a still from a L’Oréal mascara advert featuring Penelope Cruz

This is my interpretation of her make-up. I do not think I look like Penelope Cruz, this is merely inspired by her and her make-up. My face looks lighter than my body in this picture but this is due to the flash! And my hair looks different because I put bobby pins in my fringe to pull it back

In close-up.

Products I used for this look:

• Manhattan eyeliner pencil on upper and lower waterlines, smudged using Sigma SS209
• Black eyeshadow from the Zoeva 88 warm palette, applied and smudged with Sigma SS209
• Peach eyeshadow from the Zoeva 88 warm palette, applied to the crease with Sigma SS219 and blended with the SS239
• Applied false eyelashes from Gypsy Lashes in 94
• The Falsies Volum’ Express Mascara by Maybelinne
• Dark brown eyeshadow from the Zoeva 88 matte palette to fill in my brows with Sigma SS266 (one of my favourite brushes)

on my face I used Face & Body foundation by MAC, Hema Wet&Dry Blush and Gosh lipstick in Darling.

The lashes I used here weren’t featured in my huge lash post, I thought they would be too wispy and dramatic but they proved perfect for this look! I really love them now.

Image courtesy of Madame Madeline. Lashes provided by Madame Madeline.

This is an everyday look, ideal for work. Very understated though enhances your natural features.

Products used:
1) Face
♥ Zoeva Concealer Palette
♥ Mac Face & Body Foundation
♥ Hema Compact Pressed Powder
♥ Hema Blush Wet & Dry in 02
♥ Hema Terra Bronzing Powder in 01

2) Eyes
♥ Mac Gesso e/s
♥ Zoeva warm shimmer palette, shimmery brown e/s
♥ Manhattan eyeliner pencil
♥ Eyelash curler by Hema
♥ Maybelline the falsies mascara
♥ Brown e/s to fill in lashes

I’m so in love with this look! It’s mint green, my favourite colour and it’s got sparkles, what more does a girl want!

What I used to achieve this look:

♥ MAC Gesso eyeshadow
♥ MAC Aqua eyeshadow
♥ Zoeva 88 matte palette
♥ Metallic Eyemousse by Hema
♥ Manhattan black eyeliner
♥ Maybelline The falsies mascara
♥ Manhattan X-ACT eyeliner pencil

“Tonight I’m not taking no calls cause I’ll be dancing!”
It’s been out for a few weeks now, the new Lady Gaga video, Telephone. I’ve been madly in love with it ever since I first saw it, it’s a piece of art. Lady Gaga is my one weakness, I just love her catchy songs and her over the top wardrobe. It’s a breath of fresh air to finally see something else than skimpy booty-shaking bimbos on the telly. I hated her on her first Friday Night with Jonathan Ross appearance, she is a bit full of herself but I just can’t help dancing to her tunes.

One of the things that immediately caught my eye in the telephone video (besides the obvious) was Beyoncé’s make-up in the petrol station scene. It looks absolutely stunning!

This morning I felt like recreating it myself. One of the reasons it looks so stunning is because of Beyoncé’s chocolate brown skin, sadly I don’t have a dark skin like hers otherwise I’d have looked even better!

I added a few false lashes to dramatize the look even more, (I found them in a discount basket at Kruidvat) though they’re a bit too dramatic for a day look, I’d really love some more natural looking lashes though haven’t got the budget to spend, if anyone knows some great inexpensive lashes let me know!

I used a liquid liner pencil by Manhattan and the yellow eyeshadow in my 88 palette. A fun tip to make your colours more vibrant, try to wet your brushes first! It helps a little bit. You can also use mixing medium, I believe MAC has this but you can also make some yourself, I’d love to try it but you need cosmetic glycerine, I’ve no idea where to find some, should look around in Holland at a chemist’s maybe. I’ll let you know if I find any and if it works.

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!)

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!

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!

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: