December 15, 2014
Outfit #23 Xmas party
The black dress is from H&M. It is quite comfy, a little loose to allow for a great dinner. The leopard peeptoes are from a cheap Turkish store in Mannheim. I don't quite remember what the name of the store was but they were only 15€ and they are the most beautiful and comfortable I could imagine. I have much pricier shoes that don't even come close. The jewelry is from the Dominican Republic << click >>.
My makeup is quite simple. There is not much to say. I should have taken the big camera anyway but I always forget... The lipstick is Mac's Russian Red. The perfect matte red. I absolutely adore the color and it lasts forever!
This is my hair. I bought one of these huge hair donuts from H&M. Maybe, I'll show you another tutorial how to do it. I love the clean and elegant look of hair buns. This thing is perfect. It just didn't stay up because I forgot to put bobby pins. My hair is just too sleek for any hairdos.
And last but not least... My new iPhone cover :) I love it! Thank you, honey...
Sorry for the bad image quality. The last thing I think about when getting ready is to take pictures with my DSLR.
September 14, 2014
Outfit #22 New In... Black Tops
Besides mint tops I also bought black airy tops. As I'm into mint recently, I paired them both with my mint pants.
The only downside of these airy tops is that I have to hand wash them.
September 7, 2014
Outfit #21 New In... Mint Tops
I love airy colorful tops and blouses. It's simple but still elegant.
These two beauties I've found in el Conde in the Dominican Republic for less than 5€ each. Perfect for my vacation...
August 25, 2013
Outfit #20 Business Look
This was my business look for the way to Beijing. I even got a blazer but it was just freaking too hot to wear on the way...
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| Pants by Zara, blouse by H&M, blazer by New Yorker, shoes by Deichmann |
Actually, I survived almost two working days in this outfit because I started the day with a 2h train ride to a business meeting on the day of our flight. Otherwise I would have chosen something else for the plane and the weather. Between the meeting and the flight, I worked on my notes, some more background information on the physical matters and company. We went straight to the airport (1.5h by car, 11h flight) and straight to the Chinese company. No time to shower. I didn't see any showers at the airport in Beijing either (is that a German thing?) but I wished I did. Thus I'm glad I had some refreshing wipes for a small touch up and only changed the blouse at the airport.
Btw how do you like my suitcase? I got it at the Taipei Nightmarket in Shilin when I went to Taiwan with my dad. I love the color, the size and the fact that it turns 360° on its four wheels... All that for only about 25€.
So anyway to my makeup.
Face makeup
1) Instead of foundation, I was wearing the pink Korean Skin 79 Super BB cream with triple functions: whitening, UV protection SPF25 and wrinkle improvement which I've bought in Taiwan as well (500NT = 12.50€). I applied it using my fingers. Either I've got the right skin color or it really adapts but I've never quite believed that. How does the BB cream know which color I have?
2) Powder: Manhattan clear compact #75 beige (brush: Ebelin professional)
3) Bronzer: P2 sunshine powder #030 Bali heat (brush: Ebelin professional)
4) Blush: Essence LE flower grunge "Be Flowerful" (brush: Ebelin professional)
Eye makeup
My eye makeup was simple. It's my go-to-look. It's fast and simple. Only matt neutrals.
1) All over the lid: Essence Ballerina Backstage LE - Eye soufflé #01 dance the swan lake (application: finger)
2) Outer corner of the eye: Maybelline Color Tattoo #40 Permanent Taupe (application: finger)
3) Eye shadows: P2 matte dream #050 rose charm and #070 grey pleasure (brushes: Sigma tapered blending brushes E40 and E35)
4) Eye Liner: brown Catrice Gel Liner #020 It's Mambo Nr.2 (brush: Sigma eyeliner brush E05)
5) Lashes: Shu Uemara eyelash curler, Maybelline False Lashes Volume Express black waterproof mascara
5) Eyebrow Powder: Catrice Eyebrow Set (brush: Essence eyeliner brush)
Lips
1) Revlon Colorburst Lipbutter #050 Berry Smoothie
March 8, 2013
Glasses from Taiwan
Glasses from the optician are THE shopping tip for those traveling to Taiwan with bad eyesight.
My eyes aren't the best, either. I'm shortsighted with -1.75 in my left and -2.5 on my right eye. With contact lenses it's even -0.25 worse.
