Summer Break

Today was the last day of school for this semester and I officially am on summer break ! I only had 3h of school today and now 6 weeks of enjoyment and relaxing are in front of me. I'm so glad that I am now able to recover from all of the stress through exams and everything else going on. It's also really nice outside so I think I'll just relax in the sun today.

In my break I will be doing a work placement in Kindergarten for 2,5 weeks now and then I'll go on family vacation at the Baltic Sea. We will be staying in a small but still really pretty penthouse directly at the beach. Since I'm living in the city I've really been looking forward to this week of joy!

I'll stick onto my schedule concerning blogposts but you can expect some little posts in between because I have so much free time now. I don't even know what I'll do now that I finally have time again haha.

This is just supposed to quickly update you because I'm so happy right now, so this post is very short. Go out and enjoy the wonderful wheather!

xx

Liebster Award

Long time no see! I've been ill for the past 1,5 weeks so I didn't blog much, but I feel better now and there will be many new posts!
So, I just got nominated for the Liebster Award by Beth from Mermaid In Disguise and she is a really great blogger! I didn't knew this award even existed so I'm really exited I got nominated and now am able to write this post.

These are the rules:

1. Post 11 facts about yourself

2. Answer the 11 questions provided by the person who nominated you & then create 11 questions for the next group of nominees

3. Choose 11 people to nominate and link them in the post

4. Let your nominees know they've been tagged and no tag backs

5. Nominate blogs under 200 followers

Let's get started, here are 11 facts about me!
1. I'm not a really confident person.

2. I cannot stand unsymetric things, I always arrange everything in a symetric or parallel way.

3. I hate beeing late. I'd rather be an hour early, than be 5 minutes late.

4. I'm a real family person and I think I'd prefer a family night over a night out with my friends.

5. I have a really good sin of direction and I'm really good at organizing things.

6. I'm really bad at teamworking, because I always want things to go my way.

7. I'm actually really good in school, especially in languages (German, English, Frensh and Spanish).

8. I don't like summer because it's too hot and sweating is disgusting (haha)

9. I'm really independent and work a LOT, so people who can't do anything by themselves and are really lazy tend to piss me off.

10. Even though I hate dependent people, I'm still always ready to help !

11. I love America and England and I want to go there so bad, that I even dream and think in English sometimes.

Now on to the 11 questions provided by Beth :

1. Favourite place?
I really like family vacations to the Baltic Sea, so the beach there is my favourite place. 

 
2. What is your dream job?
I don't really know yet. On the one hand I really want to be a business woman in a huge company (something like international business management/communication) and on the other hand I'd love to do something creative.

3. What would your last meal be?
A HUGE FRUIT SALAD; DEFINITELY!

4. Dream pet?
A white Pomeranian, aww.

5. Whou would you want to play you in a film of your life?
I don't have a favourite actress, but I love Nina Dobrev and Angeline Jolie. And is it possible to have Ian Somerhalder, Colton Hayes or Channing Tatum to play my future boyfriend/husband (haha)?

6. If you could have any hair color would you change yours?
I don't think so, even though I'd love to go blonde for a day just to see what I would look like !

7. If you were an animal, what would you be?
I would probably be a fawn.

8. Favourite season?
Spring or autumn!

9. If you could have any ice cream flavour what would you choose?
I usually go for strawberry, raspberry or banana (depends on my mood haha).

 
10. Best pick me up?
I really don't know.

11. What is something you love doing?
Blogging, watching Youtube videos (currently upsessed with @Sumerbreak !!) or any other series and I love to go out with my friends.

I nominate :

Chaitra http://www.itspinkpot.com/
Jordan http://www.hellomissjordan.blogspot.de/
Rebecca http://www.ashka.co.uk/
Catherine http://www.luxlife-blog.com/
Holly http://www.feebleflower.blogspot.de/
Keira http://www.littlelaw.co.uk/
Hope http://aspoonfulofhopex.blogspot.de/
Ria http://moschinoandmascara.wordpress.com/
Abby http://ohabbyjane.blogspot.co.uk/
Katie http://thestyleduckling.blogspot.de/
Rachel http://www.rachaelisnotwowzie.blogspot.co.uk/

And my questions are :
1. Which places do you want to visit?

