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11Jun 2016

Kylie’s Lip Kit

11 Jun 2016 0 Beauty Permalink

Saturday already! I really wanted to post earlier this week, but – surprise, surprise – was caught up with business and studying once again. At the end of last week I finally received the lip kits from Kyle Cosmetics. I have always been wondering how these products are – if it’s really good quality as always talked about or rather a hype because, well, it’s Kylie after all. It all started rather dramatically, however, when I went to the post office in full agony to receive the package. I knew it had to be the Kylie packet – after all, it was the only thing I had ordered from the States that time around and was the only one I understood why I had extra customs costs (thank you, Switzerland – not!). Best part of the story, though, is that they lost the package. They couldn’t find it and left me standing without anything to take home that night, though promising me that they would search and call me later that day. Already purchasing these products was harder than ever imagined. All products seem to be sold-out constantly. Kyle oftentimes announces a re-stock, but I usually only see it the next day (due to the time differences). So annoying! Until, one night late after studying, I saw that she had just made a new annoucement – and, I was lucky! I was able to purchase all three matte liquid lipstick & lip liner kits I so desperately wanted to try myself: Dolce K, Candy K, and Koko K.

Those of you that know me personally and those that follow my snapchat, know that I love both Candy K and Koko K! Both are ridiciously good at covering up, are a perfect matte, stay on for hours, do not dry out your lips and are perfect nudes to combine with almost every outfit. I still haven’t had a chance to wear the Dolce K in public, as it is quite a bit darker and rather for the evening (in my opinion). Speaking of evening, I might get the chance to wear it tonight, when I am hopefully going out for dinner (and if not, I will order something, for sure!).

The past days, as I’ve mentioned, have been rather busy. Next week isn’t any quieter. I will be traveling to Geneva on Monday through to Wednesday for business, and will be flying to Germany (Düsseldorf) on Thursday. There I will be with the family until Sunday night. Friday my sis has her high school graduation and we are planning on a lovely dinner high up in the sky! Can you guess where? I’ll try to take pictures, even if it is dark, though surely you can follow all happenings on snapchat. Until then, however, and very important as well: the EM has started! Although I am not the greatest soccer fan on a daily, and I do not watch every match and every league, I am beyond excited to (hopefully) see Germany play and succeed in the following weeks. Tomorrow’s first game is against Ukraine. Cross fingers! Though, of course, I will be fair and agree that the better shall win!

With that, I wish you lovely continuing Saturday! Stay tuned on snapchat to receive daily updates. xo

01Jun 2016

June 1st

01 Jun 2016 0 General Permalink

Happy 1st of June! How does time pass so fast, and how was it New Years only (feels like) yesterday? I know I am lacking updates majorly right now and my work and studies probably aren’t best excuse – because, well, they always tend to be. Nevertheless, much has been going on and my schedule for the next couple of weeks is full. Quite frankly, my calendar for almost the whole year is planned (more or less), with one trip at least once every four weeks. Now in June I will be in Geneva for business, Germany to see my family (sister’s high school graduation!), back in Geneva for business and then straight to Malta. My family is moving from Germany to Malta at the end of this month and so I will be helping with the move and exploring the Island a little bit. How exciting?! It’s the first time they are moving “big time” without me, as I am fully established and loving (yep, heard it right) Zurich right now. We’ve actually moved quite a few times (be it house, apartment, city or country), that I lost count. Nevertheless, visiting the family every couple of weeks in sunny Malta is something I surely cannot complain about in the future.

Here is a snapshot of a dinner I made a while ago with some chicken, a good’ol salad and my delicious salsa sauce. The recipe to the salsa was posted a little earlier here. I actually received a couple of things (make-up; yay!) the past days and wanted to share a little bit of it with you. Now the only thing keeping me from doing that is the cloudy weather (horrible lightning), and of course, my busy schedule. Latest on the weekend, though, I promised myself to take some pictures! I am actually so OCD that I couldn’t open the packages yet, because I don’t want them to look opened up already :’). So stay tuned on that one! xo

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06Dec 2015

Christmas Wishlist

06 Dec 2015 0 General Permalink

Happy second advent loves! It’s only two more weekends, two more candles, and then Christmas is right around the corner. I’ll be honest I am a little stressed this year with presents, and its seems I am not the only one. Family and friends have been asking me what I want for Christmas, and quite frankly – I cannot think of anything proper. There are a lot of things I see when I am on the go, a lot of things that would be nice to have, but really are not needed, or of course, there are the things that look amazing and you really do kind of want them, but they are too expensive to request them as a gift. That is exactly my position. My goal this weekend was to pick out some items, in no particular order of what I like best to least, but in different price categories with most of them in the rather affordable staple. I noticed that I love myself some nice watches and sunglasses – have you seen this color from the Dior glasses yet? Ahhh – I want them. And the watch, which is almost always sold out (typical, when you want something!). The boots and iphone case are actually found on one of my favorite websites (BestSecret.com), for which you need to be a member to shop. You only become a member through an invitation as far as I know – but do drop me a short note with your email if you want to be added! Another item that is really high on my (personal) list is the BeoPlay speakers – listening to music is like kissing the soul on the right spot. I always have music on when I am in the apartment and what I would love now is a speaker that I can take with me from room to room (let’s not forget I cannot have a huge bass station in one room and kill the neighbors by putting it too loud). The links with the items is right here:

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What are you asking for this holiday? Or even better, what are you gifting? I really need to stock up on some more presents, otherwise the tree will look a little empty this year. For now however, I wish you all a great Sunday. xo

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ps. the first photo is not my own and found here.

