QUESTIONS & ANSWERS TAGS

Hello friends,
two of my favourite girls

Kimmy from Beauty Isles

and

Antonia from Fifi and the Diamonds

have nominated me for a few tags, thank you so much for thinking of me ladies!!

I have already answered some of the questions from these tags in previous tags I have done, so I am now going to pick 11 new questions and put them together here :)

1. When was the first time you wore make up in public? (Kimmy)
When I was 5 year old, for a ballet performance :)

2. What's your favourite thing to buy beauty wise? (Kimmy)
I have an obsession with highlighters - liquid, cream, powder, you name it, I have it, and if I don't have it, I want it!

3. What's your favourite food? (Kimmy)
Pizza, and croissants with Nutella - and if you let me add fruit, vegetables, water, coffee and champagne, this is what I could live off of for the rest of my life, without ever eating anything else.
I am not a vegetarian, but I don't really like meat or chicken, so except from sushi or the odd fish, on most days I eat as if I was a vegetarian.

4. Your favourite music? (Kimmy)
Madonna and U2. And profanity-laden hip-hop songs, which I clean up and sing (AND dance!!!) along to All. Day. Long.
Most of my Instagram captions at @mjintheskywithglitter are de-obscenified lyrics from hip-hop songs too haha!
Tyga is my current favourite "I make that money reappearrrr hopping off the lear ain't no passengers in here I got D'Usse poppin no beerrrr why u in my ear I can't hear the money clear... YAAAAS my life All. Day.

5. Lipstick or lipgloss? (Antonia)
Lipgloss. I always have one in my bag for quick touch-ups on the go.

6. Your make up bag staple? (Antonia)
The one and only L'Oreal Lumi Magique foundation - True Match Lumi in the US.

7. Your favourite season and why? (Antonia)
Summer, because I love wearing summer dresses, and stiletto sandals, and flip-flops. To the point that my idea of winterwear is a coat over summer clothes.

8. What camera do you use for your blog? (Antonia)
I take all my blog and Instagram pictures with my iPhone 4S.

9. Who would you invite to a dinner party and why?
I would invite Oscar Wilde. Having a conversation with him over dinner would be mesmerizing.

10. My top 5 make up products (Kimmy and Antonia)

• L'Oreal Lumi Magique foundation
• Mac Pro Longwear Concealer
• Dior Skinflash Radiance Booster Pen
• Helena Rubinstein Spider Eyes mascara base
• Kiko Colour Sphere eyeshadows

11. Random make up facts about me (Kimmy)
I never set my face with powder. I always fake-tan my face. I always have lip balm with me.

Girls I hope you enjoyed this post, and thank you again Kimmy and Antonia for tagging me!!

If you want to read previous Questions&Answers tags, you can check out
Liebster Award 1
Liebster Award 2

Now this post is not a real tag anymore, so for this time I'm not going to tag anybody else. But stay tuned for the next one!!
Have a beautiful day,

Love
MJ

THE AUTUMN TAG!

Hello girls,
you know when you say the right person at the right time, so yesterday sweetheart Holly from HollyDolly tweeted me @mj_sky_glitter that she had tagged me for The Autumn Tag!!

Autumn has just begun, and you can feel it in the air getting chillier, you can see it in the windows of H&M and Zara where sweaters and coats appear...so while we are in the mood, let's get into the tag, thank you Holly!!

1. Coffee - What's your favourite seasonal drink from Starbucks or any other coffee shop?
My favourite drink from Starbucks is White Chocolate Caffe Mocha, but among their current autumn offerings I love Salted Caramel Mocha

London

picture from http://www.starbucks.com/

2. Accessories - What do you opt for, scarf, boots or gloves?

Boots. Ugg boots for daytime, and leather or suede high-heeled boots for nighttime

3. Music - What's your favourite music to listen to during autumn?
I don't have specific favourite autumnal tunes, anybody does??
But my current favourite songs are Kylie Jenner from Courtlend - I have been listening to it All. Day. Long. for days, its lyrics and beat entertain me to no end hahaha -, and Promises from Ryn Weaver, which I heard for the first time yesterday at H&M, my favourite place both to buy clothes and to discover new music via Shazam!!

picture from https://soundcloud.com/rynweaver

4. Perfume - What's your favourite scent for this time of the year?

I don't have a favourite scent for autumn. I think perfume is very personal and it involves a lot more than just the season. My everyday scent is a mix of Victoria's Secrets Body Mists in Pure Seduction and Love Spell

5. Candles - What scents will you be burning this season?
My favourite autumn candles are Autumn Leaves and Autumn Fruit from Yankee Candle



picture from https://www.pinterest.com/

6. What do you love the most about autumn?
The feeling of the chilly air that tingles your skin, and yes, the smell of candles :)

7. Favourite make up look?

You know I switch up make up looks all the time, and don't generally adjust them to the season or the circumstance. I could sport the same look at a Halloween party or at a Christening where I am the Godmother.
But if there's a shade I wear almost exclusively around this time of the year, that's berry lips.
My favourite berry red lipsticks are Mac Diva and Mac Deeply Adored, you can see swatches and dupes here Mac dupes - Red, bright and dark lipsticks from Sleek

Mac Diva lipstick

8. What are you looking forward to the most in autumn?

Ok, the Earth rotates, and revolves around the Sun, and day and night alternate, and the seasons change, and it would be a waste of energy to have whatsoever opinion on it, because that's just the way it is.

