- Copy the Beautiful Blogger Award logo and place it in your post.
- Thank the person who nominated you and link back to their blog.
- Tell 7 things about yourself.
- Nominate 7 other bloggers for their own Beautiful Blogger Award, and comment on their blogs to let them know
1. Copy the
Beautiful Blogger Award logo and place it in your post.
Done!
2. Thank
the person who nominated you and link back to their blog.
I have been
nominated by Bella who have followed my blog for a while. She doesn’t have a
blog though, but here is the link to her Blogger profile.
3. Tell 7
things about yourself.
Bella
requested that I answered the Beauty Blogger survey instead of telling 7 things
about myself, so here goes:
Skincare
How many times do you wash your face daily?
How many times do you wash your face daily?
I try to do
it twice a day, but I can be really lazy and neglect it completely. Bad!
What skin
type do you have?
Sensitive
skin and ever so slightly on the dry side. Like, on a technicality-dry: If your
skin feels tight and uncomfortable after washing and it needs cream to feel
good again, you have dry skin. Mine feels slightly tight after washing, but it
goes away when I wipe toner over it, I don’t have to apply cream. So I guess,
technically slightly dry?
What is
your current facial wash?
Avène cleansing
foam in the morning and Avène soapless cleanser in the evening.
Do you
exfoliate?
I used to,
but now that I have my Clarisonic I think my sensitive skin is getting all the
exfoliation it can tolerate.
What brand
do you use?
Well… None.
What
moisturizer do you use?
For day
use: Avène soothing contour cream for my eyes and Avène light hydrating cream
with SPF 20.
For evening
use: Korean skincare-style layering with Iope essential skin boosting serum,
Iope essential facial oil, Iope essential tone&wrinkle eye cream and Iope
essential moisture relief cream.
For night
use: Some times I sleep with a “naked” face only with skin tonic on it after
washing. It depends on if I’m up late or sleeping.
Do you have
freckles?
Yes. I used
to hate them because of the pattern they formed: It really looked like I had
been wearing sunglasses and I had dirt splattered in my face, but the last few
years they have spread out a bit. I don’t have the sharp “edge” where the
freckles start and stop on the bridge of my nose anymore and I like it.
Do you use
eye cream?
Yes. I
believe you shouldn’t use too heavy products on your eye area to avoid it
puffing or being irritated.
Do you or
did you have acne prone skin?
No, but I
thought I did once! That’s the problem with having sensitive skin: It’s not so
easy to find quality information on and you can end up mistreating it because
you think it’s something else.
Information
on “sensitive skin” in magazines is seriously crap and based on whatever
product they get commission for pushing.
Did you
ever have to use Pro-activ?
No, but
I’ve heard it can cause a ton of problems when you try to get off it again.
Make-up
What
foundation do you use?
Iope Air
Cushion XP N21 is the best match for my skin I’ve ever experienced. Otherwise
I’ve been using Lancôme teint idole ultra ine shade 010 and color ideal in
shade 01.
It can be
difficult to find foundations for very pale skin that doesn’t leave you with
that dead “mask”.
How about
concealer?
Lancôme long
lasting softening concealer in 01.
Do you know
your undertone color?
Yes. I have
a cool undertone.
What do you
think of fake eyelashes?
I think
they’re awesome if they’re not cartoonish and overdone. Discrete false
eyelashes are such a quick and pretty way to boost your natural good
looks.
Did you
know that you are supposed to change your mascara every 3 months?
Yes. But I
use so little mascara that I tend to ignore it. We’re talking like once every 3
months or something!
What brand
of mascara do you use?
I like the
Lancôme ones I’ve tried the best.
Sephora or
MAC?
I’ve never
been to either.
Do you have
a MAC Pro-card?
No.
What makeup
tools do you use in make up application?
A Lancôme
foundation brush for concealer and foundation and a soft brush from
Bareminerals for blusher.
Do you use
make-up base/primer for the eyes?
No, because
I never do eye makeup anyways. But I always blend my concealer up to my
eyebrows.
For the
face?
It’s on my
to do-list to find a good primer for my face for when I wear concealer and
foundation.
What is
your favorite eyeshadow (color or shade)?
