My travel makeup essentials

When you travel, you want to take some makeup with you that doesn't take a lot of space, that's not very expensive (you don't want to be upset if you lose it, or forget it), and that lasts all day on your face.

I have finally managed to find the perfect makeup products for this. Trust me, I'm from Spain, and this makeup will definitely resist anything. It's water-proof/heat-proof/melt-proof/Spain-proof.

Rimmel's Stay Matte Primer *
To be honest, this isn't completely necessary, but if you have room in your bag, I totally recommend bringing this.

Maybelline's Dream Pure BB Cream *
Maybelline's are my favorite BB creams. I cannot live without them. They are what helps me look like a human, instead of a zombie. One of my favorite products ever.

Rimmel's Stay Matte Powder *
This is my favorite face powder. I love how it feels, and it works amazingly.

 * As you can see, I use a few mattifying products. I wouldn't be able to judge the mattifying power of each of them separately, but my face has been incredibly matte since I use the three of them together. I sometimes get home after a long ride in the subway and I feel my face all sweaty and disgusting, and then look in the mirror and you can't even tell. At all. So as I said, I don't know if one of them is amazing and the rest don't do anything, but I do know that by using the three of them... you get amazing results.

Maybelline's Color Tattoo Cream Eyeshadow: Pink Gold
I love Color Tattoos eye shadows for many reasons: they are incredibly long-lasting, they are pigmented, and you don't need any brushes to use them. I love this shade for the summer.

If you don't trust me on how good they are, I remember I wore this to a theme park last summer. We were out all day, and it rained sooo much. We were soaking wet  and when I got home I was so tired that I just went to bed without removing my makeup. And when I woke up the next day... this was still on my eyelids!!

Maybelline's Colossal Volume Waterproof Mascara
Maybelline's Colossal Volume is my favorite mascara in the whole world. I use the waterproof version in the summer because it's incredibly hot in Spain and I want it to be able to resist any sweating. This mascara will give me amazing eyelashes and will last all day.

Sephora's Khol waterproof eye pencil
Maria spent some time at my house last year. We went to sephora one day and they had these on sale, so she bought one. I loved it! So I had to get one for myself too! I can't believe what a good deal we got for just 5€. It lasts all day, it resists everything and it is SUPER pigmented.

Maybelline's baby lips: Strike a rose
I love baby lips. They have done miracles to my lips. Ok, this won't last all day, but you can keep it in your bag and put more on when you need to. I've been loving this shade this summer. It's like a bright beautiful pink, and it smells so yummy.

Maybelline's Dream Touch Cream Brush
This brush is super long-lasting too. It may not last 24 hours like the other products, but it's the best I have tried and I love it. I use the shade 05, but my skin is super pale, so you may need a different shade.

Question of the Day

What's your favorite melt-proof product?

À cause de la coleur du blé...

Today I'm posting a very different blog. It's very personal, and I may end up deleting it, but I really need to vent myself, and when you have a blog, well… you have the perfect way to do it.

Today I want to tell you a story. A story about a girl I mentioned a few times on this blog, but the story I'm going to share today is a bit different from those posts. That girl is called Maria, and Maria has been the best best friend I've had in my entire life, but last week that friendship came to an end.

I'm not going to lie to you. I was feeling really down. I could barely eat, I could barely sleep, I felt sick… I didn't care about anything so when my stomach screamed for food I would just ignore it. I even cut my hair quite a lot, because… as I was saying… I just didn't care.

But last weekend I decided to do something that changed my whole vision about this. I read The Little Prince. Again. If you follow me on twitter, I'm sure you already know because I quoted like half of the book there. And I want to share a piece of that book with you, but I warn you, you have to open your mind to understand it, because otherwise… it will make no sense.

"What does that mean--'tame'?"

"It is an act too often neglected," said the fox. It means to establish ties."

"'To establish ties'?"

"Just that," said the fox. "To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you, I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world . . ."

(...)

