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Good evening, everyone :)

It's nice to write in English, for a change :)
Tonight I was looking through my old Halloween looks, as I wasn't planning to do one for this year, and I linked them to my facebook page.
Considering my love for Harley Quinn, it comes as no surprise I did two make up looks, and one manicure in her flagship colors, black and red.
You can find the animated series Harley here, Arkham Asylum Harley here, and manicure here.
I can't really say I'm too proud with these looks, but please keep in mind that the animated series Harley was done two years ago :D

Pošto nisam imala namjeru ove godine radit look za Noć vještica, prolazila sam kroz svoje stare postove i linkala ih na facebook stranicu bloga.
Ako uzmete u obzir koliko volim Harley Quinn, nije čudno da sam napravila dva make up looka i manikuru posvećenu njoj.
Harley iz Batman animirane serije možete naći ovdje, Arkham Asylum Harley ovdje, a manikuru ovdje.

Nisam baš nešto prezadovoljna tim lookovima, ali uzmite u obzir da animirana Harley potječe iz 2011te :D

If you are interested in Halloween looks, and love Doctor Who, prepare not to blink and go here, for some Weeping Angel action :D

Ako vas zanimaju lookovi za Noć vještica, a volite seriju Doctor Who, onda je ovaj post za vas :)

Now I'm done with attention whoring my old posts, I'm going to show you the latest eotd.
This one was not supposed to be a Halloween look, I just wanted to do a quick and simple look for the post about Inglot red gel liner...well, look how that turned out :D

Sad kad sam gotova s atenšn whoranjem svojih starih postova, pokazat ću vam zadnji uradak.
Ovaj nije trebao biti Halloween look, već očna šminka koja je trebala biti dio posta o Inglot crvenom gel lineru...nije mi uspjelo :D

I used:

MAC paint pot in Painterly
black eyeshadow - Black; Lorac pro palette
red eyeshadow - Love+; Sugarpill Burning heart palette
Catrice Black Jack with Jack Black gel eyeliner
Inglot AMC eyeliner gel matte #79
essence I love extreme mascara
Eveline Celebrities liquid eyeliner
Catrice Starlight Expresso eyeshadow for the eyebrows

I'm not as happy with this one as I thought I would be, because when I took macro photos of my eye, I saw that the lines are not as precise as I've previously thought.
Well, I guess it's not very wise to attempt this kind of make up not very well rested, and with an eye that just won't stop twitching :/
Nevermind, practice makes perfect :)
I can't wait for the next time I get to play with these eyeliners :)

Nisam baš prezadovoljna rezultatom jer kad sam slikala oko uz macro opciju, pokazalo se da mi linije nisu toliko precizne kako je izgledalo u ogledalu :/
Vjerujem da nije baš najpametnije radit ovakve lookove kad sam jako umorna i kad mi oko koje šminkam stalno trza :D
Nema veze, vježbom do savršenstva :)
Jedva čekam slijedeći put kad ću se šminkat, zabavno se igrat tuševima za oči :)

And the last one, this is what you get when you are a pro at retouching photos aka moving sliders left and right without really knowing how it will turn out :D

Za kraj, ovo dobijete kad ste totalni profesionalac u retuširanju slika, tj. kad samo klikate mišem bez veze po programu za obradu slika, bez da znate što koji parametar radi :D

It's so cheesy, but it looks cool, so I decided to upload it here :D

That's it for tonight, I'm off to wash this thing off my eye (yup, I did only one eye), and go to sleep, I think my Red Bull is wearing off...

Totalno je glupo, ali izgleda cool pa sam ipak uploadala sliku :D
To je sve za večeras, idem ovo oprat s oka i u krevet.

Sweet dreams :*

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 :)

Long time, no siege :D

Prošla su i ta dva tjedna, a mene evo nazad. New and improved Nic, koja će težiti objavi barem dva posta tjedno, jer imam toliko krasota koje želim podijeliti sa svijetom, a nikako da to i učinim.

