Valentine's Day Challenge - Love & Kisses

Hello my lovelies!

This one comes a bit late, but I just didn't had the time to do my nails and post them. I am still at my boyfriend's place and I have no space for myself to do nails and pictures and I don't have the usual lightning that I have at home :P And to top it all, I had to file down my nails because I broke 2 of them .. aargh how I hate that! ^^

So, I hope I'll be able to do the rest of the 31 Day Challenge nails ^^

But for today, here is the love and kisses mani:

I used Catrice - I'm so aNude, P2 - Fever for the stamping and topped it off with Essence - Matt about you!

I really need to practice stamping a little bit more - the placement etc. 

I still hope you like it! Thanks for reading and see ya soon! :)  

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Valentines's Day Challenge - Red Passion

Hello my lovelies!

I don't even wanna post this look today... but I have to! First I wanted to do some beautiful nails (already had some mani in mind I wanted to recreate), but there was no time and no place to do it here..
No problem so far, I still can do some make-up right?
Well, I am at my boyfriend's place and the light here is just extremely bad. I basically could have done the make-up in the dark..maybe it would have turned out better then ^^

But let's talk about the make-up! Obviously I had to use some red and since the challenge is "Red Passion" I knew there had to be some smokey eye going on there as well!

Products I used:
- P2 Perfect Eyes Base

- P2 Perfect Look Lip Liner 141 Volcano  

- BH Cosmetics 120 Color Palette (red)

- Sleek Ultra Mattes V2 (Colors: Maple + Dune + Pillow Talk)

- Catrice Absolute Matt Palette

- W7 - In the Buff (Sand)

- Maybelline Gel Eyeliner 01 Black

- Astor Seduction Codes Mascara

- Ardell Black Wispies

One side has more black than the other and is better blended, one eye lash is put on good the other one extremely crooked ...aaah! I hate it xD I am such a perfectionist and I can't look too much at this picture .. 

Thanks for reading anyway! And see ya soon with some better post :)

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31 Day NA Challenge - Day 26: Inspired by a Pattern

Hello my dear readers!

Today I have a beautiful mani for you! I am simply in love with everything - the design, how the colors look together and how eye-catching it is!

I wanted to try out a chevron pattern for so long now and I felt like this would be the perfect opportunity for it :) And here it is:

I used Barry M - Peach Melba, let it dry and added some tape to create the chevron pattern. Then I applied Catrice - Goldfinger on top of it and that's it!

Chevron pattern is such a beautiful nail art design and you can do so many different color combinations with it! It is definitely one of my favorite mani's ever! 

Thanks for reading and see you soon! <3 

Valentine's Day Challenge - Soft Pink

Hello ladies (and gentleman :P)

By the time you read this I am sitting in a bus on the way to my boyfriend... a nice 7 hour drive, yay! Like I mentioned in the last Valentine's post, I planned to do a make-up for every challenge as well, but I didn't have the time to do one for today's challenge - I'm sorry!

For the nails though I tried something completely new to me - sugar spun nails! I had this on my to do list for ages and now I finally had the chance to do them!

As a base I used a mixture of Catrice The Pinker The Better and Essence Snow Alert! to make the bright pink a little bit lighter. For the sugar spun I used Essence Sow Alert! again.

I have to say it takes a little bit of practice and a hell lot of patience, because you have to wait for the polish to dry and get stringy in order to do this technique. If you don't know it, just search Youtube for a tutorial ;)
But all in all I love how it looks on the nails! (I didn't add any TC)

Btw, my cuticles hate me! After 3 weeks of  doing my nails every single day they start to look so dry! I can't wait for the 31 Day Challenge to end :D

Thanks for stopping by and see ya soon! 

And don't forget to check out the other ladies! <3 

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Valentine's Day Challenge - Romantic Lace

Hello my lovelies!

Today starts the Valentine's Day Challenge that Kaki and me created! I'm so excited to see what all the girls come up with :D

My plan was to create both make-up and nail art for every challenge, but I realized today this will be pretty hard! I sometimes don't have that many ideas :D

So here is my romantic lace inspired mani:

I used Catrice Must Have STEELetto, a gorgeous light purple metallic, as a base, a lace-like image from an Essence Stamping plate and Konad Black Nail Polish.

I didn't stamp the image on the nail, but instead I created nail decals and just put them on the nail where I wanted them. It's much more easier that way! If you wanna see a tutorial on this technique just let me know ;) 

To make the line more smooth I added some dots with the same Konad polish and finished it with a layer of TC.

