My Experience: Bite Beauty Lip Lab

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Today I thought I would share with you one of my favorite experiences from last year, where I made my own lipstick! :D

My friend was the one who found out about the Lip Lab, which is in Soho, NYC. It is a super cute small store, where you can make your own lipsticks, as well as buying regular Bite Beauty products.

To be able to make your lipstick, you have to call ahead and schedule an appointment. The lipstick is $30, which is not bad for being personalized. The girls there are super nice and you first start by choosing the color that you want, you can either come to them with a specific color and they will show you different options, or they can help you figure out what color you prefer. After choosing your color, you pick the finish of your lipstick, matte or glossy, then you pick the packaging of your lipstick as well what flavors you want. And then you just wait and watch them make your lipstick, which is super fun.

This is my lipstick

I chose this super dark matte purple, because I could not find the exact color that I wanted in regular stores. I flavored my lipstick with vanilla and cherry, and it is so good! :) 

They also give you a little card with the colors of your lipstick, so that you can go back and buy another the exact same color.

What do you think of making your won lipstick?

What is your perfect shade?

Top 10 Nail Polishes for Fall (with swatches)

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Since we are getting closer and closer to fall, the most wonderful time of the year, I thought I'd share with you some of my favorite nail polishes for this time of the year.

Below, I have swatches of 10 nail polishes, as well as their names and brands, so you can find them easily.

For some odd reason I have been really into metallic nail polishes, but I also love some good old black or white nails. I think that the prettiest ones are the OPIs, they both have shimmer of different colors and it looks amazing.

What are your favorite nail polishes for the season?

Makeup Monday: Fall Lip Colors (with Swatches)

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Fall is coming, so I thought I'd share some of my favorite lip colors for the season! :D

The colors that are the most flattering for me are pinks, so I wear a lot of pink tones throughout the year, but I also love me some really dark purples and oranges. These are just a couple of my favorites, and just because the season is fall it doesn't mean you can't wear hot pink, or even lilac lip colors! One of my favorite things is to wear floral during the fall and colors during the winter! :)

Left to right: Top - Revlon Balm Stain in Crush, Revlon Balm Stain in Smitten, NYX Butter Lipstick in Hunk
Middle - NYX lipstick in Chloe, Wet'n Wild in Dark Wine, NYX Simply Red Lip Cream in Maraschino
Bottom - NYX Matte Lip Cream in Morocco, Bite Beauty Lipstick (created), Makeup For ever N9

I really like the jumbo pencil type of lipsticks because they are super easy to apply and they usually aren't too dry for your lips. I love NYX Chloe because it is super metallic, and it has a blue sort of sheen to it (which you can't see on the picture, but it looks amazing). The Wet'n Wild one I bought just for the heck of it, because it was just a dollar but I fell in love with it. I love my NYX Matte Lip Cream! It looks amazing and it stays on for a long time! Of course my favorite of all my lipsticks is my Bite one, that I created myself, it is matte but super moisturizing and it smells like vanilla and cherries! And you can't do a post about fall lip colors without a neutral lip, since you gotta do a smokey eye at least once! This Makeup For ever shade is perfect, I am really pale and nude lipstick looks awful on me, I look I'm dead, but this one is still neutral and people still think you're alive. It's almost like a better color for my own lips.

What are your favorite lip colors for fall?

Fall Fashion: Sweaters under $40

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The moment that I think of fall, I think of sweaters (everyone's best friends)! I mean, you can get them in any shape or form and they're always cozy and keep you warm! >.<

So here are some sweaters for fall under $40! :)

Top row - left to right: Sweater with Turtle Neck, Gray - more colors ($39.90), Round Neck Sweater, Dark Orange - more colors ($29.90), Multi-Striped Sweater ($22.90)
Mid row: Sweater with Tie Detail, Blue Marl - more colors ($39.90), Open-Knit Sweater, Mustard - more colors ($22.90), Knitted Sweater with Vents, Maroon - more colors ($19.90)
Bottom row: Knit Sweater with Sleeve Slits, Brick - more colors ($22.90), Boatneck Sweater, Blue/white - more colors ($29.90), Double V-Neck Sweater, Mustard - more colors ($29.90)

Zara, one of my favorite stores, has an enormous range of sweaters. I decided to pick my top 9! Clearly, I love me some yellow, and some copper sweaters (I definitely need to add those colors to my closet)! I really like how stripes are very popular, and also the use of oranges, yellows, and reds. I also liked that a lot of Zara's sweaters had more than one color option, and how they also had more fitted ones, as well as baggy ones.

