Review: Dark Heart Designs Loose Eyeshadows

Hello, welcome to my blog!

First off, I want to mention that these were sent to me for PR purposes. 

No that that's out of the way, let's go on to the beautiful swatches! All of the swatches below are applied over my ELF Eyelid Primer. I felt like using a primer as I had to apply them from the bad with a brush.

Moshi Moshi - Charmed - Crash Love - Papa Razzi - Jadis

Wine Red - Twisted Metal - Killing Moon - Fool's Hold - Cotton Candy - Fantasy - Nymph

Dark Heart Designs is a company made by Tina which makes all the cosmetics her self by hand. All the colors are beautiful, but be aware that the colors may be slightly different from mine if you order because they are handmade. I have wo saples of Cotton Candy, and one of them is lighter than the other as you can seer in the pictures below.

On the other hand, I have two of the shade Nymph as well, and they're both the same.

Most of the eyeshadows are very pigmented, but there are a few exeptions. However those can be just as pigmented as the others over a stickier base.

I really like these eyeshadows, and I've had them for a while. The only reason they're not been used up is because they are loose which I tend to use less than my pressed eyeshadows because they are messier to work with. The fact that I have sample-baggies also makes me use them less because I don't have as much control over how much is on the brush etc.

All in all they are great eyeshadows, though!

You can buy from Dark Heart Designs on http://darkheartdesigns.storenvy.com/ and you can also check out their facebook page https://www.facebook.com/darkheartdesigns. Tell her I sent you =)

DHD sells eyeshadows, blushes, primer, lippies and more, all home made, and a lot of it is also vegan, which is great! Her eyeshadows are $5.99 and contain 1.5grams of product. 

In addition to that, it's possible to buy full collections, samples and deluxe samples as well if you just want to try out a product.

Check her out guys, she really deservs it for all her hard work and good products =) There are several more I would like to try as well, so there might be more reviews for Dark Heart Designs in the future!

Thanks for reading, guys, I really apprechiate it =)

Review: H&M Liquid Eyeliner Pen

Hello everybody!

Today I am going to review the Liquid Eyeliner from H&M. I know alot of people think the makeup from H&M is cheap and poorly made, but that's not the case for all of their products. This eyeliner has been my go-to for at least a couple of months now so I can give you a review of a well-tried product.

My eyeliner is in the shade Black, and I have seen it in Turquoise before, but right now it's only avaliable in Black on the Norwegian H&M website. The packaging is a felt-tip pen, much like a permanent marker. I have had this for over a year, and it's still going strong! Here in Norway, this retails for 40NOK which is really cheap. In the US it's $4.95, and it's £2.99 in the GB.

Here you can see the marker tip. 

It has a nice even flow and when I got used to using it, it's really easy. If you're used to using a dip liner or something similar it might take a little time to get used to this applicator.

It's possible both to make thin and thick lines which is good for everyday and more dramatic looks. 

I want to mention that I have normal eyelids; no excess oil and no dry spots and this goes on easily and evenly every time. I keep mine laying on the side and not upside down as most people reccomend and I still don't have any problems with it.

Here you can see the liner in action with Dark Heart Design's Killing Moon loose eyeshadow.

I truly reccomd this eyeliner as it lasts a long time, applies easily and just goes on really smoothly! The price is also a big plus of course ;)

Thank you so much for reading, guys! Remember to follow my blog on Bloglovin or Google Friend Connect to the left and I will see you again soon =)

Review: ELF Eyelid Primer in Sheer

Hey Hey!

Today I will review a dirt cheap product from ELF which is only $1! An amazing value right?

This is the Eyelid Primer in the shade Sheer, but it is also avaliable in three other shades; Golden, Champagne and Pearl.

Here is the packaging. It's very simple, like a lipgloss and contains 5ml of product. It doesn't sound like alot, but it lasts FOREVER, trust me, you only need so much for your eyes. 

It has a very easy-to-use doefoot applicator, and even though I know some people would rather have a squeezy-tube I really like the applicator of this. And no - it doesn't normally look this messy, but mine is almost empty, so I've taken the little plastic stopper out.

