January Favourites

With January being over and February just beginning, we are being bombarded with blogpost and youtube videos showing the products loved in January. And like so many bloggers and youtubers, I'm going to do the same thing. So here are the products I used a lot and loved through January:

Let's start with the beauty favourites. First up the product I use multiple times each day, the Maybelline Baby Lips in Intense Care. This is the best lip balm I've ever owned. It goes on really smooth and makes my lips soft like no other lip balm can do.

I prefer lip balms in stick form to lip balms in pot form, because you have to put your finger in the pot and get it all dirty and sticky and bleggh and then you need to wipe it off on something or someone. I much rather prevent that.

The Maybelline Baby Lips gives some shine to the lips, which I quite like. The Maybelline Baby Lips also comes in coloured lip balms. I own Cherry Me and Pink Punch. I love Cherry Me which is a red, but I don't really like Pink Punch, because the pink colour is too light for my lips and makes it look odd.

The formulas of the coloured lip balms are really nice as well. They are moisturizing and make your lips very soft, but they aren't as moisturizing as the colourless ones.

The Maybelline Baby Lips in Intense Care is the only lip balm I've ever used all up. And that says something because I never seem to be able to empty products and change them before I can finish them.

Yes, there's a little Christmasbear hiding behind the mirror. No I didn't forget to put it away, it's sitting there all year. Don't judge, it's just too cute.

Next is a nail polish which is Essie's After School Boy Blazer. This is the perfect winter nail polish for me. I always wear dark colours (even in summer). I just love dark nails. After School Boy Blazer is a dark, dark blue, which in a certain light looks black.

But not only the colour is amazing, the formula of this nail polish is incredible. To get a nice colour on your nails you only need one coat, only one! But that's not the only thing. This nail polish dries so fast. I think mine has dried within 10 minutes without using a quick drying topcoat. That is just amazing and makes this nail polish the perfect nail polish for a girl like me who hates having to wait for the nail polish to dry. I always ruin my nail polish when I have to wait for it to dry, because I just can't sit still, it's too boring.

Third is a product I rediscovered in January. I've had the Maybelline Colour Tattoos for a while, but just didn't use them a lot, until now that is. I have been using the colour Permanent Taupe the most, which is a very pretty every day taupe brown shade. The texture of these Colour Tattoos is really nice. You can apply the product with your finger, but I prefer using a brush (The filthy finger story again). They blend very nice and last a long time. You can use the product on its own or as a base and put eye shadow on top.

Next up is a product I have been using for a few months now, but since this is the first time I do a monthly favourites I thought I would include this product as well. It's the Sleek Blush by 3 in Lace. I have been using the shade in the middle a lot. It's named Guipure and it's a stunning rose gold/coral colour with orange/gold shimmer. It's a colour hard to describe, but stunning nonetheless.

Next up is a product more for Dutch people, because it's from HEMA. I believe there are a few HEMAs in other countries as well, but it's mainly Dutch. Anyway, this product is a lipgloss and it is really nice. To be honest, I didn't expect it to be a good product since HEMA is very cheap, I think this lipgloss only cost me 3euros, bargain. I just bought it because I needed a lipgloss in a pinky colour for my prom and HEMA was just the shop that was nearby. But this lipgloss is really nice. It is the moisturizing lipgloss in number 02 and it is a pretty blue toned pink with a bit of silver glitter. The lipgloss isn't very pigmented itself and is described as semi-transparent, but on top of lipstick it looks amazing, which is how I usually wear my lipglosses anyway. I love wearing it on top of Topshop's Macaroon lipstick or Rimmel's Kate Moss lipstick in 101. Because the lipgloss isn't very pigmented it gives the lipstick a nice pink sheen. Pretty, pretty.

Plus, what I find most important about lipglosses, it isn't sticky at all. An overall great product.

The last beauty product in this monthly favourites is a hair product from John Frieda. This is the Luxurious Volume Blow Dry Lotion Root Boosting.

