I have been thinking about posting a video for a long time. But shooting a tutorial seemed a little bit too much for the first time, I'm not that skilled. So I chose to show an overview about how long it takes to put on full make up. This is a neutral look with eyeliner, some shiny eyeshadows, no eyelash extensions, slightly contoured face, overdrawn lips, filled brows and some sparkle all over the face. It takes around 40-50 minutes, that is why it is impossible to look this much polished everyday. This kind of make up is for those days when you have plenty of time before going out. Hope you like the video. And enjoy quality music ;)
Sleek Make Up i-Divine eyeshadow palette in Storm 578
ELF Cream Eyeliner
L'oreal Paris Mega Volume Collagene 24h in Smoky Black
Sleek Make Up Brow Kit in Light 817
Benefit Stay Flawless 15-hour Primer
Revlon Photoready Foundation in 003 Shell Coquillage
Mac Studio Finish Concealer in NC15
NYX Wonder Stick in Light/Medium
Pupa Like a Doll Compact Powder in 001
Sleek Make Up Face Form Contouring and Blush Palette in Light 373 Pupa Luminys All Over in 03 Pupa Lip Liner in 06 Revlon Colorburst Matte Balm in Complex 230
It was the first time ever I was away from Azerbaijan for the New Year Eve. Visited Istanbul where my sister lives and we spent the holidays together. Thanks to our friend Gunel who actually planned this months ago while I didn't think we were going to make it, but never say never. It was fun just to be young, free and crazy for a while :) And I changed my hair colour for the new year. Personally for me it was a huge decision, because everyone knows how obsessive I am about blonde hair. The next collage is a small summary of my New Year holidays. You can see our looks for the party, random but very nice instant photo in shopping mall while I was trying on a Missoni headband, our 7 km walk in Belgrade Forest in Istanbul that ended up with such joyful photos, and finally my evening eye make up I was so proud of)))
I can't imagine any fashionista visiting London and NOT going to Harrods. Let's just accept it as a fact and never return to this matter. Because Harrods is one of the biggest and oldest department stores in Europe with history dating back to 19th century. It has a few distinguishing points like the building, first ever escalator, food hall, shoe heaven etc. that make Harrods to stand out among all other department stores. Lately they renovated shoe department and named it Shoe Heaven. That is the story I want to tell.
It's been more than 6 months that I left London the last time and missed shopping there very much. That is why when I went to Knightsbridge (the part of London where Harrods is) the music playing in my head was the following song from famous TV series:
The reason is because you actually feel like a leading female character from a movie or TV show at the moment where she decides to go shopping and change her life :) So in this case background music is necessary. I was going to buy a bag, a pink bag to be precise. Apparently I hadn't had one till then (can you imagine?). After browsing the ground floor AND the lower ground floor I found what I wanted but decided to look through shoe department before taking what I came for. Just in case asked a sales assistant which floor shoe department is on and got this answer: 'You mean Shoe Heaven? On the 5th'. I thought it was only words until I got there. They changed it completely that I couldn't even recognise. It actually was a shoe heaven for any woman that ever laid eyes on designer shoes. I was wandering in the Heaven and admiring the latest collections presented there. Departments got bigger, wider, brighter. Christian Louboutin and Manolo Blahnik had these fake departments where you can see shoes and suppose that it is the boutique, but when you ask for your size they tell you to go further. You feel like you are being teased and invited to see more of these feet candy by trick. I headed straight to Manolo Blahnik and it was like finding a treasure among other gems. You reach the short stairs and they lead you to the attics with the world of Manolo. Then during your fitting process (everything happens so naturally that you have no idea how you ended up here) sales assistant tells you that 2 days ago the master himself was there and signed shoes... Couple minutes later you find yourself paying for the black satin jewelled Nadira pumps and trying to realise that pink bag is gone now... Long story short: after the Shoe Heaven I choose shoes to the bag I actually came for.
This time of the year internet is full of beautiful xmas tree photos from all over the world. This time I was noticing only creative ones (I'll save the background story of it for the better times). Let's see what I've collected :)