As glasses are freaking expensive in Germany, my last pair was like 250€, I went to an optician in Taiwan. After retesting my eyes (still same old shortsighted), I decided to buy one extra pair of glasses and another pair of sunglasses. For both, I only payed 95€ (3800 NTD), including frames and glasses. Of course, if you buy frames from some fancy label, it will be more but the glasses themselves aren't expensive at all.
The other great thing about my new glasses - they fit my Asian nose perfectly. Normally, glasses really hurt my nose after awhile.
I especially love the sunglasses because I don't like to wear contact lenses when going swimming... Also, it's better for the eyes to give them a break from the contact lenses and let them "breath" ;-)
To my outfit:
I'm wearing a black coat from Primark (Fall 2012), black leggings, black suede boots from Deichmann (Fall 2011), beige dress from Forever18, coral belt from the Dominican Republic (3€), a black bag from Taiwan (15€), of course also the new glasses as well as a dusky pink and gold necklace (5€) from the Shilin Nightmarket in Taiwan.
August 17, 2012
Outfit #18 - Maid of Honor again
All I can show you is my outfit. I wore the Max Mara dress from the Metzingen outlet haul << click >>, Buffalo pumps. My clutch was from Bijoux Brigitte, a present from a friend. The bracelets are from H&M, the necklace from a Chinese perl factory in Beijing and the earrings are made of Larimar from the Dominican Republic.
I made a simple French braid staring from my left temple down to the right ear, then twisting everything to a little bun and fixing everything with hairspray and bobby pins.
Here's also my makeup. Since I've stayed in the same color family through all weddings, it's almost the same makeup as in Switzerland.
Here are my products:
- Maybelline Matti-Teint foundation in Natural Beige
- Maybelline Coverstick #24 green corrects redness
- Maybelline pure.cover mineral concealer #01 nude beige
- Astor Anti Shine Mattitude #005 powder
- Essence Ballerina Backstage LE - Eye Soufflé #01 dance the swan lake - as a base all over the lid and under the brow bow.
- Maybelline Color Tattoo #40 Permanent Taupe (#35 Tough as Taupe in the US) in the outer corner of the eyes to deepen the area.
- Maybelline Color Tattos #20 Turqoise Forever (#40 Tenacious Teal in the US) on the whole lid, as well as an eyeliner on the lower lash line, also on the lower water line.
- P2 eye dream #030 (Morning Blues) to set the Turqoise eye liner and blend the eye shadow.
- Catrice gel eyeliner #020 (It's Mambo Nr.2) in dark brown as an eyeliner on my upper lash line.
- Rival de Loop eye brow pencil in dark brown.
- P2 Sunshine Powder #030 Bali Heat as a bronzer.
- ELF Blush #90421 Berry Merry
- Maybelline Colorsensational Lipstick #235 Warm Me Up
- Maybelline False Lash Effect Volume Express - black waterproof
July 12, 2012
Outfit #17 - Official Event at the University
Therefore, I decided to go with this black blouse dress from Esprit which I haven't worn forever. I got that in highschool which is like TEN years ago. Oh god, I'm getting old... but it's still cute :)
Anyway, I decided to pair it with my nude peeptoes from Payless (see my Chicago haul << click >>), H&M bracelets and matching handbag from H&M as well. My makeup is very simple - just brown tones, bronzer, blush and lipstick.
The nailpolish is from Petites by Scherer #113 Island Smoothie. I think I got it in New York a couple years ago when I forgot to bring nailpolish... Today, I wore it on my finger and toe nails but I think I like it better on my feet because the result is a bit streaky on my hands. It has this metallic light pinkish finish which is so cute... Have you seen Essie's new metallic line? A little like that but Essie has better quality.
Do you know where I can get those nailpolish racks that all the youtube gurus have? I really want one for my new appartment.
June 25, 2012
Outfit #16 - Salsa
It's also a great outfit to wear Mac's Russian Red (THE most perfect matte red lipstick on this planet) with simple eye make-up. Sorry, all my pics from my makeup were blurry :(
Btw, I've got new dancing shoes for Salsa and latin social dances - Masha BR21S from the brand Capezio. My boyfriend said it's a great brand for dancing shoes. Since he's a dance teacher, I fully trusted him with that... Otherwise I would have bought Diamant shoes which is also a famous brand for dancing shoes.
| Capezio - Masha BR21S in champagne |
I bought them on Kleiderkreisel << click >> which is a German website to sell and buy clothes / shoes / accessories / cosmetics. It was my first time buying something but the transaction went well. The girl who sold them to me bought them in size 5.5 US which is supposed to be EUR 35.5 but they were too big for her. I've got a US 6-6.5 (37 EUR size) and they fit perfectly. I got them for 45 € instead of the normal 70 €. For me, it was a great deal. They are comfortable and I've already danced a couple rounds Salsa this week-end...
