RiRi Loves M.A.C. Holiday

Hello everyone, hope you're all doing okay. First of all I want to apologize for not being active these past weeks. I had a lot of exams for which I had to learn a lot (think entire book within two days or so) as I fell behind. Even though I had a lot of ideas and posts I wanted to share with you, school had to be my priority. So I hope you all forgive me for that. As I'm typing this I also suffer from the flu, but I just couldn't wait to show you guys what I got from the RiRi loves M.A.C. Holiday collection.

I didn't feel all that well when my alarm went off yesterday, but knew that if I didn't went to the store as soon as it opened I wouldn't have any chance to get my hands on these babies. At 10am I wasn't expecting a line, but unfortunately there was one. Everyone seemed to want the lipsticks, which is why the store only allowed you to buy one of each color. I let one of the salesmen swatch the pink lipstick as I was doubting if I should also get that one besides the other two when I heard another salesman say that the infamous Riri Woo was already sold out. 

*insert cry face*

I immediately ran out of that store (remember that I had the flu and was feverish) onto the next one, which luckily had a shorter line. I immediately asked how many they had left of each color or else I would have ran to the last store in Amsterdam that carried them. Luckily for me that wasn't necessary.

*insert happy dance*

I was able to get my hands on all three colors (the last Riri Woo and the second last of Pleasure Bomb). It was kinda sad though when others arrived asking if the store still carried some as it turned out that all stores' lipsticks basically sold out within 7 minutes after opening the store. 

Enough chit chat, let's look at the goodies

Isn't the packaging just gorgeous?  

From left to right: Bad Girl RiRi, Pleasure Bomb, RiRi Woo

Plain lips 

Bad Girl RiRi

The nude color of the bunch, a very wearable lipstick for all skin tones in my opinion. It's this soft rose cream that just looks flattering and I will probably wear this one everyday. 

Pleasure Bomb

This hot fuchsia lipstick will grab everyone's attention for sure. I like this one although I have never worn a bold lip and I will have to get used to this one. Paired with a calm eye look and due to the matte finish, this can work in daytime as well.

RiRi Woo

A true classic red that suits every skin color. I finally understand why this was sold out super fast every time it came out. For those that missed out I have asked the saleswomen to swatch this besides their regular Ruby Woo and there is barely a difference to them. RiRi Woo is just a bit darker, richer of color but really though I bet no one could tell if you wore one or the other until you compare them side to side.

I really do not regret my purchase even though I had to go outside with my flu and feverish head. I would have never been able to get my hands on them if I didn't unless of course for the ridiculous prices on Ebay. 

Have you purchased anything from the RiRi Loves M.A.C. Holiday collection?

Xoxo WyoniAlyssa

NAIL ART | SPIDER WEB AND ORANGE GLITTER

Hello everyone how are you doing. Hope you're having an awesome Halloween party night even though it's Thursday. I've been dying to upload this nail art as soon as I saw it at Robin Moses' YouTube channel this week (you should really watch her beautiful nail designs). I basically removed my previous design immediately, but just couldn't take pictures as I came home after sunset. Today was the same problem again, but I just had to upload it anyhow. I tried to lighten them a bit so they became as realistic as possible. I also totally forgot to use some moisturizer before taking these, so please excuse the dry hands.

Manicure Details*

Index finger, middle finger and pinkie: 

• 1 coat of China Glaze - Sun Worshiper (too neon for this look)
• 1 coat of China Glaze -  Papaya Punch
• 1 coat of Hema - Clear polish mixed with Inaz - Pennywise Glam
• Gradient with Herome - St. Moritz
• Black acrylic 

Thumb and ring finger:

• 1 coat of Hema - Black 
• 1 coat of Herome - St. Moritz
• Acrylic paints - Silver and white

*Seche Vite topcoat was used on all nails

One of the worst scenarios when working with glitters is of course when the container drops out of your hand and sadly I experienced this. I should be thankful though that in fell onto the plate I was working with, so I was at least able to scoop more than half of it back into the container. Because of this drama the black nails needed another coat as the orange glitter couldn't wait to stick to those nails. I felt like Sun Worshiper was way too bright for this look (duhh it's a neon), so that's basically why I used a more regular orange on top.

I really love this look as it’s quite simple to do. The orange glitter on top of a basic orange polish really makes it sparkle even more. I never knew I could paint a spider, but I think mine came out pretty good. I do have to practice with making my spider web way thinner to be more realistic, but I don’t have a  striping brush yet so my regular paint brush will do for now.

What do you guys think of this design? Have you celebrated Halloween?

