2013 MAKE-UP COLLECTION INVENTORY

 

Hello dear readers,

finally here’s the post which had to be published a month ago: my make-up collection. When I find more time, I’ll post skincare and nail polish collection pictures too.

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Bok dragi čitatelji,

ovo je konačno post koji je trebao biti objavljen prije mjesec dana: moja kolekcija šminke. Ukoliko uspijem pronaći malo vremena, možete očekivati i slike kolekcije preparativne kozmetike i lakova za nokte.

As you know, I’ve been on various sorts of no-buy, low buy and project 10 pans which weren’t as successful as I’d like them to be. Still, compared to the older pictures of my stash, I feel like I haven’t purchased too much stuff the last year. I’m still continuing with a sort of low buy and I have to admit that seeing how much stuff I have, I feel like it’s less likely that I’ll buy more make-up.

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Kao što znate, imala sam hrpu perioda zabrane kupnje ili smanjene kupnje kozmetike koji i nisu ispunili moja očekivanja. Ipak, ako usporedim slike kolekcija, čini mi se da prošle godine nisam kupila toliko stvari. Nastaviti ću s projektom smanjene kupnje kozmetie. Moram priznati da, kad vidim koliko stvari imam, prođe me želja za kupnjom još kozmetike.

So, here’s my complete make-up collection. As you can see, I’m quite a hoarder. I’ll just briefly mention the products – I won’t write the shade names, because a majority of the products were mentioned in my previous collection posts. If you want to know the exact shade of some product, please ask in comments.

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Evo moje potpune kolekcije. Kao što možete vidjeti, jako volim gomilati. Samo ću ukratko imenovati proizvode, bez spominjanja nijansi budući da je većina proizvoda spomenuta u slikama prošle kolekcije. Ukoliko želite doznati ime određene nijanse, slobodno pitajte u komentarima.

First we’ll start with eyeshadows. This is my favourite part of make-up and I have ammassed quite a collection. The first picture features my Guerlain palettes + Chanel and YSL palette.

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Započeti ćemo sa sjenilima. Sjenila su moj najdraži make-up proizvod i imam ih poprilično. Na prvoj su slici Guerlain, Chanel i YSL palete.

This photo features all of my other eyeshadows (Clarins, Catrice, Inglot, Sisley, Chanel), UD Book of Shadows 2 and Benefit Celebutante palette.

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Na ovoj su slici sva ostala sjenila (Clarins, Catrice, Inglot, Sisley, Chanel), UD Book of Shadows i Benefit Celebutante paleta.

Next, we’ll continue with lip products. I prefer lipsticks to lip glosses and I almost never use a lip liner. On the far left are Sisley glosses, followed by Guerlain. Next are Sisley lipsticks, Guerlain and Benefit, MAC, Oriflame and finally three Rouge Automatiques. The lip liner is Essence.

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Zatim prelazimo na proizvode za usne. Ruževi su mi puno draži od sjajila, a olovku za usne koristim rijetko. Na krajnjoj lijevoj strani su Sisley sjajila i jedno Guerlain. Zatim slijede Sisley, Guerlain i Benefit ruževi, MAC, Oriflame, a na kraju su tri Rouge Automatique. Olovka za usne je Essence.

I don’t have many face products. The foundations are Dior and Sisley, concealers Lancome and Oriflame. There is Inglot Duraline and two primers: Guerlain and Sisley.

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Nemam puno proizvoda za lice. Puderi su Dior i Sisley, korektori Lancome i Oriflame. Tu se također nalazi Inglot Duraline i dvije baze za lice: Guerlain i Sisley.

Here are powders and highlighters. We start with Guerlain blush which I use as a contour/highlight, Meteorites from holiday collections, Sephora compact powder, more meteorites, cK loose powder, two pressed meteorites and Sisley loose powder.