So I accept that autumn comes.

But from accepting it to looking forward to something about it, guys, just NO.

I'm sorry, there's nothing to be looking forward to in having to wear coats when until 2 weeks before you were prancing around in next to your birthday suit to nothing.

Hahaha, I hope I haven't just killed the tag!!! :-D

I had a lot of fun doing this tag!!

And I want to share the fun with

Alicia from Alicia Agneson Devote

Amy - Chic Beauty

Angelica - YouTube channel Beauty News With Angelica - The Autumn Tag

Annika - HoSt - Home of Style

Danielle - The Love Of Lipstick

Ella Rose - Ella Rose Crown

Evelyn - We Were Raised By Wolves

Francesca - EffStar Beauty - The Autumn Tag

Isa - The Blondes Beauty

Justine - According To Justine - The Autumn Tag

Kali - YouTube channel KBrightBeauty - The Autumn Tag

Kimmy - Beauty Isles

Laura - Laura London

Louise - The Beauty Vine

Marlene - Marlenes Blog - Eftersårs tag

Nikki and Rachel - Precious Wonders

Rachel - YouTube channel Not Two Normal

Sarah - YouTube channel Not Your Typical Dollface

Yang - Yang Loves

Girls please do the Autumn Tag, I want to know what your favourite candle and Starbucks drink are!!

And please if you read this and have done/want to do this tag, leave me the link to it in a comment!

I hope your autumn has begun nicely, I love you girls, I love you Holly and thank you once more for tagging me!! <3

Thank you for reading

Love

MJ





LIEBSTER AWARD - PART 2

Hello girls,
I am so lucky to have the bestest friend-bloggers in the world, and in the last few weeks I received 4 (!!) nominations for the Liebster Award!!

So all my love and gratitude go back to

Ella Rose from Ella Rose Crown

Nikki and Rachel from Precious Wonders

Francesca from EffStar Beauty

Amy from Chic Beauty

I already got nominated twice last winter, so here is my first Liebster Award post from back then :-) Liebster Award - Emily's and Rachel's Questions

As I explained in my first post, the Liebster Award is not a real award, it's just a way to show love and support to other bloggers by "nominating" them :-)

Again, I feel that answering all 11 questions from all 4 nominations would be too much?
So I will pick some questions from each nomination, also depending on the most asked and previously answered ones.

1. What is the one item you wish you had? (Ella Rose)
A pair of Louboutin heels ^_^

2. Who is your style icon? (Ella Rose and Amy)
Brigitte Bardot.
And Donatella Versace - her long sleek platinum blonde hair, her blacker than black smokey eyes with nude lips and natural barely there brows against the current eyebrows-are-life trend, in her Versace gowns, OMG that's so me, except for the Versace gowns part ^_^
And the 90s supermodels.

3. What is your dream job and does it have anything to do with your blogging interests? (Ella Rose)
My dream job is my job, flight attendant :-)
So no, technically it has got nothing to do with my blogging interests.
But travelling all the time gives me access to make up and skincare and fashion brands that would otherwise be out of my reach haha :-D

4. How would you describe your personal style? (Nikki & Rachel)
You're most likely to see me in a tank top, black leggings, and rubber flip flops from Abercrombie or Hollister during the day, and a skintight dress and stilettos at night.

5. No eyebrows or no eyelashes? (Nikki & Rachel)
Hahahaaa deffff no eyebrows!!!! Eyelashes and mascara are life, if you ask me!!!

6. My top favourite make up product (Nikki & Rachel, Francesca and Amy)
Yes, you, L'Oreal Lumi Magique (True Match Lumi) foundation in DW3 Gold Linen.
You changed my life and made me a more beautiful person with a more glowy, and more yellow-toned, and more tanned skin.
It's me and you, together with Dior Bronze Self Tanner in Natural Glow, forever against the paleness, and the matte-ness, and the pink-tones.

