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Last night I went to see Mad Max: Fury Road, and it was amazing!

It took me a while (first five minutes) to get used to sped up frames but in the end I loved it. I wholeheartedly recommend it (if you like post apocalyptic movies, that is). I won't spoil anything, but the only thing I will say is that if Furiosa gets her own spin-off movie/franchise/TV-series/anything, I will go and see it, and see it again, and buy it on blu-ray.

I loved her when i first saw the trailer, and last night I wanted to recreate this black grease markings at least a bit.

Source

As the lighting was terrible, I made myself up again this morning, and decided to pair the look with three different lip colours.

Eyes:

MAC paint pot Painterly
Lorac Pro palette - matte black eyeshadow
Catrice 010 Vanillaty Fair eyeshadow (just a dab on the middle of eyelid)
L'Oreal Gel Intenza Eyeliner 01 Pure Black
L'Oreal False lash wings mascara
Catrice Starlight expresso and a bit of black matte Lorac eyeshadow (eyebrows)

Face:

Bourjois Healthy mix serum 51 light vanilla
Eveline art scenic concealer 2in1 04 Light
Chanel Notorious
MAC The Perfect Cheek

Lips:

Powdered with Healthy mix serum
Burberry Lip Glow 25 Lavender lipgloss
L'Oreal Pure Red lipstick Laetitia mixed with a leftover Burberry lipgloss

How do you like it? :)
I had a little flashback to high school, because back then I abused black eyepencil and constantly applied to my waterline.
I didn't think this black eyeshadow all over my eye will turn out good, but I'm pretty satisfied with it.

Love,
Nic

Even though I have a pretty decent make-up stash, last Summer I felt a need for a blue eyeliner.

I googled my eyes off, and the only things I could find were frosty/shimmery/glitter liquid eyeliners, and I'm a gel eyeliner kind of girl. Only blue gel eyeliners I stumbled upon were dark blue, and I wanted cobalt blue.

Luckily, there were some photos on the Internet that showed MAC makeup artists using just the kind of eyeliner I dreamed of on a model.

I waited and waited and it turned out that it will be a part of MAC Philip Treacy collection. As soon as the collection arrived at MAC Store in Zagreb, I went in and snatched my eyeliner.

At 160kn (24$; 3g/0.10oz) MAC Fluidline Royal Wink is the most expensive gel eyeliner I own, but I didn't care, because this blue is sooo pretty.

I went home, took gazillion of photos of untouched product and tried it on my eye without any eyeshadow or base and was extremely disappointed when I saw that it sucked. My first thought was: "OMG, I paid that much money for a jar of this sheer flaking crap?! Well, but at least the colour is pretty..."

The problem with it was that it went on really sheer and when I tried to add a second layer, the brush would pull the first layer and the line would be really patchy. When I tried to rub it off, it flaked really bad and it would fell off in patches.

A few days later, I was getting ready for work and I felt like the blue eyeliner would be perfect as a finishing touch. I was so relieved once I saw that when Royal Wink is applied on top of eyeshadow base and eyeshadow, it just glides on like any other eyeliner I own, which was amazing. Next thing I need to do is to pair it with blue mascara and see if I can handle the double blue awesomeness.

MAC Fluidline Royal Wink; one layer (left and middle), two layers (right)

I instantly fell in love with it and the only regret I have now is that I didn't get another one when it was in stock, as this is really unique gel liner.

My final verdict:

MAC Royal Wink is an amazing gel liner. It may not have the perfect formula, but if applied with the right brush it will provide a perfectly crisp matte cobalt blue winged line. I'm using a really fine nail art brush that allows me to create a perfectly thin line and gives me completely control over gel liner application.

For this post I wanted to use as many MAC products as I owned, so I chose MAC paint pot Painterly as eyeshadow base, and used Catrice Starlight expresso and Vanillaty Fair eyeshadow with L'Oreal False lash wings mascara. As always, I used Catrice Starlight expresso on my eyebrows. I also used Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum 51 as my foundation and Avon concealer for under-eye area. My current blush obsession is MAC The Perfect Cheek, and this look couldn't really go without it.

I wasn't really sure if I wanted the bright red, or deep, wine red for my lips, but I felt this was a job for MAC Diva, and Ruby Woo was left for some other time.

Here are my favourite brushes that I use for on everyday basis, and that I used for this look:

Left to right: Sigma F40 (blush), Sigma F80 (foundation), Ecotools angled brush (eyebrows), MAC 217 (eyeshadow), thin nail art brush (gel liner) and essence spooley brush (eyebrows).

The final look:

I wanted to snap a pic of me actually smiling and I felt so silly. It may seem that all of these photos were snapped effortlessly: click and it's there, but just imagine me kneeling near my bed, trying to catch the best lighting possible, while looking sideways to Ikea mirror on my bed, so I can see if the camera I'm holding in my left arm is actually focusing on my face and not my shoulder or the nightstand or something else around me. And I don't even want to start on my across the street neighbours who have the front row to crazy-lady-show (that means me as the crazy lady) who is spending half an hour with camera lens three centimetres from her eyeball (and if you check my instagram in a few hours, I will post a pic on how that actually looks like for me).

