U N B O X I N G!

Hello Ladies :)

HAPPY WOMEN'S DAY!!!!

This post should have been up already last weekend but something went wrong, thank you Blogger for being a pain in the ass again.

I showed you already on my Instagram (@Irsada_lxbg) some days ago everything that was in the box I received from a dear friend from the USA and now I'll give you a closer look on everything. Just look at this package. It was HUGE and I still can't believe that my friend Kelly put all of this stuff in their. It really felt like birthday and Christmas on the same day. No, wait like 3x birthdays and Christmas! Lucky me for having such a great friend ^^

 

Just look at this! OMG It's not just a lot, it's a LOT! It also was kind of difficult to take a picture of everything together.

LORAC Eye Candy full face collection

 

They look like mini chocolate bars, very cute and great idea. The packaging is just beyond amazing. And when you open the box it smells AMAZING.

 

There are 6 little palettes, 4 eyeshadow palettes, 1 cream eye liner palette and 1 cheek & lip tint palette:

Ooh la la vanilla - nude eye shadow palette

Tantalizing cocoa - bronze eye shadow palette

Caramel love affair - golden eye shadow palette

Blackberry truffle seduction - smokey eye shadow palette

Mesmerizing dark chocolate - cream eye liner palette

Indulge in berry kisses - cheek & lip tint palette

 

While swatching them on the back of my hand, I noticed that there are 2-3 that almost don't show up, 2-3 that are intensily pigmented and the rest is quite ok.

TOO FACED Pretty Rebel

 

"Badass beauty eye shadow palette

Even pretty girls can break the rules. Be as rebel as you want to be with 10 powerful after-hours approved (and all new) shadows in the deepest jewel tones, the most vadass metallics and one scene-stealing pink" 

That's exactly what I thought when I opened it. all eyeshadows have a great pigmentation, I can't decide which color I love the most, they are all quite stunning. Girly, Jailbird, Miss Sparkles take my breath away... and I only swatched them once. This is such a great palette. And the name of it says it already, BADASS approved!!! 

ANASTASIA BEVERLY HILLS Tamanna palette

:D yeahhhhh another Anastasia eye shadow palette I can call my own.

ANASTASIA BEVERLY HILLS Maya Mia palette

 

And this baby is very welcome too. I love how my ABH collection is getting bigger and bigger. 

LORAC The Stylist

First impression, neutral colors. 

"Lorac introduces The Stylist palette, featuring a gorgeous, velvety-smooth array of 10 eye shadows plus 2 extra-large hightlighter shades. Satisfy your inner fashionista and savvy sensibility with this trendy houndstooth palette, perfect for everyday wear at an incredible value. Become your own beauty stylist with Lorac!"

SIGMA Créme de Couture

Macaron-inspired eye shadows and 3 of their blushes; blackberry essence, cherry apple & strawberry ambrosia

I think when it comes to color, there's never been a palette like this one! Ohh my... let me see what I can do with it. I swatched 3-4, they all seem to perform matte.

STILA smudge stick waterproof eye liner set

Smudge stick waterproof eye liner set/collection baguette maculage eye-liner indélébile in the colors stingray, lionfish, aubergine, navy, emerald.

TOO FACED Bonjour Soleil

"Limited edition summer bronzing wardrobe

Say bonjour to a gorgeous, golden tan with this collection of bronzing best-sellers including the matte, cocoa-powder infused cocolate soleil, the original too faced bronzer sun bunny and the luminous bronzer snow bunny."

This palette came at the right time. Spring started and summer is only around the corner :)

URBAN DECAY Face Case

Perfect for travelling or for a touch up on the run! 5 eyeshadows with UD quality, 2 blushes, 1 highlighter, 1 black eye pencil & 1 high gloss lip pencil.

Interesting, let's see...

URBAN DECAY Vice 2

 

This was already on my wishlist over a year ago but my friend told me the whole time not to buy it cuz she already did that, I just had to wait a bit more so that she could add a few more things to the box. :)

Picture turned out a bit blurry :( Sorry!

TOO FACED Chocolate Bar palette

 

And this is also one of the palettes that I couldn't wait to get my fingers on. Smells like a dream come true. Colors, never seen such colors before. Just stunning. STUNNING.

"Indulge your craving for chocolate with these 16 antioxidant-rich cocoa powder infused matte and shimmer shades, inspired by our best-selling cocoa powder based Chocolate Soleit Bronzer."

