1,2,3,4...smokey eye!

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So here it is, my first tutorial for Dashing Magazine. In every issue I will let you into a few professional make-up secrets and give advice for a quick wearable make up look. Feel free to let me know if there are any looks you are particularly interested in or if you have any make up questions. The Ladies behind the magazine are the best and I really like how the first issue came out. A really nice smart and inspiring women's mag without crap. I can't wait to work with them again... I hope you enjoy the mag as well. Check it out here. (You will find Make Up on page 54/55)

Full On Make Up

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Recently I have been up a lot of make-up work. Great and inspiring work, most of the time. I met interesting people and have been learning and experimenting. December should now get a little more quiet so I can catch up with blogging and updating my website. And for Christmas cookies and tea.

I will post a few recent projects within the next weeks. Have you all checked out the great Dashing Magazine? I have done a little step by step make up tutorial in their first issue that just launched yesterday. Happy December, all!

What does growing up mean to you?

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image via papier mache

Not long ago, I felt really far from being a grown-up. 27 has always been my idea of a grown up age. Don't ask me why. I turned 27 in January. But was does it actually mean being a grown-up. Growing. Our body stops growing in height when we are around 18 years. Our mind will hopefully never stop growing. Growing up to means to not cry over a lolly in the supermarket. Literally. To me it means to start sharing what you have learned. To keep up without complaining. To accept, without giving up. To teach, beside sill learning. To take yourself less seriously but to treat yourself and others with more respect. My goals in life have lately drastically changed. So have my values. Not that I am no longer full of silly ideas, and still a hopeless romantic, doing 100 different creative projects at a time...all that is hopefully never going to change. I am still learning, always. But something is different.More Relaxed. Less drama. Something happened within the last year. I feel more grown-up. What does growing up mean to you?

who needs an engagement ring?

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image via le love

This week I actually happened to have a conversation about engagement rings and the question was, if I'd even want an engagement ring. My initial reaction was: OF COURSE! Then I had to defend my point of view a little, which made me feel like a silly cow that is obsessed with diamonds. Hello? I started realizing that in my hippie-esque family an engagement ring is fairly uncommon, my mum only wears a wedding band. In Germany we don't have such a big fuss about weddings in general. Everything is more practical than fashionable. Maybe that's why I like it. For me it's exotic and special. When I did research on this topic in the web I was surprised how many people even questioned that an engagement without a ring isn't an engagement at all. Of course it is. Remember the engagement guitar, here? If I want to marry someone, a ring is obviously the least important thing. But it is pretty. That's all.