to have great friends that make your every wish come true!

15 Saturday Nov 2014

Posted by Mami și Zâna in beauty, makeup

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Ambient Lighting Blush Palette, blush, Hourglass, Incandescent Electra, Luminous Flush, Mood Exposure

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When I blogged the launch of this little gem ( Literally! Look how gorgeous and sparkly it is! ), back in September, I was browsing the new, updated Hourglass website for new shades to add to my shopping list! I knew for sure I wanted Mood Exposure and another one… Imagine my excitement when I saw what the Palette looked like…

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I was waiting for a palette with my favourite Ambient Lighting Blushes ever since Hourglass released the Ambient Lighting Powder Palette. The concept was so well received that I thought to myself ” no way they will pass on coming on the market with a blush palette too! “. It turned out I was anticipating correctly…

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Mood Exposure is the right colour for Autumn in my opinion! It was the first shadow I was drawn to when these blushes were released, but always found myself excuses not to buy it. I can describe it, as the majority of the bloggers did: a “soft plum”! A delicate plum combined with soft rosy hues and with subtle warm undertones peeking through ( see swatches in the picture below ). It looks more neutral and cool in the pan but applied and blended it gives my cheeks such a beautiful, natural colour with a light satin finish!

Lumious Flush on the other hand is a brighter colour! In the pan, it looks like a bright-pink coral with warm undertones. It definitely leaves a more golden-champagny-luminous finish to your skin.

Luminous Flush is a weird one. In some lights it might look pinkier almost fuchsia-like but in certain lights it can be considered a solid coral. It also depends on the undertones of your skin. On me it shows up more as pink with soft coral undertones, since I have more rosy undertones. I haven’t use it yet on someone with yellow, golden skin… Oh, how I’d love to see how it works on such beautiful skin type!

They both are in the permanent line, Mood Exposure being already on my wish list and a Luminous Flush I wasn’t even contemplating the idea of thinking I might want it! And how glad I am it came in this palette because it truly is a gorgeous colour!

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But the cherry on top has to be the Limited Edition shade, Incandescent Electra! It took me quite a while to find the right words to describe such a gorgeous colour! Just take a moment to look at it… It is a gorgeous, gorgeous blush! The colour is unique, not like anything else I have in my perennial growing makeup collection!… It’s a cool peach blush which on my pale skin looks more of a cute baby rose, so fragile and delicate, with warm undertones and a luminous finish…

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For more details on the composition of these blushes you can find in a previous review I did on my other two Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blushes I own: Ethereal Glow and Dim Infusion, and the Ambient Lighting Powder Palette.

I want to remind you though, that Hourglass products are paraben, talc, fragrance, nano-particle and gluten free.

Thank you, Gods of Makeup… and my beautiful friend Marie, who lives in England at the moment. She was sweet enough to snatch one Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush Palette for me and send it as an early birthday present! ( Wow! Birthday next month?! Already?! Getting irreversibly old, people! I AM getting old… )

See you soon, beautiful!

xx, Annie

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The starting over TAG

30 Thursday Oct 2014

Posted by Mami și Zâna in beauty, lifestyle, makeup, skincare

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Burberry, chanel, dior, Giorgio Armani, guerlain, Hakuhodo, Hourglass, Omorovicza, Oskia, Starting Over Tag, tag, Tom Ford

I was tagged at the beginning of September to do the Starting over TAG by the lovely Brianna, the girl behind the amazing Cruelty Free Me Blog. As the name of this blog suggests, Brianna is a girl passionate about beauty made with natural, organic ingredients, eco friendly and cruelty free. Cruelty Free Me is one of the blogs on this platform I enjoy reading, because when I need a good dose of “healthy” everything, she can fix me at any time.

For as much as I love the idea of this tag I completely forgot about it! It all starts with the hypothesis that all your makeup and skincare suddenly disappears – God forbid! Knock on wood! Jinx! etc. …

After the recovery from your initial heart attack, panic attack and being a human again and not a vengeance hairy beast, what would be the 16 products you would purchase?

