My Valentine’s Day date night makeup 2016

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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

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…

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

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

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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!

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:

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.

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!

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!

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

Hello, October! FOTD

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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?!

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! 

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

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

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. 

  – here I am wearing Burberry‘s Romantic Rose

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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WELCOME to ANNIE’S BEAUTY… blog!

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beauty, fashion, fotd, luxury, makeup, MOTD, perfume, review, skincare, swatches, welcome

Hello everyone!

I’m Annie and I love everything beauty, makeup and fashion related!

Yeah! I know! Big surprise there!… Not!… 

Long story short… Since I’ve been following some amazing blogs I felt inspired by how creative and beautiful this can be… So today it finally happened! After a few good weeks of seriously thinking it through, and a lot encouragement from friends I’ve decided to take my chance on this huge blogging world! So – I guess – that makes me a beauty blogger now… right?!

Well… Some of you may already know me from Instagram, at least I hope so, and from my posts there I think you guessed what this blog is going to be about… To those who stopped by for the first time a big hello and thank you for being here!

But I want to tell you what to expect from my blog next. First of all I’m a woman! That means I love lipstick, skincare, shoes and bags… I’m also a creative spirit and an amateur photographer… So, by mixing all those ingredients my Instagram account was born and now this blog, which is going to be my new playground. 

What you have to expect from ANNIE’S BEAUTY… blog: mostly makeup, skincare and hair product reviews. Also other things I like and I want to share with you, as well as the random rant! Told you! I’m a woman! I DO talk a lot!

So if you are interested in all that, please like and follow me!

See you soon beautiful people!

xx, Annie