SMOONSTYLE

Hello Sweets,

Epica is currently touring through Europe and today we are in beautiful Porto, in Portugal.

Isaac and me went in to town to buy some postcards and enjoy the scenery. We had a drink at one of the little restaurants along the Douro and met Marcela who was also exploring the city.

Our dinner happened to be at the same restaurant later today. How I enjoy being in this beautiful city.

It is definitely one of the perks of being in a touring band. I love to travel and see the world through my own (and Ray Ban) eyes. Now it is time for me to get ready for the show. See you onstage!

Enjoy the pictures.

Greetings,

Hello Sweets,

First of all a big thank you for all your amazing pictures! You are all really talented and I am happy that you wanted to share that with me.

Since I picked 5 winners, I had to ask Arie and Mark to help me out. We finally narrowed it down to three lovely ladies. You've all put a lot of effort in recreating the look.

Here are the winners:

Anais Fernandez from France

Oriana Cauli from Italy

Hanna Kraft from Germany

Congratulations girls! You will all three be invited to the shows or your choice; Paris, Milano and Munich. You are also welcome to bring a friend as well.

I'm looking forward to meet you and hand you your MAC goodie!

Well done!

Love,

Hello Sweets,

Some time ago, I told you about a make up contest for the girls. It's finally happening and Nuclear Blast USA is helping me with realizing it.

We want to do two contests; first a European one and then a North American/Latin American contest. The USA/Latin American version will be online around summer.

Here's what you have to do to win;

We thought it would be nice to have three winners per contest, one per picture. All the winners will be chosen by me.

The prize; A free ticket to your concert of choice, from the upcoming European tour, a meet and greet with me and one MAC make up item from the looks that I've created (lipstick, eyeshadow, pigment).

You don't have to use the same products that I've used, but similar colors.

Have fun being creative! I'm looking forward to seeing your faces!

Love,

Look I

Look II

Look III

All pictures by: HEILEMANIA

Make Up by: Simone Simons

Hello Sweets,

Last weekend I went hiking at the Titisee and Schluchsee in Germany. I can honestly say that those were the most beautiful and peaceful walks I've ever made. I was enjoying every second of it.

We were really lucky because the weather was amazing, 16 degrees Celsius and sunny.

I bought Lowa hiking boots to make sure that my feet would survive the Blackwood Forest. Some of you might have seen them already on my Instagram (smoonstyle) account.

Don't you just love nature?

Love,

Hi Blog Babes,

It is time for a 'nail of a couple of days ago'.

I have this beautiful green top from Vero Moda which I wore for my interview with Imusic1 tv, last Tuesday. I paired it with a nice black blazer from the Canadian clothing brand Tristan, little black skirt and stockings from my favorite brand 'Calzedonia'. For my nails I wanted to have exactly the same color as the top. After a thorough search, I finally found the right color.

Meet 'Hunter' from American Apparel, a lovely dark green cream with a glossy finish;

I find that this nail polish has quite a unique color. I haven't seen anything like it, and do not own something similar in my collection, which could be called 'Elephantine'. I have so many polishes that I could paint all the nails of the people in my village, guys included.

Love,

Hi Sweets,

Our latest record 'Requiem for the Indifferent' will be out really soon!

On the 9th of March it will hit the stores and if you are impatient and can't wait, our newest single 'Storm the Sorrow' is already available on iTunes. It is one of my absolute favorites from the album. We've just recorded the video in Amsterdam and it was the hardest recording ever. Every muscle in my body is aching right now, but that's alright because it was worth it.

We are planning a fun make up contest for the girls. More info on that in a few days.

I wanted to share three behind the scenes pictures with you from our official 'RFTI' photo shoot which we did with Stefan Heilemann. I've done many other photo shoots with him. One of my pictures which was made by Stefan can be purchased in his 2012 calendar.

Love,

Hello Sweets,

For the last two weeks I've been traveling to Paris, Amsterdam, Milano and London to promote our latest record 'Requiem for the Indifferent'. A nice bonus for me was that I would be in London at the right time to attend IMATS. Last year I couldn't make it because I was away with EPICA.

The lovely Marie joined me to brave the cold and breathe in a new make up experience at IMATS. I was very excited to finally go and very happy that she decided to come with.

Now you will see some pictures of this lovely day we had at the Alexandra Place in Wood Green.

For the next couple of posts, I will include some of my purchases. Illamasqua had the best offer of whole IMATS. The foundations were 7,50 pounds. The eyeshadows/nailpolish/pigments/lipsticks/powder and cream blusher were 5 pounds each and the eye pencils 2 pounds! Isn't that a bargain?

I surely think so!

Swatchful kisses,