Gift Guide by Angela

Hi y'all! It's almost my birthday and people are asking me what do you want for your birthday? And I really don't know. There are so many things I want. I made a list for people, with some ideas to give me for my birthday. And I was thinking I can share this with you, maybe you have a birthday of a friend soon and you don't know what to give them. So I thought I give you guys some ideas for lovely gifts.

Lush products, fresh handmade cosmetics. They have lovely and colorful products like frizzy soap balls, masks, hair products, bodylotions or showergels and it's perfect for a gift.  It's not very expensive so you can choose a view things or maybe just a mask or some frizzy soap balls. Want to shop some Lush gifts? You can go to their website: https://www.lush.com/ or visit a store nearby.

MAC cosmetics products. It's a little bit expensive but they have a view things you can give as a gift. Maybe a lipliner, lipstick or make-up brush. It's a little bit difficult to choose a good foundation or powder for someone else. So go with an nude lipstick or liner, a color they can wear daily. Want to shop some gifts at MAC cosmetics? You can go to www.maccosmetics.com or go to a store nearby. For the dutch people under us, you can go to www.douglas.nl or a Douglas store for MAC products. If MAC is too expensive you can choose an other brand that is less expensive.

Rituals giftsets, you can shop these giftsets at http://eu.rituals.com/nl-nl/cadeaus/cadeaupakketten/. This are special boxes with a view Rituals products in it. Rituals has lovely cosmetics like showergel, bodylotion, scrubs, body mist and a lot more! Perfect to give someone for his or her birthday. Also you can buy only a bodylotion or bodygel for example. Who doesn't love to get some great cosmetics?




Accessoiries from H&M or other great fashion stores. A lovely bag or just a stunning necklace. Choose something that will suit your friend. Look at the accessoiries they already have. Or you can give a gift card from their favorite fashion store so they can choose what they want.

Home Decorations, also a good gift to give someone. Decoration for their livingroom or bedroom. Beautiful flowers or a frame with a picture of you and your friend. Stores you can find some decoration: http://www.hm.com/nl/department/HOME. http://www.ikea.com/nl/nl/?cid=nl|ps|exact|go|43700005434441063|no, and for the dutch people: 'Action' has some great home decoration too.

Do you have more ideas? Please feel free to mention it to us!
Much love

Review: MAC Brave lipstick

Hi guys! Today a review about MAC Brave lipstick. Fabienne already showed it to you but I'll review it for you. It's an satin finish and I love this color on my lips. It's a little bit darker than my own lipcolor. Very good for an nude look! You can combine it with the Soar lipliner, the famous combination of Kylie Jenner. You can wear Brave with a lot of different looks too, it's an lipstick you can wear everyday.

Swatch:

I think Brave is an really musthave for your MAC collection!

Review Mac Lipliner Beet

Hi everyone!
Today a review about a new lipliner I bought. It's beet from Mac Cosmetics. It's a good red color and it's a nice creamy and smooth texture. It's perfect for lining the lips and fill them in. I love these lipliners from Mac, it makes my lips fuller.The color fits well with my blue eyes and my hair color. You can use this lipliner for perfect red lips. I used the liner with my Loreal Paris lipstick called collection exclusive by Blake, It's a perfect match!

This is what beet looks on me with the Loreal Paris lipstick collection exclusive by Blake

Free shipping at MAC online store!

Hi! I've just got a mail from MAC and it says no shipping costs. You don't need a code or something, it will go automatically. So this is your chance! I will definitely buy something but I really don't know what.. Maybe the Miley viva glam or Diva, I will let you guys now in a new post.

Did you know MAC online store has a online chat every Tuesday? From 12 till 2. (dutch times) 

www.maccosmetics.com

Natural Make-up look by Angela.

Make-up for today: Natural

Primer: 

NYC smooth skin primer. Shade 684. Primer can be worn alone or under your foundation to extend it's wear. It minimizes my skin imperfections, lines and pores for a perfect complextion. My skin feels smooth, silky en moisturized. Enriched with vitamins to help protect from damaging effects of free radicals, Complexion looks luminous, natural and fresh. 

Concealer: 

Catrice camouflage cream 020. I always use concealer to camouflage my little pimpels and the dark circles under my eyes. I apply it with a brush to avoid bacteria. 

Foundation: 

MAC studio sculpt NW20. Already reviewed this one but it's a perfect teint for my skin so it looks very natural. It's very covering and I love the way it feels on my skin. 

Powder:

Loreal True Match R3/C3 Rose Beige. This is a creamy pouder with mineral pigments. It improves the look and feel soft on my skin. It let's the skin breathe. It mattifies and evens my skin tone. 

Highlighter: 

Soft and Gentle MAC. This is to shape my face and give it a little bit more glow. I use this in the middle of my nose and on my cheeks above and under the bronzer. Also a little bit on my chin and forehead. 

Bronzer: 

MAC Matte bronze, Also using this for shaping my face and give it some more color. I apply it with a special contour brush. I use this on my cheeks in the middle of the highlighter. If you put your lips together you see a line in your cheecks. Apply it in that line and you are for sure it's in the right line. I also apply it at the sides of my nose and on my jaws. 

