Wedding photos!!!

Hah.
Yeah, did you even expect me to follow up on that promise?
I always planned to, but I don't see my sis so much, which is why I only received the photos last weekend when she and my brother-in-law (we still giggle whenever I say this xD) invited me to a Wellness weekend as a late birthday present.

Anyways, here they are. ENJOY!

First off, the bride and groom both looking STUNNING and absolutely adorable!

At the civil registry office. There are so many photos where they look at each other all in love and stuff... and I chose to put up this one where Tobi is doing some sort of frog face xD I still think it's cute :3

 Hey, there's me! I cried more that my sister (then again... so did the groom xP). I'm glad the photographer didn't take any snotty pictures of me - phew!

 

Remember what I said about eye smiling when I'm really happy? Yeah, like that. I'm so glad this is black and white, because my teeth are REALLY yellow ^^ Other than that I really like this photo =)

 

 XD. My boyfriend looking GANGSTA with his new sunnies. I just love this so much, I had to put it up xD

 hug <3

 Oh my god. This is a rarity you're looking at, a photo of Jan and me! This will probably be used by both of our families for the next ten years or so... I'm glad I look okay^^

 

Okay, I know this is a bit random, but I think the photographer REALLY liked my hairdo, because there's at least 5 pics that have the blurry back of my head in them. Or maybe I was annoying him a lot by walking into all the frames. PHOTOBOMBED!

Anyways, those are the wedding pictures. I'm sorry to say there were none that had my complete outfit in them, but seeing my beautiful sister in her gorgeous wedding gown is good enough I think.

Congratulations again to my sister and her husband!

You guys are the perfect couple.

I love you!!

<3

So, that's it. Don't be surprised if I go into hiatus for a few weeks now after putting out post after post after post in these last days xD

Anyways thanks for reading (or... looking I guess)!
Love

T <3

Wedding Wednesday 5/5: The stressful rest

Hey guys, omg the wedding is on Friday!
It's super stressful, there's still so much to do. Also, the bride is getting really nervous (although if you ask her, she'll say "NO I'M NOT PANICKING AT ALL, WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT!?"), so all I'm doing these days is trying to keep the peace while the event's last details are being organized.

Unfortunately, I had absolutely no time today to dress up the way I will on Friday and take pictures for the blog, so I just took a pic of everything you guys still haven't seen yet:

So, finally you get to see the french-braid-twist-hairdo-thing on myself. Also I finally found shoes (for 16 euros xD) that match the outfit PERFECTLY (they also sparkle.).
For jewelry I'm just wearing simple elegant earrings and a necklace with this purple flower pendant that my mum got me like 5 years ago xD
Also, can't have an outfit without a bow! This is the actual fabric my sister used for the sash on her dress - I sewed it into a belt and I'll pin the bow to the back of it.

And this is it for today - sorry for the tiny post but I'm really just too busy.
I promise to post photos of my entire outfit AFTER Friday, also one of the happy bride and groom.

Thanks for reading <3
Love
Trin

Wedding Wednesday 4/5: Le hair + laziness

Happy Wednesday everybody!
So for the hairdo that I'm gonna wear at the wedding I first wanted to link to several youtube tutorials and then have another vote, but decided against it because of two reasons:
1) No one bothered to answer to last week's vote (so I just decided on my own)
2) I kind of already knew which one my favorite would be and I'd probably end up chosing that anyways.

So then I thought of doing a step-by-step tutorial of that hairdo, but really there's a tutorial VIDEO on the internet that's really great and I'd honestly just be stealing ideas, which is not cool.

So here is the video explaining how to do what I think is and incredibly cute yet elegant hairdo:

This btw is Kaylie, and I totally recommend her youtube chanel "Let's make it up", she has the best hair tutorials imo (don't get me wrong, I like CGH as well, but I just feel Kaylie's tutorials are more... "my age").

I did slap up my hair into that braid, which really didn't take much longer than 10 minutes, and took some photos too, before I realized that I'm on my boyfriend's PC for this week and I have no way of getting the pics on here just now. Duhr. You'll just have to imagine:
So for my hair I'm gonna leave out my bangs and a few longer strands of hair and just curl those. I tried it out and I was really happy with how it looked (would love to show you - but can't).

