Autumn Nail Design

Hey guys,

today I have a naildesign for you, which I think is really nice for autumn and is also easy so even if you should be a beginner at naildesign you should be able to do it ;)

 

Here a picture of all the products I used (all products are mentioned in the text):

So first you have to remove your nail polish if you still wear some, if not just clean them so you don’t have any oil or dust or anything on them. Having them cleaned is for me pretty important, because it helps prevent to have little lumps in your nail polish or these little air bubbles.

 

After having them cleaned put on a base coat to protect your own nails. I really like the one from Manhattan. Let it dry really well before applying the next polish, but base coats usually dry really quick.

 

Afterward you put on the next colour. In my case it was the Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme wear in 48 Mocha Mix. Put it all over your nail with one or two coats, depending on how opaque your nail polish is. I would advise to make it opaque on your nails, because opaque colours just look better in autumn and winter.

After this new coat has dried, it doesn’t have to be perfectly dry. You add the next colour which goes diagonally over the front of the nail and covers the tip, so it has the shape of a long triangle. I used the essence colour&go in 112 time for romance. To do this I used a thin nail art brush (I uesd the nail art brushes from cheeky, available on Amazon), which is usually used for thin lines. Another brush which could be used is an angled brush (but don't get one that is too expensiv, becaue over time the bristles tend to get hard and break), which can help with a straight line. If you don’t feel comfortable with thin or other brushes at all, you can use some tape. But I haven’t found a good one for me yet, I usually rip some of the nail polish I already applied off when I try to remove the tape.

If you want you can leave it like that, which is perfectly fine. But I wanted to add another colour so I made a golden line which separated the two other coloures because they are really similar and I think it makes the essence colour pop a bit more. The golden line can also help to hide any mistake made with the second colour. My golden colour is a mix of two. First I wanted to use the gold-glittery one from my new nail polish colour palette which I posted a pic of on my Instagram. But after I put it on my plate, which I use for mixing or when I need my finer brushes (so I don’t have to put the brush in the nail polish bottle) I saw that it was a clear polish with some small glitter pieces in it. So I added another gold colour from  Laura Beauty in 460 gold nugget.

When you have all the coloures you want on your nails let them dry well then apply the top coat to protect your nail design. If you painted a bit over your nail just remove it with a cotton bud or a a pen to remove nail polish, I used the one from p2. And when all is dried your done :D

Here again the finished result:

 

Hope you like the design

Your Dahlia

All products have been bought from me, if not they are  marked like this: *

Bad Products

Hey Guys,

I’m sorry haven’t written in such a long time but quite a few things that happened, like writing some homeworks, I was on holiday where I didn’t have any internet access, I got ill and so forth. But I will try to keep posting on a regular base from now, promise ;)

Today I have a few cosmetic products for you which I bought some time ago for the first time. All the products are those I don’t like or didn’t work for me, of course they might work perfectly for you :D

The first two products I want to tell you about are from Catrice Cosmetics. Both are primers, one is the Prime and Fine Smoothing Refiner and the other is the Prime and Fine Illuminating Base. Before I talk about the product I just want to tell you shortly what my skin is like so you guys get a better picture. I have a normal to oily skin, but my T-zone tends to get reeaaally oily over time the outer parts don’t get as oily, I would say they are normal oily ;).I also have rather large pores, especially on my nose and the surrounding areas. With that skin I usually have problems with foundation staying on and the foundation creeps into the pores and then I have little dots of foundation left on my face and I hate that.

So I bought these two products. The Smoothing Refiner comes in a small glass pot and has a creamy consistency like the paint pots by MAC, the primer is a bit softer and has a light pinkish colour. On the fingers the product feels rather nice but on the skin it felt like I had a thin layer of soft wax and I could feel it all day on my skin. And you shouldn’t feel a primer at all, not when you put it on or while wearing it. Another problem I had was that my make-up and foundation moved and vanished way faster than usual and that did happen every time I used this primer. I had the same problem with the Illuminating Base. The Base comes in a tube and it doesn’t feel waxy which is nice but you can still feel it on your skin and it didn’t illuminate my skin. Actually it didn’t do anything for me besides making my make-up vanish faster and making my skin oilier.

