// in 2020, we‘re printing polaroids from our phones

Hello people of the internet!

How are we doing today? I‘m doing alright, I guess. Still looking for a new job but also applied for Uni and i really hope Uni works out for me this time :D

Anyway, today‘s post is a review of the TOMY Smartphone Picture Printer KiiPix that I got just one day ago. I‘ve had it sitting in my amazon cart for the longest time but I think I initially found out about it for the first time when I was scrolling through my TikTok For You page. 

Yes, I‘m on TikTok. Don‘t judge me, it‘s actually fun. Or it‘s just me trying to fill the void in my heart that vine left when they took it offline. Who knows? I don‘t.

Back to the printer. 

When I opened the Amazon package, I found the printer in a small cardboard box and got pissed because once I took out the printer, I thought I didn’t get the instax film that I was supposed to get with my purchase. But since I‘m an impulsive little b I should’ve taken everything out of the amazon box as the film was under the airwrap.

So, once you take the printer out of its box, you‘re supposed to turn it around to put the film in.

That‘s what you should see if you put the film in correctly.

Now, since the printer works without batteries, you have to use the film ejection dial and turn it clockwise to eject the film cover. After that, you‘re good to go.

Once you did that, you can put up the wings and take the frame out. The small camera will follow the frame up, so no, you didn‘t break it (@ me yesterday).

On the frame, there are plastic protection strips that you have to remove so your phone won‘t slide off. After you did that, you choose your photo and put the frame on your phone. Please make sure your display is bright and auto-lock is turned off. Now put the frame + phone combo on the KiiPix wings. It should look like this:

As you can see, there‘s a small mirror near the lens. That‘s where you can check if your photo looks the way you want it to look.

Now press the shutter button and use the dial to wheel your photo out.

Leave your photos for a while to develop and you should end up with pretty polaroids.

I have no idea what I did wrong but the first 3 photos were a perfect match for the bin. One was completely black and the other two were white.

I guess that depends on how long you press the shutter button? No idea though.

To show you the quality of KiiPix polaroids, I put those next to two polaroids I took with my Instax Mini 9.

I actually can‘t complain much tbh, polaroids never have the greatest quality and Instax ones are a little less blurry but I‘m happy with my KiiPix. As I mentioned before, I always forget my Instax or don‘t want to bring it because I need to save space and this way, I can continue taking pics with my phone but get physical copies as well.

This post is not sponsored, I paid about 60€ for it on Amazon and I don‘t regret it.

Are you a Polaroid fan? Do you think you‘ll get a KiiPix or do you stick with your Instax?

Have a fab day/evening/night wherever you are.

Stay safe.

Wear your mask.

X

// FIRST IMPRESSION: Thirsty Palette by Jeffree Star Cosmetics

Heya Internet! How are we doing?

As I promised in my previous post, I‘ll blog more often from now on! So that’s what I‘ll do today!

I recently used my Thirsty Palette by JSC for the first time even though I had it on my vanity for almost a year now. I just never got around to diving into it with work and simple tiredness dominating my life. Since I‘m slowly reclaiming my life again, I did find the joy of doing my makeup again as well! So I grabbed the palette and just.. started.:D I made a TikTok while doing that which will be at the end of the post.

So, shall we start? Y E S!

The palette:

I bought this palette at the Morphe Cosmetics store in London for about £45, if I remember correctly.

It‘s good quality with barely any fallout. I wouldn‘t say that the shadows in my palette are as creamy as they are in other JSC palettes I own, but I don‘t know whether this is usual for Thirsty or if it‘s because it‘s been sitting around for a while. Colour payoff is great, though. And they blend like a dream!

Here‘s the look I came up with:

I‘m sorry that this photo is not a professional one but rather taken using my iPhone. I do not have my DSLR at the moment. :/

Since I‘m having way too much fun on TikTok at the moment, I keep making some myself. Drawing, colouring, journaling... doing my makeup... :D here‘s the one for the Thirsty palette:

I‘m not sure if blogger will let you watch the video I uploaded, but I‘ve got you! Here‘s the Link :)

To wrap this post up, I‘d say that Thirsty is an overall cute and well thought out palette with colours that go really well with each other. If you want it and can still get your hands on it now that JSC discontinued it and these are your colours: buy it. However, I don‘t think you‘re missing out if you don‘t have it. I for myself am not sure, how often I‘ll use it from now on. I have a lot of eyeshadow palettes by now, nearly all JSC has released and I rather use those than Thirsty. Jawbreaker is my holy grail!

I‘ll see you guys in the next post! Stay cool!

X

// Review: The most hyped eyebrow product ever

Hi guys!

