What I Bought - Winter Edition

Hi lovelies, 

Shopping is an expensive hobby, thank god there are sales. Sales are the best excuse for shopping and I obviously couldn't let them pass. 

At New Look I found this dress for 24.99 €. It's a bodycon dress made from scubamaterial and has lovely navy details in the flowers.

 There was a 50% discount on knitwear. So I bought this cropped ribbed black sweater which was originally 24.99€

 I also bought my first Christmas sweater, I chose this grey penguin cropped sweater which also was 24.99€.

 Lastly from New Look I got this long cardigan in a spotted grey colour for half of the original 24.99€. I got this a couple sizes up because I like my cardigans slouchy.

 From Jack and Jones I got this flannel shirt for 29.95€

 I also got a few more sweaters from vero moda. This blue-black one with zip details for 24.95€ which has a lovely loose fit.

 There was a 3 for 2 sale in Vero Moda and Jack & Jones so this grey sweater happened to be my free one. It's also a baggy fit. It was originally 12.95 €.

Lastly from Zara I got this scarf for 22.95€. It's soo warm, huge and soft. It's the perfect scarf.

Goodbyeeee

- Nikki

What's on my face #21 - Blue eyes

Hi lovelies,

For the last couple of days I've been wearing the same make-up look, which is unusual for me. The focus is mainly on the blue eyeliner.

I started with my trusty MUA undress me too palette. I used a cooltoned light shimmery shadow over the entire eyelid and a dark brown in the crease and outer corner. I applied a thick winged liner using the NYC pearlised black liquid liner on the top lashes. On the bottom lashes I applied a blue kohl liner from L'oreal in color 138 blue denim and blended that out. It's a cool toned blue colour that makes your eyes look very smokey without being to harsh as a black can be. Although it's a bit less bright than on the picture. I topped things of with lots of black mascara and done.

Goodbyeeee

- Nikki

What I bought - Ikea edition

Hi lovelies,

Nice to see you again. Lately I've been on a spendingspree and I didn't discriminate. Not only fashion and make-up shopping has been done but I also planned a trip to Ikea. Yes try to contain yourself this is an Ikea haul and I couldn't be more excited. There is nothing more fun than shopping in Ikea. Who doesn't love choosing furniture for your future-but-at-this-point-still-imaginary home? Besides the obvious furniture(that I didn't get to purchase yet) Ikea also has an excellent homewearselection so let's see what I got in that department.

Let's start with this bedding. This is the SÖTBLOMSTER bedding which costs 24.99€. The material is soft and breezy and just amazing. This blue brown paisleyprint is really back in fashion, if it's your cup of tea it really is a winner.

Something I actually needed and wasn't just an impulse buy is this laptopstand. I saw this a while ago in an EssieButton video and it seemed/is a great idea. This particular one is the dotted black and white BRÄDA laptopstand. I must say it isn't the biggest one out there so if you have a 17 inch laptop it will probably be a bit to small for you but for me it works great. It came home with me for 12.99€

Next are these two NÄVVIVA pillows, 3.99€ each. They are about half the size of a normal pillow but they are very firm and I especially love them to lay in my neck when I'm watching TV. I first bought one for me but it was going to stay at my girlfriends house and Anais didn't want one. I made a bit of scene when she put hers back because I couldn't understand as I love them so much. Nonetheless we came home after our shoppingspree and I laid my new pillow in the bed and Anais layed her head on it and she just had to have one herself so we went back to get her her own. If that doesn't say how great this pillow is I don't know what will. The other pillows are also from Ikea and are part of the EMMIE RUTA bedlinnen.

I went wild in the bedlinnendepartment I know but the second kind of bedding is this ÖDESTRÄD orange stripey bedding. It was only 9.99€ so I couldn't leave it behind. The fabric is also very soft but feels a bit more crisp and like linnen than the other one.

My new pride and joy... the ELDBLOMMA squirrelpillow. Isn't this just amazing? Definitely worth the 9.99€.

