Sleek I-divine Primer

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Skupaj s paletko Acid je iz Za piko na i k meni prišla še tale zbrika 12 kremnih senčil, da povem svoje mnenje o njej.

 

Cena paletke v spletni trgovini Za piko na i je 10,75 €, dobite pa 12 majhnih kremnih senčk, ki

Leaves in May with Sleek Make-up

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Frogs, leaves and kryptonite; if that is the green you are after, try out Sleek Acid palette. It's, overall, loads of fun to any color lover. 

To recreate this, you'll need three things: Sleek primer palette, Sleek Storm palette, Chaos palette and Sleek Acid palette.
I took the green cream shadow, put it all over the lid highlighter the inner corners with a whiteish gold shadow from Sleek Storm palette.


Po celi veki je nannešena zelena kremna senčka iz Sleek I-divine Primer paletke,  v notranji kotiček sem nanesla svetlo kovinsko zlato senčko iz Sleek Storm palete.

 

 On the lids I used neon green from Sleek Acid Palette, and black to deepen outer corners.

Veka: Sleek Acid I-divine, neonsko zelena senčk. V zunanjih kotičkih sem poglobila senčenje s črno.
        

  

In the crease, I used navy blue and baby blue eyeshadows from Chaos I-divine. 

V pregibu veke sem nanesla  mornarsko modro in svetlomodro senčko iz Chaos I-divine.

 

And that is about it. The liner is discontinued Essence gel liner.

liner: Essence gel liner v smaragdni barvi (šel iz prodaje)




Hope everybody is enjoying  spring and early summer days. I love how it stays so warm during the evenings.

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Mineralissima e/s swatches

DAZZLE DUST berry pink

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I feel like my entire blog is an ode to Barry M Dazzle Dusts. 

I simply adore them and today I'm showing you swatches of two of my favorites I own.

Coral and Berry Pink.

Acid Splatter

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I have a bit of an unsual look for you, inspired by Blisfully Deranged. My look is mising a bright red eyeshadow so it isn't too true to hers, but the majority of colors I used were very compliant to what I was trying to achieve with them.

 

What I used:

Fyrinnae Giltterboi swacthes

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What I love about Fyrinnae's Arcan Magic line is that each pot you open makes you go all like OMFWTH-IS-THIS-SORCERY.

Let's face it, they are, as a brand, unbeatably awesome. 

I have Fyrinnae Glitter Boi swatched for you and I am quite proud of the captured shift so please keep reading after the jump, that's where the true Arcan Magic begins :)  

 

Sleek ACID I-Divine

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Tale paletka je pot do mene našla preko spletne strani zapikonai, za kar se jim lepo zahvaljujem.

Pri njih sem sicer redna stranka, ker imajo sistem ''kapljic'', določen procent nakupa se ti nalaga na kup zvestobe v obliki dobroimetja. Ponavadi ga uporabim, da si pokrijem poštnino.

Paletka spada v družino linije stalnega sortimenta I-divine

Barry M Dazzle Dust in Silver Brown 52

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Today I have a Barry M Dazzle Dust 52 Sliver Brown to talk about. 
So lets take a look at the pot:

Chilli con Chocolate EOTD

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This look is majorly inspired by my backlogged posts. I was going through them, editing and scheduling  some when I came across pictures of swatches over a year old. How can I write color description without

knowing exactly how the colors come out on my lids after more than a year :D?

So here is me doing research:

 Products used are Fyrinnae

Soft spring make-up

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This is my easter look. I wanted something with coral and green. just so I wouldn't be too obviously cliche-y with pastels, I used a very shimmer Dazzle Dust.

List of prodcuts:

FdS Creamy Lip Gloss

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Danes po dolgem času spet objava v materinščini. Nisem še gotova z ocenjevanjem izdelkov za ustnice znamke Fleur de Sante. Od stvari, ki sem jih preizkusila, so mi najbolj prirasla k srcu še ocenjene šminke in glosi za ustnice, zato se ne ustrašite navdušenega tona pri vzdihovanju nad tudi nad to linijo glosov.

Govorim o Fleur de Sante Creamy Lipgloss kremni glos za ustnice iz njihove linije FdS Expertise. 

Cena 9,99 € za 6 ml. In tokrat prvič ne bom jamrala o ceni, ker kvaliteta glosa po mojem menenju vpije po dosti višjem cenovnem razredu.

V tej podkategoriji sta  na žalost samo dva odtenka, Silky Rose in Silky Mauve.

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Embalaža je (kot pri ostalih FdS izdelkih, ki so v rangu okoli 10 evrov) prečudovita.

The Cruelty Free Tag

I guess this is a long overdue post for someone who's only intention is to spread the word about cruelty free make up. So here it is; I'm answering the 8 questions of The Cruelty Free  Tag. 