7. My summer beauty must haves (Francesca and Amy)

1. Hydrating serum to keep my skin well hydrated with a product rich in water and active ingredients, and my favourite is Apivita Natural Serum in Hydration, you can read my review here Apivita Natural Serum - Hydration
2. A shimmery bronze eyeshadow
3. An orangy lipstick. I have only really started loving them and wearing them this year, so I have many new blogposts about them How to make orange lipstick work for pale blondes / Iggy Azalea inspired make up , My Mac neon orange look + dupes , Mac Lady Danger

8. If you could give one beauty tip, what would it be? (Francesca)

B L E N D Y O U R E Y E S H A D O W.

9. Biggest beauty blunder? (Francesca)

Not blending my eyeshadow hahaha!!!

Yes I admit that once upon a time I committed a few crimes of non-blending myself :-D
My blending game changed dramatically when the YouTube videos of Sam and Nic Chapman aka Pixiwoo introduced me to Mac 217 brush.
The best brush of ALL. TIME. No other brush like this one.

10. What's your favourite high street shop?

H&M. I go at least weekly, wherever in the world I am.

11. What's your favourite perfume?

The One from Dolce & Gabbana.
When I was younger it was Blonde from Versace, but it was later discontinued :( When I smelled their new fragrance Vanitas it reminded me of it <3

And now the girls whose beauty blogs have <200 followers that I nominate for the Liebster Award and ask to answer the same questions I answered are

Ada from Adaatude

Alicia from Alicia Agneson Devote

Anne from The Beauties Diaries

Annika from HoSt - Home of Style

Dee from Deeegotts

Elin from Elin Fagerberg

Holly from Holly Dolly 88

Louise from The Beauty Vine

Marlene from Marlenes Blog

MyOwnLoves from My Own Loves

Stella from Make Up Moshpit

Yang from Yang Loves

and my youngest follower

Isa from The Blondes Beauty - Liebster Award Nominatie

OMG I cannnotttt handle her cuteness!!!!! *_*

Thank you so much for reading my post and my blog, and please follow my friends' blogs too!!

Have a beautiful day <3

Love
MJ

THE LIP PRODUCT ADDICT TAG

Hello girls,
I saw this tag on YouTube so I decided to do it too :)
The tag name doesn't need further explanations so I'll just jump right into the questions!

1. Favourite balm / treatment?
Korres Lip Butters. They are made of mostly natural ingredients and are a true lip treatment more than just a lip balm.
There are 6 different flavours and colours, and I have 3 - mango (sheer orange), guava (sheer gold) and jasmine (sheer nude pink).
They come in a pot which wouldn't make it too practical to carry them in your bag, but since I consider them more as a treatment I keep them on my nightstand and put them on at night when I go to bed :)



Korres Lip Butters

2. Best eye-catching red?
Mac Ruby Woo, the most matte and bright red from Mac!
I wrote an entire post about it Mac Russian Red vs. Ruby Woo :)

3. Best luxury & best drugstore?
My favourite luxury lipstick is YSL Rouge Volupte in 01 Nude Beige.
This line of lipsticks has the most deliriously luxurious packaging, and Nude Beige is a gorgeous sophisticated pinky nude <3

YSL Rouge Volupte 01 Nude Beige

My favourite drugstore lipstick is Kiko Unlimited Stylo in 13 Cocoa - despite what it's called, it's really a mauve shade, I am wearing it here My #NoFilter #SelfieSaturday make up :)

4. Best Mac lipstick?
Again, Mac Ruby Woo :)

5. The most disappointing?
I have to say Eos Lip Balms. Their egg shaped packaging is the cutest of all time so I will forever be carrying one in my bag, but they are just not that moisturizing :(

6. Liner - yes or no?
On a daily basis - no
With sheer to medium opacity lipsticks - no
With nude lipsticks - no

With nude lipsticks when I want to create a more bombshell look - yes
With matte opaque lipsticks, whatever the shade is - yes
With dark or very bright lipsticks - yes

7. Best gloss?
Bourjois Effet 3D in 03 Brun Rosé Academic. Why didn't I discover this line of lipglosses before?? They are my favourite!!
I love their thick but soft consistency, they glide on super creamy and they shine like a dream!! *_*
I have a few of them - needless to say I plan to add many more ^_^ - and Brun Rosé Academic is my favourite because it is a mauvy your-lips-but-better shade.
I have just included it in my June Favourites June Favourites + Mac Dupe!!

Bourjois Effet 3D 03 Brun Rosé Academic

8. Something extra!
In this category I will to mention something I have never tried but would love to, and it's the lipsticks by Melt Cosmetics.
All their shades are so unique and sooo beautiful, so yeah I would really like to have them ^_^

My amazing friend Sarah has already done this tag on her YouTube channel so you can already see it Not Your Typical Dollface - Lip Product Addict Tag

And now I will tag my girls

Annika (HoSt Home Of Style - The Lip Product Addict Tag)

Ashleigh

Danielle (The Love Of Lipstick - The Lip Product Addict Tag)

and Rachel (YouTube channel Not Two Normal - Lip Product Addict Tag)

who are always game for tags, and my new friends

Sarah

who has the most extensive lipstick collection known to man,

and Evelyn (We Were Raised By Wolves - The Lip Product Addict Tag)

Please leave me the link to your blogpost or YouTube video if you have already done or will do this tag too!!