2. What do you have in mind for your future?

3. Describe yourself with 3 words.

4. Do you believe in love at first sight?

5. Favourite TV series?

6. What is your go to makeup item?

7. Music taste?

8. Favourite clothing item?

9. What do you look at first when you meet somebody?

10. Your biggest weakness?

11. What do you do when you're feeling down?

I really enjoyed writing this post, thanks for nominating again, Beth !

 

xx

The beauty scenario Tag

I'm not able to do the posts I really want to do at the moment, I'm really sorry. I still can't get enough of Tags and I hope you aren't bored! Because I'm still so new, there are many tags I can do and I really liked this one.


1. You have to get rid of all your foundations and you can only keep one high end and one drugstore, which do you keep?

- I don't use foundation because my skin is pretty good at the moment and I only owned two drugstore ones in my life. Out of these two I would keep the Maybelline Fit Me Foundation stick.

2. You go for an interview and the lady interviewing you has lipstick on her teeth. Do you approach the subject or ignore it completely?

- I think it depends on the situation. If she is like really businessy and it's a strict interview I'd just ignore it. If she is really nice and friendly I'd tell her. We're human, so it's normal to have things like that going on from time to time, right? She'd probably be thankful that I told her!

3. You're not feeling yourself and need a pick me up. Which lipstick do you put on to make yourself feel beautiful?

- I think I'd go for the Maybelline Color Sensational in "Coral Tonic". It's such a bright and fun color!

4. You go back in time for a day to your teenage years, how would you do your hair and makeup differently?

- I'm still in my teenage years but I would tell my younger self to stop chopping my hair off to my chin and stop styling it in weird ways (really puffy waves or spikey to the sides definitely didn't look cute !!). I don't think I wore any crazy makeup.

5. You ask your hairdresser for a shoulder length Pixie Lott hair cut, but they hear wrong and give you a pixi cut. Do you a) Smile, say thank you, leave and call your mum hysterical b) Cry in the chair and things get awkward or c) Complain to the manager and demand a refund.

- I'd make sure to see what the hairdresser is doing before he even starts cutting it all off, so I would try to stop him before it even happens. When I couldn't stop it from happening I would probably start to cry right away, call my mom and cry even more and then complain to the manager! I am really emotional when it comes to my hair, even though it would grow back..

6. Your friend surprises you with a 4 day city break and you have 1 hour to pack. Which 'do it all' palette do you pack in your makeup bag?

- The Lorac pro palette! It has everything the heart desires.

7. Your house has been robbed, don't worry everyone is safe, but your beauty stash has been raided. What's the product you really hope is safe?

- Again, my Lorac pro palette and probably my bronzers.

8. Your friend borrows your makeup and returns it in awful condition. Do you a) Just pretend you haven't noticed b) Ask them to repurchase it or c) Secretly do the same to something of theirs

- I'd tell her that she has to take care of the things she borrows and I would be a little bit pissed. Later on everything would be fine again but I would never borrow her everything again. 

If you decide to do this tag yourself, make sure to leave the link in the comments so I can check it out!

xx

First Impression : Catrice Matt Bronzing Powder

I think each and everyone of you, including me, likes to save money. When it comes to beauty products I do like to make a little splurge from time to time. When I saw todays product in the stores I immediately thought that it could be a dupe for Benefits Hoola bronzer.

I picked up the Catrice 'Sun Glow' matte bronzing powder and I used it for the first time today. I'm really impressed so far! The color is similar to Benefits Hoola Bronzer, but you get this product for less money. It isn't exactly the same color because it's slightly more on the reddish side, but it still gets really close. I don't exactly know how much it was, but these bronzers retail for not more than 5€/7$/4£. They're a real bargain, so definitly try to get your hands on it, if Catrice is sold in your country.

As a really pale person I'm always skeptical about drugstore bronzers because they either have big chunks if glitter in them, are too dark or too orange. This one is perfect for pale skin because it is nothing of the No-Go's I mentioned above. I recommend getting the shade Medium because I feel like you won't be able to see the product on your skin because the lightest shade is reeeeally light (it comes in 3 shades: Light, Medium and Dark). 

When you first apply it to your skin it will be a settled color but it's easy to built up the color and the prooduct is really blendable.
The only disadvantage of this bronzer is, that it doesn't last very long. You'll definitly have to touch it up over the day.

