Paradise EOTD

I decided to try to bring you an EOTD. I am not a trained makeup artist and eye makeup isn't a huge talent of mine. But I decided to give it a go anyway. I tried to make an eye makeup with a pop of color that is wearable for everyday.

The focus on this makeup was the Cybershadow in Paradise from Make Up Store (MUS). This is a beautiful light shimmery green.
For this makeup I used:

On the lid
Too Faced Shadow Insurance as a base
MUS Cybershadow in Paradise on the inner part of the lid.
MAC pigment in Antique Green on the outer part of the lid.
MAC e/s in Carbon to darken the outer most part of the lid.
Isadora Palette in 50 Matte Chocolates the next lightest color from the crease up to brow bone.


Isadora Palette in 61 Golden Sunset the highlight color as a highlight under brow bone and inner corner of the eye.


Rimmel London Soft Kohl Kajal Eye Pencil in 061 Jet Black

Under the eye:
MAC pigment in Antique Green
MAC pigment in Golden Olive
MUS Cybershadow in Paradise
MUS Mixing Liquid

Mascara: L'Oréal Telescopic Explosion in Black

My LUSH Haul (finally)

As I mentioned in my previous post I did some shopping at LUSH. My goal was to check out the Halloween stuff but I came home with some other things from the permanent line as well.

First the Halloween stuff. I bought two things from the Halloween Line. I didn't buy the "Jacko Bath Bomb" since I thought it reminded me of toothpaste.


The "Ghost Shower Gel" was a must for me. I have heard so many good reviews from last year and I had to check it out. The scent is floral and the shower gel smells of lilies. It is not the most unique scent, it reminds me of the standard soap scent, but I like it. It is a nice break from LUSH's more unique scents.


The other thing I got was the "Want To Believe Bath Melt". This reminds me of a piece of coal with glitter on top. It has a rather strange scent, which has a hint of liquorice in it. It may be the fennel or starflower oil that causes this. I look forward to see how this reacts with the water and if it will turn the water a dark gray color.

The store I went too had started to sell the "Snow Fairy shower gel". I bought the smallest size to see if I like it because it has a very sweet candy smell. The thing that I reacted to was that it is just an ordinary shower gel, with no extra ingredients, except for some glitter.


I also bought two body butters, The "Aqua Mirabilis" and "The Soft Touch". I bought the "Aqua Mirabilis" since I hope it will less abrasive than "Buffy". I like "Buffy" a lot but it is way too abrasive for me.


"The Soft Touch" is used on the hands. You rub it between your hands and it melts and moisturizes the skin. I have to admit that I bought this to get the tin for free. But I think this will come in handy. It doesn't have a very strong scent which for me is a good thing when it is used on the hands.


I picked up the "Amandopondo Bubble Bar". I liked its floral scent and it looked nice. It wasn't really a necessary buy since I have some bubble bars left. But they are very sweet and candy like in their scent and I wanted something more floral.

The last thing that I picked up was the "Vanilla In The Mist Soap". The picture doesn't do it justice. My piece lacked the vanilla pods so it looks kind of boring. But it smells really good. It has a vanilla scent to it but it isn't to sweet more of a dessert scent.

A small LUSH haul coming soon

I did some shopping yesterday. LUSH was my goal for this little trip. I received a newsletter saying that their Halloween stuff had arrived this week. Since I finish work early on Fridays I thought it was the perfect day to go and check it out. The weather is really bad here today and it is very dark outside so I am not able to take any decent photos of the things that I bought. This means that I will post my haul a little bit later. Hopefully tomorrow. But I thought I could write a little about the Halloween products now to give you an idea of the products.

The Halloween products differ from the ones in USA and in the UK. "The Great Pumpkin Soap" and the "Cobweb bath bomb" weren't released here in Sweden instead we were able to buy "Want to Believe" Bath Melt instead. If I'm not mistaken this is part of the holiday line in the other countries. "The Jacko bath bomb" is being sold but I didn't like the scent of this one. It looks cute but I thought it smelled like toothpaste with some holiday spices in it. Not something that I would like to bathe in.

If you are a fan of Snow Fairy Shower Gel and you want to buy it before December you're in luck. This shower gel is released before the Holiday products and are available in stores now.