When applying the color it looks like a yellow-toned light skintone, but when blended out it goes clear but leaves the skin feeling matte and soft. 

This is my go-to eyeprimer, and I'm pretty sure this is my 3rd one, and even this one is almost empty! I really love this stuff. It keeps my eyeshadow on all day and makes them go on nice and smoothly without any patches.

I will keep buying this forever I think, but right now I have to use up another primer first which I will also do a review on when I've used it enough.

I hope you liked this little review, and if you would like reveiws on the other shades let me know as I have both Champagne and Pearl as well! =)

What's in my Travel Makeup Bag - What I'll Actually Take with Me

I know I've kind of done this post before. But then I looked through the stuff I was going to bring and I decided to change it up. Yeah, I know, I'm indecisive. Runs in my family I've heard haha =)

Anyways, now I'm not going to change anything as we leave in two days, so I'm showing you guys my makeup bag! Again... You can read what I was initially taking with me in THIS POST and what my travel palette originally looked like HERE.

I had to upgrade to a slightly bigger makeup bag as I'm not bringing a palette in my handbag like I was thinking about in the beginning. This is by Clarins.

It holds a lot of stuff!

Here are the eyeshadows I'm now bringing! The bottom square eyeshadows are from ArtDeco, the three matte shades to the right are from IsaDora and the rest are ELF Custom Eyes.

ELF Custom Eyes Swatches!

Navy - Sage - Ivory - Wheat

Wisteria - Periwinkle - Driftwood - Aubergine - Moon Dust.

I swear, if ELF had any matte Custom Eyes I could do with just these, but I mean, you need a little matte action as well, right...

On top are the eyeshadows from IsaDora. 

Black from Smokey Eyes palette.

Skintone and Matte Brown from Matte Chocolates palette.

ArtDeco Shadows: 04 - 258 - 527 - 235

Then I'm bringing my ELF St. Lucia Blush/Bronzer Duo as well as the ELF Studio Blush in Peachy Keen.

Peachy Keen - Blush and Bronzer from the Duo.

I felt like I needed a little bit of options so I'm bringing these two blushes instead of the ArtDeco ones from my Travel Palette.

Here are the lipproducts I'm bringing in my makeup bag.

Hawaiian Tropic SPF25 Island Berry Lipgloss

IsaDora Twist-Up Stick - 08 Red Romance

ELF Lipstick - Seductive

MNY by Maybelline - 802A

Swatchtime!

Hawaiian Tropic - IsaDora - ELF - MNY

And here are the dace things I'm bringing! I might leave one of the Tone Correcting Concealers at home as I've decided to bring the Garnier Roll-On.

ELF Tone Correcting Concealer - Ivory & Rosy Beige

ELF Clarifying Pressed Powder - Ivory

Max Factor Miracle Touch Liquid Illusion Foundation - 45 Warm Almond

And the little pot contains a bit of my ELF Mineral Infused Face Primer just in case I feel like wearing a primer if we go out or something.

More eye-stuff! 

ELF Liquid Liner - Black

NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil - Milk

Maybelline ColorSensational Lip Liner - 440 Coral Fire

IsaDora Build-Up Extra Volume Mascara

Me Now Generation II Perfect Eye/Lip Liner Pencil - Green from a set of 12

Lumene Beauty Base Eyeshadow Primer

L'oreal Paris Contour Kohl - Black

Bringing a little sponge and my Beauty Blender.

Then I'm bringing some tools like my H&M Eyelash Curler, ELF Duo Sharpner, tweezers a little spray with some brush cleanser. Also my Eucerin Anti-Redness SPF15 Moisturizer.

That was all! I will stop bothering me with the makeup I'm going to bring haha!

Thanks for reading, guys =)

Makeup for Work - All ELF Cosmetics!

Okay, so it's not all ELF, I used my other mascara because I don't currently own one from ELF, but other than thay, my eyes, lips and face are all using ELF products!

Here are all the products I used, except the mascara.

