Review - MakeupGeek Eyeshadows

Hi babes,
By now you'd probably all have heard about Make-upGeek. She has a Youtube-channel and her own make-up line. It has been out for a while but it isn't all that easily available here in Belgium. I finally (praise the lord) managed to find a website that ships to Belgium so I've made an order quite awhile ago to try some of the MakeupGeek eyeshadows. I've heard a lot of good things about them and was very excited to try them out. I've started out by buying my first Z palette and 8 basic shadows of my liking.

Purchases 
- Peach Smoothie
- Frappe
- Cocoa Bear
- Grand stand (foiled shadow)
- Dirty Martini
- Enchanted Forest
- Burlesque'
- Corrupt

Review
Well to be quite honest, I am completely amazed. These shadows are one by one exquisite. The only 'bad' thing I can say about this is that the foiled shadow came broken. When I turned it upside down the shadow all fell out of the tin even though everything looked fine. There is obviously nothing MakeupGeek could have done about this is was packaged with care but shadow tends to be fragile. Luckily I could press the shadow back into the tin without any real trouble.

I especially wanted to buy a few warm shades because I tend to buy cooler shades because of the pink undertones of my skin but I was becoming so sick of those. After watching nearly every Jaclyn Hill tutorial she got me excited to wear colour and more warm tones so I watched every one of her MakeupGeek recommendation videos and made my pick.

I went for shades I definitely lacked in my collection and some basics to try the brand for the first time. I went for a few warm transition shades like 'Peach Smoothie' and 'Frappe'. I got 'Cocoa bear' because who doesn't need a warm brown to put in the outer corner. I got 'Grandstand' which is an amazing glittery shade that is warm and bronze. After searching high and low for a great khaki shade I've settled for 'Dirty Martini' and 'Enchanted Forest' to finish that look off. Both are amazing and don't swatch as great as they are in person. I've never liked green eyeshadow more. I also love a good shimmery burgundy which I found in 'Burlesque'. To finish things off I got a great black shadow which is more pigmented than I've ever seen in a black eyeshadow.

After trying these shadows over and over I'm swept of my feet and will buy many more as soon as I can. Maybe some blues or turquoise? A darker brown? other fun colours? I honestly just want them all.

Overall
Not all these pictures are true to colour. Especially 'Cocoa Bear' doesn't seem quite right. The shadows are amazing. Definitely worth recommending. The shadows are as you probably know pretty cheap at 6.20 euros per pan. I ordered them from beautybay. I didn't have to pay any customs but that could be a coincidence.

From top to bottom, left to right these are the same as listed above. They are listed light to dark.

Have you tried the MakeupGeek brand before? Do you have any recommendations? 

Goodbyeeeee

- Nikki 

Where I've been - Borgloon, the sequel

Hi babes, 

I promised a sequel and whether you like it or not you're getting one ^^. 

My weekends are going to be a lot less fun by now. It's coming to that time of year where I should finish my paper and should have started studying for exams. I really don't want to and plan to procrastinate like every year so please pray for me. I need all the help I can get. 

Please tell me below what you like to do in the weekends. I'd love to get some ideas.

   

Goodbyeeeee

- Nikki

Where I've been - Borgloon

Hi babes, 

Last weekend I went on a walk with a few of my best friends. We usually don't do this kind of thing; We are more of the lazy, go-out-an-eat- kind of girls. We wanted to do something a little more active for a change and went on a walking route in a small town close to home. We live in the country so there are plenty of walking tours you can take when you're bored with lots of things to see on the way. 

Top of the list in Borgloon (the town in question) is a church. As you can see below it's not any church it's a collision between a church and art. It's made in such a way that it doesn't take away from the scenery and blocks part of it but it's completely integrated by building it in such a way that it's see-through. 

There isn't a lot more that I can tell you about this set of photos. I just love taking them but since I forgot my big-girl-camera, these were taken on my cell phone and severely edited to make them seem more vibrant. There is another blogpost coming with the rest of photos. So prepare. 

Goodbyeeeeee
- Nikki

Haul and review - Lush

Hi babes, 

How are you guys doing? 

I mentioned in my last blogpost that I went on another Lush shoppingspree and today I'm here to spill the beans. Lush is easily one of my favorite shops and I love to try new things from there now and again. This hauls contains a few repurchases because they're just that good yet also a few things I've never bought before. 

