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I got this Glossybox in February and I’ve only just gotten time to edit the unboxing, thankfully this post will be up before the new March box arrives, so I will have done all my old posts in 1 day and then everything coming out will be brand new.
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Hi everyone,
I had so much trouble with the unboxings that I stopped for a while and now that I want to get back into it I’m that neurotic that even though I don’t like the way they are filmed, I can’t stand having some months missing, so here is a November Glossybox Unboxing that I taped after the December Glossybox Unboxing.
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Hi everyone,
I got another Glossybox today and I wanted to tell you guys about it as soon as I could because I know how curious everyone always is about what’s in the boxes. These unboxing video’s have more views in the first days of the box being released so I’m trying to make sure you guys can watch it as soon as possible.
This months box has a Summer theme and that’s very apparent. Watch the video first and then
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Hi everyone,
It’s been a while since I did an unwearable look on my eyes. This look came from a Sunday where I was suddenly with an hour of 2 left to fill and I needed to play some.
I was challenged to this Faith Hill look from the video “Like we never loved at all”, I loved doing this look because it it very different from what I normally do. Also she has a very different eye shape and I tried false lashes again, it’s now 4 hours later and my eyes feel tired, but no burning so far…. so… I’m happy.
There aren’t many pictures that show you the angles on this look and the video that was in the Challenge didn’t work so I found these pictures online of her eyes and worked of these. 
The eye I created was: _looking_down.jpg)
Okay, here is the tutorial for how I did this look.
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Preparation
It’s Sunday, that means skin day in my house. I started by massaging my face with Sleeping Peel Cleansing Cream under the shower to clean thoroughly. After the shower I took the Dermalogica Contour Masque powder and mixed it with a little water and placed it on my face. I let that dry while lying down and when I wanted to take it off I made it wet and used a warm washcloth to take it all off. I then used the Capture Serum on my skin and placed the Hydrogel Mask on my eyes and let that do it’s job while relaxing some more. When this was done I put some Sleeping Peel eye gel on my eyes and used the Biopur on my skin to finish my moisturizing for the day.
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Face
I started my face with a base because I need everything to look perfect and matte I decided on the Photo Finish Clear Foundation Primer. Also this will protect my skin because there will be a lot of makeup on my skin when I’m done. 
Next to make the wrinkles seem less (especially after loads of concealer and highlighter) I used an Immediate Wrinkle Filler. Remember when using a wrinkle filler that less is more, too much can make the makeup slip off.
The next step High Definition Healthy FX Foundation, if you need a perfect canvas, this foundation is perfect because it doesn’t look like a mask of foundation on the skin. I used a Travel Foundation brush for the foundation, because this means I have more control over the product placement. 
For this flawless face I used three concealers, I know it’s a lot! I used Camera Ready Concealer out of the tube all the way under my eyes and blended this with the no. 4 brush to make the skin look perfect. 
Over this I placed a little Erase Paste to lighten the area a little. This concealer is more pink which makes the skin look more radiant. 
But to make it even more highlighted I placed some Touche Eclat in no. 2 in a V shape under my eyes. Here is a picture to show you the placement: 
You really need to pat this in because you don’t want to move the concealer under the highlighter. You can pat using the brush flat, or with your finger. 
As a base on my eyelid I used my trusting Eyeshadow Primer Potion. 
I set the foundation and concealer with a dusting of Super Matte Loose Powder (not over the eyelid). I used a Mineral Powder Brush for the powder placement because this gives more control. 
To contour my cheeks and jawline I used the Contour Bronzer by Smashbox with the no. 45 Mineral brush again. This means I have so much more control over placement. Remember to blend like mad. I like to make a 3 or E shape (depending on the side of the face I’m working on 
) to contour perfectly on the temple, under the cheekbone and on my jawline. Do work the contouring into the hairline to make it look less like a mask and more like a natural shadow. 
I used a shimmery highlighter in Soft Pink on the top of my cheekbone to catch the light and make them stand out more.
Under my brow bone I blended some HighBrow. 
