March Favourites (Valentino, MAC, Anastasia and more)

March turned out to be a good month for rediscovering old favourites and finding new ones. I happened to come across a perfume that quickly became one of my favourites ever, found a cute little bag during a disappointing trip to Amsterdams new Primark and finally managed to get a new spring coat. Read about all of it below.

Kat von D beauty haul from London

Kat von D Beauty came to London at exactly the right time. Her collection launched at Debenhams only a couple of days before Bon Jovi brought us to town and I couldn't have been more excited. Kat von D beauty is my favourite make-up brand by far. They are the company that makes the one foundation that matches my skin tone perfectly, they are the best at eyeliners, contour powders, eye shadows and do amazing lip products as well. Needless to say that we made the most of the opportunity and spent a little too much money while we were at it. So here is, a little later than expected, a closer look at everything I bought at the (then) brand-new KvD counter in London.

current make-up essentials

I love experimenting with make-up as much as the next make-up lover. I definitely don't need a special occasion to go out with red glossy eyelids or a bright purple lip. However, I do have my essentials that I end up using for almost every single look. Non of these are very original products or groundbreaking discoveries but for me, the combination of these products is the perfect base for whatever look I am going for.

What I did in Toronto: Sephora Haul

It's been almost two months since my last blogpost so let's just put an end to my good intentions right away. Apparently I really don't have it within me to keep a blog up to date. In all honesty though I also have been really busy (playing Pokemon Go) and I even travelled across the Atlantic. Which is what broad me here today because I happened to have been to the magical land of Sephora. Or, actually, one of the magical lands of Sephora. I went to Toronto, Canada to visit my friend Nikita for a week and during my stay I shamelessly dragged her into every Sephora around town exactly seven times. But since us Europeans are only rarely blessed with a sighting of a Sephora-store across the continent, I thought it might be interesting to do a little Sephora haul.

Gerard Cosmetics Hydra Matte liquid lipstick review

Now here is something I've been meaning to write for a long while. But then Mumford happened, and Mumford happened again and for the longest time the formula of a couple of liquid lipsticks was the last thing on my mind. Because oh my God I love them and oh dear God, they were amazing. The good thing though is that while I was busy being distracted by Marcus Mumford's voice (and face), I had the chance to try these Gerard Cosmetics liquid lips out for a good while and now I've got a few things to say.

silver hair 101

I never did anything remotely wild with my hair before I started bleaching it last year. I just forever dyed it blonde. I have to say though that the bleaching process has been quite an adventure and there are a lot of things I wish I had known before I decided to go all ice queen on my hair. So to prevent you from making the same mistakes I listed some important things that the gorgeous Instagram photos and quick YouTube tutorials never told me.

exposing my nudes

I've been obsessed with dark red lipsticks for the longest time, to a point where I could literally wear Mac Diva for months in a row. Lately though, I find myself falling in love with more and more nude shades. I still love a bold lip and I will probably always go back to reds and purples but at this moment it's the nudes that I reach for the most. I love that they are more natural and a little less out there but what I probably like the most is the 90s feel they have to them.

I wasn't sure when exactly would be the right time to post this article though because I'm constantly adding new (vaguely different) shades to my collection but at this moment I do have a couple of favourites that i'd like to share with you, so let's do it.