UD 24/7 glide-on double-ended eye pencil, SUGARPILL loose eyeshadow in "LUMI", THE BALM Mary-Lou manizer highlighter & NARS single eyeshadow in Persia

 

The Balm highlighter and the UD eye pencil were a surprise but the Lumi and Persia eyeshadows were a personal request of mine because I can't get them here at all and I've seen really great Youtube videos in which they were used.

Tried both already once out, they truely are great but I need to find out with wich other colors they work the best and then I'll let you know to which conclusion I came ;)

BTW I also got an Essie polish I always wanted but they never sold it here I guess... forgot to put it with the other stuff lol It's called Toggle to the top.

AND SOME MORE CHOCOLATE... REAL CHOCOLATE!

 

I'd never say no to chocolate! Chocolate is always a good idea and you can't do anything wrong when you gift it to someone.

Then I also got a cute chain with a cat pendatif on it and a rose gold handcuffs chain that looks pretty cool on.

WHAT A PACKAGE!!! I think I spend one hour or more unboxing, trying and swatching everything :D

I'm so happy over everything and I would have been as happy if I only got half of the stuff but of course I wouldn't miss a thing now that I have all this amazing stuff. It really left me spechless at the end and there are so many new eyeshadows to test but I only have 2 eyes xD hahaaaaa

It's going to be hard to beat this box! I hope this year will bring lots of new stuff on the market that I can send to my dear friend in exchange.

Next post coming in 2 days, pictures have been already taken! Stay tunned for more.

Have a nice week and enjoy the lovely weather ;)

IrSaDa

Favorites of 2014

Hiii guys,


I put all my makeup favorites of 2014 for you together!

In the beginning of 2014 I got the Lorac Pro and a bit later the Urban Decay Naked 3. If you like a lot of neutral matte to shiny shades from light to dark then I suggest you the Lorac Pro palette and if you are more into neutral pinky colors then you need to get the Naked 3.

When it comes to highlighting and contouring, I loved the Maybelline Fit Me sticks a lot, they have a few shades from very light to very dark but if you blend them good in they can be the perfect base before you apply highlight and bronzer powder. If you scroll a bit down you can see that I reviewed these Fit Me sticks and how I use them. 

I would sometimes use my Bourjouis chocolate bronzer over it and depending on how shiny I want my face to look like I would often swith from my MAC Rihanna Diamonds Frost to NYX Born to glow liquid illuminator, both are really good pigmented.

For the under eye part, in the morning when you wake up and you look like a zombie, I like to use the NARS radiant creamy concealer. This concealer is simply amazing, it works better on me than the Bourjouis healthy mix éclat & anti-fatigue correcting concealer.

And to fix, especially the under eye part, I like to use loose powder and my favorite has become the MaxFactor Ellen Betrix loose powder. I just tap my Real Techniques setting brush into it and then put some over my radiant concealer. You can't do anything wrong using those two products together ;)

In Spring I purchased the Benefit Sugarbomp blush, it's a rush flush, 4 shades that you have to swirl to get the perfect mix of pop of color on your cheeks. Like all Benefit blushes, really beautiful and all day staying!

For the eyebrows you can't find any better products than those from Anastasia Beverly Hill, they really do what they promise. I got the dip brow pomade in "Chocolate" and can't imaging life without it anymore. 

From the brows to the eyes. Gel liner. Bobbi Brown... Do I have to say more? I don't think so. Buy it! You won't deny it.

And back to Anastasia Beverly Hills.

After summer I got my hands on the ABH Amrezy palette which is absolutely georgous I think every great MUA has reviewed this palette with big excitement & loved it and so do I. MUST HAVE PALETTE!!!!

Last but not least: mascaras.

There were 3 apart from my Benefit They're real mascara, that I also loved to use.

Artdeco Wonder Lash mascara, this mascara is told to be the exaclty same as the famous Chanel mascara, whose exact I can't tell you right now. It does a really great job.

Catrice Glamour Doll volume mascara, in case you don't want to spend that much money this is a really great drugstore mascara that I'll keep buying as soon as I'm out of it.

And of course a new love that I discovered: L'Oréal Faux-Cils papillon or better known as the butterfly mascara! Really like the brush, it makes them longer and the formula isn't that clumpy.

