Why do you wear makeup - TAG

Hello Muggles,

a few days ago the beautiful Megan from Wonderful You  did the "Why do you wear makeup"-TAG and I thought it was interesting, so here we go...

 
1. When did you begin to love makeup? 

This is actually not that easy to answer. When I was about 12 I really loved clear lipgloss - and I wore like the whole content of one lipgloss tupe on my lips every day. xD

With about 14/15 I went through quite a bad "emo" phase (but fortunately it was new to everyone, so I was the only person to look like this... people didn't make fun of me then because they we're probably scared, which would have been a whole different thing if I started 1 / 2 year(s) later xD) and I used to wear red lipstick and a lot of black liner around my eyes... yes, you read right: lipstick around the eyes. This and black liner were actually the only two make-up items I owned. This is embarassing? Why do I even tell you? :'D

Since December 2011 I'm discovering the make up world again and from a very different point. I started to watch Youtube videos and think more about what make up is really about. I'm not super into it but I'm interested and yeah... so long story short: I'm not immensly in love with make up but interested.

2. How do you feel without makeup?

I'm glad to say that I'm fine without makeup! :)

3. What do you like about makeup? 

I like the fact that makeup can underline your natural beauty. Most women probably don't wear makeup to do this but to make themselves look totally different - however in my opinion this is not the point.

I also really enjoy makeup as being a form of art. Take the girls from "pixiwoo" for example; they do the greatest things with makeup and this could definitely be considered as art.

4. Three 'Holy Grail' Items: 

1) Mascara - the classic.

I think the nice thing about mascara is that it really just underlines or highlights what you've already got. Everyone has lashes but some people (like me -.-) don't like their own lashes to be short, straight and light but a little bit more "out there". What I personally love about mascara is that it always makes you look a little bit more feminine, which I go for because I'm almost a little tomboy otherwise. :D

The one I use at the moment is the ASTOR Volume Artist Modelling Mousse in Waterproof - 800 Black. 

If you know any black, waterproof drugstore mascara, which gives you lots of volume: let me know, please! :)

2) Lipstick  / Lipbalms

I love red-, berry- and plum-toned lipsticks and tinted lipbalms.

The Burt's Bees Tinted Lip Balm in Hibiscus is a perfect "your lips but better" product for me. It just highlights my natural lip colour, which I love, plus it is super nurturing!

3) Brow Pencil

My brows are not very full and defined, so I help along with a eyebrow pencil.

Currently I'm using the Catrice Eye Brow Stylist in 020 Date With Ashton, which is a very affordable pencil in the perfect shade for my eyebrows.

I did a whole eyebrow related post some time ago, which you can check out here .

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That was it for the "Why do you wear Makeup" TAG.

If you want to do this TAG on your blog as well, feel free to do so and leave me a comment, so I can read it. :)

However, I would also like to tag some people:

        Lauren from "A Lauren to Herself"

Anna from "And This Little Piggy"

Amie from "Belle-amie"

Amy from "Brighter Shade of Pale"

Megan from "British Beauty Geek"

Hannah Justyne

Becky from "Rose Petals"

Sophie from "Sophie Rose Hearts"

Hayley from "Water Painted Dreams"

Have a lovely day and see you next time,

Hermione

Eye Brows

Hello Muggles,

today it's a little more about Beauty!

Eye Brows are one of the most important parts in a face, I think. They contour and give your face a shape - if you know what I mean.

Emma Watson

The first person I would like to talk about is Emma Watson. I think we all know how beautiful she is but I personally think that it is her brows that make her look outstanding. She has quite an average face otherwise (which is not bad at all!). For me she has the most gorgeous brows ever! They have the perfect shape and colour for her face and just make her look unique.

Lily Collins

 When talking about eye brows I have to include Lily Collins. I think it is partly because of her that (wo)men start to like strong eye brows. Lily is just adorable and her full and dark brows definitely give her that signature look of hers. 
Like I said before: brows make you look special and unique. They also emphasize your facial moves and I think this is why it is perfect for actors and actresses to have strong brows. People tend to forget that acting mostly is about facial expressions (and gestures).

Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen

Of course I also have to mention Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. Both of them have nice eye brow shapes but I think it is Ashley, who really stands out for her brows. They just make her very soft and cute face look a bit more mature and edgy. 


Now, let's talk about my brows a bit...

I really have some problems with my eye brows because (as you can see on the left) they are patchy and quite fair au natural. -.-  I don't know why but when I was about 12 or 13 years old they started falling out kind of. I once mentioned that I have neurodermatitis and it started when I was a teen, so I had to use salve, which contained cortisone and I don't know if this salve really caused my eye brows to fall out but after using it, it just happened. Since then I have patchy eye brows, which are impossible to give a nice shape to.
On the right side I applied my new eye brow pencil by Catrice and I think it looks much better! The colour is perfect because it is the exact same tone my roots have. I think you can see that quite good on the following picture:

Sorry about my stupid grinning. :D Like on the picture above: My left eye brow is undone, whilst the right one is filled out with an eye brow pencil. My natural hair colour is a ashy blonde or light brown as you can see on the picture and my longer hair has a reddish colour (ombre for noobs! xD). It looks extremely messy and strange because I didn't do anything after washing it - no blowdrying, no straightening... and this is how it turns out to look like. Good lord! ;D (I am also not wearing any Make-Up. So this is what I look like with only one brow finished. :D)

Well, I hope you liked it and don't forget to look at my previous posts (especially the one about Laurens giveaway - how cool is that, please?)! :)

See you next time,

Hermione

(Click on the people's names to go to the website where I took the photos from!)

Mini Haul!

Hello Muggles,

yesterday I've been to the central part of my city (which is a metropolis! (I hope you can read sarcasm)) and got a few things.

Let's start with the most random thing: I got a clothbrush by H&M, which has a beautiful pattern and colour I think! Because I have a dog, there's literally hair everywhere and I just need to brush my clothes everyday. Otherwise I would look like my dog. ;) I paid 1 € instead of 1,95. 

As you can see I also bought a new eye brow pencil and it's the "Eye Brow Stylist" by "Catrice Cosmetics" in 020 Date With Ash-Ton (what a nice name!). I'm going to do a post all about eye brows soon, so you can read what I think about it later. ;) Oh, before I forget: It was a bargain! It's not expensive at all anyway but it was 30 % off additionally.

I'm a little late with that but I bought my first Carmex and it is also my first lip balm in a tin! :) I don't really now why I didn't get one earlier. Nevertheless I like it. I love the fact that it smells like vanilla but on the lips it smells and tastes like peppermint and has that nice feeling I can't describe. :/ 

This also was 30 % off.

Last thing I got are these pants. I really couldn't take a good picture of it but I think the most important fact is the colour. I wanted aubergine/purple/darkred pants for sooo long but couldn't find any before. I think you call those things "treggins" but I hate that word, so I will continue saying pants. :D As you can imagine, they are very tight and stretchy and the most comfortable pants I ever had! When my boyfriend saw them he looked at me like I was crazy. xD

Well, what else is there to say? They're from H&M and were 14,95 €.

See you next time,

Hermione