Now the face is perfect. I would so go out during the day with a face like this, even though it’s very sculpted it still looks very beautiful and the fact that the eyes and lips are nude is very pretty on me. I have naturally dark eyelashes and brows, so I don’t need much to be honest, I just love using much 
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Eyes
To make the inner corner stand out I used the white half of the Bourjois, Noir & Blanc pencil. I go to Bourjois for this because their p
encils are very soft, this means you don’t have to press hard on your skin to create a white base and the colour is very easy to blend out. I used the Smashbox no. 20 Smudge brush for fading the colour at the edges on the lid (not on the top edge). 
On the other hand, this blendability also means that you have to set it if you don’t want it to move, I chose the white matte shadow from the Panorama trio. I placed this with the no. 26 Shadow brush and blended the colour to a fade. I then took the same brush (cleaned on a towel) to place the lightest colour from the Shutterspeed trio all over the rest of my eye as a colour. This is a matte skin tone which is perfect because the greys I’ll use later will have a powder to blend with. 
I then set the first lines of the crease above the crease with the Ombre Stretch in Intense Black, now it’s great that they called this colour intense black, but it’s not, it’s a very dark grey. I love the colour and used it to place the first lines for this look, but the name is not the perfect name for this colour. I used the brush that came in the Ombre Stretch because it actually is a good brush for placing this kind of line. I placed the line a couple of millimeters above my own crease. I wanted the crease entirely above my own and that means placing the crease with open eyes looking straight into a mirror. I smudged the line on the top only using a Sephora no. 19 Smudge brush (this is a medium sized smudge brush, the Smashbox smudge brush no. 20 is a small smudge brush), The bottom of the crease line will be getting my attention later. _en_no_19_sephora_smudge_brush.jpg)
In the outer corner in a < and > shape I placed some of the grey out of the Shutterspeed trio with the no. 15 definer brush and faded this. The place where the grey slowly turns into white is after 1/3 on the outer corner. Halfway the white should be almost at it’s whitest and after 2/3 it should be perfectly white. 
I used my loyal slanted brush to place Rimmel’s black on the outer line, making the outer line and the outer half of the crease line darker. I also placed the black as close to the lower lash line as possible. 
Taking up my Stila Smudge Pot in black is something I only so when I need a very smudged line that is matte. Also this line stays put better then the Smashbox cream liners and blends better then the JetSet. I took up the no. 16 flat liner brush to line my eyes and make the wings at the point of the black line I already drew. I went all the way up to the crease and went into the crease I had drawn. On the crease line I blended the line out using the no. 20 smudge brush by Smashbox (the small smudge brush). 
At this point I added the white to my waterline to see if the eye was looking wide enough. Faith’s eyes are a lot more almond shaped then mine, so I’m trying to make my eyes look more that shape too. She has the eyeliner higher on her eyelid, but I didn’t do this because of the different eye shapes.
I wasn’t happy with the smudged line under my eyes and took up Smoke Out to line under my eyes again and I used the other end of the pencil to smudge the colour out some more.
Now I was ready for the false lashes, I haven’t done this in ages and haven’t done this much because my eyes usually turn red and teary very quickly and it itches and hurts sooo bad after an hour and after two I’ve usually taken them off already. I got these more expensive lashes from Make Up For Ever for this look because she really has false lashes on. If I wanted it more like Faith I should have cut the lashes a little shorter, but I thought of that after I placed the first set on my eyes, and I didn’t want to cut at that point. I also placed the lashes a little above my lash line at the outer corners to make my eyes look more like Faith’s. 
I used a little JetSet on the inner corner of the top waterline to make the false lashes blend with the eye a little better. 
(Showing also the highlight on the cheekbone:)
I was happy with the eye and only when looking at the picture again after I was done with taking the pictures of my own eye, did I see that her lower lashes where also false. I’m not doing that because I already have very long lower lashes, so I gave them a little coat of mascara at this point and took these pictures afterwards (using a flash to show a different lighting). _looking_down_0.jpg)
Sooo here is the look and the how to, I hope you guys enjoyed reading this and like the look!
I wish you a great Monday tomorrow.
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Edit:
Here are two close ups of the lashes in the box.
