About Me

I am an Egyptian girl with unhealthy appetite for makeup. clothes, and everything pink and girly.

Monday, April 29, 2013

Etoile Boutique 's Fashion in Wonderland

Last week I got invited to Etoile La Boutique 's fashion in wonderland event, which were held in Etoile La Boutique Jeddah located in Al Khayat mall. The party theme and interiors made me feel like I am Alice being lost in wonderland, and not just any wonderland, THE fashion wonderland. I had the chance to browse through Etoile's latest spring/summer colorful collection. There was a mini live fashion show, where two models were styled by Jeddah's sweetheart and my own friend stylist /Blogger Dareen Alyawar and Marriam Mossalli, the founder of Niche and shoe and drama fashion website.




Styled by Darren Alyawar

























Styled by Darren Alyawar











Styled by Darren Alyawar












Styled by Marriam Mossalli





Saturday, April 20, 2013

Flashback to the 80's with Marc By Marc Jacobs

I was invited to be a guest in Marc by Marc Jacobs summer collection launch, and I am not going a lone, am inviting you all to attend this fabulous party with me, where we can all design our 80' inspired apparel buttons as this collection celebrates individualism, self styling and the bad girl attitude of the 80's  pop stars such as Cindy Lauper, Blondi and Madonna. 

The event will be in Jeddah 23, April at Stars Avenue, in Manama 25th in Bahrain City Center and in Dubai on May 1st at the Emirates Mall.

Waiting to see you all, just mention you are a Chanel, Cupcakes, Cameras and Crayons.


Tuesday, April 9, 2013

The Winter Makeup by The Body Shop

I was willing to write this makeup review 2 weeks ago, but I preferred to wait till I get my new camera (Finally!!!!) so I could capture the real beautiful colours of this lovely makeup collection by The Body Shop. I am very thankful to get sent this lovely gift from The Body Shop. This makeup set if from their Fall/Winter makeup collection, my gift consisted of, 2 eyes shadows palettes, 2 shimmery powders, pearl bronzing powder, Kabouki brush, 3 lipsticks and 4 Kohl crayons.







I will start by my favourite thing, the shimmery spray powder, I LOVED this product, they come in two different colours, light gold and bronze, usually because I have a fair skin, the light gold doesn't look good on me, so I tend to go for something with bronze tone, but surprisingly even the light gold one looked good on my skin, It very easy to apply you literally spray it on you body and face like perfume. it gives a perfect glow/shimmer without over doing it, and the powder smells amazing as well. I think it's one of the brilliant bronzing products I have ever seen. The funny thing that I was shopping with my girlfriends at The Body Shop, and I saw these two products, and immediately fall in love with them, but was in a hurry and left without buying them, then when I received those two I was dancing from happiness. They are a must have especially with the coming summer weddings season.



 The Eye shadows palettes are like they are tailored specially for me, just like how I love my eye shadows, When I put eye makeup I always go for the earthy colours, I feel it complement my dark brown eye colour.

The Sandy/ Earthy eye shadow palette





The bronze palette
 If you are a beginner with makeup I would suggest you grab one of those practical palettes, they are so handy, and you can easily create a hot smokey eye makeup look. If you are in a hurry in the mornings, you can apply one of the lights colours with a hint of mascara and you are ready to go, for a more edgy look, you can mix the light and darker one, a blend them with a blending brush,then add the medium colour under your eyes, just like eyeliner, and if you are going out partying, go for the smoky eye, my secrets for a fresh look is to apply the highlighter colour at the corner of your eyes, and just under your brow bone.


This shimmery bronzing powder is perfect for contour, it has nude and bronze balls, that you can just pass your brush on, or grind some balls to a powdery texture, I use it for contouring my cheeks, nose and forehead, it changes me from snow white to a hot Latin babe, mm just kidding, but it does look good on almost every skin colour, because it contains multi colours, that when mixed together gives a unique colour.



The Kabuki is so soft, and big yet it fits perfectly in my Double Nooun makeup pouch, that I keep on my everyday bag.


Honestly for lipsticks I am more in the pinks and nudes, so I am not a huge fan of the reds and darker colours, but when I tried them they looked on me, and I think I will use them when I go for a more darker, sophisticated looks.


The Kohl Crayons are just perfect, I loved the formulation, they are creamy, yet can last for hours, two of them has two ends, one the Crayon, and the other a smudging brush to blend the liner if you want to play with your makeup and create a darker look.

My favourite is the blue, because this is my typical makeup look, I can always be seen with a blue or brown eyeliner, I only use the black, if I will go out with no makeup at all, and just one to look a bit groomed.



 
Here are swatches for the lipsticks


Swatches of the eye liners.



*The Whole Collection is available in all the The Body Shop stores.
Disclaimer: The above mentioned review is a 100% honest review, If I don't like it, I won't write about it.