( Please note that the lip color on this photo is beautymark mixed with pink lip pencil from bodyshop)

Recently, I noticed the big trend of matte liquid lipsticks. Every brand came with his or her own liquid lipstick line. And the very well known for her lips Kylie Jenner, also came with her own line! Her line was a big hit in the beauty market and her products were sold out in no time. I almost purchased her liquid lipsticks but because of the expensive fees above the expensive liquid lipsticks.. I didn't purchase it. So.. I went looking for some dupes and I found out that Nyx came with his own liquid lipstick line called Nyx Lingerie, which contains all nude shades. Just like Kylie Jenner's line!

I really liked the colors and the other good part was of course that it was only 8.80, - and I could easily buy it at the Douglas store, which was very easy reachable in a footstep.  

I chose for the matte liquid lipstick in the color Beautymark, which is a warm brown color.

The dark lip color gives an edgy effect to your makeup look. The downside of this liquid lipstick is that the color comes off pretty easily after drinking water or eating lunch.. So you do need to reapply it a few times during a day.

Tip : apply a lipstick or a lip pencil, which lasts long by itself, underneath the liquid lipstick for longer lasting ! I prefer to use MAC lipstick or MAC lip pencil underneath my NYX liquid lipsticks.

Last but not least, the color pay off is very pigmented and it dries matte very fast, which are the good points.

Before -  own lip color

After -  Beautymark liquid lipstick

Hope you liked this post ! If you would like to see more colors from the Nyx lingerie line please comment that down below ! 

Looking for a grunge effect for a photoshoot?

Most important things are the background and the clothing

Background - I would recommend :

- Garage

-Garage doors

- Stairs from escape routes

- Desolated places

- Trash

- Wall full of grafitti art

I also recommend shooting at night

Clothing (right) : Troye Sivan merge shirt ( Graphic tee ) , Black jeans with cuts from Topshop JAMIE, Nike Janoskians SB

Clothing ( left ) : Top from Bershka, Boots with chunky heels, Choker necklace

This was the first time shooting with my friend Anna. I didn't plan on shooting clothes or for my blog or anything. We didn't have an exact goal.

We just walked around with our camera's in my neighbourhood. We started taking photos of Grafitti arts and we took some photos from each other.

This was the first time meeting with her alone, so we didn't know each other very well. But, wow it's like finding my lost twin sister because we've so many things in common and we're also interested in same things such as photography, designing clothes and playing instruments. Talking to her is like talking to myself, we understand each other so well and omg I found my soulmate, she is just amazing. I can talk to her for hours long and we are still not out of subjects. Time always flies by when I'm with her.

Eventually, we found a place with stairs from an escape route. We walked up the stairs and started shooting. We shooted at day light but I recommend shooting at night, which we will do next time when I meet her.

What do you think of our photos ? Please let me know !

Follow Anna, she has an amazing feed on instagram : @acml._

Anna's Tumblr : nctrnll

Check out my instagram : @jingmin.chng_

My tumblr : idec-dkrntll

My VSCO for more photoshoots : vsco.co/lucyzhou

Different kinds of shoes I've been loving : 

- Cross over sandals

- Chunky heels

- Espadrilles

- Strap shoes and flats

- White shoes

- Backless Sandals

- Pointy shoes

Links :

Hope you like these kind of posts because I really enjoy making this !

Yours,

Lucy

Lately, I've been looking for luxury bags and I saw all kinds of different beautiful bags.

- Bucketbags

- Little Crossbody bags

- Backpack trend

Links : 

1. Rebecca Minkoff Crossbody bag Rounded

2. Michael Kors backpack with studs

3. Rebecca Minkoff Crossbody bag

4. Michael Kors Backpack without studs

5. Michael Kors Crossbody bag

6. Ted Baker Bucket bag

Do you like those bag as much as I do ? Do you have any recommendations for me ?

Recently, I tried a smoothie and I wanted to share my recipe with you, because it's deliciousss. This smoothie is very energizing good for a pre or a post workout. 

Recipe : 

- 1 banana

- 1/2 avocado or 1 small avocado

- 1 orange

- water or milk to your own wish

This was also the first time using nutri- bullet and I loved using it. It blends incredibly fast.