I hope you enjoyed mine, thank you for reading :-*

Love
MJ

LIP DUO TAG

Lovely Ashleigh from Le Beaute Luxe tagged me to do this tag she created about our favourite lipstick+lipgloss combination for different colour categories.

Aren't you jealous you didn't come up with this idea first?? Because I am haha, I love this tag!! :-D

So here are my picks:

Lip Duo Tag

1. Nude
Nyx Summer Love + Barry M Lip Gloss 2
The lipstick has a satin sheen, and the lipgloss has a gorgeous subtle silver shimmer - and I see some pink and green particles too - which helps giving your lips dimension and prevents such a pale nude from sliding into concealer effect territory and wash out your face.
But the reason why this is my favourite nude lipgloss is its scent. It smells like the birthday cake of your dreams like you want to eat it with the entire tube, seriously.

2. Light pink
Mac Angel + Nars Turkish Delight
Kim Kardashian famously said this is her favourite lip combination, and yes, it really is the most beautiful and flattering milky pink.
Nars lipglosses are a little on the pricey side, but they have an incredible mirror shine and are very longlasting.

3. Coral / Orange
Mac Dreaming Dahlia + Mac Star Quality, from their new Fantasy Of Flowers collection.
For these two, words fail me. You can only stare at them in silence, wondering how such a unique shade of a blinding coral-y orange could happen. Just looking at them gives me life.
This is the look I created with this duo My Mac Neon Orange look + dupes

4. Bright pink
Mac Impassioned lipstick + Mac Impassioned Lipglass
This is one of the most iconic shades by Mac, I have an entire post about the lipstick here Mac Impassioned lipstick
The lipstick is part of the permanent collection, the lipgloss was released in limited edition as part of the Fashion Sets collection in spring 2012.

5. Red
Mac Russian Red + Mac Pro Longwear Lipglass in Driven By Love
Once you put on statement lipstick Russian Red (again, I have an entire post about it here (Mac Russian Red vs Ruby Woo), it's not like you feel the need to top it up with another product.

But if there's one thing that can top up Russian Red, that's Driven By Love lipgloss.

This formula is literally real paint. It coats your lips with a dangerously hot patent shine like I have only seen in portraits by David LaChapelle.

One time I wore it, I had girls coming up to me in the street to ask me what I had on my lips!!!!

6. Berry / Purple
This duo is actually a mauve shade. It is Kiko Unlimited Stylo in 13 Cocoa + Kiko Extra Volume Lipgloss in 13 Pearly Peony Pink.
The lipstick is my new favourite lipstick, I am wearing it here My #nofilter #selfiesaturday make up
I love the shade and I love the formula.
The lipgloss looks equally beautiful in the tube (I used it so much that the inner vial containing the gloss came off the outer part of the tube!), but once applied to the lips it's barely visible, so when I first got it I was pretty disappointed.
But now that I have Cocoa Unlimited Stylo, super pigmented and super opaque, just a thin coat of gloss in the same shade with a little shimmer is PERFECTION.
Definitely my most used lip combo.

7. Most unique colour in your collection
Mac Violetta + Mac Revenge Is Sweet Lipglass
My beloved Violetta!! One of my all-time favourite lipsticks and favourite things in the world!!
It is a divine magenta shade with a blueish pearlescence to it, please see it up close here Mac Violetta lipstick
And I course I couldn't pair it with anything else other than Revenge Is Sweet, the lipgloss it was released with in the Venomous Villains collection which took the world by storm in fall 2010.

I hope you liked my picks, thank you again Ashleigh for tagging me, I loved doing your tag!!

Super sweet Danielle from has already done this tag too The Love Of Lipstick - Lip Duos!, go check out what lip duos she picked!!

And now I am going to tag my favourite girls

BeautyAddict29

Amira

Annika (HoSt Home Of Style - Liebste Lippen Kombis)

Anoushka

Emily

Lyndsey

Lottie Mayy

Marta

Rachel (YouTube video Not Two Normal - Lip Duo Tag)

Amanda

Linzi Louisa

Justine

Tahana Lee

to show us their favourite lip duos!!
All of them have a make up collection that could bring a dead back to life, so I can't wait to see what their picks will be!! ^_^

Hugs to my girls and hugs to everybody else who's reading this, please write me in a comment the link to your blogpost or YouTube video if you do this tag too!!

Thank you for reading :-)

Love

MJ

THE DRUGSTORE DIVA TAG

Hahahaha girls I just came up with this, I'm actually laughing as I'm typing!!!

