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Black Friday Wishlist and VIB Sale Haul – Thanksgiving GRWM

November 23, 2017 No Comments

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Happy Thanksgiving! I’m getting ready for the big dinner and talking all the latest Black Friday beauty deals and my Back Friday wishlist. I’m also using my Sephora VIB sale purchases to get ready because..NEW GOODIES!

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New Year New Makeup Haul

January 15, 2017 No Comments

New year, new makeup haul! Today I’m sharing my latest makeup purchases from Christmas and Boxing Day sales. I picked up a new lens for my camera as well as going to Sephora for the first time in the US!

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Top 5 Red Lipsticks for the Holidays

December 16, 2016 2 Comments

I’m not one to wear a lot of red lipstick, EXCEPT in December. Holiday season is THE season for red lips in my opinion. In this video I show you my Top 5 Red Lipsticks for the holidays with live swatches and mini reviews for each one.

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Red Glitter Lips Tutorial

December 11, 2016 5 Comments

The holidays are upon us (yes, I like to use this phrase a lot) and red lips are a must for this season. One of the trends that has taken the internet by storm is glitter lips, introduced by Pat McGrath on the Versace runway some months ago. She even released her glitter lip kits, but you don’t have to spend $60 to achieve the look. In this tutorial I show you three ways to create red glitter lips using makeup products that are affordable and already part of your collection.

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“We are the Samples, my friends!” #1

June 20, 2016 No Comments

Welcome to a new skincare post! This time we’re talking about sample sized and single-use products that I have tried once or used for a week and my first impressions on them. The idea for this post is inspired by Fran’s series of posts “We are the Samples, my Friends” on Being Cute is Not a Crime which I find always very useful. Some of these samples are a bit older, but others I used in my trip to Italy last week and have fresh impressions to deliver.

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TAG | #LipsticksOfTheWeek: Week 19

May 15, 2016 No Comments

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Happy Sunday everyone! I hope you had a good beauty week! Mine was a crazy one in which I got married and started my new job. And that was just Monday and Tuesday! The weather was amazing and bright lipsticks were a must all week. If you’re new to the #LipsticksOfTheWeek series, check out Itsfrancifra’s introduction post (here) and all my previous ones (here).

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Holiday Italian Beauty Haul and First Impressions

January 7, 2016 No Comments

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Ah holidays and shopping, a winning couple if you ask me. Over the Christmas holidays I went to visit my family in Italy, other than eating my self to oblivion, I went a few times to shop in Sephora, Wycon and the drugstore. I had made a wish/shopping list for both skincare and makeup to start with, and went from there to pick up a few more things.

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The pinup red lip with Sephora Cream Lip Stain

October 1, 2014 10 Comments

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Good morning beauties! Those of you who know me in person have seen me go through my rockabilly/pinup phase when I had betty bangs, wore bandanas in my hair and wore red lipstick pretty much every day. Since then I moved on, but I am still a really big fan of a matte bright red lipstick and my obsession has been fueled some more when I got my hands on the Sephora Cream Lip Stain in 01 Always red.

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The Spanish Beauty Haul: Kiko, Sephora and Inglot

September 29, 2014 14 Comments

Happy Monday beauties! In my giveaway (which is still running for a few days here) I asked you what you wanted to see more of on the blog and lots of you said hauls! So here’s the damage I did while in Madrid for a work trip. Some of my favorite makeup brands are not sold in The Netherlands and I take advantage every time I can to visit the shops and pick up some goodies.

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Sephora Formula X The System: review and 7 day trial

September 1, 2014 11 Comments

Sephora Formula X The System

Good morning beauties!

Finally back to blogging after two crazy weeks! Work is ridiculous right now and the weekends are getting more and more busy but that’s the beauty of a full life! In my holidays in Italy at the end of July I went to Sephora and ended up picking up only one thing, the Sephora Formula X The System. I heard so much about this line of nail polish and of how amazing it is that I couldn’t help myself.

Sephora Formula X The System: Nail Cleanser, Base Coat and Top Coat

The Formula X line comes with a wide variety of colors and finishes, but since my nail polish drawer is overflowing, I decided to restrain myself to the 3 step System. This consists of Cleansing, Priming and Shine steps.

After removing previous nail polish and filing my nails down as usual, I swept my nails with the Cleanser solution. This is a mixture of ethyl acetate and isopropyl alcohol, which are two key ingredients in your everyday nail polish remover, but applied with a brush allow you to clean your nail more precisely. This step will make sure there is no grease on the nail bed that can prevent proper adhesion of the base coat. The next step is to prime with the base coat which has a nice easy to apply thin consistency. Two coats of color later comes the top coat, a thick gel-like formula that protects your manicure and give long lasting shine.

Sephora Formula X The System 7 day trial

To be honest I was blown away by this combo! My nails were perfect for at least 5 days and really needed to be re-done only after the seventh day. Even then, there were only a few chips on the tip of the nails of my thumb and middle finger.

A really great combination for those weeks when you don’t have time to do your nails during the week. I definitely recommend the set. You can find it at Sephora for 29,90€.

What is your go-to system to have a long lasting manicure?

xo

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