Mali problem je što mi inspiracija za postove dolazi kad radim neke random stvari, npr. kad hodam gradom ili kad se tuširam. Možda da kupim diktafon? :D

Danas je na tapeti jedna krasota koja čeka red već skoro dva mjeseca, ljepota koju sam dobila na Kryolanovom RED ALERT eventu :)

The two weeks (and some more) are gone, and here I am, at last. new and improved Nic, who will strive to publish at least two blogposts per week, because I have so many beautiful things I want to share with the world, and so little time.
The problem is, inspiration hits meat the most inconvenient times, when I'm taking a walk or when I'm in the shower. Maybe I should buy a dictaphone? :D

Today I want to show you one beauty that's been waiting its turn since February, a little present I got at the Kryolan RED ALERT blogger event.

Bilo je super i baš cool družit se s kolegicama blogericama u "radnom" okruženju. Vjerujem da ste pročitale sve o tom eventu na drugim blogovima čije su vlasnice ažurnije i imaju malo veći osjećaj dužnosti i aktualnosti od little ol' me, tako da vas neću gnjavit s opisima kako nam je bilo divno, kako smo se zezale i uvalile prste u apsolutno sve što su nam krasne cure iz Kryolana donijele u showroom.
Molim lijepo da kliknete na ovaj link koji će vas odvesti na album na facebok pageu bloga. S obzirom da mi je aparat otkazao poslušnost i bila sam osuđena na slikavanje mobitelom u poluosvjetljenom prostoru te takve slike ne želim stavit na blog.

It was very great and cool hanging out with my blogger colleagues, in the "working" environment. I believe you already found out everything there is to know about the event from their blogs, so I won't bore you with descriptions of how awesome it was.
Now I urge you to go to this link that will take you to the photo album on the Facebook page of my blog, that contains photos from this event. Considering my camera didn't want to cooperate, I had to take photos with my Iphone in the poorly lit space, and those photos I don't want on my blog.

Daklem...

Kryolan LCP650 je ruž za kojeg u Kryolanu kažu da je najsavršeniji crveni ruž na svijetu, nijansa koja pristaje svim podtonovima i njihova najprodavanija nijansa.

Nažalost nisam bila u stanju isprobati ga na usnama te ne mogu pričati o trajnosti, ali zato ću vam pokušat dočarat nijansu.

Sooo...
At Kryolan, they say that LCP650 is the most perfect red lipstick in the world, a shade of red that suits everyone, no matter the undertone, and it's their bestseller.
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to test it on my lips, so I can't describe how durable it is, but I'll try to show you it's shade.

Kryolanovi ruževi dolaze u srebrnoj plastičnoj kutijici te sadrže 4 grama. Rok upotrebe je 24 mjeseca od otvaranja, a napravljeni su u Njemačkoj. Kryolan nije baš maštovit u davanju imena svojim proizvodima, tako da je ova ljepota nazvana LCP650. Nećemo im to uzet za zlo jer ni Seven of Nine nema baš inovativno ime, pa je svejedno prekrasna.

Kryolan lipsticks are packed in silvery plastic container and their weight is 4g. Their expiry date is 24 months from the day of opening, and they are made in Germany. Kryolan is not the most imaginative brand when it comes to names, so this beauty is called LCP650. I don't really mind, because Seven of nine doesn't have a very innovative name, and she is beautiful, nonetheless.

Kryolan se ponosi činjenicom da svu pozornost usmjeravaju na sadržaj i kvalitetu, a ne formu, tako da možete biti sigurni da se u sterilnom, uniformnom pakiranju nalazi kvaliteta u koju se veoma isplati uložiti, pogotovo ako ste profesionalni vizažist.

Uz cijenu od 75kn, grijeh je novce bacati na loreale i maksfaktore :mudri:

LCP650 je crvena koja vuče više na toplo nego na hladno. Većina kaže da je neutralna, ali ja baratam samo toplo/hladno relacijama, nisam još svladala neutralne :D

Kryolan is proud by the fact they are paying all of their attention to the content and quality, and not to the form, so you can rest assured that the sterile, uniform packaging contains a very high quality product worth your money, especially if you are a pro MUA.
With the price of 10 EUR, it is really a shame to throw your money to loreals and maxfactors.