The other day I did The Princess Tag about my favourite high-end / luxury products here The Princess Tag, and now I really want to do its drugstore / high-street version!

Ok all kinds of tags about drugstore products have been going around for ever, but instead of searching for past tags I just thought I'd create my own, The Drugstore Diva!!! Should I trade-mark it??? hahaha :-D

And hey, no princess ain't got nothin on The Drugstore Diva hahahaha!!!! :-D

So yeah, same categories, let's get back into it!!

FOUNDATION

My one and only L'Oreal Lumi Magique - True Match Lumi in the US. I use it in the shade W3/D3 Gold Linen, both a little darker and more yellow-toned than my natural skin, which gives me exactly the final result I'm going for.

I fake tan my face all the time anyway - except for when I am sick in bed with flu for a week or something! -, and Gold Linen perfectly matches my fake tanned skin.

And it's not a drugstore product, but I my holy grail self tanner is Dior Bronze Auto-Bronzant in Natural Glow.

First one ever tried years ago, loved it, never wished to look for alternatives.

CONCEALER

I really like the Garnier BB Cream Eye Roll On. And please note that for my undereye area I am so picky that this is the ONLY drugstore concealer I have.

POWDER

Like I already said in the Princess Tag, I never powder my face.

I really don't need it because I have dry skin, and I don't like how it looks on me anyway.

BRONZER

Summer Eclipse Bronzing and Shimmery Powder in shade Moonlight / Light Bronzer. I just really love this shade.
And I don't know about the other shades because I haven't tried them, but this one is sure not shimmery at all. Matter of fact, I also use it for contouring, and it gives my skin the most beautiful satin finish.
I was wearing it in this look Mac All Fired Up lipstick

BLUSH

Kiko blushes in the baked formula, because I love my cheeks to have a satin finish.
My all-time favourite is beautiful Celebrity Rose, a mauvy pink with golden veins *_*
It is unfortunately a limited edition from an old collection :'-(

HIGHLIGHTER

L'Oreal Color Infallible Eyeshadow in 002 Hourglass Beige (called 888 Iced Latte in the US), a beautiful true champagne shade.

Yes it is an eyeshadow, but I use it as the travel version of Mac Soft and Gentle :-)

Like all L'Oreal Infallible Eyeshadows it comes is a small sturdy pot, so it's perfect to fit into your make up bag, and dare I say, pretty much unbreakable.

In this look In The Sky With Glitter - Victoria's Secret inspired I am wearing it both as highlighter and eyeshadow :-)

EYESHADOW

Kiko Colour Sphere eyeshadows, a beautiful line of eyeshadows in the baked formula.
Shade 26 - shimmering grey infused with multicolour microglitter - was my first purchase ever from Kiko many years ago, and is still to this day my all-time favourite eyeshadow <3

Kiko Color Sphere Eyeshadow 26

Their baked eyeshadow quads, which they release / repromote from time to time, are my second top favourite eyeshadows.
My favourite quad is Unexpected Rosy Taupe eyeshadow palette.
This is like my guardian angel, it is with me in my handbag AT ALL TIMES. Even when I'm not wearing any make up at all, or when I am wearing totally different shades, I will take this quad with me as mirror.
It is currently in store in the Bad Girl collection and it's called Color Fever eyeshadow palette 100.

I used this quad for New Year's Eve in one of my favourite looks and most special to me My New Year's Eve make up

Really, I couldn't love Kiko eyeshadows more.

EYELINER
Essence I Love Rock Gloss eye pencil. It is a very intense black, very pigmented, almost too creamy, it smudges very easily, and easily bleeds from the waterline - and it is ridiculously inexpensive.

Now for me, all of this gives me EXACTLY the look I'm going for, because I love the kind of smudgy smokey eyes like Kate Moss or Brigitte Bardot.
But for the same exact reasons, this might not be the right product for everyone.

MASCARA

All L'Oreal mascaras. My very first mascara was their Voluminous X4 :-) <3
Then over the years I must have tried all of them. You name it, I have it / have had it.

Ok, all except one, and as irrational as it sounds it must have been because I don't like the celebrity who was the first "face" of that mascara.
So when L'Oreal ads offered me the opportunity to achieve even only the look of her lashes I was like "Hmm, no thanks" hahahaha!!!! ^_^

And a special mention goes to Multi Action mascara from Essence.
It was given to me as a gift with a purchase, and I really had no expectations when even the actual retail price is around 3 euros, so I left it in the back of my drawer for a while.
Then one day I tried it and :-OOOOO Really black, volumizing, it separates your lashes, the brush has the perfect size to fit both your upper and lower lashes, honestly just WOW!!
An amazingly performing ridiculously inexpensive product, I don't know how Essence did it!!!

