I’m so excited to start my new blog! Let me introduce myself. My name is Lariesa and I’m 26 years old. I’m living in the Netherlands and working full-time as an Assistant Scientist in a Pharmaceutical company doing research on new Vaccines.
I’ve created this blog as an output for my creative outbursts and to spread the love for one of my biggest hobbies, beauty. When I was younger, I always loved to get my face painted and stealing my moms makeup to try it out myself.
The real interest in beauty as a hobby all first started about 4 years ago with nail polish. I started my blog Me, Myself & Polish to show my different nail art creations and realized that I really love blogging. However, that all came to a halt when I was busy writing my thesis for my Bachelors Degree and I stopped updating that blog. During that time, I also became more interested in make-up. Since then, it kind of became an addiction. I love trying out new beauty related products and experimenting with make-up.
After graduation and working for quite some time, Deborah from Fashzine contacted me if I was interested in blogging for her website. I happily accepted her offer and blogged at Fashzine for 6 months (thank you so much for allowing me to blog at Fashzine Deborah!). I’ve learned a lot during that time and decided I wanted to start on my own.
I wanted to create a beauty blog with my own personal style. If I would describe my myself, it would be “a somewhat unique (or as other people would describe, insane) person who is total nerd and get’s batshit crazy excited when talking about beauty and videogames”. Playing videogames has been my hobby since I can remember. Although this might seem a weird combination, I know there are tons of girls who have the same hobbies as I do. Who says you can’t love makeup and nerdy things at the same time? This is the reason why I named my blog The Beautynerd.
Another important thing, I’m also a crazy cat lady! I have 2 beauty cats, Atilla (Maine Coon) and Elliot (Somali). They’re both male and 4 years old. If it wasn’t for my boyfriend, I would have like 5 cats or something.
Since I live in the Netherlands, this blog will mostly be targeted towards the people who are living in the Netherlands. There are a lot of people living here who are from another country for many different reasons like studying or work. Since most of the Dutch citizens learn the English language from a young age, I’ve decided to write this blog in English to include the international community living in the Netherlands, so that everyone can read reviews and where/how to get the products when living in this country. Of course everyone who understands the English language can enjoy my blog!
Also, I would like to thank Lotte from Makeup Junkie for helping me with all the different questions that I’ve had for setting up this blog. I would also like to thank Mieke for helping me creating the logo I have always dreamed of. Girls, thank you so much for making my blog come to life!
I hope you will have fun reading my blog. If you’d like, you can also follow me on Facebook and Bloglovin for updates.
I would always love to hear your opinion on my blog posts so always feel free to comment in Dutch or English!
Cheers,
Lariesa
Gefeliciteerd! Heel veel succes en ik volg je in iedergeval hoor meis! <3
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Thank you so much for the support Jamey! <3
Yeeeey super tof!! Gefeliciteerd 😀
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Jaa ben zo blij! Heel erg bedankt Lonneke 😀
Wat leuk dat je een blog bent begonnen! Gefeliciteerd 🙂
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Dankjewel Marieke! <3 Haha ja wilde het al zo lang doen, blij dat het eindelijk zover is.
Ohhh wauw!! Wat mooi! Ik zal je erg gaan missen, maar wens je veel geluk 🙂
Xx Deborah
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Dankje Deb <3 Haha je bent nog niet helemaal van me af hoor 😉 Heb nog 2 weekjes te gaan! 😀
Yes, gefeliciteerd! Ben je meteen gaan volgen op Bloglovin 🙂
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Super superlief van je Kaylani dankjewel! 😀
ah wat leuk dat je je eigen blog bent gestart! Ik weet zeker dat je er erg veel plezier van zult hebben. Je hebt er in ieder geval een lezer bij!
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Superleuk Alette heel erg bedankt dat je me wilt volgen! 😀 Plezier hebben gaat zeker geen probleem worden haha. Xx
Gefeliciteerd met je blog! Het ziet er waanzinnig goed uit.
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Aww dankjewel Kim <3
Super leuk meis!
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Jaa ben zo blij dankje Celine! 😀
Jeeeh hij is eindelijk online! Super leuk! Dankjewel voor je shout out en heeel veel plezier met bloggen <3
kus!
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Jaa natuurlijk je hebt zoveel gedaan voor me, heel erg bedankt Lotte ik ga zeker heel veel plezier hebben! Xx
Lariesa, best of luck! So excited to see you on your own platform again. Perfect blog name. <3
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Aww thanks Lisa! I’m happy that you also came to take a peek at my new blog. I had so much fun with you and Liz at the time of my previous blog. Much love <3
I am sorry for asking the lipstick question again, but what lipstick are you wearing in the final contour photo? Thank you!
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Hahaha no problem at all Ra! I’m glad you’re asking 🙂 It’s Kat von D Everlasting Liquid Lipstick in Lolita.
Amazing! Thanks again 🙂