Beautify and Creatify

Hello, my beautiful readers! Today I am back with pretty holiday look pictorial incorporating gold and shimmery turquoise shades. I used all Motives Cosmetics to create the eye makeup look and Anastasia Beverly Hills Products on my brows. 

When I first started building my professional makeup kit, the most important criteria for my makeup purchases were quality and affordability. One of my very first purchases was BH cosmetics 120 color palette of 2nd edition. I got this palette, because it had variety of colors, as well as some neutral and earth tone shades. Moreover, it was very affordable. My first impression of the eyeshadow colors was their great pigmentation and easy application. However, looking at some colors, like vivid yellow or bright orange, I had no idea what they could be used for. I would always think that bright colors would make one look ridiculous. I was so wrong. I started practicing my editorial makeup looks using bright shades from the palette, so I would not use up the ones that I use on my subtle everyday looks. However, while exploring the world of colors I was amazed by how the harmony of few shades can bring the makeup to totally another level. I started looking for inspiration in the n...

Hello my beautiful readers! I am back today with another review and pretty look that you could wear to a special occasion. If you follow me on Instagram, you might already know that Tarte Cosmetics were so kind to send me their products for the review. Everything pictured above was selected according to my skin tone/type and preferences, and today I will be reviewing all of them. These are the very first Tarte products in my makeup collection and I was so excited to receive them! The first thing that caught my attention was packaging: it is so unique, cool and beautiful. I also loved that Tarte products are all natural, vegan friendly and cruelty free. All of their products formulated without parabens, mineral oil, gluten and many other chemicals that are hard to write and pronunciate. I went right into swatching and creating looks.  I created the following cut crease look with a twist and I added some rhinestones to make it look more glamorous.  Let's start...

Hello, my beautiful readers! Today I want to share with you this classic makeup look that I created a while ago. Unfortunately I don't have a pictorial of the process of creation, but I'll describe the steps for you, so you can recreate it by yourself. This makeup look is called differently: pin up look, rockabilly, Merilyn Monroe's look and etc. However, for me this will always be a classic winged liner and perfect red lip combination.  Let's get started! 1. Make sure that your brows are filled in accurately and tweezed/groomed nicely.  2. Once the eyelids are primed, apply matte white shade all over the lid. 3.  Now using small pencil brush apply matte dark brown shade on the crease line.  4. Using lighter brown shade, blend the dark brown crease line upwards, towards the browbone area.  5. Highlight the brow bone area, apply white eyeliner on the waterline and draw a cat eye winged liner on the lash line using liquid liner.  6....

Is applying winged eyeliner shape is always a struggle for you? Don't worry, with practice you'll nail this technique in no time! Today I want to share with you some tips and tricks that can make the eyeliner application process so much easier for you. Let's get started!   1. Line something straight (handle of the brush, credit card or ruler) along with the outer half of your lower lash line. Basically, place the straight object parallel to the waterline of the eye. This way you will get the angle of the wing on both eyes the same.  2. Now, holding a brush/ruler place a dot on the point where you want your wing to end. You can also add some more dots towards the outer corner of the eye to create a trace of the wing.  3. Connect the dots. Do the same on the other eye, so you can make sure you've got the same/similar wings on both eyes. 4. Line the upper lash line of the eye. Make...

 Hello, Beauties! I am sorry for being MIA last month here on the blogger. It was a very busy month for me. However, I always kept up posting different looks on other social media, such as facebook and Instagram. So, if you are not already, make sure follow me and get different makeup ideas, beauty tips and more! I decided to share some of my favorite looks I've done before with you all. Some of them, like this one today, was taken with my Iphone camera. I think the quality is good enough to post it here.   The look that I want to share with you today is created using earth toned colors and a touch of green. It is perfect for special occasion or night out. Let's get started!   1. Prime the lids. As I always write, this step is very important to keep your makeup in place. 2. Draw an extended wing as a V shape in the outer corner of the upper lid using black eyeliner pencil. 3. Smudge the liner with the use of little black shadow if needed. Use a smudgi...

Hello, dear blog readers! Today I would like to present to you this awesome recipe of a salad/side dish that is named fish under the coat or fish under the fur coat. Let's go ahead and get it started! You'll need (for one small to medium plate of the salad): 1 can of any fish in the oil (I used sprouts, but sardines work just as well) 2 boiled potatoes 4 boiled medium sized carrots 1/4 onion 2 beetroots boiled 2 hard boiled eggs 6-8 tablespoons of mayonnaise Some salt Grater 1. Mash the fish on the plate with the fork 2. This step is optional. If you don't like onions, you can skip this step. Grate the onions on smaller grate side and drain the juice out. Mix the grated part of the onion with the fish.  3. Spread 1/2 of the fish on the plate with a thin layer, so it barely covers the bottom. 4. Grate 2 carrots and spread over the fish. 5. Spread 1-2 tbsp of mayonnaise over the carrots. 6. Grate 1 of potatoes and spread over the mayonnaise. Sprink...

Hello, my beautiful blog readers!!!  Today I'd like to present to you something extraordinary and experimental, that I've tried to do last week - Doll Makeup Transformation. I just wanted to share with you how makeup can change one's appearance and make them look so fictional. I decided to show you how you can recreate this look, so that if you might decide to transform yourself into a doll this Halloween, you'll have a reference :). I apologize for poorer quality pictorial photo, since it was taken using my phone. So, let's get started! 1. After priming the eye lids, using eyeliner pencil extend the eye shape by drawing a line along the upper lash line, bringing it outwards and then connecting with the lower lid, as shown above. 2. Fill in the space with drawn extended eye with white eyeliner or white eyeshadow. 3. Now, imagining the drawn extension as an eye shape, draw a cut crease line on crease all the way above extended lash line. 4. Ap...

Hello, Beauties! As I promised in my post "Four Different Ways to Shape and Fill in Eyebrows" , today I'll be talking broadly about tips and tricks of perfectly shaped and filled brows. Eyebrows are frames of the face. I cannot stretch enough how correctly shaped eyebrows can accentuate your beauty and make your face features stand out. As I mentioned in my previous post (link is above), today I will be expanding the topic of initial shaping of the brows. Let's begin! There are many ways to shape the brows by plucking, waxing, threading or bleaching. I've written before that it is the best if you can follow the natural shape of your brows as much as possible. However, everyone has different brows: some very thin, some very thick, some nicely shaped and some with undefined shape. If you happen to be the latter one, here is a helpful chart I found online, that shows what eyebrow shape you should aim for according to your face shape. Image from Google Once ...

Hello my beautiful readers! Today I'd like to show you how to recreate the following subtle and soft purple and pink smokey look. This is one of my favorite makeup looks, since it is colorful, yet so subtle. You can combine this look with soft pink lipstick or lip gloss. Let's get started!      1. Start by priming your lids. I never get tired of emphasizing how important this step is, especially when you want to create smokey effect. Priming helps blend the colors better, as well as increasing longevity of shadows. 2. Apply shimmery white shade in the inner corner of the eye, bringing towards 1/3 of both upper and lower lids. 3. Apply rosy pink on the remaining 2/3 of the lid. For both steps 2 and 3 you can use eyeshadow brushes. 4. Using small angled brush apply black eyeshadow on the outer 2/3 of lower lid and bring the color upwards along the crease, over the pink shade. 5. Apply purple shadow over the black trace and using blending brush ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...