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WELCOME TO MY BLOG :) I'm a self-taught make-up artist with over 13 years experience currently living and working in London. Combining a life of a freelancer with working for the best make-up company MAC Cosmetics. I created this blog out of pure PASSION FOR MAKE-UP and started writing it while I was taking some time off from my travels and staying in my hometown in Slovakia and continuing it now from London, (where I settled down for now), enriched with my MAC experience. I really hope you like it. Please don't forget to subscribe and share the page with your friends that might be interested. I'm looking forward to your comments. XOXO SOPHIA
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Saturday, 15 September 2012

VYBAVA KOZMETICKEJ TASTICKY.... MAKE-UP BAG CONTENTS ;)




Mile damy, Dear ladies,

(English is in blue italic font) 

Vsetky mame svoje kozmeticke tasticky, no niekedy v nich mame tolko veci, ze ani nevieme co, kde hladat. Ja som pre vas pripravila obrazok s produktami, ktore povazujem za najpotrebnejsie. 

Prvou najpodstatnejsou vecou su STETCE
Potrebujete sadu tychto zakladnych stetcov (1-7), (8-11 su dalsie stetce, ktore budete potrebovat ked vas bavi make-up:

  1. Stetec na puder (bronzer)
  2. Stetec na licenku
  3. Stetce na podkladovy tien
  4. Stetec na linku, lomeny stetec
  5. Ceruzkovy stetec (na rozmazanie linky nakreslenej ceruzkou, alebo tienom)
  6. Stetec na tienovanie
  7. Stetec na korektor 
  8. Stetec na ruz
  9. Stetec na make-up
  10. Stetec pre nanasanie tiena do zahybu oka
  11. Stipplingovy stetec (mozte ho vyuzit na nanasanie make-upu, kremovej licenky alebo highlightera)


We all have our make-up bags, but sometimes we have so much stuff in them that we don't even know what we have there. I have created a picture with some make-up products that I find essential for your everyday make-up bag. 

The first most important thing are BRUSHES!
Below is a picture of the basic set of brushes you will need (1-7 are absolute basics, 8-11 are extra ones you'll need if you're really into make-up):


  1. Powder/bronzer brush
  2. Blusher brush
  3. Base shadow brushes
  4. Angled brush for eyeliner
  5. Pencil brush
  6. Blending brush
  7. Concealer brush
  8. Lipstick brush
  9. Foundation brush
  10. Crease blending brush 
  11. Stippling brush (use to apply foundation, cream blush or highlighter) 


So skvelym uspornejsim riesenim prisla Sephora stetce s dvoma koncami v krasnych vyraznych farbach. Co poviete, niesu rozkosne, trosku mi pripominaju klauna?  

Sephora came out with a great economic / space saving option for brushes - double sided brushes. I love the colors, kinda look like a clown, what do you think? 





Dostavame sa k teme zakladnej vybave produktov a tymi su:


  1. Kvalitny make-up (ja som zvolila Revlon PhotoReady, alebo BB Cream od Garnier)
  2. Kvalitna riasenka (Lancome Hypnose)
  3. Tekuta ocna linka (Catrice Liquid Liner)
  4. Kvalitna kajalova cierna ceruzka (MAC - Smolder)
  5. Ceruzka na obocie (Rimmel s kefkou na uhladenie obocia)
  6. Paleta neutralnych ocnych tienov (Sleek Make-up iDivine Au Naturel  - objednala som si ju z internetu www.sleekmakeup.com )
  7. Bronzer (Hoola u mna vytazi)
  8. Pletovy krem (Bioderma Sensibio Light - je pre citlivu plet, ale na strankach Biodermy si mozte zvolit kozmetiku, ktora je presne urcena pre vas typ pleti www.bioderma.com/sk
  9. Rozjasnovat pleti/ highlighter (Revlon Skinlight) - na hranu nosu, na vrch licnych kosti a medzi nosom a hornou perou)
  10. Pinzeta (ja mam tu od Avonu, velmi mily dizajn mala)
  11. Pudrova licenka (Bourjois ma vela odtienov, vela z nich sa podobaju odtienom od Chanelu, oplati sa pozriet sa na to)
  12. Kremova licenka (Gosh)
  13. Balzam na pery (Blistex)
  14. Matny ruz vo farbe, ktora je len 1-2 odtiene tmavsia ako vasa prirodzena farbia pier (MAC alebo kludne aj Rimmel, ide o to aby bol ruz matny)
  15. Fixka na pery - vydrzi cely den (Catrice - ma rozne odtiene)
  16. Puder (akykolvek sypky alebo stlaceny puder pre tie leskle partie ako nos, celo a brada)
  17. Vatove tycinky - keby ste sa netrafili ;) 
  18. Primer (Lancome La Base Pro alebo L'oreal Studio Secrets) 
(English description is under the picture)