Hey guys,
Well, the sun set already and I’m ready for tonight…
The look that was the inspiration for tonight was created by Charlotte Tilbury for the Donna Karan Spring 2009 Ready to Wear show. As you can see the basic idea for every model was the same, but it was changed for every girls eye a little. I also noticed that almost all the women I found had blue eyes hahaha…
My view on the look:
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Preparation
I had a late night last night (I went out with friends) and an early morning today. So I’m really tired but I don’t wish to look it so I massaged my face using the Sleeping Peel cleansing cream. My skin feels sooo much better after this and I use Sleeping Peel eye gel on my eyes to maximize the effect. As a moisturizer I used a little BioPur.
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Face
As a primer I used the Greenroom Collection’s Hybrid all over my face, I was sooo tired I even absent minded put it on my eyes and just let it do it’s job there. That is the reason why I skipped the Primer Potion on my eyes.
I used the Teint Parfait the way you’re supposed to use it, as a colour corrector and this gave my skin it’s glow back. Over this I used a lighter foundation then usually because I’m kinda pale from the little sleep. I applied this foundation using the brush where the foundation comes from, I did press the foundation a little more into my skin using my fingers though.
I used the Sephora concealer palette because I can mix the colours to match my needs for today. I used the lightest skin tone colour and the pink to create a salmon-like colour. This mixture I placed under my eyes using the no 4 Concealer Brush.
I then tilted my head forward a little and brushed some Touche Eclat on shadows from the bags under my eyes (grrr… no sleep doesn’t react well on my skin). The way to maximize the effect is letting it soak in a little before blending.
I used a little lip balm on my lips at this point to moisturize them.
At this point this is how everything looks:
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Eyes
When I was looking at the pictures I first thought they only had the lid glimmering, but when I saw a video of it I did see a little glimmer on the brow bone, so I started my eye with a shimmering eyeshadow tester by Mark in Nomade. It was a lot more golden shimmer then I expected, but the colour is super and was a great base to work over, to create a wash of colour as a base I always go back to the All Over Shadow Brush.
The ladies all have very light inner corners on their eyes, I don’t have a shimmering white, but I created my eye corner by starting with the Iridescent Cream Shadow in Silver on the corner first and blending it outward a lot. I then used the no. 15 Definer Brush to add the Panorama White in the corner only. This gave the corner a little extra kick but didn’t kill the shimmer of the cream shadow. 
The ladies all had very hazel brown shimmery creases that had the skin shining through. I have the perfect colour to recreate this, The Smashbox Eye Shadow Quad called Supernatural (which I got in the Glambox Volume 2 set, that’s currently on sale on the Smashbox site for $51) has a Bronze/Golden colour. The colour looks more Bronze, but actually has really golden glimmers. Also the colour isn’t hiding the skin colour under the eyeshadow, it’s very transparent. I used the Natural Dome Smudge Brush no. 13 from Sephora for this because it’s a little shorter and softer then the no. 15 definer brush. This brush blends better and I’m blending with this brush as well (if you use less pressure while blending upward, you can blend with almost any brush, but if you’re new to blending or not good at blending, place with this brush and then use a crease brush to blend). 
I wanted a little more depth in the centre of the crease, so I took a very glimmery palette from L’Oreal and used the brown colour from that palette on my inner crease using the tip of the Crease Brush.
To give the outer corner of the eyelid a little more of a brown kick I added the dark brown from the Quad using the Natural Dome Smudge Brush no. 13 from Sephora again. I used circular motions to buff the colour into the skin blending this colour with the grey at the middle of the eyelid. Because the silver is a cream shadow it will hold a lot of colour, soooo blend on the outside first (don’t go into the crease colour, the bronze should stay the main focus here). Use an almost empty brush to place the last of the brown in the middle to blend the silver and brown. 
To finish the eye I curled my lashes and took my trusting Chanel, Inimitable Mascara to create fuller lashes. The girls at the Donna Karan show are wearing false lashes and I’m not, so adding those will add more of a dark shadow at the corners of the eyes. I also added a little mascara to my lower lashes which I usually don’t do because I have pretty dark lashes naturally. Using an eyebrow brush I brushed my eyebrows a little more down because these ladies have messier brows then I usually have. 
I’ve been using a flash (fake lighting) on all these pictures. 
So I went to a more yellow light and took this picture without a flash.
