easy does it

the look: today i wanted to be comfortable in a big sweater and (stretchy) jeans. for my make-up i also wanted an easy thing.

skin: for looks that are so clean it is important to have good skin (...or at least the illusion of it). i used foundation, that i worked from the centre of my face towards the outside, and matted it with pressed powder. the blush i used is very intense, but when dusted on lightly it gives my face that healthy-blood-circulation look.

brows: this is the first time i used a pencil for my brows (....ever). and i liked it more than i thought i would...... it results in a more defined graphic brow... (but, you know i have nooothing against strong brows... with brown smoke... or to visit mike)

eyes: my favorite no-eyeshadow eyeshadow is mac, quarry, which i lightly brushed over my lid, while taking the blending brush, a couple more times over the general aria of my crease, to deepen the color. then, i covered that color with a very light shimmering warm grey and also along the lower lashes. to brighten my eyes, i placed warm golden sparkle-shadow on my tear duct. with a liquid eyeliner i pulled a delicate line along the top lashes, making sure to not go further than the outer corner of my eye. (we don't want the cat-eye-swoosh here...). for full soft lashes i used black mascara and covered the bits of the top waterline left skin-colored (i hate it when that peaks trough, like it did here.....) with black eyeliner.

lips: i used a classic-red lipgloss, that i just dabbed on the centre of my mouth and defused the edges with my fingers.


have fun... and be comfortable

that lipstick....

today was a day that i needed to feel.... well..... faaabulous (baby!). you know what i mean? we all have situations like that... no?  where you wear the shirt, that always makes you feel good... or your favorite earrings... your coolest heals... or your most fabulous lipstick......

the look: lightly smokey eyes and... that lipstick!

skin: even complexion with foundation, concealer (where needed) and powder. warm pinkish blush on my cheeks and a touch of luminator on my cheekbones.

brows: shaped and filled with medium brown.

eyes: i covered the upper lid with a medium gray, just up to the socket line, where i blended it, with a soft brush in circular motions, with a warm brown eyeshadow. along both lash lines i brushed on mac, pigment colour powder, circa plum. (that is also a product that always makes me feel cooolio...). black mascara for full lashes lashes... lashes.

lips: i used only one amaaaazing product: stila, stay all day, liquid lipstick in aria. it glides on like a gloss which makes it easy to apply and then dries with a matt finish. soooo cool! and it seriously lasts aaall day. with eating and drinking and everything. i have to say that it dosn't exactly feel too good, because your lips aaare completely covered by a layer of matt color. but it looks soooooo good... and that color!.... and it is so nice to do a lipstick-look (of course optional, also with a more natural eye...) without having to worry about the creasing, bleeding, fading, smudging.......


have fun... with an item in your closet / make-up bag / shoe rack, that never fails to make you feel faaabulous!

münchner freiheit

 in addition to my s-bahn post... münchner freiheit (freedom, in english). a munich subway stop so gorgeous, it deserves it's own post. 

 all photos taken of the münchner freiheit subway stop, in munich, germany by me

cloudy day... sparkle-away!

not that one reeeally needs a reason to wear sparkles.... but this morning i woke up to an overcast new york. so i pulled out my little bottle of pink sparkles.

the look: sparkles on the eyes, leaving everything else (almost) bare... to keep this look from going in the i-am-shooting-a-music-video-today direction.

skin: tinted moisturizer... no powder... and (honestly....) only a sweep of whatever-was-left-on-my-blush-brush.

brows: i filled my brows and brushed them into shape.

eyes: before i used the sparkles i first defined my crease with brown shadow, leaving the middle of the lid bare. this way the sparkles would stick directly to my secret-weapon-eyeshadow-base. i dabbed them on my lid with my finger. there is no way to control loose sparkles like that. it will get on other arias of your face body... and might stay there for a couple of days. but isn't that half the fun? black mascara to top it off.

lips: good old lip balm


have fun... how couldn't you with pink sparkles?

monday morning....

the look: easy-cool, for just another monday...

