Favorite YouTube Channels

Hello everyone! Even though I'm currently on a school break I've been really busy studying for my exams, which will be in mid-June; on top of that it's raining again so I didn't get the chance to do the OOTD I was planning on. Nevertheless I hope you still enjoy this quick post!

I'll be telling you my favorite five beauty related channels, starting from the one with less subscribers.

ABBEY EGELAND

Abbey's tutorials and videos are usually vintage inspired and that's something I'm always glad to see.
I also follow her on Instagram and on her blog Life in Red Lipstick.

EMMA CERVIN

The first video that I saw was in 2013 and even though I don't like her videos as much these days, they're still one of my favorites because she uses a lot of drugstore products and I always enjoy when people prove that the cheaper options work just as well.

I also follow her on Instagram.

ASHLEY

I've mentioned my love for Ashley's looks on my Top 3 Instagram Make Up Inspiration post. Just like Abbey there's a lot of vintage inspiration, but this time with a darker twist. Just how I like it.
I also follow her on Instagram and on her blog Hollywood Noir Makeup.

MANNY GUTIERREZ

The first time I heard of Manny was through my friend Mariana. She showed me his Instagram account and I think he didn't even make videos for YouTube at the time. He's really funny and very talented.
I also follow him on Instagram.

NIKKIE

Her tutorials are completly amazing. To me, she's one of the most skillful makeup artists I've ever seen. It was pretty hard to choose one of her videos but this is one that I like quite a lot.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Until next time!

LOTS OF LOVE,

Tânia

Testing

Hello! This post is going to be pretty similar to the one I made for Carnival. Me and two friends, who I've mentioned around here (Mariana & Valéria) have to prepare a segment of performance art for one of our Art classes. We had lots of fun preparing and organizing it but we decided to test our make up looks. Shamefully most pictures we took turned out to be quite blurry so I'm going to show you just a few. And please, don't take these pictures too seriously since we have a huge history of constantly joking around.


Mariana is responsible for the drawing you see above and Valéria's eye make up.

I hope you enjoyed this short yet fun post.

Until next time!

LOTS OF LOVE,

Tânia

S/S Wishlist

Hello! In this last few days the weather has improved tremendously. Sun and warmer weather in general have been fun after a couple months of unstoppable rain. That has got me thinking about the Summer. I don't specially enjoy either Summer or Spring but I realised I need a few things. This wishlist includes such items. First the center piece, then clockwise.

1. I've officially given up on bikinis. I don't enjoy getting a tan and two pieces aren't too flattering on me. I need a swimsuit for this Summer. 2. Everytime I go to a field trip I break a pair of sunglasses. This is gospel truth. So I clearly broke my fantastic cat-eye shades at Mafra and I want a new pair. 3. Sunscreen. I. Always. Need. Sunscreen. 4. The only pair of flats that I own is very much in need of retirement. I'd like to find something similiar to these. 5. As I said in a previous post, I'd like to try some kind of coral lipstick. I might buy one of KIKO since their lipsticks aren't too expensive. 6. I recently got a new phone and I still haven't found a case for it. I saw this one with a Supernatural (one of my favorite TV shows) related print and I decided to include it. 7 & 8 These two are different kinds of wallets. I've never bought one that I was 100% happy with and that's something I should get sorted as soon as possible. (I love all the Beauty & the Beast things at Hot Topic they're so cute!)

Have a wonderful weekend.

Until next time

LOTS OF LOVE,

Tânia

Carnival

Hello! Even though Carnival isn't until Tuesday we celebrated it at my school today. As usual, there was a competition for best costume. The Visual Arts seniors and juniors got togheter and formed a group that would dress as famous artist or art pieces. From Vermeer's Girl With A Pearl Earring to Jackson Pollock, to Leonardo DaVinci and Roy Lichtenstein's iconic Crying Girl. I didn't participate as either an artist or a picture, but I helped with make up and other things. I'm quite proud of the pop art look I've made on Adriana (the 2nd picture shows the unfinished look). These are some photos from before the contest. And just in case you're interested, we won.

I hope you enjoyed this short yet fun post.

Until next time!

LOTS OF LOVE,

Tânia

In The Land Of Rain

Just some trivia before we get to the post. It rains more in my city than in London. With this I mean, it rains fewer times but when it does rain, it rains non-stop and really heavly.

Trivia done, I want to say I hope you guys have been doing fine. This post will feature some outfits that I find rain appropriate. Hope you enjoy it!

THE CLASS ACT

I find trench coats the best of rainy day fashion. With rain, the temperature tends to rise a bit so I always get a lighter jacket to wear around. I have this black trench coat that I've been wearing for years now so this outfit was inspired by the classiness of it. (I'm so in love with this Collectif dress, so so in love.)

