Hi everyone,
retail_therapy tagged me on to do this, so here goes...
What's your favourite make up look?
I think my all time favourite makeup look would have to be the smokey eye. I seem to do it in every colour and in many intensities and I love how it can make a look more sophisticated.
Do you have a beauty vice?
I think it's buying polishes I love and then coming home and finding outr I already have a colour very similar to the one I just bought.
What part of your body do you love?
My eyes ;)
Who is your beauty icon?
I think I have the classics everyone has (Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe etc.) but from the "new" generation I have different women I look at for different looks.
I think for natural beauty it would be Jennifer Garner, Jennifer Aniston & Jessica Biel.
For a sexy girl next door beauty it would be Kate Beckinsale, Keira Knightly & Kate Hudson.
For a sex bomb it would be Kim Kardashian, Angelina Jolie and Megan Fox.
For a quirky beauty it would be Lacey Mae Schwimmer, Gwen Stefani and Pink.
For a "new classic" I look at Victoria Beckham and Kate Winslet.
Beautiful models who inspire me would be women like Fernanda Tavares, Adriana Lima, Doutzen Kroes, Helena Christensen, Christy Turlington, Natalia Vodianova, Daria Werbowy, Tiiu Kuik, Mila Jovovich, Sasha Pivovarova and Linda Evangelista.
I think for natural beauty it would be Jennifer Garner, Jennifer Aniston & Jessica Biel.
For a sexy girl next door beauty it would be Kate Beckinsale, Keira Knightly & Kate Hudson.
For a sex bomb it would be Kim Kardashian, Angelina Jolie and Megan Fox.
For a quirky beauty it would be Lacey Mae Schwimmer, Gwen Stefani and Pink.
For a "new classic" I look at Victoria Beckham and Kate Winslet.
Beautiful models who inspire me would be women like Fernanda Tavares, Adriana Lima, Doutzen Kroes, Helena Christensen, Christy Turlington, Natalia Vodianova, Daria Werbowy, Tiiu Kuik, Mila Jovovich, Sasha Pivovarova and Linda Evangelista.
What beauty product makes you feel instantly sexy?
False eyelashes!
How do you look after your skin?
I wake up and wash my face, I then moisturize (with a product that contains a SPF and if it's summer and I'm planning to go out I'll reapply an SPF product every 2 hours or so). I tend keep moisturizing during the day if I'm home.... I keep playing with my makeup, adding a lipbalm for a morning trip to the store, then mascara and some lipgloss if I'm going to see one of the girls. If I'm meeting friends I add a primer and tinted moisturizer (or foundation) and concealer with a lipcolour. If it's a dinner thing and I'm eating out it's a semi full face of makeup and if I have a night out I go full out. I always have under eye brightner with me so I tend to add that but also have a moisturizer with me to add for a glow or some extra moisture.
When I'm working or going to school I usually come home and take of my makeup and then apply a moisturizer to help it restore from all the damage from the airco. I use a face mask twice a week.
At night I take off all my makeup and usually I scrub my face with a light scub that is made for daily use, simply because at night the skin repairs itsself and I want my nightcream to enter my skin without all the dead skincells blocking it.
When I'm working or going to school I usually come home and take of my makeup and then apply a moisturizer to help it restore from all the damage from the airco. I use a face mask twice a week.
At night I take off all my makeup and usually I scrub my face with a light scub that is made for daily use, simply because at night the skin repairs itsself and I want my nightcream to enter my skin without all the dead skincells blocking it.
What is your signature scent?
I have not one signature scent, I wear many depending on the time of year and my mood, where I'm going, who I'm going with and the time of day. The scents I ALWAYS have at home and if I start to run out of rebuy immediately are CK one, Kenzo Flower, Guccy Envy and Armani Eau de Parfum Spray Elle.
What are your hair care secrets?
Olive Oil masks are my secret. Another thing is don't wash it every day, use a good shampoo and conditioner and when you have curly hair like me, the Bumble and Bumble leave in conditioner is a heavenly product that helps keep it shiney and healthy and keeps the frizz at bay.
How do you pamper yourself?
I've never been to a spa (even though I do want to go one day ;) ) I've never had a pedicure or manicure and I don't think I'd ever let anyone do it without me judging everything they do. I'm a control freak and I'd like to believe that I know enough to have a right to an opinion. So I pamper myself with baths with (cheap but very good) Sephora fizzy bath salts, Dermalogica Masks, Elizabeth Arden Eyecream, Dior Creams, Shiseido Creams, Bliss soaps, foreign magazines, makeup I import, etc etc. I've added little pamper moments in every day to give me little relaxing moments preventing me from stressing out completely.
What is your beauty pet peeve?
Unkempt brows, 9 long nails and then one short one (please just make them all shorter then or use a false one on the shorter nail), bleeding lipstick, toilet refresher parfum and dirty teeth.
What would your desert island must haves be?
Uhhmmm... a boat, a sattelite phone.... water and food.
Not the answer you were looking for? Okay, then sunscreen, a parasol, a tent, bug repellant, a good book and a strong man to save me ;) .
Still not the answer you wanted? Sunscreen, Prevage eyecream, Estee Lauder Daywear Plus, mirror, primer, concealer, 8 hour cream, Lemon and Sage bodybutter (by Bliss), tweezers, nailfile, eyelashcurler, Redken Shampoo and Conditioner for curly hair.
Not the answer you were looking for? Okay, then sunscreen, a parasol, a tent, bug repellant, a good book and a strong man to save me ;) .
Still not the answer you wanted? Sunscreen, Prevage eyecream, Estee Lauder Daywear Plus, mirror, primer, concealer, 8 hour cream, Lemon and Sage bodybutter (by Bliss), tweezers, nailfile, eyelashcurler, Redken Shampoo and Conditioner for curly hair.
Finally, do you have a beauty philosophy?
If you don't take care of your skin, you will never look your best.
Okay CCee, here you go:
http://ellenora.onsugar.com/4306371
It's long but then again, you did ask me to fill this out when I was on one of my thinking sessions.