Why 16?! I have no idea!…

So here are mine:

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1) FACE MISTS… LOAD OF face mists, starting with my beloved Omorovicza Queen of Hungary Face Mist

2) my FOREO LUNA MINI ( review coming soon ) or in the normal size. This amazing device helps you deep cleanse your skin witout irritating it. I got amazing results from it in just a matter of days, things that I can’t say about the Clarisonic which was total fail and made my skin worse.

3) moisturizer for day and night. Depending on the season the “calamity” happens, let’s say it’s autumn/winter time I will go for Oskia Nutri-active Day Cream and for nighttime I will buy the Omorovicza Rejuvenating Night Cream.

4) what I discovered to work extremely well with the Foreo Luna is the Oskia Renaissance Cleansing Gel, the best cleanser I have ever used

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5) foundation I would buy first: Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation, but that’s no surprise since you had enough of me raving about it. Definitely my holy grail foundation!

6) I like to apply this foundation with my beauty blender so I will have one of those too.

7) for eyeshadows I will go and get myself Trench, Almond and Pale Barley Sheer Eye Shadows from Burberry for a simple, everyday eye look.

8) I find that these creamy, buttery soft eye shadows are applied best with the Hakuhodo blending brushes from the J Series ( review here ) so I will definitely get me some of those.

9) my mascara will be Chanel’s Le Volume the best mascara I have ever had.

10) and the Shu Uemura S Lash Curler. I have this thing I can’t go out without curling my lashes. I’m not the biggest wearer of eyeshadow that’s why I think that curling your eye lashes adds a bit of something else to the eyes. Besides that, curling your lashes makes your eyes look more opened and awake.

11) the Guerlain Terracotta 4 Seasons Bronzer to bring some life to my usually pale skin and to go along with it my beloved.

12) Tom Ford Bronzer Brush already reviewed here.

13) my next logical purchase would be blush. And here is where I will have a real problem! I love all my blushes and I use them quite a lot! Maybe the first ones I will be will be those in the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush Palette. I think it will be a good deal! I would have multiple options! But my second purchase will definitely be my Burberry #06 Tangerine, then my Tom Ford #02 Frantic Pink.

14) on my lips I will definitely wear Dior’s Lip Maximizer as I love how plumped and delicious makes my lips look, then I will purchase a bold colour because I can’t live without wearing a bold lip.

15) I can’t go out or to work without having clean, well cured nails so I will also buy a cuticle oil and a nail polish which will probably be in a nude colour, like Dior’s #108 Muguet.

16) and raw honey, coconut oil and tea tree oil will be my last purchases. I use them for almost anything… Face masks, hair masks ( maybe I should have thrown in some hair products too, like shampoo and conditioner…), body scrubs, to clean and disinfect my brushes… Love them all!

So! Here you have my picks! What would be yours?

I will also tag some of my lovely girls/friends here on WordPress, but everyone is welcomed to join the fun and do this Tag! So Divya, Jackie, Serene, Andreea, V, and the lovely Talker Blogger.

Thank you for your constant support, beautiful !

See you in November!

xx, Annie!

 

 

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Hello, October! FOTD

02 Thursday Oct 2014

Posted by Mami și Zâna in beauty, makeup

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Autumn, Burberry, By Terry, dior, fotd, Givenchy, guerlain, Hourglass, makeup, MOTD

Hello, October!

Long time no MOTD/FOTD‘s, right Beautiful?!

But since my makeup changed with the changing of the seasons, and I also had the chance to play with some new makeup items which I simply adore at the moment, I thought why not put together a MOTD/FOTD post?!

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This is the makeup that I used almost everyday at work and sometimes even when I went out with my friends for dinner. 

And, yes, that IS a wool scarf because here is freezing cold already! 