Ah, woes of the beauty blogger... *dramaticNicisdramatic*

Of course, I'm intentionally overreacting :D

I really like taking photos for blog, but I seriously need to invest in some kind of lighting rig, because this daylight is just not enough.

Lets get back to the topic of this post!

Do you like non-black gel eyeliners? Or do you prefer liquid ones?

Did you get anything form MAC Philip Treacy collection?

Please, tell me in comments :)

Love,

Nic

Up until a few weeks ago, my favorite blush in the world was Illamasqua Zygomatic, a creamy perfection of a color which complimented perfectly my NC15 skintone. Alas, Zygomatc had one flaw: it was a bit comedogenic, and as I had started to have a few breakouts, I traded it for Illamasqua Naked Rose, a pinkier powder dusty rose blusher. As all obsessions go, I tried to find a perfect dupe for Zygomatic, but in powder form. I googled my eyes off, but the only blushes that got close enough were Cargo Tonga or MAC The Perfect Cheek. Cargo Tonga was almost impossible to get, but my luck changed when I got MAC The Perfect Cheek.

MAC The Perfect Cheek is neutral, dusty rose, matte blush. It's not completely matte though, like Illamasqua Naked Rose, but it has a barely-there sheen, as you can see from the photos.

It's sheer, but buildable, and I think it would compliment all the skintones equally, from lightest to darker.

The only, and sadly the biggest, flaw it has it's availability. TPC was first released in 2009, but was reintroduced in 2012 MAC Marilyn Monroe limited collection.

TPC Marilyn Monroe edition comes in sturdy black glossy cardboard box, with Marilyn's black and white photo on it.

The blusher is set in standard MAC plastic packaging, but it's not satiny-grey as it would normally be, but it is made out of glossy pure black plastic, which looks kind of cheapish, but it does not detracts from the perfection inside.

On the photo below you can see the back of the packaging and the ingredients list:

On the left you can see a light swatch, in the middle is the really heavy one, an on the right you can barely notice a really light, one brushstroke, swatch of The Perfect Cheek.

I wanted to do a side-by-side comparison of TPC and Illamasqua Zygomatic and Naked rose. These are really heavy swatches so the base color gets through. Even though Illamasqua blushers are suitably for paler skin, they really pack a punch and can be very pigmented. The Perfect Cheek is more sheer than these two and it's not as matte as Naked rose.

I also wanted to do a side-by-side comparison of light-hand swatches, so you can see the differences as if the blush is applied on the cheeks.

Now you can really see that Zygomatic has a brownish, and Naked rose a pinkish undertone, while The Perfect Cheek is the right mixture of both.

In my opinion, it would suit every face, and every makeup, and if you can somehow get it, than you must.

Unfortunately, you can only get it on eBay as it is limited edition, and there it costs up to 50$.

The second choice is Cargo Tonga, which seems the perfect dupe for TPC.

What is your perfect blush?

Do you prefer cream or powder blushers?

Love,

Nic

A week or so ago I was browsing through Emma Pickles' YouTube feed and I loved this purple eyeliner look. Some time after, I wanted to play with make-up but, since I was obsessed with blue eyeliner, wanted to do a something more navyish.

And this is how this look came to be. I'm not happy with it, the black eyeliner line is not really good and it would've looked better if it was thicker, but there's nothing I can do about it now.

I should really come up with a new photo-shoot face expression...I look silly to myself, but when I try to make a kind face with a hint of smile, it ends up being a Blue Steel. So I guess we are all stuck with a bitchyface Nic (like that is something different than IRL).

Prije nekih tjedan dana gledala sam videe Emme Pickles i ovaj look s ljubičastim eyelinerom mi se jako svidio. Malo iza, igrala sam se šminkom, ali pošto sam bila opsjednuta plavim eyelinerom, htjela sam napraviti nešto modro.

Tako je nastao ovaj look. Nisam baš sretna, trebala sam napravit bolju i deblju crtu tušem, ali što je-tu je.

Trebala bih stvarno nekako naučit radit novi izraz lica kad se slikavam. Sama sebi izgledam smiješno, ali kad pokušam napravit neki blago nasmiješeni izraz lica, na slikama ispadne kao da pokušavam rekreirat Blue Steel. Na kraju mi ipak ne preostaje ništa drugo nego bitchyface Nic (ne bi da se to puno razlikuje od mog izraza lica uživo).

Things I used:

Bourjois Healthy Mix foundation #52

Catrice Starlight expresso

Lorac eyeshadow base

Lorac Pro palette

Catrice Black Jack with Jack Black gel eyeliner

MUA Royal blue eyeliner pencil

120 eyeshadow palette

Chanel Notorious

essence Braking dawn blusher

L'Oreal Miss Manga mascara

MAC Ruby Woo

Rimmel Apocalips Big Bang

Nude lips, weird smirk

With MAC Ruby Woo

MAC Ruby Woo and Rimmel Big bang

U zadnje vrijeme, imala sam, prema mom shvaćanju, strašnih problema s tenom. Koža mi je poludila, dobila sam puno sitnih prištića koje sam naravno mooorala raskopat (nekad bi si prste zalijepila za dlanove, samo da ne mogu kopat po licu), i od svakog sitnog prištića napravila crveni krater koji se pretvori u modricu pa flekicu koja nikako ne zaraste.