THE STUDENT

There's no umblrella in this outfit because I never really take one with me to school; which is probably a mistake but it's something I hate to do. I hate to carry them around me in a super crowded school. So I chose a confortable dress, leather jacket and leather boots for this one. Very minimal jewerly and a big bag so I can get all my school supplies in there.

THE LAZIEST

You can trust me to wear this quite often. There's just some days when I don't feel like rolling out of bed and going to school, so I get up really late and I put on whatever I have handier. In those days I'll just wear my hair up, no make up and I'll be solely fuelled by coffee. My striped shirt is a very common piece in those days so I had to include a similar in this outfit.

THE NOT-ALL-BLACK

I've realised that most people wear darker colors during winter or rainy days, yet most of them still need some color in their outfits. (Mariana, I'm looking at you) So for this outfit I picked very basic blacks and then a green velvet cardigan and a burgundy scarf; both match those amazing Dr. Martens. Have you noticed the Hieronymus Bosch print? I certainly did.

And this ends this week's post. I hope next week I'll be able to bring a look to you!

Until next time!

LOTS OF LOVE,

Tânia

Perfume Favorites

Long time no see! I hope you're all doing fine. I think I've never seen one of these so I thought it'd be fun for me to do a favorites posts focusing on perfumes. Hopefully you find this idea as fun as I do.

Moon was given to me by my friend Mariana on my 17th birthday. Clearly, she knows me very well because this La Rive perfume is described as "a seductive mixture of sophisticated floral aroma with sensual woody notes". Most of the scents that I like have moss, wood and/or musk as base notes and this one balances that perfectly with the floral (heart) and fruity (head) notes. This is currently my everyday perfume,

Vanille Noire by Yves Rocher is one of my favorite scents ever. I'm not even close to exaggeration. Sweet yet dark. Whenever I wear this I feel like the protagonist of some old movie. I've finished a 50ml bottle, I'm now using a small sample size.

Lolita Lempicka's signature eau de parfum was a gift from my grandmother. What's not to love about this. The brand's name's combines Lolita, the name of the main character in Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita (one of my favorite books) with Tamara De Lempicka's (an amazing Art Deco artist) surname and the scent is heavenly. Sweet without being overbearing and slightly spicy and woody.

The Framboise - Agriculture Bio eau de toilette by Yves Rocher is my last pick. This is the first perfume I've ever wore by choice so I had to include it in this short list. I personally think that I won't be buying it anymore; not because it's a bad perfume but because I don't enjoy fruity scents as much as I used to. If you're looking for something sweet but not too noticeable you might like this one.

I've noticed that my choices almost always incline toward night time and Fall/Winter type of parfums.

In the 1950s it was common to say that your choice of perfume says a lot about yourself and after checking what my favorite type of scent meant I couldn't help but to smile because "old soul" and "probably a Scorpio" are stated and both are true.

That's it for today's post. I hope you liked it! Before saying my goodbyes I'd like to tell you that I'm planning a series of looks for myself since I won't be joining Anna's wonderful adventure with the elements.

LOTS OF LOVE,

Tânia

2014 Through Instagram

Hello! As I've seen this post on multiple blogs, I thought I'd be fun to do it myself. I've colected a picture from every month of 2014. These pictures are all available on my instagram account. I'll also speak a bit about each month and what relevant things happened in it. Hope you'll like it!

Early 2014 was in general quite weird, honestly. I don't remember much of what happened in JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, and APRIL besides me being really tired and overwhelmed with school. Anything wasn't going as expected and as usual, I was putting a lot of pressure onto myself, which made junior year quite complicated. Those months had really positive things going on too, but the general picture is more of a sad one.

The final moments of school madness for junior year were in MAY and JUNE. With some the most important exams coming up, me and my classmates usually gathered at my house to study.

When I was done with my exams, my parents and grandparents decided to go to Algarve. I was there in late JULY and looking back, it was a quite fun vacation. During this month I went to the beach in my hometown a lot (more than I usually would anyway), to hang out with my friends.

AUGUST brought one of the best moments of the year. Vagos Open Air was a wonderful experience. Both me and Anna (also Rita, who's in the left of the picture) met Epica and had lots of fun at the festival.

Flowers Of Doom was born in SEPTEMBER so it was a very special month. It was also the begginning of senior year, which so far is going well.

The last quarter of 2014 was fun. In OCTOBER school work included visits to my city's contemporary art museum and that made things much more enjoyable. NOVEMBER was marked by my 17th birthday (the picture for this month was taken by a friend during my birthday dinner) and my second time seeing Epica. Finally, DECEMBER was boring and tiresome at times, but it gave me time to think and recharge my energy for 2015.

I hope you enjoyed my quick overview of last year. I wish you a great new year, may the worst moments of 2014 be the best ones this year!

LOTS OF LOVE,

Tânia

The Road Trip

I decided to show you some of the pictures from this weekend. Hope you like them!

