Merry Christmas! - 100th Post, New Hair AND Makeup Tutorial!

Hello my dears! First I would like to wish you Merry Christmas/Happy Hanukkah/Happy Holidays or Happy anything that you celebrate!

I took a breath those last days and rested since I had caught a heavy cold (the charm of Romanian weather) but I wanted to make a post today. I also recorded a makeup tutorial (speed-tutorial basically) without voice over just so anyone can watch it. I also dyed my hair dark lol.

So here is my video and list of products (I know a lot of them might come from companies you don't have access to but you can always improvise with what you have like I do :) )

FACE:
Catrice "BB allround foundation" no. 020 & 030
Rimmel "Wake me up" concealer "Ivory"
Avon Eyeshadow Base (used as a corrector)
Bobbi Brow "Sheer Finish Pressed Powder" no. 07 White
Benefit "Hoola" Bronzing Powder
P2 "Powder and Blush Duo" no. 010 Beaute (from their "Beauty Stories limited edition")
MAC "Mineralize Skin Finish" in "Soft and Gentle"

EYES:
Essence "I <3 Stage" Eyeshadow Base
Maybelline "24hour Color Tattoo" no.35 On and on bronze
Maybelline "24hour Color Tattoo" no.65 Pink gold
Andriana Karembeu "The Flash" no.003 (The fuchsia pigment)
Seventeen Cosmetics "Sparkling Eye Shadow" no. 02 Rose (the rosey copper pigment)
Golden Rose "Terracotta Eyeshadow" no.107 (the berry rose color at the crease)
Leish pigment no. 73 (from ebay, the gold pigment on the inner corner of the eye)
Chanel Eyeshadow in "Premier Or" on the inner corner near tear duct
ArtDeco "Baked Eyeshadow" no.345 on lower lash line (out of the frame)
Essence "All about Nude" eyeshadow palette (cream pink color on crease and lower lash line, sparkling silver under brow and the dark burgundy on the lower lash line at outer corner)
Erre Due "Silky Eye Pencil" no.27 (the gold pencil on water line)
Erre Due "Silky Eye Pencil" no.23 (the light pink pencil on water line)
Manhattan Eyeliner 12.1 (the purple/pink pencil on lash line)
MAC "Fluidline" in Blacktrack
Rimmel "ScandalEyes Waterproof Kohl" no.001 Black (upper water line)
Kallos Love "Perfect Volumizing Mascara"

BROWS:
Maybelline "24hour Color Tattoo" no.40 Permanent Taupe

I let the lips free with lip balm!
Enjoy!

Lots of love,
xo Heliana xo

Summer (and Fall, as it seems) Shopping Mania Vol.3 and final: Various Brands

This will be the last post from my summer and early fall beauty purchases. I spent a LOT of money (shhhh don't tell) but I had a hard year (my first year at a university in another country) and I went through a LOT of stress which lead to causing me a lot of health problems throughout the year so I did deserve this shopping therapy (not that i need to have an explanation lol).

Anyway, let me show you the products -from various companies- i will not mini review them as I did at my other 2 posts because I want to make a separate normal review for a few of them. :)

1: Accessories, Camera earrings (around 2 euro)

2: Essence "Smokey Eyes" brush (1.99 euro)

3: Seventeen "Long Lasting Makeup" nr. 02 (around 8 euro)

4: Essence "Nail Color3" Left color "Walk in the park", right color "Stop for ice cream" (gift with purchases"

5 Toyoko Foundation brush (got 2 of them lol) (around 9 euro).

I am a huge lip balm junkie especially because my lips are always dry and I hate if I put a lipstick and cracks will show up on my lips, gross. So i always apply lip balm before i do my makeup.

The lip gloss of the picture is from Deborah Milano company "24 ore Euphoric Shine: nr.4 (gift with other purchace)

In the tin: Nivea Lip Butter: Vanilla & Macadamia (3 euro)

1: Balea young in "Sweet Wonderland" (around 1-2 euro)

2: Dalon Sport: Chocolate (2-3 euro)

3: Dalon Sport: Cherry ( <<)

4: Nivea's Vitamin Shake : Acai & Wild Apple

5: Alverde's Lip Balsam: Vanilla Mandarin 

I also made some swaches for the lip gloss and the balms just to see how they look like. Here is the lip gloss:

And here are the lip balm swatches (in the same order that were displaced in the previous photo):

As you can see the Balea (1) and Alverde (5) don't give any color which is nice.

Dalon's chocolate (2) has a brown color which can look weird if you apply it too much while the cherry (3) one gives a very cute pink color like you just had a popsicle and your lips got tainted :)

The Nivea (4) one has a very subtle color that you don't even observe on the lips. :)

They ALL smell gorgeous!

Last but most certainly NOT least 2 of my favorite purchases. I was very excited to get both of these items and I for sure will make separate reviews for them.

Maybelline's 24 Hour Color Tattoo: nr. 35 On and on Bronze (5 euro)

Such a pretty color!!!

Aaaaaaaand............. 

MARY-LOU MANIZER, highlighter from theBalm cosmetics (sooooooo excited to try this!!!) (around 16 euro)

Doesn't it have the cutest packaging EVER????

And swatch:

nr. 1 is more blended and nr. 2 is swatched with the finger.

So this post wraps up my HUUUUUUUGE summer haul. I am pretty sure that I forgot a few things (hihi) and I also didn't include hair and skin care products or clothing :P

Have you tried any of these products???

Take care!!!

Heliana

Avon Eyeshadow Quad - Mocha Latte

You know, you know, another Avon product review. I promise once I am done with my university exams I will do more reviews about other products as well and some tutorials :).

Ok so as the title says, today I am going to tell you my opinion about the Avon eyeshadow quad in "Mocha Latte". 

Now, i have tons and tons of eyeshadows but I always buy bright colors, pinks, shimmers etc so I was looking for something more neutral for everyday looks for the uni etc. So i thought this quad will be ideal.

And yes, the colors are super pretty, very nice, neutral, perfect for everyday looks. We have a shimmery white-pink color a shimmery gold/champagne, a matte brownish beige and a matte brown.

All of them are quite blendable, they are not the most pigmented eyeshadows in the world but are fine. You will probably need a primer to make the shimmery colors to show. What bugged me is that the matte eyeshadows are very dusty, you have to be very careful when you get product with your brush because it just brakes too much of the product and creates eyeshadow dust which means extra product waste :/. Plus you have to be carefull with that because if you don't tap the excess off, all that dust will fall out on your face, so there is a minus right there. This is the only eyeshadow quad I have tried so far from Avon and my opinion is pozitive about it. I will let you know if I try others in the future.

Here are some pictures of the product............

- Are you satisfied by the product?
- I would say yes.

- Will you repurchase it?
- Probably.

- Would you recommend it to others?
- Sure.

That's all for now, always take care and love yourselves! :*