To match my orange sheets I also bought these orange SPRALLA candles for 3.99€. I don't know how to explain the scent. It's a fresh linnenscent I think but don't quote me on that. They kick off a lot of scent without being too overpowering. The little Disney toys are from Disneyland but I already wrote about them here.

For my dresser I bought this TRENSUM mirror for 4.99€. It may look ridiculous because my dress comes with a huge mirror. The problem with it is the width of the dresser is obviously between me and the mirror but because I'm shortsighted and wear glasses I can't see myself in that mirror when I'm trying to put on eyeliner or mascara. #glasswearingproblems

Lastly we raided the kitchendepartment and we came home with a ALLEHANDA mixingbowl with a lid (8.99€)so you can mix without splashing everywhere. It's heavy and has silicone on the bottom so it doesn't slide over the counter when mixing. I also bought the DRÖMMAR backingtray for 4.99€. The blue silicone SOCKERKAKA caketin (5.99€). Red silicone STINN ovenmitts for 2.99€ each and lastly the cutest DRÖMMAR cookiecutters your eyes ever did see in the form of woodland creatures, for only 3.99€.

I hope you loved this as much as I do buying it

Goodbyeeeee

- Nikki

Someday randoms #8

Hi lovelies, 

I've been looking back to old pictures on my laptop and that's when I found these gems that were never posted.

Back in Summer when there wasn't a house in front of ours. 

 Excited about pikapilly, my small present to Anais

Behind the scenes of this blogpost 

Vanille ice cream, fresh strawberries, frozen raspberries and fresh red berrysauce 

 Out for drinks

Frozen yoghurt at the seaside with the biggest mismatch of toppings 

Stopped for a peebreak at a highway gasstation when we got back from the sea and this was what I saw at the toilet, every toilet had different wallpaper, in another one you sat in the middle of the jungle. It's amazing and so original. 

#artistic, no just kidding was craving coconut and strawberries at the same time 

Outfit that never made it as an OOTD

Goodbyeeee

- Nikki

What I bought - Autumn style

Hi lovelies,

You may or may not know but Autumn and Winter are my favorite shoppingseasons. The weather may suck and there's a possibly of me freezing to death but for shopping it's the best time of year. I feel like you obviously wear less clothes in Summer so I also shop less. Clothes just interest me less in that season. I'm all about thights, jackets, sweaters and scarfs, as soon as September hits I'll start shopping. Let's see what I've bought since September and I wish I could say it stopped here but I already placed an order on boohoo so prepare for that in the future.

Bershka kaki parka with detachable furry inside (99€)

H&M striped croptop (4.95€)

H&M grey high wasted tube skirt (4.95€) 

C&A cable knit sweater (15€) 

Zara knit sweater with 3quater length sleeves and a leather neckline (29.95€) 

H&M woolen hat (either about 13€ or 20€ I don't remember, sorry)

Rise against tshirt (present from Anais)

H&M striped high wasted tube skirt (4.95€)

Zara striped tshirt with slits on the side (reduced to 3.99€)

H&M striped bodycon dress (9.95€)

H&M woolen hat (either 13 or 20€)

I absolutely love my purchases and have worn them loads already. I hope you liked this update from me.

Goodbyeeee

- Nikki

The empties round-up #4

Hi lovelies, 

Time for another empties round-up. I've mainly used up some haircare and make-up remover.

 Starting with make-up removers. I used up a Garnier micellair water. I love this one. It has great value for money because it's only 6 or 7 euros I believe but the bottle is twice as big as the micellair waters from other brands. It also easily saturates the cotton pad without having to use a lot of product. It makes my skin feel very clean. I also used up 2 packs of whipes. First I also used up a pack of waterproof make-up remover whipes from Garnier which were nice. They smelled like grapes, weren't too dry but I do prefer a micellair water. I also used up a pack of Hema whipes, they aren't especially for make-up but I use these at the festivals in Summer and used up the remaining ones when I had to remove swatches at home. I do love these, they are very cheap (0.75 euros) and smell amazing. I also used up a pack of cotton pads by Liddl, they are horrible they seperate into pieces of fluff when you rub your eyes with them.

