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Natascha Denona is an internationally renowned make up artist. She is also know for her outstanding make up products that are one of the best quality products out there. Her most popular products are her eyeshadow palettes. A lot of people are put off by the price tag, but I can assure you that you are getting good value for money. I own the Gold Palette and you get 15 eyeshadows that each weigh 2.5 grams, a total of 37.5 gram.

The cute palette that I am showing you here is one of her many mini eye shadow palettes. I saw them at a Sephora store while I was in the USA. I had to refrain myself from buying them all.
The colours that I use the most are nudes, so it was an obvious choice for me to go with that one.
You get 5 colours for $25, 2 metallics, two mattes and one duo chrome. The are all delicious!



I just did a simple day time halo look using Quoin in the crease, Sienna in the inner and outer corner and Lumino in the center of the lid. Sienna I can recommend you to apply it with your finger to get the best result and least fall out.


You might know that I am the swatching queen, NOT ;) For more accurate swatch photos, please visit Natascha's Website: NATASCHA DENONA




Overall I really love this palette. If you don't want to invest in one of her bigger palettes, this is a great way to get acquainted with the brand without breaking the bank.

Whenever I buy new make up, it is mostly never eyeshadow palettes because I already own so many and will never use them up. However, a good quality brand I am always interested in trying and Natascha Denona made me really curious. I am glad I did go out and bought them. Now I do really want the other mini palettes. They are so convenient to travel with as well.

Do any of you have any Natascha Denonan products?

Hello 34 years!

This year my birthday lasted much longer than it normally does, because I was in LA with L'Oréal Men Expert while I had my birthday. My lovely colleagues from L'Oréal got me flowers and cakes. My friends and family from Europe send me lots of videos and text messages.

It felt nice to know that many people think of you on your 'special' day. It also made me realise that I have so many wonderful people in my life that care about me. You tend to forget that when you are busy with thousand things. Presents are nice, but what is more valuable to me is when someone gifts you their time and attention.

I wanted to say thank you for taking the time to write me birthday messages and making short Instagram videos. I've seen them all and they warmed my heart! You are the best!!!

Thank you!

xo

Simone



Photo by Phillipp von Rohr
Sunglasses: Illesteva 'Lisbon'
Jacket: Zara
Cross over hand bag/wallet: Michael Kors
Shoes: Venturini Milano

Perfume is more than just a scent. To me it is strongly connected to memories. It is a powerful tool that enables you to relive those memories.
It can be like an armour,  make you feel strong, sexy, empowered and the list goes on. I think you can get my point.

The signature NIVEA scent is known all over the world. It's scent has accompanied many of us in our childhood. Oliver used to use the classic cream many years ago when we first met. I bought it just so that I could smell it, I never really used it.

The base notes of the NIVEA parfum are Lily of the Valley, Lavender, Ylang Ylang, Freesia, Mandarin and Sandalwood.

To me it smells 'clean' if that makes any sense. It gives me the feeling of just coming out of the shower.

Oliver told me I smelled good. I told him it is the signature NIVEA scent. He normally doesn't like perfume, except for me secret signature scent. If I switch my perfume, he mostly doesn't agree and tells me it is giving him a headache haha!

I love this scent so much that I already got a back up from the Nivea website. They have a great offer at the moment where you get some extra goodies as well.


NIVEA SET


The making of these shots was quite challenging but fun. There are many outtakes of me pulling a funny face, because the perfume bottle fell on the floor. For a moment I thought about glueing it to my shoulder. I am glad I didn't do that. Kudos to Nivea to make a lovely and very sturdy bottle that survived this shoot.









Shot with a Sony a7 Mark iii with Sony 55mm 1.8.
Retouching by Lydia Tzirkova
Lipstick: L'Oréal Rouge Lumière 393 Sublime Red*






Not a sponsored post. All products purchased by me.
*Pr Sample

Yesterday I played around with a brand new eyeshadow palette that I've bought a while ago.
It is the Soft Glam palette from Anastasia Beverly Hills. I sold my Modern Renaissance because I didn't think I would make use of it, so it now has a new home. The Soft Glam palette has more colours that suit me for day and night time.

First off, this palette has a lot of fall out. When I created the first look, I had already applied my base. Knowing about the fall out, I would now first do my eyes and then my base. The cleaning up took a while and I was also not really happy with how the look turned out. I decided to tone things down and  came up with this look.

A couple months ago I blogged about Jacks Beauty Line and introduced you the gorgeous brushes from Miriam Jacks.

She created two travel brush sets, containing all the brushes you need to create a complete look.

Who doesn't want a set of high quality brushes in a cute bag?  I know I want the pastel set :)
I fell in love with these tiny brushes.  Don't think that the quality might be less than original brushes. This is most definitely not the case. The only thing that is different is that the handle is shorter. The quality is just as amazing as with the normal brushes.


What do you get?




Leave a comment below this post and you are qualified to enter the giveaway. I have two sets that I can give away. The give-away is world wide.

Don't worry if you don't win. Miriam gave me a discount code for you where you can get 20% discount:  SIMONE20JBL

www.jacks-beautyline.com

Good luck everyone!

First of all thank you for the lovely feedback on my HALLOWEEN video!! As promised, I have enlisted all the products that I've used to create his holographic skull/Catrina.

Creating this look was so much fun! Originally I wanted to do a smoky glittery skull look, but it ended in a 'Dia de los Muertos' Catrina look.

For this Halloween make up I didn't buy any new products, but 'shopped my stash'. I knew I still had some sequins left from a Pat McGrath purchase that I made a while back. I've kept the packaging with the sequins, because I knew that they could still be useful one day.



* PR samples

One of Stuttgarts many beautiful sights is the Rosenstein Park. At this time of the year it is even more beautiful than it normally is.
We walked through the park to the Rosenstein Palace which has a museum inside. Vincent was intrigued by the skeletons and insects. I can't help but getting an itch when I see certain insects. Must be related to the fact that I mostly get an allergic reaction when bitten by any insect.

On our way out of the park we passed another museum located at the 'Löwentor', the Lion's Door.
There you can marvel at dinosaurs. Oliver and Vincent have been there a couple of times, but I haven't. Vincent wanted to go inside, but it was almost dinner time.

Time to go to one of our favourite restaurants 'Noodle One'. We had two young female students as our neighbours. They ordered the same dish as Oliver and I. Since we were sitting so close to each other, we could easily hear what they were discussing.
One of the girls complained about hair in her food. She couldn't talk about anything else. She then asked me if I also had hair in my food. I asked if I could take a closer look. My suspicion was that they were fibers of lemon grass, which was one of the ingredients of our meal.
She then asked the waiter, and he confirmed. He said; our cook doesn't have any hair ;)

After we filled our bellies, we took the train back home. It was a lovely day!