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Latest Instagram discoveries

19.7.16

Instagram: @lysclr

I have a confession to make... I have been ~~kind of~~ very much obsessed with Instagram this year. The photo app offers an incredible variety of material. As it's continuously expanding, I often catch myself browsing for snaps, to catch a glimpse of people's interests and discover talented- both professional and non professional! - photographers every day. While I'm a long-time follower of numerous great beauty accounts, it's mostly pretty lifestyle and travel pictures that hold my attention. I mean, how many red sunsets over a city skyline can I fall in love with? (The answer is: each and every one of them.) Today I'd like to introduce to you some of my latest Instagram discoveries.

Quick, before I list my latest Instagram obsessions, are we Insta-pals? You can find me under the username @lysclr! Instagram is such a fun place to document memories. I've been snapping away the past few months and also have a couple fun trips planned later this year, so expect lots of regular updates!

7 IMPRESSIVE FEEDS TO FOLLOW ON INSTAGRAM

@orionvanessa I like that she sticks to a fixed colour pattern while posting a beautiful variation of travel/lifestyle pictures and portraits. I could just browse through her feed forever.
@livvrh Liv is so, so gorgeous. I'm mesmerised by her stunning makeup looks and like the cute snippets of her life she shares on her feed.
@joythielemans Joy might be best known for her role in one of Belgium's most popular TV shows, but besides her career on the screen, she uses Instagram to share fragments of trips and things she loves.
@rodrigosoutobueno Floral tattoos are clearly this tattoo artist's trademark, they're just so beautiful! Wishing I could have a floral arm sleeve like that. I just might one day.
@rubenhughes Ruben captures the most beautiful landscapes! For some reason, his pictures evoke a feeling of serenity. (Cool artsy analysis there, Lys.)
@dantom More genius landscape shots. I love how this photographer plays with light and colours in his pictures.
@kattenapollo Possibly the prettiest cat ever.

Who are your top Instagram discoveries?

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27.6.16

The easiest brow routine with Essence Make Me Brow

30.5.16

Who said having great eyebrows requires a lot of maintenance? If you liked Benefit's bestseller Gimme Brow, then you'll be thrilled to hear that German drugstore brand Essence have released their own interpretation of the tinted brow mascara. Make Me Brow is a brilliant dupe to its popular, high-end sister.

Clearly I'm not the only one who has picked up about the existence of Make Me Brow, because it took me numerous hopeful trips to the drugstore, only to find stock had run out each time, until I finally got hands on the product in Antwerp - halfway across the country, of all places! (Around two months later, I'm happy to observe Make Me Brow is readily available at most large Kruidvat stores in my hometown.) Still, it was worth the hunt, as it's made my eyebrow routine so much easier. I've changed how I fill in my brows a couple times this past year; my current routine is quick, fool-proof and gives a fantastic, natural-looking result.

MY EYEBROW ROUTINE

1. Every six to eight weeks I dye my eyebrows using Bransus' eyelash&eyebrow dye from Kruidvat. Because my eyebrows are naturally blonde, dyeing them a brown colour gives them more (visible) shape and definition. It also makes filling them in a lot easier as the basic shape's already there!
2. As for my actual day-to-day brow routine, I first apply the Make Me Brow tinted mascara as a base. The tiny spoolie easily coats each hair and gives them a tint that lasts the entire day. The fibers in the product help fill in the brows for a fuller-looking effect. In these aspects, I'm sure Make Me Brow is an almost exact dupe to Benefit's offering, except it's ten times cheaper!
3. After applying Make Me Brow, there are still a couple of gaps in my eyebrows. To fix these and to give my eyebrows a defined look, I use Catrice's Longlasting Brow Definer, a liquid pen that draws soft, thin lines; it's perfect for drawing the outlines of my brows while not looking harsh at all.
4. Finally, I run a clean spoolie through my eyebrows to make sure they don't look too dark or harsh and I add more tinted brow gel or touch up mistakes with the liquid pen where needed.

Easy as that! An eyebrow routine that takes five minutes and looks great.

How do you maintain and/or fill in your brows?