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Hello :)

Prije tri mjeseca sam s jednom grupom cura sudjelovala u mega narudžbi sa Illamasqua UK stranice i dva mjeseca i pol mjeseca kasnije (da...dobro ste pročitale, dva i pol mjeseca uz krivo poslane artikle, prepakiravanje i neodgovaranje na pitanja upućena službi za korisnike...) dobila sam naručeno.

Three months ago a few girls and me decided to made a huge order from a Ilamasqua UK site and two and a half months later (yes...two and a half months it took for a package of make-up to arrive to its destination, and not without some missing products) my order was here.

Neke od stvari će imati premijeru na blogu prvog dana svibnja, a danas vam želim pokazati prekrasni Illamasqua pigment po imenu Berber.
U Berber sam se zaljubila čim sam ga vidjela, kad ga je Nihrida swatchala, a zatim i kad ga je pokazala u punom svijetlu, znala sam da je stvoren za mene. Nažalost mi je uvijek bilo malo puno izdvojiti 155kn, koliko dođe po punoj cijeni u Illamasqua dućanu. Zato kad sam vidjela da je na zimskom sniženju na UK stranici za 5 GBP, nije bilo dvojbe: 50kn i dva i pol mjeseca dalje i napokon je stigao do mene.

Some of the thingies I ordered you will see on 1st of May, and today I want to show you the beautiful Illamasqua loose pigment Berber.
I fell in love with Berber as soon I laid my eyes on it, when Nihrida swatched it, and then when she showed it in its full glory I knew it was ment to be. Unfortunately, 15.50 GBP was always just a bit too expensive for me. When I saw it was on sale for just 5 GBP, I was without a doubt: 50 HRK and two and a half months later, and it was here.

Berber dolazi u standardnom Illamasqua pakiranju, crni karton, ovaj puta prorezan kako bi se vidjela nijansa pigmenta, sadrži kvadratnu, plosnatu kutijicu punu crvenkaste divote.
Kutijica sadrži 1.3 grama proizvoda, a rok trajanja mu je 18 mjeseci od otvaranja (hau jes no, trajat će dok ga ne potrošim :D ).

Berber arrives in a standard Illamasqua packaging, black cardboard, this time with a square shaped hole to better see the color of the pigment, contains a squareish flat plastic box filled with a reddish beauty.
It contains 1.3g of product, and its expiry date is 18 months from the first opening (as if, it will last until it is all gone :D ).

Ako mu išta zamjeram, to je onda poklopac kojeg je dosta teško otvoriti ako nemate duže nokte, s obzirom da je jako gladak i nema nikakav utor koji bi pomogao pri otvaranju.

The only thing I don't like is the lid which is almost impossible to open if you don't have long nails, considering it is very smooth and it doesn't have any ridge which would be very helpful.

Kad ga napokon otvorite, dobijete ovo čisto savršenstvo, crvenkasto narančasti ciglasti prah pun zlatno zelenih šljokica.

When you manage to open it, you get this pure perfection, reddish orangeish bricky dust packed with golden-green glitter.

L: applied dry; R: applied wet

Gornji swatch mi nije baš najbolji od svih napravljenih, ali pošto je Berber jako fino mljeven, uz izuzetak šljokica, dosta se rasipa pri swatcanju i ne ostavlja dovoljno dobro pigmentiran premaz. Uz svo rasipanje po ruci, očekivala sam da će mi pola lica postat berberasto kad se pokušam našminkat s njim, ali začudo, jako se malo trusi kad ga se pažljivo nanosi kistom.

I'm not very proud with my swatch pictured above because Berber is very finely milled, with the exception of glitter, and it has much fallout during swatching and it's not very pigmented. Considering the fallout, I expected I will have a half of my face berbery when I try to do eye make up, but this wasn't the case, as it has a very little fallout when it is carefully applied with the brush.

Berber ima toliko lica da sam napravila čak tri različita looka.

Za prvi sam nanijela essence crno mat sjenilo na cijeli kapak i izblendala ga prema obrvi. Zatim sam na kapak nanijela pošteni sloj Berbera te ga izblendala preko crne podloge, radi čega je izgubio intenzitet i stopio se s podlogom.

Na obrvama je Catrice Starlight espresso sjenilo, maskara je essence I love extreme, baza je Art Deco, a ova loša crna olovka na waterlineu je e.l.f.

Slijede dvije slike istog looka s različitim osvijetljenjem.

Berber has so many different sides to it, I had to make at least three different looks for it.

For the first one I applied matte essence black eyeshadow all over my lid, and blended it towards the brow. Then I packed Berber on my lid and blended it with the black base. It lost a lot of intensity because of blending, and it merged with the black eyeshadow. On my eyebrows I had Catrice Starlight espresso eyeshadow, mascara is essence I love extreme, eyeshadow base is Art Deco, and this horrific black pencil on the waterline is e.l.f.

