Snowflake MakeUp Look

First of all, sorry for not pposting yesterday, but I had some issues with my friends's and my new year's eve plans. Today I am going to show you what of my winter makeup looks. I call it the snowflake look, because I don't use any bronzer for it, so my skin is almmost white. It's really simple and can be done in under 10 minutes. Let's get right into it!

0. Wash your face and pat it dry with a towel.
1. Moisturize your skin. This is especially important in winter, just apply a light moistruizing cream of your choice to avoid dryness during the dye. I use Nivea Soft. Let it absorb before you continue.
2. Apply some concealer on under-eye circles and blemishes and if needed add some foundation or BB cream. I normally just use the Garnier BB Cream Miracle Skin Perfector in the shade light.
3. Add Powder. I can only recommend the Transparent Matte Loose Powder (011) by the polish brand Vipera.
4. Apply blush in a cool, pink-ish color to the apples of your cheeks. Make sure that you don't apply to much and keep it natural. My favourite right now is the Artedeco Blusher 30.
5. For the eyes, first apply some neutral eyeshadow in beige, champagne or light pink or peach to your whole lid, it should not be to shiny though. I use the lightest color in the 01 Peach Lake palette from Kiko.
6. Add just a little bit of the blush you used in step 4 to your crease, optional you can use some light pink or beige (a little bit darker than the first one).
7. Line your upper and lower water line with black or grey eye pencil, but don't make it to harsh. You only want to define your eye a bit. I use eithe Lancome Crayon Kohl Noir or Clarins Crayon Kohl 04 platinum.
8. Line your upper lash line with a gel or liquid eyeliner. I like to use the Professional Eye Liner pen from p2.
9. Put mascara on your upper and lower lashes. My favourite right now is the Maybelline the Colossal Volum' Express Cat Eyes.
10. Fill in your eyebrows with a eyebrow pencil on some matte eyeshadow matching your hair/brow color. For me, it's the Benefit Instant Brow Pencil in light to medium.
11. Last, but not least, use some lipgloss or tinted lipbalm. The color should be rather cool, and again, pink-ish, so it matches your blush. I used the Clinique Chubby Stick in Mighty Mimosa (13).

And this is the finished look - pretty simple, don't you think? If you recreate it (as if ;p) make sure to share it with me via Instagram (@heyitsOla) or Twitter (@xloley).

Weekend 2 - a rubbish vlog

Christmas Playlist

Once again, when I got back home it was already dark, what meant that I couldn't take photos. So I decided to share my Christnas Playlist with you, as it doesn't require that much work and good lighting. The songs you're about to see/hear I've been listening to everyday since the 1st of December and I can't get enough of them. And just one more thing - some of the CD covers are really hard to find and look ridiculous.

♫                                                          ♫

Jose Feliciano                                            ABBA 

                     Feliz Navidad                         Santa Claus is comming to Town    

♫                                                            ♫

Bobby Helms                                             Justin Bieber

   Jingle Bell Rock                                              Mistletoe       

♫                                                            ♫

Kylie Minogue                                              Wham!   

        Santa Baby                                         Last Christmas    

♫                                                            ♫

Mariah Carey                                                Train      

  All I want for Christmas is You                         Shake Up Christmas          

♫                                                            ♫

     Billy Mack                                           Frank Sinatra 

          Christmas is all Around               Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

Candle Collection

I am very tired tonight, so I couldn't bring myself to make this a "solid" post, but I still think it is a nice, small feature. Since summer this year, I've bought quite a few candles at Bath&BodyWorks. None of them is exactly "christmas-scented" (besides the smallest one), but I think candles are generally quite wintry. Let me just quickly go through them, before I fall asleep. :)

Tuscan Herbs - this is my biggest candle, as you can see and I really, really like it, it smells so fresh. In fact, I'm burning it right now. / Leaves - This is the ultimate blogger/youtuber candle and it's perfect for fall and winter with it's spicy/cinnamon-y scent. / Heirloom Pear - I bought this fruity-smelling candle last week, I just couldn't stop myself from smelling it again and again in the store. / Lakeside - This is actually the first candle I bought. I can't describe the scent at all, but it really reminds me of summer vacation and lying by the lake in the evening. / Pineapple Mango - another very fruity and sweet scented candle. Mango is my favourite fruit so I just had to get it. / Cotton - The smell of freshly laundered bedding and washing powder is my favourite in the whole world, so this candle is a must for me. / Fresh Balsam - I haven't burnt this one yet, but it smells exactly like fir trees and I can't wait to light it right before christmas eve.

I would highly recommend all of this candles (altough some of them are not being sold right now) and I rate them 11/10.