I really enjoyed recreating the look, although it was a bit of an awkward moment when the mailman showed up to deliver a package...He started with a cheerful 'Good morning!' before he noticed my face. After that he didn't know how quickly he had to turn around so he could run back to his car. This is definitely not a look for school :P

Enjoy your weekend!

I guess that I'm a bit late with trying the 'gradient nails' thing, but it definitely looks very pretty! I never tried it before (getting gradient nails using the sponge method) because it seemed a bit time-consuming to me. Luckily it doesn't take that long to get the gorgeous gradient effect, and the video below will show you exactly what to do in case you have never tried it before! It's called the 'Starry night Gradient nails tutorial' and belongs to the lovely MissChievous. It's a very nice tutorial with a lot of useful tips!


Here you can see all of the shades I used. You don't really have to use that many (you can get an awesome effect with just 2 or 3 shades) but I decided to copy MissChievous and used multiple shades of pink/purple. From left to right you can see: Get a rose 4 me by H&M, Diva Violet by Max Factor, Dirty Berry by Catrice, Canberra by W.I.C. Herome, Vivid Purple by Barry M and Midnight Star by Orly. I wanted to use only purple at first, but Dirty Berry is my lightest shade of purple and I didn't find that light enough, so I decided to add some pink! ;)


I think that it looks very cute! I'd love to do this again with a couple of pink or blue shades, I bet even a green version would look cool (I'm usually not such a fan of green nail polish). Or perhaps something going from yellow to red, sounds very summer ish!

Have you already tried this before?

Hey everyone! A couple of weeks ago I posted something about my little 'Cell phone case project' and a lot has happened since that post! I've been collecting materials like crazy (decoration pieces, rhinestones, different types of glue etc.) and in stead of the Blackberry Bold 9780 I decided to go for a HTC Cha cha. A Blackberry was a lot more expensive than I thought. I already ordered 3 phone cases for the Blackberry Bold though (I blame my enthusiasm) so I decided to use those to practice on. Today I'm going to show the first phone case I made and explain how you can make your own! Let's start with what you'll need:

•  A 'naked' phone case for your phone. I'd suggest paying Ebay a visit, they are super cheap over there and you can find a lot of different colours. 
• Super glue! I still want to experiment with other types of glue, but the first time I used this kind of super glue. It has a very thin (water ish) consistency and it's very very strong. The glue comes in little tubes of 3g and I used almost all 3 for the cell phone case.
• A Dotting tool or Tweezers. I started working with tweezers but that didn't work for me (the rhinestones are really tiny), so I used a Dotting tool in stead. Just experiment and use what works best for you!
• Lots and lots of rhinestones. I think I used about 1000 rhinestones for this one. You can use multiple sizes and colours, I used (800) 3mm rhinestones and (200) 1mm rhinestones in pink & crystal.
• Of course you'll need some decorations too! Below you can see a picture of my 'Deco box'.

You can use flowers, large rhinestones, cute figures etc. As long as it has a flat back, you can use it! Perhaps you have an old necklace or a pair of broken earrings, you can use those too! Just use a nail clipper or nail file to remove anything that sticks out.

 You start with the cell phone case of your choice, make sure that you go for something that is made of hard plastic and avoid flexible phone cases made of silicone. If you do buy a coloured phone case on Ebay, be aware that you might get 'bright red' in stead of a deep burgundy...

Now you can grab your 'deco pieces' and create a design you like. Once you are satisfied you can use the super glue to make sure that everything stays in place. Remember that the glue dries super fast, so it's important that you place the pieces exactly where you want them :)

Now the fun part *cough cough*, adding the rhinestones! This is the part that makes this DIY a little less fun, adding all the rhinestones takes forever. I spent hours and hours to get it done, the glue just dries so quickly that it slows you down. But it is super strong, once you stick it on there the rhinestones won't come off (well I can't be 100% sure, but they survived water and I tried to get them off with my nails but they wouldn't budge). I want to look around for a different kind of glue that is just as strong but won't dry so quickly.

The red case was just an example though, of course my first self-made cell phone case had to be Hello Kitty inspired! Super pink and sparkly, it's a shame that I can't squeeze my phone in there! I'm probably going to sell it, even though it's not really perfect. I think it's not bad for a first try though!

