test test test

there hasn't been much posting from my side this week, partly because i was sick and had a fever, partly because my favourite person in the world was here and i was spending all my precious time with him.

even today there won't be much new from me, but i found this little test on various swedish blogs and thought it might be fun to translate it (and of course give you the necessary information about my humble self..):

you have....
(x) mascara for more than 10 eur
( ) this thing you flatten your hair with (please somebody tell me the correct english term?)
( ) a haircurler (if that is the correct term)
( ) designer perfume
( ) foundation for over 20 eur
(x) this thing to make your lashes look perfect (correct term, please??)
(x) several make-up-removing fluids
( ) special hair balsam in a spray-bottle
( ) lipgloss for over 10 eur
( ) deep conditioner for your hair
( ) bodybutter
(x) bodylotion
(x) perfume for more than 30 eur
sum = 5

you ...
( ) use hairstraightener/curler every day
( ) use foundation every day
( ) use mascara every day
( ) use eyeliner every day
( ) use lipgloss every day
( ) use bodybutter every day
( ) use bodylotion every day
(x) use face-cleansing gel or other fluid every day
( ) use hair conditioner every day
( ) use hairspray every day
( ) work out regularly
( ) go to the hairdressers once a month
sum= 1

you have...
( ) tinted your hair
(x) coloured your hair
( ) lengthened your hair
( ) a piercing
( ) a tatoo
( ) holes in your ears for earrings
sum= 1
total sum: 7

0-10 the most natural girl
10-15 an artificial flower
15-20 a canarie bird in scandinavian environment
20- 25 a frozen strawberry
25-30 barbie doll. all is plastic

well, i wasn't surprised really, as i do not use very many beauty devices.. i do not think i need to either. i am training my mascara and the eye-shadow and i do like it. anyways, one shouldn't take any of those tests too seriously, and most of the time you'll probably know the outcome beforehands.
so. have a nice sunday evening!

make up

well, remember this post? on wednesday, i took the next step and put my little face into the hands of a professional. or, something like this. my friend andreea, who also writes the really smart blog "my beautyblog", offered to show me some tricks and to do my make-up.

it was a lot of fun, actually, and i'm not half as frightened in front of the make-up counters as i used to. she really helped me in deciding what i want, and what i don't want. of course we do not agree on everything, but that doesn't matter so much, as those things are minor points. she is a fighter for eco-friendly sustainable natural cosmetics, and as i do care a lot about what i put on my skin and into my face, i totally agree with her choices for me when it comes to brands.






















andreea does promote, on every occasion, a natural cosmetics brand called dr.hauschka, and she convinced me as well as some other friends with very little efford. so, after a fun make-up session at her place, i took a heart and went to hamburg on a small shopping trip. the dr.hauschka stuff is cheaper than for example mac or nars or bobbi brown or all those other high end brands, but when you start from the beginning they can burn a hole into your pockets.

so, i only bought two things, but they are essentials: an eye-shadow palette (from their stone colours limited edition) and a concealer. the eye-shadow palette features four matte colours, off white, a soft grey, a brown-grey tone and anthracite, you can see it on the picture above. perfect for me. if my stuff on ebay sells well, i'll get powder and rouge as soon as the money is in, but until then i'll have to wait some more.

which make-up do you use? any more tips?

about lipsticks and other colours

i finally made up my mind to buy some colour stuff for my face. i admit, i have, until now, never ever worn make-up. no lipstick, no mascara, no concealer, nothing. mostly because, well, my mother never uses make-up, so i never got used to it at home, and as a teenager, i never really was interested (it was, somehow, a way to distinguish me from all the other teenage-girls), and later on i had developed this "my face is a holy region, no colour is to get close" attitude. yes, and since maybe a year ago i have started to think that maybe it might be nice to be able to change my look by having some colour on my lips or some mascara on my lashes.




















anyway, does any of you girls out there have a clue how strange it is to stand in front of, like, endless rows of different colour pots and stuff of which you 1. don't have a single clue how to use it and 2. don't have a single clue which one might or might not suit you - and your skin??

so, by reading a lot of interesting information on the internet, i kind of made up my mind what i more or less wanted. i'm still not totally sure, BUT: i got myself to buy a matte (not too much glittery stuff to begin with) lipstick in some halfway dark rosewood-colour. basically like my natural lipcolour, just a tiny bit darker and a little more towards brown-red-pink. kind of. i haven't brought myself to using it yet, but i will - next week when i am back in lüneburg and have my own bathroom and mirror. i promise to post pictures!




















yes, that was the first step, and once taken, it actually wasn't too hard to move on. i knew that i really wanted to have a semi-matte bright red lipstick (kind of to match my red skirt), and some mascara. then, nice betty lou did a post about bésame, and i liked their concept and as they have a sale going on right now, i decided to give it a try and ordered their 1930s mascara, a bright red lipstick and a carmine (orange-red kind of colour) one as well. so now i am waiting for stuff to arrive. or rather, for me to arrive in lüneburg to be able to try stuff out. and guess what: even if i might not like the colours, i absolutely love their design...