I wanted to do some lace pattern around the eyes as well, but I didn't manage to do it... I don't have such a thin brush to create such a look. So instead I used the same metallic purple eye shadow to match it with the nails: 

Products I used: 

- P2 Perfect Eyes Base

- P2 Intensive Kohl Eyeliner 020 Cool Alaska 

- BH Galaxy Chic (Color: Cosmic)

- Sleek Ultra Mattes V2 (Colors: Villan + Pillow Talk)

- Catrice Absolute Matt Palette

- P2 Glow Up Highlighter - High Beam

- Maybelline Gel Eyeliner 01 Black

- Astor Seduction Codes Mascara

- Catrice Single Lashes (on outer corner)

The eye shadow is much more similar to the nail polish in real life and much more shimmery too. 

I hope you like it and don't forget to check out the other ladies as well! 

Thanks for reading! <3 

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31 Day NA Challenge - Day 21: Inspired by a color

Last post for today! :)

The challenge for today is a mani inspired by a color. A few days back I got Catrice - (S)wimbledon as a gift from my sister-in-law (thanks again Roxi!) and I decided to use it for this nail art:

I used Flormar 436 as a base and painted over with Catrice (S)wimbledon. 

I absolutely adore ruffian manicures - and there are sooo many combinations you can do! 

Do you like this style as much as I do? 

Tell me your favorite color combination! 

Thanks for reading and see ya tomorrow my lovelies <3 

31 Day NA Challenge - Day 11+12: Dots & Stripes

Hello my lovelies!

Yes I did it again ... I cheated! But I promise it won't happen anymore (at least not that much :D )

I combined challenge 11 and 12 and created a design with both dots and stripes :)

I used Artdeco 316 as a base, a really nice dark aubergine shade, and added dots with Catrice On Top of the Alpes and stripes with Essence Hello Holo.

I really like how it came out although it wasn't planned like this .. at all! I changed the design while I was painting it and that's the result :P 

Hope you like it and thanks for reading! <3

31 Day NA Challenge - Day 9 + 10: Gradient Rainbow Nails

Hello my sweet readers!

I told my followers on facebook yesterday that I'm going to cheat a little with the challenge and combine Day 9 and 10 and do a rainbow gradient! :D

Phew, let me tell you that was some work... but 16 polishes and a lot of sponging later, here it is:

I basically used the same polishes I once used for my first rainbow mani -here- , but I decided to top it all with Essence Hello Holo!

I wasn't happy at all how they turned out.. the gradient is not the best I ever did, but with the glitter on top it looks gorgeous and now I really love it :) 

Thanks for reading! 

See ya tomorrow with the next challenge ;) 

Sunset Eye Make-Up

Hello my lovelies!

Happy New Year !!

I hope you and your loved ones had some beautiful holidays and a good start in the new year 2015!

A few days ago I got back from my little vacation and I really thought I would have the time to post a thing or 2 while I was away, but the days went by so fast and I just tried to enjoy it as much as I could with my boyfriend, our friends and his family :)

Nonetheless I took some pictures of some make-up I did and that's what I wanna show you today!

All the products I used:

Face

Kiko Mat Base Corrector Primer 

L'Oreal Perfect Match Foundation W3 Golden Beige

Essence All Day Concealer 20 Soft Beige

L'Oreal Nude Magique BB Powder Light Skin

Sleek Contouring and Blush Palette Fair 372 (only Bronzer)

Sleek Blush by 3 - Lace (Chantilly)

Alverde Fixing Spray

Lips

Essence Good Girl Bad Girl LE Lip Gloss - 02 Good Girls wear Peach

Eyes & Eyebrows

Essence How to Make Brows Wow (Love Brunettes)

Maybelline BROWdrama - Medium Brown

Kiko Perfect Eyes Duo Highlighter Pencil

P2 Perfect Eyes Base

BH Cosmetics Galaxy Chic - Sun + Aphrodite 

P2 Fantastic Chrome Kajal - Golden Amber 

Sleek Ultra Mattes Palette V2 - Highness

Manhattan X-treme Last Eyeliner in Black

Maybelline Gel Eyeliner 01 Black

Kiko Wild Lashes Volume Mascara 

This make-up just reminds me of a beautiful sunset - the colors go so well with each other! 

I hope you like it!

Thanks for reading!

See ya next time with some nail polish related post ;)

P.S.: Almost forgot! The poll is over and most of the people I asked told me "Theadorbale Beauty Blog" should be my new blog name - so it's settled :D
Changes will come the next few days :) 

Make-Up of the Day: Green and Gold Eyes

Hello my lovelies :) 

I wanna show you the make-up I wore today, since it turned out better than expected :) 

I did a gold and green kinda smokey eye and paired it with some neutral soft pink lips with golden shimmer as well. 