LIPSTICK

I really really had to think a lot about this one. I mean, looking for your favourite lipstick in a drugstore is worse than looking for a needle in a haystack!!
But in the end I made my decision, and I choose 2 lipsticks.
This choice is based both on the product AND on the surprise factor of the brand, because they're two small little known brands, where you wouldn't really expect to find an all-time favourite product.

So the first is a lipstick called Belle, from the Mirror Shine line of brand 17 or SEVENTEEN, available in Boots, UK.
It is a gorgeous intense dusty pink, but the intensity of the colour is toned down by the sheer and glossy formula. Result: your lips but juicier and poutier.
So GORGEOUS, such a great find! :-D

The other one is lipstick R05 from Flormar, from their Revolution Lipstick line.
This is an intense deep pink, very pigmented, very opaque, with an almost matte finish.
I would describe it like - Brigitte Bardot and Lana Del Rey wear more apricot tones, but if they wore pink, they would wear this pink.

LIP LINER
I don't use lip pencils that often, unless there's a specific look I am going for, or unless I am wearing a very opaque matte lipstick and the lip contour has to be flawless.
My favourite lip pencils are by Catrice, shades 030 Lost In The Rose Wood (intense but very natural dusty pink) and 010 Choc'aholic (pale beige).
See in this look what I mean when I put a lipliner on hahaha Mac Reflects Antique Gold - New Year's Eve

LIPGLOSS

L'Oreal Glam Shine line. I love their formula that feels thick and soft.  

BROW PRODUCT

Like I said in the Princess Tag, I'm not a big fan of brows. I would say I only fill them in and reshape them a little when I'm creating a dramatic-borderlining-theatrical look like in Neon Glam make up look, hahaha if you know what I mean!
And in that look I used my favourite eyebrow product I was going to mention: Collection (formerly Collection 2000) Eyebrow Definer in shade 3 Blonde, very cold and ashy, even with a touch of olive.

NAIL POLISH

Essie. They're creamy, super shiny and crazy longlasting.
Their pastels are divine, they make you happy just by looking at them!!

My favourite shades are Lady Like (mauvy pink, you can see it here Nude nail polishes), Liquorice (black), Marshmallow (sheer white), Madison Ave Hue (fuchsia with shimmer), Smokin' Hot (grey-ish brown), and I am broken hearted I missed out on Bond With Whomever (pinky lilac) :'-((((

And OPI. Top quality too, and they have an incredible selection of reds.
My favourite shades are Lincoln Park After Dark (blackened plum, you can see it here Plum nail polishes) and Big Hair Big Nails (a sorbet watermelon red)

So ladies, this was my Drugstore Diva tag! :-D
And now I am going to tag my lovely girls

BeautyAddict29

Annika

Anoushka

Emily

Rachel (YouTube video Not Two Normal - Drugstore Diva Tag)

Marta (Nowoczesna Dama - The Drugstore Diva Tag)

Lottie Mayy (Lottie Mayy Loves - The Drugstore Diva Tag!)

to do my tag too, so please go check out their blogs to see their answers and have a look at their other posts!!

Everybody else who's reading this is invited to join in!
So please if you do this tag leave me the link to your blog post or video in a comment, and I'll be sure to come see you ^_^

Take care xx

Love

MJ

THE PRINCESS TAG

This tag is about our favourite high-end / luxury products.
I have been seeing it going around on YouTube for a while and decided I'd join in!

So here are all the categories:

FOUNDATION
If you read my blog you already know that there is just one and only foundation I use, and it's L'Oreal Lumi Magique - True Match Lumi in the US -, a drugstore product.
I like it to the point of almost feeling like it was custom made for me and my skin, and since I first tried it 2 years ago I have never touched another foundation again.

That said, there's a few high-end foundations I have been wanting to try, so I will include these in this category as a sort of wish-list.

• Nars Sheer Glow
• Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua
• Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer
• Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk

If you use or have tried these foundations, can you please give me your opinions or recommendations in a comment? :-*

CONCEALER
Clinique Line Smoothing concealer. I like it because it is very creamy and doesn't dry my undereye area, and gives me a very natural but still brightening finish.
If you have oily skin, you might want to try it first to make sure it suits your skin type.

POWDER
I NEVER use powder to set my foundation, nor for touch ups during the day.
First of all, I just don't need it because my skin is dry. I think it looks really cakey with powder, which I HATE.
Second, I like my skin to look dewy and I would even say - not oily, but shiny :-)

What I do if I want to freshen up - literally - my make up is spray my Caudalie Beauty Elixir, a very luxurious-feeling toning mist of essential oils like orange, rosemary, mint, rose and grape, all of plant origin.
It is formulated without parabens, mineral oils or animal ingredients.
It contains alcohol so make sure you close your eyes when you spray it! :-) And shake it before use.

But there is a powder in my luxury products wish-list: one of the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powders. I have heard such amazing reviews about them that I really really would love to try them.