Two other products that didn’t work for me are mascaras from essence. One was the I <3 Extreme Volume Mascara and the other the All Eyes On Me Multi-Effect Mascara. They don’t make my lashes longer, thicker or gives them more volume. That is actually no problem for me because I like my lashes the way they are I only want them to get more black because mine are a bit light. What made me dislike them is that the mascara got transferred under my eyes and that really quick. And I expect of mascara to stay on my lashes and not to transfer everywhere, and I guess you guys do too ;)

The last product is a Gel Eyeliner in brown by Rival de Loop Young, it has the same consistency as other gel eyeliners. I really liked the colour but like the other products it didn’t last on me long. The eyeliner didn’t last on me for even an hour, so I was really disappointed.

These are all the products for now, I hope you found this a little helpful.

I wish you all a great rest weekend;)

Your Dahlia

P.S.: I finally made it to get Instagram :D It’s the name of the blog ;)

Pasta With Mushrooms

Hey Guys,

Sorry I haven’t written anything the last few weeks but I have to write some papers I have to hand in, so I didn’t have the time to write but I thought I really have to write something!! And I will try to keep writing more regular with less time in between the posts :D.  So today I will give you a recipe, which I love. It’s pasta with a mushroom sauce. I came up with it when my roomie bought chanterelles, which she wanted to make for her boyfriend or something like that.

Okay so the ingredients I used (for two persons so if you are cooking for yourself you can freeze one portion) :

-        -  Different herbs like rosemary 1,5 branch , thyme 2 or 3, oregano about 1 branch you can also use     others like sage, which is great with mushrooms

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          - 1 Onion or 2 shallots and 1 or 2 garlic

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          - Button mushrooms and chanterelles each I guess 150g maybe a bit less or more depending on your hunger

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          - 6 or 7 Fresh cherry tomatoes

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           - Some cream or milk to create a sauce

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           - And some Parma ham or some other ham you like, about 2 or 3 slices

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       - And of course some oil or butter for frying and the pasta

 First of all, heat the oil or butter whatever you use up. When it’s hot add the fine diced onion/shallot and the garlic with 2/3 of the herbs and fry them. Add the ham and after about half a minute add the mushrooms (a little tip: use a big pan for the mushrooms because if it is too small, you will probably cook them in the water they will lose and not fry them). Add the rest of the herbs and the milk or cream, whatever you prefer or mix both. In the meantime don’t forget to cook your pasta!! Add the tomatoes about 2 or 3 minutes before your pasta is done, because if you add them too soon they will fall apart and get super soft, which I don’t like.

At the  end I like to add some parmesan cheese but that is totally optional:D

 My pasta is selfmade as you can see on one of the pictures and if you want the rescipe just write me in the comments:D

Have a great day everyone !!!

Your Dahlia

Oh and before I forget it I'm going for a longer weekend trip to London any tips for sights I should visit? And any beauty product I should test? I'm going to write in one of the next posts what my friend and I plan to do and what we two want to visit!!! London we're coming!!!

Little Haul

Hey everyone,

I bought some new make up things I’ld like to show you.

Okay first I’ll show you the products I bought and I’ll give you a review on those I already use for some time now. I will put the prices at the end of the post, provided I still have the receipt :D

The first product I want to present is the Soft Sensation Lipcolor Butter from Astor in 005 Pretty Poppy. I wanted a lip product in a poppy colour since I saw a video from Daaruum on Youtube, where she presented the lip’n’cheek in poppy from Kryolan. I really liked the colour but I didn’t buy it because I’m not into buying stuff from the internet (but in the near future I want to buy a few things mostly things you can’t buy in Germany) and I haven’t been to Frankfurt where is a shop that sells Kryolan. But about a week ago I stumbled over it in a DM store and I fell in love with the lipstick and the colour which is a bit orange like :D I really like to use it, it’s not opaque when you apply it the first time but you can layer it and make it more intense that way. It has a really nice colour as you can see in the picture ;) and it makes the lips juicy but not too much and it stays put really nice as long as you don’t eat… or kiss… or do anything else beside talking and breathing :D but I still love it, the texture, the way it feels when you wear it. I can really recommend it as long as you don’t plan to wear it when you want to go out eating ;D

I bought another lip product a few days later that is really close in colour to the poppy lipstick (one of the reason I bought it). It’s the Perfect Stay Gloss in 008 Sexy Coral from Astor. I wore it twice now but I have to say that I don’t really like it. The colour is a bit redder than the lipstick, which I really like and the lips look glossy and juicy BUT the feeling is horrible, at least for me. No matter how thin I apply it, it feels very heavy on the lips and it is really sticky especially when you talk. And it transfers to other thing really easy. From the colour it’s perfect but the feeling is horrible, so I won’t buy any of these again :(

I also bought an eye product from p2. The eye shadow pen eye Q is in a pink colour they call 040 fragolini. It’s a nice creamy texture which makes it easy to apply and is from the colour a great base for a lot EMUs on anyone maybe not on really dark skin tones but that you would have to try. The problem is for me that no matter if I use an eye shadow base or not the eye shadow moves in my crease and that pretty fast. So I sadly have to say I rarely use it, usually only when I know that I won’t be gone for too long.

