I was truly really inspired by this makeup collaboration theme : the Sun. This time, I worked together with @oc.psd, a makeup artist I met on Instagram and whose work is really creative and always really colorful !
Here's to a new makeup collaboration that I did with a great self-taught MUA, my friend from Instagram, IsleyMUA ! The theme was the Cappadocia Hot Air Balloons and I think we both did really great...
Back for a new makeup look, that I created in collaboration with another makeup artist and friend of mine, IsleyMUA. The last time I created a look in a collaboration with her was a VERY long time ago and I was thrilled when we agreed on a theme we both were inspired by : the Cappadocia hot air balloons.
I should never have had this palette. But sometimes life makes you do stuff you're not really aware of, especially when you don't want to be aware that you're spending money you shouldn't be spending. Anyway, I was on the hunt for a new eyeshadow palette full of colors a few weeks ago and instead of buying several cheaper versions of what I really wanted deep down, I just got my new baby - the Jeffree Star Jawbreaker palette.
I work at the Champs-Elysées MAC Cosmetics store and we're lucky enough to have plenty restaurants around to eat at lunch. When I began working at MAC, I was obsessed with eating little and almost only carb-free food but lately, I've been eating a little more of everything, firstly because I've been single for a week and still feeling down a little bit but also because I'll be leaving France in two months and I want to bond more with my colleagues, some of whom are now friends of mine. And that goes through food too.
Yesterday marked the first video on my YouTube channel, It's Azami - I was so excited that I couldn't very well focus on anything else and even shot a second video as soon as I got back from home ! I once had a YouTube channel, three or four years ago and I had forgotten just how much I loved being in front of the camera !
The subject of this first video was the Sicilian Notes collection that Kiko released for this summer 2019, especially the six Longlasting Eyeshadow Duos and the Liquid Lip Colour Duos I'm showing you today.
I usually don't buy much from Kiko Milano. I mean, I do, but I keep to their permanent range because I hate it when a brand releases a collection for two months and then I can't find the product I've fallen in love with. Still, when I saw and tried the Sicilian Notes products a few weeks ago, I thought the quality was so outstanding that I had to get all my favorite products before they were gone for good !
I can't remember. 61 days till I'm leaving for London. I handed in my resignation two days ago, on August 11 and I have exactly two months to go till my departure to London.
I am looking for jobs and flat shares already, I'm so pumped, I absolutely cannot wait for the days to go by. Of course, they won't fly if I keep thinking about it, which I do.

When you take risks, there's always the possibility that things will go wrong and you end up hurt. It may be looking for a new job, waiting on someone to make up their mind about a professional or personal relationship or changing your life around as I'm about to do it in coming to live in the UK. Risks.
Last time I came here in London in May, my goal was to try all the good food I could find in London, specifically English things like the Full English Breakfast that I got a great overview of at Grounded or my first Fish & Chips that I ate at a Weatherspoons pub, the Montagu Pyke. Both were the most awesome discoveries and I strongly recommend those places to eat at when you're here. At some point, came the opportunity to eat something at an English Market, so I tried some things from the Bread Ahead Bakery - and absolutely HAD to share the experience.
New Monday, new Monday Shadow Challenge. Last week I had next to no time to myself, my eyes were hurting, I couldn't stand to be before a screen and when I left work for home, the first thing I did was collapse in my bed. Which is why I didn't post my look last week even though I'd done it - will certainly post it on Wednesday or Thursday.
This new makeup is the result of a collaboration with my makeup artist friend Cindy, best known on Instagram as @Iamcindysinty. I love her work so much, while mine is always kind of editorial, you can definitely see that she puts a lot of effort and love in her looks. This new collaboration had the theme "Dollar", first time I'm doing a collab with a theme that's not material and I love how the look turned out !
A long, very long time ago, at the beginning of the blog which was called Tissam Est LÃ , I wrote a few reviews about the Longstay Liquid Matte Lipsticks by Golden Rose, one about the first twelve shades and one about the following five, which ended up being the most viewed posts on my blog ever. They're still a reason why a lot of people visit It's Azami and since I bought a few shades that I didn't have a few weeks ago, I thought I'd do a roundup of all the colors I now own.
By now you all know I'm crazy for colors and the brighter they are, the better. You might also know that the bigger the palette, the happier I am. I do collect the Morphe 35 Eyeshadow palettes because they're big and you have choice and variety and I just feel amazing when I feel free. Which is totally why I bought the new Monster Mattes palette from Revolution - and would buy it again in a heartbeat should I need to.
Since I've been creating more and more looks on the blog, I've been using more and more products that are so cool that I really wanted to show them to you guys. But in the end, I ended up using a lot of times the same products because I thought they were so cool that I couldn't get enough of them this month !
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I'm Ibtissam, a 26-year-old Frenchie based in London.
A freelance copywriter and Content Writer, I am also a Fashion & Beauty Makeup Artist.
Hit me with anything artistic and I'm pretty sure to appreciate it. Welcome to The Rouge Velvet!
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