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Ovo su puderi i highlighteri. Na početku se nalazi Guerlain rumenilo koje koristim za konturiranje i osvjetljivanje, Meteoriti iz božićnih kolekcija, Sephora kompaktni puder, još meteorita, cK puder u prahu, dva kompaktna meteorita i Sisley puder u prahu.

Blush is a product which, for some reasons, I have quite a lot of. First is Sisley, then Inglot and Dior (this one is impossible to spend), Guerlain and Sisley. In the second row are YSL and Guerlain bronzers.

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Rumenilo je proizvod kojeg imam poprilično, iako ni sama ne znam kako. Prvo je Sisley, zatim Inglot i Dior (ovo je rumenilo nemoguće potrošiti), Guerlain i Sisley. U drugom redu nalaze se YSL i Guerlain bronzeri.

Here are eyeliners and other eye products. There is Chanel Le Sourcil de Chanel, Guerlain eyeliners (liquid and loose), Oriflame mascara and Essence eyeshadow base plus other eyeliners (Essence, Guerlain, UD, Givenchy, Sisley, Sephora)

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Ovdje su olovke za oči i ostali slični proizvodi. Možete vidjeti Chanel Le Sourcil de Chanel, Guerlain tekući i eyeliner u prahu, Oriflame maskaru, Essence bazu za sjenila te ostale olovke za oči (Essence, Guerlain, UD, Givenchy, Sisley, Sephora)

In the end here are make-up samples (foundations and primers mostly).

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Popis završavam s uzorcima (uglavnom puderi i baze za lice).

 

Well, that would be it. I do have quite a lot of stuff, but I try to use all of it (of course, not at the same time). I generally create “looks” in which I rotate different products. Anyway, I hope you liked the post

Have a great weekend.

Love, Tamara

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Evo, to bi bilo to. Znam da imam puno proizvoda, ali trudim se koristiti ih sve (naravno ne istodobno). Uglavnom kombiniram “lookove” tako da izmjenjujem različite proizvode. Nadam se da vam se post svidio

Uživajte u vikendu.

Voli vas,

Tamara

Make-up Collection – June Update

Voila! As I have anounced, here is a 6th month make-up collection inventory. When I first took it out of the traincase and the storage box I was shocked by the amount of stuff I have. After taking the photos and putting it neatly, I see that the collection is not as terrifying as it seemed. There are two items missing from the photos: Oriflame Absolute concealer and Benefit Lady’s Choice lipstick. It seems that I have lost them somewhere.

MAKE-UP and SKINCARE ORGANISATION

If you are make-up collector, you have probably been faced with the problem: Where to put it?

My stash has evolved a lot – from a small make-up bag to a whole closet.

This post has been pending for a couple of weeks when I’ve been doing a make-up closet inventory and re-organisation.

BRUSH Stash

My brush collection is something that I have started to expand recently. Up until two years ago I had like 3 brushes: power brush, two eyeshadow brushes and some of the applicators I got with the eyeshadow quads.

My brush collection varies in price: there are expensive high-end brushes next to cheap drugstore one (and I don’t see much difference in quality).

I take care a lot for my brushes – the oldest one in my collection is 10 years old and it is still good as new (even better). I wash them once per week (depending on how much make-up I do that week) with gentle, no-silicone shampoo in lukewarm water.

Currently I have 4 face brushes (but looking to expand it), 11 eye-brushes (not counting the applicators I got with the eyeshadow palettes) and 1 lip-brush (don’t need more).

SKINCARE STASH INVENTORY (January 2012)

In my Make-up stash inventory post, I’ve promised skincare and body care stash post so here I am, fulfilling my promise.

You can read on my make-up inventory HERE.

MAKE-UP STASH INVENTORY (January 2012)

I think it’s high time for me to start to control my impulsive purchases and redirect the money I spend on cosmetics I don’t need on something else. I’ve had much more self-control before I started to get involved in beauty community. Before, I’d purchase something only when I would need it, but now I’ve been buying things only because they seem pretty or I think that I simply must have it (even though I’ll probably use it several times before the product is lost in my stash.

