Loved and left them… Inspiration - Hyped products we forgot about!

The beauty industry has changed - we have more beauty brands now than ever and see new ones launching all the time.

This means a huge amount of new products, launches and re-launches, meaning that it is pretty much impossible to keep up - even for beauty addicts.

It also has two ofter "consequences" - firstly we hype up a lot of products, that we very quickly forget about again, because something new comes along, we have to try.

Secondly there are a quite the chance, that we will miss something good out there!

So I thought, I would give these two categories some love in this little two part series.

Today I will go through some of the products, that were really hyped at some point, but we never really hear about anymore - probably not because we don't love it, just because we got distracted by something new.

Nothing, Nude & Neon… Inspiration - Spring/Summer Lip Favourites!

Some more spring/summer inspiration - this time in the lip department.

I have one that I brought with me from winter, one newer addition and a rediscovery and together they cover a sheer option, a nude option and a bold option.

L'Oreal Infallible Mega Gloss // MAC Syrup // Maybelline ColorDrama Intense Velvet Lip Pencil In Fab Orange

Be a Hero… Review & Swatch - MAC Heroine Lipliner & Lipstick!

If you are into a statement lip - look no further.

MAC Heroine is the ultimate statement lip colour - a dark sultry purple.

I like a red lip, and I do often swing that way, but I really like to rock the boat bit and go for something a somewhat more spectacular, and MAC Heroine is just that.

MAC Heroine Lipliner & Lipstick.

The One… Review/Swatch - MAC Uninterrupted Eye Shadow!

I have had the MAC shadow in Uninterrupted on my wishlist, in what seems like forever - so when I finally got it, expectations were high.

Fortunately I weren't disappointed - this is with out a doubt my favourite MAC shadow ever!

If you dare… Lipstick Love - MAC Up the Amp!

When we go bold, we often go red.

But as I have mentioned before, I'm not that crazy about red lipstick on me, even though I do go there from time to time.

I was however for while on the hunt for purple lipstick, and after some search though and a lot of swatching at the drugstore, I had to realise, that my search would only be able to end at MAC.

Because after seeing Claire Marshall video about her favourite MAC lipsticks (if you haven't seen it, you should really do so, it is fantastic!), I fell in love the Up the Amp and there was no drugstore dupe.

MAC Up The Amp Lipstick

Bare N' Pop… Inspiration - Bare eyes and pop lip!

As I have mentioned before, for me the eye make up is always, where I use the most time.

However it is also the step, I most often skip.

Lately I have skipped it a lot!

Instead to amp up my make up look, I have added a pop lip, while keeping the eyes super simple with only mascara.

A day trip to London... Mini Beauty Haul & First Impressions!

So I'm in the UK for 5 months to study, and once I had settled in at my new house, first on my to-do list was a day trip to London.

I had quite a few bits on my wish list, that I wouldn't be able to get, where I'm living.

These are the beauty bits I got on my day trip to London.

The month of MAC.... May Beauty Favorites!

I don't have to many favourites this month.

However amongst the ones I have, MAC is very well represented.

I normally only buy MAC when travelling or discounted on online webshops.

But this month I received some MAC paintpots as a gift.

Furthermore I went past MAC in a big department store in Copenhagen one day, and they had 10% of.

So of course I had to get something.

Easy Going.... Inspiration - Cream eyeshadows!

It is no secret, that I love cream make up products.

And that of course also includes cream shadows.

I for the most part use them as bases to make my shadows even more intense.

But lately when I have been in rush, I found that some of them are great alone as well.

So I thought, that I would share the cream shadows, that I think works great alone.

MAC Groundwork - Benefit Top Brass - Maybelline On and On Bronze

A Little Flush.... Review and swatches - MAC Sheertone Shimmer Blush in Dollymix!

Very spontaneously I decided to add another blush to my (very limited, I only have two) MAC blush collection.

I don't really know what, but something about this blush just caught my eye.

And when I swatched it, I knew, that I have to have it.

MAC were doing a 10% of that day, so that was kind of my justification.

Terracotta Sunset.... An eye look!

For autumn I loved the reds on the eyes (I still do by the way).

For this spring I'm ready to wear the orange shades.

It all started with a matte nude orange, I got at Inglot - If I should give it a name, I would call it Terracotta!