Top row - left to right: Ribbed Turtleneck, Gray - more colors ($22.80), Colorblocked Stripe Sweater ($24.90), Houndstooth Ball-Knit Sweater ($24.90)
Mid row: Fringed-Hem Striped Sweater ($27.90), Textured Reglan Sweater, Amber - other colors ($22.90)
Bottom row: Heathered Turtleneck Sweater, Oatmeal - more colors ($22.90), Loose-knit Boxy Sweater, Royal - other colors ($19.80), Colorblocked Scoop Neck Sweater ($24.80)

Forever 21 has some really cute sweaters as well. I personally love bright colors during the winter, and fall. They also have a bunch of options of different styles, and some really 70s stuff (which I love). 

Top row - left to right: Hooded Sweater, Gray - more colors ($29.99), Asymmetric Sweater, Khaki - more colors ($24.99), Knit Sweater, Orange Marl - more colors ($24.99)
Bottom row: Knit Sweater, Dark Red - more colors ($29.99), Fine-knit Sweater, Leopard Print - more colors ($24.99), Sweater with Lace Trims, Gray - more colors ($29.99)

H&M always has some great pieces at an affordable price, as well. I love these 6 equally, and will probably add them to my closet. The brand also has most of their sweaters available in other colors.

Which of these sweaters would you add to your closet?

Do you have any suggestions for Fall Fashion?

What's In My Bag: Fall/Winter Edition

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I thought I'd share with you what I've been carrying in my bag!

My bag is Kate Spade's Cadence from the Newbury Lane Collection.

Let's go inside!

1. Paper Towns by John Green (best book ever!)
2. Apple Earpods
3. Hand Sanitizer by Bath&Body Works in Christmas Cookies
4. Bath&Body Works hand cream in Pink Chiffon
5. Revlon lip butter in Candy Apple
6. EOS lip balm in Pomegranate and Raspberry
7. 5 Gum
8. iPhone 5s
9. iPhone 5s cover by Kate Spade
10. Target wallet and keys

What do you have in your bag?

Fall Faves: Nail Polish

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Every week I will be sharing with you some of my favorite things that are fall related, since the leaves are falling off the trees and there are so many pumpkin flavored things...

Needless to say that fall is definitely my favorite season. I love halloween, turkey, pumpkin anything and all the trees look super pretty! So I will be telling you some of my favorite polishes to wear during fall. 

Metallics

The first ones up are my favorites of this season! METALLICS! I just love them way too much!

I am in love with the Sally Hansen Complete salon manifure in Gold Roses, which is basically rose gold. And Topshop's Eclipse which the perfect word to describe it would be OIL! Yep, it looks like oil! :)

Pastels

Not that many people would think of wearing pastels during fall, since it is the time to wear darker colours. But I wear them all year round and you can mix things up and have an accent nail.

My favorites are Kiko's number 7, the most beautiful mint green that has a slight neon feel to it, OPI's You're such a Budapest, super pretty lavender and Orly's Lift the veil.

Glittery

Then the glittery comes and I just falling love even more. First one is Orly's Velvet Rope, which is simply a beautiful dark purple with silver glitter, OPI's liquid sand in Stay The Night, black with red glitter and it dries matte with a sandy texture super funky and last but not least Orly's Rage, a light pink with silver glitter.

What nail polishes are you going to be wearing this fall? Any nail art tips?

Malmö Haul

HELLO! Remember that post that I talked about in the last post? Well, here it is!

Last saturday I went to Malmö, because I simply love Emporia (their huge and beautiful mall). And Sweden has better prices than Denmark and it is only half an hour by train. So, here's what I bought whilst I was there...

The main reason why I wanted to go there was to buy some hair products, specially a shampoo that my hairdresser recommended.

I went to a really nice shop where they only sell hair products, it is heaven!

There I bought L'oreal's Lumino Contrast shampoo and Radiance Mask. I also bought tangle teezer hairbrush and Kevin Murphy's Color.Bug in a bright coral shade.

I was also looking for the perfect boots for fall and winter. And I found these Dr. Martens dupes at a local store. They are super comfy for being so cheap and they have a zipper, which makes things so much easier.

And last but not least, I bought this cute pen that you can punch people with it! SO CUTE!!!

What have you bought lately?