LOTS OF LOVE,

Tânia

Winter Wonderland

Hello! Today's post is going to be slightly different than usual. Next Monday's a holiday here in Portugal and as it just right after the weekend, my parents decided to take a little road trip. We're going to visit a village in the countryside and I'm sort of excited about the possibility of snow, which I've never seen. These are some outfits that I'm planning to wear this weekend. Hope you enjoy it!

THE ROAD TRIP

For the trip itself I've choosen to wear more comfortable clothes. I don't feel that much comfortable in jeans, to be honest, but I've found that it's better to wear them rather than dresses or skirts for long car rides.
This is a pretty simple outfit allied with some Winter essencials. A warm leather jacket and cozy jumper are mandatory and so is a big bag to carry all your things. Comfortable shoes, gloves and a wool hat are also elements that I thought that would be useful.

THE LOUNGE

Unfortunely, I'll still have to do some homework so I decided to put togheter an outfit to wear around the lodging. As I've said before I prefer skirts to pants so to make myself feel better after a whole day wearing jeans I've picked a maxi skirt. The fur blanket seemed appropriate since I'm taking my own with me.

THE TOURIST

This looks a lot like the first outfit. I've added a scarf and a knit jumper. These seem more appropriate to visit and explore the woods around the village I'm visiting.

And this ends this week's post. I hope you like it and that I've taken some ideas for your own Winter outfits.
Until next time!

LOTS OF LOVE,

Tânia

What's In My Bag

Just me throwing an awkward video into the internet featuring my broken English and overall silliness.

Hope you enjoy it!

LOTS OF LOVE,
Tânia

Top 3 Instagram Make Up Inspiration & Wishlist #1

Hey lovelies! Even though I was planning on posting a make up look today, like Anna did on her last post, school (which started on Monday) didn't allow me much time to do so. Yet, hopefully my next post will be something better!

This post will be a double post. The first part about the three Instagram accounts that inspire me the most in terms of make up and the second a accessories and fashion wishlist. I hope you enjoy it!

TOP THREE INSTAGRAM MAKE UP INSPIRATION

X†iNA (depechegurl): I don't even know where to start. Firstly, I wish I had half of her skills. Secondly, her make up looks always strike me as some of the loveliest I've seen. I'm not afraid to wear crazy colors in crazy ways on my face so she's totally one of my main inspirations!

Ashley (hollywoodnoir): I draw lots of inspiration from vintage and gothicly inclided fashion & beauty and Ashley seems to be the epitome of exactly that.  She also has a blog and a YouTube account.

Joana Baldaia Moreira (thrvsangel): Joana is my spirit animal. She's super lovely and whenever I see a picture of someone with 60s looking makeup I always end up thinking of her and her Edie Sedgwick look. Her Instagram account is private but I definitely had to include her in this short list.

WISHLIST

1. I have a thing for pointy witch-like shoes, so the first thing on my wishlist is a pair of winklepickers with multiple buckles. 2. I have tons of chokers but I still don't own an O-ring and that's something I plan to change soon. 3. You know the girl that is so afraid of the sun that sunscreen is an essencial even during Winter? Yup, that's me. I've seen lots of hats like this one in many stores but they're all really expensive. I'm still waiting for the right time to buy one. 4. I own quite a few music/film/series related t-shirts but I always want some more. 5. My biker style (clearly, faux) leather jacket is pretty much dying. I've had it for sometime now and it need to retire. 6. Finally; I've always wanted a Wednesday Addams kind of dress but most that I've found in stores were really unflattering on me, so the never ending search for one continues.

I have to apologize about the short lenght of this post, but I promise the next ones will be much better. Originally I was going to include five Instagram accounts but I wasn't able to make myself chose two more when these three are the main inspiration. You can also check my account or Anna's; thanks in advance on the behalf of both of us.

LOTS OF LOVE,
Tânia

IKEA Mini-Haul

I'm not sure if I can call this post a haul, but a few days ago I picked up some new stuff for my room, and that's what this post will be about.

I was needing a new desk for quite sometime; the one I used to have was more than ten years old and it wasn't doing its job right since I started studying Visual Arts because it wasn't ample enough. And as you may know, IKEA is a huge store wherever it's located, so I had so many models to choose from but the HEMNES secretary caught my eye instantly because it was more compact than my (at the time) current desk and yet it would provide me so much more working space.

Besides the wonderful item I've mentioned, I also got two more things. On the first picture, besides my grumpy old self, you can see the most beautiful mirror I've set my eyes on so far. The UNG DRILL mirror was also available as a simple frame and believe me when I tell you that it took me forever to choose which I was going to bring home.

It's a shame that I don't have better pictures of the GNEDBY shelf unit to show you. It's the same color as the secretary and it's 202cm tall. (My height is 155cm so I do feel incredibly little next to it.) In it I have some of my paperbacks and CDs.

Sadly, I don't have a lot more to say but I hope you enjoyed this post!

LOTS OF LOVE,

Tânia