I really wanted to do a look with this shadow as the inspiration, so I gathered up my other orange toned shadows and ended up with this.

And yes, I'm wearing a kid bandaid on my neck, it's a long story:-)

Holy Grail... Products I'd rebuy!

I only have one true holy grail product, which will also be featured below, but I have several products, that I rebuy over and over again or know I will rebuy again.

And I though, I would share them with you.

Skincare:

Winter Love... December Beauty Favourites!

I decided that for the new year, I will do monthly favourites.
For December, I have quite many, but for some months in the future, it might only be a few products.
Because I do really try to circulate my products and also I don't want to repeat the same products over and over again.
So it will be new products and products, I have rediscovered.

Lets just get started with my first ever monthly favs - for the month of December!

Hair and skin:

Anatomicals Make Your Scalp Yelp! - Head Shock Shampoo:
Oh my, I love this shampoo.
I not really sure, what this shampoo actually is suppose to do.
It's very minty and fresh, and it really do make you scalp tinkle.
I have had a lot of problems with itchy and dry scalp, and I also sometimes get small sores.
But I really feel that this shampoo has helped with all of these problems - So of course I'm in love.

The Christmas Edition.... Christmas Nail, Face and Outfit!

As promised, here are my Christmas nail, face and outfit.

Hope you all had a great Christmas with lots of great food, presents and nice time with your family and friends.

Let get started!

Nails:

I did a dark blue base with a lot of dots in different Christmas colours.

A Merry Christmas to all... Review and Swatch - MAC Rose Pigment

So today is the 24th of December!

In Denmark we celebrate Christmas on the 24th and soon I will be heading down to my fathers house, and enjoy a great meal and get (hopefully) lots of presents :-)

I have planed my Christmas outfit for weeks and once I saw Tanja Burr using Rose Pigment from MAC in a simple Christmas tutorial, I knew, it would be perfect for my Christmas make up look.

So I had to have it!

Red Eyed Girl... How to wear burgundy on the eyes!

Burgundy is a big trend for this autumn, and I love it!

I have actually always loved burgundy eye shadows, however I understand, that it's not for everybody.

But I want to show, that you can do red on the eyes without looking like, you got punched.

I'm Lovin' It... Current Beauty favourites # 2!

It's been a while since, I did my last (and first Current favourites).

But lately I have been loving a lot of products.

Some of them new and others old reruns.

Let me just start by saying, that all the products mentioned in my "London Lovin'" post is still favourites.

So lets get started!

Nails:

Sally Hansen Miracle Cure & Sally Hansen Mega Shine:

This combination have really done a difference for my nail polish.

I use the Miracle cure for base coat and the Mega Shine for top coat.

Usually my polish starts chipping already at the end of the first day, but now it can actually last for 2-3 days before chipping.

And I love, that the Sally Hansen products are very reasonable priced, because I do go through both base and top coat quit fast.

Water vs. Oil.... Product battle - M.A.C Cleanse of oil vs. This Work Clean Skin 5 in 1 Water.

There seems to be two groups in the online beauty community, when it comes to make up removers.

Those how love the oil and those how love the water.

So I through, why not compare the two and let you know, what I think

The Oil           VS.         The Water

I have very sensitive eyes (as well as skin), so I have used oils to remove my eye make up for many years. First baby oil and later almond oil or Jojoba oil.

Same, same, but different... Product battle - M.A.C Paintpot vs. Benefit creaseless cream.

So we all know the M.A.C Paintpots, they are very well loved and mentioned all over the online beauty community.

But what if, there were something better out there??!!

(Oh yes, I really mean it!:-))

By mistake I ended up with both a Paintpot and Creaseless Cream from Benefit in pretty much the same colour.

The colours I got are M.A.C Rubenesque and Benefit Sippin' n dippin'.

Trend: Nude/Neon... On the eyes??!!

So I thought - Why not try this trend as an eye look as well?

My favourite nude/neon combination is with out a doubt nude and pink.

I really think, that used in the right way, pink really makes my blue eyes pop.

So I went for a nude and bright pink eye look.

I know, that this isn't "in-your-face-nude/neon".

But I think it is a really nice and subtitle way to achieve the trend and get some colour into your eye look.