Xmas Presents for Myself-Haul!

As I mentioned yesterday I've bought some makeup from Sephora, Target and Walgreens that I promised a haul on! I know for sure there will be another haul in not too long as I want a couple of the different things.

Okay, first off I got the Naked 2 Basics palette from Urban Decay. I'm considering getting the regular Naked 2 Palette as well but we'll see! I got the 2nd edition because I like the cool tones more than the warm of the original Naked Basics.

I also got the Urban Decay Primer Potion in Eden which is the skintone colored version. 

Some facestuff is obviously in my haul as well. Two cheapy items and two that are a little more expensive. the ELF Tone Correcting Powder which I've had and finished several off. I got the shade cool which is the one I've had every time I think.

I also got the NYC Smooth Skin Bronzer in Sunny which has been super hyped up online so I have to try it out! As you probably saw from my post yesterday I've hit pan on my ELF bronzer from the St. Lucia Duo. I'll probably do a review on it sooner or later. 

I also got the Microsmooth Baked Foundation from Sephora in Light Nude. I haven't tried it out at all yet, just the tester in the store, but I have high hopes.

And the MAC product is actually my first MAC blush ever! It's in the shade Immortal Flower and it's a satin finished peachy coral shade like most of my other blushes. I actually got this from the CCS for $14 on Black Friday.

My two other eye-products too. I had to try out the new BrowDrama from Maybelline. I got the shade Soft Brown which is the medium shade of the three avaliable. I have tried it out already, and it's alright, but the ball is kindof big. I'll need some practice with it, but I'm sure it'll be fine as soon as I get used to it.

Then I decided I would get yet another mascara. This time it's the Rimmel Extra Super Lash Mascara. Haven't tried it yet, but the brush looks fine and the formula seems to be on the drier side which I perfer.

Okay, so the Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer was a 100 point perk from Sephora. It's in the shade Nude and I haven't tried it out yet, but I hope it's the right color. It was the only color they had to give away anyways. It's actually a really good sample too at half an ounce!

And so picked up a few other ones that I've been wanting to try. I picked up N1 in True Match in case anyone is wondering. It is also the lightest shade of the three. I haven't tried them yet except as swatches that you can find on my instagram @chrisbeeblack. I'll let you know as soon as I do!

A sidenote too, btw; most of the items I'm buying are staying new and (fairly) untouched until I get back to Europe in Febuary. The plan is to get some reviews going eventually at least!

October EMPTIES! Haircare, bodycare and makeup!

Hey everyone! 

I really get a kick out of finishing things, haha! I hope I'm not the only one. My friend's who are not makeup junkies hate finishing things because it means they have to go out to get a new one. For me it's an opportunity to try something else in my collection! Love it <3

But enough of the nonsense, over to the empties!

Once again I have my little box of empties to show you! There aren't that many items in here now, but I'm still happy with the progress. Especially since there are some makeup in there.

For off is body and face items!

Veet Hair Minimizing Body Lotion

I had high hopes for this, but sadly it didn't really do anything for me. Maybe I didn't use enough, maybe I didn't use it often enough, but either way, it's not a repurchase from me.

Garnier Nordic Essentials Cleansing Gel Mousse with Grape Extract

This one, however, I really did like! I think Garier is my all time favourite brand for facial cleansers. I will definetly repurchase this in the future.

Palmolive Aroma Therapy Absolute Relax Shower Gel

This one is supposed to have a relaxing scent and to calm you down. For me it took a little while to get used to the scent, but now I quite like it. I don't know if I would repurchase this spesific scent, but I might repurchase other Aroma Therapy-products from Palmolive later.

And then there's my haircare items from October.

System Professionals Color Save Shampoo

I got this from my mum because she didn't really like it. I didn't have any problems with it, but it's way out of my price range when it comes to shampoo.

Schwarzkopf Got2b Rockin' it Dry Shampoo

I've shown this many times, I think this was my 3rd bottle. I never get it when it's full price though, but if I see it at a sale, then I'll pick it up again and again!

