my first homemade lip balm!

Lately I've been reading a lot about homemade beauty products and decided to start from the easiest recipe...lip balm!
I've been looking here and there for recipes and in the end adapted a bit what I found around, mostly trying not to buy a hundred ingredients but trying to make the most out of what I had already.
this is the recipe I used:

- 1 1/2 teaspoon of beeswax
- 2 teaspoons cocoa butter
- 3 teaspoons coconut oil
- 2 1/2 spoons of honey
- a few drops of vanilla flavour (for cakes)

I already had cononut oil, honey and vanilla flavour at home so I only bought the wax and the cocoa butter on ebay. it was extremely cheap and they will last for so many lip balms... I think at least 50 if only use them for lip balms.
the recipe said I had to wait for one day before I could check if the balm was ready, but mine actually was ready after less than one hour....maybe I did something wrong? anyway, the balm is amazing, it has a lovely smell of honey (you don't really taste vanilla, it's just slightly sweet and lost a bit the wax aroma).
I think I am going to refill every old lip balm tube that I finished! the balm is really creamy so I think I will go through it like crazy, I love applying it!

Project 10 Pan failed :((((

I just managed to finish the fifth item from Project 10 Pan (a melon lipbalm from LaVita) when my local drugstore put almost all the items by Essence at 50% discount AND they made a 3x2 offer....
the result? I spent around 20€ and I came back home with:
- 5 quad eyeshadows
- 1 nailpolish
- 1 powder
- 1 blush
- 4 mono eyeshadow
- 2 mascaras (as if I needed more...)
- 4 lipsticks
- 2 pencil lipbalms

for the first time in my life someone told me: please, you have to choose one more makeup item! it's for free...you HAVE TO!
to make matters worse, after that I placed a BIG eyeko order...
so, Project 10 Pan should start from the beginning again!
I am terrible!!!!!!

my summer favourites

some products I (re)discovered and I am using almost daily....

from top to bottom:

eyeko 3 in 1 cream (I absolutely love this!)

essence mono eyeshadow, col. 07 "love talk" (lovely color for a natural look)

liquid smackers, strawberry (rediscovered this in my beautycase, so yummy and nice on lips!)

eyeko, vintage polish (nothing to say about this, I guess...)

essence eye color booster mascara, col. 02 showtime (the color is not that visible but the mascara gives lenght and definition, and makes eyes appear brighter!)

essence pen eyeliner, collection "return to paradise", 01 jungle drum (also one of my daily additions, with Love Talk, lovely color and great lasting!!)

essence long lasting eye pencil, col. 10 almost famous (peachy color which makes eyes super bright!)

kruidvat pure and natural for sensitive skin, cleansing lotion and day cream (I just discovered that Kruidvat, my local drugstore, just released a whole range of natural products, with certified quality. it feels so comfortable on the skin, and smells fresh and natural! love it!)

and a couple of details....

we all know this little lovely thing....but I recently rediscovered it especially as an eyeshadow base, and it's becoming my daily base for makeup. it just works! the eyeshadow stays in place until night, and the cream gives to every eyeshadow a nice extra shimmer. I also use it everyday on my cheekbones for some nice glow. there is a LOT of product in there, though! so I think it will last really long.

the second detail is from the eyeshadow. I love this color! this is my everyday look when I do not have anything special to do and I want a natural - almost invisible but still super healthy and glow look.

updates about me

for some reason, I find it easier to make new year's resolutions in august rather than in january. that's why I started a whole new kind of life lately. first of all I am changing a bit my eating habits and eating healthier food. since I moved to the Netherlands I started eating really bad (lots of snacks for example...) because I was moving a lot going by bike and this avoided me to gain weight... BUT last winter was so long and cold that I didn't have as many chances to go by bike as last year, and unfortunately I gained some weight (my metabolism sucks). second, I started excercising at home in the morning. it's so good when your muscles hurt in places that you had no clue it could hurt! hopefully this will give me new inputs to start autumn with more energies and fun. oh! and today I had my first green monster, thanks to Becky (beckyeyes.blogspot.com) and it just tasted delicious. thanks!!!!

per qualche strano motivo mi viene più semplice formulare buoni propositi del nuovo anno in agosto invece che a gennaio. per questo motivo ho cominciato con un nuovo stile di vita ultimamente. come prima cosa sto cercando di cambiare abitudini alimentari e mangiare più sano. da quando mi sono trasferita in Olanda ho iniziato a mangiare parecchio male (sopratutto un sacco di snack ...) con la scusa che mi muovevo tantissimo in bici e quindi bruciavo tutto quello che mangiavo. ma lo scorso inverno è stato così freddo e lungo che non ho avuto modo di muovermi e così sono ingrassata (il mio metabolismo fa schifo!) come seconda cosa, ho iniziato a fare esercizio a casa il mattino. è bellissimo quando ti fanno male i muscoli in punti che non sapevi nemmeno esistessero! speriamo che questo mi dia nuovi input per iniziare l'autunno con più energia e divertimento. ah! dimenticavo! oggi mi sono preparata il mio primo green monster, grazie a Becky (beckyeyes.blogspot.com), ed è veramente delizioso!! grazie!!!