Using a flash again: 
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This is the half of a Dior Lip palette I got as a freebie once, left is without flash and right is with flash.
The colours in the palette are:
Lips
I wanted to keep my lips neutral so I used Dior Addict in 384 Rose Scenario on my lips, but thought it was a little too natural with the very flashy though light eyes. So I added a little Ultra Gloss in 151 over the lipstick using a retractable Lip Brush.
Scent
As a scent I used the Escada Moonsparkle I got from a friend today.
On the pictures it looks a lot less shiny then it actually is, I do hope you guys like the look. I will enjoy wearing it tonight. I really think it’s a spring look, it’s very fresh, young and clean. 
My mum said I look very awake (I don’t feel it, but hihi, make-up is creating a great illusion).
I felt like doing something daring today… and came up with a look that had red eye makeup, red lips and red nails… only syncing lips and nails is trendy this fall, but I thought adding the eye would be cool. I like it, I hope you do too.
Here’s a quick tip for all of you makeup lovers. I know some women who do one eye first and then the other, it’s hell to get the eyes look the same if you do it this way. I always do every step on both eyes… make sure they’re the same, and then I have both eyes equal when I’m done, because every layer on the eye was done to match the other eye.
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Preparation
As usual I started my morning with cleansing cusions. I then used a tester of Aquacourse (which smells divine btw) and used Repairwear on my eyes. I also used the immediate wrinkle filler before foundation etc.
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Face
Starting my make-up with Clear Photo Finish Primer has become the most natural thing to me that really adds longevity to my foundation and sculpting. I used High Def Foundation with the Travel Foundation Brush to ensure a perfect and blended foundation. From there on I took the Mineral Powder Brush no. 45 and used Super Matte Loose Powder to set the foundation all over. I didn’t use any concealer so far because it wasn’t needed. I used the Bronze from the Pressed Powder/Bronze Lights Duo to sculpt under my cheekbones and on my jawline because this product isn’t shimmery and is almost exactly my skins shadow tone. For sculpting I used the Half Moon Brush today because my baby buki brush is still wet from cleaning. I patted some Diorshow powder on my temples to make my face look thinner.
I placed Eyeshadow Primer Potion on my eyes using my fingers.
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Eye
After applying foundation and primer potion I took a picture to show you what I’m working on. 
I did use a little Concealer with the no. 4 concealer brush under my eyebrow at this moment and around my lips to lighten this area a little. To lighten under my eyebrow even more I packed the All Over Shadow brush with the lightest colour of the Shutterspeed and patted that under my eyebrows, blending it down. 
For the red colour I used Rosewood, this is a satin finish colour and using the Large Eyeshadow Brush no. 8 I placed it on my eyelid only, not blending the colour anywhere. 
Using the flat brush for this and patting in the colour means you get a more intense colour on your eyelid.
I used the bottom right colour from the Jeu de Nuit which is a brown/grey colour with also a satin finish. If you look closely at the red eyeshadow you see the dark-tones of the red are similar to the grey/brown. 
I used the Definer brush to place the colour in my crease (starting on the outside colour because your brush gives the most colour where you place your brush first). Here is a picture of the colour unblended to show you the placement: 
Using a clean Crease Brush no. 10 to blend the dark up and out. 
I used Jet Set Waterproof Eye Liner in Midnight Black with the Arced Liner Brush no. 21 on my top waterline. I also placed a little colour on the lower waterline in the corner very thinly. To finish the eye I curled my eyelashes and gave my lashes a thick coat of Diorshow. I love this mascara, I always have, it makes my lashes look amazing!
Lips
Around my lips I already placed a thin line of Creme Eyeliner pencil and blended this out. On my lips I used Lasting finish lipstick in 124 Bordeaux straight out of the tube for a thick layer of colour. 
I then used the red colour from the Totally fab lip gloss collection on the centre of my lips (so no gloss in the corners).
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Nails
After cleaning my nails I added a coat of Nail Envy as a base on my nails and let it dry. I then used two coats of the Bourjois colour and another colour of Nail Envy as a to
pcoat. 
According to Allure.com winter brings us a variety of looks, one of them is minimalism.
