Fragrance Direct Haul

Hello lovelies,

I have decided to do a small-ish Fragrance Direct haul here on my blog instead of keep filming these haul videos because I get tired of saving up all my purchases and now being able to use some of them, or remember to film a haul. I just don't want my channel to be all about hauls to be honest.

So thats everything I bought, I bought an Elizabeth Arden cream blush, an Essie base coat polish, Essie polish, Becca foundation stick, Becca Sheer Foundation stick and a Becca fine pressed powder.

Thats the Elizabeth Arden Cream blush in Honey, it is gorgeous and it was such a good deal could not pass that up. It is pretty small though.

This is the Becca Foundation Stick in Capuccino and I basically bought this to use for contouring. I thought I would buy it in a bit darker color so I can experiment with the extreme contouring a la Kim Kardashian.

This is the Becca Sheer Foundation Stick in Brulee, and will actually be my shade during the summer when I become a little bit darker. These stick foundations have great reviews and are an absolute steal on Fragrance Direct.

The last item from this haul is this Becca Fine Pressed Powder in Cocoa, I know what you are thinking wow that is dark. And I basically bought for contouring, I thought I could experiment with it. The price of it is just as good as a normal drugstore bronzer.

So that is it for my haul, what is your experience with Fragrance Direct?

First Look of Khroma (Beauty line by the Kardashian sisters)

Hi dolls,

I am super excited to write this post and show you photos of the Khroma products that are available for sale in the pre-launch state of the entire line. The entire Khroma line will be available in the Spring of 2013 but this is just a selection of their products that will be available right now!

Khroma is the beauty line by the Kardashian sisters Kourtney, Kim and Khloe. I have to admit I love the Kardashian sisters and admire them for the fact that they are great business women. Some people may say they have zero talent but making the right marketing choices and setting up a business and establishing themselves is quite an achievement. Of course I cannot let it slide that their makeup is always flawless and have great fashion sense! I am so jealous! They make girls aware that you don't have to have size zero and that you should embrace the curves you have.

In this pre-launch of Khroma Beauty, there are 5 products that each represents 1 of the sisters or all of them. 

The first 3 products are palettes these are face palettes with eyeshadows, blush, bronzer and highlighter to create that Kardashian look. These remind me of the Too Faced glamour to go palettes. Each of the Kardazzle palette that is the name of the palette contains 8 eyeshadows to create various eye looks (4 shimmer and 4 matte), a blush, a bronzer and a highlighter to create that amazing contouring and highlighted Kardashian cheek. 

This is Kourtney Kardazzle, it contains some more mature eyeshadow colors but you can create beautiful eyelooks with this palette. The blush color looks more of a dusty rose color.

This is the Kim Kardazzle palette, as you can see this has a far more emphasize on the more smokey eye colors. Which is a signature Kim Kardashian look. Kim is often also seen with pinky cheeks so it was an obvious choice that she would have a pinky blush in her palette. 

The last but definitely not least of the palettes is the Khloe Kardazzle palette. Her eyeshadows seem to have a more neutral tone and seem to have a more peachy pink toned blush. She does have a lighter skintone than her sisters which would make sense her cheek colors are a bit softer.

All three of the Kardazzle palettes retail for € 16.95 which is pretty decent for a small palette with 8 eyeshadows, 1 blush, 1 highlighter and 1 bronzer color. I really like the print on all the palettes.

The fourth product in the pre-launch of Khroma Beauty is an Au Naturel Nude Lip Set, no Kardashian beauty collection would be complete without a great nude lippy. This set contains a lipliner, lipstick and lipgloss to create those perfect nude lips. Kim knows how to pull off a great nude lip, this set claims to be suitable for both day and night looks and also suits all skintones.

This set retails for € 17.95

The last of the five products in the pre-launch of Khroma Beauty is the SheBang Quick Transformation Set, it is basically a nice neutral set of shadows, pair of false eyelashes and a waterproof eyeliner. You get several shadows to create a nice neutral eye look, add false lashes and line your waterlines you are good to go when it is your eyemakeup concerned. 