LCP650 is a red that is more warm than cool. Most people say it's a true neutral, but I'm stupid for neutrals so I stick to the warm/cool :D

Tekstura ovog ruža je bogata i kremasta, lagano se nanosi i već nakon jednog poteza ostavlja krasno pigmentirani premaz. Osobno ga nisam istestirala na usnama (glupi zdravstveni problemi mrnjfgmnj -.- ), ali BeautyAndSweets kaže da je njoj poprilično dugotrajan.

Texture of this lipstick is rich and creamy, it is easily applied and after one swipe it leaves a really great pigmented swatch. I personally couldn't test it on my lips (stupid health problems mrnjfgmnj -.- ), but BeautyAndSweets says it is really longlasting.

Usporedila sam ga s Illamasqua Encounter ružem, jer su mi se učinili jaaaaako slični. Ipak je Illamasqua mlađa sestra Kryolana, tako da je moguće da imaju dosta identičnih nijansi. Čak su i mirisom slični.

I compared it with Illamasqua Encounter lipstick, because it seemed to me they are pretty similar shades of red. After all, Illamasqua is Kryolan's baby sister, so it is possible they have a lot of similar shades. They even smell alike.

L:Kryolan LCP650 ; R:Illamasqua Encounter

Lijevo je LCP650, a desno Encounter. Kryolan je sjajniji i kremastiji od potpuno mat Encountera, koji ima više suhu teksturu. Po nijansama su tu negdje, Encounter je za mrvicu svjetliji od Kryolana.

Left is LCP650, and on the right is Encounter. Kryolan is creamier with more sheen to it, and Encounter is completely matte that has a dry texture. They are pretty similarly coloured, with Encounter being a smidge lighter than Kryolan.

Nakon testa razmuljavanjem dobijemo ovo:

After the smudging test, this is what we are left with:

L:Kryolan LCP650 ; R:Illamasqua Encounter

Moj konačan sud je da ako pokušavate ne skupljat slične nijanse, mislim da vam ne trebaju ovisi o teksturi koju preferirate i cijeni koju ste spremni odvojiti (Illamasqua ruževi su duplo skuplji od Kryolanovih).
Ako jako volite crvene ruževe, zašto već nemate oba? :D

If you are trying to refrain from buying the similarly coloured lipsticks, than I believe you don't need both of them, and it depends on the texture of choice, and the price you are wiling to pay (Illamasqua lipsticks are twice the price of Kryolan).
If you are really into red lipsticks, why don't you already have both of them? :D

Osobno sam oduševljena Kryolanom u cjelini te se prvom prilikom vraćam po barem još jedan ruž, Kryolan L11...tko bi rekao da mi je ljubičasti ruž zapeo za oko :D
Personally, I love Kryolan and I'm going there as soon as possible to buy myself at least one more lipstick, Kryolan L11... who would've guessed the purple one caught my eye :D

Kao i Ilamasqua, Kryolanovi proizvodi nisu testirani na životinjama, a njihove proizvode možete kupiti u dućanu u Zagrebu, u Brozovoj ulici broj 36/2, radnim danom od 8-17h.

Kryolan doesn't test on animals and they are available in Croatia, Zagreb, Brozova 36/2, work days 8-17h.

Jeste li isprobali Kryolan kozmetiku?
Imate kakve preporuke, koji su must-have proizvodi? :)

Have you tried Kryolan cosmetics?
Do you have any reccomendations for me, some of their must-haves? :)

Thank you for reading,
Nic

Hello :)

Prije nego što se bacim na opisivanja ovih Ilamasqua ljepota i pokazivanja slika, zanima me jedna stvar :D

Je li vam iritantno što svaki post započinjem s "Hello"?

Nećete vjerovati, ali tek sam sad postala toga svjesna . Nekako mi je nepristojno započinjati post bez da pozdravim prisutne. Krenula sam napisat "Dobar veče" i onda krenula razmišljat da neće svi čitati ovaj post tijekom večeri i vratila se na "Hello". Tad me strefila spoznaja :D

No dobro, nazad na važnije stvari.

