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Levels Makeup Look - Galaxy Collaboration - L.A. Girl Pro Matte Pro Illuminating Foundation - Makeup Revolution Maxi Reloaded Palette Monster Mattes - LA Girl Glowin' Up Jelly Highlighter Pixie Glow - Makeup Revolution Ultra Cool Glow - 3ina Cream Eyeshadow 300, 307, 312 - MAC Cosmetics Upward Lash - Nabla Cosmetics Brow Divine Neptune - 3ina Eye Gloss 503 - Paris London Makeup Artist & Blogger

I'm really happy to show you guys a new makeup look that I've done in collaboration with a great girl I met on Instagram who's known as Mels_glam. I loved her style, her way of doing makeup, often super colorful and bold - that's the type of people I want to bond with naturally. And so, I talked about doing a makeup collaboration like the one I did with my Sepia Flapper look and we agreed on one first theme : Galaxy.

It's exciting wanting to move and completely change my life. Except when it's happening in three months' time. Then, it starts to become a scary little thing and it's paralysing me because I'm afraid. So afraid.
Latest Palette Purchases It's Azami | Huda Beauty Neon Obsessions Neon Pink Orange - BeautyBay Everything you need bright matte 42 - Rude Cosmetics Bikini Bottom - Merfantasia - Lingerie Collection Naughty Nights - Jeffree Star Jawbreaker - Sleek Blush By 3 Flame - Revolution Makeup Maxi Reloaded Big big love, Monster Mattes, Dream Big - Review Swatches Avis Paris London Makeup Artist & Blogger

I'm in my colorful, bright palette period (but have I ever left it ?) which means I never have enough bright colors in my stash and am always looking for the brightest palettes to purchase. Good ones, obviously. Lately, I've been on a great shopping spree and I have to say, I cannot wait to publish the reviews of all the great palettes I've gotten - and use them in looks !
Sunset Blvd Makeup Look It's Azami - L.A. Girl Pro Matte Foundation - L.A. Girl Just Blushing Blushes Just Peachy & Just Pinched - M.U.A. Makeup Academy Undress Your Skin Highlighter Peach Diamond - Nabla Cream Eyeshadow Dusk - Juvia's Place Nubian 3 Palette - Sleek Rose Gold Blush - M.A.C. Cosmetics Upward Lash - Retro Matte Liquid Lip Colour Tailored To TEase - Barry M Lipgloss

Today's a new Monday Shadow Challenge - I'm loving how creative I can get with colors and shapes when I'm forced to use two colors that may or may not be matching in the first place ! Today's colors are fuchsia and coral and I had a lot of ideas for this one.
3 Makeup Gems Straight Off Feelunique | Nip + Fab Liquid Blush Berry Bomb Review Swatches Avis - Smashbox Gloss Angeles Traffic Jam - Barry M Under The Sea Nail Pail Dragonfish - London & Paris Makeup Artist & Blogger - Blogueuse Beauté

Sometimes I'll wait for ages before getting a products that's caught my eye. Like I always say, I can spend a fifty or a hundred on an order without batting an eye but I'll ponder over a €3 purchase for months. That's exactly what happened with those three products I've been considering getting since my last trip to London - finally got them !
Montagu Pyke Wetherspoon London | Review - Avis - Restaurant Londres Fish & Chips - British Bramley Apple Crumble - Brownie - Travel Restaurant Pub - Best in London - Food & Travel Blogger Paris London

The small vacation I had in London in May with my boyfriend - a mere 4 days that felt so regenerating and so full of surprises ! - was the best ever. I was with my love and I was in my favorite city in the world so really, it couldn't have been better. It could have, actually, but London is such a big city with lots and lots to see and discover that a lifetime won't be enough to see it all.
Creations By Khris CBK - Liquid Matte Lipstick in Brique Review & Swatches - Avis

