Review - Zoeva Retrofuture Eyeshadowpalette

Hi babes,
It's been awhile since I did anything beautywise; Let's switch things up I still absolutely love anything beauty especially make-up so let's do a review. Today I'm talking about the Retrofuture eyeshadow palette by Zoeva.

I've been loving this palette for over a year or maybe two now so I feel like I can give a good review by now. It's a palette with very bright colours that aren't really everyday shadows for the most part so it takes awhile to get the know this palette considering I use it so sparingly. I've did blogposts using this palette before here, here and here. I've did swatches below but they aren't as vibrant as they are in reality, these are made with only one swipe of product.

I mostly use the bottom row but my absolute favorite shade is the orange copper shade in the top row. That one can be worn daily as a grungy shade allover the lid and a brown in the crease. Amazing. The light brown next to that is also a very nice everyday shade. The rest of the shadows pack a serious punch. All the shadows are soft and buttery in texture, blend easily and are very vibrant which can be intensified if you use a wet brush. Most shades are shimmery except the white, blue and lavender shade. If you see yourself wear colourful eyeshadow this palette really is a good one. You won't find one equally as good in the Belgian drugstores that features such beautiful colours.

The palette is for sale on the Zoeva website but also on the douglas website for 17.50EUR.

 Goodbyeeeee

- Nikki

The To-Read-Pile

Hi babes,

Today I'm doing something different on the blog. I have a shelf above my bed where I pile the books that I want to read. It's the small part of my book collection that I have on show and keep separate from my (soon-it-will-be-a-) library. Today I'll give you a little insight on the books I have left to read.

Let's start with "Life and Death" by Stephenie Meyer. This is the rewrite of "Twilight" as a little gift to the readers for the 10 years anniversary of "Twilight". I've just finished it and it's bloody amazing. I'm thinking about doing some book reviews in the future. Next we have the "Lockwood & co" series by Jonathan Stroud. I love fantasy books so this looked right up my street. I haven't heard that much about it but let's face it; the cover looks amazing. I do judge a book by it's cover ;) I have a feeling these books will be finished in like a few days after I start reading them. Lastly I have "A little history of philosophy" by Nigel Warburton and "The glam guide" by Fleur Deforce; Both very different yet the same. These are both books that I pick up, read a few pages or a chapter, put it back and repeat this after a few months. The philosophy book basically tells you per chapter a condensed version of a philosophy for every big philosopher beginning way back in the day like Socrates and ending with modernday philosophers. I know near to nothing about modern day philosophers so I'm excited to learn more about those. I realise this may not be everyones cup of tea but I'm interested in philosophy. Then we have "The glam guide" which is a guide for everything beauty and style which contrary to the philosophy also really interests me. Besides I reallyyyyyyyy love Fleur as person and watch her videos constantly.

Who's with me that books are great for decoration? Money well spend!

Goodbyeeeee

- Nikki

Valentines Day - Recommended Items

Hi babes,
Considering it's Valentines Day tomorrow I moved my usual Monday post to today so i could do something for Valentines Day. I'm not sure what my plans will be for Valentines Day but I've assembled some things to give you some inspiration. Red is definitely the colour of choice for this holiday so I've chosen red lingerie, red lipsticks and a beautiful perfume that's light yet sensual and feminine.

Products
- Bra and panties from Hunkemoller in style Fancy
- Chanel blush in Inspiration
- MAC lipstick in Russian Red
- Estee Lauder pure color envy liquid lip potion in Strange Bloom
- Bourjois Twist Up The Volume mascara
- Jo Malone cologne in Peony and Blush Suede

Happy Valentines Day
Goodbyeeee

- Nikki

#happysinglesawarenessday

Recipe time - Banana bread

Hi babes,
A bunch of overripe bananas means only one thing time to make banana bread. I'd never made this before but it's a common favorite so I'd thought I try it too. I chose a recipe by Estee Lalonde formerly known as EssieButton. I'll leave the recipe below in grams but you can watch her video here where she uses cups as measurement. I'm not one for accurately measuring so mine probably won't look or taste exactly the same but it still tastes amazing.

Ingredients 
- 260 grams of flour
- 260grams of brown sugar
- 100 grams of butter
- 1 1/4 tsp of baking soda
- 1 1/4 tsp of baking powder
- 1/4 tsp of salt
- 100 ml of milk
- 1 egg
- 3 ripe bananas

Recipe
- Mash the bananas with the milk
- Combine the sugar with the butter
- Add the egg
- Mix the dry ingredients; flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt
- Mix all 3 mixtures together
- Add the mixture in a baking tin (buttered or with parchmentpaper)

Allow to bake for about 60min on 180 degrees celcius. I got mine out at 50 minutes wich makes it really moist because it's a bit underbaked. Keep your personnel preferences in mind.

Where I've been - Ghent citytrip

Hi babes, 

Last Friday I went on a citytrip to Ghent. It's easily my favorite city in our small country. I lived there for a year when I started Uni. My grades were anything but great and I moved back home. I didn't really complain about it and grew to like going to school in Hasselt but... Now that I went back for a day I am smitten once more. I got a sudden feeling of homesickness. Even though I only lived in Ghent for a year, it did/does really feel like home. I never realised how much I missed the city. Probably because I've gotten myself in a new routine. Now I can't shake the feeling of wanting to move back yetI don't know if that's possible at the moment.

Anyway my homesickness aside; I usually use a citytrip as an excuse to shop excessively. Not this time though I planned a few things and told myself to only go into shops that I don't usually shop at if I see something special. Does one really need to go in another H&M in another city, probably not. I planned to go see the Design Museum, go see the exterior of the Gravensteen (I'd been inside before), walk through the Patershol and just see where the city takes us. 

Me and Anais started our day (after our usual train delay and Nikki tantrums because these always happen at one time or another --') walking 'round the Gravensteen. Later moved on to the Design Museum. I really loved this. It's really different from the usual museum as it doesn't consist of only sculptures and paintings. Besides it's really fun to oooh and aaaaah over things you recognise or still have at home. Especially the section where they feature things from the sixties until now, you'd recognise more than you think.Yes Tupperware saltshaker and Belgacom telephone I'm talking about you. Once done at the museum which I can definitely recommend we went for a coffee at Barista near the Patershol, walked through the Patershol en continued our walk through the city looking for food. The more I walked the more I felt homesickness and stomach pain. (I won't go too much into this but it ruined the rest of my afternoon and we had to go home early) Later on we did a few more shops and went for a couple of drinks but eventually went home in the late afternoon because I felt like crap. Even though my day started sucky and ended crappy I still had a great day and hope to be back in Ghent soon.

Goodbyeeeee

- Nikki