This set retails for € 17.95

Now you are wondering this is all very nice, but probably only launched in the US. FALSE! This is going to be launched in Europe as well, and you can now get it online! All 5 of these products you can get online at http://www.khromabeauty.eu/

Which of these products will you be buying? I think I might get one of the palettes either the Kim or the Khloe one as they appeal to me the most. Let me know what you think of this pre-launch collection of Khroma.

Preview of the New Viva Glam Nicki!

Hi dolls,

You have no idea how excited I was when I heard about this lipstick. Yes MAC has teamed up again with Nicki Minaj for their Viva Glam lipsticks and lipglasses. I recently bought the original Viva Glam Nicki, and I assume you have all seen swatches and photos of it so I won't go on about it too much. But I love it!!

Now 2013 Nicki will be the sole spokesperson for the Viva Glam line, earlier this year you saw that she was teamed up with Ricki Martin. 

I am pretty excited about this and here is an official press photo of the new Viva Glam Nicki 2 and the new Viva Glam Nicki is a very pretty lavender color. This color will be released as both a lipstick and a lipglass. Now when is this fabulous color going to be released? For the US territories this will come a little bit early on February 9th 2013 to be exact. Me as a Dutch person have to wait until March 2013, I know it is so unfair but what can you do about it? Nothing....

All proceeds made from the Viva Glam line goes to HIV/Aids charities. So will you be getting this lipstick? or which one has your preference?

MakeUp Academy (MUA) Haul

Hi dolls,

as promised here is my MakeUp Academy haul I don't like uploading multiple videos on a day so I only do 1 a day. This is the last one of the bunch that I filmed on friday, so enjoy this haul. If you would like to see an in depth review on any of these products just let me know either in the comments here or at the video.

MakeUp Academy Haul Video

Also I will not be putting a project samples up today, instead that will be up tomorow. Don't want to overload you with blogposts today lol.

My Sigma Beauty X-Mas Wishlist

Hi dolls,

ever since I started YouTube I have seen Sigma brushes everywhere!! So I have always wanted to see what the hype is about, I personally own 2 sigma brushes the flat kabuki F80 and their kabuki (buffer brush) F45. I love them both, they are the softest brushes ever, they don't shed, they don't bleed, the bristles are nice and densely packed together. 

Now I know Sigma had an one-off free worldwide shipping for black friday but now Christmas is drawing nearer and nearer. I thought I would share with you what would be on my Sigma Wishlist. (promo codes and special offer at the end of this blogpost)

1. Paris Palette by Sigma. This is a limited edition palette by Sigma inspired by the city of amour Paris. It contains 8 eyeshadows, 2 blushes, 1 highlighter and 2 of their brushes. ( 1 is E55 eye shading brush and the other is the F40 large angled contour brush) This palette now retails for $49.- was $59.-

2. Any of their essentials brush kits. They have 7 different colors to choose from to suit your personal style. These brush kits have 12 different brushes so you are set for your entire face. This brush set retails for $120.- which looks a lot but you are getting 12 brushes which comes to $10.- per brush. Also it comes with a container to store your brushes in. My favorite has to be the Make Me Blush set or the Mrs. Bunny set. (pictured the make me blush set, why I love it? Isn't it obvious its pink!)

They also have travel kits of these brushes with 7 travel sized brushes for $65.-

3. Synthetic Essential kit 10 brushes, these are the brushes you need if you already have the essential kit brushes or for people who already have a lot of the ''standard'' brushes and need more unique type brushes. These brushes are very densely packed and aim to give you an HD finish or so it says lol. But I really like the look of these brushes. This kit retails for $131.- for all 10 brushes. But you can also buy just the eye brushes as a set (named New Synthetic Precision kit 5 brushes $65.-) or just the kabuki part of the brushes (named New Synthetic Kabuki kit 5 brushes $76.-)

Of course, if you are looking for individual brushes they retail between the $10.- and $21.- of course my musthaves are the F80 flat kabuki ($18), I swear once you have applied your foundation with this you don't want to apply it with anything else. What I still need is a good fluffy E40 Tapered blending brush ($12), when you have multiple eyeshadows the key is blending especially at the end with a clean brush to give that fluid eyelook.