I hope you enjoyed this post. Let me know in the comments what kind of post you'd like to see next!

xx

Would you rather - Beauty edition

I love watching "Would you rather" videos on YouTube, so I knew I would enjoy doing this one when I found this on a random blog yesterday! 

1.) Would you rather lose all of your mascaras, eyeliners, lipsticks, and lipglosses or lose all of your palettes and eyeshadows?

- All of my palettes

2.) Would you rather chop off all your hair or never be able to cut it again?

- I already chopped it off once, so never be able to cut it again because I want my long hair back !!

3.) Would you rather have a coral cheek or a pink cheek?

- Coral cheek

4.) If you had $1000 to spend, would you rather buy clothes or makeup?

- I'm not sure.. I think I'd first buy clothes and if money is left I'd buy makeup

5.) Would you rather apply lipstick as eyeliner, or eyeliner as lipstick?

- Lipstick as eyeliner

6.) Would you rather only shop at MAC or Sephora?

- Sephora because it has a wider range

7.) Would you rather only use one eyeshadow color or one lip color for the rest of your life?

- One eyeshadow color, I love my lip colors 

8.) Would you rather wear winter clothes in summer or summer clothes in winter?

- Winter clothes in summer, I'm basically freezing all the time haha 

9.) Would you rather have dark nails or bright nails all year round?

- That's hard.. I think bright nails

10.) Would you rather give up your favorite lip product or your favorite eye product?

- My favourite lip product, I can't go without mascara !

11.) Would you rather only be able to wear your hair in a ponytail or a messy bun?

-Well, if I'd be able to do a pretty messy bun I'd definitely wear my hair like that, but I can't so I'd go with the ponytail !

12.) Would your rather never be able to paint your nails again or never use lipgloss?

- Never use lipgloss because I looove painted nails

13.) Would you rather shave your eyebrows and have none at all or sharpie them in everyday?

- Yieeek! Both sounds horrible, imagine someone without eyebrows next to someone with sharpie brows.. I think if rather have sharpie brows ....

14.) Would you rather live without makeup or nail polish?

- This is probably the hardest question in my life. My nails are always painted and I like to go without makeup from time to time, but forever without makeup? I think I'd live without nail polish (writing this hurts my heart haha).

I have a lot on my plate right now(even though school is basically over), but I hope you enjoyed this post anyway.

xx

W7 products - Full Time Lip Color & Bronzing Base

I recently got the opportunity to try out w7 cosmetics. They have quite a wide range of products with really good quality and affordable prices. 

I tried out their full time lip color* and their makeup & glow bronzig base*. I've been really impressed and I like the products a lot. 

This is their full time lip color. It's a duo with a really pigmented color gloss and a clear gloss to seal in the color and add some shine. I got the shade "soft touch", which is a darker brown with some really pretty rose and gold reflects. It definitly isn't a summer color but it will be really nice for autumn and winter. The color first applied with a really sticky consistency but once the color dried it isn't sticky at all.

natural lip color

with w7 full time lip color

The clear gloss isn't one of my all time favourites, since it's kinda sticky. It isn't too bad though, which makes me really like this product.

The lip color lasts a long time. I applied it before I went to school and I didn't need to tough up once, so it lasts a good 6 hours (it does fade a bit). 

 

 

The other product I tried is the makeup & glow bronzing base. I've been really skeptical once I've opened the packaging  (which by the way is plastic but it looks like milky glass which I think is really pretty!). It appears like it's a really yellow gel whiteout shimmer or glow, but once I tried it I've been really impressed. It is slightly shimmery and really easy to blend.

I've tried the Soleil tan de Chanel (I believe it's called) once and I feel like this is really similar and that the only difference is the shimmer and the fact that this is a little bit more orange toned. It is really smooth easy to blend. I really like to applie it with my fingers or with my beauty blender to my cheeks to add a little bit of color and a subtile shimmer. 

I hope you enjoyed this post. Have you tried any w7 products? 

xx

My Bucket list

I'm thinking a lot about the next year at the moment. I really want to go to America or England even though I'm really scared. Because I've been thinking so much about what I can experience there, I wanted to write everything down. So, this is going to be a bucket list of the things I want to experience in the next years of my life. Hope you enjoy! 

