Rose Gold and Acanthus Leaves
Hi lovelies.
I am in a weird mood these days. I am happy yet restless with a sprinkle of anxiety.
I hope I can shake this weird feeling off soon and keep looking forward.
A while ago I decided to treat myself with some pretty things that are on the way to me as we speak. Soon I am back to my low season paycheck witch means I need to hold keep a tighter budget and really think about my purchases.
Not to feel to bad about my little shopping spree I have put in a double payment + a little bit more which was meant for next years down payment on my study loan. This means I no longer have any debt to the Swedish CSN.
This feels so utterly wonderful but sad at the same time. I had not been able to put in this extra money if my love and I had the possibilities to do as we had planned this fall. We had to cancel our trip to Edinburgh. I would rather spent my money on new memories and wonderful views of the Scottish landscapes but sometimes life has other plans. Hopefully we will be able to go some other time.
Today I received one of the treasures that I bought on my little shopping spree.
It is a beautiful ring perfect for the time of the year that soon lies upon us.
I just wanted something useless but pretty. I have worn it all day and can`t stop watching it transform under different lights and surroundings. The transforming is simply because of the mirror effect.
I bought the ring from Frippery Foperies on Etsy. There where lots of other beautiful rings I would love too but this one has to do this time. To get to the shop just click the image below.
Seems the shop owner is on vacation at the moment though.
It`s all smoke and mirrors
This first week after the vacation have been awful. Trying to get back on track with eating healthy, getting back to work and having a cold just haven`t made me full of energy.
Today was quite nice though. My mother in law and I went to the beach for some sun and cooling down in the crystal clear water. And later this evening a big thunder storm was roaming for a couple of hours. I just love thunder. After a while in the light of a candle I fell asleep listening to the rumble.
While I still enjoy the summer I can`t help thinking of the fall which is just around the corner. I love fall. The cool crisp air, the scent of woods and leaves, the colors, the dark nights, pumpkins!, the rain and cozy evenings with candles. Anyone other than me that longs for it?
Now over to something else than me babbling!
In Gothenburg on our last visit I found this beautiful and very useful thing.
It`s a smoke detector in the shape of a moth. How I want it! To bad it is a bit expensive for me at this time.
I found it on this one place on the internet if you can afford to get one yourself
Pretty pretty little bug
Grey days like the pretty fog & the wolfs soft fur
I guess I took a vacation not only from work but also from blogging. Oh well. By the visitor numbers and lack of comments I see that not many of you are staying inside reading blogs anyways. Tomorrow I am going back to work and the grey everyday life and routines. I can`t complain, after all I think my job is OK and I have had 4 awesome weeks. For once the weather have been super and I have enjoyed every second of it.
I thought I could show you my new top so this post will have some pictures and substance.
I found it on Etsy and I felt like it would make a great relaxed top for hot summer days.
Jason is a favorite in our home so it is more than appropriate!
If you like it just click the image and it will take you to the seller.
Haul
Last trip to Gothenburg was not about shopping but as usual when I have decided not to spend money I find lots of stuff I can`t walk away from...
Like this book. I have seen it on other blogs and been wanting it. The price tag has kept me from buying it but when I saw it in a shop window for half the price I rushed in and got it in a heartbeat.
It so beautiful, not only on the outside but it is a joy turning the pages and enjoy the pictures and text too.
I also bought a new shower gel that now is my favorite one. Flying fox smells divine. I kind of long for every shower!
The face mask was free because I brought back a bunch of empty containers and the little white round tab is a face cleanser you use in hot water.
And this necklace. How could I not buy it. It`s perfect. I haven't found a better goat anywhere. and I have been looking for a long time. It`s even better in real life than in my pictures and it lies perfectly against my skin without tossing and turning.
I bought some cd`s and a DVD at a second hand shop. The cd`s where meh.. But the movie I already had seen and wanted in my little collection.
Nice stuff or what? I am happy at least & kind of broke..
Sleeping beauty
I am counting the days to my vacation and I am down to 3 now! 2 work days and 1 off, my day off is tomorrow so I am going to sleep for as long as I want. Can you think of anything nicer.
