Merry Christmas Everyone!

Hope you're all having a good time, enjoying these lovely moments with the ones you love and care about. 

I just wanted to wish you all the best and share with you my Christmas nails I'm wearing for these holidays. Hope you like the snowman and the decorated Christmas tree ;)

Happy Holidays!!!

Love and hugs, xoxo

Lala

Hi, dolls!

I want to share with you this luxurious homemade face scrub recipe, as its effects on skin are spectacular! And it's all natural and doesn't cost you a fortune as if you would have bought it from a beauty store. 

You can use any exfoliating products you have and add any oils you prefer, but I chose brown sugar combined with white sugar to exfoliate the skin and added juice of half a lemon and half teaspoon of coconut oil.

Coconut oil benefits:

* contains vitamin E that nourishes and repairs your skin, protects against premature aging, fights against wrinkling the skin

*contains saturated fats that help the skin keep its moisture 

*antimicrobial role

*heals acne, scars and eczemas

Lemon juice benefits:

*it's well known that lemon juice brightens the skin and it's really effective especially when you have age spots

*remove blackheads

*softens the skin

*tone oily skin

*natural antibacterial role

*the ascorbic acid from the lemons helps healing the acne

Sugar benefits:

*it's a natural humectant, this means that takes moisture from the environment directly to the skin, which helps hydrating the skin

*contains glycolic acid, an active ingredient of many high end beauty and exfoliating creams (you can find it as AHA ingredient)

So, I mixed all these ingredients and used the mixture all at once, very quickly so that the sugar doesn't melt. 

Now gently massage your skin in circular motions for a few seconds and then rinse with warm water. The final result it's a softer, moisturized and healthier skin, you'll love it from the first use, like I did :)

You can also use this mixture all over the body.

*The lemon juice could make your skin sensitive to sun, so if you're using this scrub during the day and then you expose yourself to the sun, just wear a sunscreen cream.

Enjoy!

xoxo, Lala

Hey Beauties!

It's the Holiday season and this means gifts, joy, smiles and ...a giveaway!!!

Well a while ago I promised you a giveaway, but with all my tight schedule and my moving back to London, redecorating the house and all the stuff, I had no time to write anything on my blog, I'm sooo angry about that. I also finished my website, it's online now and you can see my portfolio at www.mikimakeup.com , I'm so happy with how it turned out, so go check it out when you have time to browse the pictures.

Due to many messages you sent to me all these past months, I decided to do videos on YouTube, more precisely makeup tutorials, I hope that from now on every makeup look that's up on my blog have a matching 'how to' video. What do you think about that? 

Please let me know what would you like to see in my upcoming videos ;)

Ok, too much talking :))) now let's go back to our business: the giveaway!

The winner will be receiving this lovely gift containing: Strictly Stunning Look Book - a gorgeous makeup palette ( 3 eye shadows, blush and 3 lip glosses), 3 Soap and Glory body care products ( body scrub, body butter and a hand cream) and the OPI MUPPETS Most Wanted nail polishes SET ( the shades are: 'Miss piggy's Big Number', 'I Love Applause' , 'Kermit me to speak' , 'Chillin' Like a Villain' ).

The giveaway is open worldwide and it will end on January 10th, 2015.

So here are more detailed pictures with the products from this giveaway

        

How to enter:

For Extra entries:

 Good Luck Everyone and Warm Hugs!!!! Happy Holidays!!! See Ya very soon with new makeup looks and much more!

xoxoxo

Lala

EDIT: Giveaway Closed!

Hello Lovelies!

Recently I did a makeup pictorial for a lifestyle magazine, I was inspired by this summer trends and I am so happy that my makeup looks got printed, so I wanted to share it with you, guys.

I also got a behind the scenes video from one of the photoshoots,  I hope you enjoy this post.

An here is the behind the scenes video:

 Guys, stay tuned, I'm preparing a super giveaway soon!

Share and comment if you liked this post.

Kisses, muuaaahhh!!!!

Hello Lovelies!

Before getting these two camouflage cream palettes I was facinated by their coverage power... So I wanted to try them out and I got a lighter and a darker toned one, Make Up For Ever Camouflage Cream Palettes in No.2 - Asian Complexions and No.4 - Dark Complexions, so that any mixing of color between them can be done.

Because the palette comes with 5 different shades, it's very handy to combine them till it matches the perfect shade for you.

They are super dense and have a great coverage power, I usually use them to cover blemishes, scars, dark under eye circles, skin discoloration, tatoos, highlighting and contouring.

Due to their texture, they might seem heavy and very dry at first and for the under eye skin it's better not to use the cream by itsself, because it will definately crease in the fine lines and it will look cakey.

TIP: If your skin it's very dry, make sure you hydrate it enough before applying these camouflage creams.

TIP: I find them easy to blend after applying my foundation

TIP: For a lighter application use less product or mix a small amount of camouflage cream with a moisturiser and apply all over the face.

These palettes are super versatile, that's why I will definately repurchase them.

What they say:

Kisses and hugs!

Xoxo, Lala