Merry Christmas!!

Just a few festive pictures taken with my BB!!

I hope you guys have a great Christmas Eve and Christmas Day!

Love ya all!

Merry Christmas!!

Athina

Randomness of the Day and quick Review of the Maybelline Lash Stiletto Volume Mascara

So, today's randomness is just a picture I took with my BB(Storm II in case u r wondering) after trying on my new Essie nailpolish in "Bahama Mama"(which my manicurist bought for me from a tradeshow for only 5 €).

Now on to the quick review...!I looove this mascara. It is affordable, buildable, it has great stain power, it stays on for hours, it comes off relatively easily and it gives a good amount of length, volume and curve to my lashes. The wand is a little different but not too difficult to work with. The only downside is that once it is about to run out it might get a little clumpy.That is it in a nutshell!Feel free to ask me any specific questions you might have!!



I hope you find this post interesting or helpfull (or BOTH!) :D

ta-da
xoxo
A.

Christmas nails!!!

Good afternoon my lovely followers!

I hope you are having a great weekend wherever you are and whatever you're doing!
I did my nails myself 2 days ago because my manicurist didn't have time to squeeze me in to her schedule before the weekend. So I thought I'd paint them a christmassy color combo ,which I then thought, might be interesting to share with you.
What I used:
1. Barry M basecoat, topcoat &Nail hardener as a base.
2. Barry M nailpaint in "Racing green"
3. MAC nailpolish in "Forbidable!"(from the Venomous Villains collection)on my ring finger.
4. China Glaze 'Fast Forward' top coat.

And...this is what my nails look like
W/O flash

With Flash


Hope you like it!

xoxo
A.

Homemade lip scrub!

So, in the interest of saving money I made my own lip scrub...!
It is very easy to make and there is a very good chance you all have the ingredients needed, in your house this very moment!
Let's start off with what you are going to need...


1. Vaseline(I used the traditional vaseline and a pea-sized amount of Vaseline "Rosy Lips" lip therapy).
2. A tea spoon of sugar (I mixed white sugar and brown sugar)
3. Something to mix the ingredients with. I used a small wooden stick but you can even use a cotton bud if you want.
4. A clean & sanitised container.
p.s. The Christmas decorations in the background are optional ;) :P

Now on to the process:
Firstly put some vaseline in the container (approximately enough to fill 2/3 of the container). I added the pea-sized amount of the pink vaseline to change the color of the scrub and give it a pleasant rosy smell.

Then add the sugar in the container and mix the ingredients. Make sure all the sugar has been incorporated into the vaseline. Your scrub should look something like this:

And you're...DONE!
For tips on how to use it just ask me...!
Hopefully you'll find this useful and very easy to make.

Greetings my dear followers ;)

xoxo
A.

Holiday special Vol I

Hello my lovely followers!!!!

I have a look for you today!I created this for the holiday season. It is pretty simple really and quite wearable especially if you skip the glitter eyeliner.
This is what it looks like!Please bear in mind that my camera is not an HD one so the colors look somewhat muted.






What I used :

ELF corrective concealer for under the eyes
Urban Decay Primer Potion
A frosty white e/s on the inner half of the lid (I used Heartbreaker Cosmetics "It's magic" form the New Love line)
A taupe e/s on the outter half & in the crease (I used a taupe from my NYX "Champaign & Caviar" palette)
On the outter corner use a darker color of your choice(I used "Socialite" mineral e/s by ELF)
Blend it with a tapered/ blending brush (I used MAC 217) so that it looks seemless.
Add a black eyeliner of your choice and create a slight cat-eye (I used SLEEK dip-it liquid liner).
Then I used a Collection 2000 Glam Crystals Dazzling gel liner in No1 "Glitz". I put this on my bottom lash line.I also dragged it towards the outter corner to meet the black eyeliner.
Last but not least curl your lashes and add your favorite black mascara (I used Maybelline's Last Stilletto Volume).

I hope you like it and I'll definately come up with a couple more looks for this festive season including a New Year's eve look.

Have a great week everyone!!!!
xoxo
A.

Tweet Tweet

Goodmorning to all my lovely followers and also to anyone else who might have stumbled across this post!

I just wanted to let you all know that I now have a twitter!I am still figuring out exactly how it works but I am slowly getting there!If you want to follow me on twitter here is a link :
http://twitter.com/athina_kats

Expect a christmas look from me very soon!

xoxo
A.