So now lets talk about the basic products you need in your make-up bag:


  1. High quality foundation (I chose Revlon PhotoReady or Garnier BB Cream for lighter coverage)
  2. High quality mascara (Lancome Hypnose)
  3. Liquid Eye Liner (Catrice Liquid Liner, or MAC)
  4. High quality black kohl eye pencil ( MAC Smolder)
  5. Eyebrow pencil (either Rimmel or Eyelure)
  6. Neutral eyeshadow palette (Au Naturel iDivine by Sleek Make-up, I ordered mine online www.sleekmakeup.com )
  7. Bronzer (I swear by Hoola)
  8. Skin moisturizer (Bioderma Sensibio Light - this one is for sensitive skin but get tested online on Bioderma's site and find out which product line suits your skin type www.bioderma.com )
  9. Face highlighter (Revlon Skinlights) - apply on edge of your nose, top of the cheekbones and cupid's bow)
  10. Tweezer (Avon - I liked the cute design ;)
  11. Powder blush (Bourjois - they have many shades, a lot of them resemble Chanel blushers)
  12. Cream blush (Gosh)
  13. Lip balm (Blistex)
  14. Matt lipstick - in 1-2 shades darker than your natural lip color (MAC or even Rimmel the important thing is that it has to be matt)
  15. Lip tint (Catrice, they have more shades depending on your preference)
  16. Powder - any loose or pressed powder will do for those shiny parts - forehead, nose and chin
  17. Cotton buds - in case you run out of the line ;)
  18. Primer (Lancome La Base Pro alebo L'oreal Studio Secrets) 




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XOXO SOPHIA

Tuesday, 7 August 2012

LETNY MAKE-UP ..... SUMMER MAKE-UP



Ahojte vsetci, Hey Guys 

(English is in blue writing) 

prepacte mi dlhsiu odmlku, ale kupila som si psika a venovala som mu vsetku svoju pozornost ;) 

No nieje rozkosny??? ;) Vola sa Indi ;) Ano, ako Indiana Jones ;) 

I'm sorry I haven't written in a while, but I got a puppy and could not detach from him at all. 

Isn't he the cutest puppy in the world??? His name is Indi, yes like Indiana Jones ;)




Ale uz spat ku vam, mili moji.....

V lete mam rada minimalne licenie, kedze je teplo plet potrebuje dychat a aj tak sa poti, a ked je na nej vela make-upu ten sa moze dostat do porov a potom vzniknu vyrazky. 
Ja podkladovy make-up skoro vobec nenosim v lete, ale ked sa ide vecer von alebo na nejake podujatie, volim radsej BB krem (Garnier, Clinique, Estee Lauder alebo Bobbi Brown, ... maju rozne odtiene a takisto je na trhu uz aj BB krem pre mastnu plet) alebo este radsej si sama namiesam svoj BB krem (1/2 make-upu + 1/2 kremu) Ked napriklad na celu tvar pouzijete mnozstvo make-upu velke v priemere ako 5 centovka tak pouzijete polovicu z tohoto mnozstva a druhu polovicu dolozite z vasho denneho kremu. 