VO5 Perfect Lengths Conditioner

This one I really liked! I'm a little picky with my conditioners, but for the price this is a real bargain! I'll keep buying this for sure. I already have a backup!

Syoss Professional Beauty Elixir Absolute Oil

This is a hair oil, and I did really like it at first. But because this was my first one, I hadn't tried anything else. now I'm using the L'oreal Extrairdinary Oil and I perfer it alot to the one from Syoss, so I would not repurchase.

Then on to the fun stuff; the makeup!

Sence Strawberry Lipbalm

I really liked this one, and I have another. It's very cheap and works fine, but what I don't like is that it doesn't stay on my lips. If you eat, drink, kiss or anything with this on it's gone. I might repurchase.

Fingr Acetone Free Nailpolish Corrector Pen

This was fine, but I perfer a q-tip dipped in polish remover. The tip gets all covered in nail polish, and after a while it just doesn't work very well.

Clinique Chubby Stick - Mighty Mimosa

This one I really liked! I got this in the middle of July, and it's gone already! It's a perfect everyday lipcolor that goes with anything and I'll definetly get more Chubby Sticks in the future when I've used up the three other ones I have.

IsaDora Extra Volume Build-Up Mascara

This was just a little sample, but I'm considering buying the full size. I got some compliments on my lashes when I wore this, and let me tell you; that doesn't happend a lot! A+

L'oreal Matte Morphose Foundation - Rosy Ivory
This was pretty good! It was easy to just slap on and I didn't have to set it with a powder either. I don't know if I will repurchase this, but I really liked it while it lasted. Not to mention; I was really excited to have finished up a foundation!

Oriflame Wonder Lash Mascara
No no no, I did not like this at all. I'm not really sure why, because the formula seemed alright and the brush was OK, but this was just not my cup of tea for some reason.

First Price Facial Cleanser Towlettes
I've used this up so many times I can't even tell you. Anyways, I will keep repurchasing this or another generic brand of makeup remover / facial cleanser towlettes for sure.

That was everything! Not too bad huh ?
I'm at least happy, I'm really glad every time I use something up, and seing it in my box at the end of every month really makes me happy!

Thanks for reading everyone, I'll be back soon!

Winter Project Pan!

Hello everyone! I have actually decided to do yet another project pan! This time it's 25, and as much as 20 of them are actual makeup items which is great!

This time I'm going to the project within a timelimit. I will start now, and if I get the job in the US I will continue until I leave Norway. If I don't get the job I will keep going until my birthday which is on the 29th of January.

Here are all the items I'll be attempting to use up in at least 3 months! As you can tell there's a wide variety of items here, and I'm curious as to how much I'll be able to use up. I guess time will tell!

Here are most of my face items.

ELF Tone Correcting Powder - Warm

Garnier BB Cream - Light

Max Factor CC Cream - 60 Medium (which is too dark so I mix it with a daycream)

NYC Smooth Skin Primer

Essence You Roch Refreshing Spray

Random items haha!

Kimmi Fragrance - Lily

Natusan Kids Balsam Spray (Detangler Spray)

Lee Stafford Hold Tight Firm Hold Hairspray

My eye-items! 

L'oreal Color Mineral Eyeshadow - Desert Shimmer

ELF All Over Cover Stick - Rosy Beige

ELF Cream Eyeshadow - Dawn

ELF Contoring Blush and Bronzer - St. Lucia (the original duo)

ELF Smokey Eye Palette

ELF Neutral Eye Palette

Lipitems!

ELF Matte Lip Color - Coral

ELF Hypershine Gloss - Vixen

Some Random Gold Lipgloss

Chanel Glossimer - Force

A Random Nude Lipgloss

More eye-items haha !

