soft spring

i haven't been doing a lot of heavy make-up looks lately. must be a spring thing..... but i do feel like fun colors…..

eyes: i used vanilla sugar (by bare escentuals) on the entire lid. in the natural indentation of my crease i painted mac's all that glitters in a c-motion. with a small flat shadow brush i placed purple along the lashes of my upper lid as well as at the outer corner of my crease. the bottom lashes got some lovin with a turquois eyeliner. with an angled eyeliner brush i drew plumage (a dark blue eye shadow color, by mac) along both lash rows and at the very outer corner to connect the purple and the turquois pigments.

lips: maybelline, color whisper, rose of attraction

spring-touch

now that spring finally decided to make a couple of appearances in new york i have really been in the mood for more colorful make-up...

 

 

eyes: you might have noticed that i have been using mac's all that glitters a loooot lately. it is so suitable to start out most looks with because it is such a beautiful close-to-nude shimmer that will make it easy to avoid not-sufficiently-blended looking eye shadows. (i would also highly recommend this color if you are not toooo comfortable with wearing shadow on your eye lids at all. you can not go wrong with this.) anyway, after a rather generous amount of it, i blotted bare escentuals loose powder, in the buff on the center of the movable lid, on the inner corners of my eyes and below the arch of my eye brows. with a small eye shadow brush i drew coppering (by mac) along both lash rows and also on the outer v. with a short bristled brush (similar to #214 by mac) i carefully placed my sparkly-blue shadow liberty (that i first told you about here) on my bottom eye lid. i then decided to optically deepen the crease more, which i achieved with a couple of strokes of antiqued (also by mac). the most important step for this look was coating the bottom waterline with a turquoise eyeliner.... and to refine it a bit more... i used aquadisiac (anooother mac eye shadow...) for the bottom tear duct.

 

since this eye-make-up had a lot of layers and such....... i did my new-default-look on the rest of my face.

 

 

have fun!

ultimate orchid

because it is spring... and because i am always on the search for a lip color to pair with darker eye make-up....

 

my newest addition to my over-flowing make-up table is revlon, colorstay ultimate, liquid lipstick in ultimate orchid.

 

I love the look of it and how it is easy to handle and long-lasting.... but am not in loooooove with the way it makes my lips feel (somehow... rubbery......)

 

have fun

silver... spring...

one of the things spring has brought out in me (apart from a bunch of happy hormones) is the mood for some metalicsI am finding myself in the mood for some metallic.......

 

 

eyes: for the base of this look i used one of my favorite mac eye shadow colors (that unfortunately was a special edition…..) performing art. on the center of my movable lid i blotted let loose shimmering shadow dust in rejoice by prestige (it has a really good "easy-dip" applicator... which makes it a great little friend to add to my on-the-go-touchups kit. adding a little silver dust can never hurt. right?) and spread it out with my finger. for more dimension i drew silver eyeliner on my bottom tear duct and in the middle of my upper lid. along the very roots of my  upper lashes i used an angled eyeliner brush and black eye shadow to draw a delicate line.

brows: the mac eye shadow colors i used for my brows were embark and black

lips: haven't used my stila, stay all day, liquid lipstick in aria in a while. but it made me remember how much i looove it. i applied it before brunch and running a couple of errands. shortly after leaving the house i noticed that i forgot it at home….. but let me tell you… i did not need it. i even had to remove it with water and a towel before heading to the gym later that night. amazing this little product. (for a more detailed review on the liquid lipstick click here)

have a fun weekend ladies and gents. i hope the sun is shining where you are and if not...... you gotta shiiiiiine yourself! remember? cloudy day.... sparkle away!

sunday… morning… downtown…

i loved today… and today loved me right back.

beside the sun bringing out the most beautiful side of new york… and new yorkers……. a big reason for my i-want-to-hug-the-world mood was starting off the day with an incredably lovely visit to great joins spa. i finally used the gift certificate i got for my first birthday….. and booked a facial for sunday morning.

on the way to the spa i walked through the morning-light flooded streets of downtown manhattan. the very streets that, just a couple of hours prior, ware packed with intoxicated ladies in too-high heals and men in any variation of plaid buttondowns…. waiting for the next free cab… having group discussions on which bar to head to next… or devouring a dollar-a -slice pizza.

all pictures from my sunday morning stroll taken by me.

my day continued being incredibly wonderful….. filled with sun… friends… memories… happy faces… spending money on myself... yoga… and sushi.

i hope u have had one of those green-lights-all-the-way days lately.

i would love to hear what this would imply, for you. 

kate... spring... pastel.... good-ness

i just came across this picture on pinterest... and i had to share it with you.

because kate is always good... the sun is shining here in new york... and i must try some pastel make-up looks.

 

 

kate moss photographed by corinne day

new york spring….. get inspired

this is one of my favorite places in munich and this photo (i took a couple of years ago) should inspire this so-called spring we are having here, in new york.

spring-licious

the days are getting longer… i am daring to leave the house without a hat... and it smells like spring! it is incredible how sunshine can transform the city and put a smile on peoples faces.

these are two looks to celebrate that this stupid cold weather is will soon be oooover!

why not go super colorful with pink… purple… and dark blue eye shadow, wiiiith turquois and light blue eyeliner....

….or this perfect-bright-pink lipstick….. mac's impassioned, together with a bright pink blush.

have fun with some color!

you can do it

spring, you can do it!

go go go

all photos of new york in late winter... by me