Photoshoot!

Hello guys!

I have been a bit silent last week because I was ill. I couldn't really do anything with makeup since I had infections on my face and in my mouth. I also had infected eyes. My facial skin looked horrible and my upper lip was swollen. I honestly looked like shit and thought it'd be better if I laid off the heavy makeup for a while, and continued to eat loads of vitamin C.

After a week of feeling naked a photographer I have in my facebook list did a lastminute casting call for an autumn style shoot today. I volunteered :) My infections are still a little bit visible but could well be hidden under some layers of makeup.

I just got the first results:

Photography by the awesome Jeroen Zelle!

I used LC's Chinadoll (Lotus Noir, Goldfish) and Alchemy palette (Incantation, Lucky Charm, Spellbound), my fav cheapass black eyeliner and MAC's Pro Longwear Lipstick in Approaching Storm (from the LE Daphne Guinness collection). The dress is a party dress by McGregor from last year's fall/winter collection and the blouse is from a flee market. The dress was originally about 220 euros but I got it cheap for about 50. Yey ^_^

The wig is model 'Belinda' by Hairs4u2, a webshop owned by a georgeous lady named Jaimie, I got this one because I helped her out with her booth on a festival last summer.  It got a bit messed up because of the wind, but her wigs are absolutely awesome and I could recommend them to anyone. This one happens to be exactly the same colour of my normal hair after the last dye I gave it but it's much more full and longer than my own.

Today's Look and some random stuff!

Hello, here I am again!

Today I'm going to show you the look I wore today. And yes, I do actually wear all the looks you will see in this blog, on a daily basis (unless I have to work).

Today's look was created with the Chinadoll palette from Lime Crime (Fly Dragon Fly and Lotus Noir), my favorite eyeliner which is from a cheap Dutch drugstore called Hema and I also used Incantation and Lucky Charm from the Alchemy Palette. I like palettes with loads of different colours in it because it's easy to take them with me and create a whole bunch of different looks. Chinadoll is my favorite I think because the colours are sooo bright and it's incredibly versatile. If anyone knows of a good palette with smooth pigmented shadows, preferably a black and a white in it and some bright colours, let me know! I'm always looking for something nice. I have a few colours from Sugarpill and I really like them and want to try out some of their palettes but I want one that has a black in it like Bulletproof, so I don't have to take that one with me seperately every time I do my makeup in another place than at home.

I often do my makeup in the train because I don't feel like getting up at 6 am if I am going somewhere.

Not so different today, I had to go to school and since my school is in a different city I have to take the train every week. The trip takes about half an hour, which is exactly enough to create a nice and complicated look.

I decided to go for something dark with red roses today since I wore a black dress with a print of red roses. How original! But I do like it, though my hair looks a mess. By the way, I have bangs now, which look sloppy and unstyled here. :) The lipstick is MAC's Russian Red, the perfect red lipstick.

The second picture was taken with flash.

Unfortunately, I also hit the pan on Lotus Noir today.. :(

When I run out of it I plan to buy Bulletproof again, I think that together with Lotus Noir it is my favorite black. I ran out of it a long time ago. But since Lotus Noir only comes with the rest of the palette I will be much cheaper off (with more product) when using Bulletproof.

That's it for the rambling today :)

xoxo Miss Absinthe