BRONZER
I am choosing this both for the product and the packaging: Nars Laguna bronzer.
I have it as part of the limited edition Blush/Bronzer Trio from 2011, which unites three iconic Nars products: Orgasm blush, Albatross highlighter and Laguna bronzer.
The trio comes in a small (a little bigger than the palm of your hand) sturdy zip-up case with a big mirror in it, so in theory it has all the elements to be perfect when you are on the go or travelling.

Nars Blush/Bronzer Trio

All the elements except one: the price tag.
So you'd be crazy if you thought that I just carry it around carelessly everywhere I go.
I only save it for the most special occasions, and I have to admit, I feel at my most luxurious when I pull it out of my bag, unzip it, and touch up my Orgasm blush while looking into the big mirror hahaha!!!! :-D

BLUSH
One word: Orgasm.
Nars.

If you would like a more in-depth review on Nars Orgasm blush, Multiple and Illuminator please go to Nars Orgasm - Blush, Multiple and Illuminator :-)

HIGHLIGHTER
Again, Nars Multiple in Orgasm, a golden pink paradise.
I am wearing it here Mac All Fired Up lipstick ^_^

EYESHADOW
Dior 5 Colour Eyeshadow palettes. They're so buttery and pigmented, and over the years they have come up with some colour combinations to die for.
On top of this, in my opinion you really can't beat Dior packaging.

EYELINER
I have never had the chance to try them yet, but the Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Eye Pencils are on top of my wish-list.

MASCARA
Dior Diorshow Black Out.
And Helena Rubinstein Spider Eyes mascara base as the base I just can't do without.

LIPSTICK
YSL Rouge Volupté lipsticks. They feel so smooth and creamy, and the packaging is deliriously luxurious.
The very first feeling I had about these is that they were so creamy that they almost didn't sit right on the lips, I don't know if anybody else experienced this. But I have then grown into liking them :-)
I am wearing them in different shades in these looks
My Mardi Gras make up
Mac Reflects Antique Gold - New Year's Eve
Neon Glam make up look

YSL Rouge Volupte 01 Nude Beige

LIP LINER
Estee Lauder lip pencil in Spice. It is a dark matte browny pink and it was one of the key products for this look The 90s - Supermodels and Madonna inspired, where I wore it all over my lips as a lipstick too.

LIPGLOSS
Dior Addict Gloss. They are lovely to wear and give your lips an amazing mirror shine! And again, I'm in love with their packaging too.
I am wearing one of them in a very dramatic shade in this look Halloween Queen

BROW PRODUCT
To be really honest, I'm not a big fan of brows :-/
I mean, even after Cara Delevingne's brows have taken the world by storm, I'm still not sure :-/
Anastasia Beverly Hills please cover your ears, but like, if I had to choose between a statement brow or a bleached brow, I would go for the bleached brow. Such a visionary, ethereal look!

BUT - Anastasia Beverly Hills, if you ever read this, please it would be my dream to have my eyebrows done by you, so if you have a spot for me in your Beverly Hills salon I will be beyond honored to come over!! ^_^

NAIL POLISH
Illamasqua Nail Varnish in Phallic, a B E A U T I F U L midnight blue with an electric blue shimmer.

If you want to do this tag, or have already done it, please write me in a comment the link to your blog post or video, and I'll be sure to come and see!

And if you want to see the drugstore / high-street version of the Princess, go to The Drugstore Diva, that's how I named the tag myself hahaha! :-D
xoxo

Love
MJ

LIEBSTER AWARD - EMILY'S AND RACHEL'S QUESTIONS

My girls

Emily from Emily Lovess

and

Rachel from Not 2 Normal

nominated me for the Liebster Award, which is not a real award, it's just a way to show love and support to other bloggers by "nominating" them :-)

I am very grateful and excited to answer their questions for me - only to keep the length of this post within reason, instead of answering all 11+11 questions from both of them I will pick 6+5 :-)

So here are Emily's questions:

1. What is your favourite makeup brand?

I have to say Mac. They have pretty much every possible make up product in every possible shade, and their make up artists are truly the top of the top.

2. Heels or flats?

Heels baby!! Flat shoes - except for flip-flops during spring/summer and Ugg boots for fall/winter - should be banned by law, seriously hahaha!! ^_^

3. Statement eyes or statement lips?

Statement eyes. I love a statement lip from time to time, but statement eyes are more of my signature look.

4. Who is your makeup inspiration?

Samantha and Nicola Chapman - the amazingly nice and talented Pixiwoo sisters -, the supermodels of the 90s, and goddess Brigitte Bardot.