As you've probably seen in my post about my new babies (aka my Anastasia Beverly Hills contour kits), I also ordered one of the ABH dipbrow pomades.

And yes.

It is worth the hype.

I ordered the dipbrow pomade and the ABH brush 12 along with the contour kits on beautybay.com.

Before ordering, I did a bit of research as I wasn't too sure about which shade I should get. My eyebrows aren't blonde or brown so I had to get something in between. A shade not as dark as the NYX eyebrow pomade in "Chocolate" which I've been using for a while now.

So for me, it was pretty obvious that I should get the ABH pomade in "Taupe" but it was kind of hard to find some reviews of taupe that didn't only include a swatch but also a pic of someone wearing it.

Long story short: The only thing I found were swatches. That's why I'll put a pic of me wearing it at the end of this post.

I'm in love with this.

You don't need a lot of product and you can blend it easily.

And it's not too dark. For me, it's perfect.

I tried to take pics of a swatch that show the "real" colour but it's kind of hard. So, if your eyebrows are neither blonde nor brunette I would definitely recommend the ABH pomade in "taupe".

As swatch:

On your eyebrows:

(it's a bit blurry and yes, it's a pic I posted before but I'm not good at taking selfies haha)

// Review: BHcosmetics vs Sleek

 

G'day Internet.

I'm back with another review, or, this time, I would call it a competition. (yea, let's just pretend it isn't Valentine's Day)

BHcosmetics vs Sleek

First, you need to know that when Urban Decay released their Electric palette, I fell in love.

Those colours. Those bright, bright colours.

And that price.

You know, I own two Naked palettes but you can use those colours every single day but as long as you don't want to be an eyecatcher, like literally, or if you don't go clubbing regularly, 47€ is just way too much money. Eventhough UD is worth it.

Anyway, I knew I needed some bright colours along with my dark and nude shades so I ordered the BHcosmetics "Take Me To Brazil" palette (10,95€) and the Sleek "Ultra Mattes v1 Brights" palette (9,90€, both on kosmetik4less.de)

So, you get 30 colours in the BHcosmetics palette and 12 in the sleek one.

Below you can see some swatches. I used my ZOEVA eyeshadow primer.

Sleek palette:

The pink, purple and blue shadow on the right are the shades itself on the primer, the three on the right are on top of a white eyeshadow. I used the NYX jumbo eye pencil in "Milk".

BHcosmetics palette:

Same as for Sleek: only primer on the left, "Milk" as a base on the right.

I highly recommend a white eyeshadow base if you ever want to use such colours. That's the point of bright eyeshadow. You want the colours to pop!

So, the best way to really "test" bright eyeshadow is by creating a rainbow eye makeup.

Therefore, I used similar colours from each of the palettes.

Sleek

BHcosmetics

Left: Sleek

Right: BHcosmetics

Both palettes are great, you can't deny that.

The colours blend in easily and you can create various different styles.

But anyway, my fave is "Take Me To Brazil" by BHcosmetics. 30 shades for less than 1€ more than you would spend on the Sleek palette and their pigmentation is a bit better than the Sleek ones.

// First impression: Anastasia Beverly Hills Contour Kit

Hi, hey, hello Internet.

I'm back again. Well, for a while.

School is just very time and life consuming at the moment that's why I haven't posted for what felt like ages. But on the bright side: there are only like 6 weeks of school left. And like 8 until my exams. But I promise, once they are done I'm going to post regularly. (I know I said that before but you know, school is my number one priority at the moment.)

You guys probably know about my obsession with makeup so you won't be surprised if I told you that I bought quite a lot of new stuff during my absence. And I got some makeup for Christmas as well. Like the ABH Self-Made eyeshadow palette. Yes, I cried. :D

But today I want to tell you about the Anastasia Beverly Hills contour kits which I ordered about a week ago and received them after only 6 days. Well, it would've been 4 days but there was a weekend and concerning that it has been only 4 days, it was here faster than the shop, beautybay, said on their website. Thumbs up for that!

I also ordered the Dipbrow Pomade and the eyebrow brush (but there's going to be another post about that).

I got the cream contour kit in Fair, the lightest one, as highlighters so far never really worked on me and I can tell, this kit is the answer to all my prayers.

I tried it for the first time the other day and this cream contour kit is my holy grail already. I always wanted to try cream so seeing an ABH kit suitable for my skin tone was freaking awesome and I actually didn't mind spending 46€ on it. And I usually regret buying more makeup really fast haha

The highlighters really DO highlight my face. They make your cheekbones, bridge of the nose and forehead pop! The contour shades are a bit more ashy than in other contour kits and that's just another pro if you're looking for other arguments.

They also blend in so easily!

The only thing I don't really get is the "white highlighter" in the middle.