And here is the look I did! It's very simle for everyday, but still a little pop of color!

For the face I used the Tone Correction Concealer ($1) for my undereyes and any spots on my face. Then I covered the rest of my face with the regular mineral foundation with SPF 15 ($5). For my blush I used Giddy Gold ($3) and I actually decided to use a bronzer from the Blush and Bronzer duo ($3). It's just the first one, but I think it's now called St. Lucia as ELF has come out with more colors.

And here are the eyes. Just a simle purple everyday smokey eye.

First I primed my eyes with the Eyelid Primer ($1)I used the Custom Eyes in Truly Pink, Wisteria and Periwinkle which are $1 each for my eyes. I just placed Wisteria on my eyelid, Periwinkle in the outer corner and crease and then highlighted with Truly Pink. I really like the outcome! I lined my eyes with the Liquid Liner in Black ($1) and dragged a little of the Mineral Eyeshadow in Seductive ($3) which is just a matte black, along my lower lashline.

If you are wondering I used Gosh Serious Volume Mascara for my lashes.

Then for my eyebrows I used a little of the Eyebrow Lifter and Filler ($3) in the beginning of my brows and comed it out with an old mascara wand. For my eyes I used the Lipstick in Seductive ($1) with is such a pretty color!

That's the entire look! I hope you liked it, and I think I might do more ELF Looks because I have so much of their stuff! I have actually done one before which is THIS dark smokey-eye!

Yeah, that was it for now, you guys! I will talk to you later, but now I have to get to work, I start in half an hour haha =)

Thanks for reading!

Overview - My Makeup Collection in Pictures!

I was talking to a friend of mine about how much makeup I have, since I've been giving away 50 makeup items and 24 brushes and I'm about to give away 10 more brushes and 3 makeup items to said friend, so I told her I had ALOT of makeup, probably more than I'll ever need, so here are some pictures of my collection!

On the right side of my desk I have these letter-organizers with 7 palettes in them. They used to hold 9, but I've given two away.

Here's my 10 Blush Palette, 15 Concealer Palette and ELF Beauty Encyclopedia for Eyes. Both the blushpalette and the concealerpalette I got off eBay, so they're not by a brand.

Then there's my Manly 120 Palette with a wide range of colors in it. I also had the Sersell 88 Natural Palette and the 88 Shimmer Palette in here, but they've been given away as I like the 120 palette better.

Then there's my MAC palettes which does  not hold any MAC Eyeshadows. To the left is my DIY Vacation-Palette which you can read more about HERE, as well as two more with random eyeshadows and such in them.

In my desk there's several drawers, and this is one of them. Smaller palettes, and a few gel liners, a black eyeshadow and a little Gosh Duo and more.

Here's the content of my smaller palettes. 

Top Row L-R

IsaDora Matte Chocolates Palette, ELF Custom Eyes, ELF Custom Eyes

Bottom Row L-R

Max Factor, MAC, ArtDeco, Oriflame Blush, Visions Pearl Shimmer Highlighter

Then there's my foundation/BB Cream/Concealer drawer which is placed inside a cabinet on my wall.

Contains foundations and BB Creams from Max Factor, Skin79, Holika Holika, Maybelline, Garnier, H&M, MUA, L'oreal and IsaDora, as well as concealers from ELF, Garnier and Viva la Diva.

My drawer of powders, blushes, highlighers and bronzers are next!

Powders from Kubiss and ELF.

Blushes by ELF, L'oreal and Music Flower

Bronzer by IsaDora, L'oreal and ELF

Highlighters by ELF and Skin79

Then there's my crazy liner and base-drawer.

Bottom left has lipliners from all kinds of brands; ELF, L'oreal, Max Factor, Maybelline, eBay and more, which the Bottom Right drawer has eyeliners from the same brands and also IsaDora and probably more there too.