Tonight I did some internet shopping and this time it wasn`t shoes... I actually bought new bedding. I have been longing for some with a more luxurious feel to than the cheapo ones we use from Ikea.
These have been on my wish list forever but have never been prioritized. One can wonder why, bedding used every nights should be prioritized before high heels and jewelry used once in a while...
Now I only wish I had them already. Don`t they look fluffy and comfy.
The bedding are from hemtex.se and I got two for the price of one.
Turn The Page
I am blogging today even if I am deadly tired. It`s not only me that are tired but my Christian as well. We believe we have eaten to little food with iron in it and suffer the consequences from this right now. I was at the store earlier and bought pumpkin seeds, buckwheat, Brussels sprouts and even a jar of vitamins... Go away stupid tiredness.
Earlier this morning I was at the gym lifting some weights and sweating like a crazy on the cross trainer. And Tuesday I went on a super long walk in the beautiful nature. Finally I have gotten back to my healthy ways of living after a somewhat stressful time, It feels so good. As you may remember I wrote some goals for this year and losing the weight I have put on these passed two years was one of them. If I keep it up now the goal can still be reached. It has nothing to do with a weird body image and a desire to be super skinny, I just want to be at the weight I feel suits me and I like the feeling of being healthy.
When my last payment dropped into my account I did a bit of shopping online. This week I got my packages all at once. I would have preferred them a bit more spread out to have many small happy moments but that never seems to happen to me.
My first package was from Eyes Lips Face and contained something I use on a everyday basis. Their super good mineral primer and their mineral foundation. They often have good deals and this time was no exception, buy one get one for free, was the deal this time. I am so happy that they are cruelty free and so unbelievable cheap. Buying mineral foundation somewhere else would ruin quite strained economy.
I have also treated myself to some Lush goodies.
Two solid perfumes, Vanillary and Tuca Tuca.
A new soap called Miranda that has a amazing scent of fruits and flowers.
My beloved Dark Angels facial scrub. And a small shower gel to test out.
I also could treat myself to some new clothes from Actual Pain when they had their 50% off.
I have the pentangle leggings in L and they are a bit big on me so I bought these leggings in a M. Unfortunately these are a bit to small....Fu****K. I guess they together with the dress I bought in Liverpool will have to act as motivation to stick to my healthy new diet and get me to exercise more.
This sweater did fit perfectly though ♥ Oh how I love it. I am wearing it right now. Perfect for lazy days and lounging in. I wanted the vest top too but is was of course sold out. Maybe the will have it in stock the next time.
By the way...I am so tired of my header. I wonder though how my next one is going to look like. I need to think of that a bit and try to get the time to fix a new one..
Good times
I have had such a lovely day today. All weekend I have been lying down with a cold. Today was the first day I felt really well and tomorrow I will be ready for work again whether I like it or not...
My day started with breakfast and some sunbathing the balcony. I even got to read a lot. Summer is the time of year I read the most. I rarely get the inner calm to read the other seasons for some weird reason.
Later on I tried to get into my old shorts.... It`s time to get going with those losing weight plans...
I squeezed into a pair and put on a lose top to hide the muffin-top the shorts made on me and went on a looong walk with Christian. We both needed to get out. He for his back pains and I for some well needed sun and exercise. We stopped for a sushi lunch down town and on my way home I got myself a huge watermelon. One on my favorite things to eat at summertime. I also got myself a pair of shorts to wear until I can get into my old ones. Something that hit me when I was looking through the shops was how shitty the selection of shorts there are for us women. Tons of super short "sexy" shorts in all colors exists. But I had trouble finding a pair of longer, loose and comfy shorts. I guess we are supposed to be showing of all bits at all times. I found myself a pair of cool and comfy shorts on the men`s department instead.
Here they are, they look much better in real life than on the picture!
A little break with my handbag as a pillow!
Sunbathing on the balcony with my hat that makes it possible to read
A little break with my handbag as a pillow!
My love♥
Now my legs hurt and I am super tired. I bet I will sleep well tonight.