05Oct 2015

Morning Routines

05 Oct 2015 0 Beauty Permalink

Good morning and happy Monday guys! It’s a new week and one that is absolutely full on my side. My agenda is about to burst – no kidding. I have my final course week at uni (means lots of papers to hand in), have guests arriving tomorrow, meetings almost daily, dinners almost daily and Friday I am off to Düsseldorf and then – vacation on Sunday for one week! It really makes this week a lot easier knowing I can relax more next week.

Remember when I told you about Vivi Beauty on one of my last posts? Well, I was fortunate enough to meet the team behind this beauty empire and am allowed to test both their Vivi Lash’N’Brows Single and FORTE Single product. Forte, as the word already states, is the higher concentrated product for faster growth of the lashes. Well, XXL lashes, here I come!

As you might know I’ve had eyelash extensions this whole summer, and truth is, I loved it. The only negative side to it, is that you literally get addicted to these fuller lashes and in the end I could’ve gone every week to re-fill those lashes that fell out. This wasn’t very easy on my agenda nor on my wallte, so as heartbroken as it felt I took them off and decided to try ‘normal’ mascara again for a while. I still wear fake lashes from time to time on the weekend when going out though (those to glue on and take off again), as I love having that great lash-effect. When you take out those extensions, your natural lashes seem short and feel nonexistent. It’s seriously depressing the first day. So this lash serum from Vivi Beauty came with perfect timing. I’ve been using it now for a good week and will update you on how things go in a couple of weeks.

The great thing about these serums is that you can put it on at night before going to sleep, or like myself, wear it on top of the mascara. I seem to forget almost every night so I’ve changed my routine to the morning with this product. So far I’ve been pretty good with using the normal product, though I haven’t used the Forte one just yet on a regular basis. Now it’s time to cross fingers and hope that my lashes explode (in a growing, positive way)! xo

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23Jan 2015

Beauty Talk : Beach Tan

23 Jan 2015 0 Beauty Permalink

Happy Friday everyone! I found this webcam image on my computer and thought I’d share it with you. I get a lot of questions from people (also when out shopping), if I was on vacation. In fact, I wasn’t – however, I was in a 2min tan-shower and I believe the price is so worth it. I started the spray-tan late last year, first time round in November I believe it was. I absolutely love it now. The photo is from one of my first times – so actually I’m not even quite that tanned anymore, as I chose a slightly lighter shade to make it look more natural. I remember in the beginning I wasn’t all too sure and was much darker – it really didn’t fit my natural skin tone, nor my hair color. This photo is actually not all too correct – the lightning isn’t natural and my tan looks darker than it usually is. I’ll share another tanned one with you soon, though!

I’m usually the white bread between everyone else – literally, I am so pale in winter. This way I look much healthier and well, just like I came back from holiday. The best thing, I almost feel like I just had a short holiday when I come back from my spray tanning session. I do it around about every 10 days, sometimes stay pale in between though. So far I’ve done it in Kaarst (Germany) once but generally I go BeautySpace right near the main station in Zurich. It’s the most practical when I finish work – I jump into my short shower and then head back home.

Before trying spray-tan the first time I highly recommend you to read the before & after instructions. A good peeling the day before is a must and you shouldn’t use any perfume or body lotions on the day of the spray. So far I have only tried out the clear-spray, meaning the tan slowly comes after 6-8 hours. I usually just put on a bathrobe at home (don’t wear satin or do anything to make you sweat!) and lie down. It’s my lazy evening of the week – it’s great! Upon awakening I am a new me – a tanned me. I always feel so much more relaxed all of the sudden.

Not only does it look pretty: it feels pretty. Can something even feel pretty? What I’m trying to say is that the spray-tan literally hydrates the skin. Since I want the tan to hold as long as possible I tend to cream my body much more the days after, which gives even more hydration to the skin. A must-do when it’s cold outside and the skin is longing for some water re-fills. Secondly, I barely need any make-up. The make-up I usually wore in winter (foundation and whatnot) was basically to cover up the paleness – not needed anymore! All I need is my mascara, some bronze powder and/or rouge and voila, I’m done within 10 minutes in the morning. Which is amazing, since I also love sleeping in as long as possible.