I took some pictures during the whole process,  I think it took me 8 hours or so to finish it. I've read that the experienced ladies can do it in 3-4 hours but it will still take a lot of your free time. However, you do get a very pretty 'one of a kind' cell phone case in return! When you look for cell phone cases in a store they usually don't have what you're looking for or it's way too expensive, so this is a great option for the creative (and patient) ladies.

I hope you enjoyed this DIY post! If you have any questions you can leave a comment below and I'll answer as soon as possible :)

I love showing colourful looks on my blog, but today's look is pretty wearable! I was about to go shopping with my mother, so I wanted something that wasn't boring but not too crazy either. I decided to go for brown smokey eyes and pink cheeks & lips. The weather is still awful over here, so a little bit of colour to brighten things up was definitely a must! ;)


 Here are the 'most important' products I used. The first one is The essential eye palette by Louise Young, I've said it before but I seriously LOVE that palette. It's such a nice basic palette with good shades for filling in the eyebrows, creating neutral looks and I even use the black as eyeliner. The cream blush is called 'Hot pink' and the lipstick is a gorgeous bright pink with the name 'Louisiana'. Both are from NYX!

It's not really part of the make-up but I'm in love with the earrings! I showed them before in my 'Recent buys' post from a little while ago. (The Dutch ladies might find them at Kruidvat if they are interested in purchasing these earrings). I just really like the turquoise earrings and the pink lipstick together, they add colour to my face without overpowering everything ;)

Now I'm going back to listening to 'Best thing I never had' by Beyoncé, I don't know why but I'm addicted to her music lately!

After a few days of camping I felt like giving my nails a bit of a romantic/glamorous look, so I grabbed my glitter, rhinestones and those little aluminum roses I got for my cellphone case project! I did get inspired by this lovely blog, if you like the cute and romantic nail-looks I suggest taking a look there! :) This is really a very easy look to recreate, because you don't have to paint your nails perfectly to make it work.

You can find the red roses here, I also used a glitter topper called Kaleidoscope by Wet n Wild (Number 140 by Paris Memories is a very nice and budget-proof option as well). As a base colour (for the glitter) I used Pebble Beach by Catrice, a LE nail polish. I forgot to include the rhinestones in the picture, but they are from this seller.

Okay, I haven't been away for that long (just a couple of days to go camping with my sister) but I'm back! I thought that I wouldn't have an internet connection there, but it turns out that the caravan park actually has wi-fi...gotta love the century we live in! Next time I'll definitely bring my laptop, it's a bit sad to admit but I'm really addicted to blogging and checking my twitter timeline every 5 minutes. But I really enjoyed a few days without constantly checking my email and twitter though! I love nature, and our caravan park is near a beautiful forest full of wild animals. Below I'll show some pictures of our trip ;) Unfortunately I didn't manage to take a picture of the beautiful deer we saw, but I did see a lot of wild (and willing to sit still/pose) bunnies!















The last picture has little to do with the trip, but when I got back home I noticed a couple of packages from Ebay with 'deco stuff' so I thought it would be fun to show what I collected so far! It's quite silly that I have 3 phone cases for the Blackberry now, because I decided that getting a Blackberry is just too expensive for me. Well I guess I can use them to practice my 'time to prettify this!' skills on :P If people are interested, I could do a more detailed post about my box of decoration thingies. I love DIY projects, and besides cell phone cases you could also decorate mirrors, brush holders, make-up palettes (especially the simple black ones from Ebay) and more. I think this is going to be another addiction! 

Hey guys! I'm camping at the moment (which means no internet unfortunately and no opportunity to blog). Right before I left I managed to prepare a little post with a random FOTD and OOTD, I really don't like leaving my blog behind for so long :P And I really miss tweeting random things, but I'll be back soon!

A very simple Face of the Day, I used my Essential eye palette from Louise Young for the eyes (my favourite eyeshadow palette) and on the lips I'm wearing a NYX lipstick called Strawberry Milk. On the cheeks I have a blush in 'Adorable' by Essence and to fake a bit of a glow I used a bit of High beam.

Here's an Outfit of the Day (...well, more like an outfit from a couple of weeks ago when the weather was still nice). My sister is posing here, she's wearing her fave H&M dress and her wedge heeled shoes.

If everything goes to plan, I'll be back home tomorrow! :)