It's crazy how many connections I've made while working at M.A.C.. There, I never know who I'll meet or when but one thing I know for sure is that I will meet someone who'll change my day - sometimes my life - almost every day.
Azami Cosmetics | The Lip Glosses Review & Swatches - Umbridge - Peach Perfect - Mystique - Purple - Pink - Peach - London & Paris Makeup Artist & Blogger - Maquilleuse

How funny it is to be writing, for once, about my very own products. I have been a makeup artist for about a year and a half and I've always known, even from the first day back in makeup school, that I want to own my very own brand of makeup products someday. Nothing is done yet. There's still a long, long way to go, lots of things to figure out and understand but here are the first prototypes of the Azami Cosmetics Lip Glosses.
Sepia Flapper Makeup Look It's Azami - Body Shop Matte Clay Foundation - MAC Cosmetics Blush Sunbasque - The Balm Mary-Lou Manizer - P. Louise Base'Ic Primer Hint of Mint - Morphe Boss Mood Palette - MAC Chestnut Lip Pencil - NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream Neon - Flapper Girl Roaring Twenties Gatsby

I'm utterly in love with this Sepia Flapper look which I've created for a collaboration with my friend Cindy, a really cool makeup artist and friend who loves color just as much as I do ! This collaboration's theme was the Roaring 20's, in other words, to recreate our own Gatsby look.
M.A.C. Cosmetics | Ignite Wonder Face Palette - Electric Wonder Limited Edition 2019 - Eyeshadow Natural Vice & Desert Lightning - Feelin' Sedimental - Review & Swatches - Bronzer - Avis Palette Highlighters Blush

One of the perks of working for M.A.C. is getting all the info about new collections in advance and sometimes, even getting some products along the way. The Electric Wonder limited edition collection we've gotten in store a few weeks ago is one of the most beautiful I've seen from M.A.C. so far and I'm happy I was able to win the face palette in the collection in a in-store challenge - now I can tell you all about it !
It's Azami - Loops of Escapism Makeup Look - Paris & London Makeup Artist & Blogger - Innisfree Green Tea Seed Toner - Body Shop Matte Clay Foundation - Zoeva Sweet Glamour Blush Palette - Juvia's Place Magic Palette - Nabla Blue Velvet - MAC Upward Lash - Nabla Brow Divine Neptune - Barry M Matte Me Up Lip Kit Pencil Pose - 3ina Cream Eyeshadow 305 - MUA Makeup Academy Undress Your Skin Highlighter in Peach Diamond

What's the hardest thing when I do a makeup is trying to combine two or three given colors that I can't change, like I do when I'm participating in the Monday Shadow Challenge. Sometimes the colors don't match at all, sometimes they match super well but I absolutely want to think outside of the box. If I call myself a makeup artist, I might as well live up to the title, right ?
It's Azami Makeup Look | Violet Galaxy - Juvia's Place The Zulu Palette - BH Cosmetics Aurora Lights - The Body Shop Matte Clay Foundation - 3ina The Matte Eyeshadow 107 - London & Paris Makeup Artist & Blogger

In the last few days I've created a whole bunch of new makeup looks and I'm so happy I've got colorful content for you guys ! I rarely use eyeshadow when I'm at work because I dislike taking hours in my free time just to do my makeup if it's not recorded somewhere, but boy, have I taken to making new looks for It's Azami...!
Barry M | Matte Me Up Lip Kits Runway & Blowout Review & Swatches - Avis - London & Paris Makeup Artist & Blogger - Pose, Go To, Metallic Matte - So Chic, Avant Garde, Allure, Prestige, Couture, 24 Karat - Pop Up, Paparazzi Red, On the Scene, Minimalist, Embellish - Superdrug, Boots

I've got this obsession with Barry M's Matte Me Up Lip Kits that you really couldn't understand even if I sat down and explained it to you for hours. So I'll just try while I'm showing you two of my very favorite shades, Runway and Blowout.
Paint Me, Blue Makeup Look - Paris & London Makeup Artist and Blogger - It's Azami - Snazaroo Face Paint Palette - BH Cosmetics Aurora Lights - Barry M Matte Me Up Lip Kit in Go To - The Body Shop Matte Clay Foundation Havana Sand - Nabla Cosmetics Regal Mauve Blush