Meanwhile
OK. So I am finally back. I did suddenly not have any time to write you a last post before going away to Liverpool. But here is the story. My love have some major back pains and when even sitting down is impossible he could not come with us on this trip. It is those things in life that you can`t control and of course we felt super sad and annoyed that it went this way. But when you can`t control it you can`t be to sad about it either. So I swallowed the sadness and said goodbye to my love and went on the trip with my parents by myself. It turned out really well. I haven't seen them in a long time and some quality time together was well needed. I have quite a lot of pictures and are currently working on a post about the trip. But in the meanwhile I thought I would entertain you with this post about my new wish list.
I have been eying the Killstar clothing line for a while but never have I been so eager to click home a lot of their stuff as I am now. But with a bit (read: a lot) of shopping in Liverpool and the possibilities that money can run very low in the household because of the back troubles I try to stop myself.
This dress I found at Felice Fawns blog and immediately wanted.
It took me to Killstars online shop and of course I found a lot of other treasures I would love to have.
Like this dress
Or this cozy sweater
and everybody, boys and girls needs a cool tank top for the summer months
And how perfect would not this tunic dress be at the beach over the bikini??
And how many times have I pinned these earrings at Pinterest?? ME WANTS!
This post on Killstar is not sponsored...I wish.... if you like me love this stuff you can get them at their online shop. I have linked the images above so to shop just click any of them.
I am such a sucker for satanic symbols and images although I am a atheist. For me they are anti symbols for everything I hate about religion and closed minds. If I piss of any Christians by wearing them that is just a bonus in my mind....
If they can they wear their crosses I can wear a Baphomet print if I want to.
Sweet Poison
I finally got my order from the Poison Apple Apothecary. Oh this is scent heaven. You may call me crazy for buying perfumes and lotions online and not being able to smell them first. But it`s kind of fun and opening the bottles and jars are such a surprise. They never smell like I have imagined.
BLACK RING MAFIA is a body butter or as they call it "embalming creme"♥
Full bodied black currant, smoky vanilla bean, and hints of musk is the scent. It smells so yummy! Out of the two I got this is my favorite.
Full bodied black currant, smoky vanilla bean, and hints of musk is the scent. It smells so yummy! Out of the two I got this is my favorite.
WHITE RABBIT is the other one!
This scent is sweet and creamy with notes of White Chocolate, Sassafras, Caramel, and Cognac. Also very nice.
This scent is sweet and creamy with notes of White Chocolate, Sassafras, Caramel, and Cognac. Also very nice.
I am about to run out of my old perfumes and buying something cruel is not an option. I like the perfumes from Lush but they don`t stay on my skin for as long as I would like. So I thought this was a perfect opportunity to try something new.
I got myself three perfume samples and this is how they are described:
GARDEN OF GRAVES
This scent was created to capture the essence of the great cemeteries of the south- namely Savannah, Charleston, and New Orleans. Not only are the cemeteries of these cities final resting places, they also hold a haunting aesthetic appeal through their design and architecture. The southern foliage mixes with the humid air to create a heady garden perfume all its own- sweet fresh earth scattered with brambles of white and red roses guarded by austere live oaks heavy with spanish moss.
This scent was created to capture the essence of the great cemeteries of the south- namely Savannah, Charleston, and New Orleans. Not only are the cemeteries of these cities final resting places, they also hold a haunting aesthetic appeal through their design and architecture. The southern foliage mixes with the humid air to create a heady garden perfume all its own- sweet fresh earth scattered with brambles of white and red roses guarded by austere live oaks heavy with spanish moss.
BLOODLUST
This bold and powerful blend is a raging swirl of blood red rose, smoky patchouli, and deep musk. Patchouli is a potent essence that is said to help balance one's Earth and Fire energy, even though both may be strong forces. Rose is known for its anti-anxiety properties; together, this combination will aid in standing your ground and becoming a force to be reckoned with.
This bold and powerful blend is a raging swirl of blood red rose, smoky patchouli, and deep musk. Patchouli is a potent essence that is said to help balance one's Earth and Fire energy, even though both may be strong forces. Rose is known for its anti-anxiety properties; together, this combination will aid in standing your ground and becoming a force to be reckoned with.
