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Feb

Ikea

by emily

On Thursday I went to Ikea with my boyfriend and my mom. I always love going to Ikea, you can find such great things for a very good price! Even when you don’t need anything you always manage to come home with lots of stuff. This time though we DID need a few things, a new coffee table for our living room at home and a table mirror for doing my make-up, and as my boyfriend’s godchild was turning 1 year we looked for a gift for her as well. Severien recently told me that Ikea have got fabrics for sewing, which I never knew about but decided to keep my eyes open for.

We found the perfect coffee table! It was on sale, only cost €19,95. Insanely cheap! Can you believe it? My boyfriend and I put it together, took us about 15 minutes, it looks very stylish I think, certainly a lot better than what we had before.

I also found the perfect mirror, it’s got a sort of bowl underneath, perfect for storing everyday routine items.

Then we bought this great set of wooden blocks for Dries’ godchild Ella. We gave her the present on her birthday party on Saturday. She instantly figured out how to fit the round piece on top of the cylinder. How clever! I think wooden toys are always a good choice, they last for ages and go down the family, and even the older kids enjoy them, Ella’s sister Marie who’s 4 years old loved them too.

When we finally got to the textile department we went bonkers! How could we never have seen this corner before? So many amazing fabrics, and one of the shop assistants told us they’ve got a ton more stuff arriving around April. Exciting news!

These are a few of the textiles I purchased, the middle one will serve for a project for my boyfriend, I’m going to try my hand at making him a wallet. My mom also bought a few different fabrics, all flashy colours of course. Very cute!

Tags: fabrics, ikea, sewing
Categories: purchases

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Feb

the next best thing

by emily

I went to Leuven on Friday to meet up with An-Sofie and Charlotte to deliver their Zoeva goodies and teach them a few make-up basics. Was really good fun! I did a black smokey eye look on An-Sofie and a blue look on Charlotte with the metallic stones palette. Afterwards we dropped by Kruidvat cause I wanted to show them some things I had talked about earlier but didn’t bring with me from home. I bought a new mascara as I desperately needed a new one and a liquid eyeliner pencil.

My word, I don’t think I’ve ever had such a good mascara! I was a bit reluctant to buy it at first, as mascara is a bit pricey but I didn’t like the one I had and it was on sale (which always pulls me over!)

falsies

It retails for €13,99 and it was now priced at €9,99, to be fair, great bargain! I don’t know how long this promotion will last so go get it now! Maybelline mascara has always been popular, I never tried the collosal edition (the same tube but in bright yellow) but that got good reviews as well. I must say I’m over the moon with this, I have always had the shortest possible lashes ever, I even know boys that’ve got longer lashes than I have *sob*. But this makes my lashes look long and thick and you can actually SEE them now! This is one of the best buys ever.

I also bought a liquid eyeliner pencil. It’s liquid eyeliner made easy!

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Manhattan eyeliner original japanese ink.

It retails for €5,35, not the cheapest out there but it’s great quality! I previously had the same liquid eyeliner pen from Essence and from Hema. Neither of those were up to satisfactory quality, from day one they felt a bit dry and weren’t really black and didn’t had the desired coverage I wanted. This does! It’s Black with a capital B and it’s got a very nice and fine tip.

I also needed a new eyeliner pencil, I have one from Manhattan called X-ACT eyeliner, which is also very good but it’s SO short I’ve sharpened it all up. They unfortunately were out of stock, will have to get to another Kruidvat soon to pick one up. They are a dream!

Tags: eyeliner, haul, kruidvat, liquid eyeliner, manhattan, mascara, maybelline
Categories: haul, purchases, review

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Feb

ZOEVA ORDER

by emily

Oh my god! Oh my god! Oh my god! THEY ARE HERE! MY PALETTES ARE HERE! I’ve been craving for these for so long, 12 days to be exact. As I mentioned a few days ago, I ordered quite a lot more than I intended to at first, but I figured, order everything I want now and have no regrets later. I’m SO not paying 11 euro shipping costs again. That’s just a bit too much for my likings. Anyway, less chattering, here are the pictures!

