Bare Minerals Starter Kit in Light

I finally get to write about the renown Bare Mineral starter kit. I made two videos regarding the mineral foundation...the first one is by using the foundation as the directions said (video) I found it to be great and very light on my skin. The coverage of course is not full however it is very buildable.  When I apply the foundation on it's own I tend to mix the two colors given in the kit. Unfortunately Light is too dark and Fairly Light is too pink but when I mix them it gives a great color. My favorite mineral form the kit is not so much the mineral veil but the Warmth. I have finally found a bronzer/all over glow product that is perfect for my fair skin!

This is the box in which the kit comes in...My two favorite colors, pink and black! I'm in love ;.) As you can see I added some things to the kit.

These are the wonderful brushes the Kit comes with. I had read many bad things about thee brushes but to tell you the truth I think they are great! I particularly like the shorter one for the Warmth bronzer. The big Flawless face brush is good at applying the foundation if you want a light coverage. The bristles are goat hair and they are quite soft.

These two oldies but goodies are the brushes I perfectionize my look with. The Mac 109 is perfect to build up colors and carefully buff in the product. I also use the Mac 224 for applying the color fairly light together and then the mineral veil under my eyes 

This vibrant blush color is what I use when I want to have a flush color on my check. I can't tell you enough how much I adore these Sleek brushes they are worth so much more than what you pay for them.

Finally this is a pic of everthing put together in order to achieve that perfect Bare minerals natural look. I am not too crazy about the Maybeline mascara ladies.

Final and most liked step is an all over spritz of the Caudelie mist ( or any mist you have) in order to amalgamate everything together! (Mac Patisserie Lipstick)
 This Picture was taken with Bare Minerals together with Mac Face and Body in White as a base! and voilà , just the finish I was looking for. I will make a blog post about this techinique but first you can watch the video here

My Favourite Lip Combo of the Moment

This is by far one of my favourite lip combo. It all started with the new addition; YSL lip gloss in 19, I got that for my Bday back in October. Ysl lip glosses are some of the classiest colors and divine consistancy I have ever seen and felt. When I the gloss I combined it with one of my fav nude Ysl lippies; Sensusal Silk. The only problem with the Rouge Velupté lippies is that they way too creamy and smooth! I know it kind of is a contradiction as they should be loved and indeed they are however they are so silky that they slip right off my lips after 5 minutes! In order for them to stay I have to apply a lip liner and at the moment one of my favourite lip liners are the Pupa ones especially the number 3.

As you can see from the above picture the color combo in spectacular however I should have worked in the lipstick better before applying the gloss. Of course the fact that is camera picks up every little single tiniest detail doesn't really help. Gosh!

I simply adore the YSl packaging! It's so feminine.

Saturday Makeover Madness

 This Saturday night was no regular one. My friends and I had an amazing time helping the amazing Grace Kelly film her up coming videos for her new website. We filmed three different videos for three different women belonging to three different cities. Just a little anticipation...I'm a ROMAN girl! Please stick around for her videos...editing and make up by yours trully of course. Oh another thing, filmimg and taking pictures in my living room has made realize how beautiful my house is :-) I'm very proud of my curtains as the back drop of these pictures.

Face: MUFE Mat Velvet Plus wih Benefit Coralista and Mac Harmony contour. Mac Pro longwear Concealer in NW 20
Eyes: Avon super shock gel eyeliner in Bronze and Mac Patina e/s on lid and Satin Taupe in outer crease. Chanel waterproof eyeliner in ébène. Lips: CD lip liner in earth 433 Mac lippie in Hue and YSL gloss 19

This is Amanda! I think you all know by now . Stunning as usual! Amanda and her red hair and fair complexion are the perfect colors for a  shabby chic kind of evening.

Looking gorgeous my friend...

Last but not least is MOI. After doing hair and make up I got to pose for a picture. Here I can show off my new hair color. I adore it, it's very similar to my original hair color. The earrings you see are my new creation from my Grandmothers antique gold pieces. Videos coming up. On my face I am wearing Mac Prolonwear concealer mixed with Lorac luminizer and Bare Minerals original foundation in Fairly light.

My Makeup Corner

 I finally got to film and post my updated and downsized makeup collection. I am quite content with the result. The room is colorful and ful of the things I love the most...

My brush collection is quite controlled! My favorite brushes were and still are Mac... They work fine for us regular folks ;-) lol However I must say that the Real Techniques ones have taken over.

 The gorgeous Plexiglass drawers and containers were bought at Ipercoop

 I love the prints on these Leroy Merlin drawers. In it are products I use less of...

 I tried to put all my most worn makeup on my makeup table so that I can see it and use it more often. Using up an entire single product is quite a challenge when you have so much.

 Colorful candy drawers bought a Leroy Merlin

Some new things including my first Bare Minerals Starter Kit

MY VERY FIRST BARE MNERALS STARTER KIT! I AM OVER THE MOON! I REALLY CAN'T WAIT TO TRY IT. THE REVIEWS AND TUTORIALS LOOK AMAZING. IN THE LAST 2 MONTHS I HAVENT BEEN WEARING ANY FOUNDATION...INSTEAD I'M WEARING MINERAL POWDER LIKE THE MAC MSFN /THE SHISEIDO / CHANEL MATTE LUMIèRE POWDER, I HAVE BEEN LOVING THEM ALL. I FEEL GREAT AND SO DOES MY SKIN! OF ALL  THE POWDERS THAT I HAVE WAS OF COURSE NOT ENOUGH AND LIKE EVERY MAKEUP FANATIC I HAD TO TRY THE BEST...BARE MINERALS. I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED ON MY OPINIONS

 BARE MINERALS STARTER KIT IN LIGHT

 SOME OF THE THE NEW PRODUCTS I HAVE BOUGHT IN THE LAST WEEKS...

OF THE NEW THINGS I HAVE BOUGHT , MY POSITIVE PURCHASES ARE THE DR. HAUSCHKA LIP BALM / EYE CREAM, YSL LIP GLOSS IN 19, JOHN FRIEDA MOISTUE BARRIER HAIRSRAY. THE REST I'M EITHER OK WITH OR SIMPLY DON'T LIKE IT...CHECK OUT MY VIDEO TO LEARN MORE!

Grace Kelly's Makeover

The inspiration!

The end result... Une merveille!!

The before!!! Grace has spent too much time working and not enough take care of herself!

Work in progress...

Tic tic tic toc....

And voilà!! Mademoiselle Grace is back to her original state ;-)

Some fun with my BFF Amanda

I gave Grace a modern bob many layers so that she can blow dry it on her own and a more natural warm color with some highlights showing through.

Aperitif anyone?

I took a peek into Grace's makeup kit and to my surprise she had some of the best products on the market! I used Lancome teint miracle a her foundation, benefit earase paste for concealer. On the cheeck some Nars illuminator(the dark one) And orgasm blush. On her fabulous eyes I used the Urban Decay naked Palette! It was my first time using it! And finally finally lips the YSL rouge velupté in 2

Me and the City girl!

I think this picture sums it all! She is ready for Paris !!!

Some new stuff!!