Before I do that, let me just go into detail what I believe is a cruelty free company and which online resource I use to look for them.

Since March 8, the EU no longer allows for products tested on animals to be sold within the EU. How this is put in practice I have no idea and I am very sceptical, to be honest. 

Firstly, I ignore Peta altogether. As far as I'm concerned they are liars.

I want my product to be cruelty free through all stages of it's manufacture. None of the individual ingredient should be tested nor should be the final product. I feel companies should not comission third party to conduct animal testing. 

A lot of the companies make misleading claims to make it sounds like they do not test, when in fact they do. How to spot a lying company is explained in this guide at Uncaged.co.uk. 

The best list of cruelt-free make-up for central Europeans can be found at the Croatian site Prijatelji životinja. But do not worry, they have translated their WHITE LIST into English.

That is what I use when I go shopping. I also go by uncaged's guildeline that say that Hofer's own brand of cleaning products and cosmetics are cruelty-free.

I do not buy anything from the list of companies that still test on animals

The best way to ensure you are getting an ethical product is to look for natural cosmetics certificates. I find that the Vegan Society Certificate is the only one that meets my cruelty-free standards. 

However, please be careful - while a range may pride itself in being certified that does NOT necessarily mean that eve ry single product within the range is certified. If they bottle you are trying to buy has the certificate's logo on it, it's fine. If it doesn't have it, it means you have no guarantee you are buying a cruelty-free product even if the rest of the range might be.

I only fully trust three certificates; Vegan Society, Leaping Bunny and One Voice certificate. I also use BDIH and Natrue certified cosmetics.  You can learn more about natural cosmetic certificates and what their logos look like here.  

So what the heck do you even buy, you might ask. I'm including a list of some of the things I use here: 

1. Mineral and indie make-up companies

e.g Lily Lolo, Mineralissima, Bella Pierre,Alima Pure

American online minerals companies such as Fyrinnae, Darling Girl Cosmetics, Meow, Sugarpill

2. Slovene companies

Kimi d.o.o does stuff for Mercator's own cleaning products and Intespar too (but not the new ''Despar'' line!)

Afrodita

Ilirija (particulary Green Line)

Biotopic

3. Natural Certified products

Alverde (Natrue certificate)

Terra Naturi (Vegan Society certificate, BDIH)

Logona

Benecos

100 % Pure

Sante

Melvita

home cleaning line Sonett (Vegan Society)

4. Drugstore 

The only drugstore company I know of is that is cruelty free is Cosnova (Essence and Catrice), dm's own certified Alverde and Mueller's own brand Terra Naturi. And make-up from Hofer made by Perfumes And More.

 Within the price range there is also Barry M and Sleek.

(I do not buy the following drugstore brands because they test: Avon, S-he, Deborah, Bourjois, Revlon, Manhattan, Loreal, Maybelline, Misslyn, Miss Sporty, ArtDeco, BeYu:, Makeup Factory)

5. Department store

Isadora, Inglot, Nvey Eco, Illamasqua

Kryolan (more of a pro line not so much a department store)

QUESTIONS:

1.What is your favorite cruelty free brand?

My favorite cruelty free brand of all times is Fyrinnae. It's a well established independant company now ( such companies are affectionatley known as "indie"). They offer a wide array of eyeshadow with out of this world complexity, as well as blush, face powders, primers ... Not to mention they were the pioneers of the foiling medium that now everybody and their momma are copying, but Fyrinnae's Pixie Epoxy remains the cult product till this day.

On top of that, they NEVER conducted animal testing and all of their products are completely vegan.

2.What brand did you love until you found out it wasn't cruelty free?

Nyx Cosmetics - they do thrid party animal testing I didn't not know about and I sincerly believed they were cruelty free.

MAC - i'm sure you all got sucked into thinking they were an ethical company

BeYu  is a sister company of Art Deco who test on animals.

Balea, Drogerie Markt's (dm drugstore's) own skincare line is manufactured by Nivea. Nivea tests on animals.

3.What is a cruelty free drugstore brand you like?

Alverde is pretty awesome with it's price point and natural ingredient. 

4.Have you found a nail polish that is cruelty free?

To my knowledge as of present (March 2013) I consider Essence, Catrice and Zoya nail polishes cruelty free. I don't like using nail poilsh so this isn't something I buy or use more than a few times per year.

5.Have you found a perfume that is cruelty free?

I have no sense of smell so I never buy perfumes.

6.Why did you want to become a user of cruelty free products and how did you find out about cruelty free options?

 I will never understand why people do not care about animals being hurt. I think it's because they do not realize a vast amount of product is tested on cats, dogs and not necessarily just lab animals. It's not just rodents, guys, IT IS NOT JUST RODENTS. This article from uncaged.co.uk explains animal testing better than I ever could.

