Beauty-spotted: Coloured Mascara

I spotted this awesome picture on the website of the French Vogue...

 

I cannot believe how gorgeous this blue mascara looks on brown or hazel eyes. It's like her lashes do all the talking and her hair and face is wonderfully toned down...only a slightly rose-nude lipstick/lipbalm and a good foundation graces her face (probably some work on her brows too, but nothing too unnatural).

I entirely tracked down the purple version from my beauty drawer: it's from MakeupForever and I know purple has the ability to make green eyes stand out a bit more.

Absolute 80s revival for the ones who (slightly) remembered the coloured mascara...

Glossybox: the Dutch version

I finally jumped on the Glossybox bandwagon and received my 1st Glossybox a couple of days ago.

I knew the Dutch version isn't going to be as funky as the other countries. The Glossyboxes provide products that you should be able to purchase easily in your own country. Well, Holland is lovely and we are getting more and more cosmetic brands (hello Burberry Beauty and Philosophy) but it still isn't the UK yet.

It still has a nice content: I am particularly curious for the Babor Derma Cellular face cream: I once was in training for a beautician (yeh really, I can still do some lovely facial massages) and I know that Babor is quite the brand.

The primer is useful too and I can finally use that highly raved egg-shaped EOS lipbalm too. As for Shiseido, it is not the most original but I know the Performance cream gets some praise...

Overall, a wonderful content for the price.

Mid Weeklies

Almost forgot the mid-weekly quirkies for today...

The Fashionweeks & the makeup behind it...

Ahh, the delightful table of Dolce & Gabanna, I would love to have an extra room that has dressing tables like this (adding Burberry, NARS, Kose Addiction and some other brands to it as well).
But it is funny how the highlight is on clothes with the fashionweeks but the makeup and hair are important to set the mood as well.

I think the makeupartists really have to bring in the heavy goods for this last week, because all the models are tired, overworked and probably hungrier than ever. So I wonder what they will use to prep up their skins for the last weeks. Probably a heavy dose of SKII sheetmasks and a lot of undereye circle erasers.

I know a lot of beauty bloggers have a hidden makeupartist inside of them. However, for those that do...would you really like to work during the fashionweeks? It seems so hectic...

Oh, the Oscars were noteworthy too but I think that one will be covered all over...Especially the fact if the right leg of Miss Jolie was covered with makeup (it probably was, with some shaders and highlighers)...haha, what a weird hype, actually. Let the woman make funny poses, she probably did it on purpose anyway to break the standard posing rules.

PS: Were you inspired by the Academy Awards or the makeup at the fashionweeks?

Mid Weeklies

Quirky stuff?

1. Pastel Colours...

I like them a lot right now: perhaps the beginning of spring has to do with it...

2. Cities

I really would like to go to a city I have never been to. This one is Seoul, but I also like to go to a city such as Tokyo.

Blossom...

Nothing says Spring more than the arrival of blossom on the trees:

top left: Sombatnoi on Instagram
top right: Noonan_annie on Instagram
bottom left: Chiaradelle on Instagram
Bottom right: Sombatnoi on Instagram

Mid Weeklies

The last couple of days:

1. thinking about the romance of taking a roadtrip

I love the idea of taking a roadtrip, and I have done a couple in my life and liked them a lot. There's something romantic and utterly freedom about roadtripping, perhaps that has to do with Kerouac by writing On the Road or just the idea you can stay and go whenever you like (having fuel, money, etc, ofcourse)

2. Freedom

It's also a whimsical idea of releasing the bird from the cage. However, it should be clear that the bird is able to survive outside the cage in the wild...Some birds can, some cannot...

Cosmetically related: beauty-ful cases

Lately I have been toting around my cosmetics in the side pocket of my bag. It actually makes little sense to have a beautiful set of cosmetic products for on the road and decide to randomly tug them in the side pocket. So I am eyeing up a couple of beauty-ful cases to give my beauty-lovelies a better way of travelling

A lovely and springlike classic floral from Diane von Furstenberg:

This one is from Anya Hindmarch and is in a lovely peach with some fringy sides:

Something cute with pink poodles:

Or this one in Paisley:

Or, the one I am really lusting about (although I would store my cosmetics in another bag inside because I wouldn't dare to tarnish it's inside: Miu Miu Matelasse clutch

Anything pretty you stumbled upon lately?