Aaaaand well, that's it. Wow. I'm sorry for this very lazy post - let's be honest, even if I could put up photos it would still be pretty lazy - I guess that's just my way of being slightly passive agressive.
Can't be bothered to make a tutorial, because nobody cares anyway.

So I'll be hunting for shoes now an then my outfit will be complete, which I'll be happy to show you next week in the last part of the Wedding Wednesday series!
Thanks a lot for reading (if anyone ever does)
Love
Trin

Wedding Wednesday 3/5: Nail design tutorial

It's that time of the week again! (Oops, I almost missed it!!)
Man, time's running fast.
So this week it's time for my nail design. Since I'm absolutely incapable of doing anything with my left hand, and also because I can't outshine the bride, I decided to keep it fairly simple. I do have 4 different colors that look nice in different combinations, so, again, you need to tell me your opinion to help me decide which one I'm going to wear.

All I did was add a little gradient design, which is achieved quite easily:

 Start out with a base color (I used white and pale yellow).  Then you take out a little glittery polish (gold and purple for me) and drop it on a smooth, disposable surface. 

 Then you take a cosmetic sponge to dip into the polish and carefully dab it onto your nail, to about halfway down. Make sure the layer is very thin.

Note: I didn't have a cosmetic sponge at hand so I had to use paper tissues, which DOES NOT work as well.

Then you dab on another thin layer on top of the first one, but only the tip of your nail this time. Now, It depends on the nail polish you're using if you have to make more of fewer layers. For me, with the golden one, two layers made a gradient quite nicely, but with the purple I should have maybe done 3 or 4 instead to make it more smooth.

 

And that's how you do the only nail design I know =D

So here's what it looks like finished. I did a gradient with both purple and golden with both base colors, and on my left hand I just used all 4 colors plain and simple to show you what that looks like.

 Numeration for easier understanding xD

Ok, I actually don't love any of the 3-6 plain ones, maybe 6, but I still prefer the gradient ones.

Namely, I plan on doing either 1b or 2b on most of my nails, and for my thumb and ringfinger use 1a or 2a respectively. BUT I don't love 2b very much, because you can't properly see the gold.OR I could just use either of those four for all my nails.

As you can see, I'm just not sure yet, so please help me by letting me know about your opinion!

Special thanks to Miri who helped me with taking the photos when both my hands were occupied ;)

Thanks for reading, guys!

Lovelovelove

Trin

Last but not least: Products I used for this post! From left to right: Essie in "3 Marshmallow", ANNY in "455 goldfinger", ANNY in "373.10 lucky surfer girl" , ciaté in "PP141 helter-skelter"

Wedding Wednesday 2/5: My subtle pastel make-up + Tutorial

Welcome back to Wedding Wednesday!
I sent out emails concerning the planning of the BIG DAY to all guests just a second ago - it's drawing closer!

Today's post is about this make-up look that I chose to wear to the wedding and how I achieved it:
(all products used will be listed at the end of the post)

What I like about this is that it matches my color theme white, yellow, gold and purple; it's shimmery but still subtle enough not to upstage the bride and most importantly: it's almost 100% waterproof for those inevitable tears of happiness =D

Okay, so here's how it went down.
(First of all: Okay, I know my camera is crap, I hope to get a new one for my birthday *3*. Also don't comment on the condition of my skin, ESPECIALLY my dark circles. I KNOW. Trust me. I know.)
Step 1: At first I prepped my eyes with primer (a), then I started out with a base of a golden cream-based eyeshadow (b) on my entire lid.
Step 2: With another waterproof shadow in stick form (c) in pale lilac, I drew a little triangle shape on my outer V, then blended it out to achieve the look in picture 2. I also brought it down towards my lower lash line, which doesn't really show in the photo, but I forgot to take pictures with my eyes open - oopsies.

Step 3: I added a warm purple eyeshadow (from d), which unfortunately isn't waterproof, to the bottom center of my lid, to blend the gold and lilac together. Remember: The look is supposed to be subtle; I know you can hardly see it in the photo, but that's how it's supposed to be.
Step 4: Then I just lined my upper lash line with a dark purple color (also from d), to give my eyelashes a fuller look. I also lined the outer half of the lower line, which, again, you can't see, because I'm a big dumdum.

