Daily Makeup Tray

Hello Glammies!

7 years ago, I spent an entire summer in the US. When back, I had nearly a suitcase of drugstore makeup.
As years went by, I bought high end products (Chanel, Guerlain etc.) but being on a budget meant I had fewer and fewer makeup items. Fast forward to 2 years ago and my makeup "collection" was:
Liquid Foundation - Concealer - Powder - Single Eyeshadow - Blush. All items were MAC and I had exactly one of each (except the powder because I had a backup). In 5 years, I went through the extremes!
Now, I like to think of myself as being in a happy middle: I have a healthy makeup collection and I grow it by being very data-based and doing a lot of research on every product. Yet, I have slightly more than I would use everyday. I no longer have a single eyeshadow (it was MAC's Smut if you were wondering), I now own lipsticks in few different hues etc.
While I love playing and experimenting with different products on my time off, I truly have no time to rummage through all my products every morning when I'm running late to work (ya I'm not a morning person..)
The solution? The daily makeup tray/station.
This can be a little storage unit, a dedicated mini drawer, a tray, cake stand, what have you!
The idea is simple: you put your daily "face" in it so that at any given time if you have to do your makeup while the clock is ticking, you know you have all your most reached/current must-use items in one place readily accessible.

Note: we all have seen our fair share of makeup collection videos where the vloggers go like: " this is my foundation section, this is where i keep all concealers, this is all highlighters etc." but gurl, you don't want to open each drawer and pick one item from each section every-single-morning.

I still don't have the much coveted Muji acrylic storage - though very tempted to get one from one of my trips and lug it back home- so I used what I have and stashed as many as my everyday products in this acrylic unit:

My daily makeup storage - Acrylic

What is on my daily makeup unit?

• My MAC mixing Palette -- because Ouga scared of germs..
• A MAC quad I made which has: "Pure Orange" skin corrector - brow filler - brow highlight and a color I pick each week
• MAC Studio Fix Powder in NC45
• MAC paintpot in "Indianwood" -- just my favorite thing everrr
• MAC fluidline in "Blitz & Glitz"
• Yves Rocher "Pure Light" liquid foundation -- I got this in a Bloomingbox
• MAC prolongwear concealer in NW40
• MAC Zoom Lash mascara -- a mini size I got in a holiday set
• 2 Revlon Lip Butters -- I love these, I plan on stocking up on them!!
• 4 MAC lipsticks in everyday wearable colors

Wow that's a mouthful! it's almost unvelievable that pretty much everything I need fits in that one small unit..I couldn't fit a blush in there though :(

I will still be on the hunt for more acrylic items. 

The one in the picture was from Alpha 55, I went to get another one and they have been out of stock for so many months! I ended up buying a heart shape one but it is not as practical...

Meanwhile if you'd like to see my current makeup collection, here you go:

Stay Glamorous;
Love
Ouga

On the quest for comfy summer shoes

Hey Glammies!
I'm planning an exciting trip to West Africa! I've never been there but I know it would be steaming hot!
The bad part is that I'm expected to look presentable so beach dress + flip flops combo is out of question.
Also, I will be standing for hours and might do a lot of walking, so I decided to go on the hunt for some comfy shoes that would help me brave the heat without looking like some frumpy tourist (ideally won't break the bank too!)
I went to Payless at the Morocco Mall.. disappeared for an hour then found what I needed.
A cute SA told me they were having a sale (buy 2 items get 3 for free).
Funny anecdote, I wanted one pair of shoes in size 8 and one SA said she couldn't locate them, so I look with my puppy eyes at the first SA (the cute one) and he says don't worry I'll find it a,d he fishes it out from a  far stack of shoes..morale of the story: never stop at the first setback! if someone says no, talk to someone else. This is something an Egyptian friend told me in 2009 and I am so happy I followed his advice!
So without further adieu, here are the pieces I got!
They are all from the comfy section, where more mature ladies shop but I don't care, comfort is a must.
The brown shos from Dexflex feel just like butter on the feet, so much cushioning!
The white flats will be my airport shoes, so I can slip them off real fast. They are by Comfort Plus.
The strappy sandals are another option for when I give the brown shoes a rest. They are by Comfort Plus.