What I ordered:

(right click and open to view larger, this applies to all images btw)

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(you can see me giving a thumbs up, if you look carefully! haha!)

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(colours look better in this image, it’s the same as above but the wrong way round, sorry!)

From left to right and top to bottom: Metallic Stones Palette, 88 Warm Shimmer Palette, 88 Matte Palette, Rouge/Contouring Palette and Concealer Palette.

They all look amazing! The concealer palette is crazy good, gone be the hated bags under the eyes and spots! The crazy colours on the left, are for covering up tattoos in case you were wondering, the orange especially, the pinks are for dark circles and the green for red areas. The Matte Palette is more a mix of matte and shimmery colours, but that doesn’t really bother me. The possibilities are endless. The Metallic Stones is a perfect palette for party and evening looks.

And the set of 12 brushes. It includes several eyeshadow brushes, a face and cheek brush (for blush and bronzer and the likes), a foundation and concealer brush, double-sided brow brush, eyeliner and lip brush. The foundation brush is a bit wonky (you can see it in the picture, the third brush, it’s got a dimple) but I hope that will even out when I wash it. Other than that tiny error, the brushes are AMAZING, the softest I have ever felt in my life and such a dream to work with. Very dense and springy which is what you need to look for in a brush. I can really recommend this set to anyone, it’s a great starters kit, it has everything you need and you won’t be able to find better ones for such a cheap price, a mere €20.

I ordered together with a few friends to share the shipping costs, this is what they ordered:

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225 Eyeshadow Brush (this one looks SO amazing, very dense and great quality), Metallic stones palette, 88 Warm Shimmer Palette, 78 Eyeshadow/Rouge palette and a Concealer Palette. Good luck to them with their make-up, I’m sure they’ll love them to bits and a huge thanks for ordering along side me to share the shipping!

Today me and my boyfriend shared our 1 year “anniversary”, so we went for dinner together with my parents at this lovely Greek restaurant in Sint-Niklaas, called Kavala. Had a great evening, the chef was eyeing me up a bit and kept saying “mooie madaaaaam” (means pretty lady, in a funny Dutch/Greek accent) and tutting to my boyfriend on how lucky he was, very amusing though! I think he was a bit jealous my poor man. Bless him. Anyway, this is was I did for my make-up for the special occasion:

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I used the Metallic Stones Palette and a matte white eyeshadow by Mac for my tear ducts.

I can truly say I love my new palettes and brushes. You can find everything on the website of Zoeva, they have a splendid service, you can track everything from the moment they recieve your payment (paypal or regular bank transfer!) until it arrives on your doorstep, which saved me a great deal of stress and put my mind at ease.

Tags: brushes, concealer, eyeshadow, metallic stones, order, palettes, zoeva
Categories: make-up, purchases

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Jan

Buttercup bags

by emily

A while ago I was browing Severiens blog and felt very keen to get sewing again. I was taught how to sew in the first year of my secondary education, but haven’t done anything with it since. They only taught us the basics, and I don’t remember a lot of it anymore but I did remember the huge enjoyment while doing it. I went to a local fabric store a few days ago and got myself a few fabrics to get started again!

fabrics

Today and yesterday evening I finally got to it and tried my hand at Rae’s Buttercup Bag. Quite a challenging first project after such a long time not sewing but I think it was quite succesful. They’re not 100% finished, I still need to find a few magnetic snaps to finish it off and sew on my decorative buttons.

Warning: the pictures look shit. I didn’t have time to make proper ones. Sorry!

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This is one for my mom! I’m not making straps, they’re just little bags to put random stuff in. The picture is not doing it any justice, the colours are a bit washed out, they look better in real life and it looks wonky here, it’s not, I promise!

mine

and this is my bag! I’m either going to use it as a purse or as a sewing bag to put all my bits and bobs in. Probably the latter ^^

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inside detail, oh the cuteness!