I was always against animal cruelty, very strongly so. I was only misinformed about the regulation. I thought that the European Union implemented a ban on all animal testing, therefore it was safe to buy anything sold in Europe. That was completely false.  I also followed PETA's guide, which is full of bullshit. I bought so many products tested on animals, because Peta's listed them as cruetly free when they absolutely weren't.

I was also unaware of how this China business works and I do now.

7. Do you eat meat?

After seeing Earthlings I have reduced my meat intake.

 I am not a vegan, however; I am trying to be more animal friendly with my eating choices. It's rarely easy when the budget is tight like mine and don't assume that I could be investing in vegan grocery if I didn't spend so much money on make-up. Its a false assumption I go out spending all my money on cosmetics. I don't.

At the momement I have successfully eliminated eggs out of my diet, I am not buying sea food as a regular thing, even though it's my favorite, and I have my animal protein source intake down to one serving of cca 100 g per week.

Unfortunately, I am unable to cut down on cottage cheese and low-carb plain probiotic yogurt. These two are a staple to my diet and no amount of soy milk has thus far converted me to completely vegan alternatives.

8.What is your favorite fruit and/or veggie?

Any berry and broccoli.

I love practically all fruit and veggie avaible in supermarkets in Slovenia.

My 2012 NYEve MU

Haha, look what I found in the archieves. 

A bit overdue, but maybe I will be inspired to recreate this.

I used the Naked palette, Fyrinnae and  Barry M glitter.

Angelic Orange MU Look

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For today, I decided to show you a modification of a look I've done before HERE

 

The only thing  changed was the crease color. And I completely alters the overall effect. Neat, huh?

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V.

What V wears to school V3

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This is another staple in my eyeshadow ''warderobe''.  Mellow gold lids, matte brown in the crease and then black kohl smudged with the crease color.

 

I enjoy this type of neutral looks, actually. 

There is something about the smudged liner that makes my eyes look, dare I say it, sexy. 

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Blood Bitten

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I am not a massive black liner person. My collection did not even contain a gel liner  untill recently. I had an ebay one 3 years back but that was it. 

On a whim, I decided I *needed* a gel liner for making up my friend for a modelling gig.

 

I picked up 

Crazy About Color

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My First trial with using a purple from an Essnece dou from the Crazy About Color LE that came out 100 years ago. The purple really is a stunner, reminds me slightly of Fyrinnae's Parental Advisory.

This is also the first time using d/c Essence gel liner, it's the emeraldl color one and it is fantastic.
Pigmented, creamy and stays on the waterline. A winner.

Omgwtf She's Hitting Pans AGAIN

Starting to hit pans in 2013. I'm currently using these things exclusively to use them up as soon as possible. Hopefully do not get bored too soon :) I've got 4 eyeshadow, a bronzer, a blush, a lipglos and a setting powder. 

1. Alverde foundation

2. Franken blush (Logona Peche + Bella Pierre Posh)

In the middle S-he Bronzer. 

1. Grey eyeshadow from a BeYu trio
2. Artdeco, number 98
3. Sleek Chaos I-divine, the white shade 
4. Franken highlight shade
In the middle: Alverde Rose Garden LE eyeshadow (this stuff is huuuge)

 Nyx Lipgloss in Peach.

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V.

A day for purple

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When I'm having a bad lash day it's such a pain to take any decent eye picture of sponatneous looks. This look was less muddy in real life. So somebody kick me in the ass and force me to use my amazing artifical light instead of relying on sun all the darn time .

Candy Apple, Apple Candy

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Been feeling colorful lately so I played around with a red eyeshadow.  I gave it a pop of teal color but nothing overwhelmingly torquoise.

Products used :

Soft pink look with navy eyeliner

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Backlogged goodies interes anybody? 

This a a simple transitioned eyeshadow from light pink to dark pink, blended out by a peach color.
All spiced up with some nice navy liner. 


It was just a trial, as you might have guess it by the lack of mascara. But I kinda like it :)

Rhinestone Fabulosity

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There are times when I'm actually pleased with how my fun experimental make-up turns out this.

This is one of those occasions where I've made up my eyes and went all OMGZOMG THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AWESOME. 

 

I used

FdS navy liner

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Cut crease time, time of good time and fun. I went the neutral route this time with shimmery beige lids and chocolate cut crease spiced up with some awesome blue liner. 

 

 I used:

What V wears to school V2

A simplistic  approach to life - easy make-up to make life, well, easy!

My NYE eyes

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so...

For my New Year's eve party I worn a dramating over drawn liner with burgundy accents, glitter on the lids and half lashes.


This is pretty much it. I still don't know how to take face pictures with my phone. I've nailed down the macros but full-face is just an oblivion to me.

