Midnight redtoned grunge

Middle of the night makeup and sink lightning, you know. It isn't real grunge until your hair hasn't been washed in a week and you put on some dark lipstick!

Face:
- The Body Shop Tea Tree Flawless BB Cream (Light)
- MAC Prep+Prime Highlighting Pen (Light Boost)
- Sleek Face Form (Light)

Eyes:
- NYX HD Eyeshadow Base
- Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette (Black Forest Truffle, Amaretto, Triple Fudge)
- The Body Shop Define & Lengthen Mascara
- Isadora Eyebrow Pencil (Dark Brown)
- Catrice Liquid Liner

Lips:
- Mac Lipstick (Media)

Monthly favorites - October 2014



After that one week of November already has passed, here's my October favorites! I have actually barely been home this week, and when I have it's already dark outside. Now I thought I couldn't wait any longer so inside artificial light it is (sorry!).
My four first favorites are all about the base. I got Real Techniques Expert Face Brush and Glam Glow Super Mud in the same haul - and they have made a big difference! First the Super Mud. I never believed the hype around this, could it really be that good and minimize pores, breakouts, spots, oil, in one treatment? Well, obviously it could. After using this and a heavy moisturiser my skin is baby soft and 75% more clear. But full size product for 449sek? Nah... I'll try some other treatments before I make that investment.
I actually already have two other Real Techniques brushes, the flat foundation brush and the blush brush. I like them both, but I think the foundation brush made my foundation a bit streaky. With the Expert face brush I have no problem with streakiness at all! I use it to really buff in my The Body hop Tea Tree Flawless BB Cream in the shade Light. I haven't been pale enough for it until now, and even though it is a light coverage BB cream it is buildable to atleast a medium coverage. I'm not a fan of the tea tree smell, but since it keeps my combination skin matte all day I can live with it. On top of the BB cream I use my MAC Prep + Prime Highlighter in Light Boost, just to cover and highlight my dark circles, this also buffed in with the Exper face brush, all to give me the perfect quick everyday base.
And talking about everyday makeup, I usually go light with my mentioned base, powder, a little bronzer, brows and mascara. To make it look like I've made an effort when doing my makeup, I apply some bright or in-season vampy lipstick. My favorites? NYX Soft Matt Lip Creams in Copenhagen and Prague. Easy to apply, long lasting, and gorgeous colours. What more to ask for? Well, maybe Copenhagen could be slightly more opaque, but when I got them for 3 dollars, I can't really complain.

And last but not least, some Youtube faves this month:

My new youtube favorite, the cute and talented Mykie of Glam & Gore with a super cool frostbitten Elsa tutorial, and the lovely Linda Hallberg with a gorgeous fall inspired eyelook.

Wishlist for christmas 2014

Why is it so satisfying to do wishlists? I don't know... Anyway, here's mine for this christmas!

  • Lime Crime Salem Velvetine
  • Too Faced Beauty Wishes & Sweet Kisses palette
  • Hourglass Ambient Lightnings Powder/Blush Palette
  • Zoeva Vegan Prime Set
  • Nars Laser Cut Palette and Virtual Domination Palette
  • Mischief license
  • Melt Lipsticks in DGAF and 6six6
  • Super Smash Bros for 3DS

(Ps. November favorites are coming, I promise!)

Chelsea smile (warning for gore)

Happy Halloween!
A little late, but I actually celebrated it a bit late too. Didn't plan on doing anything since Halloween already was, but then yesterday my boyfriend and his friend decided to go to a party so I joined them. A perfect opportunity to try my fake blood and liquid latex!

For the wound I used:- Liquid latex
- Tissue paper
- Kids Face Paint (black & red/brown)
- Blood paste

And here's me and my girl Frida as Batman! I think my subconscious made us match so well...

Autumn break in Stockholm

This friday I went to Stockholm with my boyfriend! We didn't have anything planned, except my obligatory shopping, of course. We ate some very nice food (living 30 meters away from a japanese restaurant is ideal), went to get some Pop tarts for my mom, and then the big thing: I got to see Linda Hallberg! Definitly one of my favorite makeup artists. She was so nice and her makeup was flawless as expected!