Tags: buttercup bag, sewing project
Categories: miscellaneous, purchases

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Jan

Nails Gallore!

by emily

Sorry it’s been a while since I posted anything, I’ve been slacking I know! Apologies are in order, but my boyfriend’s been here for the past few days, busy busy busy

Anyway, today a friend of ours, Peggy came round with her daughter Ylana and I did both their nails! I totally forgot making pictures though! Such a same. But what I did do is do all my nails in different colours and designs to show Ylana all the possibilities.

red side

A red and pink side. Ignore the sleepy face ^^

blue side

A blue and purple side!

Tags: blue, Konad, Nails, pink, purple, red
Categories: Konad

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Jan

American Apparel

by emily

I just placed my order at Zoeva, instead of the two palettes I mentioned earlier I ordered five and a set of 12 brushes. I’m so excited! I’ll be sure to make a huge entry about it when it arrives which will hopefully be next week. Fingers crossed!

Yesterday I discovered while showing the mens briefs by American Apparel to my boyfriend (he didn’t like them, aww) that they also have a line of nail polishes! And my god are they beautiful!

They even have a mannequin nails colour in their collection! Remember my article? I still haven’t found my perfect mannequin nail polish. I think I might go for this one!

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Office – Coney Island – Cotton

As for the Belgian ladies, there is an American Apparel in Antwerp, go check it out! Bottles are €7 a piece or €17 for a pack of three colours like the image above. I’m LOVING those three and will try and get my hands on them as soon as I can. I read some reviews and the quality seems pretty good, cheap nailpolishes in pastel colours like those never show up, sometimes it looks okay in the bottle but when you put it on it’s just clear, I hate those. These aren’t like that, and for that price I’m very happy!

Don’t you just love that mint green colour on the left? It’s very similar to Chanels Jade & Macs Peppermint. Seen on the Chanel runway for 2009 ready to wear. I think it’s gonna be big in the summer and all over the magazines, Alexa Cheung the IT-girl and girlfriend of Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner and Rachel Bilson have been spotted wearing it.

I absolutely love it! Thoughts?

Tags: american apparel, mannequin nails, mint green, nail polish, white, zoeva
Categories: nailpolish

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Jan

Konadicure #4

by emily

mom

Special thanks to my mom for modelling!

We used Essence show your feet nail polish in the colour purple magic and image plate M69 and a rhinestone to finish it off.

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I did the same design a while back but the other way round.

Tags: essence, Konad, M69, purple
Categories: Konad

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Jan

Make-Up look #1

by emily

gold

Ugh, first of all apologies are in order. I tried making a tutorial video which explains this look step by step but for some reason it doesn’t work and it all failed. Then I don’t like the pictures, I don’t like the way it looks, it’s way different in real life. I’m sorry, I feel useless today. I do hope you somehow like it.

This is what I used:

♥ Mac 213 brush
♥ Christian Dior Juste Duo eyeshadow palette in 449 forét d’or golden forest
♥ Catrice Eye liner Pen
♥ Manhattan X-ACT eyeliner true black
♥ Essence waterproof mascara

Start with an eyeshadowbase. First apply gold eyeshadow in the inner corners of your eyelids, then with the same brush apply a darker colour, in this case kaki green in the outer corner of your eyes and along the crease. Apply liquid eyeliner just above your upper eyelashes and a black eyepencil in your waterline. Finish off with mascara!

It worked after all (thank god!) and here’s the video:

Tags: catrice, dior, essence, mac, make-up, manhattan, tutorial, video
Categories: make-up

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Jan

Konadicure #3

by emily

zebra

my fingers look weird as this isn’t a picture but taken with a scanner and scanners don’t like perspective.

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Konad image plate m57 and Manhattan black nailpolish.

Tags: black and white, Konad, M57, zebra
Categories: Konad

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Jan

Konadicure #2

by emily

caribbean sea

I used the Essense show your feet nailpolish in the colour Caribbean Sea. It’s very bright and flashy! Image plate M71, the baroque wallpaper design. It’s quite a busy look, I’m not sure if I like it completely.

For some reason it reminds me of Chinese style satin dresses.

Thoughts?

Tags: blue, essence, Konad, konadicure, M71
Categories: Konad

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