Anyways, that's it, basically. I just added pale pink pencil liner (e) to my waterline, which makes my eyes look bigger. White pencil works too, the pink is just a personal preference - I think it looks less harsh. Also I put on waterproof mascara (f), covered up my circles with foundation (g) (I basically use foundation as concealer these days) and slapped on some blush (h), powder (i) and my favorite lipstick (j) and BOOM, done.

Here are more pictures of the finished look from different angles:

Sorry for the crazy eyes in the last one xD

And that's what I'll be wearing for the wedding, yay! x3 I hope you like it.
Do send me pics or let me know if you tried something similar and/or used one of the products. And if you don't, whatever. Then don't.
Thanks a lot for reading anyways <3

Lovelovelove
Trin


Just like I promised; here's a list with the products:

a) some no-name primer that works great for me.
b) Maybelline  New York "color tattoo 24hr" in "05 Eternal Gold"
c) LOOK by bipa "splish splash eyeshadow stick in "Nr2 breeze"
d) Majolica Majorca "Jeweling Eyes" in I-don't-know-what-color-because-my-japanese-is-really-bad
e) YVES ROCHER couleurs "3 in 1 eye pencil" in "08 blanc" (which is a weird name for a PINK product, but what do I know right?)
f) YVES ROCHER "lash plumping mascara" you already know I love it =O
g) I know, you know.
h) GOSH "natural blush" in "43 flower power" OMG I DID NOT READ THAT NAME BEFORE NOW, I'M SO EXCITED, I CAN'T STOP SCREAMING.
i) Maybelline New York "Pure Powder" in "015 Translucent"
j) Maybelline New York "Color Sensational Popstick" in "020 Tropical Pink"

Wedding Wednesday 1/5: Help me decide on my outfit!

INTRODUCING: The first ever B&B post SERIES, "Wedding Wednesday".

Obviously, I'm not getting married; what are you, crazy? My sister is, though, and her wedding is a mere 5 weeks from Saturday! =O
Great maid of honor that I am, I already helped the bride with picking a dress, an accent color fabric and a fabric for the groom's waistcoat. I also designed both the "save the date" cards and the actual invitations and I've accompanied her to the decorators and her hairdresser this past weekend, so that no detail will be lost on me, and all my sister has to do on her big day is smile and cry and have fun and, obviously, say "I do", while I take care of everything.
It's promising to be a beautiful wedding, I can't wait really.





I still lack an outfit for myself, though!
So I'm starting my series Wedding Wednesday, or WW for short, to show and plan my own outfit including hair, make-up and nail design in the form of tutorials or votes, going online every week until the actual wedding.

Part one is about my clothes:
Well, I actually already decided on a skirt from iAnywear, that I ordered a few weeks ago.
It's yellow, so it should fit the wedding's color theme "purple" just fine. (I'll have the throwing bouquet and probably also some hair accessories matching the bride's. Also, we'll be standing next to each other in a lot of photos and I just wanted to make sure that our colors don't clash)
I did have my eye on a beautiful blouse online too, but that one has been out of stock for weeks now =(
So I went from shop to shop in search of a top to wear with my skirt. I really wanted it to be white (don't worry, I asked the bride, she said it's ok), but I just COULDN'T find ANYTHING!!!
UNTIL I went into orsay, where I picked myself up 3 beautiful white pieces.
Great. Now I can't decide which one to wear =_=

I ruled out one of them already, because it didn't really match the skirt in terms of style. It's also made from pretty thick material which I'm not sure I want to be wearing to an August wedding.
But the other two are both kind of perfect...

(I apologize for crappy quality)
The left one has more of a girly feel, while the right one is more elegant. Both have great material, both match the skirt very well and, if I do say so myself, both suit me and my body type.
Only I can't wear both of them to the wedding!!



So, to finally get to the point of this post: I thought I'd let you guys have a vote. Which one do you like better?
(After further consideration I should probably have taken another photo of the right one, it really doesn't look too flattering in this. Oh, well.)
Please let me know which one you like, either via facebook or leave a comment on this post! :)
Part 2 of the WW series will be online -duh! - next Wednesday.
Thank you so much for reading!
Love

Trin