But now, on to my little haul! Atleast two a month keeps the doctor away. Or something. I could not resist Sephora when I finally had the possibility to go there, and then I couldn't resist some more stuff either as always.
So here it is! My first gorgeous NARS product - Radiant Creamy Concealer in Vanilla. Unfortunately it's too dark and too pink for me which I of course discovered when I got home, so I think I'll give this away. Chantilly seems to be the perfect shade for scandinavian pale but not scandinavian pink skin! I also went to Make Up Store to meet the amazing Linda Hallberg, and of course I couldn't resist picking up some goodies. First is the LED Lipgloss in Atomic! This has been very hyped about, and I guess you can see why! Though it is not very opaque, it is gorgeous over a dark base with its blue/green/purple shimmer! I also asked Linda about some of her favorite MUS eyeshadows, and she showed me Microshadow in Cupcake which is a dark brown with blue toned glitter. And last but not least I went to The Body Shop since I apparently had bonus checks to spend, and I got an eyeshadow brush, Tea Tree Spot treatment and their new Color Crush Nail Polish in A Grape Affair.

Here's swatches of Cupcake and Atomic. I love Atomic so much! I hope I can find an occasion to wear this soon...

Red and dead

Another halloween makeup! I apologize for the hoodie, but I wasn't able to change clothes without potentially ruining the makeup... Inspired by the talented juliannemng at Makeupsocial (who was inspired by Chrisspy and nickeilgenesis on Instagram)! Hoping to maybe get some liquid latex and fake blood so I can make more halloween looks, as I am having so much fun doing it!

What I used for this look:

Base:
- Isadora Wake Up Make Up (00 Fair)
- MAC Prep+Prime Highlighting Pen (Light Boost)
- Isadora Velvet Touch Powder (010 Translucent)
Skull part:
- Random face paint kit for children (white paint)
- 88 Eyeshadow palette (Red)
- Too Faced Chocolate Bar palette (Cherry Cordial)
Eyes: 
- NYX HD Eyeshadow Base
- Too Faced Chocolate Bar palette (Cherry Cordial)
- 88 Eyeshadow palette (Red)
- Wet N Wild Coloricon Trio in Walking on eggshells (Lid shade)
- Isadora Perfect Lipliner (31 Prime Red)
- Catrice Liquid Liner
- The Body Shop Define & Lengthen Mascara
- Isadora Eyebrow Pencil (Dark Brown)


90% accidental haul

Swatches, L-R: MUS Sea Shell, NYX Prague & Copenhagen
Last week I finally received my Cherry Culture order, which took in total more than 3 weeks! But since it was a 40% sale, I say it was worth it. Also this weekend we visited my uncle and his family, who lives only a few hundred metres away from a shopping center. And hence the accidental haul and a little to big damage to my wallet... But first things first, my Cherry Culture order. I didn't order a lot, but I ended up with two more Soft Matte Lip Creams ($6) in Prague and Copenhagen, and the HD Eyeshadow Base ($6). The lip creams are aaaamazing, feel like I'm going to wear Prague especially a lot this fall! Such a perfect berry shade, and I love wearing liquid matte lipsticks to school, so I don't need to reapply through out the day. I ordered this on the 40% sale and it only costed me about $11.

At the shopping centre it seems like get a lot but cosmetics is damn expensive in Sweden! I went to Kicks and picked up a couple of things. First the Make Up Store blush in Sea Shell (165sek), the perfect rosy/mauve shade. I've actually used this for eyeshadow aswell, as it's very pigmented. When I saw this tiny and (relatively) cheap tube of Glam Glow Super Mud (149sek), I just had to get it just to try out. I don't want to spend 500 sek on a face mask I don't like! Last and most boring is a sharpener and the Burt's Bee lipbalm which I already hate as it stings my lips like crazy. I guess it's the peppermint, should have read the packaging... I'm going back to my Nivea lip balm. Then I went to H&M since I had heard rumors about them starting to sell Real Techniques. And the rumors were true! I got so excited when I saw them, and the cashier laughed at me so much! I got the Expert Face Brush (119sek), because I'm so tired of the streakiness that comes with the normal foundation brush. I already love it!

I have a teeny The Body Shop haul coming next! Hopefully I'll have time for some more Halloween looks in the weekend also. Until next time ♡