The final eye of today is:
I went for a neutral though a bit shimmery eye, using the fallout of the Midnight Cowboy Rides Again as a highlight on my cheeks. This is a very quick look to do, and to change for night with a few small touches as I will show you in the look for tomorrow (which will actually be what I’ll be wearing tonight).
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Preparation
Before I make my face look like I’m not wearing makeup, I need to make sure I don’t need a lot of makeup, to do this you need to clean and moisturise your face thoroughly. I started with the Neutrogena Cleansing Cushions because they’re easy and work like a charm. I then scrubbed my clean face with the 7Day scub to get all the dead skin cells off and followed with a new product I got yesterday, which is Sephora’s toner, I haven’t used toner since I was a teenager, but I heard from a friend that it’s not a harsh product to your skin and felt like trying it, so far so good. I followed the toner with my Clinique eye cream and I tried a sample of the BioPure Pore reducer because I’m not wearing much makeup today so smaller pores is good and I wanted to try this. It smells heavenly, it also went on very well and my skin feels properly moisturised, but no shine or tackiness at all, so I would recommend it for people who like me have combination skin (oily/dry) that’s sensitive. Ask for a sample at Sephora and try it out.
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Face
I know it looks like a lot of products for a minimalist look, but to look like you’re naturally blessed with great skin, you have to give nature a hand . Starting with the foundation primer I gave my skin a barrier between my moisturiser and my “foundation”, the YSL Teint Parfait isn’t so much a foundation, it’s a complexion enhancer, it gives a hint of colour and a radiance to your skin, but it doesn’t cover as much as a foundation would. I use this because I have good skin (thankfully), and take good care of it, I don’t need a lot of foundation and when go out with no foundation and no one really notices a lot of difference. I like foundation because it helps with shine and makes you look flawless, but today, I’m all for natural.
I used the Photo Op under eye brightener all over my eye as well to brighten the top a little too. Over this I took a little concealer (I mixed the lightest and the pink tint to get a salmon type colour) on my dark circles with the small concealer brush. Here is a little trick, if you tilt your head forward, you can see the dark circles even better, and makes it easier to place the concealer exactly where you need it, blend it looking in the mirror like you normally would, or you would wear to much concealer and look like a clown, but placement is very easy if you use this trick. Last to finish the base I’m working on, I used highbrow under my eyebrows and blended this with my fingers.
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Eyes
I started with the lightest colour in the eyeshadow trio using the big All over shadow brush and placed the colour all over my eye up to my brows and under my eyes as well. I didn’t use a primer under it because I wanted to see if the Smashbox holds up without a primer, if I use it dry. When I did the grey eye I used it wet and it stayed perfectly where I put it, so I’m testing it dry today. Next up is the medium colour which is still very light. I filled the crease brush with the medium colour and used it in and a little above my crease. It looks very natural and pretty. I used the Urban Decay Midnight Cowboy Rides Again under my eyebrows and in the middle of my upper eyelid. I took the Smashbox concealer brush for this job (which I don’t use for concealing) because it’s still small, but I think too big to place concealer precisely. I placed the brush on the middle of my upper eyelid and made a very small circular motion without lifting the brush. I pressed the colour here because this colour has a lot of fallout, and I didn’t want it under my eye, I wanted the fallout on my cheek, so when I did the same colour under my eyebrows I wasn’t so careful, but swept it on and the fallout on top of my cheekbone was perfect.
I then curled my lashes and swept two coats of the Sephora mascara on my eyelashes. Because I wanted the look to have lashes but no clumps I took the eyelash comb and took out the clumps. The “tail” of my eyebrows isn’t hooked down as much, I wanted it to be less severe because the eye so neutral, so I just brushed it toward my hairline.
On my lips I used just a lip balm.
Here are the final two pictures:
Nails
Yesterday I already gave my nails a coat OPI original Nail Envy and two coats of purple nail polish with glitters by GOSH in Gasoline followed by Sally Hansen’s Ultimate Shield TopCoat (I bought this today at the train station because I read the comments on the blog by almost famous (Fingernail Polish…HELP! that Sally Hansen is good too and I wanted to try it out. )
Here is the end result of the nails (whilst I’m holding Shutterspeed
Scent
I needed a summery light scent to go with this look so I used Burberry Summer femme.