The two pictures below are of the same look, but under different illumination.

Dok sam se naslikavala i pokušala uhvatiti prekrasno prelijevanje Berbera na kapcima, naletila sam post Voodoo Blonde o Inglot Duralineu, koji mi čami u ladici Helmera već godinu dana. Zanimalo me kako se Duraline i Berber slažu pa sam nasaftala blazinicu Bioderma micelarnom, maknula gornji look i naduralajnala berber :)

While I was trying to take a good photo of the look above, I stumbled upon the post Voodoo Blonde made about Inglot Duraline, which was sitting in my Helmer drawer for the past year. I wondered how it would work with Berber, so I immediately took off my makeup with Bioderma sensibio, and duralined the berber :)

Na gornjoj slici nemam ništa na licu i obrvama, na kapcima je sjenilo boje kože da sakrije kapilare, maskara je essence I love extreme, a crta je napravljena Duralineom i Berberom.

On this photo above, I have nothing on my face and eyebrows, and on my eyelid I masked the capillaries with the beige eyeshadow, put on essence I love extreme and made a cat-eye with Duraline and Berber.

Dan poslije mi ponovo vrag nije dao mira te me zanimalo kakav je spoj essence mat crnog sjenila na vanjskom kutu oka i mješavine Duraline+Berber na kapku.

A day later I couldn't resist so I made another look, this time with Duraline and Berber all over my lid, and blending it out with essence matte eyeshadow.

Usuđujem se reći da su fenomenalni :D

Kao i na prvom looku, na obrvama je Catrice Starlight espresso, maskara je essence I love extreme, a tuš je Catrice Black Jack With Jack Black.

If you don't mind me say, Duraline and Berber together are amazing :D

As on the first look, I used Catrice Starlight espresso for the eyebrows, mascara is essence I love extreme and the eyeliner is Catrice Black Jack With Jack Black.

Toliko od mene o Berberu, jedva čekam da ga izvedem u javnost.

That's all from me tonight, I can't wait to wear Berber in public.

Hvala puno na čitanju.

Thank you for reading,

Nic

Hello :)

Hope you are somewhere near the sea, enjoying the sun :)

My second vacation manicure was e.l.f. Dark Navy topped with Inglot 205 flakie nail polish. Inglot flakies are a must have, you can see the whole range swatched here . I somehow managed to control myself and bought only 205 flakies. Stupid me, I should've bought all of them as they soon got sold out and now the Inglot store is closed

Inglot 205 is an amazing gold/green duochrome that shows its true potential over dark nail polish.

(sorry for the chipped ring finger, sun and sea did they best against my nails...of course, the fact this is a three-days-old manicure didn't help :D )

Greetings from Dubrovnik (ft. Hello holo) :)

I've even uploaded the video to show you the true epicness of these flakies :)

Thank you for reading,
Nic

I'll be quick for today because my hair is in the process of bleaching right now :D

essence meet me @ holographic is an epic fail. Someone should tell the people at Cosnova that weak duochrome effect is not the same as holographic effect.

Blue Ray in direct sunlight

Blue ray in shade

I could notice weak duochrome effect only in shade, which is not that cool.

Now I have to go and wash off the bleach, I hope my hair won't fall off :D

Thank you for reading,
Nic

When I find something I like, I become utterly obsessed with it.

The latest object of obsession is Rocky Horror Picture show. I can't believe it took me this long to actually watch the movie. I had it on my to-watch list forever, and I'm not ashamed to admit that Glee's "Rocky Horror Glee Show" inspired me to sit my forgetful ass on the couch and watch the musical.

First, I love Glee. It's not my usual kind of tv show I watch, but I love the singing, quirkiness, Sue Sylvester and the life lessons it teaches you. But one thing that got me hooked up to the show is Cory Monteith

Well, what can I say...I love cute, tall guys

Second, when I finally watched RCPS, it got me instantly hooked. It's been a week, and I've watched it 5 times, already. I listen to soundtrack throughout the day, and I even did a Frank-N-Furter FOTD.
I love the style, the songs, the cast, and I adore Tim Curry. He's perfect for the role.

I'm totally not weird

If you're still with me, and not unfollowing... thank you :D

Last week I picked up several new essence nail polishes, and one of them was Where's the party?. It's an olive green/purple shimmery duochrome. It has thick formula, it's pigmented and it's opaque in one layer. I used two layers, though, because it's a bit streaky and if you use thinner layers it can apply a bit uneven.

Depending how light hits your nails, it changes from green to purple. In the sun, the most times it looks purple, and only picture I managed to take to show it is with the flash.

Move to the shade and you can see the duochrome goodness :)

My favorite color combination is green/purple, so this is a perfect nail polish for me.

Do you like it? Have you raided the local drugstore for new essence stuff.
The only thing that keeps me buying the entire new line is the utter lack of money and the knowing it's their permanent line, so it should be stocked for a long time :D

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