Xoxo WyoniAlyssa

China Glaze Halloween 2013: Howl You Doin'

Hi everyone as most of you know this month is Halloween and of course a lot of brands have launched their limited edition Halloween products. So has China Glaze of course, a brand known for its beautiful collections. This time they brought us Monster's Ball, a six piece collection containing a texture polish, a glow in the dark topcoat and four glitters. Of this collection I got two of the glitters named Howl You Doin' and Bat My Eyes, but I'm still debating whether or not I should also get the Ghoulish Glow topcoat.

Today I'm showing you Howl You Doin, a name that cannot be inspired by anything other than the question "How you doin'?". A phrase that became famous by the character Joey of the comedy TV show Friends. Ah I absolutely loved this show, the characters (especially Phoebe and Joey) and the things that happened in their lives. I was truly sad when they stopped the show. Anyway...back to polish..

Howl You Doin is a gorgeous dark purple glitter. It's more of a reddish purple as you will see in some of the pictures. The polish has tiny bluish glitter and also these small irregular muted red glitters that sometimes even looks like pieces of foil. 

MANICURE DETAILS:

• 2 coats of China Glaze Howl You Doin'
• 2 coats of Seche Vite topcoat*

*Used two coats as my nails felt gritty when I just used one layer

Application was okay, but for some reason my polish seemed a bit goopy. Don't know if I just had a bad batch or what, but I'll thin it out next time with some nail polish thinner.

I absolutely love this polish and am really happy that I ordered it. This again is another dark polish and I guess I'm totally into a dark nails phase for now. I just love the vampy look of darker nails compared to the airy bubbly look of lighter colors and China Glaze's Halloween collection just feed this love. I should really show you all of my Halloween nail polishes this month don't I?

What do you think of this color? Have you ever bought a Halloween edition nail polish?

Xoxo WyoniAlyssa

Summer Holiday 2013: Marmaris, Turkey

Hello guys, hope you’ve all been well. Didn’t really post anything in the past week, because I was still tired after coming home from Turkey and had to work almost immediately. My plan was to tell you about my holiday in Marmaris and what goodies I bought while I was there. I also wanted to show you some nail art that I did on myself and a friend and what else I bought that week.

But as you’ve noticed I just didn’t. My computer or blogger seems to have an issue when I want to write my posts because I keep getting this “default” and there’s no text.

Anyway back to Turkey… ^_^

I’d already been to Turkey twice, but this was my first time in Marmaris. It is a wonderful place to visit and very tourist friendly, but I did find it a bit more quiet than for example Alanya.

I did a lot of trips while I was there such as going to the biggest market in Içmeler, visiting a Turkish delight factory and a famous leather company and a boat trip where we could swim every so minutes. I also went out in the bar streets in which I saw this awesome club called Areena.

As I’d been to Turkey before I didn’t really buy a lot of stuff, but these are the goodies that I bought:

A refrigerator magnet bought at the Içmeler market.

Marmaris is known for their pine honey and as I love honey I couldn’t resist this mini set with different kinds of honey, such as from pine and eucalyptus trees. It also contained honey-nut mix, pollen and a honey-herb mix known as Turkish Viagra LOL. I also tasted this other honey, the darker one, but forgot from which tree it was made from.

Of course Turkey is also known for their hammams where they use a kese to scrub off all of your dead skin cells. And afterwards use the foam of the olive oil soap to completely cover your body with the bubbles. So when I saw them in a shop I just had to get them for my family.

Well you know I couldn’t leave Turkey without bringing home some Turkish delight. I don’t like all the flavors, but I did really like this one with hazelnuts. I also found these sweet covered peanuts but I forgot the name though.

While I was browsing for a new hair conditioner I stumbled upon these makeup brushes from Ecotools. I remembered reading about them once but never saw them in Holland so I decided to buy the mini-set instead of the single brushes.

Unfortunately I didn’t see anything nice for my mini me, my goddaughter, but I did find some pink nail polish which I promised her before I left so it’s all good.

Recently I tried to find some leg warmers as I use them for my stretching sessions, so when I saw these for 0,75 Turkish Lira (converted this would be around 0,40 Euro cents) I had to buy them. 

Note: some items aren’t photographed as I already gave them away before I took a picture such as a hammam set consisting of olive oil soap, a kese, a bracelet, a hammam towel and my grey leg warmers. Also some more refrigerator magnets.

I really enjoyed my holiday in Turkey and missed the weather, food, sea and many more immediately when we boarded. Cant wait to go back.

Have you ever visited Turkey? Would you consider Marmaris for your next holiday?

Xoxo WyoniAlyssa