Now onto the good stuff, if you decide to purchase from Sigma you receive 10% off your entire purchase with the code DEC2012 also if you order for at least $30.- you will receive an E05 Eyeliner Brush for free!!

Go To Sigma Beauty Website!

All images taken from Sigma website.

Starlooks Starbox November 2012 Unboxing + Review *

Hi dolls,

I know we just got into December but Starlooks does send out their boxes middle of the month, takes at least a whole week to get to me in the Netherlands (they ship from the US, so yes they ship internationally) and I always want to take my time when receiving something and do a review. Because I don't want to overlook something, I really want to give you an honest review.

Onto the starbox, as every month I am super excited about it. And look at the box of this month, it is leopard print!!! LOVE!!! So even before I opened the box, I already decided I loved it lol.

Anyways I shall stop typing and just let you get on with the video.

p.s. don't forget to sign up for the December box, because it has a value of $99.- 

Starlooks Starbox November 2012 Unboxing + Review

Final 2 videos

Hi dolls,

here are my final 2 videos that I recorded along with the previous 4 that I uploaded over the past 2 days. I have to say it is a relief to have all these videos up now, I still however have a couple more review videos to do and then I am done for the list of videos to film that I made whilst I was moving. 

It is funny that before I was moving I hardly had any inspiration to film, and that during the moving time the videos seem to pile up. I have no idea how that happened, well I kinda do because most of the videos that I uploaded these past couple of days were unboxing videos. Anyhow I shall stop ranting and just post the links to my videos.

This video is a special 1 because I won this special Glossybox in a giveaway on Glossybox's website so it was very exciting!

My Special Glossybox Unboxing

The next video is a haul video, I won a couple of giveaways and also I bought a couple of things that I liked to show you.

Beauty Haul ft. Lush, Wet N Wild & more

Starlooks Starbox October 2012 Unboxing + October 2012 Favorites

Hi dolls,

Yes I have 2 more videos for you, I filmed 6 in total which 2 of them were uploaded yesterday and I have uploaded 2 today and I will upload the final 2 tomorrow. I don't want to overload you with all 6 videos on 1 day which is why I spread out the 6 videos over 3 days. 

First one is the Starlooks Starbox October 2012 unboxing video, I love this monthly subscription service where you receive a box of makeup products to try out each month for only $ 15.- which I think is a complete steal because you receive a value worth so much more than that. 

Starlooks Starbox October 2012 Unboxing Video

Sign up for Starlooks Starbox here (available internationally)

The next video I have for you is my October favorites video, I know we are already 2 weeks into November but I do a favorites video every month and did not want to skip a month. So here it is.

October 2012 Favorites

Preview of Catrice ''SpectaculART''

Hi dolls,

I thought this might interest you, Catrice is coming out with a new collection for the winter. It is inspired by the colorful Indian style combined with the simple French style. This collection will be available from November onwards.

I know Catrice is not widely available everywhere, but if there is anything that you would like to see in a giveaway please let me know in the comments down below. I did a Catrice giveaway before so I don't mind doing another.

This collection will contain eyeshadows, false lashes, eyeliner pen, highlighting powder, mouse blush, lipsticks and nail polishes.

There are four different eyeshadows in this collection. All very metallic colors.

Retails for € 3.99 a piece

Also a pack of fake individual lashes.

Retails for € 3.99

A superfine eyeliner pen.

Retails for € 2.99

A highlighter powder.

Retails for € 4.59

A mousse blush, kind of reminds me of those old Maybelline mousse blushes. Only 1 color which is a soft pink.

Retails for € 3.99

3 different colors of lipsticks that go on very sheer even contains spf 10.

Retails for € 3.99 a piece.

4 different nail polish colors, nothing that really stands out with me to be honest.

Retails for € 2.69 a piece.

And finally a gold leaf topcoat. Which to me looks more just like a flaky gold top coat, we shall see when the collection comes out.

Retails for € 2.69

Will you be picking up anything from this collection?