Mascara: 

Loreal Volume Million Lashes so couture (black). It 'millionize' my lashes with the combination of: The high definition brush. It's fine and soft. it individually coats even the finest lashes. No clumping at all! They used a new formula with this mascara, enriched with precious silk and reduced wax. It makes all my lashes intense black. 

Brows: 

Catrice pensil 020 and Maybelline brow mascara medium brown. I bought the Maybelline brow mascara new. I was very curious about it. I will review it for you guys in a new post later. The brow mascara ensures that your brows stay in shape the whole day. It also gives your brows a natural look because it will fill them in very lightly. I use the Catrice pensil to make the shape of my brows perfect and after that I use a little bit concealer to make the brows looking fresh. 

Lipstick: 

MAC velvet teddy. I use this color for my lips because it's very natural. You can combine it with every outfit you want. It's a lovely mattified lipstick and it last very long. Just to make my natural look complete. 

All the products:

Angela's Top 5 Foundations

Hi y'all! I want to share my top 5 foundations with you. I'm experimenting a lot with all kind of foundations. The best tint for my skin and if it's good for an oily skin too. Also it's very important to me that the foundation last long. I don't want to look in the mirror at the end of the day and see that my foundation is all gone. So here is my top 5 foundaton list!

Number 5: L'Oreal Paris Nude Magique CC Cream
I love this foundation because it's not feeling like a foundation, it's very lightweight. Love to wear it during the summer times. It's only makes my skin look a little bit orange, and that is something I don't want with my foundation! This CC cream is to cover the redness of your skin. It's not very covering because it's not a full foundation.

Number 4: Fit Me! Maybelline (120)
This was color 120 of the Maybelline Fit Me! line. The Fit me line was intended to fit all kind of skin tones. But my skin tone was in the middle of 115 en 120. This was a little bit dissapointing. But beside that it was a very covering foundation. I really liked the foundation because it's very light weighted and not sticky at all. I recommend the color 115 if you are looking for a pink undertone. The 120 has a yellow undertone. It's really sad that the shades didn't fit me but beside that it's a good and natural looking foundation! 

Number 3: Wake me up Rimmel London (100 ivory) 
Love this foundation, it's covering and it suits my skin tone. It's not a very heavy foundation but also not very lightweight. It's good to use if you have a oily skin. It will give your skin a radiant glow. My skin didn't looked very shiny so that's a good thing. The foundation smells very nice too, all Rimmel Londen Foundations has a good smell.

Number 2: Rimmel London Match Perfection (100 ivory)
Yes I love Rimmel London foundation. It's not very expensive and it's a good quality as well. This was the best foundation I found from Rimmel. The color matches my skin tone so good and you don't have that orange glow on your face. It's a lightweight and good covering foundation. A perfect match for my skin!

Number 1 M.A.C. Studio Sculpt (nw20)
I'm so in love with this M.A.C. Foundation! The quality is so good and yes a little bit expensive but it's worth it. They have so many different tints, and this one is perfect for me. It's on gel base and very good for a oily skin. M.A.C. doesn't use oil in their foundations so that's good as well. This foundation is also waterproof and last very long. The best foundation so far.


This was my top 5 Foundation List. Hope you enjoyed reading it. Keep in mind every skin is different. Maybe the foundation will suit your skin or maybe not!

Much love

Daily make-up: Angela

First I begin with the NYC primer, it makes your skin soft and gives your skin a good base for your foundation. You can use it if you have a sensitive skin. 

After that I use the Catrice concealer. I use this for my red spots and for under my eyes. Color 020

The foundation I use is from Rimmel London. It's a good tint for my skin and it's well covering. It's a very light weight foundation. Color 100 ivory.

For shaping my face and highlighting it I use Mac bronzing powder and skinfinish powder. I love this bronzer and highlighter, it also last very long. The bronzing powder is matte. It's just what I need to finish my make-up look.

My mascara is from Loreal Paris. This is the best mascara I have ever found. It's a good black mascara and your lashes will look very long. Also it will give your lashes a great volume. I have long lashes from myself so I don't use much mascara. 

And I use the Catrice pencil for my eyebrows. Just for shaping them and give it a nice color. Very easy to use! Color 020.

My lipstick is different everyday but most of the times I use a pink of natural color.

And then I'm ready to go! 

Have questions? You can mail to wehalfnhalf@gmail.com 

M.A.C. Cosmetics Lipsticks

Hi! Today I have one last review. It's about my M.A.C. Cosmetics Lipsticks. My opinion the best lipstick you can buy. Love the quality of the color and lasting. I have 3 different colors now and I am so in love with all of them. Today I will show you my M.A.C. Lipsticks.

Velvet Teddy (Matte), bought this one last week. Very good natural color and you can were it with everything. (right)

Please me (Matte), this was my first M.A.C. lipstick. Love this pink color and it's just good for me. Not too light and not too dark. (middle)

Amorous (Satin), I just love this one because it's not very dark. It's quite natural actually. It's a satin lipstick but you can make it matte with a tissue or you can do a little bit of powder on your lips for a matte effect. (left)

Soon more M.A.C. Cosmetics reviews!

Much love.