Salut les beautés!Je prépare un voyage en Afrique de l'Ouest. Je n'y suis jamais allée mais je sais que c'est une fournaise!Le problème est que je dois être un minimum présentable donc la tenue de plage est à bannir.Aussi, je serais debout plusieurs heures et aurais probablement à faire beaucoup de marche. Donc j'ai décidé de trouver des chaussures très confortables et qui ne feraient pas souffrir mes pieds par des chaleurs tropicales.Je suis donc allée au mall dans la boutique Payless. Un assistant de vente m'a expliqué que si je prenais deux paires, la troisième est gratuite. J'ai trouvé des sandales mais pas la taille que je voulais. quand j'ai demandé à une assistante, ellle a regardé un peu puis m'a dit y'en a pas :(Donc je suis allée voir le premiers monsieur et il a cherché pour moi dans la pile de cartons et il a trouvé!Bingo! donc là je suis fière d'avoir appliqué le conseil d'un ami que j'ai rencontré en 2009. Il m'avait dit, si tu n'as pas ce que tu veux, change d'interlocuteur! et ça marche!Bon, pour ce qui est des pièces que j'ai prises:Chaussures marron un peu compensées Dexflex.. un pur bonheur .. on dirait qu'on marche sur des coussinets!Ballerines blanches de Comfort Plus, je les ai prises pour les longs voyages en avion.Sandales un peu compensées de Comfort Plus pour les alterner avec es chaussures marron.Eh ben voilà je suis prête pour mon voyage! du moins côté chaussures

How I organize my hosiery

Hey Glammies!
When you want to have an organized closet, especially in small spaces, it is important that every item has its storage place, otherwise clutter takes over!
Hosiery is one of those challenging items to organize so I decided to show you my simple trick: I tuck them inside ziploc bags! They are tight so don't take up a lot of space, and the freezer bags are transparent so I can know what color the leggings are!
I hope you like this trick. See photos below.

Coucou les Glammies!
Je partage avec vous une astuce pour ranger mes bas et collants. Ca me permet d'avoir tous mes bas dans un seul endroit bien organisés et faciles d'accès.
L'astuce est simple: j'utilise des sachets de congélation! Je prends un sachet ziploc, je mets mon collant dedans bien compact, je referme et voilà!!
C'est très facile; la preuve en photos ;)

My beautiful business cards

Hey loves!
I love the idea of being one of the very few Moroccan beauty gurus on youtube. It is definitely a hobby, but knowing that many people take the time each day to watch my goofiness just makes me beyond happy.
I noticed I start talking about Moroccan Glamour a lot more deliberately and so, I thought, how about having business cards to hand out to people when they want to write down my links?

I found an amazing company called moo they have the most amazing cards designs and I love how fun their website it.
The best thing about them is that you can upload an ungodly amount of pictures and make different business cards out of it.. you can even make 1 business card for every picture!!
Well.. I only have one picture for my blog because I do not know how to play with picture editing software etc. so decided to use that only picture.
When you design your card you can add many features, I added a QR code for my youtube channel, so people just scan it with their smartphone and go directly to my page. How snazzy :)

I opted for the moo minicards, they are soooo adorable I just couldn't stop staring at them! Received the package from the UK to morocco after a few days.
The quality of the print is amazing!
I also got a minicard holder in bright orange to go with the picture I have and it's so handy because you can pop it open AND slide a business card out with one hand!

Here is the link to their website:
Moo website

Hello les beautés!
Après quelques mois à faire des vidéos dans mon coin, plus de gens commencent à visiter ma chaîne youtube et mon blog. Le fait d'être une des rares Youtubeuses beauté au Maroc est assez sympa car je me retrouve souvent à expliquer le concept à différentes personnes que je rencontre. C'est là que j'ai eu l'idée de faire une petite carte de visite fun pour mon site où je regroupe tous les liens (FB, twitter, etc.).
Avec un peu de recherche, j'ai découvert le siteweb de moo. Je suis tout de suite tombée sous le charme!Ils te permettent de designer tes propres cartes en téléchargeant autant de photos que tu veux. Le plus impressionnant est que tu n'a pas à imprimer un nombre minimum de cartes par photos, donc tu peux même en faire une ou deux cartes seulement par photo!
Comme je ne suis pas pro des logiciels photos, j'ai une seule photo de blog et j'ai décidé de l'utiliser.
En plus le siteweb te permet aussi d'ajouter un code QR, j'en ai ajouté un qui mène vers ma chaîne youtube.
J'ai aussi pris un porte-carte orange que tu peux ouvrir d'une seule main et proposer une carte.. classe non?
Donc j'ai commandé mes mini-cartes et quelques jours après je recevais un pack d'Angleterre vers Casablanca et mes petits trésors étaient dedans!
Je suis très satisfaite! Je crois que je vais faire des dessins et les utiliser pour mes prochaines cartes de visites!
Ils impriment aussi des stickers, cartes postales etc. Je sens que je vais bien m'amuser!
Voici leur site web: moo