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Make-up storage!

Hi guys! So I was looking for some make-up storage boxes and holders. They are very hard to find, there are only a view good sites I know but that's very expensive. I didn't want to spend a lot of money on storage. But I found some great ones at a regular home decoration store. They were only € 1,49 and they look very cute. I also bought a drawer lately were I can storage my make-up in. I showed that one in my Room Tour video. I think it's very handy to have some storage things for your make-up (collection).

 As you can see I need 2 more MAC Cosmetics Lipsticks to complete this storage holder haha!

Here are some sites I know who sell make-up storage things for a good price:
http://www.containerstore.com/shop/bath/cosmeticsOrganizers, http://www.lightinthebox.com/nl/c/cosmetische-potten_23266 . Or you can maybe look on E-bay!

This is a little bit of my daily make-up stuff and my brushes. 


For the dutch people under us, Big Bazar and Action has some great things so now and then. I bought mine at Big Bazar and  the drawer at Xenos.

IKEA has some great storage boxes too, but I don't know if they have them right know. I bought one there last year I think.

So if you want to collect make-up or have a make-up collection. I really recommend to buy some storage boxes, drawers or holders. Just to organize your make-up and make it look good.  I really like to organize stuff haha! If you have any idea of other (web)shops who sell them please let me know. And if you know how the storage looks in my room, check out my Room Tour video!

REVIEW: W7 Light Toasted - Natural Nudes - Eye colour palette

Hi everyone! So I finally bought a W7 Eyeshadow Palette. I was just shopping in my hometown and I came in a regular drugstore and then I saw this amazing palette. They had 4 of them so I am definitly going to try all of them. I started with the Light Toasted Nude Palette. I thought the shades were very pretty and all good nude colors so I can use it daily.

 I really love the design of this palette because it looks like the Naked palettes from Urban Decay. The price was good aswell, only 8 euros. I love this palette because you can use it daily and I love nude shades. There are also some darker shades if you want to create a smokey eye or something. These beautiful neutral colors are really perfect for everyone and for every kind of look. The In The Buff palette includes matte , satin and metallic finishes in colors ranging from off-white to bronze , brown, taupe and black.  There are 12 different shades in this palette.

It's not only the shadow that is soft, it's also not crumbly or sticky and it glides smoothly over your skin. The pigmentation is really amazing. Very intense. You won't see your skin through the eyeshadow. Even in the lighter shades. Love it! 

I also made a picture with the shades on my skin so you can see how it looks. I love to use an eye primer because if you use a primer the eyeshadow shades will be more visible. Some of the shades look similar but a view of them has glitter on it. The shades are nude so some of them are not very good to see.

If you are looking for an eyeshadow palette that is not that expensive but has good colors I really recommend the W7 Palettes.

Much Love
Half 'n Half

Youtube Channels!

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Angela's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkyGcGGwu671u6wIgiYJXFg
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Review: MUA Eyeshadow Palette - Undress Me Too

Today a review about the MUA Makeup Acadamy Professionals Eyeshadow Palette. This Eyeshadow Palette has the name: Undress Me Too. It's an 12 shade palette with soft neutrals and cool greys with stunning gold metallics. You can create all kind of looks with this beautiful palette.

I don't wear a lot of eyeshadow and if I use it I use Naked, Reveal and Shy, the soft neutrals from this palette.  If I have a party or special event I use shades: Fiery, Lavish,Wink, Obsessed and Corrupt, the greys with gold metallics. Perfect for a smoky eye effect. It's a great palette and for a good price too (€ 5,99). You can create a perfect nude look with this palette! Also very good colors to highlight your eyes with or contour your face a little.

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:

MAC addict tag

Hi! I just made a video of the MAC addict tag. For some more explanation on the questions I wrote it down for you:

How did you get in touch with MAC?
My first time I bought something from MAC was with Fabienne in Amsterdam. So she let me see how great MAC is and now I am addicted..

How old were you and what was your first product?
I was 17 years old and the first product I bought was Please Me Lipstick.



How many MAC product do you have? 
I have 8 products.

• Please me lipstick
• Amorous lipstick 
• Velvet Teddy lipstick
• Brave lipstick
• Soft and Gentle High Lighter
• Bronzer
• Foundation Studio Sculpt
• A brush for the highlighter and bronzer

Ever had a bad buy?

No, I love all my products of MAC.

Favorite Product? 

MAC soft and gentle highlighter. It gives my face a beautiful glow and I can't live without it anymore!

Favorite eyeshadow?

I don't have an eyeshadow yet but if I would buy one I would choose a nude color. 

Favorite Foundation? 

Studio Sculpt, because it is the only one I tried so far.

Favorite MSF?

Al ready told you: Soft and Gentle highlighter.

Favorite Lipstick?

Velvet Teddy, just a great nude color and it will match every outfit I wear. 

Wish List?

I would love to have Soar lipliner. But it's always out of stock so I hope I will get it one day. Also want to try Diva and Rebel lipstick.

Most expensive buy?

I bought the bronzer, soft and gentle highlighter, the brush and Amorous lipstick at the same time. It was 108 euros.. So that was a little bit expensive 

Favorite Limited Edidtion.

I don't have a limited edition yet so I can't answer that question..

MAC product with a memory

All of my MAC products have a memory because I bought them with Fabienne or with my cousin Jill. 

(link of the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b99lK2n3usg)

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

John Beerens, win a pallet full of beauty products!

Hi guys! 

There is a new webshop for all kind of beauty products: www.johnbeerens.com. And to celebrate the new webshop there is a giveaway on their facebook page. A whole pallet with beauty products. Can you believe it? With more than 500 products!! 

If you want to join the giveaway go to John Beerens on facebook and sign in to the competition. Share it with all your friends. Good luck! 

Two beautiful nude low budget lipliners!

Hi y'all!

I was looking for some good nude lipliners and I found these two beautiful lipliners! It's from Catrice, good quality and for a good price. (€1,99)

The first one is 150 vintage rose and the second one is 100 upper brown side. It's a long lasting lipliner, it last up to 4 hours. With vitamin C & E! Very easy to apply and waterproof as well.

Here are  the swatches:



















Up: 100 upper brown side.
Down: 150 vintage rose.

Love these colors and for a good price as well!
Much love
Half 'n Half

Shelf life of makeup.

Eye pencil & Eyeshadow
Eye pencil and Eyeshadow is 2 year preservable, just make sure that you continue sharping your eye pencil. Also apply your eyeshadow with a brush.

Mascara 
Mascara is 6 to 12 months preservable. Make sure you get the brush not pumping up and down too often. Otherwise the mascara dries out quicker.

Lipstick & Lipgloss
lipstick and Lipgloss is 2 year preservable. After a while it dries out and this is not very good for your lips.

Foundation
Foundation is 1 year preservable. But this depends on whether it's oil-based or not. Because oil-based is 1,5 year preservable.

Concealer
Concealer is a year preservable just like foundation. Apply it with a brush so you prevent bacteria.

Powder and Blush
Powder and Blush is 2 year preservable. Apply it with a brush!

Liquid Eyeliner
Liquid Eyeliner is 6 months preservable. It will dry out very fast.

Nail polish
Nail polish is 1 to 2 year preservable. It depends on the quility of the nail polish.

Clean your brushes often for the hygiene.

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.