June 17, 2012
Outfit #15 Salsaparty
The nude pumps are from Taiwan, from the nightmarket for like 12 EUR... I love to buy shoes in Taiwan, it's crazy. They've got like the biggest diversity for the best prices. The quality is quite good, too.
June 9, 2012
Outfits #13 and #14 as Maid of Honor
For the civil wedding I wore my Chinese Qipao dress. It's made of silk and is hand-tailored. I absolutely adore the dress and couldn't be more satisfied with the result of the tailor.
For the church and the big wedding party, I wore a blue-turqoise H&M long dress (49,99€). I love the colors, especially because it matched the lake so perfectly. No kidding, the lake looks like the Carribean Sea... I had to shorten the dress because I'm way too small for that dress. The tailor made a really good job, I think. It looks like it was sold this way.
The funny thing is, since I haven't posted any pictures of the bride, we got like a million congratulations because people thought that we got married in Switzerland... ^.^ just too cute... But I would definitely also wear white, not blue.
EDIT: I forgot to post the accessories...
The bag is also from China. I bought it from the same silk store as the first dress... great quality, same fabrique. Since it's dark blue, I also wore it with my second dress.
The necklace (~10 EUR) and bracelets (~3 and 5 EUR) are from H&M. The earrings are made of Larimar, which is a Dominican gemstone... I got them, when I bought some paintings on the street because they didn't have enough change for me - only unbelievable 2 EUR. I'm pretty sure, they would have been like 20 EUR in the gift stores of the hotels. I absolutely love those earrings!
May 9, 2012
Outfit #12 + Makeup: Color Blocking
I wore this outfit for a dinner party at my friend's house.
As I mentioned, the pants are from the Dominican Republic (10€), the top from Amisu (10€), the cardigan from Forever 18 (14€) and the pumps are from Buffalo (69€).
For the makeup, I wanted a bright lipstick to go with my pants, so I decided to wear Revlon Colorburst #045 Raspberry. Therefore, the eye-makeup is rather simple - black eyeliner and mascara. I also didn't use too much blush and bronzer to keep it simple and clean.
But to contrast the pink, I still decided not to repaint my nails and kept P2 #590 Who cares. Since I only colorblocked the pink with a hint of turqoise on my nails, it's not over the top but still fun for spring time. Looking at the pictures now, I think it would be nice to wear turqoise earrings as well. Maybe next time ˆ-ˆ
- Essence Ballerina Backstage LE - Eye Soufflé #01 dance the swan lake - as a base all over the lid and under the brow bow.
- Maybelline Color Tattoo #40 Permanent Taupe (#35 Tough as Taupe in the US) in the outer corner of the eyes to deepen the area.
- Astor Anti Shine Mattitude #005 to set the cream eye shadows.
- Catrice Gel Eyeliner #010 Black Jack with Jack Black.
- P2 matte dream eye shadow #010 black attitude to set the black liner.
- Catrice All Round Mascara #010 blackest black.
- Rival de Loop eye brow pencil in dark brown.
- P2 Sunshine Powder #030 Bali Heat as a bronzer.
- Wet'n'Wild #832E Heather Silk as a blush.
- Rimmel Lip Liner 1000 kisses #014 Wild Clover
- Revlon Colorburst #045 Raspberry
But how about you, how do you like color blocking? Go or No-Go?
May 6, 2012
Outfit #11 + Make-Up: Greek Lunch with friends
The tank top is from H&M (~5€), the pants from Amisu, sandals from the Dominican Republic (3€), the necklace is from Forever 21 from my Chicago haul << click >> and the coconut belt was a present from my boyfriend. The nail polish is from P2, a drugstore brand from Germany (#590 who cares?).
I thought it would be nice to pair the outfit with a turquoise eye makeup. Btw, I absolutely adore the Maybelline Color Tattoos. I've got three different colors and they are long lasting, beautiful, pigmented, everything I could ask for... I would just love to have a cream matte color, there's only a white sparkly one. When my Essence eye soufflé in #01 dance the swan lake is used up, I'll buy it anyway because the Essence one was from a limited edition.
