SMOONSTYLE

Hello Sweets,

Two years have passed since I've written my very first blog post. In these two years I've shown you my other passions besides EPICA and have gotten so much positive feedback from you. Even some guys came up to me at concerts telling me that they read my blog. At our concert at the German Summerbreeze festival I've had a video interview about my blog with EMP Rockinvasion.

I'd like to thank you all for all the support I've received these last two years and am looking forward to more blogging in the future!

I also have a question for you; what kind of posts do you enjoy the most? What would you like to see in the future?

Here's a little teaser from my 'Blitz' holiday at the Bodensee and Schwarzwald. More pictures coming soon.

Love,

2.9.12 69 comments

Hello Sweets,

First of all I have to say that I was overwhelmed with all the entries that you girls made! There were over a 100 entries! There must have been a lot of make up brushes flying through the air.

All of you are beautiful and did a wonderful job! It was again hard to choose only three winners, but after looking several times at all the pictures I got three winners!

Here they are;

Daniele Mendes

http://www.twitter.com/danielecorpse

Thaís Leão

https://twitter.com/TRLeao

Laís Costa

https://twitter.com/HexHallow

Congratulations Daniele, Thaís and Laís!

Please write an email to contest@nuclearblastusa.com to which concert you'd like to come. You'll get two tickets to your show of choice and will have a meet and greet with me backstage!

Love,

2.9.12 24 comments

Hi Sweets,

Here's a quick nail design that is perfectly suitable for noobs like me. I will be honest with you, I'm not the biggest nail artist.

This is as far as I can go with my techniques and this is as far as I want to take it. There will be no flowers, bees or hearts on my nails. I've tried the ombre nail manicure and failed big time. The only thing that was ombre was my table and not my nails. I wanted to do the water marble but that seems way out of my league. Did any of you try it?

To achieve this french manicure 'a la Simone', you will need 4 nail polishes and a nail polish corrector pen, because it will get messy. You can decide yourself which base and top coat you use and of course the two colors of the main nail polishes.

I started off with my favorite base coat from P2 Base and Care Coat. Then I applied two coats from the new Manhattan nail polish 'Styleproofed' 01S Acai Power Berry and let it dry for a while.
After that I took my 'Good as Gold' nail polish from Essie and slightly moved the brush on the outer ends of my nails, starting from the outside and rolling my finger from my left hand (where I applied the nail polish) to the left side slowly and my right hand to the right. For this manicure, Good as Gold was not the best choice because the wand is huge (which is great for when you do a normal nail look). I got a lot of gold on my finger tips and needed a while to clean it all.
Then at the end you add a clear top coat of your choice. Mine is from Seche Vite.

You can very this look in so many different ways and make them look nicer by using the right tools. I have very little nail art tools and tried it my messy way. I'm quite happy with the outcome.

Hope you like it too! Please share with me your favorite color combos.

Love,

27.8.12 23 comments

Hello Sweets,

First of all a big thank you for all the kind comments and support! You truly are the best!

The three winners which will receive the Manhattan Goodie bag are;

Jagna Putz
nighticas
ArcticFullmoon

Please write an email to me on YouTube with your address so I can ship the bag to you as soon as possible.

Love,

25.8.12 16 comments

Hello Sweets,

On the 16th of July I was in Belgrade when Kamelot recorded their videos for their upcoming album 'Silverthorn'.
It was a great opportunity for me to try out my new Canon 600D. I've made a lot of videos and pictures on that day and really fell in love with my new camera. The videos that I've made for my Smoonstyle Youtube account (except the vlogs) are made with the Canon 600D.

I am not saying that I don't like Nikon anymore. I still have my Nikon D300s which I still love very much. I believe I know have the best of both brands and am looking forward to get creative.

One of the pictures that I took in Belgrade you can already see below. Oliver was kind enough to be my model.

Love,

20.8.12 10 comments

Hi Sweets,

Yesterday we had a day off in Budapest. We drove from Tolmin, Slovenia to Budapest to enjoy some hours there before continuing to Sibiu, Romania (where I am right now). We were lucky that we were in Budapest right when the famous Sziget festival was taking place.

Rob has been there many times and I've heard many great stories about Sziget. It was time to go and check it out!

It was a lot of fun to be a visitor for once. We strolled around the fields, enjoyed good food and good music. There were loads of Dutchies and Germans at the festival. It is definitely an international festival which covers all different music styles and a lot of other entertainment.

Enjoy the pictures!

At the Gates of Sziget.

Had a mini photo shoot for a 'street fashion' website.

Can you see me?

Captain Morgan's Bar high in the air.

About to be eaten alive.

Some guys decided to join in.

Thanks Caro for the tickets!

My favorite!

I like them big!

We went up in the Ferris Wheel.

Nice view.

Taken the boat back to the main land.

St. Istvan.

The best ice cream in Budapest!

Szerelem,

Szimone

10.8.12 15 comments

Hi Sweets,

We are currently enjoying the lovely weather in the South of Germany.

Last Monday we went to the Rosenstein Park in Stuttgart. We walked from the park into the city center to have lunch at 'Dean and David', one of our favorite places.

Enjoy the pictures!

The willow is my favorite tree.

Strike a pose.

Alle eendjes zwemmen in het water.

I am wearing:

Necklace from 'I Am'
Chanel sunglasses
Mango dress
C&A sandals
Vero Moda belt

Love,

30.7.12 16 comments

Hello Sweets,

It is time to start the second round of the contest for Latin America. Are you girls ready?

Here's what you have to do to win:

There are three promo pictures with each a different make up look. Your task is to recreate the make up of one of these looks, and send a picture to contest@nuclearblastusa.com.

Your second task will be to have the tour flyers as a main photo on your Facebook account OR Twitter account for the entirety of the contest, which will end on September 2nd. You also have to send your FB or Twitter profiles to the email shown above. You are free enter as many pictures as you like.

There will be three winners. All the winners will be chosen by me and announced on the 2nd of September on my blog.

The prize: A free ticket to your concert of choice, from the upcoming Latin American 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,