I spray this in my hair after washing it and before blow drying, concentrating it at my roots, because that's where I want the volume to be. Again I really like this product because you can spray it directly into your hair and don't have to pump mousse into your hand and get filthy, sticky hands, I just hate it (as if you didn't know by now).

It gives me a little bit of volume, good enough for everyday, but if I want to give my hair a little bit extra I'll need to tease the roots and hairspray it.

Now on to the fashion favourites. Which is my new pair of boots from H&M. I've written a full blogpost, including pictures, about them which you can check out here.

And last but not least, the random favourites.

I've been ill quite a lot this month, and the best thing you can do whilst being ill is to watch a lot of TV series and Disney films. Which is exactly what I did.

I had already seen the entire first season of Orphan Black a few months ago and loved it so much I decided to watch the entire series again this month and I still love it a lot. It's about human clones who are being hunted down by someone and it's very thrilling, exciting, but also funny and interesting. If you like those kind of things I strongly advice you to watch it if you haven't watched it yet.

Frozen Movie Poster

Another thing I watched this month whilst being ill is the movie Frozen from Disney and I loved it so much I saw it again that same week and I wouldn't mind watching it for a third time. I think it might have beaten Bambi and has become my new favourite Disney movie. I loved all the songs and the story was really good, a little bit different from the more typical Disney movies with one bad guy and one good guy. Also advice you to watch that.

Well then it might be no surprise to you that my favourite song this month is Let it Go by Idina Menzel. This is a song sang in Frozen and I might have been singing it a lot this month. I prefer this version to the one sang by Demi Lovato, because it's more Elza. You can listen to the song down here:

And that's it guys. I hope you've enjoyed reading what my favourite things have been this January and I would love to hear your favourites, so tell them in the comments below.

Also do you prefer longer blogpost or short blogpost, because this one turned out to be quite long.

I'll try to keep it shorter next time if you want me to.

~Xx

 

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The Perfect Pair of Boots

First of all I want to thank everyone who checked out and followed my blog. I got a lot of pageviews last week and a few followers and I am happy with everyone of you ♥

Now lets get on with the post. A few days ago I ordered these boots from H&M and I'm in love with them.
I have been searching for the perfect pair of black boots for a few months now and I think I may have found them.

The boots are made of fake leather and have an elastic panel on both sides. The heel is 8,5cm which is quite high. However the boots are still very comfortable. I have been walking in them all day yesterday and my feet didn't even hurt.

It has finally snowed in the Netherlands, yeah!! This also means I could test out these beautiful boots in the snow. I was surprised, walking in the snow with these boots wasn't slippery at all. I think this might be because of the chunky heel, which will give you some more grip in the slippy, wet snow.

My little kitty wanting attention and being in shot (:

These new boots will definitely be a staple in my closet, because I love them so much.

Which are your favourite shoes? Tell me in the comments below, I'd love to hear about your thoughts.

~Xx

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The Resolutions TAG

Happy New Year everyone!!

So it's the New Year which means new resolutions, which will probably fail within the first two weeks of 2014.

I thought just a list of my resolutions for this year would be a bit boring. But there was the beautiful Nikkie from Nikkietutorials who came up with The Resolutions TAG! Nikkie is amazing with make-up and extremely funny, so I definitely suggest to go and check her out. Here are the links to her YouTube and Blog.

Anyway, this tag is perfect. Thanks Nikkie for coming up with it. This tag consists out of 10 questions of which 6 are on looking back, where you reflect the previous year and 4 are on looking forward. Let's start!

1. Name 3 things you did this year that you're proud of:

First of all I'm really proud I finally started blogging. I wanted to create this blog for a while now, but kept postponing it. But it's here now. I finally did it. So I'm quite proud of that.

