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?

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?

Monthly Favorites: July

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It is the beginning of another month, which means I will share my favorites of the past month! :D

When it comes to makeup, I have been loving a bunch of NYX stuff as usual! I've been loving the NYX white liquid liner, soft matte lip cream in Morocco, and lipstick in Elektra.

I have been also loving the Pixi nail polish in Summer Pink.

When it comes to fashion, I have been loving my new flip flops from Target! XD They are super cute!

Another thing that I have been loving lately is taking pictures. Granted, I am nowhere near to being a half of a decent photographer but it is a very fun hobby to have! I even made a tumblr just to share my favorite pictures! >.<

This month, I have been reading Phantom of the Opera, which I have been loving so far, specially in the parts that I recognize from the musical! (the nerd in me feels extremely happy!) :)

One of my favorite moments this month, even though it happened by the end of it, was going to New York City (for the first time by myself) and seeing 39 Steps, which the funniest play! I loved it! XD And I also went by Godiva, and got the delicious chocolate covered strawberries that remind of Paris, and couldn't resist stopping by Shmackary's and getting some cookies to go! :)

What have you been loving this past month?

Makeup Monday: Lipstick vs Lipgloss

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Today, I wanted to discuss about something that is very important (not really)! In a battle to the death, who would win: Lipstick or Lipgloss? Actually, I'm just wanting to discuss which one I would rather use!

I'm sure that everyone has had their phases, mostly when they were just starting to get into makeup, that lipgloss was your go-to lip product! I loved lipgloss so much that I would use it as eyeshadow, I have no idea why I thought that was a great idea (who wouldn't want to have oily looking eyelids? c'mon! #trendsetter). After getting a bit better at makeup, which didn't necessarily mean that my skills were better, it meant that I started to wear a smokey eye to school (no other makeup, except black shadow! #racoon)! 

As the years went by lipgloss followed me to its actual usual place, but I would have to say that lipgloss, right now, is not my favorite anymore! It all started when I moved to Denmark, and it was super windy, and my long hair would get all stuck on my lips because of the goo I had on my lips. So, I started to wear lipsticks! At first, I would wear nude lipsticks (way too much), but then I started getting more into the brighter colors, and now I'm at the point where bold lips are my day-to-day makeup! What I like about lipsticks is how practical they are, the stickiness of lipgloss just drives me insane! I have no idea how I lived with lipgloss through so many years (#thestruggle)!

What do you prefer: lipstick or lipgloss?

Check out my favorite lipsticks for the summer!

Favorite Lipsticks for Summer

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One of my favorite beauty products is lipstick! I have been obsessed with bright lipsticks for quite some time and they are my weakness at any beauty store. So, I decided to share some of my favorite lipstick for the spring/summer! :)

I picked six of my favorite lipsticks in my collection that Spring/Summer appropriate (I wrote appropriate because sometimes I like wearing some dark lipstick in the middle of a hot summer day). 

Here they are:

The first lipstick is by NYX, and I have fallen in love with these jumbo pencils. This one is in the color French Kiss, and it is a bright hot pink, pretty matte but not too dry and doesn't slip all around your face! And the fact that it is a jumbo pencil, makes application a lot easier.

The next one is another one by NYX, in the color XOXO. The camera did not do this color any justice, it is a lot more of a coral color than pink. It is the perfect color if you can't pull of orange lipsticks, like me! :)

The next one is by NYX, again! I love NYX, since it is pretty affordable and very good quality when comparing to other drugstore brands. This one is called Maraschino and is just a classic bright red, I decided to buy because the red that I have are darker.

I swear this is the last one by NYX! This is just a very neutral light pink color, and I usually wear it when I don't feel like putting too much makeup on. It is in the color Pink Lyric. The formula of the Lip Smacking Fun Colors is the one I love the most, it stays on for quite a bit and doesn't dry my lips, which is what I first look for in a lipstick! Besides, these lipsticks retail for around $4.00 at Ulta, which doesn't hurt. ;P

This lipstick is a bit on the more expensive side. It is by Givenchy in the color Fuchsia Irrésistible and it is a hot pink color. The formula is super moisturizing and stays on very well.

The last, but definitely not least, is one a funkier color (my favorite type of color :D). It is from the Too Faced Melted Lipsticks collection, in the color Melted Violet. It is very liquidy and the stay isn't too amazing, but the color is way to pretty not to mention. It is a pinkish lilac color. It is different from the pinks and reds, but it is the perfect color if you feel like getting into the funky lipsticks that have been trendy lately, since it is different but doesn't stand out too much.

Well, hope you liked this post! Make sure to tell me in the comments what are your favorite lipsticks for the Spring/Summer!

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Hauller!

Hello!

Today I thought I'd share with you some of the things that I bought a week or so ago!
Let's get started!

So, let's star with my brand new fierce rings!

Loved this ring from and it was super cheap, only 10 dkk! #bargain
It is pretty cool, it has kind of an ombre effect. And the shape is pretty! *-*

Now, this one is definitely my favorite! It is a ring with gold and white spikes. It is pretty big on my tiny hands, but still it is beautiful! And it was also 10 dkk at topshop! :)


Now, let's get to the beauty part of this thing! :)

I have been looking for a moisturizer because mine is not really working anymore. So, a couple of days I just had click and decided that I had to buy one right away. So I just went to Magasin (a big department store in Denmark) and chose one that smelled good and seemed to work. 

It is from the brand Clean Scene and it basically balances the skin making it healthier! And the best part is that they don't test on animals! :)

I have recently seen that there was a new beauty store at one of the malls close to my house and yesterday I thought I'd look into it.

The brand is CoolCos and it is danish. And for the people that are allergic to perfume or just don't like the smell of make up, it has no perfume at all! It is a lot cheaper than any other lower-end make up, here in Denmark.

So here's what I bought from there!

I saw they had some brushes and I thought I would try out their blending brush, since I was in desperate need of one. And it is impressingly soft and this morning I used and it seemed pretty good.

I have been wanting a cream blush for a while, but never really bought any. So I thought I should try theirs, so I bought this pretty pink and so far so good, I like it a lot! The shade is 02 and I believe it was less than 80 dkk, usually a rimmel london blush is around 80 or a maybelline one, and this packaging is pretty big.

And finally, last but most certainly not least...

My brand new lipstick form the Kate Moss collection from Rimmel london. I am in love with it!

It is a bright corally orange color that will be amazing for summer! :)

So, yeah that is it! Hope you all liked it and make sure to tell me in the comments what is your favorite makeup item! :)

Love,

 Mariana