1) Visit California 

2) Go to Coachella

3) See the Grand Canyon 

4) Explore LA

5) See the Hollywood sign 

6) Walk on the walk of fame 

7) Go to Venice beach 

8) LACMA lights 

9) Go to Disneyland 

10) Go to New York 

11) Take a photo on Times Square 

12) Chill in Central Park 

13) Empire State building 

14) Statue of Liberty 

15) Niagara Falls 

16) New Year's Eve on Times Square 

17) Go to Orlando 

18) Tour in the Universal Studios 

19) Go to San Diego

20) Go to San Francisco 

21) See the Golden Gate Bridge 

22) Go to Miami 

23) Go to Chicago 

24) Go to Washington, D.C. 

25) See the White House 

26) Swim with dolphins 

27) Shale watching 

28) Mammoth lakes, California 

29) See a Death Valley 

30) See the NBA finals

31) Drive-In movie theater 

32) Go to London 

33) London eye 

34) See the Buckingham Palace 

35) See the queen 

36) Go to Brighton 

37) Go to Cornwall

38) Go to Canada 

39) Go to Las Vegas 

40) Go to Philadelphia 

I know these are a lot of things and places I want to see. I probably will not do or see half of it, but these are the things that really caught my eyes and I've heard so many great things about it, that I definitly want to experience it myself! 
Have you been to any of these places?

xx 

Please note that I haven't been to all these places and that I do not own any rights on these photos because they are from google.

My Evening Routine

Today I finally finished this semester of school. Well, it isn't summer break yet, but the grades won't be changed anymore and we won't do much in the last two weeks of school.
 
I really enjoy Routine posts/videos wheather it's a morning or evening routine or anything else. I thought I'd share my evening routine with you, I hope you'll enjoy!

My Evening Routine practically starts when I get home from school.

I go straight into the bathroom to remove my makeup with some makeup wipes because I feel so much more relaxed without it.

I then lounge around watching YouTube videos or TV and sometimes I even do my homework (I'm a lazy ass when it comes to homework haha). After that I usually read some blogposts and/or write a new one myself. 

I am obsessed with KathleenLights videos at the moment, she is so sweet !

When it's dinner time, I really enjoy to eat together with my family! 

After shoving a lot of food into my stomach I usually go and take a shower and apply a self tanning body lotion afterwards. I don't blow dry my hair so I just brush it through with my tangle teezer and put it up into a turban towel thing until I go to bed. 

In the meantime I continue watching TV/YouTube and communicating with my friends. 

When I start getting tired I go into the bathroom and do my skin routine (I already wrote a blogpost about it here). I brush my teeth and then loosely braid my hair on the back of my head to control my curls (which will go crazy if I let them air dry). 

I crawl into bed and hang on my phone for a little while. I text my friends, check all the social media and then I finally turn off the lights and (try to) drift into sleep. 

I'm writing with a really lovely blogger here. Her name is Jemma, make sure to check her blog out!

Do you have any rituals which make you sleep in faster?

xx 

Tag : Confessions of a Shoeaholic

Most of the girls love shoes and I'm definitly one of the shoe lovers. They're probably the pieces I get most exited about once I purchased them, so I thought this would be a fun post to do. 

1. Heels or Flats?
- On an everyday basis I prefer Flats but I love wearing Heels, too!

2. What are your go-to shoes?
- Probably my white low Converse because they are so comfortable. 

3. What's your favorite shoe trend at the moment?
- The little cute strappy heels and the ones with chunky heels (I don't think you know what I'm talking about, I'll just insert a picture haha). They're both from Topshop.

4. What's your least favavorite shoe trend?
- Jelly Sandals!

5. What's your most expensive shoe?
- I usually don't buy very expensive shoes besides of my trainers. So my Nike Free 5.0 were the most expensive ones.

6. What are your most wanted pair?
- I don't have a specific shoe I want, but I really want a new pair with a chunky heel. Something that's really going to stand out!

7. What's your most embarrassing shoe story?
- I don't think I have one to tell..

8. Pick a shoe and share a story.
- So, these are my H&M Jeffrey Campbell look-alikes and I love them a lot. When I first got them I tried them on at home and when I took them off I tripped and ripped off my toenail. Yeah, pretty disgusting and painful but I can't think of any story connected to a specific shoe, sorry..