Gosh Serious Volume Mascara - Black

Essence Maximum Length Mascara - Black

H&M Liquid Eyeliner Pen - Black

Hema Cream Eyeshader - 20

Hema Cream Eyeshader - 21

Essence I <3 Runway Highlgihter

Lumene Beauty Base Eyeshadow Primer

That was it guys! I hope I can finish atleast 15 of the 25 items within the next months, and if I just hit pan on the eyeshadows I'll be happy =) 

Let me know if you'll join me in this quest to minimize our makeup collections, I could definetly use the support, hah!

I hope I'll manage this, haha! I'll post updates and thoughts throughout the project to let you know how I'm doing :) Hopefully I'll get a few reviews up of the products as well! If there's anything in particular you'd like to see a review on let me know =)

See you later guys, bye!

My Go-To Makeup while Moving

As I said in my last post, I'm back!

And I also mentioned that I'm moving back to my mum's since my (now ex)boyfriend broke up, which means mh makeup has been packed down, so I have a little makeup tray with makeup for everday, which I will now show you, haha!

Here you can see it all! Lipsticks, eyeshadows, brushes and everything else!

Here are my makeup items. My ELF Custom Eyes palette, DIY lipstick palette, 3CE Lip Pigments, ELF blush in Peachy Keen, Holika Holika Aqua Petit BB Cream, ELF Mineral Infused Face Primer in Tone Adjusting Green, Etude House Proof 10 Eye Primer, L'oreal Matte Morphose Foundation, IsaDora Mascara, Oriflame Mascara and the H&M Liquid Eyeliner.

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Here's my ELF palette! I have 14 shades!

Ivory - Pink Ice - Truly Pink - Wisteria - Periwinkle

Golden Glow - Wheat - Mocha - Moondust - Drift Wood

Sage - Navy - Aubergine - Dusk

Mocha is a lot redder than it seems in the picture, and Moondust is darker. The blitz doesn't do them justice at all.

Then there's my little DIY Lipstick Palette with 12 lipsticks. Again, the colors aren't completely accurate, but it's close on most of the colors. You can see the numbers, so I'll list the shades with numbers!

1. NK - Very Berry, 2. Color Works - Ebony, 3. Oriflame - Wine, 4. MNY - 809A,

5. Viva la Diva - Hot Tulip (More pink and darker), 6. Viva la Diva - Vampire Red (a true red IRL)

7. Miners - Baby Pink, 8. Miners - Cinnamon, 9. S.he Makeup - Just Peachy, 10. NK - Amethyst

11. NK -Berry Plum, 12. Viva la Diva - Cream Coral

As you can see there's a good mix, and I'm going to put all of my lipsticks in these palettes. I got this on eBay for $.99 and a full lipsticks fills up one container, so it's the perfect size and really compact for 12 lipsticks! Love it!

Sigma E50, Sigma F25, Joursna (no name), Sigma E25, ELF Eyeshadow Brush

and then two random lipbrushes from a eBay brush set !

So that's the makeup I'm living with right now! Hopefully I'll have my full stash soon hehe. I just have to get in order, I hate moving and cleaning and ugh! Wish me luck, hah!

I'll see you soon :*

Review: L'oreal Magic Skin Beautifier BB Cream (Nude Magique BB Cream)

This is the only BB Cream L'oreal has released in Europe, but they have two in the US where they have one called Youth Code as well. This, however is the American version of the BB Cream which is known as the Nude Magique BB Cream here in the EU. The reason mine is the American is because I needed the "fair" shade which isn't avaliable here, where we can only get "light" and "medium".

In this review I will mention them both, but apart from a few differences they are actually pretty much the same.

To the left is the European packaging while the American is on the right.

You can see the European has a little more text on the front and it also seems a little longer than the American version. The American one also has a little color around the name to show what shade it is. The other shades have darker color as you can see by the pictuer below which displays the color Deep.

(Picture from L'oreal)

I think I perfer the packaging of the American kind, but that's just my preferance. It just looks a little more clean and simple. They both contain 1oz/30ml which is the regular amount for most foundations.

Here are the claims of the American BB Cream. The Eurpoean one is the same, except is has SPF 12 which I think is great.

Both the BB Creams has the same type of nozzle. I find it very easy to control and I like this.

