So even if disaster strikes I close my eyes and then I’m next to you .

So here's the look from the other day. I dragged out the eyeliner I usually always wear just to mix it up for a change.As previously mentioned when talking about my basic makeup routine, as I don't go out with the more brighter, stronger, more colourful makeup looks I do on here, my wonderproduct is MAC eyeshadow in Charcoal Brown matte. I use it for everything. It's gorgeous in the crease of the eye. It's perfect for my colour eyebrows. It's perfection as shading! Eyeliner! Smokey eye! Blending out black smokey eye!
I can not possibly fault this one. Remember that just because it's the perfect shade for me, does not necessarily mean it is so for you. Especially on the eyebrows. However you can freehandedly go nuts with this MAC shadow on your eyes never mind your skin,- or haircolour! It's also quite a super safe choice for shading for anyone. Obviously if your skintone is on the darker side or the shadow itself you need to opt for a darker shadow. However for any skintones ligher than the shadow itself, it will work perfectly.

One mistake that people do far too easily is to use ones bronzer as shadong. NO PLEASE DON'T! Bronzer is extremely rarely the shade of a shadow in your face. It's always with an undertone which often is orange-y. Why this MAC shadow is such a safe choice is because it is the perfect shade of, well a shadow. It's a very grey-ish brown. So what one might want to do then is shade ones face with the shadow and then sweep a little bronzer over the face to get that lovely sunkissed look
Don't mix up these two!!

xx Bettina

Okay you're coverboy pretty Stamped with a beauty mark But it's such a pity a boy so pretty With an ugly heart.

My fingers were a bit ticklish and I felt so inspired for so many reasons and wanted to do so many different looks. However my lack of time made me choose just one and that was a big problem. I ended up with a full blue eye as I just read online today somewhere that one should NEVER use blue eyeshadow for blue eyes. Now have a look below and please do share your opinions on whether you agree or disagree. I just couldn't resist and had to do this !

I have to separately write a full post about this regarding what colours to use and what not to use because it just ticks me off and it's far to late for me to get into that right now. I promise a post about it though. But just in a nutshell, yes there are certain colours that brings out a certain eye-colour better than others do or just complements and harmonizes with the eyecolour better HOOOOWEVER I completely utterly strongly massively entirely disagree that a certain coloured eyeshadow simply can not be used for a certain coloured eye. Period.

As said, more on this later as I really got myself going here now. Sigh... how shall I sleep now?

 

xx Bettina

Second 'Look of the Day'.

So after training and obviously showering I needed to do something quick as I ran out of time. I will try to squeeze in some time for some more creative, BOOM - type looks ey-sap!
I choose not to do them after the little one's bedtime in the evening as the lighting by then is so poor that is such a shame to have created something amazing either technique wise, colourwise of both, and the  the lighting washes most of it out and it won't show in the pictures. I might do photography as a hobby but I don't have a studio at home I'm afraid. I don't even have studio type ligthing or any type of lighting that would be suitable for this type of photography.


As previously stated in my last post, if someone in,-and or around Helsinki fancies being made up for free, either with me having free hands over your face or you wanting something specific, give me a shout. Or just politely and quietly reach out to me though the comment box on the right hand side. Whichever you prefer. I'm loud myself so I enjoy both equally loud ones and giving my poor pretty ears a nice break with some calmer types too...

 

xx Bettina

I can't remember to forget you.

So for about a week or so I've been sporting this super sexy eye infection on my left eye. Good thing red is a good colour on me. And even better, that in case I'd feel like changing up the colour scheme for one day and not being so red, hats suits me rather well too !

Needless to say I've been going utterly and completely makeup less for the past week - "or so"..

My lips on the other hand, has gotten a few moments of pampering.... Here's a little taster on what they've been up too lately.

 

xx Bettina

FINALLY SOME QUALITY .

Yeah yeah I know a bit too much as headline perhaps but one just gets so exited when one undertsands the difference between quality and quantity. So here you go. Statement lips and naked eyes. Love this look in so many ways and on so many people. Needs the right attitude and personality to pull it off in public though!

xx Bettina

Don't lose who you are in the blur of the stars.

So I had a few of my Naked Cosmetics eyeshadows with me and hey are amazing applied wet so I decided I wanted to do an eyeliner look today. I used shade EB-03 from the Ebony Collection,- see it Here . I unfortunately enough, did not have my Mixin liquid from Make Up Store - which by the way is a MUST HaVE! I can assure you. Use the mixing liquid for your cake eyeliner or nearly any eyeshadow you can imagine (sometimes the quality and type of some solid eyeshadows don't agree with liquid) and it'll become next to waterproof and smudgeproof. It's amazing and puuuurrrfect for beach season!!
So yeah. I didn't have that one. Bummer. I went along with water. Not the greatest of ideas as the colour comes off from he lightest touch after it dries. Which I knew. But hey ho, what does one do in a desperate attempt of proving oneself wrong?  Meaning my eyelashcurler was full of the stunningly glittery green whilst left on my lid was a very dull greyish shadow of there the beautiful glimmer once had been.... I touched up on the eyeliner once I'd applied mascara but it for sure won't stay neat for long. Not even hours I'm sure.

Super too bad I didn't have my camera as this colour as an eyeliner is actually really cool!
Will redo this look with both Mixing liquid and my wonderful DSLR..

 

xx Bettina

So don't act like it's a bad thing to fall in love with me .

Ok guys so as it looks I'm gonna be back home end of this week. Where I have my camera and all my gear so even though I'm kind of breaking my blogging promise of not uploading shitty quality iPhone photos of my makes, I'm gonna go with "better this than nothing"...?


So this is today's look.

 

 Lotsalove !!

xx Bettina

There are no bad hair days. Just good hat days.

 

xx Bettina