Before I start describing this Illamasqua beauties and showing you the photos, I'm interested in one thing :D
Do you find irritating that almost every post I write starts with "Hello"?
You won't believe me when I tell you that I noticed that right now. I find it a bit impolite to start a new post without some kind of greeting. i wanted to write "Good evening" and then I started to think that not everyone will read this post in the evening and I went back to "Hello", and then it hit me :D
oh well, back to the matter at hand.

Već sam davno prije pisala o Illamasqua Box ružu i otad mi je to najdraži ruž u kolekciji. Bolesno je dugotrajan (ostao je netaknut nakon večere od tri slijeda jela), ne isušuje, ne ostaje čak ni na čašama kad pijete.

Nedavno sam preko rasprodaje na Illamasqua UK stranici kupila i Encounter.Uzela sam ga na blef, jer ga nisam prije ni isprobala u Illamasqua trgovini, ali sam se zaljubila kad sam ga vidjela kod Girly .

Kao i svi Illamasqua ruževi, Encounter dolazi u čvrstoj crnog kartonskoj kutijici, s naljepnicom s imenom nijanse, logom te gramažom, sastavom, deklaracijom, opisom itd.

Some time ago, I wrote of Illamasqua lipstick in Box and since then it has been my favorite lipstick in my stash. It is very long lasting (it survived, untouched, on my lips even after a three course dinner), it is not drying, it doesn't even stain the glass when you wear it.

A few months ago, I ordered Illamasqua Encounter, on their winter sale. I haven't even swatched it before purchasing it, but I was amazed by it when I saw it over at Girly's.

As every other Illamasqua lipstick, Encounter is comes packed in a firm black cardboard box, with a name sticker, logo, weight, ingredients, declaration, description etc.

Na dnu elegantnog pakiranja od crne plastike, nalazi se naljepnica s nazivom nijanse, porijeklom te trajanjem, koje je 18 mjeseci od otvaranja.

On the bottom of the very elegant black plastic packaging, there is a sticker with the name of the lipstick, country of manufacturing and best by period, which is 18 months after opening.

S obzirom da je Encounter crvena s primjesom narančaste, jako ga je teško dobiti sliku realne nijanse, tako da su i na donjoj slici jarko izraženi narančasti tonovi. Encounter je u stvarnosti puno crveniji, kao što možete vidjeti na swatchevima.

Considering Encounter is a red with a strong presence of orange, it is really hard to get a real photo of the bullet, as you can see in the photo below, the orange hues are very strong. In reality, Encounter has much more red, as you can see in the swatches.

Illamasqua Encounter je topla crvena nijansa s primjesom narančaste. Nažalost nisam imala prilike nositi ga duže vrijeme, samo sam ga jednom isprobala da mu osjetim teksturu. Kremastiji je od Boxa, ali manje kremast od Kontrola.

Illamasqua Encounter is a warm red lipstick, that is more on the orange spectrum. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to wear it for a longer periods of time, prior to writing this post (stupid allergies), I only applied it to feel its texture. It is creamier than Box, but not as creamy as Kontrol.

S obzirom da Encounter i Box slove kao must have crvene nijanse, odlučila sam ih swatchati jednog pored drugoga.

Box je hladna crvena nijansa, dok je Encounter toplog podtona. Iz toga zaključujemo da Box ima primjese plavog pigmenta, a kao što je prije spomenuto, Encounter ima primjese narančaste. Na donjim swatchevim razliku možete i sami primjetiti:

Considering both Encounter and Box are Illamasqua's must-have-reds, I decided to swatch them side by side.

Box is a cool red, and Encounter has warm undertone. That said, Box has some bluish pigment in it, and as I said before, Encounter has a bit of orange in it. On the swatches below, you can se the difference for yourselves:

Illamasqua Box (left) and Encounter (right)

Ako mislite da su preslični, pogledajte finalni dokaz, swatch koji sam malo razmrljala kako bih što bolje pokazala razliku u podtonu:

If you still think they are way too similar, I smeared both of them a bit so I can better show you the difference:

Illamasqua Box (left) and Encounter (right)

Iako je razlika vidljiva, neki će tvrditi da je crveni ruž samo crveni ruž i da je dovoljno imati samo jedan primjerak. Također će se naći onih koji se čvrsto drže onoga što je komplementarno njihovom podtonu pa će uzeti ili Box ili Encounter, ovisno koji im više pristaje.

