Vill passa på att inspirera er med fem fina höstnagellack från mitt favoritmärke OPI eftersom jag i oktober har en rabattkod på Parfym.se!
Koden "Helenaokt” ger...
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Finally, I thought I would show you our self-built campervan / sheet metal / motorhome! Also takes the opportunity to answer what to think about when ...
Finally, I thought I would show you our self-built campervan / sheet metal / motorhome! Also takes the opportunity to answer what to think about when ...
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Today's look is a super fast make - up which at the same time gives the whole thing more attitude, perfect if you are in a hurry but still want to look a little cool :)
I have, in addition to base and mascara, just smoked with a brown eyeliner on the underside of the eyes, and finished with the news NYX Full Throttle Lipstick in the shade Con Artist, wow what a Helena shade! Love it!
I got a press sample of this one a week and have used it one day, I will test a little harder, I thought but the first impression was that it is very durable and nice but unfortunately feels a little too dry on the lips for my taste. But I prefer matte lipstick in normal cases, so will test with a little lip balm underneath and give it a chance.
Apply brown eyeliner, Pixi Endless Silky Eye Pen (Black Cacao) along the lower lash line, and fade out for a more smoky effect. I faded it out a bit to the side also for a nice cat eye shape.
It was a long time since we talked a little entrepreneurship here in the blog! :) I got very positive feedback when I wrote more about it before, so here is an update on the situation and some cash mobile pictures of what my day has looked like!
For a year, I have gone from working from home with only a blog and webshop, to starting up a 360 sqm salon in central Uppsala with 6 employees and 3 co-owners. We just got the reports from March which turned out to be a real record month! And in June, By Her AB has been around for a whole year and if sales continue as they have in recent months, we have a final figure that we are all MORE than proud of :)
If we are satisfied? If we feel ready? Answer no!
The most fun thing about our team is that no one is one who thinks small and short-term, we dare to think big and constantly get new ideas that many had not even dared to think haha.
But to grow, and above all to have a business that capable of to grow fast, you have to have a good foundation to stand on. Therefore, we have now started business development with Peragenda, which will be with us for 1 1/2 years to come. We have met at some long meetings already, and are finally starting to get started properly!
The whole start has been spent going through our business and looking at it properly. There have been a lot of lectures and lots of information and knowledge about business building, and it's so sickly interesting and inspiring!
Det är så många företag som bara satsar på marknadsföring och försäljning för att få in så mycket pengar som möjligt, men när man inte satsar på grunden i företaget så blir det till slut att alla bara springer runt som virvelvindar och “släcker bränder” och akuta lösningar som måste fixas nu nu nu, helst igår. Och det är varken roligt eller effektivt.
We want structure, 100% control of the situation and above all a really great workplace! :) That's why we have now invested in business development with Peragenda and I feel inspired at my fingertips :)
We have partly looked at what shortcomings and opportunities we have, but above all what we wants achieve!
Utan tydliga mål så är man inte lika effektiv, och framför allt är mål en otrolig drivkraft. Det är så lätt hänt att bara blicka framåt hela tiden att man aldrig inser att “idag är jag exakt där jag förut önskade att jag skulle vara” och ge sig själv en klapp på axeln och fira ordentligt, innan man går vidare med nästa steg :)
Here you see me with Matilda and Tommy who own Peragenda :)
Today we finally finished with our goal picture, and have three clean goals set that we should have reached last June 30, 2017.
Annika and our goals! :) Have blurred them a bit so you can not read, I like to share goals and such thoughts when I have reached the goals, not before haha.
När man spaltar upp sina tankar och mål så här (bra att göra även privat) så inser man hur mycket man har i huvudet i onödan. Det var så extremt många punkter (innan vi “städade” och kom fram till 3 stycken till slut) som har legat som ett stressmoment i bakhuvudet, men när man verkligen börjar tänka efter vad varje punkt har för betydelse, så inser man att gör man bara de viktigaste delarna så kommer resten att komma automatiskt. Fascinerande faktiskt! :)
I could chat about this for ages, hope you find it interesting! But now I'm going to start washing and donating a lot here at home. Will wash 100 bandage rolls (wraps for the UCW treatment) which will be a total of 8 washing machines, pjuh.
Black eyeliner along the entire lash line, Paese Liquid Eyeliner
- I apply with Nanshy Precise Bent Eyeliner, tycker jag har mer kontroll “över läget” då eftersom det bara är eyeliner i toppen på penseln :)
Paint an eyeliner wing without filling in the small triangle.
White eyeliner in the middle of the eyeliner wing, Maybelline New York Master Ink (Matte White)
Cushion foundation was a popular news in 2015, and now more and more brands are starting with cushion bronzers as well! Same principle and packaging, but a bronzer instead of foundation.
