Hello everyone. I thought I would write a quick blog post between my many hours of revision.
Before the exams started I set myself a challenge. During test weeks I usually neglect myself a bit. I really enjoy getting ready in the morning, doing my make up and picking my outfit and deciding how to wear my hair that day. However when you're so busy revising for tests you can spend your time better than on getting ready in the morning and you end up going to school without make up and wearing leggings or yoga pants.
Now please don't get me wrong, it's not a problem to go to school without make up and in yoga pants at all, that's perfectly fine. The reason why I set myself a challenge is because, like I said, I enjoy getting ready in the morning and I don't want to skip it this time. Furthermore knowing you look put together instead of looking like you just got out bed 20 seconds ago, makes me feel better and ready for the day to go and do those exams and get my diploma.
So I decided that I would take my time each morning to do my make up, decide how to wear my hair and pick my outfit, because it simply makes me happy.
I've been posting my OOTDs and FOTDs on instagram and thought it would be fun to share them with you on my blog telling what I've been wearing this week. There is a link to every item I could find online.
And to everyone else who's also taking exams good luck!!!!
I'll start of with what I'm wearing on my face, which is the same for every day:
I didn't wear any foundation, because my skin is quite good at the moment so I just put some concealer on which is the Maybelline Fit Me concealer in number 115 Fair. I pat the concealer in using my Real Techniques Expert Face Brush. I then set the concealer with my Bourjois Healthy Balance Powder in the colour 52 Vanille, which I applied with my Real Techniques Setting Brush. Next up I applied my contour using the Sleek Contour Kit in light, which I applied in the hollows of my cheeks, on the temples, the forehead, the jawline and the sides of my nose using my Zoeva 127 Luxe Sheer Cheek brush (and ring finger for my nose). I then applied my blusher using the same Zoeva brush. The blusher I used is the Sleek Blush by 3 in lace. I applied the orange colour named Crochet to the tops of my cheeks and applied the pink shimmery blusher named Guipure on my cheekbones as a highlighter and a tiny bit on my forehead, down my nose and on my chin to give myself a healthy glow. I then give everything a last little blend with my expert face brush to give it a natural effect. I fill in my eyebrows using the 5th colour on the bottom row from my Zoeva Nude Palette using an angled brush from HEMA (Dutch store) and that's my face done.
Let's get on with each individual outfit and the rest of the make up.
Before the exams started I set myself a challenge. During test weeks I usually neglect myself a bit. I really enjoy getting ready in the morning, doing my make up and picking my outfit and deciding how to wear my hair that day. However when you're so busy revising for tests you can spend your time better than on getting ready in the morning and you end up going to school without make up and wearing leggings or yoga pants.
Now please don't get me wrong, it's not a problem to go to school without make up and in yoga pants at all, that's perfectly fine. The reason why I set myself a challenge is because, like I said, I enjoy getting ready in the morning and I don't want to skip it this time. Furthermore knowing you look put together instead of looking like you just got out bed 20 seconds ago, makes me feel better and ready for the day to go and do those exams and get my diploma.
So I decided that I would take my time each morning to do my make up, decide how to wear my hair and pick my outfit, because it simply makes me happy.
I've been posting my OOTDs and FOTDs on instagram and thought it would be fun to share them with you on my blog telling what I've been wearing this week. There is a link to every item I could find online.
And to everyone else who's also taking exams good luck!!!!
I didn't wear any foundation, because my skin is quite good at the moment so I just put some concealer on which is the Maybelline Fit Me concealer in number 115 Fair. I pat the concealer in using my Real Techniques Expert Face Brush. I then set the concealer with my Bourjois Healthy Balance Powder in the colour 52 Vanille, which I applied with my Real Techniques Setting Brush. Next up I applied my contour using the Sleek Contour Kit in light, which I applied in the hollows of my cheeks, on the temples, the forehead, the jawline and the sides of my nose using my Zoeva 127 Luxe Sheer Cheek brush (and ring finger for my nose). I then applied my blusher using the same Zoeva brush. The blusher I used is the Sleek Blush by 3 in lace. I applied the orange colour named Crochet to the tops of my cheeks and applied the pink shimmery blusher named Guipure on my cheekbones as a highlighter and a tiny bit on my forehead, down my nose and on my chin to give myself a healthy glow. I then give everything a last little blend with my expert face brush to give it a natural effect. I fill in my eyebrows using the 5th colour on the bottom row from my Zoeva Nude Palette using an angled brush from HEMA (Dutch store) and that's my face done.