Hi there!

I haven't been posting on this blog for a couple of days. The reason for this is because I have been away on a little work trip. I haven't been near a computer and I haven't even been watching TV ( this is a big thing for me). When I came home I was way too tired to think about my blog. But I am back now and I can be near my computer (and my TV) again.

I have come to the realization that this blog thing that I have started has created some different problems that I have never encountered before. Nowadays I have been obsessing over the weather. Sunny fall days means good lighting for photography. But usually I am facing dark and rainy fall days.

I have to remember to take photos of products before I use them. This is my main problem at the moment because I start to use the product. Suddenly I remember that I need a photo of it for my review. Well some loud curses may slip out from my mouth at that time.

I have to come up with things to write about. This is way harder than I thought. Thankfully I haven't encountered a writer's block yet. I have been near one but it didn't hit me.

I have to say that I admire people who blog. There are so many talented people out there who do a fantastic job. I have learned so much about makeup from blogs and found so much inspiration from fashion and beauty blogs.

It is harder than I thought to combine work with this hobby. So much to write about but so little time. But I found it is worth it. It is so much fun to write about my hobby and hopefully be able to share it with other enthusiasts out there in the world.

LOTD: Estée Lauder's Crystal Pink

Here's another lip of the day or LOTD as it's called in the blog world. I know. You may be wondering were the eye of the day or the EOTD is. The answer is quite simple, I am not good at the whole creative eye makeup thing and I am lousy at taking photos of the eye make up. It doesn't come out nice at all. I am hoping that I can give you an attempt of a EOTD in the future. I just have to practice with the camera first.

Back to the LOTD. This lipstick is one of the first in my collection. I received it in a christmas gift set a while ago from my mom and I can honestly say this set is was started the makeup obsession that I suffer from. I love these Pure Color Crystal Lipsticks from Estée Lauder. This is in the color Crystal Pink 303. It is a very wearable pink that is an excellent every day color.

Some Shopping

I checked out the new MAC collections today as I mentioned in the earlier post. My first impression of the collections was very good. I liked them a lot and there was a lot to choose from.

I skipped the lipsticks from DSquared2, the Nude Rose looked a little bit boring to me. I liked the other one, Blood Red but I couldn't see myself wearing it. Even though it was a sheer color it was still too dark for me. The only thing that I picked up from that collection was the Feline Kohl Power Eye Pencil. This was a must have for me.

From top to bottom: Mineralize Eye Shadow in Young Punk, Feline Kohl Power Eye Pencil and Greasepaint Stick in Black.

I also looked at the Mineralized eye shadows and they were absolutely beautiful. I picked up the purple one, Young Punk. Used dry the pigmentation is really poor but I tried it on the Greasepaint and liked how it looked. I tried to swatch it for you but it was very hard to capture the eyeshadow and the sparkling glitter. Well to be honest the swatches are horrible, not really my forte.

From left to right: Young Punk (Dry), Greasepaint in Black, Young Punk over Greasepaint and on the far left Feline Kohl Power Pencil.

I also bought the Greasepaint in Black. I was surprised to see purple glitter in it. I thought it was a solid black. I think it will work as a good base for eye shadows. Definitely as a base for the mineralize ones. But I think my main use for this will be as a eye liner with Young Punk over it.

A superficial dilemma.

Today is the 15th of October and it is time for the release of some collections from MAC. Here in Sweden collections from MAC are coming out on the 15th of every month. Since they are only released once every month they are gathered up and several collections are released at the same time. This time Style Black, DSquared2 and the Dazzleglass Cremes Collections are coming out at the same time.

So what's my superficial dilemma? Well, there is only two collections this fall that I am interested in, the Style Black and the DSquared2 Collections. I thought that the DSquared2 one was coming out in November and made a budget for this, one purchase in October and one in November and now I have to rethink everything.
I know this is not a real problem. There are far worse problems facing people in the world everyday. But this is a superficial blog so there is always room for some trivial and superficial problems here.

So this is what I am interested in:

The Greasepaint Stick in Black. I am thinking this will be a good dark base for some of my eye shadows. I don't own a dark base yet. I also think it will be a good eyeliner.

