little beauty products haul

I'm doing another haul of the things I've bought over the last few weeks, because there are few exciting things that I would like to share with you. I guess, number one thing that I should mention is that I've been doing some serious summer shopping. And even though I haven't found that many things that I like, I did buy some stuff. I found few pairs of sandals and shorts, as well as new beauty products.

So, first we will talk about beauty products and then, maybe later on this coming week, I will blog about clothes.

As, you can tell, my obsession with nail polish doesn't stop. Now people are buying me nail polish! One of my co workers got me the wet n wild polish in Red Tape; very nice brush and color is super vibrant. So, thank you Mellisa!!!

Then, I got NYX eyeshadow pallete($7) in Jazz Night, which color wise reminds me of Kat Von D's Beethoven eyeshadow pallete. I still have to try these out, so I will get back to you on this.

I also got NYX mega shine lipgloss in 129 Beige ($4); it's not beige at all, it's actually pink, so I dont know where the name of it comes from. And I got Revlon colorburst lipstick in 025 Carnation ($7).

I like both the lip gloss and the lipstick.

From MAC I got 3 eyeshadows: shroom, nocturnelle, and sunny spot. And I got my first blush in such a long time which is in color Dame. I love this blush. I really wanted to buy the cream Lady Blush blush, but they didn't have it, so I went with this one and I do not regret it at all.

And last, nail polishes: OPI Srawberry Margarita, Sally Handen Gray by Gray and Iced Coffee, Wet n Wild Red Tape, and Essie Chinchilly.

On to the face and body products:

2 Epicuren face cleansers: Gelle and Citrus.

2 Caudalie make up removers: Small bottle liquid remover ( very good one, did not stress out my skin at all) and Big bottle cream make up remover (I've talked about this one before - my favorite!)

Olay self tanning lotion. Quench. Read on to see before and after pictures.

Loreal concealer. I haven't tried it yes, so cant say anything.

Bare Minerals powder in color fair. This is my second one. I like it, you know.

And, since I bought all these things in Sephora, I got a free sample of Michael Kors parfume "Hollywood". Not my taste, but It's not bad, I could wear it if I had nothing else. It's nice, just not me.

So, here is Wet 'n' Wild nail polish in 213B Red Tape. The color matches Vogue color!

Olay self tanning lotion for fair skin. I would have to say, that it works very well, and you can control the color intensity. For example, it says on the bottle to use it for 7 day to get best results. I used it only for 5 days and it was more than enough. I think if I was going to use it more it would turn my legs orange. Over all, good product and not expensive at all. I paid $6.99 at Face Value. And to reduce the color intensity you can just wash legs well in the shower.

Alright!!! This was a long post, I know. Let me know guys if you like these kind of posts. Cause if they are too annoying to read I will try to shorten them:)

Have a nice weekend!!!

XOXO, Olya

Mini makeup tutorial

Today I will tell you guys, step by step how I did my eye make up for the "Before the rain we smile" post. Enjoy!!!

This is what I used for the total look:

Urban Decay Eye lid primer
Clinique Even Better liquid foundation
Loreal Voluminous mascara
MAC "Trax" eyeshadow
MAC "All that glitters" eyeshadow
ELF eyeshadow duo in Mocha swirl
Brown or black eyeliner, I use Teddy by MAC
MAC Viva la glam GAGA lipstick
1 eye shadow brush
1 blending brush
clear lip gloss

1. Prep your eyelids with any primer that you use. I use Urban Decay

2. Take "All taht glitter" and with an eyeshadow brush put it all over your lid and even in the crease.
3. Take "Trax" and with blending brush, put it in your crease. Try blending Trax with All that glitters, so there would not be a harsh line between them.

4. Use the light color from ELF Mocha swirl duo and highlight your brow bone - I put it right under my eyebrow. Use any eyeshadow brush, that u prefer for highlight.

5. Use any brown/black eyeliner and eyeline your upper lid with a thin line.

6. Apply your favorite mascara.

AND WE ARE DONE!!!

On my face I use Clinique Even Better makeup, some bronzer. For lips- GAGA lipstick with clear gloss over it. Oh, and I just realized that I didnt include the eyeliner in the picture, but you can see it here. It's the best brown eyeliner that I have ever used!!!

Before the rain we smile:)

Hi!!! I finally got around to blog this post. It seems like everything was determined to distract me tonight from blogging, and then my pictures wouldn't upload. So, yeah, I'm pretty annoyed. Anyway. I noticed that Sunday is usually the day (the night) when I do my outfit of the day post, and I tried very hard not to break my promise.

Um.. yeah, about the outfit... It's not very special, just something I put together for the movie night with my bf. I did like my eye make up, though. So, I might do a tutorial for this look. Let me know if you guys are interested. I never spend too much time on my make up, therefore, it would be a very simple tutorial.

What else is funny, is that half an hour after we took these pictures, there was lightening, thunder, and pouring rain outside. So, I managed to take pictures of the beautiful flower bush in my back yard, right before the rain. I wonder what's left of it after the storm?

P.S. For those who asked for a swatch, I'm wearing my Viva la glam GAGA lipstick, with some clear gloss on top. And excuse my hair do, it's because of the weather.

I'm wearing:
Ralph Lauren white Tee
Calvin Klein light grey blazer
H&M mini skirt
Target tights
Nine West shoes
Longchamp Le Pliage medium tote

Aren't these beautiful???