So here are my makeup products.
- Essence Ballerina Backstage LE - Eye Soufflé #01 dance the swan lake - as a base all over the lid and under the brow bow.
- Maybelline Color Tattoo #40 Permanent Taupe (#35 Tough as Taupe in the US) in the outer corner of the eyes to deepen the area.
- Astor Anti Shine Mattitude #005 to set the cream eye shadows.
- Maybelline Color Tattos #20 Turqoise Forever (#40 Tenacious Teal in the US) as an eyeliner on the upper and lower lash line, also on the lower water line.
- P2 eye dream #030 morning blues to set the Turqoise eye liner.
- Milani Liquif'eye metallic eye liner pencil #01 black to tightline the upper and lower lash line to make the lash lines appear thicker than they actually are.
- P2 matte dream eye shadow #010 black attitude to set the black liner.
- Carrie All Round Mascara #010 blackest black.
- Rival de Loop eye brow pencil in dark brown.
- P2 Sunshine Powder #030 Bali Heat as a bronzer.
- Wet'n'Wild #832E Heather Silk as a blush.
- Maybelline Colorsensational Lipstick #235 Warm Me Up
I always set my eye liners with eye shadow or powder because of my Asian eye form. It's not really monolid but still the crease is quite close to the eye which smears out every eye liner without additional help.
February 24, 2012
Outfit #10 - Smooth Criminal
We danced to Smooth Criminal from Michael Jackson. Thus, here's my Outfit. It's basically only black and white. The hat is from New Yorker (5 EUR), the white button-up from H&M (15 EUR), the vest from Orsay, the black shirt underneath from New Yorker (~10 EUR), pants from the Dominican Republic, shoes from Deichmann.
The Nailpolish was P2 #650 Fever which used to be P2 #221 Charismatic.
For the Make-Up...
It was more on the heavy side because it was for the stage. Everything as to be so much more dramatic.
Here are the products:
- Catrice Photo Finish Foundation #050 Deep Bronze on the outside of my face
- Maybelline Jade - Mati Teint Make-up in Natural Beige - for the inner parts of my face like the T-zone and part of my cheeks
- Jade - cover stick #24 (green corrects redness)
- Maybelline - pure. cover mineral concealer #1 (nude beige).
- Astor - Anti Shine Mattitude Powder (# 005) to set the foundation and concealer.
- P2 - Bronzer - Sunshine Powder #030 (Bali Heat)
- Sleek Blush - Scandalous
- Essence - eyebrow pencil #02 (brown).
- ELF - mineral eyeshadow primer
- Essence Ballerina Backstage LE # 01 Dance the Swan Lake - Eye Soufflé
- Essence Ballerina Backstage LE # 03 Grand-Plié in Black - Eye Soufflé
- Essence Eyeshadow #01 Chill Out (Shimmery white) for the inner corners of the eye and as a highlighter underneath the eye brow
- P2 matte dream Eyeshadow #010 black attitude for the outer corners of the eye (also to set the eyliner later)
- Astor Eyeshadow #740 Silver to blend
- MNY eyeshadow#625 (shimmery dark black) - to darken the outer corner even more
- Catrice Gel Eyeliner #010 Black Jack with Jack Black to line my upper and lower lash line and doing a little wing
- Catrice - All Round Mascara Waterproof #010 Blackest Black
- Essence Lip Liner #08 Red Blush
- Mac Creamsheen Lipstick - Brave Red
February 9, 2012
Outfit #9 + Make-up
Since it's almost always warm inside, I like to wear layers over layers. This is a 3 layer outfit for the university. Underneath the black body from Tchibo, I wear another black spaghetti top and underneath the pants (Levis) two pairs of leggings... it's freezing outside... I found this cute little salmon colored pullover at Tally Weijl - it was reduced to only 10 EUR. They also had a deal of three for the price of two but I didn't like any of the others.
And here's a close-up to the make-up to my outfit. I'm sorry, there were no good close-ups for the eyes but they basically look like the other brown eye make-ups. I just switch between the products - the result is the same more or less...
- Jade - cover stick #24 (green corrects redness)
- Maybelline - pure. cover mineral concealer #1 (nude beige).
- Astor - Anti Shine Mattitude Powder (# 005) to set the concealer.
- Essence - eyebrow pencil #02 (brown).