9. How many pairs of shoes do you own?
- 21.

10. When was the first time you wore heels?
- Probably on my confirmation when I was 13, but it has only been a really tiny heel.

11. How much do you spend on shoes?
- I don't spend a lot of money on my shoes to be honest. The range usually goes from 6€-around 35€.

12. Where are your favorite places to buy shoes?
- I really like Asos, because they have a huge variety of shoes to choose from, but I also buy shoos at like H&M, Zara and Topshop.

13. Do you have a pair of shoes you regret purchasing?
- Yes, 2 years ago I purchased these ones and I honestly don't know why. I needed shoes for a confirmation my family was invited to but my feet always slipped out of them so I went home and changed into other ones and never wore them again.

14. Show your favorite pair of shoes. 
- I have two favourite pairs of shoes. These sandals are from New Look and I love them because they are extra wide fitted but also look really pretty and go with basically everything. The heels are from H&M, as I already mentioned, and they are just perfection! I really adore them. 

I hope you enjoyed this post, even though it's really short but I have to go to a family celebration and, to be honest, I couldn't come up with anything special. I'm sorry!
xx

5 product face - easy makeup

As I was scrolling through Essiebutton's blog I came across a tag called 5 product face. The name says it all : create a makeup only using 5 products. 

1.) Maybelline Fit Me Concealer, Shade 15
2.) Benefit Hoola Bronzer
3.) Maybelline Master Precise Liquid Liner, Black
4.) Maybelline The Rocket Volume Mascara, Black
5.) Astor Soft Sensation Lip Color Butter, Shade 11 Feeling Feline

Concealer:

The first product I'm using is the Maybelline fit me concealer. I apply some of it under my eyes, on any blemishes and a tiny little bit on my eyelids to cover up the veins.

Bronzer:

I skip setting the concealer with powder and move on to my benefit hoola bronzer. I contour the hollows of my cheeks and also along my temples and my jawline. I also apply a little bit to the sides of my nose. I then switch to a big fluffy brush to bronze up my face because I'm really pale. I basically apply it everywhere the sun would naturally hit my face.
 

Next up are the eyes. Using a blending brush I apply the same bronzer into my crease to get a little bit more definition and color to my lids. That really pulls the look to together, because the eyes are the same color as the cheeks. 

Eyeliner:

I then line my upper lash line with the Maybelline master precise eyeliner in black, adding a little wing at the end. This eyeliner is easy to work with because it has a really small tip.

Mascara:

After that I heavily coat my lashes with the maybelline rocket volume mascara, my all time favourite by the way. Having big voluminous lashes makes you look more awake and just brightens up your whole face.

Lipstick:

Last but not least I apply a bright corally pink lipstick to make it look like I've spent a lot more effort to my makeup than I really did! 

And voilá - only 5 products and a look which looks like a lot more time and effort has been spent! 

xx

Non-beauty favourites #1

Today I thought I start doing non-beauty favourites every once in a while. I was inspired by several Youtubers and I thinks it's a fun thing to do. My camera is fixed, so I could make the pictures with better quality. Of course there will be better pictures in my future posts (first there will be some scheduled posts with old quality, sorry for that!).

Fashion: 
I only have one fashion favourite. I really liked using this small nude pink bag when I was heading into the city or had to write exams where I only had to go to school with my purse and phone. It's about the same size as a larger wallet and a long shoulder strap. It closes with a zipper and also has a seperate zipper pocket inside. 

Food:
My first food related favourite is a tea. Even though it's getting warmer and warmer I like to drink tea. My favourite tea is the "Rooibos Vanilla" by Yogi Tea. and my favourite way to drink it is cold with ice! It encourages me to drink more because I tend to drink less than you're supposed to. 

Since it's nearly summer now, there are many fruits I love. My go to fruits were strawberries and cherries, they were basically the only things I ate in school. When it comes to fruit I tend to go for the sweet kinda basic fruits and nothing fancy or exotic (I don't know why haha).  

I also ate many of these Eat Natural bars with milk chocolate, peanuts and cranberries. They're really delicious and give you a lot of energy throughout the day. Let me tell you one thing, I've been snacking them nearly everyday.. They're so gooood!