Let me know if you liked the smoothie after you tried it !

Yours,

Lucy

This is another outfit, which I wear inside during the winter. I paired my black and white knitted cardigan with a green/blue halter top which has a beautiful embroidery detail on it from a sequence material on the front. To go with the comfy and simple look, I went for a black skinny jeans. Top it off with boots which has chunky and very high heels and also with a knitted detail, to give a cozy winter look.    

WHAT I'M WEARING

- Black and white knitted cardigan : Hollister

- Green/blue halter top : Hollister

- Black skinny jeans : ONLY

- Black chunky boots : Forever 21

- Sunglasses : H&M

I had a great time, while I was shooting an outfit for you and I think I will do it more often. Hope you also liked it as much as I had fun !

Yours, 

Lucy

I live in the Netherlands, so Amsterdam is not new to me and that's why I didn't go sightseeing. But I still wanted to capture this moment, while I was in Amsterdam. I went to Amsterdam during my school holiday. This was one of the very times that I went to Amsterdam without adults, so I could spend my money freely without any restrictions ( which is not always good ).

First of all, we went to De Bijenkorf, where all luxury brands can be found. It surprised me that Amsterdam had far more different brands than Rotterdam, it made me jealous. Wish that I lived in a city with the most different brands and variety of shops. In De Bijenkorf, I bought a dress from Topshop. After walking around in De Bijenkorf, I also discovered Jo Malone and I tested all different fragrances.

After that, we walked around in the city center, where we saw big sale posters on the window of Steve Madden. Luckily we went into Steve Madden, because I found the cutest black purse. I always wanted to buy a little black purse, because I didn't always like to carry a big bag. 

We walked further and a man from Obey Your Body approached us. He took us in and began to talk about his amazing product : purifying gel peel. It's an amazing product which pushes dirt from your seven skin layers out of your skin. You leave it there for 30 seconds and then you gently start to rub it over your skin and you will see dirt coming out of your skin. After that, he took a tissue and wiped the dirt and the gel off my skin. My skin felt so soft and it still felt soft after 8 hours. He also guaranteed that it would help against acne. I'm a weak sucker so I bought it ! After using it at home for one week, I have no regrets !

After walking for hours, we went to a Chinese restaurant for lunch called Oriental city. It's in the city center and you can recognize it by the green colour of the building. It tasted like the Chinese food I usually eat, so it's definitely good. 

After lunch, we walked around in the city center, trying out more clothes. I saw a black leather jacket, parka and a bomber jacket from Zara, which I all liked. But I was out of money unfortunately, so I had to restrain myself, which was painful. 

We also went to the Magna Plaza, very beautiful building, but the shops are pretty random. I also discovered Yankee candles in the Magna Plaza, which I was stoked about. But they were soooooo expensive... 

After walking the whole day, we went back to De Bijenkorf again, this time not for the products but for food. We went upstairs to De Bijenkorf restaurant, finishing the day off with a wrap, muesli with yogurt, dessert and a smoothie.

Hope you liked this post ! 

Yours, Lucy

The things that I got from friends were : 

- MAC lipstick in rouge à levres : beautiful deep red colour

- BIG CUTE ADORABLE TEDDY BEAR ( I recommend to give this to your friends ) 

- money-box : very useful if your friend is a big spender

- Soap and glory hand cream : always nice to have

- Pom pom key ring

- 9 different flavours of macaroons : AMAZING GIFT ( taste delicious and looks and looks freaking adorable with those colourful cookies )

- The comforter shower gel from Lush : smells wonderfuuul

- Naked basics eye palette : Always wanted to have one of those palette 

- SHAWN MENDES CONCERT TICKETS AAAH

- TROYE SIVAN CONCERT TICKETS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH ( I'm going crazy ) 

- Aaaaand a very sweet lucky coin, which says : I love you more than I can say. ( I will always carry this with me in my wallet ) 

I'm really thankful for these wonderful presents, and I'm really surprised how well they know me in order to surprise me with these presents, which I really wanted or really like to have ! I hope you can get some ideas for your presents and don't forget that the perfect present is a present which really shows that you know someone really well. 

Yours, 

Lucy