skin: i started out with working foundation into my skin, followed by concealer under my eyes, then setting it with a light layer of loose powder. just below my cheek bones i used my favorite blush. bare escentuals, bare minerals, blush in golden gate and a veeery light sweep of face highlights on my cheekbone and down the bridge of my nose.

brows: (every time i do my strong-brows, and i think i might be going a little over-board with enhancing them, i think of kim kardashian and how amaaazing her big brows look.) i used a medium brown eyeshadow and a brow brush, to fill my brows. and dark brown to define the arch and thicken the outer end. after that i brushed them (upward) with brow gel.

eyes: instead of starting with a light base, i brushed a medium warm brown on my outer v and along my lower lashes. over that, and my entire upper lid, i layered bare escentuals, bare minerals, eyecolor, in the buff. this way i go a very subtle... sculpting. i also used a shimmery taupe eye liner, along both lash lines. (it seems to be my new fave-prduct, i just randomly picked it up, but i have been using it a lot...like here and here)

lips: a couple of layers of the revlon, just bitten, lipstain + balm, forbidden, only using the balm on the centre of my lips for hydration because i wanted a matt finish.


have fun

lisi....

i met lisi (actually elisabeth... followed by at least 10 more names) about 4 yeas ago, when we were both interning at my previous place of work, in munich. we have both gone veeery far from the little-care-free interns, we were back then. and even though lisi did not stay in munich, after her internship ended ...and i obviously moved on too... i still consider her one of my dearest. she is a friend, that i will always feel close to... no matter how long we haven't seen each other for. (and those are the most important to have....). i can have fun girly-days with her (the girl likes to shop!), crazy nights with drinks and dancing and stuff..., and dinners with deep heart-opening conversations.

she is the kind natural-beauty, that should never be covered with layers of make-up or hair die or other (fun, yet ...in her case... unnecessary) decorations. but beyond that she is fun and warm, and has the most endearing and joyful laugh, out of anyone i know.

little things, that make lisi smile:
those accidental bubbles, coming from the dishwashing detergent bottle, when you're doing the dishes - walking in the sunshine - the smell of fresh cut grass - having dinner with friends

 

 



all pictures of lisi, taken by me, in munich and berlin

graphic shadows

(now if that's not not a poetic title... i don't know what is.....)
this is the look i originally had planed for the day i got make-up on my dress and had to improvise, do to running-out-of-time. (the stains luckily came out... incase you were wondering.....) it ended up being a good make-up to do on a saturday, though. because it is one of the  more time-intensive looks.... but is also very good for whatever spontaneous events you might come across on a saturday in new york....... and yes, it ended up being a day that tough me to never leave the house without a wallet / id. even if your just "running to the cafe you forgot your phone at"...... 

the look: matt skin, liquid liner and dark lips

skin: evening out the skin with foundation and matting it with powder. i molded my face very lightly, by using a darker brown on the hollows of my cheeks and a lighter shimmering pink on my cheeks.

brows: i defined with brown eyeshadow and brow gel.

eyes: i started with the darker color, a matte medium gray. creating a soft shadow by sweeping a light layer all over the eyelids, using more color on the outer v and crease, while blending it very well. the second step was brushing on the light pink, starting at the inner corner and letting it fade out at the middle of the lid. with an angled eyeliner brush and a liquid liner (that becomes paintable after adding water,) i drew a (smallish) cate-eye. mascara, especially on the top lash row.

lips: to get a very hard edge, i start by putting liquid concealer on the rim of my lips, and then drew the shape with mac, lip pencil in vino. (feel free to not follow your exaaact lip shape. i, for example, like a very pointy cupids bow...) the lipstick i used was mac, satin, media. 

[beauty secret: to make lipstick last longer i close my mouth on a tissue and reapply a second layer of the color. and i make sure to have well hydrated lips before i go for a heavy-lipstick day. (ideally) the night before, i like to exfoliate my lips and sleep with a thick layer of a lip moisturizer of some sort, so it can really soak in. applying balm or a conditioner right before the lipstick, will not help too much and will just make the lipstick crease and wear off faster.]


have fun