New Essence Collections ''Class of 2013'' & ''Twilight Saga''

Hi dolls,

I was a little bit reluctlant to do this post because the class of 2013 collection has been in stores since this month and the twilight collection... You know I don't really like the entire twilight hype and don't really understand it either. (although I have been watching a lot of vampire diaries lately... that is as far as I will go with the entire vampire theme movies or tv shows)

Anyways I shall start off with the class of 2013 collection. Basically it is inspired by the preppy school look so we have nice neutral tones and some innocent blues. There will be eyeshadow pens, lip tints, nail polishes, a translucent powder, a blush and some hair ties and a cosmetics bag. I shall show you my picks for what I think I would pick up at the stores. If you want all of the images of the products I can make a seperate post about it all.

I think this blush looks super pretty and I like that there is this print in it. With the darker pink and the light pink, if this blush feels as soft as their other blushes. Definitely a love! (retails for €2.99)

This lip tint is described as a nice red which I think should be great for fall the other lip tint in this line is a baby pink which is always nice for a more neutral look. This one is a bit more bold. (retails for € 1.99)

Class of 2013 collection is on sale now at your Essence retailer.

Now on to the Twilight collection, they decided to release a twilight collection to coincide with the release of the final twilight movie. This collection will be consisting of pigments, liquid glitter eyeliner, lipstick, lipgloss, shimmer powder, blush and nail polishes. The colors in this collection are a bit darker with a ton of glitter or so it seems. With some gold glitter to match, because apparently vampires glisten in the twilight movies (or so I have heard). If you want to see the entire collection leave me a comment below so I can create a seperate post.

Now on for my picks if I would purchase any of the products.

If this nail polish is anything in opacity as it is in its bottle then this nail polish would be an absolute show stopper. I think I will actually pick this polish up, it is a nice gold color. The other colors in the collection are darker colors with glitters in them. (retails for € 1.99)

Finally this dark lilac pigment. I think this color will look gorgeous on everyone and it is great for winter and fall. Especially with pigments you can go crazy with the glitter considering it is the holiday season! The other colors in this line are a shimmery gold, black and a multi dark pigment. (retails for € 2.59)

The Twilight collection will be hitting stores in November. 

Will you be picking anything up from either the Twilight collection or class of 2013? 

My MakeUp Collection is HERE!!!

Hi dolls,

If you are subscribed to my YouTube channel then you must have seen it already or if you have not seen it yet it is there... My makeup collection video, this has been a video I have been wanting to do forever!! I had to re-film this 5 times before I just gave up and just went with the next best video because I think I would've just gone on forever if I did not just decide to just upload it.

I love watching makeup collection videos, partially because it makes me feel better and compared to some people on YouTube I really don't have that much, also I love to see how other people organize their makeup it gives me new ideas, and most importantly I am very nosey and just love looking at makeup.

If you have a makeup collection video or blogpost I would love to see it, so don't forget to link it to me in the comments. And I would love to hear your thoughts on my makeup collection either on my blog or on my youtube channel.

Enjoy watching!

My MakeUp Collection + Storage Video

Peacock Inspired Eye MakeUp Tutorial

Hi dolls,

Just a quick post referring to my latest makeup tutorial. I have decided to focus just on the eyes this time. I do have to say it was requested for me to create a look using my 32 ELF eyeshadow palette. Instead of using the more neutral colors in the palette I decided to go for more of a colorful look. And this is the result of it.

I hope you guys enjoy, leave me feedback and requests if you have any.

Peacock Inspired Eye MakeUp Tutorial featuring 32 ELF eyeshadow palette

Golden After Summer Glow MakeUp Tutorial

Hi dolls,

I know today is the first official day of fall, so what am I doing with an after summer makeup tutorial. Well I love the inbetween seasons time. I think this can be appropriate for summer (next year) and just the transition into fall. I know some of us are still struggling with accepting that we have to pull out our hoodies, darker eyeshadow colors and just darker clothed colors in general. Some of us still have a tan going on or just keeping up with our summer tan with fake tan, and I think this makeup look will look gorgeous with that.

Also I promised some of my subscribers that I would be doing a look with my glamour doll eyes eyeshadow that I received from their August OTM.