I also bought an eyebrow pen which was weird because I never used one before and I actually never really thought of it, I didn’t even know that there are products for eyebrows :D I saw that full eyebrows make a huge difference when I saw a few videos from Pixiwoo where they did them.

My pencil is the Eye Brow Stylist from Catrice in 020 Date With Ash-ton. I think it fits my eye brow colour really well but even if it wasn’t it wouldn’t be too bad because my brows are rather full and I just fill in a few tiny gaps I have. So if you have really thin or short eye brows or if they have gaps these pencils come in really handy but there are many other products out there that can help you. If you want to know more about them write me in the comments below and I’ll find out more and tell you :D
 

I also bought a foundation because the lighter one I have, the one from Canada, is empty and I have to buy a new one but that will take some time because I have to get it over the internet and that can take some time…:( The new foundation is from p2 in 010 natural rose and is called Feel Natural Make Up. I still have a bit of my mixed foundation left so I haven’t tried the new one, but as soon as I’ve tried it I’ll tell you my result :D

Quite a few weeks ago I bought a nail polish, the p2 volume gloss gel look polish in 080 grande dame. I fell in love with the colour but when I read that it’s supposed to have a gel look I wasn’t so sure if I should buy it because I really like my natural nails and don’t really like the acrylic/gel nails. But I still bought it and the colour is amazing!!! It stays on the nails really well, no matter what I do, wash the dishes, replant my plants and the normal everyday life there barely chips anything off and if it that happens it’s a tiny piece. So if you should be looking for a red/pink nail polish try this one ;D
 

I also bought a heat protection spray for my hair... the first time I bought something like this, because I usually just blow dry my hair and never really thought that it would be necessary. But my blow dryer gets pretty hot and the product was on sale so I thought I should try it and my hair feels a little softer when I use it. So I think it really is helpful. The one I use is Protection Expert 180°C from Franck Provost – Coiffeur de Paris.

 

I also was at the Body Shop and got a few new things there :D First I got the Leona Lewis Cruelty-Free Collection Blusher Brush. It looks really nice and I like the size, which is perfect for travelling. When I used it for the first time it didn’t move over my skin very well. It felt really sticky on me but after using it a few times for testing it got better and now you can use it really well but I would still only use it for travelling.

The next product I bought was the Eye Shadow Palette in 01 Smokey Copper (LE!). I have only used it once or twice, but it is very obvious that the eye shadows crumbles really easy so when you apply it you have to be very careful. And opening the palette really sucks, because the button to open it is really hard to push down.

Tea Tree Blackhead Exfoliating Wash and Tea Tree Skin Clearing Toner are the last two things I bought. I don’t have them for very long and the wash I don’t use every day so I can give you a not really secure review. The wash smells really nice and feels good when you use it. The peeling parts are not too much, so it doesn’t make your skin raw. I like the toner as well because it really takes off the last bit of make up that I have. At least I think it removes it :D The only thing I don’t like is that my skin feels a bit dry after using the toner. But I will have to use the two a bit longer to really make up my mind.

Okay so that was all I bought in the last time and I hope you found it helpful. Do you have any of the products, if yes do you like them or not and why?

Last but not least  the prices:

-          Soft Sensation Lipcolor Butter 5,85€

-          Perfect Stay Gloss 5,85€

-          Eye shadow pen eye Q 2,45€

-          Eye Brow Stylist 2,45€

-          Nail polish volume gloss gel look  1,95€(I think that’s the prize but I’m not 100% sure)

-          Leona Lewis Cruelty-Free Collection Blusher Brush 5€

-          Eye Shadow Palette in 01 Smokey Copper 10€

-          Tea Tree Blackhead Exfoliating Wash 8€

-          Tea Tree Skin Clearing Toner 7€

-          Protection Expert 180°C ‘(I don’t have the bill anymore but you can buy it at 5,95€ up to 16,49€. That are the prices I saw when I looked on the internet)

I hope you all have a great day and enjoy the summer... that means if you have summer time at the moment if not enjoy the winter :D

Your

Dahlia