To get some gold color on the lips I just took the same eye shadow I used on my eyes, applied it on my lips as well and put the lip gloss right over it :) 

All the products I used:

Face

Kiko Mat Base Corrector Primer 

L'Oreal Perfect Match Foundation W3 Golden Beige

Essence All Day Concealer 20 Soft Beige

L'Oreal Nude Magique BB Powder Light Skin

Sleek Contouring and Blush Palette Fair 372 (only Bronzer)

Catrice Duo Blush 020 Peach Sorbet

P2 Glow Up! Highlighter in High Beam 

Alverde Fixing Spray

Lips

Essence Good Girl Bad Girl LE Lip Gloss - 02 Good Girls wear Peach

Sleek Sunset Palette - Golden Eyeshadow 

Eyes & Eyebrows

Essence How to Make Brows Wow (Love Brunettes)

Maybelline BROWdrama - Medium Brown

Kiko Perfect Eyes Duo Highlighter Pencil

P2 Glow Up! Highlighter in High Beam

P2 Perfect Eyes Base

BH Cosmetics 28 Color Palette Neutral Eyeshadow

P2 Fantastic Chrome Kajal - Golden Amber 

Sleek Ultra Mattes Palette V2 - Fern

Sleek Sunset Palette - Golden Eyeshadow

Manhattan X-treme Last Eyeliner in Black

Maybelline Gel Eyeliner 01 Black

Maxfactor Eye Brightening Mascara for Hazel Eyes

Astor Seduction Codes Mascara

Hope you like it!

I'm trying to use more of my palettes and create colorful make-ups because I just have so much stuff and I really should use it:P 

The reason I said it turned out better than expected is that usually gold eye shadow isn't as opaque as I would like - but I just put P2's golden eye liner under it as a base and it turned out how I wanted!

Also the eye shadows are just amazing, but that's why I love to use Sleek palettes ;) 

Thanks for reading! 

See ya soon <3 

Blue Make-Up for the Cold Winter Days!

Hello my dear readers! :) 

The promised swatches will be up on my blog tomorrow or probably on Sunday, but until then I thought I'd post something else for you guys :) 

Today I have a make-up look to show you. I wore this one yesterday, and it was really fun to create a look with my favorite color ;) 

All the products I used:

Face

Kiko Mat Base Corrector Primer 

L'Oreal Perfect Match Foundation W3 Golden Beige

Essence All Day Concealer 20 Soft Beige

L'Oreal Nude Magique BB Powder Light Skin

Sleek Contouring and Blush Palette Fair 372 (only Bronzer)

Catrice Duo Blush 020 Peach Sorbet

Alverde Fixing Spray

Lips

Catrice Long Lasting Lip Pencil 150 Vintage Rose

Essence Good Girl Bad Girl LE Lip Gloss - 02 Good Girls wear Peach 

Eyes & Eyebrows

Essence How to Make Brows Wow (Love Brunettes + Lift me Up!)

Maybelline BROWdrama - Medium Brown

P2 Perfect Eyes Base

Catrice Absolute Matt Palette 

Essence Eye Shadod 01 Chill Out + 09 Denim 4.0

Sleek Ultra Mattes Palette V1 - Chill

Sleek Ultra Mattes Palette V2 - Ink

Manhattan X-treme Last Eyeliner in Black

Maybelline Gel Eyeliner 01 Black

Rimmel Extra Super Lash Mascara

Astor Seduction Codes Mascara

And a silly picture, because I felt like it :D

Just as I typed the product list I realized how much stuff I put on my face almost every day ...that's insane if you think about it, but I won't stop doing that... I just love it too much :D

Hope you liked this look and please tell me, what do you like to wear as make-up in the winter time? :) 

Thanks for reading and see ya soon <3 

Nail Art of the Day: Stripy Gradient

Hello my lovelies!

Finally I am home :) I met with a dear friend of mine and after talking a lot and eating sushi and stuff we just decided to wash our cars at 9 pm - we are crazy like that :D

The following nail art (if you are following me on Facebook you already saw a pic of it) is what I wanted to post yesterday, but I was too tired to do my nails so here it is one day later ;) 

The polishes I used from right to left: 

China Glaze - Ruby Pumps, Essence - Black is Back, Catrice - On Top of the Alps, Essence TC Better Than Gel Nails

First I started with a simple black to white gradient and let it dry.

If you are not familiar with this technique yet, just check out the tutorial from Sammy @The Nailasaurus - it is still the best one out there! :)

After it was dry enough to tape it, I just did exactly that. I used those tiny nail art tapes to tape off 3-4 stripes and applied a coat of Ruby Pumps all over the nail. 

I don't like to let it sit too much, so I immediately removed the tape and moved on to the next nail. 

After all nails were done I just finished it off with the Essence TC and voilà!

If you ever saw China Glaze's Ruby Pumps in real life you know what a beautiful sparkly red it is, too bad it doesn't show all its beauty on camera ;) 

I hope you like it! 

Thanks for reading and see ya soon! <3 

Halloween NA Challenge : Spider

Hello! :)

I just came home from work and I am so exhausted but I really want to catch up with this challenge, so here it is: Spiders!

I used Catrice - Marylin & Me and Essence - Back to Black. 

