#pumpingfairy

MAhhh what a beautiful Friday we have today, don't we? At least here in Luxembourg. 

I hope you experienced a marvelous week with some great moments and workouts. 

My week was actually perfect, until yesterday. I worked out even harder this week, which I felt the days after (muscle soreness to the max) but yesterday evening, during my leg session, I started to get headaches. Fortunately I could finish the leg session before the headaches got worse, so I just had to skip the cardio session. But I will surely catch it up this weekend. 

I don't want to miss any minute I can burn fat and lose water as I only got 3 weeks left until the season starts. 

Talking about competitions, I still can't believe that I made it into the Top10 for the Miss FIBO Power Beauty contest, which is in only 5 weeks , and 1 day to be precise. Again, I want to take the opportunity to thank all of you for your amazing support and to every single one of you who voted for me, even if you only voted once.

Even though it is not the most important competition of this season, I will still train as hard as I can. I don't want to disappoint you guys, but not only concerning the FIBO competition but also the J-M.B Open, which is very important for me as it's the International Championship of Luxembourg AND the qualification for the World Championships in Warsaw. 

Being qualified for the World Championships in Polen would make the end of my season just magically perfect. So let's TRAIN and not 'hope for the best'.

Speaking of a magical happy end, don't panic, I didn't forget to present you my 9 favorite pumping-fairies of the week. 

1. m.egan__ ; girl, you can be very very very proud of yourself for this great progress!!!
2. laura_schneider did a great chest&biceps workouts.
3. lauragetsfit.14 mealprepping, good idea!
4. jimmy_nutella finsihed week #8 of his 12 week muscle building program. Keep up the hard work!
5. lowcarb_bymanu looking hot!
6. charlieeb8 and her biggest love.
7. catiminii having yoghurt with apple, kiwi, some soja flakes, seeds a good coffe and a green tea for breakfast. nomnomnom
8. xeniia_93 making me all jealous with her cheat. You can't believe how jealous I am sweetheart.
9. caro_rouge home alone in the gym.

A Fairy's Essentials

Well my loves, you know that I also have a life outside of the gym, and that I am just like every other girl, I love to put on make-up. And I love to spend hours trying out different variations , but without the right equipment it doesn't work. 

 Normally I don't spend that much money on make-up stuff because I am mostly at the gym or at home recovering from my gym-sessions and preparing meals. But when I leave the house, for work or for a shopping-trip, I prefer to get dressed up a bit and put on some make-up, still I am not a fashion-grinch . 

And now that I entered the working-world, I thought it would be the perfect occasion to throw away my old low-budget-make-up-brushes and get better ones ,by DaVinci. I read a lot of positive reviews, so even though they are quite expensive, I think it's a good investment. And I definitely need better make-up brushes to put on my stage-make-up ( great jenny... go on justifying yourself..)

Of course I bought the whole set,which contains a big brush for powder-makeup, a smaller brush to apply rouge, another small brush for liquid foundations. For the eyes there are 4 different tools, a brush for the eyeshadow, one for the eyeliner or thinner lines, a blender and also a brush for your lashes and eyebrows. And not to forget a very tiny brush to put your lipstick and draw thin lines to make your lips' form stand out even more.

I was amazed by the brushes at the first try, they feel so soft and smooth. It's so much easier to apply your makeup with good brushes and my 'everyday-smokey-eyes' turned out to be absolutely fantastic (in my opinion, as I am not a professional). 

I can't wait for the competition-season to begin. I kind of love those preparation-rituals before the big moment, when you get up early (even if I hate getting up early) , wash your hair, style your hair, and then start with your make-up.Maybe you remember that I hired a professional makeup artist for my first competition (post here)? Well, I draw some inspiration from that makeup for the two following competitions. And as I will spend my morning at the hairdresser's already to get my hair perfectly done (for the J-M.B Open here in Luxembourg), I am not sure if I should put on the make-up myself again or not...

What do you think? 

If you have any suggestions concerning make-up artist that come to my home, please let me know. 

For the blush

For the Foundation

The eyeshadow-brush and the grinder

Close-up

Lashes&Eyebrows-brush

Everyday-smokey eyes

Tiny brush for your lips

My daily make-up

The final result

Impressions of the J-M.B Legday

Finally I managed to upload my very first HQ video on my YouTube channel... weehhh

As I bought a new camera weeks ago, the Sony alpha 5100 (get it here), I can now video-tape some of my workouts and share them with you in a HD-Quality. 

I know that I still have to improve my film editing-skills, but I think as a first attempt, it hasn't turned out that bad. And my lovely sister did a very good job video-taping me, didn't she?

Even though I have to figure out how to solve the problem with that switch between landscape-&vertical-format... That's kind of annoying if you always have to bend your head. I should have read the operating instructions of the camera first, oops. 

I am also thinking about sharing some impressions of my preparation once a week to give you a more realistic and personal insight of my journey. What do you think?

If you have any suggestions or tips on how to improve my video-shoots,I am always open to a constructive feedback.Enjoy the movie and don't forget to leave a comment on my new-born YouTube-Fairy-Channel.

Much love, your Lifting Fairy.