Hello!

Today I have quite an exciting blog post for you (maybe more for myself haha). Today (05/16) I am celebrating a 1 year anniversary of my blog! I can't believe that a whole year has passed since I've created my blogger account. It's so funny to realize how dramatically my blog has changed in just one year. That's insane! I am so happy to be writing this, blogging has surely changed my life, it brought a lot of happiness and excitement to it. Thank you guys for sticking on with me and hello to all the new readers! Blogging has become a huge part of my life, which keeps me going. A lot of things have changed since I started blogging for example, my English skills have improved, I learned more about makeup and beauty in general, I started developing my own opinion on everything, I started reading more, found some awesome blogs, which I open and read whenever I have some free time and lots more. Thank you guys again for reading, for all your lovely comments and suggestions. Year 2 - here we go!

Here are the rules you have to follow:

1 - Show your gratitude towards the blog that has nominated you and link back to that blog in your post. 

2 - Answer the 11 questions posted for you by that blog.

3 - Nominate 11 new bloggers in your post, who have less then 200 followers.

4 - Ask 11 unique questions to bloggers.

5 - Inform them by commenting your post link in their comment section. 

So Lina prepared 11 questions for me and I am really pumped to answer them, so let's do it!

My answers:

 1. Who's your favorite beauty or fashion blogger/vlogger?
That's insanely hard to choose just one! I think I would go with Kathleen Lights and Ieva Maslauskaitė aka Chanelette.

 2. If you could change one thing about makeup, what would it be?
I think I would make it less expensive haha.

 3. What's your favorite makeup product?
Hmm.. I actually have never thought of that. I think at least for now it is the Artdeco Eye Brow Designer in 5, because it perfectly matches my eyebrow colour and is very easy to use and then I would also mention MAC Studio Finish Concealer in NC15, because it's amazing for masking my blemishes.

4. What motivates you to write posts?
Most of the time it's Pinterest, Instagram, Tumblr, journals, other bloggers and the opportunity to take lovely pictures haha.

 5. If you could meet anyone, dead or alive, and have a conversation with them, who would it be?
I think I would choose Selena Gomez, because she has always been my inspiration, so I think it would be fun to have a chit chat with her.

6. What's a thing you must do each morning when you wake up?
Drink a cup of water!

7. What's your favorite song at the moment?
Calvin Harris - This Is What You Came For ft. Rihanna!!

 8. If you could have one thing in the world, anything you want, what would it be?
Peace, no war, no hate.

9. What's one thing you want to achieve before this year ends?
I really want to be the best version of me, I want to be proud of who I am, to be happy the way I feel and just to find peace of mind.

10. What is the last movie you watched?
"Keeping the faith" in my religion class at school:)

11. What is the last song you listened to?

Ariana Grande - Into You

My nominees:
Caroline Malone from Iridescent Places
Sophie Jade
Charlotte Anne
Hanna Delacour
Hattie Graham from Hattie Loves
Naomi from Haute and Bothered
Becky from Life by Becky
Beth from Life Likes Loves
Lauren from Lauren's Lifestyle
Niamh from Little But Fierce
Indre from Curvylicious Me

Questions for nominees:
1. What is your no 1 advice when it comes to blogging?
2. What’s the one book you think everyone should read?
3. Your life motto/Quote that keeps you going?
4. What is one thing, that always makes you smile when you remember it?
5. What is/was your favorite subject at school?
6. Who is your fashion inspiration?
7. Who is the person you look up to?
8. Is there a thing that you used to hate but love it now?
9. What are your hobbies?
10. What are your 5 values in life?
11. What's your favorite flower?

This was so fun! Thank you again, Lina for nominating me, I am really grateful for that! If I did not nominate you and if you would like to do this tag, do it! I nominate you too:) I hope you guys enjoyed this post as much as I did and I wish you a wonderful day/night!

Hello!

Finally, I am doing a proper review on Real Techniques Core Collection! It's been a while since I started using these so I have quite a few things to say. 

This set comes with 4 brushes: buffing brush, pointed foundation brush, detailer brush and contour blush + panoramic case. I would say that this set should've also included a powder brush, because it's an essential for some of us who always powder their face after applying a liquid foundation. Still, it comes with an everyday-use brushes, which makes it a perfect combination.

I really love the design, especially the rubber detail! These really look like high-end brushes! I also like cooper handles and how shiny they are and reflect the light. On every brush there is a RT logo and a name of the brush, which is very convenient. Bristles are two-toned, grey and black which look really sleek in my opinion. Brushes I would say are quite light, but still feel very sturdy and comfortable in hands. Handles are made of rubber and aluminum. Synthetic taklon bristles are hand-cut and 100% cruelty-free.

I've been using these for a couple of years now and I can truly say that these are really great quality, especially for the price. I've washed them multiple times since I've purchased them and that I have to say is bristles don't shed, which is amazing. They wash really well, personally I wash them either with a shampoo or shower cream. After wash they are still as soft as they were right when I purchased them. Handles also hold perfectly fine, no scratches or parts falling apart, just in a perfect condition.

Talking about softness I would not call the bristles ULTRA plush. It feels synthetic, but it's still soft. Overall, these are very soft, gentle on the skin and very densely stuffed, which is great.

Now, individually about every single brush;

Contour brush: for a long time I used to apply a bronzer with this one. Only now I realized that it was made for a highlighter application. Ooops! But well, that's logic, its shape is perfect for that (dumb me). Still, it works great for a bronzer too! I am pretty sure this would work with a blush too! Overall, I would say this brush is perfect for sculpting your cheeks!

Pointed foundation brush: this one is my least favorite. Somehow I find it to be not gentle on my face, it doesn't feel pleasant to apply makeup with it. It's made for a liquid foundation, but I find it to be very small for a whole-face application, but in problematic or hard to access areas like around the nose, under the eyes, around the lips, under the brows it works just well. Nevertheless, I don't find myself using it.

Detailer brush: this one works great with concealer and filling or lining my lips!

Buffing brush: it claims to be ideal for full coverage application of powder and mineral foundation, but I use it for liquid foundation and that works well for me. I really like its size, because it doesn't take a long time to apply foundation all over my face. 

Overall, these are great brushes, especially for the price, which is about 30,95€ (in Lithuania). Quality is great, the set comes with very versatile and useful in everyday life brushes. If you are just a beginner or already a professional in makeup, I think these would work great for you!

Let me know if you own these and what do you think!

Recently I have been seeing Gigi Hadid all over the internet and every single time I see her I get fascinated not only by her incredible beauty but also by her amazing sense of style. I adore and would love to wear myself 100% of her outfits. So I thought I could share with you some of my favorite outfits of her I found on Pinterest. You can find all these pictures in my "Fashion" board! (link here)