Toto leto je velkym hitom leskla - ziariaca plet, pre to je idealne kupit si bud podkladovy krem ale make-up s ciastockami ktore odrazaju svetlo a tym sa vytvori efekt zdravym ziariacej pleti (z kremov odporuciam Nivea Natural Beauty (okolo 9€) , z make-upov je to Rimmel Wake me up (okolo 11€) 

But back to you my dear friends...

I like minimal make-up in summer, it's quite hot outside (when you're on holidays or live in a hot country ;) skin needs to breath, it's sweating anyway and with all that sweat and make-up the pores get clogged and you can get pimples, that's why lot of people have bad skin in the summer. 
I don't really use foundation in summer, but if I'm going for a party or a date I choose BB cream (Garnier, Clinique, Estee Lauder or Bobbi Brown, ... they all have different shades and there also is a version for oily skin).
If I don't have a BB cream at hand I mix up my own BB cream with 1/2 moisturizer and 1/2 foundation (by 1/2 I mean 1/2 of the amount you would use normally if you weren't mixing it up). 

Healthy glowing skin is a big hit this summer. Ideal thing to achieve this look is to buy a moisturizer or a foundation containing sun reflecting particles (Nivea Natural beauty moisturizer and Rimmel Wake me up foundation are good choices for a reasonable price) 





Mnohe z nas povazuju za nemozne kupit spravny odtien make-upu na leto a potom ked leto skonci nevyuzijeme ten tmavsi odtien vobec. Ja to robim tak, ze si kupim v obchode najtmavsi make-up aky maju a ten potom miesam s tym najsvetlejsim, a takto si mozte pocas celeho roka namiesat spravny odtien make-upu. Na jedno ale treba dat pozor. Kazda plet ma svoju specificku farbu ale su hlavne tri podtony, v ktorych sa make-upi vyrabaju a tie su RUZOVY (studeny), ZLTY PODTON (teply) a NEUTRALNY (zmiesany). Svoj podton odhadnete jednoducho:

Studeny/Ruzovy (cool) podton
- ked vas slnko opaluje do cerveno-hneda (nemyslim tym spalenie ale odtien ked sa opalenie upokoji)
- ked maju vase zily na vnutornej strane predlaktia modru az fialovu farbu

Teply/Zlty (warm) podton:
- ked vas slnko opaluje do zlto-hneda (zlatavo-hneda)
- ked maju vase zily na vnutornej strane predlaktia zelenu farbu

Neutralny
- je zmiesanim oboch, vacsina kozmetickych vyrobcov vyraba make-upy vo vsetkych podtoch. Hlavne M.A.C cosmetics ich ma takto rozdelen podla cisiel. N - Neutral, C- Cool and W- Warm, and the mixtures NC - Neutral Cool and NW - Neutral Warm.

Many of us have problem in choosing the right foundation for summer (or right foundation full stop ;) ), and when summer ends we don't know what to do with the rest of the dark foundation. My advice is to buy the darkest foundation at the drugstore and mix it with the lightest one, this way you can mix up the right shade for yourself all year long. But there's one thing you need to pay attention to in buying or mixing up foundation - UNDERTONE!!! There are 3 undertones  - COOL (pink), WARM (yellow) and NEUTRAL. 

It's easy to determine which undertone you are:
Cool/Pink: 
- when you spend time on the sun your tan is red-brown, i don't mean burn but directly after tanning your skin could be a little red and within one day it cools off to a nice deep color.
- your veins on the inside of your wrist are blue or purple
Warm/Yellow: 
- when you spend time on the sun your tan is yellow/brown (golden-brown)
- the veins in the inside of your wrist are green
Neutral:
- Mixture of both. 