5. Favourite current trend?

Purple lips! I've been giving my contribution to the trend by often wearing Flat Out Fabulous lipstick by Mac :-) (see me wear it in Mac Flat Out Fabulous lipstick)

6. Why did you create a blog?

I decided to start a makeup blog because I was always writing my best friends these long-a** messages about make up looks and products, so at some point I just thought "Why not PUBLISH them????" hahaha :-D

And I love seeing other girls' looks and reading about their favourite products, so I thought that if I could inspire, or be helpful to, or simply entertain at least one unknown girl somewhere in the world, then my blog would make sense. And luckily it did, so let me take this chance to thank whoever is reading this now :-)))

And here are Rachel's questions:

7. How did you come up with your blog name?
I travel often, which is the thing I love the most together with music and make up.
When I started my blog I was really into glitter eyeliners - Its Turquoiseness Drunk Dial from Too Faced from their Starry Eyed line, now discontinued :'-(, is still one of my biggest loves.
So I put my greatest passions together: [Music] I took the title of the legendary song by The Beatles "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and adjusted it to myself as "MJ in the Sky [Travelling] with Glitter [Make up]" :-)

8. What is your favourite part about blogging?
Interacting with other girls who share the same love for make up <3

9. What's the last make up product you bought?
Nars Multiple in Orgasm, and I am wearing it in this look Mac All Fired Up lipstick

10. What's your all-time favourite movie?
I'm not the biggest fan of movies or cinema to begin with, but if you let me substitute movie with book I can tell you Alice in Wonderland :-)))

11. What's your all-time favourite song?
My favourite singer and icon is Madonna, but my all time favourite song is Promiscuous by Nelly Furtado and Timbaland "Promiscuous girl / wherever you are / I'm all alone and it's you that I want...", which is also my phone's ringtone <3

And now my nomination for the Liebster Award goes to my sweet friend 

BeautyAddict29 from Beauty Addict 29 <3

Thank you once more Emily and Rachel, and thank you everybody for stopping by and taking the time to read :-)

Love
MJ

THE LIPSTICK TAG

I saw this tag on lovely BeautyAddict29's blog BeautyAddict29 and I really enjoyed reading her post, so I decided to do it too! :-)

So here are the 10 questions!

1. How many lipsticks do you own?
I never counted them and I never will, just in case the final result prompted me to question my mental wellness :-O
It is for sure a 3 digit number hahaha :-D

2. What is your most worn lipstick?
Impressive from Mac, from their Sheen Supreme range.
It is a creamy mauvy nude with medium opacity, and I consider it as the shade that best complements and enhances my lips while still looking very natural.

3. What is your first ever lipstick?
A sheer pink from L'Oreal :-)

4. What is your favourite brand of lipstick?
I have to go for Mac.
I believe this is the brand that offers the most extensive range of lipsticks, with so many different shades - some of them like Impassioned, Russian Red, Ruby Woo, Saint Germain, being so unique that they are literally iconic - in so many different finishes that it deserves the top spot.

5. What is your favourite finish?
On a daily basis I wear creamy finishes - I usually wear more make up on my eyes than my lips, so I prefer a creamy and more natural lipstick finish, regardless of the shade.
For more dramatic looks I will use a matte finish.

6. What lip product you last bought?
Last weekend I bought a bunch of lipsticks from Kiko - Velvet Mat Lipsticks and Smart lipsticks, I had been eyeing them for a while and I found them on sale (Kiko always has some products or lines going on sale from time to time) so I got them!

7. What lipstick do you use to rock a red lip?
Russian Red from Mac.
If it's daytime, sometimes I will choose Ruby Woo, which is a little brighter.
In case you weren't already familiar with them, I have an entire post with swatches comparing Russian Red and Ruby Woo :-) MAC RUSSIAN RED vs RUBY WOO

8. How many products you currently have in your bag, including lip balms and lipsticks.
I usually change the products I keep in my handbag, depending on what I'm wearing for the day.
But I always keep a lip balm in each bag, I need to have a lip balm with me at all times wherever I am!
Other than that, I usually have 1 or 2 lipglosses, or a lipstick and a lipgloss.
Sometimes I forget about them, and instead of changing them I keep adding more, until I will pull like 7 or 8 different lip products out of my bag, hahaha does it happen to you too girls??

9. How do you store your lipsticks?
Some are divided by brand and some are divided by shade.
They are stored in mini drawer-boxes and in plastic containers I got in Tokyo from Muji and from very popular Daiso store in Harajuku :-))

10. What lip product are you lusting after?
I would love to try Nars with their Velvet Matte Lip Pencils.
But I have already recently splurged on Nars for their Orgasm Illuminator AND Orgasm Multiple, so I will be still leaving their Lip Pencils in stand-by for now :-)

Please let me know if you have done this tag too in a blog post or a YouTube video, or answer as many questions as you like here in a comment, I will be very happy to read your answers or see your video!

Thank you for taking the time to go through all my answers, I hope you are all having a lovely day

x :-)
MJ