#tbt turbans

remember my post on bad-hair-days? well (you might have figured)..... for me, those days are over. but by adding a little "#tbt" to this post and we are all goooood. because here are some photos of me rockin some turbans and head scarves....

get ready for my i-am-really-excited-about-what-i-am-about-to-eat face.....

and of course, lets not forget about my little #vagabondheadwear collection (that you can follow on my instagram), that i am getting quite proud of.....

bad-hair-days

before getting my buzzcut back in vietnam.... and after spending a good amount of time on an island (where the sun and salt water pretty much took care of my bright red locks)..... i found myself having more and more bad-hair-days (despite the fact that i was, at that point, still traveling with my two favorite hair-products.... that i raved about here and here).

anyway... these bad-as turban-wearers inspired me to some turban-creations of my own that i will (of course) be sharing with you sooooon.

and the queen of turbans.... erykah badu.

losing things...

i have been loosing/forgetting more and more things lately... for example, my phone charger (i did have a spare at one point, that must have already gotten lost too....) i know about myself that i can be a little all-over-the-place sometimes and that i am a notorious space-cadet. but it made me wonder..... am i a little careless with my things at times because i am still seeking to prove to myself that all i need is my breath? or maybe because by getting a bzz-cut, and after saying good-bye to my hair, it's easy to say bye to anything? (well, thinking of my muses helped, too) and finally i realized (yet again) that the actually important things can't be lost.... like my family, my friends and experiences....

febuary 11th 2014, barber shop in nha trang, vietnam

the muses....

 these badass-beauties were in my head... this morning at the barber shop in nah trang, vietnam.....

micah gianneli

sinead o'connor

natalie portman

blond corn

remember when i took pictures of my friend rachel... and her hair looked like this?

some time has passed since then..... about 8 months (damn, time flies.........). well when i saw her last week in new york she was rocking those fabulous black roots and i immediately had a strong urge...... a strong urge to do this...

what should i say.... braiding makes me happy

photos by h, a very cool lady! (check ouuuuut her blooooog stuffbyh.com)

good-hair-and-skin-day

like good-hair-days, good-skin-days come out of nowhere… but if they do it is aaaawesom. and the other day i was having both. the saaame day.

in those cases you don't want to mess around too much......

for my mane i used a little of osis, dust it on my roots and baxter of california, clay pomade in the lengths of my hair. 

i didn't use foundation on my skin, but just sculpted it lightly with benefit, 10, bronzing and highlighting duo. 

my eye-make-up i also kept quite simple.... with mac, paints in stilife as the base and all that glitters eye shadow in the crease. after pulling a delicate line along the upper lash row, with liquid liner i coated the lashes with mascara, while leaving the bottom bare. 

the eye shadow colors i am using lately are mac's embarc and deep damson. 

and once again....... stila, stay all day liquid lipstick in aria. because, if you have a product that you get compliments on basically every time you wear it why not wear it..... all the time?

now all you have to do is throw on a cute outfit and you can take on the world (or you know..... something that comes close to that.) i had a lovely dinner with friends... met new people and went on a two hour midnight stroll across manhattan bridge.

so ladies and gents, when your next good-hair/skin-day comes along make the best of it and have fun!

new-blonde... part II

i did not forget a bout my friend anna.... here is part II


so just so you know... i have the biggest girl-crush on this lady ....totally not trying and still so bad-ass.

very bare eyes and stained red-brown lips. it is not easy to go soooo bare on the eyes.... this was me having a go at something similar. and then there was also this look, (peeeersonally (on meeee) i like it much more...) that you could see pre-mascara-application on instagram.

 

 

 and of course blondes can totally pull off a good classic smoky-eye... usually with a natural or nude lip... but you know it is all bout what-the-hell-you-wanna-do and what makes you feel like the-badest-bitch-that-ever-walked-this earth

 

 

smoky-eyes come in any kind of variation... soft...or  matte... or brown...... even blue and sparkly.

what i love abut this look is the extra attention that was paid to the skin... to make it very even but not giving it a mask-look, but rather a healthy dewy finish.
 

 

when i go for something like that i use the products i listed in this post.

 

 

aaaah, this look is just so nice and fresh and spring-licious..... natural eyes, matte skin, coral cheeks and lips

 

 

unfortunately i do not have a lovely matte-bright-coral lip color, like the one cara is wearing.... (i am still in love with both the nars, velvet matte lip pencel and the stila, liquid lipstick that i have been pondering over what color to get next, anyway.) maybe i need to make a stop at sephora on my way home and give this one or this one a try?

 

the spring looks i haaaave been doing lately are more with subtle colors on the eyes.

but blondies, feel free to go even more colorful!
 