Ja tvrdim da ih morate imati oboje, kojeg god podtona ili boje kože bili.

Osobno sam toplog podtona, pravi svijetli žućo, ali živim u uvjerenju da mi Box savršeno pristaje i nitko me ne može uvjeriti u suprotno. Encounter je samo šećer na kraju. Nikad dovoljno crvenih ruževa ;)

Even though these are very different toned reds, some would claim that the red lipstick is really just a red lipstick, and that is more than plenty to have only one. Also, a lot of people will stick to lipstick that lean to same undertone as their skin, and will choose between Box and Encounter.

I'm claiming that you have to have both of them, no matter your skin color or undertone.
Me personally, I have warm undertone, I'm a genuine light skinned yellowish girl, but I firmly believe that Box suits me like charm, and no one can convince me otherwise. Encounter is just a cherry on top. You can never have enough red lipsticks ;)

Smatrate li da je dovoljno imati samo jedan crveni ruž?

Ili ste kolekcionar?
Do you think that is enough to own just one red lipstick?
Or do you try to collect them all?

Hvala na čitanju :*
Thank you for reading :*

Nic

Happy New year, everyone

We've survived another one :D
I'm not the one who makes new year resolutions and huge plans no-one ever goes through with, all I wish is that this new year won't be more worse than the last one :)

2012. was a really good year for me, nothing bad happened and I made some really close friends :)
I won't be making the best of, the worst of, and whatever of 2012. because I really don't like making lists :D

I find it is better to keep looking forward towards the future, and I plan for this year to be filled with awesome things :)

The first upcoming thing is my birthday on January 20th and I plan to do a giveaway :)
I still don't know what will be the prize (I think I will visit Illamasqua for it ;) ) and i don't think it will be just a random vote, I think I will make it a competition :)

I know I won't get as many entries as usual, but I want you to work for it :D
No, really, I'm really tired of giveaway hunters, but I also plan on doing a second giveaway with a smaller prize for which I will pick a random winner :)

And now onto the lotd :)

I wanted to post this one yesterday, but I didn't have enough time for photo editing.

Idea behind this one was to be completely different from the last one (the Morticia Addams look). I wanted it to be girly and pinkish and fresh. After I was finished with it, I got this bronzed and contoured look :D

And than I decided my lips seriously need some lipstick :D

The eyes:

I don't usually do nude eyes but I find this really nice looking on me. Brown and bronze colors make my eyes really pop :)

Products I used:

Kanebo Sensai smoothing water make-up base
Revlon Colorstay Normal/Dry skin #150 Buff
ArtDeco eyeshadow primer
ArtDeco eyebrow powder #2
MUA Undressed palette
essence eyeshadow #43 Mystic lemon
essence I love extreme mascara
Avon lipstick Plum seduction
Catrice bronzer Bohemia LE

Have a nice and hangover-less evening :D

Thank you for reading :)

Nic

Hello :)

Prije malo manje od godinu dana sam dobila predivnu Sleek Berry kolekciju za kojom sam patila, a koju su mi za rođendan (uz ostale divne stvarčice) poklonile moje krasne babe sa Četa koji ne Šteka (interna) :D
Sad je napokon došlo vrijeme da je i vama pokažem :)
Usput, obojila sam kosu u crno (koja se ispire na smeđe sa svakim pranjem) tako da i to možete primjetiti na slikama :D

A bit less than a year ago my awesome friends got me for my birthday the amazing Sleek Berry Collection that I wished for a long time, and now it's finally time for me to show it to you :D
Also, my hair is black now (and is turning brown with every washing) so that is something you may notice on the photos :D

:morticia:

Sleek set se sastoji od olovke za oči u nijansi Mossberry, rumenila u nijansi Fenberry te mat ruža u nijansi Cranberry. Katie ima krasne swatcheve, koje možete pogledati ovdje :)

Sleek collection contains a eye pencil in Mossberry, blusher in Fenberry and matte lipstick in Cranberry. Katie has some great swatches which you can check out here :)

Things used:

Kanebo Sensai Smoothening water make-up base
Bourjois Healthy mix #51
ArtDeco eyebrow powder #2 Dark
essence I love extreme mascara
Sleek Mossberry kohl eye pencil
Sleek Fenberry blusher
Sleek Cranberry lipstick

Hvala vam puno na čitanju :*

Thank you for reading :*

Nic

Hello :)

U zadnje vrijeme mi baš ide s postovima :D
Nemam baš neke velike inspiracije za tekst, jedva čekam da dođem doma s posla :D
Zato, odmah na slike :)

Things I used:

Artdeco eyeshadow base
eveline Celebrities eyeliner
Sugarpill Burning Heart palette
essence I love extreme mascara

You like? :)

Nic

Sniježni pozdrav svima :D

Kako podnosite ove hladnoće? Meni je krasno što je snijeg, ali nadam se da neće potrajat :D
U ovom postu vam donosim swatcheve i look mog rođendanskog poklona od kolega s posla (što sam sama naručila :D )

A very snowy hello to everyone :D

How are you managing this cold weather? I love the snow, but I hope it won't last much longer:D
In this post you'll see swatches and look made with my birthday gift my work colleagues bought me (after I told them what I'd like to get :D )

Illamasqua nije samo šminka, Illamasqua je cijela filozofija, način života :)
Znam da zvučim potpuno indoktrinirano i pomalo kao air-head koji nasjeda na reklame, ali bi rado otišla živjeti u Illamasqua svijet :)
Jako mi se sviđa poptuna posvećenost detaljima, profesionalnost, odnos prema kupcima i ogromna paleta jako kvalitetnih proizvoda.
Činjenica je da su malo skuplji i rijetko tko će si moći priuštiti hoardanje Illamasque, ali svojom kvalitetom opravdavaju svaku kunu. Mislim da su, barem po lakovima, cijenovno blizu Chanela. Ako uzmemo u obzir da su Chanel lakovi tesko sporosušeće smeće (imam traume :D ), dati oko 120kn za Illamasqua lak i nije toliko puno :)
Ostale marke prodavaju osjećaj luksuza i više vrijednosti. Govore vam da ćete s baš tim ružem, maskarom i puderom biti boginje seksa koje će muškarci željeti, a ostale žene mrziti. Illamasqua ne igra na tu kartu, ne želi vas napraviti drukčijima, kako biste se svidjeli drugima. Illamasqua želi izvući iz vas vaš alter ego, dati vam materijal da budete dovoljno hrabri tako da možete biti potpuno svoji :)

Illamasqua is not just a make-up brand, Illamasqua is an entire philosophy, a way of living :)
I know i must sound completely indoctrinated, a bit like an air-head who believes commercials, but I would gladly leave everyday life and go to Illamasqua world :)
I love the complete attention to details, professionalism, customer care and huge line of high-quality products.
The fact is they are a bit on the expensive side and not everyone can afford to hoard Illamasqua, but their quality justifies every penny spent. I think they are, as for Croatia (considering nail polish), in the Chanel price range. if we take into account that Chanel nail polishes are a huge slow-drying piece of crap (yes, I hold a grudge against Chanel nail polish :D ), paying around 120 hrk for an Illamasqua nail polish isn't that much :)
Other make-up brands are selling that feeling of luxury and higher value. They are telling you that if you buy that exact lipstick, mascara and foundation, you will become the goddesses of sex that men will want and other women will hate. Illamasqua doesn't take advantage of that, it's not trying to make you different so the other people would like you. Illamasqua wants to show off your own alter ego, to give you means to be brave enough to be completely yourself :)

Sad kad sam natrkeljala svega i svačega (što vjerovatno niste ni pročitali, ne krivim vas :D ) idemo na slikice :)

Now after this mish-mash of a text (which probably you didn't read, probably for the best :D ) let's see some pictures :)

Ovo je vrećica u kojoj sam dobila svoje prekrasnoće. Obična crna papirnata vrećica sa logo-om i adresom...dok je ne pogledate sa strane. Ova slikica mi je tako krasna da samu vrećicu smatram dijelom poklona :D

This is the bag I got my goodies in. a regular black paper bag containing logo and store details...until you see its side design. I love this pic so much that I consider this paper bag a part of my gift :D

Ovo je katalog sa svim proizvodima s naslovnom slikom iz "Theatre of the nameless kolekcije".