The Mineralize eye shadows from Style Black. I have seen swatches of these and they look stunning on top of the Greasepaint. They are really expensive so I have to limit myself and only get one of them.

The #214 Brush. I missed this one when it was released last time. It seems to be a really good brush.

The two lipsticks from DSquared2. Both Nude Rose and Blood Red look beautiful on swatches on the internet. I think I have to see these in real life before making a decision.

The Feline Kohl Power. This is a must for me. I don't own a good black eye pencil yet. This seems to be a true dark black.

I have never been fond of the Dazzleglasses and I will skip the Dazzleglass Cremes collection. I think they are too expensive for what you get.

Some new things

I was shopping yesterday and of course I bought some beauty related things. My goal for my trip was Make Up Store because I wanted to buy their Mixing Liquid. This is used together with eye shadows to make waterproof eyeliners. I also picked up the #102 eyeliner brush that is designed to be used with the mixing liquid. It has a very fine tip and is used to make fine lines.

I bought one eye shadow and it was a Cybershadow in the color Paradise, a very beautiful light shimmery green. I tried it together with the Mixing Liquid and it became a metallic light green eyeliner. Very beautiful but too light in color to use as a liner.

I don't own a proper brush cleanser and I have been planning to buy the MAC one. But every time I am at the MAC Counter I forget to buy it. I decided to try the Brush Cleanser from Make Up Store instead. I tried it on my MAC #239 brush and I think it didn't clean the brush properly. I could still see a hint of eye shadow color left on the brush when I was done.


I also went to KICKS a local beauty store and I saw that they had the Korres Lip Butters. I have been wanting these for ages since a first heard of them. I picked up a Lip Butter in the color Jasmine. It looks like a nice nude color in the jar. I tried it today and it feels moisturizing but I can't see much of the color on my lips. It is very sheer.

Where have I been?

I am definitely getting behind on my posting on this blog. I can only blame work and not getting enough sleep. The lack of sleep was caused by a mouse and my cat. There has been a mouse hiding in my house and during the last nights my cat has been chasing it, making a lot of noise. He finally caught it today and the mouse is now on the outside. I think the mouse survived these terrible nights and it is where it should be, in the wild not in my bedroom.

I will be back today or tomorrow with some posts. I am going in to town and will definitely be doing some shopping, and knowing me there will be some beauty shopping too.

LOTD: Make Up Store's Ski

The Ski Pot Gloss is one of my favorite lip products right now. I bought it a while ago and have used rather frequently since then. It looks a little bit scary in the pot but it applies very sheer.


I use a lip brush to apply the gloss and it gives the lips a hint of purple. It has a very pleasant fruity smell and doesn't taste bad. I will definitively buy more of these pot glosses.

The Body Shop turns 30 years

The Body Shop is celebrating 30 years and because of this they are bringing back 30 discontinued products. They are also giving you 30 % off on these products. Of course I fell for this and went in to town to check these products out. The little shopping demon came out in me and I wanted to buy everything I saw but I settled for three products.


I bought the Banana shampoo and conditioner. It smelled so good and I couldn't resist it. I have used it once since I bought it and my hair felt very soft and smelled absolutely wonderful.
I also bought the Carrot Moisture Cream for my face. I am running out of my Dramatically Different Moisturizer from Clinique and decided to try something new. I haven't used it yet but I can tell you right now, I am not fond of the smell of this one. It smells somewhat of carrots and the smell is kind of strong. I hope it won't linger on my skin, I don't want to go around smelling of carrots.

While in town I stopped by the MAC counter and bought a new concealer. I wanted something with good coverage and I ended up with the Studio Finish Concealer SPF 30 in NC20. I have tried ita couple of times and I like it so far. It covers acne really well and isn't to difficult to blend.

Christmas at LUSH

I was surfing the different LUSH websites trying to find out if LUSH have started to sell the limited edition products for Halloween. It seems like the American website is the only one that carries the products so far.
When I entered the British LUSH site i didn't find any Halloween products but instead they have the Christmas products on the site. Is it just me? But isn't it a bit early for Christmas products? It's only the beginning of October.

If you want to check out the products just click here.

A small update the Christmas products are out in the US too.