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Base:

– Dior Diorskin Star Foundation, in #010 Ivory –  read review here

– powder By Terry Hyaluronic-Hydra Powder, review here

– bronzer Guerlain Terracotta 4 Seasons review here

– blush Burberry Light Glow #06 Tangerine – review here

– highlighter Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder Palette, shade Incandescent Light – review here

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Eyes:

– eye shadows Burberry Sheer Eye Shadow in #02 Trench all-over the lid and to define the crease #06 Almond

– Burberry Eye Definer #03 Midnight Brown to line my mobile lid and, smudged really well and in the waterline the Burberry Effortless Kohl in #03 Stone

– mascara lots of Burberry Effortless Mascara #01 Midnight Black

– eyebrows Guerlain Eyebrow Kit 4 Long-Lasting Tailor Made Shades #00 Universel

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Lips:

– Dior Universal Contour Lip Liner Pencil

– Burberry Lip Glow #09 Nude Beige most of the times, if not applied over Burberry Lip Cover #24 Romantic Rose or the Givenchy Le Rouge in #103 Brun Createur, not featured in the pictures but reviewed here. 

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I hope you enjoyed this unusually short post! Please tell me what is your go-to makeup for the colder seasons? What changed?

See you soon, Beautiful!

xx, Annie

 

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BREAKING NEWS! The HOURGLASS AMBIENT LIGHTING BLUSH PALETTE available for purchase in TWO days!

17 Wednesday Sep 2014

Posted by Mami și Zâna in beauty, makeup

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9/19, breaking news, Hourglass, Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush Palette, Hourglass release, Incandescent Electra, news, September

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My dearest Hourglass Ambient Lighting powder and blushes lovers! BIG new for us!

FINALLY! The Limited Edition Ambient Lighting Blush Palette I previously announced in this post along with a small review, WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE as an early access for Sephora VIB Rouge members ONLY starting 9/19, while stock last! So remember to stalk your Sephora website.

It will also be available for purchase on Hourglass’ website, starting 1/10.

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Here you have the official announcement, as seen on Hourglass’ Facebook page:

Your favorite Ambient Lighting Blush shades are now packaged together in a sleek compact as a limited edition palette for Holiday 2014. Early access is available on 9/19 on Sephora.com for VIB Rouge members, while stocks last, and will be available on hourglasscosmetics.com on 10/1.

Shop early access: http://bit.ly/1BKjbQq

The link above will redirect you to the Sephora website where you can order it before anyone else… if you are a Sephora VIB Rouge that is!

Happy shopping, beautiful!

See you soon!

xx, Annie

 

 

 

 

 

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Summer 2014 Favourites

30 Saturday Aug 2014

Posted by Mami și Zâna in beauty, lifestyle, makeup, perfume, skincare

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Annick Goutal, Burberry, Caudalie, dior, favourites, guerlain, Hourglass, L'Occitane, Melvita, Omorovicza, summer 2014, Uriage

For us here, in Europe, the end of August sadly marks the end of Summer. But it also means that it is time for me to talk you through all my favourite summer products – both old and new amazing discoveries.

This is how you will see my favourites – in seasonal posts. I do not like forcing a favourites post every month, just for the sake of writing something! I have lots of ideas! And the Beauty World has so much to offer!…

This being said, here you have my most loved beauty products of Summer 2014!

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My first ones are the Dior Addict Fluid Sticks which along with the Burberry Fresh Glow B.B. Cream were this year’s new releases. It was a real pleasure to be able to test them and discover them, because they are amazing! I already reviewed them ( Dior , Burberry ) so this is as much as I will tell you here!

As you may ( or may not ) know, for me the Summer of 2014 was all about bronzed, healthy and glowing skin. In fact, the whole month of July is a mini-series of related posts. So among my favourites I had to include my well-loved bronzers and highlighters: a new buy the Guerlain Terracotta Sun Celebration Bronzing Powder and Blush 30th Anniversary Edition the Star Sun Powder ( longest name ever! ) and another favourite the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder Palette, both reviewed here and here.