Pretty creepy, huh? I knew I wanted to do a black window accent nail so I thought "why not google black widows, to see hot they look exactly?!".... worst idea EVER! I had nightmares from all the pictures, I kept thinking there are spiders everywhere in my room :D So, please listen to me: do NOT google spider images!!  

If you like creepy spider nail art, then check out these ladies!

Halloween NA Challenge - Blood

Hey there!

I totally forgot to post the second challenge! I have absolutely no clue what day it is, since I'm staying so much at home and I didn't realize it's already Friday =)) But here it finally is, my mani for the second challenge:

BLOOD!

I used: Catrice Ultimate Nudes - My Café Au Lait At Nôtre-Dame, Essence - So Glamorous and Catrice - The Devil Wears Red.

I used 2 shades of red to kinda show different kinds of blood - light red for the fresh blood and dark red for the already dried up blood :D I assure you though, that I didn't kill anything to achieve this mani! 

If I'd go to a Halloween Party with this mani I wouldn't clean up the polish on my skin and just let it that way! Looks much more "real" that way, doesn't it? :) 

Take a look at all the other bloody nails for this challenge: 

Halloween NA Challenge - Pumpkin

Maybe you've seen this challenge on other blogs or on my facebook page, I'm talking about the

Halloween Nail Art Challenge! 

Didn't Isabella just do an awesome job on this banner?? :D

For the whole month of October we will do different Halloween designs and the best thing about it? It's just 2-3 designs a week! Everyone can keep up with that :) It's not too late to join! Just head over to Kaki, she has the code for the Inlinkz app and then you are ready to go!

First challenge is: Pumpkins! 

I used: Catrice - Man,Go Tango, S-he - 452, Essence - Back to Black and Harm Limit - Crackle 18. 

This mani didn't turned out like I hoped. I'm not very happy with it, but I promise to do a better job with the other challenges :P 

I took this picture to show you how orange that crackle looks in the bottle... sadly, it didn't transfer to the nail at all! I used 2 coats and it still was very sheer :( To cover it up, I used a coat of orange glitter ...and that made it worse =))

Check out the other ladies as well! ;) 

Today's Swatch: Catrice - Oh my Goldness!

Hello! :D

So, today I have a swatch for you guys and I already posted a pic last night on my facebook page, so some of you already know whats coming :P
It's Catrice - Oh my Goldness!, one of the new shades in the Catrice nail polish range. It's an absolutely gorgeous shade of shimmery gold and I didn't wanted to buy it at first, cause I thought it would never look good with my skin tone ... but then I thought "what the heck? I love it and I don't care", so I just bought it :P 

This is one coat of Catrice, just to show you how sheer it really is. You will need 3 coats to make it opaque, but that's not a problem, cause the formula is great and it applies very good! 

What I absolutely love about Catrice polishes is their big brush, the fact that they dry pretty fast and the big, round bottles! :) 

So, do you love this color as much as I do? ;)
Would you wear this color or isn't it something you like?
Let me know! :)

Thanks for reading and have a great day! x

The Penguin Make-Up Challenge 3 !

I am so sad it's already the last challenge!! It was so fun creating these different make-up looks, because I've never done more than apply some liquid eye-liner and mascara and that's it :)) So thanks Kaki, Mimi and Alexis for coming up with this great challenge!! :D

So the last challenge was to use only white & color and at first I didn't knew what to do, but then I woke up this morning and I had an idea! :D 

I love the ocean, I love Walt Disney's Arielle and therefore all kind of mermaids. So I decided to do a mermaid inspired look! 

I wish I had some gold eye shadow, that's the only thing that's missing here :P 

Products I used for this look:

Eyes & Eyebrows

Catrice Eye Shadow Base

Essence Eye Shadow 01 Chill Out (white shimmer)

Essence Eye Shadow 13 Rapanui (mint shade)

P2 Eye Shadow 060 Bombastic Blue

P2 Eye Pencil 020 Cool Alaska (white)

Catrice Eye Pencil 080 Lucy In the Skies (eyebrows)

Essence Eye Pencil 02 I'm a Marine Girl (50's Girls LE)

Maybelline Jade Volume Mascara in Navy Blue

False Eye Lashes from Fing'rs

Face

Essence Pure Teint Mousse Make-Up 01 Beige

+ all the eye shadows from above! ;)

Lips

Catrice Eye Pencil 080 Lucy In The Skies

Essence XXXL Shine Lipgloss 13 Rock On! (purple shimmer)

This was incredibly fun to create and I wore it for almost 5 hours (because I wanted to show it to my mom :D) and it all stayed in place and looked just like in the beginning! 

I had to do something crazy for the last challenge, because I did some pretty "normal" looks for the other 2 ones, right? :P 

I hope you like it!! Make sure to check out all the other talented ladies! ;)