Emily Rossum inspired gold & black smokey eye

A while back I spotted a photo of Emily Rossum at an event in NYC which totally inspired me! I loved the colour combination of the yellow gold and dark eye shadows. She applied black liner almost all the way around the entire rim of her eyes but leaving the inner v’s free of the dark due. This is very smart because it keeps the eyes open and bright, but still leaves them looking defined. So I re-created the look:

The eye shadow application of this look was my favourite bit! The way in which they applied a daring dark hue on the outer corners and blended a gold pigment across the inner v’s is beautiful. To give the eye a little bit of balance, they even applied a very thin line of the dark hue underneath the lower lashes on the outer corner, and ever so slightly taken the gold hue down to where her lower lashes begin. Perfection! Add a mean dose of mascara and you’ve got a great but slightly different smokey eye! So here it is, check out how I created my inspired FOTD

♥ Face
VIE Prime Time Face Primer (a lovely primer for under your foundation to give you a radiant glow & keep your foundation in place throughout the day) Get it online here for £13.00 €16.25

MAC Studio Finish Concealer NC20
MAC Studio Fix Foundation (NC20) mixed with a little Revlon ColourStay Foundation (180)
MAC Mineralize Skinfinish
MAC Bronzer in Golden
MAC Peachykeen blush (apples of cheeks)
MAC Vanilla Pigment (highlight on cheekbones)

♥ Eyes
NARS Smudge Proof Eye shadow Base (primer)
MAC Charcoal Brown e/s to fill in brows & set with MAC clear brow gel
Estee Lauder Island Oasis Eye Shadow Palette – Gold shade (lid & lower lash line halfway)
MAC Carbon e/s (outer V, crease until middle and along outer lower lashline)
MAC Smolder Eyeliner (waterline – top and bottom)
NARS Larger Than Life Volumizing Mascara
MAC Dazzlelight e/s (highlight underneath brow bone)

♥ Lips
Estee Lauder Lip gloss in Electric Ginger

I absolutely loved this look and will definitely wear this more often.
What do you think? xoxo

Happy Hump Day %

Hey lovelies!
It's Wednesday again already. Honestly I can't believe it's June - time just flies when you are having fun...

If only....... (hehe)

I am also proud today to show off that 'Shopaholic' has picked me as one of their Editor’s Pick: Unforgettable Blogs! This month they decided to feautre ME (so honoured) and also the wonderful Natalya

"Shopaholic is a group of talented writers and avid shoppers with one goal in mind: make shopping simple. Superheroes of the shopping world, our writers have unmatched wit, incredible good looks and, best of all, they are dedicated to fighting buyer’s remorse everywhere. Looking for the best leather satchel or a new overnight bag ? We'll do the research for you so that you can make the best decision with your time and money. So keep calm and carry on shopping! Shopaholic is here for you. Buyer’s remorse beware."

So this is what they said about me!
"Roz is a gorgeous Dutch (hence the spelling of ‘dutchess’) beauty and shopping addict living in London. Her fabulous beauty and fashion blog is not only like cupcakes for the eyes, but it’s informative, fun, and uplifting! I look forward to the inspirational ‘Happy Hump Day’ messages (every Wednesday of course); they make the week so much better! It’s really apparent that Roz puts a great deal of her lovely self into this blog. And now, we’ve got her answers to all-important questions.

Q: How has London influenced your personal style?

A: Living in London is fantastic because there is so much more variety here than I was used to in New Zealand. I love the fact that there is a great range of high street brands that sell quality, fashionable clothes. Some of my favourites are ZARA, Reiss, Whistles and Topshop. But then there are also the amazing department stores that allow you to browse along a huge selection of designer brands! If only I could splurge more often…On a beauty basis, again there are so many more brands available to the people which means I have experimented a lot more with different products and brands. I also think I have gotten a bit bolder by wearing more colour (perhaps to compensate for greyer skies?).

Q: Who or what inspires you?

A: I find I get inspiration from so many things. Magazines, movies, celebrities, events and other bloggers or people I see on the streets! People always ask me, “Don’t you ever stress that you will have nothing to blog about?” But no, it’s more the other way around. I am always inspired and have so many things I want to blog about, but with too little time!

Q: Which 3 beauty products would it be extremely difficult to live without?

A: Oh gosh, that is such a hard choice to make but I’d probably have to say:

• Concealer or foundation – to at least be able to apply my daily ‘face’. I am fortunate to have pretty good skin but I will still always wear some sort of foundation or cover. If I am going for a lighter look, say on holiday or at the gym, I will still put on a bit of concealer and some powder to even out my skin tone.

• Mascara is a must-have! I am not blessed with dark, long lashes so I wear mascara every single day to darken my lashes and make my eyes stand out!

• And a kohl eyeliner because you can use it to define your eyes plus create a simple smokey look with it!

Q: What have been the biggest benefits you’ve gotten from blogging?