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My skin never felt more pampered than when I used an old favourite of mine – the Caudalie Divine Scrub. The name describes it perfectly: divine natural oils blend, divine scent, divine results after usage. Read full review here.

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During summer, my go-to fragrances change from mysterious, grown-up scents to more fresh and floral ones. Last year I was loving Chanel No 5 Eau Prèmiere, but this year was a truly amazing rediscovery: the Annick Goutal L’Eau d’Hadrien. I reviewed this one at the beginning of this month, in a oh! such a poetic post.

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My last favourites were face mists. Omorovicza, L’Occitane, Melvita, Caudalie, Uriage thermal… They are so easy to use and versatile: you can use them to moisturize your face, as a setting spray, on your beauty blender to apply your makeup, while traveling on the plane, or to refresh yourself in your car when you wait in the heat for the green light. Face mists/floral infused waters, especially Rosa Damacena infused ones, became a very important step in my skincare routine, replacing my toners – which I always find a bit drying and harsh on my sensitive complexion. More on my most used face mists, here.

These were my favourite products this summer. Which were yours?

See you in Autumn, beautiful!

xx, Annie

 

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Dior Inspired Bronzed Summer Look From Day To Night

21 Thursday Aug 2014

Posted by Mami și Zâna in beauty, makeup

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bronzed look, clarins, dior, guerlain, Hakuhodo, Hourglass, summer 2014, Tom Ford, YSL

Because it is still summer ( not for long though! ), I decided to recreate this look for you, beautiful. It is a Dior Nude inspired look, created by the amazing Peter Phillips – Creative and Image Director of Dior Makeup, for the launch of the new Dior Nude Tan Natural Radiance Bronzing Powder, re-launched a while ago.

It is also the look I went for most of the time during these past months, because it is so effortless and so summer appropriate, being fresh, bronzed with an amazing healthy glow to it!

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Makeup used to create this look:

1) Dior Nude Glow Skin-Perfecting BB Cream, in #001

2) Dior Skinflash Corrector, in #002 Ivory Glow

3) Guerlain Terracotta 4 Seasons Tailor-Made Bronzing Powder, in #03 Natural Brunettes

4) Dior Fusion Mono Long-Wear Eyeshadow, in #001 Lune and #661 Météore ( review here )

5) YSL Eye Pencil Waterproof, in #1 Black

6) Dior Diorliner Precision Eyeliner, in #798 Brun

7) Dior Diorshow New Look Mascara, in #090 Black

8) Dior Rosy Glow Healthy Glow Awakening Blush, #001 Petal ( review here )

9) Dior Universal Lipliner Pencil ( review here ) 

10) Dior Addict Lipstick, in #535 Tailleur Bar

11) Dior Vernis, in #219 Safari Beige ( my first ever blog post, hehe! )

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Brushes:

1) Tom Ford #02 Cream Foundation Brush

2) Tom Ford #03 Concealer and Eyeshadow Brush

3) Tom Ford #05 Bronzer Brush

4) Tom Ford #15 Eyeliner and Definer Brush

5) Hakuhodo J210 Blush Brush Round

6) Hakuhodo J5533 Eyeshadow Brush Tapered

7) Shu Uemura S Curler Eyelash Curler

photo 1 copy– daytime look

And to make it suitable for a night walk on the beach, or a dinner with friends on a beautiful terrace I added a bit of brown liquid liner creating a small wing – because I wanted everything to look soft yet chic, then I added my favourite Dior Addict Fluid Stick in #239 Frisson ( read the full review here ) for a bold, glossy colour on my lips and changed the classic nude of the Safari Beige for a more daring, vampy Nuit 1947 on my nails.

photo 2 copy– night look

I hope you enjoyed this post as much as I enjoyed creating it!

Thank you for reading and see you soon, Beautiful!

xx, Annie

 

 

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