I hope you guys will enjoy and please let me know what you think. Of course subscribe if you have not subscribed yet.

Golden After Summer Glow MakeUp Tutorial

Zero Spending on MakeUp September

Hi dolls,

If you guys watch my YouTube videos, some of you might know that I have decided to stop spending any more money on MakeUp or Beauty items for the rest of September. I have decided to do so, because I really do need to save some money considering Christmas is 3 months away and I will be wanting all those Christmas collections that are coming out. Also I have a whole wishlist of MAC products that I really really want so I have to save up for that, considering a job is still pretty far away right now...

I am luckily not alone in this zero spending on makeup this September as I have seen at least 2 YouTubers trying to do the same. If you would like to join me on this challenge, leave me a comment saying you will be doing the same, and we can give each other support.

It might seem easy to do, but putting a restraint on yourself only makes things harder so it seems. Especially for a beauty blogger/vlogger not spending anything is going to be very hard. As when new products come out, I run to the store to go see if I need that particular product.

But I like a good challenge, although I have to admit, I caught myself looking at some pretty makeup earlier today and almost clicked put in basket. 

What I will promise you, is that I will not spend any money this month on makeup or anything beauty related. I will do 1 or 2 posts a week telling you about my progress. And hopefully I will not cave... 

Do you want to join me on this challenge, leave a comment below.... Do you want to know what I am upto? Follow me on Twitter and Instagram @ellenyu88

MakeUp Haul! (Yes I hauled again lol)

Hi dolls,

I know I must look like I go shopping all the time. I promise I don't. Anyhows this haul video will be my last for the month because I am not allowed to buy more makeup from myself. So please do keep an eye on me when it comes to this lol.

Anyhow enjoy the video!

MakeUp Haul with Clinique, Michael Todd etc.

Giveaway Time!!

Hi dolls,

I thought it would be fun to do a giveaway. And I have decided to do one on my YouTube channel. I will be doing one on my blog soon as well. But if you want to have a chance go to my YouTube channel.

MakeUp Giveaway!!! Video

''Colorful Eyes'' Eye MakeUp Tutorial

Hi dolls,

I have put up another makeup tutorial. This one however is more focused on the eye makeup. Because it is fun for the summer, totally wearable even though it is colorful it is not totally out there. You either like it or you don't like it enough because it is not Overly colorful!

Anyhow, I think it is very pretty. I created this look with the limited edition Cruise Couture eyeshadow palette that I will be giving away in the next video so keep an eye out for that.

I hope you enjoy! And don't forget to let me know what you think

''Colorful Eyes'' Eye MakeUp Tutorial

TAG: No Mirror MakeUp Challenge

Hi dolls,

I finally managed to upload my no mirror makeup challenge. I have to say this is one of the most difficult things I have done so far. You realize how much you miss your mirror whilst trying to do a full makeup look.

Anyways I hope you all enjoy my pain!! lol

No Mirror MakeUp Challenge video

TAG 40 Beauty Questions

Hi dolls,

I actually uploaded this video yesterday and then totally forgot my own blog about it. But here  it is my very first TAG video.

If you are not familiar with these TAG videos, they are basically videos that 1 person makes and tags someone else to do the same thing of course with their own twist to it and that person tags other people and so on. These TAG videos are pretty popular among the YouTube beauty community and I have seen quite a few of those around.

Anyways I hope you guys enjoy my TAG video and of course if you want me to do another one let me know. Also if you want to do one or you have done the 40 beauty questions tag please leave it as a video response so I can go check it out.

Watch it here; TAG 40 Beauty Questions video

Cheryl Cole ''Under The Sun'' MakeUp Tutorial

Hi dolls,

I hope you are all having a lovely day. Today has been wonderfully sunny outside so I have been enjoying the sun a little bit whilst running errands today. 

As you probably noticed from my Music Monday, I have been listening to Cheryl's Under the Sun a lot and now I made a tutorial on this wonderful retro inspired look.

I hope you guys enjoy! Let me know what you think!

Cheryl Cole ''Under The Sun'' MakeUp Tutorial