Here are the BB creams. I find it very intresting that the American BB Cream is thicker in consitency than the European BB Cream is. I don't mind the thicker consitency but find it a little easier to apply actually as it's not running while putting it on my face.

Here you can see the huge difference in color. 

American BB Cream in the shade Fair to the left and European BB Cream in Light to the right.

You can see by the color of my skin that Light is obviously too dark and orange. I can mix the two if I get a tan, but atm I haven't been able to use the Light shade on it's own. You can adjust the shade a little bit, though. As they have the so-called "Smart Capsules" which are basically beads of pigment in a white liquid you can get a lighter shade by not bursting all the beads. If you are very light handed or use a brush then it might work, but I perfer to use my hands.

Also, after trying my friend's BB Cream in medium, I found they are the exact same shade, but the Medium-shade is actually LESS orange-toned than the Light is!

I really like the formula. I don't have to set it with a powder, and it still lasts a long time on my skin. Keep in mind I have normal to combination skin though! If your skin is oily I would suggest a powder on top and a good base underneath.

I do really reccomend this BB Cream! I like it so much, and just the face that I ordered it off of ebay to get the right shade in the first place is a good indication I think.

Thank you so much for reading guys!

What's in my Travel Makeup Bag!

This is what I have packed so far! We're leaving for two weeks in Gran Canaria next wednesday, so we've started packing a little bit. There are a few more items I might put in there but I'll mention that as we go along, hehe.

All of my makeup items are in this little netting bag. It's very small and convenient, and fits a surprising amount of stuff!

Here you can see the things that are stuffed in my bag.

Here are my faceproducts. I know; I'm bringing three concealers, but there's a reason, haha. The Missha Style Perfect concealer in the black pot is to be used alone. It is very pigmented, but also very dry so I can't use it under my eyes. On the top are my two ELF Tone Correcting Concealers. They're in the shades Rosy Beige and Ivory. I like Ivory for under my eyes and Rosy Beige for when I'm using a BB Cream as well.

Then I have my L'oreal Magic Skin Beautifier BB Cream in Fair and my Super+ Triple Function BB Cream. Then my Eucerin Anti-Redness moisturizer which technically isn't makeup, but it's small and might get lost in my other bag. Same goes for the ELF Daily Moisture Stick.

Then I'm bringing a bright pink lipstick which is from MNY Maybelline. It's from the Material Girl collection and the shade is 802A.The natural color is a super cheap lipstick from ELF. It's only $1 and it's in the shade Seductive which is my favourite shade from ELF! The lipliner is from Maybelline. It's a ColorSensational Lipliner in 440 Coral Fire, or at least what is left of it. 

Both the lipsticks are incredibly creamy and comfortable on the lips, too.

I will probably put in a red as well because I looooove red lips!

Lip-product swatches!

MNY - ELF - Maybelline

Then there are my eye stuff! I'm bringing two Me Now Generation II Eye/Lip liners, the green one and the black one. They are really soft and cheap, I got mine off of eBay. For liquid liner I'm bringing ELF Liquid Liner which is great! It dried quickly and stays put all day long. I am actually using ELF Eyelid Primer now, but there's not much left, and I don't want to run out while I'm away, so I'm bringing the Lumene Beauty Base Eyeshadow Primer instead. It's just a skincolored primer which a slight tint to it. I am bringing a travel size mascara by IsaDora too. It's the Extra Volume Build-Up Mascara and as you can tell the plastic is still on it, haha.

Also there's a mirror and the small stray-bottle contains some DIY brush cleanser.

Here are the swatches of the eyeliners.

Me Now Generation II - Me Now Generation II - ELF

Thank you so much for reading guys!

There will be posts on the brushes I'm bringing and also the skincare items and such in not too long =) I will also add the additional things I'm adding to my makeup bag in a post called the same as this one, just with "Extras" added at the end. 