 

Products used:

FdS In Between Color and Lipgloss

*Bilingual post

Lep pozdrav. Hello, gals :) 

Danes na tapeti; hibrid med klasično šminko in glosom za ustnice. In da že vnaprej pokvarim zgodbo in vam povem konec - so naravnost fantastični in jim podarjam nagrado najboljšega odkrijta leta 2012 na področju ustnic.

Fleur de Sante (FdS) In Between Color and Lipgloss rdečilo za ustnice s sijajem

Na voljo TUKAJ

9, 99 € za 4 g izdelka. 

Rok uporabe je 2 leti po odprtju.

I do not generally write in English and Slovene in the same post but I will make and exception this time simply because I am in awe with these products and I want more people to reached by this information. 

This are natural ingredient hybrid lipsticks, love children of regular lipsticks and lipglosses, in Slovenia they retail for 9,99 € for a 4g bullet. Shelf life of 2 years once opened.

Več o izdelkih is lahko preberete spodaj po prelomu odstavka.
Indepth review of individual shades is a after the jump. 

Literal Interpretation of Snow Lily Lolo angelic

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We've been experiencing extended winter with loads of snow. I haven't had a chance to enjoy watching snow fall for on a daily basis for years. It's pretty to look at, but you better not need to be anywhere :P

I did a wintery look and this is how a white shimmery shadow with white glitter reflects in the sun:

 

I used:

Trial for NYE 2012 Party Make-up

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I know New Years Eve is yesterday's story but I had zero time to breathe from  3rd Jaunary onward so I'm sharing now :) 

This is a draft of the real look I worn (soon to be posted, worry not, sunshine :) 

Black half lashes, yay. 

 

White eyeshadow base: Essence LE (the ballerina stuff)
Sleek Chaos for the matte brugundy eyeshadow. Loads of blending!
Sleek Liquid Ink liquid liner
and Lily Lolo eyeshadow in Angelic all over the lid.


Talk to you soon
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Meow Coffin liner

I bought Meow samples ages ago and one of which was a deep purple liner from the Halloween collection, named Coffin. 

This has so much potential as a shadow and I'm kicking myself I only tried it once and you can see the result of that one trial here.

When will I ever learn that pretty make-up is to be worn not saved for special occasions.
The damn special occasions never come along, do they? 

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Sleek Vintage eyedust

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This is going to be a gushing quickie about a lovely product that is Sleek Eye Dust in the shade Vintage. 

It's a greeny gold that DOESN'T turn brassy on my skin. Can I stress enough how rare that is? :)

I tried to use mascara as my gel liner but this particular formula was too flaky.

I highly suggest this eyeshadow. It's extremly cheap, very pigmented, very metallic and you get enough product to split it in half with a friend and it will both last you a lifetime.
I also pressed it in a pan using alcohol and have had great success with it.

One thing, though; it's very silicone-y and oil-heavy so make sure to prime with oil controlling primer. 
I don't need to, the product disperses over my dry lid like a dream. 

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Products I used up

Hello :)

This is going to be a all over the place, however, the post has educational value to me as it gives me 

a perspective on how much of my stuff I actually use within a year.

A few of the items are featured in OMGWTH She's Hitting Pans post, from March 2012. 

Scary how long things take to die on you even with regular use :)

1. EYESHADOWS

Fleur de Sante - AQUA Eyeshadow Quartet

Hey everyone. This is post is in Slovene only, but if you find this is a brand avaible to you, feel free to check out the swatches below and drop me comment if you have any questions.

 Pozdravljene. 

Tokrat ocenjujem četvorček senčil v hladnih srebnih tonih, ki mi ga je poslala ekipa Fleur de Sante Slovenija. Fleur de Sante o njem pravi: 

"Paleta senčil za oči. Štirje svilnati, sijoči odtenki primerni za različne priložnosti. Paleta barv primerna za dnevni ali večerni make-up. Vsebuje vgrajeno ogledalo in dvojno gobico za nanašanje"

Fleur de Sante - Eyeshadow Quartet, artikel št. 93960, Aqua

Na voljo pri si.fleurdesante.com na povezavi TUKAJ

REDNA CENA: 10, 49 €

KOLIČINA: 6 g

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I had a terrible day a while back  but luckily a girl can always count on make-up to remedy that.

Happy colorful eyes, I decided to do.

To get this look, you can do as I did and use: 

Punchy blue liner

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You might remember the challenge Make-up Heros did a loooooong time ago. It was some sort of a reverse liner/smokey eyes. 

I was in a mood the other day, so I put on a simple plumy taupe shadow and applied a navy liner to my bottom lashline. Applied *heavily* is my Essence d/c longlasting eyepencil.
 
Wasn't that bad, rather different for me. Small eyes, small lid - I almost never line my eyes unless I intend to take pictures for the blog. 

I can picture this liner be really pretty with a soft peachy eyeshadow on the upper lid!


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