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Continue reading →: FOTD: Pink Paradise
Time for another face of the day. This time something appropriate for the spring that simply won’t be happening any time soon, but hey: we have to stay positive right? It features some pink eyeshadow and a neutral lip. In other words, it is a very wearable, every day look…
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Continue reading →: Sociolinguistics 101
Socio-what?!! That is the usual response I get when I tell people something about what really gets my heart beating faster. It is no secret I love languages. I’m a language teacher, studied English and have graduated in topics concerning linguistic topics. But liking languages is something that can occur…
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Continue reading →: Stuck on repeat #1
You know those songs you love so much that you simply listen to them over and over again? Well I have that on quite a regular basis. Right now, the song that I keep listening to is Justin Timberlake’s Don’t Hold the Wall from his album The 20/20 Experience. Awesome…
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Continue reading →: Rediscovered make up items
I have come to a stage where I can say I’ve tried so many make up products that I know what I like and don’t like. It’s just that sometimes you find gems in your make up collection: products you used over and over, but since you wanted to try…
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Continue reading →: Current obsessions (March 2013)
Two months have passed which means I’ve had plenty of time to become obsessed with a few new things again. Some haven’t changed yet from last time: I’m still obsessed with cheese and dresses, but since I don’t like repeating myself here’s a new batch of 5 things I’ve become…
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Continue reading →: New in: YSL lipstick in tropical pink
One make up trend for spring/ summer 2013 are bold bright lips. I have been on a bit of a lip kick make up wise. I’ve been changing up my standard heavy smokey eye and switching it for bolder, darker and brighter lips on and off since last summer. These…
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Continue reading →: The shopaholic tag
If there is one tag I have to do it’s this one! It is no secret that I like to shop and so this tag was made for me. Let’s dive into the questions shall we? Source: weheartit.com 1. Would you consider yourself a shopaholic? Yes definitely. However, not shopaholic…
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Continue reading →: Bath & Body Works Twilight Woods Shower Gel
If there is one type of beauty product I cannot get enough of, it’s shower gel. I love the different scents and formulas. When I visited the US over summer I picked up 2 shower gels from Bath & Body Works. Known for its candles and other bath and shower…
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Continue reading →: Music to relax to
A bit later than anticipated perhaps, but here is the result of part two of my mega music playlist clean up. Apart from my random playlist, I keep several others, one of them is my relax playlist and this also needed a thorough sorting of what to keep and what…
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Continue reading →: I’m going wheat free!
Oh yes that’s right. As of today, I’m starting a wheat free diet. These past few weeks have been hell in terms of stomachaches and food cravings and so I’ve decided to figure out what I could do to get my body back to normal. After some research I figured…
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Continue reading →: Update on me (March 2013)
I thought it would be time to write a more personal post again. The last time I wrote an update was in January when things weren’t going too well. I’m happy to announce that things are definitely better again. I’m sure you can tell by the amount and type of…
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Continue reading →: Organize your life!
My name is Maaike and I’m a organization-aholic. Before we can get into this post, let’s gather some facts about me shall we? I live my life on 30 M2 (or 90 ft2) I have accumulated too much junk, but am terrible at throwing things away ‘for no reason’. Just…
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Continue reading →: FOTD: Yellow Submagreen
Remember how I showed you some new Catrice & Essence products a few days ago? Well here’s the look I created with some of those new products. This look focuses mainly on the eyes, but I really liked the overall look and feel of it. It has a bit of…
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Continue reading →: Massive music of the Moment (March 2013 #1)
It’s that time of the week again: time for MUSIC! And there’s going to be a lot of it this time round. I finished going through my playlist and while doing that I found quite a few songs that I felt worth sharing. In fact, I found so many that…
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Continue reading →: New In: Catrice & Essence make up
Every few months German budgetproof make up brands Essence & Catrice renew their lines to keep it fresh and up to date. So when I was in the store the other day and found the displays had just been restocked I checked it out and went home with some eyeshadow…






