Valentine's Day is less than a week away now, so I thought it would be more than appropriate to publish the soft, pink toned romantic make-up look I've been wearing a lot a few weeks ago. This video is actually a part of the Valentine's Day collab that we did with Madeline from Cappuccino and Fashion, so definitely go check out her video as well. She also filmed a make-up tutorial, but unlike me, she went for a bolder red lip look. Let us know how you like the videos and which look you would prefer wearing!

P.S. I'm planning to do more youtube and maybe even blog collabs starting March, so if you want to collaborate with me, drop me an e-mail (sandra.thepuzzleofmylife@gmail.com) and we can figure something out! :)

After a hectic few days, I'm finally back to blogging and youtube. I had plans to blog and vlog A LOT this month, but I'm currently dealing with some personal issues, so I decided to slow things down. This means that I unfortunatelly won't be doing Vlogmas or Blogmas, but I'll still try to come up with as much other fun, festive content as I can. Today, I have a make-up tutorial for you! It's a part of the collab that I'm doing with Andrea from frominsidemycloset. She's an amazing (and totally gorgeous) blogger and youtuber, and I'm glad we had a chance to collaborate. Our collab is called 'Sugar & Spice' and we're both doing make-up looks inspired by one of the two words. You can watch both of our videos below! :)

I finally filmed a Q&A style video about my make-up artist school experience. Thank you to everyone who submitted questions! If you have any other questions, don't hesitate to leave them in the comment section below. Have a nice weekend! :)

'Berry Smoothie' Lip Butter has lately been my go-to lip product. The shade is very similar to my actual lip color, just a bit darker, so it's perfect for my casual school look. And because it's so similar to my lips, I also don't have to worry about any lines left around my lips when the color wears off and about reapplying it all the time.

Revlon Lip Butters are one of those product that really do deserve all the hype they're getting. They are buttery - go figure - and therefore easy-peasy fuss-free to apply, they are quite moisturizing, and the color selection is pretty great as well.  Having said that, they do have one tiny negative feature - the staying power. They tend to wear off after an hour or so. 

This is the swatch of this shade. If you want to see how it looks like on my lips, you can check out my 'Cosmopolitan Blend Perfection Sponge Review' post. 

P.S. The lip butters are now finally avaliable in Slovenia, yay! I keep buying more and more of them, so you can expect a few more 'Revlon Lip Butter' posts. :D

The time has come. I finally filmed my first youtube video! I was really nervous, so it is far from being good, but everyone needs to start somewhere, right? I hope you'll still enjoy seeing my London beauty haul despite the repetitive phrases and my weird facial expressions, haha. Sorry! Oh, and don't mind the cheeky animals in the background. One of them is my dog Benji and the second one my crazy sister...

I'm sure 99% of you have already seen a lot of 'how much is my face worth tag' posts or maybe even done one yourself. They seem to be very popular right now, and I totally understand why. After seeing dozens of them myself, I started wondering how much is the everyday make-up I'm usually wearing actually worth, so I decided to do the tag as well. Let's now see how much my face is worth, shall we?

Urban Decay Naked Palette - 40€

Garnier BB Cream - 10€ (review)

Essence Gel Eyeliner - 3€ (review)

Avon Supershock Mascara - 8€ (review)

Clinique Chubby Stick - 20€ (review)

Essence Eyeshadow Primer - 3€

Avon Anew Pressed Powder - 13€ (review)

Essence Eyebrow Set - 2.5€

Max Factor Kohl Eyeliner Pencil - 6€

Avon Color Trend Eyeliner Pencil - 4€

Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Concealer - 6€

Technic High Lights Highlighter - 4€

P.S. The prices may vary from country to country. 

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TOTAL: 119.5€ = $157 = £97

Deja recently tagged me to do the 20$ make-up challenge, which means that I had to do my full face make-up with products worth less than 20$ (=16.30€). And let me tell you, this was way more difficult than it sounds. First of all, make-up in my country is much more expensive than it is in the USA, so you don't have a large selection of cheap products. Essence is probably the only brand that has cheap products which are not horrible. Secondly, I discovered that most make-up products I use are pretty darn expensive, so they were out of the question. The only thing that I could do was go to the store and try to find cheap products for this challenge, but I didn't want to spend my money on products which I would never use again, so what I did was try to find the cheapest products in my sister's make-up storage (except for the concealer and the eyeshadow duo - those are mine). Oh, and lastly, the brushes are also included in the 20$ mark, so I couldn't use  them either. 

Anyway, here are the products I've used:

♥ Essence's Clear & Matt Foundation €2.50

♥ Collection 2000's Lasting Perfection Concealer €5.30 (avaliable here)

♥ Catrice's The Giant Mascara €5

♥ Essence's Stay With Me Lipgloss €2.5

♥ Elf's Duo Creme Eyeshadow €1.9

The sum up of the prices is 17,20 €, which is 1 euro above the price point, but considering the fact that I worked with the things I already have at home, I think that's good. Right?

First, I put on some Essence's foundation. With my hands. I really missed my Sigma stippling brush, but I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised with this foundation. It wasn't patchy and the coverage was comparable to the Garnier BB Cream. The next product was concealer. I could use a cheaper one, but the Collection 2000 one is the only one I've found that somewhat covers my terrible under under eye circles, so I just went with that one. 

For my eyes, I first used Elf's Cream Eyeshadow Duo that I ordered from the UK about a year ago I think, but I've never used it before this challenge. And I'll probably never use it again, because it sucks. Big time. Not only is it extremely sticky, but it is also unblendable, smudgy, and creases like hell. Now the mascara. I've used my sister's Catrice's mascara which she loves, but I didn't find it very good. It clumped my lashes and I got it all over my lid, which doesn't usually happen to me. I also really missed my eyelash curler. I got so used to using it and I would definitely recommend one to every single one of you if you don't own it yet. It's a miracle product! Oh, and I was also really bummed I couldn't fill in my eyebrows. That makes the biggest difference to my face. 

The last thing I used was Essence's lip gloss. I usually go for a lipstick instead of a lipgloss because I don't like my lips to be sticky, but this one was quite nice. I really liked the color too!

Here are the before and after photos, so that you can see the transformation. What do you think?