Cushion-produkter är alltså en burk med en kudde/svamp i som är dränkt i en flytande produkt (t.ex. flytande foundation, flytande bronzer). Vid första anblick är detta en produkt där man tänker “varför skulle detta vara nödvändigt?” och “jisses vad ohygieniskt”, det gjorde jag också i början. Men faktum är att jag mer och mer börjar gilla den här typen av produkter! :)
But to return to just cushion-bronzers, two brands that are releasing this as a novelty this spring are L'Oréal Paris and IsaDora. I have received press samples of both and now I thought I would compare them with each other and tell you why I like this type of bronzer!
L'Oréal Glam Bronze Cushion De Soleil and IsaDora Nude Cushion Foundation - 30 Bronzes.
Price and launch
I'm blogging from home right now and have the press material at work crazy enough, but if I remember correctly, L'Oréal's bronzer is in store already now and costs SEK 199. While IsaDora does not launch its bronzer until week 20 and I do not remember the price of it, but their cushion foundations cost SEK 249, so I can assume that this will end up at about the same.
Packaging
L'Oréal and IsaDora come in similar packaging, but in different colors. A jar with a mirror, and when you open the first lid there is a small makeup puff there, and then you open the next lid to get to the bronzer itself:
Texture
L'Oréal is a little lighter in texture, while IsaDora is a little more creamy and thick.
Color
IsaDora's bronzer shade is much finer in my opinion, more bronze-brown while L'Oréals has a more yellow-brown tone.
Why is liquid bronzer a good idea? I like a liquid bronzer more than a cream bronzer (ie a bronzer that is in a thick, creamy cake and not runny) because a liquid is lighter in formula and more easily applied without having to work it so much into the skin, which is nice if you have a foundation under which I always have. And if you use liquid foundation, it can be easier to shape your face with a liquid bronzer that blends in well with your foundation, than to wrap on a bronzer in powder form.
I probably still prefer bronzer in powder form, but liquid and creamy bronzers (and contouring) give a little more effect and many people therefore like to work with it over powder.
Why is cushion bronzer a good idea?
If you are going to work with a liquid bronzer in an ordinary bottle, you have to pour out a click of bronzer first and then dab with the brush so that you do not get too much on the brush. Messy and difficult. But with a cushion bronzer, you just have to dab with the brush straight down into the jar, and you get up just right! :)
Unhygienic?
Having a liquid product in a sponge in a jar like this is not the most hygienic solution, no, but I also do not think it will be the worst bacterial bomb from using the brush on a cleaned face and dipping a few times. As long as you wash the brush after each use (which you should do anyway) and as I said, have a completely clean face first, which you should always have before you start putting on make-up.
Application
Makeup puffs that are included can be thrown away directly in my opinion, I always do that with these included make-up sponges. With it, it will probably be impossible to get a nice result. I apply with Nanshy Stippling brush (currently only available in the Masterful Collection set but will be available for purchase separately in just a few weeks).
Then I apply as usual contouring, in the deep parts of the face, and I do it by first dabbing with the dotting brush and then sweeping with it to easily massage the bronzer into my liquid foundation.
Do you need a liquid foundation to use cushion bronzer?
Well I would like to answer this question, I have tested IsaDoras also over a mineral foundation and it worked great and turned out nice. But it was not as easy to get it even, and then the whole point of having a liquid bronzer disappears, I think.
IsaDora results
In the before and after picture above you see the result with IsaDora Cushion Bronzer. I think it's nice! I am very pale now and have used a lot of bronzer, so it was very effective, but for the summer and for you who are a little browner than me you can probably use it both for contouring but also a little more over the face to see a little extra tan out.
Result L'Oréal
L'Oréal gives a milder result, which is probably largely due to the fact that the formula is lighter than IsaDoras. And like this on the face, I do not think that the tone looks a little yellow-brown, which I was a little bothered by when I applied a lot on the hand. Looks nice!
Summary
I like IsaDora more! It has a nicer color, I thought the formula was a little easier to apply (although I thought it would be the opposite when I first tested these on the hand) and also think that IsaDoras is more effective.
L'Oréal had a lighter consistency and gives a milder result, which many of you probably prefer to the opposite, but for such a result you can just as well use powder bronzers, I think because I use creamy bronzers when I want a more effective result: )
Thumbs up for IsaDora I say!
By the way, I read on Molkan's blog that she could not help but think that cushion bronzers came about when they tested cushion foundation in the wrong color and got the brilliant idea to sell the shade as a bronzer instead. I had not thought of the idea myself first, but after reading it and then seeing that it even says cushion foundation on IsaDora's packaging, I can not help but think that it is probably so haha :)
What do you think about cushion bronzer? Are you eager to try? ♥
Today's make-up is done with an eyeshadow palette that I got a press sample from Nordicfeel.se when they celebrated 10 years. It is Makeup Revolution Death By Chocolate which is an eyeshadow palette with 16 eyeshadows, super nice!
Eyeshadow primer, Pixi eye bright primer
Brown-green-gold (isch) eye shadow on the entire eyelid
Fade the edges
The same eye shadow along the lower lash line
Brown eyeliner at the end of the waterline and fade down at the lash line, Pixi Endless Silky Eye Pen (Black Cacao)
Thumbs up for IsaDora I say!
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