 

apparently i looooove purple eye-shadow. looking back through my make-up post i see it quite a bit..... like way back in this post from september, and my instagram in october (when i kinda looked like a getto-fabulous mechanic) and of course (still one of my go-tos) that melting pigment thaaang. even a purple cat-eye..... oh! and lets not for get that time i channeled cynthia.

 

geeeez i was not aware that i had this problem.... jk. the funny thing is that in all of these looks i used one of the oldest products on my make-up table.... this eye shadow pen that (at least in this form) sephora does not even carry anymore.

 

 

and finally, i can tell you one thing..... red lips neeeeever fail!

 

these two have really been saving me a loooot lately..... because i am priiiitey much doing this ....like every day.

 

 

 

i feel like i should end this post with a blond-joke..... would be so nice and 90s. funnily enough someone just told me one the other day, that (of course) i can't think of it now.... but i am sure you all have one in mind. go tell it the next person you come across and make them smile....

new and old love....

you know how people say that being in love inspires and makes you glow and all that? well i agree. because i have a new love and it's making me freakin excited and energized. i am talking about my newest girl-crush.....

 

i have been crushing on debbie harry and reeeeally hard on charlotte carey (can't believe i haven't told you about her before....) for a while now. so that's kind of how this look came about that i have been rocking lately.....

 

 

this week i found someone new to add to my bad-ass-beauties lineup..... buuuuuut for the purpose of suspence aaaand so i can have some more time to stalk her.... i will have to introduce her to you later.


and just incase you were wondering.... i am wearing marc jacobs sunglasses, an old army jacket (that my mom hates) ans my make-up was basically this. my hair is a mix of yoga-sweat (don't judge, i looove my post workout hair) and baxter of California, caly pomade.

new-blonde..... part I

 remember my friend anna i told you about, who is a new-blonde and asked me for some make-up ideas to go with her new mane? here are some looks that iiii would play with if i were currently blond....

i always like strong (on the verge of clumpy) lashes and bright lips. it is not an a-looot-of-make-up look but the blond hair will make it look more bold (...and bold is goooood).

 

apart from the lashes, the eye make-up is rather natural... which reminded me of what i did here. the simplicity of it also is similar to my plain and simple post (that i still do aaaaall the time). to do the bright pink lips... instead of dragon girl (the perfect-red color i was wearing) you could go with 413 BLKR fuchsia (an online exclusive (why???) color of nars, velvet matt lip pencil)

 

 

 mary-kate olsen has a really nice look going on here....
darker brows, dark brown eye shadow (only on the movable lids), full eye lashes, natural skin and matte red lips
 

 

the lack of heavy foundation (a little sheer powder to fight the shine without covering the gorgeous freckles will do) and stained lips (i would try revlon, just bitten, lip stain + blam in forbidden)   keep this look natural. the dark-brown eye shadow is only spread on the movable lid and goes beautifully with the un-bleached eye brows and full lashes.

 

 

cameron diaz goes a little more glam with gold shimmer on the eyes and a good-classic-red lipstick.

 

 

even though i am sure a lot of you have worn red lips before, it is not so easy to get it this perfectly... the way they would wear it in the 50s (lets not forget our blond-muse marilyn)so here is a good-little-post with my classic-red-lip tutorial. for the eyes i would go with some sort of cream-shadow and rim the waterlines with dark brown eyeliner. for a more... lets call it..... complicated approach to the golden-y eye thaaaang you can have a look at what i did here.

 

 

oooor, beautiful-blond-ladies do a natural look... without being make-up-less or boring

 

 

for some similar looks i have done click here, here or here...

 

 

aaaaall about the lashes and lips....

 

 

 

this look (one of my favorites... by the way) reminded me that i should do this or this more often. sooo... seductive don't you think?

 

 

have fun playing with these ideas... even if you are not blonde. i will! ....can't let the blondes have all the fun, right? but if your were not feeling any of these looks... don't worry... i have moooooore. but four now i wish you a wooonderful summer-thursday and (if you don't get to see your beautiful faces, before) a fuuuuuuuun fourth!



ultimate-blonde

the other day my dear friend anna texted me. she told me about how she died her hair blond and now she doesn't think the make-up she was doing before looks good anymore. yes, of course, changing your hair color will change your whole look... and that's the fun part right?

 

well it has been a while since i was blond (currently i am still some version of red....) but if you also happen to be a new-blond (like anna...) and want to change your make-up accordingly.... i will post some different make-up looks to inspire you. just try out different things.... i don't like following or giving general rules. everyone is different and actually it is aaaall about having fun and what you feeeeel best/prettiest/hottest/most bad-ass with.  

 

so, to get us in the blooonde-mood... here are some (of my favorite) pics of the uuuultimate-blone... marilyn (one of my always-and-forever loves)  

 

 

and remember..... a smile is the prettiest thing you can wear.