I don’t like feeling overwhelmed every morning when I’m doing my make-up with all of the products which I have. Sometimes it takes me literary 10 minutes only to decide which eyeshadow I should use. I’ve tried the concept of creating “looks” which would include several products and then wearing the look for the next week. It is a good concept, but this means that 90% of my stash sits there unused while I’m wearing the “look”.

I do not plan to use up all of my make-up. I’ll use eyeshadows only until I hit the pan (especially if it is a discontinued or LE product). The same goes with lipsticks. I always leave a millimetre or two of the lipstick in case I ever need to find a dupe. After that, I put the product in the original packaging and put it in my “finished products” drawer. I know this sounds a bit ridiculous, to keep the boxes after you have spent the product, but I have paid a lot for these products and I cannot imagine throwing the compact of, let’s say, Guerlain eyeshadow away.

I have taken a photo of all the items in my stash, for my reference (I’ll do the same the next year). Compared to the previous stash pictures, you can see that I have spent some items (yay! for me) and hit the pan on many others.

FRAGRANCE Stash

I’ve already shown my make-up collection. Now, I think it is time to talk about fragrance.

I’m not a great fragrance collector – I usually buy one fragrance in the smallest packaging possible (30ml) which lasts for cca 6 months and then I switch to the new one.

My taste in fragrances has changed extremely – while I was little I loved heavy chypres. As a teenager I have switched towards orientals – but with a slight masculine note. In my late teens I liked woody orientals, while the appreciation of florals came only in my 20s, after an identity crisis.

On the tray you can see all the fragrance I have bought in my life (only Fragonard Miranda is missing). I have a rule that I never spend the fragrance completely – I always save several millilitres in case the fragrance is going to be discontinued.

My Stash: Blushes, Bronzers, Concealers

My stash posts are almost finished. This post will feature all of my blushes, bronzers, concealers and other random face products.

My Stash: Eyeshadows, Mascaras and Eyeliners

We have finally arrived to my favourite part: eyeshadows. I think that if I’d stop to buy eyeshadows today, I’d still have enough to last me a lifetime.

As for the eyeliners, I’m not a great collector. I prefer black, but here and there I use colour eyeliners.

My Stash: Meteorites

I think that there is no person which hasn’t heard about Guerlain Meteorites pearls. My Meteorites collection is tiny. Even though I’m Guerlain fan, I wasn’t impressed with the pearls for a very long time. My first purchase were the giant pearls form Midnight Butterfly collection, which were a bit disappointing. They had far more shimmer and they did not give that subtle healthy skin glow.

I also have compact Meteorites powder, which is discontinued and replaced with the new one. I was a bit reluctant purchasing it, because none of the shade (except the LE one) didn’t match my skin 100%, but after testing it a bit more, I’ve realized that the powder really adapt to the skin. It’s a shame that it is discontinued.

My Stash: Lip Products

Here is the second part of my stash. This time I’ll show you my lipsticks and lipglosses. I thought that there is much more, but when I saw it on the pictures, it doesn’t seem much. There are 9 glosses + one lipstain and 17 lipsticks, out of which 3 are almost finished. (I?ve just realized that I didn’t put lipstick samples)

My Stash: Foundations and Powders

When it comes to the foundations and powders, I’m still having control over it. I have three foundations, plus several 5ml samples, and 4 powders. Although I’d be happy if I could only have one of each, I don’t believe this is over the top.

My Stash

Recently, I’ve been cleaning and organizing my stash (I do this approximately every month or two), and very often I would find an item for which I had no idea when did I purchase it. It made me think back, when I first started to buy make-up.

I’ve been a make-up lover ever since I was 8, but I’ve been living in a small place where there wasn’t much available. When I started the university, more brands became easily accessible, but it wasn’t until three years ago that I got an idea of what my stash should consist of.