- P2 - Bronzer - Sunshine Powder #030 (Bali Heat)
- Alverde Mineral Rouge #2 (Cherry)
- Rimmel 1000 Kisses - Lipliner Pencil #014 (Wild Clover)
- Mixed Lipsticks
- Alverde Lipstick #55 (Rosy Caramel)
- P2 - Pure Color Lipstick #059 (Copacabana)
- ELF - mineral eyeshadow primer
- Essence Ballerina Backstage LE: 01 Dance the Swan Lake - Eye Soufflé
- P2 - matte dream eyeshadow #050 rose charm all over the inner eye lid and up to the eyebrows
- Catrice - eyeliner pen - Kajal Designer #150 (Up&Brown) at the outer corner of my eye lids to darken it (smudging it with the tool on the other side of the eyeliner pen) - it's a great taupe color
- P2 - matte dream eyeshadow #070 (grey pleasure) on top of the smudged catrice eyeliner pen (has the exact same color)
- Catrice - gel eyeliner #020 (It's Mambo No. 2) to line my upper and lower lash line and doing a little wing
- P2 - matte dream eyeshadow #020 (brown chic) on top of the gel eyeliner to set it and avoid smudging
- Nivea - Extreme Resist Volume and 24h hold mascara waterproof #01 (black)
December 18, 2011
Outfit #8: In vacation
Here's a little vacation outfit post from the Dominican Republic. This is how I would go out dancing Salsa. We actually shot a little Salsa tutorial in this outfit. I love the top - it's so free and loose...
The top and the leggings are from H&M. The skirt is from New Yorker. I wore just little eye make-up, based on nude tones. It was too hot for make-up anyway.
October 8, 2011
Outfit #7 and Make-up
Everything is from New Yorker, except of the shoes...
Here's the Make-up as well...
with some close-ups of my eye...
I used the following products...
- Jade - cover stick #24 (green corrects redness)
- Maybelline - pure. cover mineral concealer #1 (nude beige).
- P2 - feel good mineral powder #030 (beige desert) to set the concealer
- Essence - eyebrow pencil #02 (brown).
- ELF - mineral eyeshadow primer
- Essence Ballerina Backstage LE: 01 Dance the Swan Lake - Eye Soufflé
- Essence - matte dream eyeshadow #050 rose charm all over the lid to the eyebrows
- Colours Cosmetic - blue pencil eyeliner (polarblue)
- Catrice - Absolute Eye Colour #050 I wanna be a royal to set the eyeliner
- Catrice - All Round Mascara Waterproof #010 Blackest Black
- Alverde Mineral Rouge #2 (Cherry)
- Rimmel 1000 Kisses - Lipliner Pencil #014 Wild Clover
- Alverde Lipstick #55 Rosy Caramel
September 27, 2011
Outfit #6 +Make-up
Here's my Make-up. I like it green although I don't wear it that often...
I used the following products:
- Jade - cover stick #24 (green corrects redness)
- Maybelline - pure. cover mineral concealer #1 (nude beige).
- P2 - feel good mineral powder #030 (beige desert) to set the concealer
- Essence - eyebrow pencil #02 (brown).
- ELF - mineral eyeshadow primer
- Essence Ballerina Backstage LE: 01 Dance the Swan Lake - Eye Soufflé
- Essence - quattro eyeshadow: 06 Rock Angel - both dark green color for the outer corner of the eye
- Green Pencil Eyeliner (can't read that anymore...) and dark green eyeshadow to set the eyeliner and avoid smearing
- Catrice - All Round Mascara Waterproof #010 Blackest Black
- Alverde Mineral Rouge #2 (Cherry)
- Rimmel 1000 Kisses - Lipliner Pencil #014 Wild Clover
- Alverde Lipstick #55 Rosy Caramel
September 21, 2011
Outfit #5 + Makeup
I just did a very easy daily make-up based on brown shades...
September 6, 2011
Outfit #4
Since it was so warm, I decided to do a French Braid with a little twist, starting from the left side of my head and slowly working my way down to the right side... It wasn't easy taking this picture, I can tell you... haha it kinda looks like I had highlights or white hair but it's just the sun
:)
My Make-up is captured in this post: Make-up #3.
August 29, 2011
Outfit #3 and Make-up #2
The cardigan and the top are from H&M, the jeans from Amisu, the shoes from a cheap store and the belt from Basler.
My eye make-up is very simple. It's a lot of brown shades. I love my blush... it's from Alverde (Mineral Rouge - 02 Cherry)






