This is a catalog with all of the Illamasqua products, and the cover picture is of the "Theatre of the Nameless" collection.

Napokon, ruž i rumenilo :)
Pogledajte ove divote. Predstavljam vam Illamasqua kremasto rumenilo u nijansi Devour i ruž u nijansi Box.

Finally, the lipstick and the blusher :)
Check out these beauties. I present to you Illamasqua cream blusher Devour and lipstick Box.

Illamasqua Devour cream blusher; Heavy (L) and light (R) swatch

Devour bih ja opisala kao crvenu koja baca na narančasto (kako poetičan opis :D ). Lijevo vidite jači swatch, koji je napravljen tako da sam uzela kist za tekući puder, lagano prešla po rumenilu i jednom po ruci :D
Da, toliko je pigmentirano :D
Lijevi, lagani, swatch sam napravila tako da sam kistom prvo malo prešla po nadlanici i onda lagano po podlaktici. Devour se slobodno može koristiti kao i ruž.

I would describe Devour as a red with a hint of orange (how poetic, right? :D ). Swatch on the left is heavy, made with a foundation brush and the swatch on the left is light swatch I made after I cleaned the brush on the back of my hand. It's insanely pigmented, and you could use it as a lipstick :)

Illamasqua Box lipstick

Illamasqua ruž u nijansi Box je krasna crveno crvena boja, čini mi se da ide od neutralno prema hladnom podtonu jer ima mrvicu plavkasti odsjaj, ali se usuđujem reći da mi krasno stoji, iako sam topli podton :D
Mislim da bi ovaj ruž krasno stajao svakoj curi i ako morate imati nešto od Illamasque, onda apsolutno preporučujem Box :)
Osim što je jako lijep, Box je i užasno dugotrajan. Izdržao je cijelu večer bez popravljanja, a drugi dan sam ga nosila na posao i trebala sam ga samo jednom popraviti i to nakon što sam pojela ručak :D
Ja ga nanosim nakon labela i nimalo mi ne isuši usne :)

Illamasqua Box is a beautful really red color, I think it's neutral to cold because it has a bit of blue in it. But I think it suits me really great, even though I'm warm undertone :) I think this is the one lipstick every girl should own, it's so beautiful and flattering :)
Besides its beauty, box is really long-lasting. It lasted a whole evening without re-applying, and the next day I wore it at work and I hat to fix it just once, after lunch :D
Before Box, I apply thin layer of lip balm and the lipstick doesn't dry out my lips, at all :)

Na ovom svatchu možete vidjeti narančasti odsjaj u Devouru i kako lagani nanos rumenila izgleda apsolutno prirodno.

Here you can see that orange flush Devour has, and how light swatch looks absolutely natural.

Na slijedećim slikama možete vidjeti kako to sve izgleda na mom licu.
On these next photos you can see how this all looks on my face :D

Uz Devour i Box, koristila sam Bourjois Healthy mix puder (nijansa 52), Catrice set za obrve (svjetlije sjenilo), essence I love style tuš za oči i sjenila koja će bit u mojoj slijedećoj recenziji ;)

Besides Devour and Box, I used Bourjois Healthy mix foundation no. 52, Catrice eyebrow kit (lighter shade), essence I love style eyeliner and eyeshadows you can see in my next post ;)

Toliko od mene za večeras, hvala vam puno na čitanji ili barem gledanju slika ;)
That's all from me for tonight, thank you so much for reading, or at least looking at photos ;)

Lots of love,
Nic

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