Let's get on with each individual outfit and the rest of the make up.
I started my exams with Dutch on Monday, which went quite well actually. I wore quite a simple and black outfit, because the weather was really grey and it was raining a lot and I didn't feel like wearing something colourful.
Denim blouse: Primark
Black Jumper: H&M
Black Jeans: H&M
Black Boots: H&M (Sold out)
Necklace: Primark
I wore my hair in a ponytail to keep it out of my face, and took my fringe out but pinned it back to make it look a bit more interesting and put together.
On my eyes I wore:
Etos Eye Primer (Dutch Brand)
Rimmel London Scandeleyes Shadow Stick in Bad Girl Bronze
Blended out using Zoeva 227 Soft Definer brush
Bourjois Khol & Contour Eye Pencil in 71 Ultra Black
Which I used to tight line my eye and applied a bit on my lower lash line.
Which I used to tight line my eye and applied a bit on my lower lash line.
I curled my lashes using an eyelash curler from Etos
And applied mascara on both my upper and lower lashes using my Lancôme Hypnôse Mascara which was a gift from my boyfriend ♥
On my lips I wore:
Tanya Burr Lip Gloss in Afternoon Tea
Which I dabbed very lightly on my lips.
Which I dabbed very lightly on my lips.
On Tuesday I had my second exam, which was arts. This exam was quite tough, but I think I will still get a sufficient mark (hopefully). I wanted to go for a nerdy chic kind of style and wore my hair in a messy top knot.
My outfit is:
My outfit is:
White Blouse: Wibra (Dutch)
T-Rex Jumper: Zara (last year)
Black jeans: Primark
Boots: H&M
For my make up I didn't wear any eye shadow but went for winged liner instead.
To create this eye look I used:
Bourjois Khol & Contour eyepencil in 71 Ultra Black
Which I used to tight line my eye and applied a bit on my lower lash line.
Which I used to tight line my eye and applied a bit on my lower lash line.
I curled my lashes using an eyelash curler from Etos
And applied mascara on both my upper and lower lashes using my Lancôme Hypnôse Mascara
On my lips I wore:
Etos Colour Balm, which doesn't have a name, but it's the Barbie pink one.
My third exam was yesterday (Thursday) which was management & organisation and was really difficult. I'm terrible at it. So I cheered myself up with wearing a bright outfit. And I was going out for dinner with my boyfriend afterwards, to take a little break from revision, so I wanted to look extra nice.
Bright pink jumper H&M (last year) (similar)
White Blazer: H&M (similar)
Black Jeans: H&M
Black Boots: H&M
Necklace: Primark
I had to rush this day so I threw my hair up in a messy pony tail, which I would probably have done anyway, since it goes quite well with this outfit.
On my eyes I wore:
Etos Eye shadow Primer
Estee Lauder Eye Shadow Duo in Raisins
I only used the peachy pink colour which I applied all over my lid using a flat HEMA brush and blended it out with my finger.
Using the last two colours in the Zoeva Nude Palette as an eyeliner on both top and bottom lash line using the angled brush from HEMA.
Bourjois Khol & Contour eyepencil in 71 Ultra Black
Which I used to tight line my eye and applied a bit on my lower lash line.
Which I used to tight line my eye and applied a bit on my lower lash line.
I curled my lashes using an eyelash curler from Etos
And applied mascara on both my upper and lower lashes using my Lancôme Hypnôse Mascara
I wore nothing on my lips, just a bit of lip balm.
And that's it! I hope you've enjoyed reading this little post, which was supposed to be a quick one, but is already taking me more than two hours. (Oops). Let me know what you thought of my outfits and make up and tell me which one is your favourite. I think mine is outfit #2 because well... Dinosaurs.
Also let me know if you want to see more and I will be posting my outfits I will be wearing next week for my exams too.
Also let me know if you want to see more and I will be posting my outfits I will be wearing next week for my exams too.
How are your exams going? Hope you're doing better than me. Good luck!
~Xx
I love your outfits, especially the first and second ones! That dinosaur sweater is amazing :)
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