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

Time for some presents

Hi lovelies, 

It seems like I want to start every blogpost with 'long time, no see', I hate having less time to blog. I still haven't figured out how I can have better time-management so I actually find time to blog. Enough whining, let's discuss the subject of the day.

Almost 2 months ago I celebrated my birthday and I got a few gifts from my girlfriend and I also got myself some gifts.

On my birthday itself Anais brought me a little bag stuffed with goodies. The bag contained a nude Catrice lipstick, a Catrice nude eyeshadow palette and a Chanel creamblush. All things I wanted but never bought for myself . That's why I found these presents even more considerate. But as you can see in the picture, there is an extra lipstick. I bought myself a Mac lipstick, because you now... you can buy birthday presents for yourself. (Every excuse to buy stuff will do...)

Swatched : Catrice Hey Nude! // MAC Wear with flare // Chanel cream blush in affinité first the brightest it can be and next to that a lighter application

A few days later my next present came in the mail and turned out she bought me this Rise Against band tshirt. I absolutely love this shirt. Good job Anais <3

Last but not least we agreed that we would book a trip to Disneyland for my birthday so the weekend after my birthday we headed of to Disneyland (pictures of which can be found here and here) but I ended up buying a few things there. One of those is this cute Mickey Mouse mug with vintage looking drawings of Mickey Mouse on.

Lastly in Disney I could leave these cute little snugglets behind. They are part of the stackable toys collection. They are extra cute baby versions of the Disney characters. I bought Thumper from Bambi and Perry from Phineas and Ferb.

Voila, those were my birthday presents. I felled extra blessed with my presents and activities around my birthday. 

Goodbyeeee

- Nikki

What's on my face #20 - Autumnal soft make up

Hi lovelies,

Guess what today isn't is? Jep you guessed it, that promised haul. Turned out that was too much effort so I decided to a what's on my face instead. That haul is still coming though, I pinky promise.

As for a little life update, I'm interning in our local hospital which is pretty intense and stressfull. What have you been up to?

On my face are a few new things: A new Chanel cream blush, an NYC liquid eyeliner and a mineralize rich lipstick by MAC

I went for a matte base using the NYC mousse foundation. I added a lot of colour using the bright cream blush in the colour affinite and a mediumtoned hema bronzer. For an extra bit of glow I added a Catrice limited edition highlighter in bloomynous which is a gorgeous pink highlighter. 

For the eyes I used way to many eyeschadowshades : over the entire lid matt singh, in the middle matt rosen en matt wood in the outer corner. All of these shades are from the meet matt nude palette from the Balm. But it doesn't stop there I added a matte black in the crease and a copper shade from the MUA undress me too palette in the inner corner/piece of the eyelid. I finished things off with a wing using my new NYC eyeliner and lots of volume million lashes mascara by L'oreal. Lastly I used the mineralized rich lipstick in wear with flare from MAC 

I hope you liked this look. It turned out to be intense and somehow still soft at the same time.

Goodbyeeee

- Nikki

Stripes for life

Hi lovelies,

Long time no see... Yeah I know. Going back to school is so hectic. I never anticipated that I would so much less free time. Going back to school means that I'm not home until half past 6 and I really don't have time to blog after that. It's sad and I really miss it so I'm going to throw my at this moment non-existing-schedule out the window and just upload whenever I find some time. For today I have planned an outfit-of-the-day blogpost. I've been shopping lately and boy it's some good stuff. The skirt and sweater are from that recent shoppingtrip. Expect a haul soon!!!

                                What I'm wearing

                                   Top  - H&M

                                  Skirt - H&M

                        Knitted sweater - Zara

                              Stockings - Zeeman

                              All stars - Converse

My trusty sidekick <3

Leather detailing

Saving some bunnies who jumped on top of their cage, Kitty was not pleased with the sudden lack of attention.

Goodbyeeee

- Nikki