That's it for 2014. Last chapter closed!

If you wonder why I haven't picked any foundations, it's because I practically used always the same in 2014 but since 2015 started I already tried 2 new foundations and also 2 new mascaras plus one eyebrow product that I fell in love with but that I will all tell you more specifically in another post ;)

Have a nice week

XoXo

IrSaDa

Lorac Pro Cut Crease Look!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

I wish you all the best :D

I'm excited to show you my first post of 2015, it's about my favorite look using the Lorac pro palette (1st).

Are you also as excited about what this new year will bring as I am? I hope you all had some nice holidays and are ready to restart and hopefully do it better than ever before. I have many plans for this year and I hope I can fullfill them. It was about time to start a new chapter and go for adventures.

But let's get back to the actual post and the details that might be interesting for you :)

It's a cut crease look that came to my mind when I got this georgous palette and meanwhile I've seen other AMUs on Instagram (Yes, I have Instagram and you can follow me if you want).

EYES

URBAN DECAY prime potion in Eden 

LORAC PRO Light Pink, over the whole lid and Mauve in the crease (blended out)

SEPHORA long-lasting eye liner for winged cat eyes

ESSENCE white Ahaaa eyeliner in the waterline

MARC JACOBS 30 blacquer omega lash mascara

SKIN

REVLON Photoready foundation in 004 Nude

NARS radiant creamy concealer in vanilla under the eyes

MAX FACTOR Ellen Betrix loose powder in transparent natural under the eyes (over the Nars concealer)

RIMMEL LONDON Stay Matte powder in 006 warm beige for the T zone

BENEFIT Rockateur blush

ANASTASIA BEVERLY HILLS dipbrow pomade in Chocolate for the eyebrows

LIPS

MAC Please Me lipstick

I wear this look once a week, it goes well with pretty much everything. Even great for work, when you work at a office like me. 

Stay tuned for more posts soon ;)

XoXo 

IrSaDA

Anastasia Beverly Hills - Part 2 : The Amrezy Palette

Hello Chicas,

Here comes part 2 of my Anastasia Beverly Hills post, this time I'm showing you the eyeshadow palette I bought ^^

The Amrezy palette is an eyeshadow palette with 10 shades selected by the wonderful, amazing and world known MUA Amra Olevic better known as Amrezy, and produced by ABH! If you don't know her, you definitively missed something in life, follow her Instagram account @amrezy and check out her blogger page: glamrezy.blogspot.com :D

It's a good mix of matte and shimmery neutral colors, the upper eyeshadow row are all shimmery eyeshadows and the lower eyeshadows are all matte. The range of colors is exactly the kind of range I personally often go for. It has two light colors, that could translate a bit more thought, warm colors that are stunning, and some pop of color with a purple and a green color.

The palette has a really cool leopard print cover and a mirror under the lid. It also comes with a double sided brush which I already managed to loose xD Yes, true story!

All-in-all the shades have a good pigmentation and transfer easily to a makeup brush. The formula is a bit buttery and creamy, but with very little fall-out. They apply easily and blend out flawlessly, except Deep Plum and LBD, they are a bit harder to blend.

SWATCHES

My favorite colors of this palette are Glisten, Topaz, Caramel, Morocco & Deep Plum

Vanilla could be more pigmented thought, and I'm not totally satisfied how Iridescent Purple and Emerald turn out on the lid.

This palette is 29 $, I bought mine directly from the Anastasia Beverly Hills website. International shipping is a bit expensive with 18 $ but it arrives in about 12 days. I'm so happy with this palette, I reached out for it almost every day since I got it. Big thumps and congratulations to Amrezy for this creation, great collaboration with ABH!!!

EOTD

I also created for you one of my favorite looks from this palette to give you a clue what the colors look like applied.

I already showed you how I did my eyebrows and which foundation I used on my skin in my previous post. So I primed my eyes with Clarins Instant Light Eye Perfecting Base Primer, 'TOPAZ' on the lid, 'VANILLA' on the tear duct and under my eyebrow, 'MOROCCO' in the crease and 'DEEP PLUM' under the lower lash line up to the crease and slightly blended in the crease with 'MOROCCO'.

Sephora long-lasting eye liner on the upper lash line and along half of the lower lash line, then I blended the lower line with a pointed brush out.