Paint Me, Blue - it's one of those looks I do when I'm wondering what it'd look like if I did something crazy on my face. I love trying out new products and thinking what ways I could make them work.
BH Cosmetics | Blacklight Highlight Palette - Spotlight - Blue Green Pink Gold White Purple Highlighter - Review & Swatches - Avis - Paris & London Makeup Artist & Blogger

It's funny how I can make makeup orders of several hundred euros without blinking an eye but I will always be pondering over whether to get a 20-ish-euro palette. Maybe deep down I'm thinking it won't be any good since it's so cheap, when I should know better, being a makeup artist, right ?
Marrakesh Alien Makeup Look - MAC Cosmetics matte lipstick Marrakesh - Gingerly Blush - Inglot Gel Liner 68 - Neve Cosmetics Rugiada Per Makeup - Juvia's Place Douce Palette - Sephora Outrageous Volume Mascara - London & Paris Makeup Artist & Blogger

I started doing the Monday Shadow Challenge's Facebook group looks again last week with my Acceptable in the 80's makeup look and I was thrilled to do this week's where I had to use pastel green and beige.
Beach/itch Babe Makeup Look - L.A. Girl Just Blushing - Just Because and Just For Fun - NYX Cosmetics Duochrome Highlighter Synthetica - PaintGlow UV Eye Mascara Neon Orange, Neon Pink - Maybelline Color Sensational Matte Fiery Fuchsia - Body Shop Matte Clay Foundation Havana Sand - Paris & London Makeup Artist & Blogger

New makeup collaboration with a fellow makeup artist, guys ! It's been very difficult for me to keep this one secret, I've been most impatient to share the photos and here they are at last...!
Eyeshadow Palettes on my radar | It's Azami - Wishlist July 2019 - Morphe Hot Spot Artistry Palette - Oh My Gorg - Jawbreaker Jeffree Star - Thirsty - Wild Animal Integrity Revolution - Roxxsaurus - Reloaded Monster Mattes - Melt Cosmetics Smoke Sessions - Gemini - Stellar Collision Bh Cosmetics

The more looks I create, the more I want to shop. And lately, I've been trying to curb my makeup purchases (does anyone else feel it not working ?) because I'm moving to London in about three months now and I've already bought myself a camera and several lenses so I can do a better job blogging and maybe even take up portrait/fashion photography there !
NYX Cosmetics | Ultimate Multi Finish Eyeshadow Palette USP05 Electric Review & Swatches - London & Paris Makeup Artist - Beauty Blogger

I bought this palette on a whim. Like almost all of my other makeup products, right ? The truth is, I buy a lot of makeup but sometimes, I'll just take years for a specific product before deciding if I'm eventually going to buy it. That was the case with this Ultimate Electric palette from NYX - something about the shades being declined in three different finishes wasn't exactly screaming your name and I rather thought I was going to waste my money.

Sometimes I'll go to NYX and think, "Mmmh, is there anything new I can treat myself to ?" and that day, that was it. I think NYX have four palettes with this system of four shades declined in different finishes and there might be one or two others I'm thinking vaguely of getting and that I'm not getting because I already have the same shades somewhere else in my collection. But the price in itself keeps calling me since they all retail for €18 in France - quite cool for 12 shades (1.18 g each).

Acceptable in the 80's Makeup Look - 3ina The Longwear Lipstick 409 - Sleek Blush By 3 Pink Sprint - Juvia's Place Tribe Palette - Nabla Brow Divine Neptune - It's Azami - London & Paris Makeup Artist & Blogger

I haven't participated in the Monday Shadow Challenge in more than a year, it seems, but with my creativity emerging now that I'm comfortable with techniques and products and myself, I'm ready to give it a shot again !
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