New and improved

If you follow me on instagram, you would have seen the photo below with the caption saying that I have started a new cleanse diet on Monday. I want to mention it in a bit more detail here. For the past year or two I have become very sloppy with my health - I haven't been exercising at all and I have been eating horrible unhealthy food. Junk food, fast food, overeating. Yuck. Especially during my exams I eat really unhealthily. Now that a new semester has started I decided to stop eating crap. That means no sweets (only allowed sugar in my coffee 1x a day), no junk food (especially chips, I eat way too many chips), no over eating (I have rather drastically reduced my food intake). I only started on Monday but I think I can already see a little bit of results. I also went running yesterday and although I though I was going to die during the run, I did feel pretty proud of myself afterwards.

The photo above was taken on Monday as I was returning home after work. I thought since I knew I wouldn't get any shoe saves done during the work/school week, I'd at least wear a cute outfit that I could show you. (I only have a few wintery pairs of shoes left and all are with heels and I don't do heels when I'm running around hectically during the week. I also have a few wellies left haha so maybe you'll see those. Otherwise I'll be saving the remaining pairs of heels during the weekends and posting them during the week.)

Wearing: Zara Woman DIYed boots (they were knee length and awkward so I shortened them to ankle boot height), Asos green coat, H&M doggie scarf, River Island black and white dress, Zara hat, Parfois backpack, Pull & bear cardigan.

And continuing with the Lipstick Challenge I was wearing my Tony Moly Bunny Gloss Bar in #5 "Juicy Peach". You can't really see that I'm wearing anything though. I should really start taking photos in the morning!

I also wanted to mention: I have a new photo cover! It's from Asos and it's this cute monster with heart eyes and vampy teeth. It might be a tad too big but whatever, for now it'll do. Anyways, I spent a lot of time at work this week and it has been quite a change since during my exams I was working from home. But I have a new project that's only doable from the lab so I've been going there a lot.

Now I'll show you another close-up photo for the Lipstick Challenge. It's from today and sorry that I look so tired. I hadn't slept well and had this really freaky dream with spiders. A spider won't creep me out in real life, but that's if there's one. Or two. But in my dream there were lots and it was really disturbing. Let's forget about the whole thing. Back to the make-up.

I used Tony Moly Bunny Glossy Bar in "Juicy Peach" again and I added a layer of Maybelline Popsticks in 030 "Pink Lollipop". For my eyes I kept things really naked hahha with Urban Decay "Naked 2" eye shadows (I used "Foxy" all over and then just a smidge of "YDK" for some sparkle). I  used the Urban Decay brush to apply the eyeshadows and I really like the brush. I also added some F&F metallics eyeshadow in "Oyster shell". For the rest of my face I used Garnier BB Cream in Light (though maybe it's a bit too dark for me in winter and I'll use it in summer when I'm "tanned") and on my cheekbones I used Dermacol blusher/bronzer color duo #4.

 

Have to run, it's time for lunch. (Mini pizzas might not be the healthiest to eat but I've been really good this whole week and it'll be a reward. Still no sweets for me though, boo hoo.) See you next time, xo.

Pink Lemonade

Sometimes I get inspired by other bloggers and what they do with their blogs. I have one amazing blogger friend that I particularly envy for her superb shoe and make-up collections and she has this ongoing lipstick challenge that I've been thinking about copying joining for a while now. I feel that now I'm even more interested in make-up than I've ever been before, and I've been into make-up for a long time...

So what's the lipstick challenge and how does it work? Well, I'll first just sum up what the lovely Pink Haired Princess does and then I'll get to what I'll be doing (it'll be similar but a bit different). Basically, Gemma wears one lipstick every week in order to get more wear out of her collection, she posts a picture of said lipstick on the sidebar of her blog and she wears that lippy in her posts that week.

I think that's great but I'm new to beauty blogging (actually just got started this month) and I've realized today that taking detailed pictures of my face, well, it's certainly more difficult than I anticipated! Now then, how will my lipstick challenge work? I will be posting some close-ups of my face (sorry, haha) although it might not be in every post that week. And I won't be posting a picture of the lipstick on the sidebar (too lazy) and rather I'll just have a photo of the lipstick in all of the posts of that week. There's really no rules to my challenge other than wearing one lipstick per week (I can mix them up with other lippies or glosses too) and documenting it (taking close-up photos of the lipstick and of myself wearing it - there's the real challenge, ha). I'll have to think up of a system so that I don't repeat but I don't think that should be too hard. And there's no penalties or getting rid of the ones I don't use, nothing like that, this is all just about fun and getting more wear of out products and documenting it. Let's begin, shall we?

Lipstick Challenge #1: L'Oreal Pink Lemonade Sheer 112

I wanted to start with a very special lipstick for me because well, the first one ought to have some meaning right? Well, you might not believe but, this is the first lipstick I ever bought. Yup, I got it over ten years ago! I think I was about twelve or thirteen (?) and I remember buying it. I was on vacation (well a working vacation, my parents don't do holidays, workaholics to the core) in Puerto Rico and I convinced my mom to get it for me. I was so happy with it too. And I think I also got one lip gloss. Anyways, I'm not sure about the year because we went to Puerto Rico three times (at the time my parents were working on jelly fish and we went there to catch them). Anyways, I love this lipstick but sadly L'Oreal doesn't make it anymore (I've been looking for a replacement for ages but nothing comes close - although that may have to do with the memories more than with the lipstick, I'm sentimental).