 

And if you prefer more a winged eyeliner look you can do what ever look you like more. To make this look even more perfect I also added a beige eyeliner on my waterline but you can also go with a white eyeliner and of course mascara, Artdeco Wonder Lash mascara..

I hope you like what I came up to with. Let me know what your thoughts are about this palette!!!

Soon more post about more Anastasia products to follow ;)

With Love,

IrSaDa

Anastasia Beverly Hills - Part 1: Dip Brow Pomade

Hello Girls,

As you recently saw I got myself the Anastasia Beverly Hills Amrezy palette and got the ABH Dip Brow Pomade in 'Chocolate' for my birthday from a dear friend. I will first review the Dip Brow Pomade for you before I pass on to the Amrezy palette. So here is part one:

My friend asked me in advance which color she should order me since she was about to place an order for herself and I decided to go with 'Chocolate', a color that is not too light and not too dark.

About the product:

• Waterproof brow color ideal for sultping, defining, and carving perfectly precise brows that won't fade;

• Smudge-free, creamy formula glides on skin and adheres to hair;

• Must-have for oily skin and himid climates. Tighten cap to prevent drying; 

• Cruelty free product.

I have read a lot about this product before and saw that a lot of MUAs I follow on social media use it. I used a lot of other eyebrow products such as eyebrow pencils, eyebrow gels and even eyeshadows to fill in but this is, by far, the best product I've used. And you only need a bit of the pomade.

Before/After

Before: no makeup at all

After: Dior Skin Nude in the shade #20 & ABH 'Chocolate' pomade

I love this pomade and I think I got the right color for me. It fills in all those little gaps and gives my brow a much needed groomed look. If applied lightly and blended well is very natural looking. It took some practice to get the hang of it but now it's part of my quick morning routine. I don't know about totally waterproof but stays on until you remove it.

 

©auraure

Just to give you a small idea of what other pomade colors exist, they do have a few more...

And if you are blond and you don't know which color to use than I suggest you to try the blonde or taupe color!!!

I will buy soon more of their products and keep you updated about them ^^

Have a nice day!!!

IrSaDa

Birthday presents!

Hellooooo,

Since my birthday was some time ago (12th August) I wanted to share my birthday gifts with you! I love presents, who doesn't? It's the only great point about getting older!

I had to wait 2-3 weeks to do this post because most of my family members and friends were having their annual holidays somewhere abroad and it's more fun when you see everything in one post.

Starting with the first gift! My mother left me some money before leaving for her holiday trip and when I was 2 days before my birthday at an outlet where they had an Swarovski store I discovered the one chain from Swarovski that I wanted ever since I entered a Swarovski store for the very first time. It was 1/4 cheaper than at the normal stores and since this was the last one left I couldn't resist buying it anymore, I just had to buy it :D The reason I didn't actually buy it before was because I have another similar necklace also by Swarovski, also with a purple heart, but smaller than this one and somehow another lighter purple than this, I received it about 3 years ago from my best friend. She bought the wrong one xD hahaaaaa She wanted to buy me this necklace below but took the wrong one. 

Some of my closest friends collected their money and bought me these unique Chanel earrings which I love very very much. They are huge and bling bling bling and I will only wear them for special occasions cuz I'm already scared to lose them.

A co worker got me these Konplott earrings with turquoise stones. They are simple and that makes them perfect for the everyday.

 

My best friend got me this year this wonderful double Stardust bracelet by Swarovski from their new collection <3 You an also wear it as a necklace. I already took some pictures that I'll show you in another post.

Another good friend got me this sheer lace t-shirt and bought me the Anastasia dip brow pomade in 'Chocolate' which I wanted to try for a very long time already. :) yaaaaaaaaay

And since I got some money from one of my aunts, I ordered myself the Anastasia Amrezy eyeshadow palette, which I will soon present you ;)

Since I kind of always by myself something for my birthday, a gift from me to me lol 

I know that's crazy!!! Like who the hell does that??? hahaahaaaa Well meeeeeeeee xD

It's something by Louis Vuittion... can you guess what? :D I'll show you soon in another post heheee

I also got some money from my aunts and other family members... which I spend way too fast.

This year I felt very spoiled but also blessed! Thank you to everyone who got me a gift or gave me some money!!!!!! And a huge thank you to my friends who joined me on a lovely evening with some nice dinner and a great time at bowling.

I love you guys :***

Sincerely,

IrSaDa