My Make-Up Essentials for Everyday

In my monthly favorites you are able to find a lot of make-up products. I’m usually not a person that uses a lot of make-up on a daily basis but I love to own it, search for it, buy it and so on. I have a lot of make-up products, especially a lot of lipsticks and eye shadows. But that doesn’t mean that I use a lot every day. My daily make-up routine is actually pretty simple and it depends a lot on where I’m going. When I’m going out to a party or a night club or a special event, I dress up and I put on a lot more make-up. But on a daily basis, I like to keep it really simple and natural.

What I think is very important before you put on any make-up at all, is to moisturize your skin as a solid basis. Dry skin is not what you want and make-up products do dry out your skin a little to a lot. So be sure to put on a face crème to moisturize your skin before. In the morning, I usually brush my teeth, wash my face and put some lotion onto my face. After I get dressed, I start with my make-up. My first essential that I use every day is a BB cream. The one I use is a toned moisturizing cream. After that, I use a concealer to cover up my blemishes and possible zits. I also use it under my eyes to brighten them up a little. I, then, use a light powder. I have very oily skin and I really hate it. Therefore, I use a matting powder in order to not look shiny. Then, I put a little more color back into my face by using a blush. I don’t overdo it with the blush, because it is still an everyday make-up and I only want to put a little bit on in order to not look pale. After that, I use a black eyeliner on my waterline, just because I’ve been doing that since I’m about 15 years old and I kind of feel that my make-up is not complete without it. I know, I’m weird sometimes. Anyway, I also use black mascara on my upper and lower lashes. Furthermore, I use a lip balm. And that is the finished look. When I’m in the mood and have the time in the morning I like to add a little eye shadow but just something very light, natural and simple. Or I use a natural looking lipstick, like a dusky pink or a nudeish color. Nothing fancy, just adding a little highlight on my face. Nevertheless, that doesn’t happen very often. During the summertime, when my skin is a little tanned, I sometimes just use mascara, lip balm, and a little powder due to my oily skin.

Sometimes, I’m in the mood to put on a little more make-up by creating a smokey eye in different color combinations or to use a more colorful lipstick like a red one. But that does not happen too often for an everyday look. I like to keep it very natural. That is the best way for me. Others might do it differently and that is totally fine. But for me personally, a natural everyday look is the preferred way.

Summarizing, all I use every day is a BB cream, concealer, powder, blush, mascara, eyeliner, and a lip balm. It is not much, but for me it is all I need.

I hope you liked to get to know more about my make-up essentials for everyday. What are yours? 

October Favorites

How in the world is it already November again and time for my October favorites? Where did the time go and what did I do all year? I’m still getting comfortable being 25 and in 2 short months I’m going to be 26. Wait what?! Yes, that is my reaction to it being November.

Anyway as usual, I have a few favorites of the month of October. The things I’m going to talk about today are things I discovered last month. So let’s get started.

The first item is a lipstick. I know, most of my favorites are make-up related. I’m sorry guys, I’m obsessed. I’m not usually wearing that much make-up every day, but I do love to buy it, search for it, own it for special occasions where I really need to dress up and just try new things. Anyway, the lipstick I want to tell you about is from the L’Oreal Color Riche Pure Reds Collection in the Color Blake’s Pure Red. I was searching for the prefect red lip color for a very long time. And trust me, I have several reds in my make up drawer, which I love but they aren’t THE red I was searching for. I came across this L’Oreal one by watching a YouTube video of a girl who used it. And I immediately liked it a lot. It is a beautiful red with a bluish and pinkish undertone, which I absolutely love for several reasons. I’m not a huge fan of red lipsticks with an orangey undertone. It just doesn’t look good on me and I personally don’t like it on myself. And red lipsticks with a pinkish and bluish undertone don’t make your teeth look yellow, which I really hate. It always doesn’t look very good with yellowish teeth. And lipsticks with an orangey undertone unfortunately do that. So, I thought why not go to the store and check it out. When you open it, you would probably say that I’m totally delusional by saying it has a bluish and pinkish undertone because it looks like it has more of an orangey undertone. At first, I hesitated a lot due to that. But then I used the one for testing on the back of my hand and I was completely surprised that the orangey was gone and it was a totally different color than I thought it would be. And it also looked amazing on the back of my hand. Therefore, I decided I need to buy it and try it out (and the store had an offer of 30% off of lipsticks that day). Well, after trying it out on my lips at home (with a red lip liner) I was blown away by it. It is definitely THE red I was searching for. It is very pigmented and bright. It is more a brighter red but not too bright. And it stays on all night. It survives drinking and eating and it doesn’t lose any of its color. I highly recommend it. And I guess I need more colors of the L’Oreal Color Riche Collections. Here is the link to the L’Oreal website: http://www.loreal-paris.de/make-up/lippen/lippenstift/color-riche/collection-exclusive/n15-blakes-red.aspx I bought mine at a Rossmann store in Germany, but many stores are selling L’Oreal make-up products. Even if I’m absolutely in love with this red and it is exactly the red I was looking for, I still need a more darker one. So if you have any recommendations, tell me about them. 

Another one of my favorites is also a make-up product. It is a lip liner from the brand Essence with the name 12. Wish me a Rose. It is a soft pink color. It is more one on the pastel pinkish side but also brighter. I love to use it with a lipstick in a similar color. Or I use it as a lip color in general. This looks really pretty too. It gives your lips a natural color tone but also brightens them up a little. I love it. Additionally, it stays on quite well. And the best thing of all it is so cheap. It only costs, wait for it people, 0,95 € (at the DM store in Germany, where I also bought it). 95 cents. Yes, you read right. Here is the link to the website of Essence and the lip liner: http://www.essence.eu/de/produkte/lippen/lipliner/e/product/lipliner-12/

The last favorite of the month I want to tell you about has nothing to do with make-up. It is actually one of my favorite authors. As I probably told you before, I really love books. I mean I don’t study literature for nothing. I read many great works from great authors but my favorite author is Nicolas Sparks. Yes, I know. It is a total cliché. But I just love his books. And I love to escape into the worlds of Noah and Allie, Jamie and Landon, Travis and Gabby or Sophia and Luke, to just name a few. They are written in such a beautiful, fun and exciting way that keeps me reading and reading and reading until I finished the book. I bought them all. Some of them even twice, in German and in English. Call me crazy but I love them. And I mention them in my October favorites because I recently rediscovered them. You are able to buy them at every book store.

This have been my favorites of them month October. I hope you enjoyed reading. See you next time.