Many cosmetic brands make foundations in these undertones, but you need to figure out which one is which. Only few brands make the undertone clear on the packaging, M.A.C. Cosmetics is one of these companies that divide their foundations in numbers and mark them with N - Neutral, C- Cool and W- Warm, and the mixtures NC - Neutral Cool and NW - Neutral Warm.


Iste ste poculi o tom, ze spravnost odtiena treba skusat na vnutornej strane predlaktia, ale to je milne, lebo ked si prirovnate tuto cast ruky k tvari (hlavne v lete) je tam znacny rozdiel. 
NAJLEPSIE JE UROBIT CIARU 3 ROZNYCH ODTIENOV (ktore sa vam zdaju vhodne) OD SANKY DOLE PO KRKU. Tym uvidite ako bude odtiel splyvat s farbou vasho krku. Ked toto urobite vyjdite pred obchod na denne svetlo so zrkadlom v ruke a tak zistite, ktory odtien je ten vhodny! 

I'm sure you've heard different things about how to find the perfectly matching foundation, like try in on the inside of your wrist, but if you put the inside of your wrist to your face you'll see it's a lighter color (especially in summer).
The best thing to do is find 3 shades you think would match and do a line with each one of them next to each other, than go outside on daylight with a mirror and check which one matches best. 



V lete sa vam oplati investovat do kvalitnej riasenky ci uz vodeodolnej alebo takej ktoru odstranite len teplou vodou. Moja najoblubenejsia riasenka vsetkych cias je Lancome Hypnose (klasicka), ktoru dostat aj vo vodeodolnej forme. Dalej Lancome Virtuose, ktora je vynikajuca tym ze sice nieje vodeodolna ale jej vydrz je uzasna, mozte sa potit, kupat, sprchovat, vydrzi cely den! Ja ju pouzivam hlavne ked robim make-up nevestam, tie si ju velmi chvalia! (Obidve stoja okolo 26 €, ale oplatia sa = Hypnose vam vydrzi aj 8 mesiacov, Virtuose o nieco menej).
Dalsia uzasna riasenka je najnovsia novinka od MAC Cosmetics - Extended Play, (okolo 25€) ta je zmyvatelna teplou vodou, kozmetiku MAC viete kupit vo Viedni, Prahe alebo Budapesti, bohuzial na Slovensku este nieje MAC obchod, ale takisto si ich produkty mozte objednat cez internet www.maccosmetics.com

Ak hladate lacnejsie riesenie, stara dobra Rimmel 100% Waterproof sa vam oplati (okolo 6€) ak hladate este lacnejsiu riasenku tak skuste Essence Get Big Lashes (okolo 2-3€), ale tieto doporucujem pouzivat len na jednu sezonu ked zostarnu zacnu sa zmolit a budu z nich padat ciastocky :( 

It's worth to invest a bit of money into a high quality mascara, (waterproof or the one you take off with warm water). No.1 mascara for me must be Lancome Hypnose (the classic version), you can get it in waterproof version as well (around € 25) or Lancome Virtuose (€ 25), it is an award winning mascara, because even if it's not waterproof it's incredibly long-wear, stays on all day, you can even take a shower. I use it mostly on brides, when I put on fake lashes, because fake lashes are not to be used with a waterproof mascara because of the waterproof agents in the mascara can dissolve the glue and the lashes could come off. Both of these Lancome mascaras will last you for a long time, however Virtuose has bit shorter life than Hypnose. 
Another great mascara is Extended Play from M.A.C. Cosmetics, it's removable by luke warm water. I use it on brides as well. Available also in waterproof version. 
If you are looking for a cheaper mascara, the good old Rimmel 100% Waterproof is a good choice, or a cheaper version Essence Get Big Lashes, I'd recommend using them only for one season, they will start drying out and create lumps on lashes. 