Random:
Probably the most used thing this last month was this beach chair (I don't know what to call it). It has been around 35°C/95°F in the week around Pentecost, so I've been tanning all day long (I'm still pale, you can't even tell I'm three times as tan as I was before..) on this blue baby. 

(Random picture from google, still my chair though)

Movies: 

Starting off with the most exiting event concerning TV : Pretty Little Liars Season 5 started in June in America! I've been waiting for sooo long and then the day finally came. I was so exited, you probably won't understand!
Another favourite is Teen Wolf with the 4th Season coming on (many new twists, just saying).

I've also been to the cinema twice in June (Maleficent and The Fault In Our Stars)
First I've watched Maleficent with Angelina Jolie. I haven't had high expectations because I didn't knew what it was about (besides the Sleeping Beauty storie of couse). It was such a great film with a lot of action going on! I loved how it gave an other sight on things.

I though I'd be featuring "The Fault In Our Stars", too, but I was really disappointed by the film (so were my friends). I thought it'd be way more emotional, but I didn't even cry (and I'm most likely the first one to cry at every little thing). Of course it was sad, but not sad enough, if you know what I mean.

These were all my favourites at the moment. Do you have any movie recommendations for me?

xx

15 beauty questions

I've been really busy the last day, so sorry that I haven't blogged since tuesday! I already have some great ideas in mind, so prepare for really cool posts the next weeks.
I really like reading tags and when I stumbled about this one I thought I'd give it a go!

1.) Lipgloss or lipstick ?

- Lipstick.

2.) Powder or cream eyeshadows ?
- Powder.

3.) Shimmery or matte eyeshadows ?

- Definitely mattes.

4.) Normal or waterproof mascara ?
- Normal because I feel like I loose 1000 eyelashes when I'm removing waterproof mascara.

5.) Foundation ?
- No.

6.) Powder ?
- Yesss.

7.) Rouge or bronzer?

- Bronzers because I need to make myself look tan haha.

8.) Nude or colorful eyemakeups?

- Nude.

9) Selftanner ?
- Selftanning Body Lotion. 

10.) Nail polish ?

- Always and forever (do you know which series I'm thinking of right now?)

11.) Favourite eyeliner?
- Can't choose between these two.

  12) Brush, sponge or fingers ?
- For eyeshadows I prefer brushes and for everything concerning liquids on my face I use my beauty blender.  

13.) Makeup-No-Go?

- Badly blended foundation, too much blush or bronzer, fake lashes with feathers or other fancy stuff on them.

14) Do you wear make up to school, if you do - would you go without makeup ? 
- Yes, I mostly wear makeup but sometimes I am too lazy so I go without anything on.


I think through tags youre able to learn some more about people's beauty habits, so at least for me it's interesting to read and I really like doing them. Hope you enjoyed this post even though it's shorter than the usual ones!

xx

Skin care routine

Today I want to tell you which products I use on my face, what helps and what damages the condition of your skin. 

I used to have real struggles with my skin because I always got pimples, a lot of redness and dry patches all over my face but I never did anything against it (I didn't even remove my makeup on a daily basis!). About a year ago I started to get more and more interested in skin care and I successfully cleared up my skin. 

The most important thing has to be to take your makeup off every evening because it doesn't let your skin breath and it clogs the pores. I also recommend to wear makeup only when it's necessary, your skin will improve a lot when you go a few days without makeup on your pretty face (we're all naturally beautiful so embrace your makeup-less face). 

First off all I take off my makeup with some makeup wipes (any ones will do). I use the Bebe makeup wipes for sensitive skin, but I've heard many people rave about the Simple makeup wipes! You can buy the Simple makeup wipes in Target, America and in Superdrug, UK .

After that I use a wash gel by the brand AOK with white tea. It is antibacterial and really good for sensitiv skin. I like to use that with a brush to really rub it in, to get everything out of my pores and to exfoliate (I currently think about getting a Clarisonic haha).

When I have some problem areas I use the Alverde face tonic with healing earth which again acts antibacterial and skin-clarifying (it isn't available in America or in the UK). I just pad that onto my face with a cottonpad.

 

At the end I just moisturize my skin with a moisturizer. I'm currently using one by bebe and it smells like heaven !

In the morning I just wash my face with the wash gel (without the brush) and moisturize because I don't want to over exfoliate. 

As per usual leave me suggestions for other posts in the comments if you want to. 

xxx