A drugstore glitter cut crease (no lashes)

Hi, today I'm going to show you what I used to do a drugstore glitter(ish) cut crease! I used brands such as sleek and loreal so its all pretty affordable. Im not going to lie I made this all up on the spot but was quite proud of how it turned out since I am not great at cut creases. Heres a picture I posted on insta....https://www.instagram.com/thingsoffmyblog/?hl=en

Thanks to my friend for letting me borrow her eye (and her makeup) :)

Products used:
Loreal true match concealer to prime and also under the eye
Sleek all night long eye shadow palette(below is how I used it)

Bourjous liquid eyeliner

Maybelline colossal mascara

All brushes were real techniques


I hope you enjoyed this post! Was a bit different since I've never done the Instagram kind of makeup look. My next post will probably be a chatty one or a swatch of a new palette i bought! we'll wait and see....


Until my next post......

New blog new me....kind of

LONG TIME, NO BLOG

So i haven't blogged since august and its really been a couple of things...

1. I didn't think I was really going anywhere with
2. I had nothing interesting  to blog to be honest
3.Sixth form!

My 4th excuse is that I wasn't really happy with small things such as my image, the layout, theme etc of the blog. So ive changed a couple of things such as the name which was Ellewithspecs but I have now changed it to my actual name Elena Bytyqi and also under the name 'things off my blog'(as shown in the banner.)

I know that I dont actually have any consistent readers as the bigger bloggers do but it feels great to be sharing anything from what I got from my trip to town to a makeup look I had just made up. I think its great that a review of a product could help someone out there buy the right product for them, even if it means they dont return to my blog- at least they know it exists!

What I'm trying to say is that I feel like I've got my blog into shape now and I feel like I've learnt alot from my very first post, so expect more content (much better content hopefully!).

Until my next post........

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August favourites 2016!

Hi everyone! So its that time of the month where I discuss what I've been loving this month. It's more beauty favourites and music favourites this time.Hope you enjoy reading !

My favourites!
1. Real techniques brush- I dont know why I haven't included this before but I literally use this brush everyday. I've used this since before prom which was in July so for about 1 month and a bit and i cant live without it.It's honestly so good for contour, foundation etc.Just get it.

2. Eyebrow gel essence- I'm kind of cheating with this a bit since I only got this a few days ago but I honestly think it deserves to be in this months favourites because I have used anything else since and it was only £2.00 :)

3.Essence eyeliner- This was just a repurchase but I forgot how much I liked it and its only £2.30. I used to hype about the loreal super liner and I still love it but I think that if I can save a bit of money by buying an essence eyeliner i might as well. the reason I love this is that its a very, very rich black (pigmented) and it last such a long time.Also it is waterproof.

4.Vogue magazines- When I get a magazine I re-read it so many times and vogue is obviously a big magazine so I've reread it many time now. I enjoy reading vogue magazines since it covers so many ares of fashion and not only fashion but world problems such as the zika epidemic. It also came with a second magazine which was cool too.

5. Flormar Lip liners- What can I say? I absolutely love this lip liners and you can check out my shortish review on my other favourites but ive always liked these and if you live in German or are able to order online, dont hesitate and get them because they're so good and they last so long.

6. Naughty nude Rimmel London- Finally, I added this in my holiday haul if you'd like to read more about it but I just want to say that I've been using this during my holiday and also after and until this day I honestly could not ask for a better lipstick than this one. (abit of an exaggeration but you know what I mean)

Music:
Blow your mind (mwah)- Dua Lipa 

Will heard and basically all of his songs.
This is a link to his you tube but he has more songs on Spotify :)

Do it right -Martin Solveig

Dua Lipa - Good Times (Jamie XX Rework)


Kita Alexander- High Tops 

Selena Gomez- Revival


Anyway thats all for now! I hope you enjoyed reading about my august favourites!






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Mini holiday/vacation makeup and skincare haul 2016!

Hi everyone! Today I'm going to be showing you all a mini makeup and skincare haul. I got the skincare products from Germany and the makeup from Kosovo.

As you can see above I got all the skincare from the brand Bebe. I tried the Bebe face creams about 3 years ago and I thought why not try it again.I got 2 different face creams so that I can see which one I like better(one with peaches and one with avocado). I have not used the skincare products yet since they're things that you'd use everyday so I'm saving it so it doesn't get used up quickly. You will definitely be seeing these products on future blog posts because I've never been disappointed with these products!

here are the face wipes too. My cousin was like they're really good and not harsh on the skin so I picked them up on the way back to the UK.

I'm pretty sure I've talked about these lip liners before-probably in a favourites blogpost. These lip liners are absolutely amazing which I got in Kosovo(they're a German brand-so any German readers definitely give them a go!) . They're very pigmented and last very long. I've already used 201 and 299 but I'm saving the darker shade for winter/autumn.

Finally I got this rimmel lipstick in Kosovo as well.I know that rimmel is in the uk too but it just happened to be there in the shop at 3.99 euros. I also used the lip liners with this too! It lasts very long and when you eat too-its definitely worth buying!

I hope you enjoyed reading this blogpost! I think next I'll be some sort of back to school blogpost. Until next time follow my twitter (on the side) to be updated! And also my insta: https://www.instagram.com/thingsoffmyblog/

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Just some holiday/vacation scenery 2016...

Hi everyone! So recently I've been on a car journey during my holiday. I first went to Kosovo for about 7 days and a bit and then to Croatia,Okrug Gornje. Also to add to that, because its a car journey we did stop in Dusseldorf and Bocholt (which is about an hour away from Dusseldorf i think) on the way which so amazing and then we took the ferry back home to the UK.I had to collect my gcse results which i did pretty well in -im in sixth form now! (praise hands emoji) anyway heres some photos i took of the 'holiday scenery'.

On the ferry

Bocholt park

somewhere on the road Kosovo(I think making our way through Croatia)

'Te syla'- A restaurant in Prishtine,Kosovo. I thought it looked cute.

All the photos above in Lipjan, Te Anija. It was amazing there as you can see from the photos.

Sunset in Kosovo

On our way to Croatia, Okrug Gornje

balcony view!

A cute boat

Architecture from old buildings such as the cathedral in Trogir. Its near Okrug Gornje which was where we were staying!

My last day in Okrug Gornje and my pizza was pretty good.

Thats it for my holiday photos! It was honestly so good and I'm so grateful I have the opportunity to be able to go on vacation/holiday every year.this year in particular was amazing! I hope you enjoyed today's blogpost and my next one will be my mini makeup/skin care haul i got on my holiday this year.



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