A: Blogging has very much helped me grow my passion and I feel it’s brought up a more creative side in me, which I didn’t even know I really had! I have been lucky to have met so many lovely and amazing people through the blogging and PR communities and it’s given me fantastic opportunities to attend fabulous events and get introduced to new brands. I blog for fun and I can definitely say that even though it takes up a lot of my time, it continues to bring me happiness every single day!Thanks, Roz!"

Check out the full article on Shopaholic's website here!
Happy Hump Day everyone :) xoxo

MTV Movie Awards 2011 - Best & Worst

The 2011 MTV Movie Awards were held at the Universal Studio’s Gibson Amphitheatre on Sunday (5 June) in California. I always like checking out the looks from the MTV Awards because they are a little bit more fun, young and trendy! Here are some of my Best & Worst pics of the event:

Best

♥ Blake Lively is beautiful in blue! She wore a Michael Kors dress & Louboutin shoes.
♥ Mila Kunis presented an awards on stage with Justin Timberlake wearing a Balmain black top and an embellished skirt from the Fall 2011 collection. As always, sexy, appropriate, fun and LOVE her makeup!
♥ Emma Stone in a sheer Bottega Veneta dress. She’s swapped from blonde to redhead for the upcoming Spiderman movie. I like both blonde and red on her really – she’s very beautiful.
♥ Emma Watson in an ivory jewel encrusted Marchesa short white dress. Emma’s got amazing style, love it!
♥ Brooklyn Decker sparkled on the red carpet in a gold No.21 dress! A little heavy looking on the top but am always a big sequin fan so still liked it lots!

♥ Hailee Steinfeld suited up in a Louis Vuitton tux with Christian Louboutin heels. It’s quite a grown up look for the 14 year old actress but I think it looked classy & loved the red lippy and green little clutch!
♥ Amber Lancaster in a sequin dress, not quite sure who she is but liked the dress and her wavy hair!
♥ Model Erin Heatherton in a cute white dress! Amazing legs and what a smile!
♥ Nina Dobrev looked cute and stylish in a Georges Chakra Couture ruby and bronze bow embroidered strapless dress. Spotted this on a few worst dressed lists and yes maybe it does look a little 'Christmas presenty' there's something about her look that caught my eye in a good way.
♥ Reese Witherspoon, gotta love her, dazzled at the ceremony in a black & great Vivienne Westwood dress that was age appropriate, fun yet sexy! Reese was honoured with the Generation Award. She’s the youngest recipient up to date! She fully deserves it though, Reese is one of my favourite Hollywood actresses!

Worst

★ Gossip Girl Jessica Szohr in an Alice + Olivia by Stacey Bendet jumpsuit. Too much going on for my liking and not very flattering. She's such a beautiful girl - a shame!

★ Amanda Bynes in an Herve Leger dress. Not sure what's going on with this girl, I thought she'd announced via Twitter she was retiring from Hollywood. I think the dress is a little too tight and short and not very flattering on Amanda. Plus the green Christian Louboutin shoes are really cool but what on earth was she thinking matching them with this dress. Total fail!

★ Bryce Dallas-Howard showed off her baby bump in a J.Crew dress. Didn’t hate it, but didn’t love it either!

★ Nicki Minaj. She’s got some electric and funky style which is great. It’s just not MY style haha.

★ Elle Fanning looked a little bit more festival than red carpet in a Dolce&Gabbana floral romper with matching (hideous) platform wedges.

What did you think - who's look did you love or hate? xoxo

We'll always have Paris =

I'm still dreaming of my amazing time in Paris last weekend! So I thought I'd share my outfit and makeup of one night out partying in Paris. Me and my friend got ready at her place (me doing our makeup of course) and then we headed out to cafe Germain in the 6th arrondissement of the city.  There we had champagne, some dinner and my all time favourite dessert in the whole world! 

Which is.....moelleux au chocolat. It's also known as chocolate fondant or chocolate lava cake. Basically me + warm runny chocolate cake served with a dollop of cold icecream = a very very very happy Roz!

Because it had been such a lovely sunny day I decided to wear a short bright dress with gold makeup:

♥ Face of the night:

I used the Urban Decay NAKED palette to create my look that evening. I applied half baked all over the lid and then used smog in the crease and along my lower lash line. Followed by black winged liquid eye liner and a few coats of NARS Larger Than Life Volumizing Mascara (which I am loving at the moment!) I finished off my golden look with Estee Lauder Lipgloss in Impulsive Coral (#20)

♥ Outfit of the night:

Strapless dress by ZARA, from the TRF collection - get it here for £29.99. My friend & I both fell in love with this cute dress (so I bought it in watermelon pink/red and she got it in turquoise!)

Gold earrings from Bershka

Paris - the beautiful city of lights! 

Oh I had such a brilliant weekend. I guess 'we'll always have Paris' ;) xoxo