Post vacation natural sun tanned makeup

Hey Beauties!

Even though, the summer has been horrible this year, I still managed to get some sun tan on my vacation. I decided to feature my not-so-pale skin anymore with a natural makeup look that includes a lot of bronzer, highlighter and gold shades.



I started with the light gold eyeshadow all over the lid. The center of the lid, I intensified with a darker gold shade. I added golden brown shade on the outer part of the lid.


Around the bottom lash line, I repeated the same process. I added a mix of light and true gold shades in the inner corner of the eye. This time I went for a natural thin eyeliner line around the upper lashes. No wing.


In the last step, I just curled my lashes and added mascara. Very simple goldeny brown eyes.



For the face I used foundation, some concealer and then a lot of bronzer all around the outer edge of my face and on the nose, to give me that natural sun tanned look. I also added gorgeous gold based highlighter on tops of the cheeks, bridge of the nose, top of the nose and cupids bow. At the end I added a very bronzed peach blush shade on the cheeks. 

On the lips I used a sheer golden toned brown nude lipstick that brings together the golden shades of the eyes and cheeks.





Very simple look that I think is perfect for maintaining that sun tan, that you might have gained on summer vacation. I think the look looks very natural, glowy and healthy. 

What about you? Do you prefer natural fair skin or do you like more of a sun tanned look?

Chasing the last summer days

Hey Beauties!

I'm back! One week went by too fast. I spend one week on Slovenian coast (Portorož) with my boyfriend. It just doesn't feel like a summer to me, unless I go to the sea, for no matter how many days. Unfortunately, the summer has been lame this year, so a few sunny salty days were exactly what I needed.


First two days at the sea were rain, rain and sleep. We decided to go for a trip around the coastline and ended up going to see Piran and Strunjan. Piran is a beautiful old city, which you have to walk around if you're a tourist. Tourists are not allowed to go into the city with a car. The streets in Piran are very narrow and it immediately gives off a seaside vibe. We went to the church from where we had a spectacular view of the Piran. I also loved the fact that we stumbled upon a local artist, who was making a painting in his room, while the nearby tourists watched him at his work. 









Some of the first days we also stayed in the room of our pretty hotel called Mirna. I liked the style of the room, with the lighting picture on top of the bed and a very soft bed. I also liked out bathroom, which had a big shower that made me feel like I was showering under the rain. Don't know why don't we have this at home?! Probably because the whole bathroom was flooded, when I used it. I guess, there was too much water coming out. Anyway, we even slept through the day, because why not?! I blame the soft bed. 







I also decided that it would be fun to show you what makeup I took with me. My makeup was mostly the same every evening. A lot of bronzer, highlighter and eyeliner. Especially when I gained some of the sun tan, I needed bronzer to make my face match my body. The picture below is from the first days, so no tan, yet.




The sea was really cold in the beginning. Something around 21°Celsius, but later it got to 24°Celsius. I guess it was a nice temperature, because the sun was burning, so the water was a welcoming refreshment. Although, I admit I went in, swam a little and went out - too cold for me to stay in the sea for too long. We stayed on the pear and watched nearby sporty people try water sports. I have no idea what they are called. Under the pear was sand (unlike everywhere else, where it was sea grass) and the water there seemed really green. I was joking that we have Maldives under the pear. We also decided that we would do some pull ups under the pear, since we were eating a lot of good food and did no workout, besides the swimming.















One afternoon we also went to Koper, where we met one of my boyfriend's friend. We got this ice cream with toppings. I know in America they have such things and probably somewhere else too, but I've never seen this before. Of course, I had to get it. I choose one of the toppings that was apparently only for different kind of ice cream, but the girl still got me the two toppings I chose afterwards and added the one I chose firstly. Such a nice girl. She must have seen me as an overly excited puppy and couldn't say no to my big eyes :). The sunsets! Omg, aren't they just so more spectacular by the sea? I envy all of you who live by the sea. I would move there, for sure.




We also went to play mini golf, which was right across the street of our hotel. We actually went two times, because the first time it was so much fun. I loved it and wasn't all that bad, for a first timer. The second time we spiced up the rules and played with our eyes closed or watching each other, instead of the ball. Surprisingly, it went better for both of us. Weird, I know. 


It was short, but sweet. Hope you liked this kind of post ;).

Review: Bourjois 1 Seconde mascara

Hey Beauties!

Today's product did not impress me as it should. I wanted a new mascara and bought Bourjois 1 Seconde mascara, but it left me sort of cold.


The mascara has a nice silver shiny packaging with an orange writing. I chose the non waterproof version, because I never use waterproof mascaras. The shade is called Black. There's 12 ml of mascara and costs 13.99€ (but I got it for 10.49€). 


It has a rather "innovative" brush. All the companies seem to be coming out with some sort of different and new and innovative mascara brushes, but I think most of those innovations are just crap. This brush has small balls in between "regular" brush hairs, which are actually silicone hairs. I always prefer the so called plastic or silicone brushes, because I think they get nicely in between the lashes. Those balls are supposed to hug every lash and give it a volume. In my opinion they are the cause of clumpy lashes.


The hairs are in a star position if you look at the brush from upside down. There's always too much product on the brush. I wipe off almost all of it, before I apply it.


Here you can see how it looks like before and after. It makes the lashes very thick, but also very sparse or clumpy looking. I am not a fan of such look at all. I like my lashes to be separated, therefore giving my lashes an overall volume. Despite using this mascara for over two months, I still don't like it. I've come back to my trusty L'Oreal Volume Million Lashes.




I also don't understand the 1 second thing. Trust me, I've tried and you can't put on mascara in one second, nor does it give you volume in one second. I just don't like this mascara. Shame really, because I've had other Bourjois mascaras and liked most of them.

Do you have this mascara and  how do you like it?