"I am a little bored. But if you tame me, it will be as if the sun came to shine on my life. I shall know the sound of a step that will be different from all the others. Other steps send me hurrying back underneath the ground. Yours will call me, like music, out of my burrow. And then look: you see the grain-fields down yonder? I do not eat bread. Wheat is of no use to me. The wheat fields have nothing to say to me. And that is sad. But you have hair that is the color of gold. Think how wonderful that will be when you have tamed me! The grain, which is also golden, will bring me back the thought of you. And I shall love to listen to the wind in the wheat . . ."

(...)

So the little prince tamed the fox. And when the hour of his departure drew near--

"Ah," said the fox, "I shall cry."

"It is your own fault," said the little prince. "I never wished you any sort of harm; but you wanted me to tame you . . ."

"Yes, that is so," said the fox.

"But now you are going to cry!" said the little prince.

"Yes, that is so," said the fox.

"Then it has done you no good at all!"

"It has done me good," said the fox, "because of the color of the wheat fields."

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I named this post "À cause de la couleur du blé", which means "because of the color of the wheat fields". And re-reading this book changed everything. I realized that as much as I might miss her, and as much I might wish things were just the way they were with her, I still have the color of the wheat fields.

Until this Saturday, I was devastated because I couldn't get her out of my thoughts, my memories or my life. But of course I can't, because I am not meant to. I said she was the best best friend I had, and that's what she was. So now, when I think of her, I'm just glad and happy that she was my friend once, and that she let me be a part of her life. And yes, I still love her and I still care about her, and I'm not going to try to change that any more, because we don't have enough of those feelings in this world. So instead of crying because she's not my friend, I'll just smile because she once was. Instead of getting sad when I see a picture of her, I'll remember the moment we shared, and enjoy the memory, and be grateful it happened.

And I guess the aim of this post is not only to vent myself, but to also make sure that if any of you are going through something similar too, maybe this will open your eyes as the book opened mine.

And if you did actually read all of this post, I really have to thank you for doing so. And I hope you didn't mind this little off-topic post.

Have a nice day and take care!

Oreo brownies

Two weeks ago, my best friend Maria was here and we decided to make some brownie. But we didn't have enough ingredients for my usual recipe so we had to improvise a little. And this is what our little experiment turned out like:

Not that bad-looking. Right? 

Ingredients

• A lot of oreos. We used about 40 I think.
• 1 stick butter 
• 1 cup sugar 
• 2 eggs 
• 1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract 
• 3/4 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 cups and 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder 
• 1/2 teaspoon salt 
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350ºF (180ºC)
2. Place the oreo cookies in the bottom of the tin you're going to be making the brownies in.
3. In the bowl of a electric mixer, beat the butter.
4. Add the sugar and beat again.
5. Add the eggs and the vanilla extract and mix everything again.
6. In a separate bol, mix the flour, cocoa powder, salt and baking powder.
7. Add the flour mixture into the butter mixture and mix everything.
8. Put the batter in the pan, covering the oreo cookies.
9. Optional: break some cookies and put them on top.
10. Bake brownies for about 25 minutes. 

WARNING: This is best made with a friend ;)

Question of the day

Do you have a favorite type brownie?

For those who don't, I'm giving you some ideas: chocolate chip, m&ms, oreo, slutty brownies, white chocolate brownies...

The Fairy Tale Tag

I saw this on Beautiful Curiosities blog and I loved it! I love tags (you know that) and I love fairy tales and this seemed so cute I just... I just had to do it.

I borrowed this photo from Once upon a time, because I love that show, and I fell like this photo really went with the tag. So let's get started!

Snow White - Do you consider yourself beautiful?
Truth is... I don't. Not really.

Sleeping Beauty - How many hours do you sleep at night?

As many as I possibly can! I'd sleep 24/7 if I could. I try to make it at least 7. So... 7 to 10 maybe. I sleep like a koala.

Cinderella - Do you have a curfew?

No. Although I live with my parents and they're always like "don't come late".

Rapunzel - Do you love being outside?

I don't. But when I'm in for a long time, I really miss fresh air...

Red Riding Hood - Do you trust strangers easily?

Nope. 

The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids - Are you easily fooled?

Yeah. Way too easily.

Beauty and the Beast - What makes someone beautiful in your eyes?

