Month: December 2011
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NOTW: Sparkly New Year’s Nails
When deciding on what nail polish to wear, I quickly grabbed two of my new glitter polishes. I especially think the duochrome polish is very suitable for celebrating the new year. It reminds me of fireworks! I am wearing the turquoise glitter polish on my thumb and pinky. My other nails are covered in a…
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Favorite moments of 2011
Looking back at this year I can only say that I have been doing more of the same. Yet, every year brings moments worth savoring and also 2011 gave me a few memorable moments that I will not forget. Source: Weheartit.com One thing I really wanted last year was to keep my job for another…
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Favorite make up products of 2011
Next up in the end of year ‘best of’ lists is make up. Many posts on here feature make up and so I have plenty of favorite make up products that I could list. However, I decided to be strict: I tried to represent every category with one product (ok, I cheated and picked two…
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Top 11 in Music of 2011
I thought it would be a good idea to devote the final days of 2011 to a bit of reminiscing on what things 2011 has brought. The first post will be devoted to all things music related. I will list my favorite songs, my favorite albums AND my favorite concerts of the past year. I…
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Recipe: Cranberry – Orange Cheesecake
The other day I found this amazing cake recipe online and when my mom asked me what I was going to make for out Boxing Day potluck dinner, I knew immediately that I had to make this. It’s delicious, but not for the light-hearted as it stuffs you right up. Everyone loved it, so I…
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Merry Christmas!
Just a quick note to wish you all a Happy Christmas. Source: weheartit.com I just spent this morning sleeping in and making a cranberry-orange cheesecake for tomorrow’s potluck dinner. The rest of today I won’t be doing much. We’ll just be listening to music (Top 2000 is on again!), watching some movies and have some…
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My Backstreet Boys Collection
When you’re a fan of a group for nearly 15 years you tend to accumulate quite a bit of stuff. This stuff is then dubbed a ‘collection’. I suffered from the same phenomenon and was especially keen on collecting albums and CD singles. And while I was cleaning up my room yesterday, I came across…
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2011 Christmas Break Plans
Yesterday was the unofficial start of my two week Christmas break and as you could see then I already made good use of my free time. I went to the hairdresser’s but also visited some friends. But that’s not all. I have plenty more plans for spending these next two weeks and using them to…
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My new haircut & quick outfit of the day
It’s not the cut that is different, because that is something I’ve kept pretty much the same. I decided to go for a splash of color though. Something that is very trendy right now is ombre hair. I’m usually not big on trends, especially hair trends, but when I saw this ombre trend going around…
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Quick update on me
No blog for 3 days on end. I think the last time that happened I had come down with the nastiest case of bronchitis in history. This time it is nothing that serious. I was just busy with uni, work and social stuff which left me with no time (or energy) to get behind the…
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H&M Sale Shopping!
Ah it’s that time again. The actual winter sale has started and I couldn’t be happier. H&M has some pretty good things in their sale right now and I just had to get a few things. Well, a few… ahem… Luckily it’s sale and I actually bought a few of these items for less than…
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My favorite feel good movies
Since the weather has gone dark and dreary I take up anything I can to make me feel good. Naturally there are the usual suspects, such as cookies, hot chocolate and a good dose of music, but I’ve also started watching movies again. And what suits this time of year better than some feel good…
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Make Up Collection: MAC eyeshadow palette
Just the other day I realized that it has been a while since I posted pictures of part of my make up collection. Today, we are moving on to my favorite make up product: eye shadows. Since I have quite a few eye shadows (I have so many that I do not want to count)…
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Favorite work out songs
You will never find me working out on a treadmill or anything like that. I have tried it, did some elliptical and rowing machines but as enthusiastic as I might be about it for about a week, that’s how much I hate it later on. Regular gym routines are not for me, which is why…
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Some new nail polish: walking in a GLITTER wonderland
I’m always looking for new nail polish to try out and especially when it’s cheap I’m always curious to see what it does. I bought these polishes in a 2 for €5 euro deal at my local budget store. Glitter nail polishes are difficult to get right: they usually take a gazillion layers before they…
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FOTD: London Rain
I wanted to make a new outfit post, but unfortunately lighting was horrible so I’m only showing you my make up today. I decided to finally use my Catrice London palette from the City collection, which I showed you in this shopping vlog a little over a month ago. I was suddenly inspired to use…
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Update on me
As you could have read on Monday, this week has been a weird week. Not only have a I been super busy but I also had a few personal things to deal with. First of all, one of my colleagues suddenly passed away Monday morning, but on top of that I received a call that…
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Low Carb: One Month Later
A little over a month ago I wrote how I’ve decided to drastically cut down my intake of carbs. Not because I want to lose weight, but because I found that my stomach starts doing flip flops and aches and cramps that I really didn’t want to deal with. Now, one month later I’m still…
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My Twilight Saga – Breaking Dawn Part 1 Review
Last Friday I finally went to see the latest installment of the Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1. I was skeptical about this movie, seeing I utterly despise the book it’s based on. However, I had regained hope, after seeing the leaked pictures and video in March and the trailer actually made me think it…
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I wish this week was different…
Today has gotten off on the wrong foot. After what I would call a very enjoyable weekend, today has taken a turn for the worse. As I got into work today it was announced that one of our colleagues passed away this morning. The worst part: I talked to him on Friday and he seemed…
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NOTW: Festive green nail art creation
I suddenly had this idea for making a new nail art creation. Again, it’s something very simple nor is it super fancy, but I think it’s cute and the colors are a perfect match to the time of year.This is the result: As you can see I went with a seafoam green base coat, added…
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Current favorite artist: James Vincent McMorrow
Every 2-3 months I will fall in love with one particular artist and I will rave about that band/ musician/ whatever until I find something new. Raves of the past year have been I Blame Coco, Warpain, Pete & the Pirates, Bobby Long and now there’s James Vincent McMorrow. Quite a mouth full, but some…
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Shoplog: H&M, The Body Shop, Amazon & Vila
The past couple of weeks I got a couple of trinkets and I thought I’d share. So it’s time for another blog on my most recent purchases. It isn’t anything too crazy, but still worth sharing methinks. It’s a mixture of clothes, accessories, some cosmetics (no make up though!) and a few CDs. Here it…
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To Google or not to Google – That’s the question!
Apparently Google doesn’t like it when people use the verb ‘to google’ to refer to the action of looking this up using a search engine. According to an article, by thenextweb, Google isn’t the only brand having issues with people using their brand name to refer to more general but similar actions. Adobe does not…