Cherry pie MAKEUP

Hello hello sweethearts, today i would like to share with you my makeup of the day.
I love cherry toned lipstick and i think they look particularity flattering on pale skin tones, they give that snow-white-innocent look i really like.
In this look, the eye makeup is very simple, a very fine line of eyeliner and a vanilla eyeshadow, maybe a little bit of highlighting in the crease area and on the brow bone. A little flush on the cheeks and then the cherry lipstick, i recommend using a cool toned one because it will make your teeth look whiter.
As for mascara i used the Rocket because it gives a lot of volume and it's very black.
I hope you like this look. Oh, the lipstick i used is from the Zoeva "Sweet love" lipstick palette, it's great because it has a lot of different colors, all very pigmented, the only annoying part is the application.

 

Foundation: Maybelline "wake me up" in Ivory

Powder: Stay Matte by Maybelline

Mascara: The rocket 

Eyeliner: Essence in Midnight in Paris

Pencil: MAC "Industry"

Blush: MAC "Giggly"

Lipstick: Zoeva

Eyeshadows: Naked palette by Urban Decay 

Pâtisseries manicure

Happy 1st of June everyone! I don't know about your country but here in Italy it does not look at all like summer, it feels like autumn, the last time we had such a weird spring was 1974; hopefully it will get warmer!
Today i have a really cute manicure for you, it's inspired to the french pâtisseries, it kind of looks like frosting with sprinkles on top or a unicorn ahaha.
To make it i used Fiji by Essie and a sparky iridescent topcoat by H&M that was in a spring quad.
I hope you like it :)

Essie Fiji 

H&M topcoat 

Mmmh-muffins

Muffins are one of the easiest thing to bake, anyone can make them! But making the perfect muffin, thats a all other story. The perfect muffins has that amazing golden "tanned" color, it's a little crunchy on the outside and soft and moist on the inside. I aways struggled to get the inside moisture; i read hundreds of cookbooks, watched every possible cooking show on TV but i just couldn't get it right, it always ended up being dry.
One time, i was on a rush so i didn't have much time to blend the ingredients nicely together, the butter in particular was a little chunky. I decided to ignore that and keep going. I didn't have very high expectation due to the lack of time but when i took them out of the oven it was magic. They were the perfect cold color and perfectly moisturized inside. The chunky butter prevented the batter from drying, creating an heavenly tasting little treat.
Long story short, i wanted to share with you this little trick and my favorite chocolate chip recipe.

Ingredients for 6 muffins:
-200g of flour
-100g of white sugar
-1tbs of baking powder (or whatever you use to leaven)
-1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
-2 eggs
-milk (add until you get the perfect consistency, not too runny not to thick)
-1 teaspoon of salt
- 100g of chocolate chips ( you can add more if you want)
-100g of butter

1- in a bowl mix together the flour, the sugar, the baking powder and the salt.
2- add the eggs and the milk slowly while mixing. I think it works best if you use just a regular whisk and no electronic devices. 
3- add the vanilla extract and then add little pieces of butter. Stir until you get your butter chunks the size of a small bean. 
4- add the chocolate chips 
5- poor the batter in the muffin cups and cook for 20min (180°)

To check if the muffins are ready before the 20min, take a toothpick and poke the muffin down to the centre, if it comes out clean and the muffins have a nice golden color, they are ready!
This is my regular chocolate chip recipe, if you want me to write the healthy recipe, please let me know :)

Enjoy!

Spring nails

Hello everyone, it's another lovely sunny day here in Milano, weird huh? I don't really understand why they call it the foggy city. This lovely weather has inspired me to pick my favorites nail-polishes for Spring 2013. It's nothing to revolutionary, a lot of cute pastel colors but i still wanted to share them with you. All the nail-polishes are from Essie but it doesn't mean that your necessarily have to purchase this specific brand, i really love it because i think they have the best quality on the market but in Italy they are so overpriced it's ridiculous. You can find many many dupes just as pretty, this is just to give you an idea of the colors.