Being a good person. Being unselfish, caring about others, treating everyone (EVERYONE) well...

The Little Mermaid - What would you sacrifice for love?

Mostly everything.

The Frog Prince - What do you find disgusting?

Vegetables, dead animals... I think just what everyone else finds disgusting.

Jack and the Beanstalk - Do you have any plants?

I do! I have a beautiful orchid that's like my baby. She has actually died twice but she always comes back to life.

Puss in Boots - Do you have pets? If not, do you want them?

I don't have any. I kind of want and don't want at the same time. I feel like I really want one, but they don't live that many years and I'd be so sad when they die that they make me question if I should have one.

Bluebeard - What is your weak point?

I'm too scared I'm going to lose everyone and that I'll never be good enough, so I'm just like "they're gonna replace me any way, so I'll just forget about them now" and I keep pushing everyone I care about away.

Pinocchio - What is your biggest wish?

Right now? Graduate and move out. I don't know, my biggest wish is to get the life I always wanted, but that's too general. I'd like to move to New York, find a job I like and enough money to be able to afford for the things I like.

Peter Pan - What is your mental age?

12 maybe? I love Disney movies and sleepovers. I'm not a huge fan of alcohol and parties so I'd like to go back to the days when we'd just meet for a walk, then come back home early.

The Star Money - What is your most valuable possession?

All the letters I've received. I still keep all of them. 

Gold Mary and Pitch Mary - Are you a hard worker or a lazy one?

It really does depend on how much I like what I'm doing. When it's something I like, I put everything into it. But when I don't... I just want to be done with it. But what I really really am, is a procrastinator.

The Snow Queen - Who is your best friend?

This beautiful girl, who I like to call... beibi. But you can call her Maria:

The Princess and the Pea - Are you sensitive?

Way too sensitive.

Godfather Death - What qualities make a good parent?

Caring for their children, making them happy, making them happy and making them feel loved and good about themselves.

The Twelve Dancing Princesses/The Worn-Out Dancing Shoes - Do you like parties?

Not really. Unless it's a pajama party, or a pizza pajama party.

The Emperor's New Clothes - Do you care a lot about your clothing?

Yep.

The Brave Little Tailor - Do you consider yourself brave?

Nope, not at all. I'm such a coward.

And I'm tagging... anyone who's reading this and want to do this. Also, if you do this tag, please please let me know in the comments so I can read your answers.

Kind of a busy bee

Hey everyone!

I'm sorry I haven't been very active lately, so I wanted to write this post explaining why.
Siento no haber estado muy activa estos días, así que quería escribir esta entrada explicando porqué.

If you follow my instagram, you'll probably have seen that I ""adopted"" my little cousin, Carmen, for a few days. After that, she left, and I went visit my grandma, and brought another cousin to my house, and he's actually still here. I've also adopted my best friend, María, for almost a week. So they've kept me pretty busy from doing things for the blog, but for a good reason.
Si sigues mi instagram, probablemente ya sabrás que "adopté" a mi prima Carmen unos cuantos días. Después, se fue y fui a visitar a mi abuela, y a la vuelta me traje a otro primo a mi casa , que de hecho sigue aquí. También he adoptado a mi mejor amiga, María, durante casi una semana. Así que me han tenido bastante entretenida y no he hecho nada para el blog, pero el motivo es bueno.

I've had such a good time with them, specially with María. And even though she left today I already miss her.
Me lo he pasado genial con ellos, sobre todo con María. Y aunque se haya ido hoy, ya la echo de menos.

I'm also going to the beach this weekend, which will also keep me from doing things I could blog about. And I'm ... going to New York next week!!!! You probably know by now how much I love that city, so I'm super excited about that. And I apologize in advance for what my instagram will look like those days... Sorry I'm not sorry.
Además, me voy a la playa este fin de semana, así que tampoco podré hacer nada sobre lo que escribir. Y...  ¡¡¡me voy a Nueva York la semana que viene!!! Probablemente ya sabréis que me encanta esa ciudad, así que estoy super emocionada. Y pido perdón por adelantado por en lo que se convertirá mi instagram esos días...