The second thing I'm proud of is that I started a job in 2013. For a long time I was scared that I wouldn't be able to work, because of my health. For those of you who want to know, I worked at Etos, which is a Dutch drugstore. I worked there for six months and then sadly had to quit, because of my health and the combination of school and working got too much for me. But I really liked my job and my colleagues were very sweet. But even though I had to quit, I'm still proud of having worked for half a year.

Lastly I'm proud of being in my final year of school, this May I will be taking my exams. My grades aren't extremely good, but they are good enough for me. I'm happy I am able to go to school now, because a few years back I couldn't go, because of my health. So I'm really proud that school is still going well, even though I have to miss a few days a month due to my CFS.

2. Name one thing you wish you had done differently:

I wasn't really good of a planner last year. Now, planning is really important for me, especially during busy periods like test weeks or when I have a big school project coming up. If I don't plan these things carefully, I will stress a lot, which makes my CFS worse and I will be ill a lot more often. After the Christmas break I had to hand in the first version of a big school project which is needed to earn a school diploma. However, instead of working on it really hard from the beginning of the holiday, I waited till the end and it turned out to be a lot more work than I expected. So I ran out of time, which caused a lot of stress. When I finished it I had been ill for 4 days, because of all the stress and using up all of my energy. So I wish I had planned better.

3. What was your biggest highlight this year?

Going to London with my boyfriend just before Christmas. It was the first time we travelled together, so that was quite exciting. London was so beautiful and made me feel really Christmassy. I loved it. I also wrote a blogpost about it with some pictures, which you can check out here.

4. What was your favourite beauty product this year?

My favourite beauty product of 2013 has to be my Zoeva neutral eyeshadow palette. This palette has 28 beautiful eyeshadows. You can create a simple every day look with it or go for a smokey eye for night time. The shadows are quite pigmented, but some are prone to fallout. However this is no problem if you do your eyes first and then go on to your skin.

5. What was your least favourite beauty product this year?

My least favourite product has to be, shock horror, the Maybelline falsies mascara. I know so many people love this mascara to death, but to be honest, I didn't really like it a lot. It made my eye lashes stick together so much I ended up looking like I had 5 eyelashes per eye. I don't know why, but it just didn't work for me. It looks great on other people though, so maybe my eyelashes are just weird. 

6. Who do you want to thank for being amazing this year?

So many people (: My boyfriend, my family, my friends and you, reading my blog. You all cheer me up so much. I can't thank you guys enough for it.

7. What are the makeup/beauty resolutions you have for next year?

Wear winged eyeliner more often. In December I started venturing into winged eyeliner and I quite like it. I used to think it was a bit too much for me, I still do, a little, but I'm trying to get over that and wear winged eyeliner more often.

Another resolution I have is to drink more water, because my skin is very dry and I noticed that it improved when I drank more water, but I got a bit lazy and didn't pay that much attention to it. So I'm trying to do that a lot more this year.

8. What are your fashion resolutions for next year?

Saving money to buy good quality staples. Like a good quality white t-shirt or black jeans or a good fitted blazer. Because they will stay good a lot longer and I won't have to end up buying those staples again after a year, because they lost their shape or the colour wasn't as white any more.

Another fashion resolution is making more clothes myself. I love to design and create my own clothes and have a long list of clothes I want to make, but the previous year I just didn't find the time. I really hope I will find the time for it this year though.

9. What are your personal resolutions for next year?

In 2014 I want to pass my exams, then go to uni and move out. I'm really looking forward to moving out and having my own place for a couple of years now and hopefully this year it will finally be happening. So yeah, I'm really excited for that, but first I'll have to pass my exams.

10. Name one thing you want to check off your bucket list next year?

Decorating my own place. I already have so many ideas, but I'll have to wait till summer before it will really happen. But travelling and seeing the world would be nice to.

And that were the questions.

I won't tag anyone in particular, but if you enjoyed this tag and want to do it yourself, I tag you.

I hope you have an amazing 2014 and good luck with your resolutions!

~Xx

 

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