Da se razumijemo, uvijek bih imala nekoliko sitnih prištića koji bi izbili u vrijeme PMSa, ali bi se i povukli nakon kratko vremena. Ovo što mi se nedavno događalo je bilo strašno, prištić do prištića po čelu i obrazima. Na svu sreću sam našla rutinu njege koja mi odgovara, tako da trenutno imam brdo flekica koje zarastaju i sporo prolaze, ali barem nema toliko novih gadosti.

Kakva god bila, ne sramim se svoje kože :) Zato sam i odlučila staviti slike prije i poslije šminke :)

Moj najdraži MAC Face&Body C1 puder je oksidirao u pretamnu boju za moj ten, tako da ga nisam previše koristila. Draga Biberlee mi je ispunila želju i uzela mi MAC Face&Body u nijansi White, koji se može naći samo u MAC Pro dućanima, a namijenjen je mućkanju s ostalim F&B nijansama. Smućkala sam si pravu nijansu i odlučila da sam previše zapostavila MAC Ruby Woo i cijeli look bazirala na neutralnim očima i Ruby :)

Prvo moja faca bez šminke, ali dobro nasaftana Green Girl serumom kojeg obožavam:

Snjeguljičasti look :)

Sve korišteno nalazi se na slici:

Totalno nepovezan post, ali ionako ne čitate tekst, nego gledate slike, zar ne? :D

Do slijedećeg puta,

Nic :*

Hello, people :)

Kao što ste mogli primjetit (ako je itko uopće primjetio :D ), propadoh u zemlju.
Zadnji post je bio prije skoro dva mjeseca, ali imam apsolutno prikladnu ispriku.
Dan nakon prošlog posta, krenula sam raditi na novom poslu koji je podosta zahtjevan, tako da nisam imala previše vremena (a ni svjetla) za blog.

Nažalost, što sam više oduživala sa slijedećim postom, to mi je bilo teže sjest, poslikat sve, obradit slike i nešto smisleno napisat, tako da se trunkicu sve ovo odužilo.
Al eto, vratih se, imam spremno materijala za barem pet postova, tako da se nadam da ćemo se češće družit :)

Za ovaj povratnički post, odlučila sam se za ljupčasti look.
U zadnje vrijeme sam totalno opsjednuta neutralnim očima i prekrasnim usnomazalicama, što je totalno drugačije od "stare" Nic, otprije godinu-dvije, koja bi na usne namackala labelo, a na kapke najkričavije boje kojih se mogla dočepat.
Smrznem se na samu pomisao da ću kroz koju godinu nosit isključivo nude "no makeup makeup" :brrrr:
Tješim se da barem nova Nic ima bolje obrve od stare.

Za ovaj look, koristila sam:

LORAC Behind the Scenes Eye Primer
Lorac sjenila iz Pro palete
Catrice Starlight expresso sjenilo u svrhu popunjavanja obrva
Clarins Be long maskaru
MAC Face&Body C1
Illamasqua Naked rose rumenilo
Chanel Notorious
Sleek Mardi gras paleta ruževa - Rio

Prvo da vam pokažem ovu krasnu paletu:

Kupila sam je ove jeseni, poslikala, pospremila i pomalo zaboravila na nju :meaculpa:
Nažalost, dosta često mi se dogodi "daleko od očiju, daleko od srca" sindrom, pospremim nešto izvan svakodnevnog vidokruga i jednostavno zaboravim koliko je krasno.

Vrijeme je da se ta nepravda ispravi :)
Rio u punom sjaju i moja contemplating-life-universe-and-everything-pogled-u-daljinu poza :D

Mislim da izgledam totalno glupo na slikama kad se smješkam, tako da ovo što ispadne sva-sam-cool izraz lica, u biti gledam u ogledalo iza fotoaparata i pokušavam skontat jesam li u fokusu, a u isto vrijeme pokušavam ne škiljit previše jer mi je žarulja doslovno 15cm od lica i bole me oči od prejarkog svjetla :D

Sad kad je moja tajna otkrivena, slijede slike :)

Nisam Rio nosila dovoljno dugo da bih mogla napisati poštenu recenziju jer mi usne ponovo imaju dermatitis party, ali ovako na prvu je dosta ugodan na usnama. Kad ga skinete maramicom, možete primjetiti da jaaaako ostavlja boju na usnama koja se mora trljat micelarnom da se skine.

Meni osobno to ne smeta i ruž mi je krasan.

Također kažu blogerice da je Rio nijansom dupe za Illamasqua ESP, ali ja sam se svog riješila malo nakon što sam napisala recenziju, tako da ne mogu prosuditi.

Toliko za povratnički post, čitamo se i dalje, nadam se.

Ako već niste odustali od mene :D

Laku noć/Dobro jutro/Dobar dan :D

Nic

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