Life in Technicolor △✘△ Makeup Playground

Growing up, surrounded with favourite toys and games, we've been happiest little rascals, creating the world of imagination, coziness and satisfaction, with no worries in the world. And despite all that, we wished for years to go by faster, to grow up faster. As a grown ups we sometimes (often, maybe?) crave for the ESCAPE button, usually drowning in the bunch of seriousness, obligations and worries that preoccupy our 24 hr days. Being far away from anything makeup professional, I found my ESCAPE in those fabulous items of colourful and playful dimensions that hep me transfer from present boredom to something magical, forgetting about anything and everything in the world. Makeup, to me, is a tool, that essential substance that makes me comfortable, more confident and refreshed version of self. But it also gives me the freedom and inspiration to create different versions of myself, following the feelings and emotions that surround me in the moment. Today I wanna share some of the eye looks I've created this year. Some may reckognize them from the Instagram, but I thought it would be a shame not to post them on blog and maybe inspire some of you :)

Odrastajući, okruživali bi se najdražim igrama i igračkama, kreirajući za sebe svet magije i bezbrižnosti, udobnosti i sveopšteg zadovoljstva, svet u kojem vreme nije imalo preveliki značaj. I pored svega toga, nekako smo priželjkivali da godine prođu što pre, te nas transformišu u odrasle osobe, u taj... tada nam misteriozan svet u kome se može apsolutno sve! I napokon, kad nam se želja ostvarila, kada smo napokon deo tog sveta odraslih, često priželjkujemo spoznaju za prečicom, za čarobnim putokazom koji će nas, pa makar na tren, odvojiti od sivila i stalno-prisutnih briga svakodnevice. Kao neko ko je miljama daleko od profesionalne vizažistice ili bilo čega profesionalnog, a da je povezano s beauty industrijom :), često svoje dugme za beg od realnosti pronalazim upravo u hrpi divnih boja, tekstura i formula, u različitim šminkerskim artiklima koji su najsavršeniji alat za izgubiti se u nekom svom svetu fantazije. Često se polemiše o transformacijskoj moći šminke; neke individue smatraju se uvređenim, obmanjenim lažnim prikazom lepote. Drugi, pak, glasno zagovaraju benefite transformacije i kreativne ekspresije. Ja, iskreno, nemam potrebu previše galamiti oko bilo čega vezanog uz šminku. Čak mi je sve to smešno i ekstremistički jer se istorija ponavlja, umetnici su neshvaćeni i osuđivani, realnost je iskrivljena previše dostupnim i nestručno korišćenim alatima (PhotoShop, filteri... you name it), favorizuju se uniformisani prikazi lepote i dopušteno je jedino ono što je #trending. Za mene je šminka alat oslikavanja individualnosti i unikatnog, osobnog pristupa viđenju lepote. Alat. Sredstvo. Ponekad i manipulacija. Ali umetnost i je manipulacija. Čulima, emocijama, sveukupnim doživljajima. Šminka u meni budi kad-kad uspavanu inspiraciju, kreativnost koja se često izliže pod uticajem nekreativne svakodnevice, nadahnjuje me i ispunjava posebnom energijom i slobodom da u različitim momentima kreiram različite verzije sebe. Objašnjenje zašto to radim i s kojim ciljem ne dugujem nikome, a tako ni vi. Radimo to jer nas čini srećnim. Jer nas čini svojim. U poslednjih nekoliko meseci često šaram po licu :), a neke od radova podelila sam s vama i na svom Instagram profilu. S obzirom da ovu aplikaciju nemamo svi, a i nekako bi mi bilo žao ne ovekovečiti šarenilo i na blogu, danas sa vama delim svoje kreacije u nadi da će vas inspirisati, te oraspoložiti kasni zimski, pomalo namrgođeni martovski dan :)

Eyebrows/Obrve: 

Essence Shape & Shadows eye contouring palette

Eyes/Oči: 

Essence I love colour intensifying eyeshadow base 

Maybelline Color Tattoo 24h Creamy Mattes in 93 Creme de Nude

NYX Rocker Chic Tainted Love in pearly rose

Essence Liquid Ink in The Whites

Aura Eyes Intensifier liquid eyeliner 

Eyelashes/Trepavice:

Essence individual eyelashes

Eyebrows/Obrve: 

Essence Shape & Shadows eye contouring palette

Eyes/Oči:

Maybelline Color Tattoo 24h Creamy Mattes in 93 Creme de Nude

NYX Rocker Chic Tainted Love in pearly rose

Sleek Vintage Romance in Pretty in Paris, Meet in Madrid, Marry in Monte Carlo, Honeymoon in Hollywood, Bliss in Barcelona

Eyelashes/Trepavice:

Essence individual eyelashes

Maybelline Lash Sensational mascara

Eyebrows/Obrve: 

Essence Shape & Shadows eye contouring palette

Eyes/Oči:

Maybelline Color Tattoo 24h Creamy Mattes in 93 Creme de Nude

NYX Rocker Chic Tainted Love in pearly rose

Sleek Vintage Romance in Pretty in Paris, Meet in Madrid, Marry in Monte Carlo, Honeymoon in Hollywood, Bliss in Barcelona

Essence Glitter in the air; 02 Smile! You're beautiful

Essence effect eyeshadow; 02 Brazil's sunset

NYX Liquid Suede lipstick; Stone Fox, Oh, put it on

Essence Liquid Ink in The Whites

Catrice Made to stay inside eye khol kajal

Eyelashes/Trepavice:

Essence individual eyelashes

Maybelline Lash Sensational mascara

Eyebrows/Obrve:

NYX Liquid Suede in Vintage

Beauty UK Lips Matter in Bond, Mrs Bond

Eyes/Oči:

Maybelline Color Tattoo 24h Creamy Mattes in 93 Creme de Nude

NYX Rocker Chic Tainted Love in pearly rose

Sigma mono eyeshadow in Fawn

Essence effect eyeshadow; 02 Brazil's sunset

Essence Liquid Ink in The Whites

*pieces of alu-foil

Eyelashes/Trepavice:

Essence individual eyelashes dipped in pastel/oil colors + NYX Vivid Brights (Vivid Halo) eyeliner

Eye color: photoshop

Eyebrows/Obrve:

Essence Long Lasting eye pencil in 12 I have a green

Freedom Makeup London mono eyeshadow in 219 Gilded

Eyes/Oči:

Maybelline Color Tattoo 24h Creamy Mattes in 93 Creme de Nude

NYX Vivid Brights in Vivid Halo

Beauty UK Lips Matter in Bond, Mrs Bond

Golden Rose metallic style liner in 01 & 11

Beauty Uk Pearl eyeliner in Blue Lagood & Purple Haze

Essence Liquid Ink in The Whites

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