As usual my trusty Bioderma Node K shampoo and also 2 dryshampoos, both from batiste. First I used up the tropical one which I didn't like. The smell definitely wasn't for me and cleaningwise it just wasn't the best I've ever tried. The xxl volume on the other hand is great and has already been repurchased. It cleans the hair whilst giving it lots of volume and keeping that volume in place. 

I used up 2 sample size conditioners. Both were great, both smell delicious and do the job greatly. 

Lastly I used up a Catrice mascara, it was featured in lots of blogposts and was pretty decent but it did run out and get clumpy quicker than other mascaras. Also I finished the bodyshop shea sugar scrub and boy is this good. It smells delicious and really does exfoliate.

What have you finished lately?

- Nikki

What I bought - YSL lipstick edition

Hi lovelies, 

Amongst a few shoppingtrips I acquired lipsticks and surprisingly they all turned out to be by Yves Saint Laurent. I need to stress these were a few shopping trips spread over 2 months. Fall is my favorite time to shop, all the great winter stuff comes out and everything from sweaters to lipsticks is better. 

Considering I worked during the summer months I had some money to spare and decided I could spend some of that on high end stuff and those coupons I got from spending to much in the first place also enabled some purchases. Let's get started.

Let's discuss packaging. Aren't these just gorgeous? I realise you pay more for better packaging but when you whip these out of your handbag, it really is worth the extra money.

Ah the one with the best packaging in my opinion. This is the YSL Rouge Veloptee in shade 1 Nude Beige. I think I found the perfect nude with this one. It's a very muted pink shade which resembles my natural lip colour without being to light because my lips can get very light from time to time. It's neutral enough to go perfectly with a heavy smokey eye and still not too nude to go with a light make-up look. It's also really moisturising which does leave a little bit of a sheen behind but if you dab the lipstick in with your fingers it will appear more matte if that's more to your taste.

The most Autumn related purchase is the YSL Pur Couture lipstick in shade 28 Rose Boheme. It's a dark fall lipstick without being too in-your-face like a dark purple. It's a pink-purple berry shade that has a blue undertone in my opinion. The finish is a special one, shiny and still matte, shimmery without seeing glitter in a swatch. It's gorgeous but I do realise this shade isn't for everyone. The packaging is also very pretty, sleek and classy.

I already did a review on the kiss and blush lipsticks here. As you can read there I absolutely loved them and I wanted more of them and that surely happened. I bought 2 extra shades the first one being this pink shade (shade 8 Pink Hedoniste). I love how matte they are without being drying. It's a lovely subtle shade of pink that's still opaque without being too overpowering. 

This is the second Kiss and Blush in shade 5 Rose Effrontee. This really isn't a subtle shade but pretty nonetheless. It's a pinky red shade that really brightens up your entire face. I absolutely love it.

The aftermath of blogging and lipswatches.

The YSL lipstick offering has really blown me away and they are all I wear lately. Sometimes it feels good to spend a bit more money on high end make-up. I have not regretted it for a second. How about you do you prefer high end or not?

Goodbyeeee

- Nikki

Warm autumn days

Hi lovelies,

Yes, I'm on a roll. I pre-planned a few blogposts. Thank god for vacation and extra free time. I'm going to space the few blogpost I can prepare a bit more apart. That way it looks like I can plan and upload once or maybe twice a week. 

Last week we had a very warm fall day. It was lovely. With 16 degrees I found it was appropriate to wear shorts with bare legs one more time. I wore a black and white cross sweater from New Look with my Rise Against band tee underneath. For the bottompart I wore grey ripped shorts from Bershka and slip-on shoes from Primark.

Behind the scenes with my favorite (also only) photographer.

Goodbyeeee

- Nikki