Beauty Shoot

Hello lovelies,
I forgot to upload the picture and the link of the teaser of the recent short video shoot I did for Avon.
The team actually planned to do the teaser long time ago, but none of us had enough time so it was delayed. The video we did is not make up tutorial, so I don't want you to be mistaken by the video. I didn't do a step by step tutorial, but just a quick intro in the festive make up look you can create using Avon products.
 Edvin and I quickly decided to take a couple of shots as well, so here is the result of the test shot. I didn't even plan on posting it here on blog, but I decided to put it anyway.

You can watch the video here ;)

Have a lovely weekend!

Hugs and kisses

Angelica

Healthy Chocolate Protein Balls

Hello lovelies,
it's time for the recipe for all the sweet tooth junkies out there. It is healthy as well. Not only junk food is delicious. Healthy food can be delicious too.

This recipe has some ingredients which are not 100% healthy, such as chocolate, but you can use 100% dark chocolate if that is the flavor you prefer and want to make the balls 100% healthy. My option is always dark chocolate, but this time, I was making the balls for the guests, so I didn't want to use 100% dark chocolate, as some of them do not like the bitter taste of it.

Ingredients I used:

• 500gr milk chocolate (stevia version)
• Almond milk
• Coconut oil
• Honey
• Hazelnuts
• Almonds
• Walnuts
• Plazma biscuits (and a couple of Elvita wholegrains biscuits)
• Vanilla sugar
• Dolcela decoratives for baking
• Chia seeds
• Pretzels

The mixture for protein balls is super easy. But, you will need around two hours to make 30 chocolate balls if you want to make them super polished and nice looking. As well as extra half an hour for reindeer balls. Decorating takes the most of the time. But if you like baking it will be fun and joyful.

Make the mixture out of coconut oil, honey and almond milk. Pour it into one big bowl. Hazelnuts, biscuits, walnuts, almonds, chia seeds, vanilla sugar are the ingredients that you should mix together with the liquid mixture. You will know when the mixture is perfect once you try to make the balls with your hands. You can put the mixture in the fridge for half an hour, and it will be easier to shape the balls.

For the chocolate dip, melt it over the hot boiling water. Put a little bit of almond milk and coconut oil. Once your balls are ready, dip them into the chocolate. You can decorate them with m&m's. It is up to you. I decorated mine with m&m's because there were some left, as I needed only red ones for the noses of reindeer balls. 

I used little white balls for the eyes, and pretzels for the ears. 

Waterfall Coat

Happy Holidays

Masquerade

Hello lovelies,

as I promised, here is the second part of my previous festive holiday blog post. I will not talk about the inspiration behind the outfit this time, but the mask.

As you may have read in my previous post, I wrote about the lingerie and stage clothes, and now I want to talk about the masks. 

I am obsessed with lace masks, and anything that is connected to masquerade dances. Even one of my ultimate favourite movies is connected to the masquerade ball and costumes. It is Phantom of the Opera. I just love that movie and everything about it. The fact that it is a musical and that it contains masquerade ball scenes and amazing costumes is enough to buy me.

There is something so exciting and mysterious about wearing a mask, especially in the combination with corsets and gowns. 

There is also a short story named The Masque of the Red Death, by Edgar Allan Poe (also one of my favourite writers), that contains masquerade ball.

There you go, my short introduction about my passion for costumes and masks. Now it is time to show it through pictures.

Holiday Extravagance

Hello lovelies,

this shoot is inspired by a lot of the things, including my approach to all of the inspiration mixed together.  I wanted to make a post that will include make-up for holidays, and sexy, yet elegant outfit. All of it combined, with the touch of ladylike 50's look (This cone bra corset-bodysuit, by Jean Paul Gaultier is actually inspired by 1950s bullet bras and 80s underwear-outwear).

I love lingerie in general, and I am a little bit obsessed by lacy bras and corsets.  When it comes to fashion, this is my ultimate favourite look, that defines me as a person. I like extravagant stage clothes, and Jean Paul Gaultier!

This shoot has this bunny modern look, that is cool for holidays. Wearing this kind of outfit is daring for sure, since it shows your body and whole figure. You have to bare in mind that being sexy, but tasteful sexy, really depends on the person. How you wear it and how it suits you. It really has to suit you, otherwise, you will look vulgar.

Overcoats

Bitter Winter

Flattering Tulle

Hello lovelies,
once again, Angelica wears tulle skirt. I have a bunch of older posts of me wearing tulle skirts, and I have to confess that I'm obsessed with them. The more layered the better. This time, I received the burgundy one, which is asymmetrical. It's shorter on the front side and a little bit longer on the back. I could not wait to show it in an outfit post, so I wore it underneath the coat. I don't like layering loads of stuff underneath the coat, so I chose to wear corset underneath the skirt. It could go just right with the simple jumper.
I can not wait to wear it during spring, with some high heel sandals or stilettos.
 

All that Greys

Hello lovelies,

I have already showed you Catrice/Essence New In, in my previous post. Some of the products that are still left to be shown are presented in the pictures below. This is the classic look that I wear often. No need to talk about red lips, as I have mentioned the story about red/bold lips a thousand times.

The products I have used from Catrice/ Essence products, are:

1. All that Greys Eyeshadow palette (Essence)

It consists of rose and grey tones. There are seven shades which differ in the texture. Some are matte and some shimmery. I love the mirror inside, and the quality you get for the price.