Dalsim dobrym kamaratom v lete je BRONZER.
Odporucam kupit si matny bronzer, ten posoby prirodzenejsie. Ja milujem Hoola od Benefit (okolo 30€), lacnejsie riesenie je Essence Sun Club (v 2 odtienoch pre blondinky a brunety) (okolo 5€) 

Iste sa aj vam stava, ze po lete bledne tvar najskor, aby ste zjednotili tvar s dekoltom, pouzite bronzer! Na tvary sa bronzer nanasa na tie miesta, kde by vas prirodzene opalilo slnko: celo, nos, licka. Na vrchnu cast lica, v strede zas naneste rozjasnovac (odporucam Revlon Skinlights (okolo 15€), az nezozeniete v obchode urcite sa da objednat na nete, je dostupny vo viacerych odtienoch a vydrzi dlho, alebo Essence - Crystalliced, (okolo 5€ ). K tomu aby ste si tienovanie bronzerom a rozjasnovacom vedeli predstavit vam pomozu vam obrazky dole. 

Another good friend in summer is a bronzer. I would advice to use a MATTE BRONZER, it looks more natural and you can use it for face contouring as well. I absolutely swear by Hoola by Benefit (around €30), cheaper option would be Essence Sun Club (around €5), it comes in 2 shades: lighter for Blondes and darker for Brunettes, in my opinion, don't look at the hair color but your natural tan. 

After summer is gone your face is the first one to loose the tan to match the color of the neck with the face use the bronzer. To create a natural look, use it on the places where the sun would tan you first - cheekbones, sides of the nose, forehead (as shown on the images below).To create the natural glow use a highliter (I love Revlon Skinlights) .



























Viecka nad ZLATO!!!

V lete milujem zlatu farbu na vieckach. 
Nova rada od L'Oreal La Couleur infailible/indefectible (okolo 9€) je skvela ma vela uzasnych odtienov a medzi nimi aj cislo 021 Sahara Treasure, ktory som si velmi oblubila, dalsie moje oblubene su 027 Goldmine a 024 Bronze Goddess nanasa sa koncekmi prstov a vydrzi cely den. Oci mozte tiez zvyraznit ciernou linkou (vodeodolnou). Mne sa osvedcila vodeodolna tekuta ocna linka od Astor - Eye Artist (okolo 7€), fakt drzi cely den! Alebo Liquid eye liner od M.A.C. Cosmetics odtien Boot Black (okolo 25€)

A pot of gold!!!

I absolute love gold colors on eyelids for summer.
The new range from L'Oreal - La Couleur Infailible is great. It has some interesting golden shades like 021 Sahara Treasure (my absolute favorite), 027 Goldmine and 024 Bronze Goddess. You apply it with your fingertips and the color lasts all day. You can further define your eyes with a waterproof liquid eyeliner, I like Eye Artist by Astor or Liquid eye liner by M.A.C. Cosmetics in Boot Black. 












Vsetko to mozeme ukoncit leskom na pery alebo cervenym ruzom podla preferencie. Opat su hitom telove lesky a ruze (ala JLo z 00' rokov), Rimmel ma na super koleciu, ktoru navrhla Kate Moss, su skvele! Taktiez su pekne lesky od Essence a su cenovo velmi vyhodne ;) 

Top it up with some nude lipgloss or lipstick, maybe even a red lipstick, according to your preference :) 
Nude colors are inn again, just like JLo in 00's. 
Rimmel has a beautiful color range in both lipsticks and lipglosses designed by Kate Moss I love all of them. 







Ako uces odporucam drdol, v drogerii si mozte kupit vlasovy donut a pomoct si s nim. Je to velmi jednoduche.

I like my hair up in the summer as I'm too warm to keep my hair down, I often go for a nice bun. You can get bun shapers in Primark or any drugstore I believe. To see how to use them see picture below. 






Moje oblubene letne looky,(posledny presne podla mojho popisu:)

My favorite summer looks, the last one is the look I wrote about on this page ;) 












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Ja a INDI sa s vami lucime, do citania priatelia ;))

Good-bye from me and Indi and see you soon ;)