What you see it all that I have left :/ so there's really very little of it now, thus I'm happy to have started this week late and that I won't have to waste the lovely product. I save it for special times. Today I'm just wearing it to start the challenge and I'm just going to the shop to buy some food, not very exciting, I know. But I've got an exam coming up and don't have time to go anywhere special... As for the rest of my make-up, I'm wearing L'Oreal Nude Magique BB cream instead of foundation, Catrice allround concealer in pink instead of blush (I have this thing that I tend to experiment with make-up and see if I can use a product more ways than intended), I'm wearing that same pink concealer as an eyeshadow base and on top a Topshop eyeshadow from a kit I bought two years ago. And that's it - I'm too lazy for mascara if I'm not going out so I just tend to skip it during the day. I really hope you enjoyed this post and let me know what you think and stop by Gemma's blogs to see what inspired me. Until next time, mwah!

Green Envy

thrifted dress (River island), H&M tights, New Look creepers

Today, I wanted to show you how I did my make-up. I would have done a video but then again, I put my make-up on straight out of the shower (= naked), so I thought that wouldn't be a good idea.. I was excited about this month's EBEW theme - I absolutely adore green. When one of my besties had a bday party themed rainbow colors I chose green in a heartbeat. I have always loved green (I have green eyes). For EBEW I chose not to go all-out green but rather hint at it with my favorite tights and my favorite make-up. I used Sephora's awesome eyeshadow/pencil (which works oh-so-well and lasts all day) and my Sephora eyeshadow pallet (the third from the right, first row). I also added a smidge of Sephora liquid eyeliner and of course a dosage of mascara. I really like this Max Factor mascara, but I'm no expert. I just think it's user friendly and has a nice finish. Okay, so that's all about the face. Now the body. I thrifted this jersey dress eons ago and love it's artistic feel. (Funny, I used to be a bit ashamed if I thrifted something that it was thrifted but now all that's gone. I love a good find - though to be honest the Czech Rep. isn't too thrift generous. You don't usually find too good pieces or too good prices. Such is life.) Also wearing Gucci´s Envy parfume. Btw, I love the first picture how the pig decided to make a small appearance - isn't he cute? Xox, Miss V

Dnes se to hodí v zelené. Moje oblíbené líčení (převážně vše Sephora) a moje oblíbené punčochy. Svěží a hezky jarní kombinace pro den, který začal největší lenivostí (zatáhnutí školy) a koukání na Iron Man 2. Místo obědu jsem svačila buráky a nějaké sladkosti co jsem našla doma. Někdy se holt musí taky odpočívat. Co se týče oblečení, mám na sobě trikové šaty značky River Island ze sekáče mezi Mírákem a Ípákem. Měla bych najít nějaké nové místa na lovení netradičních hadříků ae moc sekáčů v Praze, co by neměly samé odporné nebo předražené věci, není. Nebo nevíte o něčem? xox, Vaše Veve

Sephora Santa

 After a looooong day at uni I went shopping/ looking around for Christmas gifts or inspiration. As my last stop (with not seeing anything worth buying in all my other favorite stores - this does not happen too often!) I went to Sephora and I ending buying three of these darling make-up casettes. One for my mum, one for my sis, one for the boy's mum. They WEREN'T cheap but you get a lot for the money. And they had a buy 2 get the third one free deal. So it was kinda a bargain..

 When you open the bow you get two palettes of eyeshadows. Each side holds 49 shades. That's almost a hundred different eye shadows! And really nice colors too!

 When you open up the casette more, you get two sets of lip glosses. 35 lip glosses on each side. That's 70 different lippies. Quite nice no?

In the last section, there's 6 cream eye liners, 5 eye pencils, 3 blushes and a set of brushes and a mirror.. I know my mum and sis will enjoy this, because they hardly use make-up and when they do go out somewhere they always used to look up to me to help them and now that I don't live with them anymore, they'll have this here box instead:) The boy's mum, now, I'm not so sure, but it's the thought that counts, no? :) What  are you getting your loved ones for Christmas? Ehm, is it too early to be Christmas shopping already?? Xoxox, MsVeve

New toys ♥

Though considering make-up to be a must and day-to-day ordeal, I do try to have as much fun with it as is possible. And the best way to do this is with new toys of course. A totally fantastic, amazing, thoughtful and also incredible useful gift I got from my sweetie, the double-sided (normal and magnified views) oldschool mirror. Am in awe of it. I'm so happy! And what amazes me the most is how this boy knows me so well. Thank you sweetie.

And here's a little something I got for myself. Sephora's Casino Beauty make-up kit. To be honest I just got it for the dice :D. The dice is killer. You can pick from 6 different looks ("Glam rock girl", "Pin-up style". "Trendy lady", "Party look", "Miami touch" and "Innocent charm") and you can let the dice choose your fate. Silly me, I know, I know, I didn't NEED it, but hey, sometimes it's all about the want.

Truth be told..

I have a confession to make, I have trouble.. with lipstick. Always just seems a bit too much. I'm more of a lip-gloss kinda girl, although mostly end up regretting it since I like to let my hair down and when it sticks, how annoying is that?? Anyways, I'm even completely satisfied with just lip balm.. as long as all necessary eye make-up is in place. Because eye make-up, darlings, is a whole nother story.
I love me some eye-liner! As thou reading my thoughts, Elle magazine has dedicated their July style section to a heavily rimmed Simona Krainova. I love these photos!! Dramatic yet incredibly sexy. And when a woman can look amazing with dripping mascara, that's one hot woman.


I, on the otherhand, prefer non-messy liner (well, on most days.. and especially for day. But sometimes I do go for that "Kate Moss after a party" look. And night-time make-up will have a whole post to itself, promise. Be scared.)
So how do you like your day-time make-up?