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Beef Stroganoff Recipe

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Hello my blogger family! I'd like to share with you one of my favorite recipes - Beef Stroganoff! I'm sure there are many ways to prepare this meal, but this is the way I like to cook it and it turns out delicious every single time! Let's get it started!      You'll need: 1 large onion (2 if small) 0.5 to 1 lb beef 4-5 mushrooms 3/4 cup of sour cream Cooking oil (I used olive oil) Salt and spices (I use ground garlic, basil, parsley and paprika)      Start off by cutting and chopping everything :). Slice the onions, cut the beef and mushrooms as shown in the picture.   Now pour a little bit of cooking oil into the pan and stir-fry beef and mushrooms. They do not need to be done, just little sautéed. You can add some spices and little bit of salt while stir frying. Once beef and mushrooms sautéed, take them out of the pan and place in the plate.   Add onions right away to the same pan where you sautéed ...

Cartoon Lips!

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Hello Beauties! Today I'd like to present to you very fun tutorial that is very easy to recreate!   This lip art can be also called animated lip art or pop art lip. But I think cartoon lips describe this lip art very well too! It is amazing how animated the lips look, huh? Let's get started!      1. Start off by applying concealer/foundation all over the lips. 2. Apply the lipliner on the lips and fill the entire lips with it. 3. Outline the shape of the lips using black eyeliner. 4. Using the same liner draw a line in between, where the lips meet. Both on upper and lower lip. 5. Using liquid eyeliner draw little strokes that would resemble little folds/wrinkles of the lips. 6. Last, but not least, using face paint (or if you have a white liquid liner, you can use that too) draw some lines that would artificially make the lips glow.   That's it! Hope you liked today's creative lip art. "Others have seen what is and asked ...

Colorful Subtle Winged Eye Makeup Tutorial

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Hello beauties! Today I would like to present another makeup tutorial, which will show you how to create soft winged colorful makeup look. You can recreate this look with any color you want and it is wearable everywhere, everyday! It is perfect for summer, fun, yet very subtle look. Let's get started! 1. Begin by priming your lids. 2. Apply white matte shadow all over the lid up to an eyebrow. Then using matte light beige color define your crease, this will accentuate natural depth of the lid by avoiding the eye/lid look pale. 3. Using angled brush and turquoise(or any other color) eyeshadow draw the outline of the thick wing above your lashline.  4. Using smaller brush start blending the line outwards, by adding some color if necessary.  5. Apply white shimmer color within the outlined wing line.  6. Spray MAC fix+ spray on your brush (you can also use eye drops instead of fix+) and using the same turquoise shadow define the line once again. ...

"The Secret" Wall Art - DIY Project

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Since I haven't written posts with DIY projects lately, I thought this week I would write one. Moreover, several weeks ago I finished my wall decor project! So, as you guessed, this post will be about creating yet another beautiful wall art piece for your house. Let's get started! I started off with 4 canvases and just 3 types of acrylic paint: black, white and grey. I wanted this wall art to be classic... in black and white... Thus, i painted all four canvases into black.  For this wall decor I picked picture of tulips as a background: two tulips connected with each others' leaves. Then I added some glowing effect and couple more paint touches. By the way, I was mixing the grey paint with a drop of black to make it darker, or with a drop of white to make it lighter, depending on what I needed. So here are steps 1-2-3 of the process.  Initially, I picked such background as the top of the painting would be empty, so I can write down inspirational quote...