Also, since I'll be away for two weeks I'm planning to pre-write some posts, so if there are any reviews or such you would like to be posted then let me know =)

Favourites - June 2013

For once, I am going to do a favourites post! There's just a few makeup bits, but I thought I would shade anyways.

My makeup items are the ELF Mineral Foundation SPF 15 in Light, ELF Mineral Blush in Coral, L'oreal Matte Morphose Souffle Foundation which I did a review of a couple of days ago (LINK), my H&M Liquid Liner which I'm happily surprised with and the Gosh Serious Volume Mascara in Black! Surprised by that one two, since it's not waterproof, but I have cried with it on and it didn't run which is really good for a non-waterproof mascara!

I also have been loving my Joursna brushes which I got off of eBay, but it's basically a short stippling brush and a round kabuki-type brush. The watch is by Regal and I got it in Sweden at half price which was awesome!

I have also had a non-makeup favourite, and I got it on tuesday, so I didn't even have it in June, but I'm adding it here anyways because I want to tell you. 

It is the white shelf, and it's from EXPEDIT by IKEA. It's just a white shelf-thing with four shelfes in it. We have a black one too which we have random stuff in, but this is perfect of rmy room as my HELMER drawers which are also by IKEA are white. They are origianlly 249NOK, but I got mine used from 100NOK.

Inside I have my mother's sewing machine, oil for my boyfriend's car and my car, a thing for his electric guitar and a little set of tools, haha. In the top shelfes I have my purses which I don't use as much to the right and my stash of bodylotion, shampoo, conditioner and body wash in a little stash to the left. I do want to get baskets for it which are called DRÖNA and they're 39NOK each and I love them in our other shelf, but they're not made in white, haha. 

Anyways, enought rambling about interior, I'll see you later! 

One more thing, if you'd like a review of anything, just let me know!

Thank you so much for reading =)

Review: L'oreal Matte Morphose Soufflé Foundation

Today I am going to do a review of the Matte Morphose foundation from L'oreal! As you can see on the packaging L'oreal claims this foundation will provide a 12 hour lumious matte finish and make pres and wrinkles look smoother. First thing; isn't luminous and matte opposite finishes? 

Yeah, though so. But anyway, keep on reading if you'd like to find out whether I like this or not.

 The packaging looks like this. It's a glass jar with a bright pink lid and the writing on the bottom of the jar so you can store it upside down. The foundation is thick enought so that it doesn't slip and slide around the jar.

I picked shade 110 Rosy Ivory which is the lightest shade avaliable here in Norway. I am not sure how many shades there are, but I've heard from 7-12 depending on the country I believe. Another thing to note is that this foundation does not contain the usual 1oz/30ml, it's only 1/3 of the size. You do only need a little bit with each application though, so it will last you a long time.

The formula is really soft and fluffy, and it feels great on the skin! When I first got this I didn't use it too much and I wasn't a huge fan of it either, but now I'm loving it, and I've actually hit pan which is so exciting!

I perfer to apply this foundation with a brush. This is by Joursna, but it's pretty similar to the round top sigmax-brush by Sigma I think, even if I don't have that brush so I can't be a 100% certain.

Here you can see the color. It looks a teeny bit dark, but when blended out it's perfect! The formula so smooth and great, and I don't like to set this with a powder. I did when I first got it, but I've found out it's kind of hard to make this not look cakey with a powder on top. With just the foundation alone it's fantastic though! Oh, and it blends like a dream! It's just amazing, it glides on like nothing else.

Here you can see the foundation blended out. It doesn't look to dark, it just adds a little warmth to my skin which is awesome as I'm really pale. The wear is pretty good as well, it lasts very well for 6 hours, and even after 10 I can still feel the nice touch of the foundation on my face. It has medium coverage I would say, and since I have quite a bit of redness and acne it's perfect for my everyday-foundation.

I really like this foundation, and it's been my go-to for over a month now! I am not sure if I will repurchase though, as I have so many others to go throught, but I might go back to this when I'm running out of my others.

Thanks for reading guys =)

Have you tried the Matte Morphose Foundation?

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!