Whereas the other shades, contour and highlight, are richly pigmented, this is just like... nothing. It actually makes your cheeks or nose look wet. 

But 5 out of 6 shades are awesome anyway and I recommend this to everyone who wants a great cream contour kit.

Highlighters (left to right): Soft Light, Lustre, Fair 

Contour shades (left to right): Fawn, Shadow, Mink 

The powder contour kit was 46€ as well and I got it in case I wouldn't be able to handle cream contour.

And also because I wanted something different for my everyday contour.

I've been using my smashbox contour kit for almost one year now and yeah... I got tired of it so I needed something new.

The powders blend in perfectly and they're just as richly pigmented as the ones in the other kit.

I don't regret buying this one as well and if you prefer contouring using powders, you should definitely get one of these.

Highlighters (left to right): Vanilla, Banana, Sand

Contour shades (left to right): Java, Fawn, Havana

X

// Review: Zoeva Rodeo Belle Eyeshadow Palette

Heyo lovely Internetians!

Welcome to another review.

When I ordered some Christmas presents the other day I just had to buy some stuff for myself as well.

Maybe as some kind of a pre-Christmas gift haha.

So therefore, I got the ZOEVA Rodeo Belle palette (17,99€), a ZOEVA primer, another NYX soft matte lip cream (6,99€) and the Real Techniques makeup sponge (5,99€).

You've probably noticed my love for eyeshadow palettes and lipsticks if you've been reading my posts for a while so that order shouldn't be surprising haha :D

Anyway, when I saw the Rodeo Belle palette I just HAD to buy it.

The shades are amazing and from what I've seen on other blogs, I was amazed by the pigmentation.

 Take a look at the swatches below (no eyeshadow base):

I was freaking excited to try it and I fell in love with this palette even more while applying the shadows onto my eyelid haha

I used the ZOEVA primer as a base for creating this, I kind of messed up the blending part in the end but I actually don't care because... just look at how high pigmented and pretty the shades are!

I used "Cactus Flower" all over the lid and blended in "Bang Bang" on the inner and outter corner.

I then added "Day Money" on the upper and lower lash line. 

Do you own any ZOEVA palettes?

I already know that "Rodeo Belle" won't be my last ZOEVA palette, but maybe my favourite ;)

x

// Review: Urban Decay Naked Smoky

Hey ho Internet,

it's me again.

And I finally found enough time for testing my new baby and telling you about my first impression.

I've been curious about the new Naked palette by Urban Decay, I loved my Naked 3 because it's so rosey and pretty but I've been looking for something darker for a long, long time.

So when I heard about UD releasing a new palette, I was super excited and I just had to buy it.

The Urban Decay Naked Smoky is per-fect!

 The shades are awesome and they're high pigmented, but I'd always recommend an eyeshadow base just for making the shades pop out more and to prevent crumbling.

The first look I created with this is a simple, not-too-dark smokey eyes makeup which you'll find at the end of this post :)

Talking about the packaging I have to admit that this has to be my fave.

I mean, look at it. the smoke in the background... 

Also, the brush that comes with this palette is better than the one you get along with Naked 3.

The shades are called:

High-Dirtysweet-Radar-Armor-Slanted-Dagger-Black Market-Smolder-Password-Whiskey-Combust-Thirteen

Password, Whiskey, Combust and Thirteen are mattes and Black Market is such a pretty, satin-finish black and so far, they're my favourites.

Okay so for the first look I created, I used:

-Combust

-Whiskey

-Thirteen

-Black Market

First, I put some of Combust on the crease, followed by Whiskey, which i also used for creating a wing. Then I blended both of them as good as possible and continued with dabbing Thirteen on the lid, except on the outer corner.

For the outer corner and the lash lines, I used Black Market.

And it's all about blending haha

This is like the first time that I ever created a smokey eye that didn't look like pure shit haha

And excuse the bad quality..

It's just, I sit in front of my window when I'm taking photos for my blog and as it's autumn, it's just dark and grey all the time...

But I'll maybe get a ring light very soon so yeah...

Have a fab day

x

// Review: NYX Lipstick "Whipped Caviar"

Hello lovely Internetians,

As you may know I'm obsessed with lipsticks.

I always buy new ones although I barely wear them.

Okay, I actually wear them a lot just not for school haha

So yea, I recently bought a new lippy by NYX called "Whipped Caviar"

It's a matte, dark-ish pink(-nude), if that colour even exists haha

And it was something about 6-7€.

I saw it at Douglas and fell in love with the shade in the blink of an eye eventhough it's not 100% matte after applying.

Somehow the quality of the pics sucks a bit and I actually don't know why but I promise I'm going to fix it soon.

:)