Purchases 

- Soak and float shampoo bar

- Seanik shampoo bar

- Sexbomb bathbomb

- Big bang bubble bar 

- Superbalm

Review

As for a quick review the soak and float shampoobar is great for the peeps out there with a sensitive scalp. I have a lot of trouble with mine and this shampoo really helps. It smells like a spa and fireplaces at the same time which is great and also gives a decent amount of volume. The seanik shampoobar is also a repurchase that gives lots of volume. Lastly I forgot to photograph my last repurchase the 'superbalm'. This one really didn't stole it's name. It's a treatment for more severe scalp issues. I get lots of flakes, itchiness, redness,... and superbalm does wonders for my scalp so if there's anything I'd recommend it's this product. 

Goodbyeeeee

- Nikki

Datetime - Maastricht

Hi babes,
Last week Anais and I went on a little date to Maastricht. We desperately needed another trip to Lush but dear god it was soooooo busy, I always forget how busy it gets on a saturday but we still got everything we needed and a few extra's ofcourse but you'll see all of those in another blogpost. we continued shopping at the bodyshop and various other shops we had never gone into. We stopped for a sneaky snack at KFC, how could we resist and lastly we found a horseballmatch. We'd never seen anything like it so we had to stay for a while and check it out. First we thought it was a polo match but it was even more unusual yet magical. How one can have so much trust and control over an animal is beyond me but so amazing to see.

Those last two pictures are taken in a basement level of a shop which used to be a bank and they kept the vault intact. If that isn't amazing I don't know what is.

Goodbyeeeeee

- Nikki

Introductions must be made - Ganache

Hi babes,
As you mave have noticed I've skipt a week bloggingwise but I'm trying to get back on track.
A couple of days ago I was snapchatting my hamster like a mad woman and then it dawned on me... I had never formally introduced my hamster on My Sprinkles Of Love whilst I did do this with my previous hamster babies. So prepare yourself. Today you're going to meet...

Ganache 

Ganache is a male syrian hamster. He was the only one in the nest that had long hair and I just fell in love with him rightaway. He has three colours of fur; a milkchocolate brown, white and a a colour that switches between dark very dark brown and grey.

I choose the name Ganache because of his 3 different chocolate-looking-colours. As you may or may not know you can make ganache out of the 3 types of chocolate so that's the logic behind the name. I usually give my animals food-related names but every name I was thinking off sounded a bit too girly so I went with Ganache.

I'm really glad I got him after Princess Marshmellow quite unexpectidly passed away. He is tamer than Marshmellow and Cocopuff. He likes to get a lot of attention whilst Marshmellow didn't really like to cuddle or run around a lot. She used to run away when I wanted to get her out of cage but Ganache runs to a corner stretches his paws in the air and lets me pick him up. It's the cutest thing ever.

Things he loves are : every kind of treat, chicory, broccoli, cucumber, parsley, running around on my bathrobe, standing in his treatspot checking for new treats, climbing,...

Things he doesn't like are :  posing for pictures, lack of new treats, open spaces

 I just love him so much so I figured he deserved his own blogpost, don't you think?

Goodbyeeee

- Nikki

Review - Zoeva Retrofuture Eyeshadowpalette

Hi babes,
It's been awhile since I did anything beautywise; Let's switch things up I still absolutely love anything beauty especially make-up so let's do a review. Today I'm talking about the Retrofuture eyeshadow palette by Zoeva.

I've been loving this palette for over a year or maybe two now so I feel like I can give a good review by now. It's a palette with very bright colours that aren't really everyday shadows for the most part so it takes awhile to get the know this palette considering I use it so sparingly. I've did blogposts using this palette before here, here and here. I've did swatches below but they aren't as vibrant as they are in reality, these are made with only one swipe of product.

I mostly use the bottom row but my absolute favorite shade is the orange copper shade in the top row. That one can be worn daily as a grungy shade allover the lid and a brown in the crease. Amazing. The light brown next to that is also a very nice everyday shade. The rest of the shadows pack a serious punch. All the shadows are soft and buttery in texture, blend easily and are very vibrant which can be intensified if you use a wet brush. Most shades are shimmery except the white, blue and lavender shade. If you see yourself wear colourful eyeshadow this palette really is a good one. You won't find one equally as good in the Belgian drugstores that features such beautiful colours.

The palette is for sale on the Zoeva website but also on the douglas website for 17.50EUR.

 Goodbyeeeee

- Nikki