Michelle in a Nutshell

I'm back with another holiday nail tutorial! Woo woo! Alright, I'll stop tooting my own horn. But hey, don't we all love nail polish and nail art? Ya...I thought so :) So, here's something I came up with last Sunday whilst hanging out at home on a cold wintery day. I was of course inspired by Christmas but I didn't want to use...

I've noticed lately that I've been wearing a few lipstick and lipgloss combo's lately and thought I'd share them for anyone looking for some lip inspiration.  I love reading blog posts about lip products because personally, I find the lip products area at any makeup counter to be quite daunting. I like to know what I'm looking for in advance, swatch it at...

On December 5th, 2013 the first Inglot store in Switzerland opened in the Löwencenter in Lucerne! ...

A little while ago, my friend Hollee sent me a link to a blog post featuring "candy cane nails". I've seen this idea on a few blogs and YouTube channels but I wanted to tone down the candy cane pattern to one nail instead of having it on all 10. Hollee also asked me how one should go about making this design, since...

I enjoyed a cup of this scrumptious tea over the weekend and thought I'd share. Are there any other tea lovers out there? :) Especially in the winter months, it's so nice to cuddle up on the sofa and enjoy a warm cup of sweet tea with a kick of spice. And if it's (kind of) homemade, than even better! Here's a recipe...

I've been loving quite a few MAC Cosmetics eyeshadows lately so I thought I'd share them for anyone interested! I really like reading blog posts about random eyeshadows because I find it's much easier to decide on which ones you might like rather than going to the MAC counter and being overwhelmed with the choices.  So here are my picks at the moment!...

Anyone else out there having as much fun with their Ciaté Mini Mani Month advent calendar as I am?! ...

I discovered this Christmas tag on Fee's blog Makeup Savvy and thought I'd join in on the fun since I also love the Christmas season! Georgina from Makeup Pixi3 came up with this tag so click on both these links to check out Fee's and Georgina's answers :) Photo credit: Pinterest ...

Happy December! Yay, December is finally here. Now the joy of the holidays and Christmas can finally set in and no one has to feel guilty that they're excited for Christmas at the beginning of November (me!). And since it's December 1st, today is the day to.... ...

Before jumping into December, I thought I'd share a few photos from our summer vacation in Turkey!  ...

Yay for CHRISTMAS! I'm so excited for the holidays and Christmas vacation and going to Serbia & Bosnia and for gifts! Receiving and giving, of course... Seeing as I love reading other bloggers' wishlists and gift ideas I thought I'd share my personal wishlist this year. Something kind of funny is that I already (sorta) own three of the items on my wishlist...oops.......

Hi guys! Today I wanted to show you and introduce you to my sister Daisy's handmade jewelry collection called Calysto. She makes beautiful, unique and creative pieces all by herself! ...

While I lay at home sick with the flu, I'm reminiscing about a trip to Venice, Italy my boyfriend and I took over a long weekend, Nov. 1st - 3rd. It felt way too short spending only 2 nights there but it was so lovely being able to get away for the weekend and experience a new city. We arrived on Friday at...

I'm really into trying out various foundations at the moment. I've had some crazy breakouts in my chin area (you damn hormones!) and this has moved me to find a better full-coverage foundation. In my last foundation post, I tried out the YSL Youth Liberator foundation. I liked it, but I feel like the coverage wasn't as high as I expected it to...

Drumroll please.... it's MAC HOLIDAY HAUL time! Woo woo! Okay, my excitement may be a teensy bit over-the-top but come on, the collections are just so beautiful. Here's what I picked up at the MAC counter in Lucerne: So pretty... *stars in eyes* *drooling a bit* Sorry for the crappy pictures in this post but I unfortunately had to take these under normal...

Hi guys! I thought I'd share my "Face Of The Day" today since I'm testing out some new products.  This was me this morning, please don't mind the wierd expression on my face, I was in no mood this morning, haha... Today I'm trying out my new KIKO Makeup Milano eyeshadows which I purchased in Venice a week ago (HAUL coming soon!). They're...

Welcome to my first instalment of the little series "Venice Haul" following our weekend in Venice from Nov. 1 - Nov. 3. Coming up soon: makeup haul and travel diary in photos :) We stayed in a hotel in the area called San Marco. This is the city center and where you can find the Piazza San Marco where the famous Basilica di...

I love this image. I found it somewhere when surfing online and had to save it for myself. (If anyone knows where this image comes from, let me know so I can link the credit.) Do. More. Of. What. Makes. You. Happy. Simple as that, right? Well, I think many of us struggle more with this task than we can admit or even...

My boyfriend and I spend this past weekend in Venice, Italy and it was amazing. I had last Friday off so we took advantage of the long weekend and headed to Venice for two nights. What an adorable city! While we were there, I just had to step into an H&M and I of course picked up a couple of items. Nothing crazy,...

A couple of weeks ago I happened to stumble upon a Clinique counter, once again. Oopsy. Well, I was in the market for a new mascara since I wasn't really happy with my current Maybelline The Rocket mascara which I was just finishing up. I once had tried out the Clinique High Impact Extreme Volume Mascara and really liked it so I wanted...