Does it
count that I sometimes dot the inner corner of my eyes with a white shimmer
from a Lancôme palette I bought many, many years ago? It really brings
attention to your eyes.
Do you use
pencil or liquid eyeliner?
I use a
white Elisabeth Arden eye pencil to line my waterline some times.
How often
do you poke your eyes with an eyeliner pencil?
Never. I’ve
worn contact lenses for half my life and my near eye-motor skills are absolute killer.
What do you
think of pigment eyeshadows?
I would
have to take to Google to even know what that is, so…
Do you use
mineral makeup?
No, but I
like the idea. From what I understand, it’s very sensitive skin-friendly.
What is
your favorite lipstick?
I don’t
think I ever even owned one.
How about
lipgloss?
I haven’t
found one I have found myself loving yet. I want a non sticky, barely there
kind of thing that doesn’t smear off on everything. And no glittery crap in
there!
What is
your favorite blush to use?
I have this
very pale, barely there Dior blush that I really like.
Make me choose
Do you buy
your makeup on ebay?
No.
Do you like
drugstore makeup?
I’ve tried
a few things from drugstores, but have never been satisfied with the quality. I
do however like buying my skincare stuff like sunscreens at drugstores because
the pharmacies here have to follow the stricter EU laws where beauty stores
follow the local laws.
Do you go
to CCO's? (cosmetic company outlets)
If there
was any here, I would. I liked the clothes outlets I’ve been to so far.
Did you
ever consider taking make-up classes?
Yes. I’ve
seen that the Makeup Stores here offer classes and I’ve considered going more
than once. I’m just not sure how they work. Like, will the artist listen to
what I want to learn and how does it work with the stuff I supposedly get to take
home afterwards?
Are you
clumsy in putting on makeup?
I probably
would be if I tried, haha.
Name a makeup
crime that you hate?
I have no
makeup crime that I hate; can I substitute it with a hair crime I really hate?
I’ve seen
way too many women with thinning hair that dye their hair darker. Maybe they
think it makes their hair look like “more”, but in reality, the second they get
a bit of roots, it really makes them look like they’re balding.
It makes me
cringe so hard and I’ve seen it so many times. In my opinion, women with very
thin hair should consider bleaching their hair to match and blend in with their
scalp instead of dying it darker.
Do you like
colorful shades of makeup?
Not really.
I like the natural look. In my opinion it makes you a lot prettier when you
play up the skin instead of putting paint on the eyelids and lips.
Which
celebrity always has great make up?
I like
Alexa Chung. She always has flawless, glowing skin and a very discrete smokey
eye that brings attention to her eyes.
If you
could leave the house using just ONE make up item, what would you use?
Foundation
or BB cream.
I just
discovered La Roche-Posays
Anthelios
So far I’ve
only tried it as a sample from skinstore.com, but I’m looking for a full size!
Could you
ever leave the house without any makeup on?
Yes.
Do you
think you look good even without any makeup on?
Yes. But I
do feel I need some foundation, concealer, CC cream, BB cream or blusher some
times when my skin is acting up.
In your
opinion, what is the BEST makeup line?
I haven’t
tried enough lines to have an opinion. I do feel that Lancôme’s products are
consistently good though.
What do you
think of Makeup?
I think
it’s a great tool to make myself feel better on bad skin days, but I don’t
understand when women get so dependent on it that they can’t even leave the house
without a full face of it!
4. Nominate
7 other bloggers for their own Beautiful Blogger Award, and comment on their
blogs to let them know
Since this
is the Beautiful Blogger Award I think I will share the links to all the beauty
bloggers I follow.
I’ve said
before I have a real obsession with Korean beauty and skincare, and the
following list will definitely prove it!
One of the
things I love about the Korean (Inspired) beauty bloggers is that they openly
admit how much effort they put into their looks. Not like the Western beauty
bloggers that act like “Oh, I just fell out of bed like this and popped a bit
of colour on their eyelids. I’m just naturally beautiful, I swear!” when they
probably spent just as much time with primer, foundation, concealer, highlighters
and blushers as the Korean bloggers.
It’s more
honest and I appreciate that.
I couldn’t
stick with a mere 7 (And yet I still have some unshared from my K-blogger
folder!), but if you have any interest in this kind of blog, maybe you will
appreciate my overshare!