Top left has eyeshadow primers and bases from Hema, ELF, Etude House and more, and the last section has liquid liners from different brands as ELF and L'oreal ++

Then there's my eyeshadow drawer. In the back I have some sponges, and a little section with ELF and some other brands. Then there's the left drawer which has my L'oreal Infalliable Eyeshadows, IsaDora Mineral Eyeshadows and Miners Dip'n'Define eyeshadows. Last box has H&M Dip eyeshadows, Viva la Diva, IsaDora, ELF and even more stuff.

Then in my little drawer-sections from IKEA, named Helmer I have this drawer filled with lipstick and tube-glosses. There's ELF, IsaDora, Maybelline, Gema, Viva la Diva and more.

Back to my desk where I have this basket with my everyday-stuff. Again; ELF, IsaDora, L'oreal, Wet n Wild, YSL, Nivea, Missha, Garnier, Gosh, H&M etc.

Also on my desk I have this little DIY-project with lipglosses. On the top I have some mini's by Miners, then middle left are my H&M Lipglosses, then the middle right and bottom right are by Pierre Rene, and the two other from are miscellaneous brands.

On a rack righ next to my desk I have the bottom shelf filled with makeup brushes, again random brands; Sigma, ELF, Joursna and eBay.

On the same rack but on the top shelf I have all my nailpolishes. H&M, Viva la Diva, ELF and more H&M, haha. I really love H&M nailpolishes!

And then, at last, on the top of my Helmer drawer-set I keep my lipbalms in the back and perfumes on a tray in front. Parfumes from Kimmi Fragrance, Escada, Calvin Klein, Jean Paul Gautlier, Versace and some random small ones and samples.

Phuufh, that was a huge post with a lot of pictures! But I really like watching makeup collection posts and videos, so if you have one too, let me know and I'll check it out =)

If you would like a more depth post or video with my Makeup, Nail Polish or Parfume Collection, then let me know! I've been thinking about doing an Updated Makeup Collection Video for a long time, but when I filmed it it didn't look right, it was dark and then I ended up giving away a lot of stuff I didn't use, so maybe I'll use the footage for a before/after video.

If you see anything you would like a review on then let me know that too!

Anyways, thank you so much for sticking with me through this enormous post, and I hope you enjoyed! I would really apprechiate it if you'd like to follow my blog which you can do through Google Friend Connect to your right. Thanks again!

My Vacation-Palette

On the 17th of July I'm going to Gran Canaria, Spain, and since it's still a month, and I can't wait to go I decided to make the vacation-palette I have had in mind.

For my palette I've used this MAC 15 Pro Palette which I've taken the separator out of so I can fit whatever I want in there.

On the inside I've but blushes, eyeshadows and my powder so I have all my powder-products in the same place. And if you were wondering, I'll have this in my carry-on when we board the plane since I don't want any of this to shatter.

The Powder I'm bringing is by Kubiss Cosmetics, and it's their Face Powder in the shade 1 Translucent. As you can see that thing is huge with 17grams of product!

These eyeshadows are all by ArtDeco, and they are pre-magnetized which is great!

L-R are the colors:

527, 235, 84, 49, 638 and 258.

These eyeshadows are really soft and pigmented, and there's a good variety of colors.

Then I have some more neutral shades, like a matte black and a light matte brown.

L-R, the colors are:

Oriflame Pure Colour Duo Eyeshadow - Harvest Browns 3286

Matte Black from the IsaDora Smokey Eyes Palette

Matte Brown from the IsaDora Matte Chocolates Palette

The white shimmery eyeshadow is from Max Factor, but I don't have the name.

Then I'm bringing this ELF Brightning Eye Color Quad in Drama which has all the colors I need for a nice smokey-eye.

For my blushes I'm bringing these which, again, are my ArtDeco. The top shade is a matte peachy-shade (16) and the other is a light rosy color with a teeny bit of shimmer (24). As the eyeshadows, these have magnets on the bottom. The blushes are alot more pigmented than they seem in the swatches, too!

That was my Vacation-Palette, guys! I'll also do posts on the brushes I'm bringing and the other makeup such as foundation and stuff. I hope you liked this post, and if you did, you can like it on facebook at the top, or follow my blog =)