SWEET ALICE
"Curiouser and curiouser!" This blend evokes the sweetest qualities of our dear curious Alice in a blend of rich buttercream, tart black currants, a generous scoop of sugar, and strawberries growing wild throughout the forest.
"Curiouser and curiouser!" This blend evokes the sweetest qualities of our dear curious Alice in a blend of rich buttercream, tart black currants, a generous scoop of sugar, and strawberries growing wild throughout the forest.
I am totally in love with Sweet Alice. Oh my! I need to get a full bottle ♥ Bloodlust is my second favorite and Garden of graves is in the last place of the three, still I like that one a lot too.
If you want to check out the shop yourself just click the picture.
Lorian
The same day I found my beautiful second hand heels I passed by my favorite shop in town. I had as usual a nice chat with the wonderful shop owner and bought a new top from Spin Doctor that I have been eying for a while. I haven`t even tried it on before because I think it`s too pricy. But this time it was on the half off rack! Yay! I tried on the skirt that goes with it too but my size was sold out. Too bad because it looked so nice. Maybe I will look for it online.
I wore it today and felt great. I use it with a lace top underneath to hide the cleavage a bit..
The top is called Lorian top and as I wrote earlier is from the brand Spin Doctor.
I forgot to take a picture of the back. It has a nice corset type of lacing.
New-old stufffff
E.L.F. (Eyes lips face) had 48% off everything for 48 hours a while ago, so I took the opportunity to restock some of my basic make-up products. I bought 5 pots of my mineral foundation which I use every single day! Love it! And a second bronzing brush that I also think works super for applying blush.
The eyeshadow called Brownstone is my favorite for every day, natural eye make up. It`s so light and easy to blend and with the darker browns and you can turn it into a smokey eye in a second for evening wear. I got my last one in a free bundle and fell in love with it. Now it`s all empty!
The only new thing I bought this time was the concealer with brush. I really have a favorite concealer in the wet and wild quartet. But it seems like such a waste to buy it when I only use the pink concealer part and throw away the rest. Hopefully this is a good replacement.
What are your favorit products for every day use? Anything from E.L.F.?
I also have to show you some cute new rings I got off Ebay. They where less than 10 sek. each and they both had free shipping. Me like!
Twenty fourth of January
You will have to look far and long for a more content girl than me right now. Ninni and I have been at the local spa and relax almost the whole day. I got my first massage and we have been in different saunas, weird showers and even been lying on a warm hamam stone. So lovely. We had fruit & chocolate plate with smoothies for lunch and afterwards we went for sushi. Yum. This was my birthday present from Ninni. Thank you so much again :)What a treat.
Even some shopping was done. Such a great day!
I got myself a new hand cream from Love & Toast in the scent honey/coconut. Super nice now that my hands are dry in this cold weather. And it is of course cruelty free. And as a bonus it don`t contain bad things for you like paraben and artificial colors.
And finally I found myself a new calender for 2013. The prettiest I could find was this one with images by Alfons Mucha.
I will finish off this post of a picture I took on my way home. Everything is covered in beautiful frost and the moon is glowing.
Alice in wonderland
Alice in wonderland inspired collage.
Dress from LaRedoute
Stockings from attitudeclothing.co.uk
White rabbit necklace from the spangled maker on etsy.com
Red heart earrings from Red truck designs on etsy.com
Latex gloves from Lady Lucie on etsy.com
Barry M cruelty free nail polish found at asos.com
Shoes from the brand Lola Ramona
Red heart purse from ebay.com
Woohooo
This post is from my new lap top. I am so happy. Everything runs like a dream♥
I think all important stuff now is dowloaded and everything seemes to be in order. *content sigh*
These recent days not much have happend. I have been working and tried to relax a bit with Christian. And two weeks ago we had a little one day trip to Gothenburg. I shopped some stuff on sale and from second hand shops.
This tank top was half off. If I had a bit more money to spend I would have bought the Bathory hoodie they had too.
A stop at Lush was of course necessary. A pice of the Northern light soap and a small bottle of Snow fairy shower gel on 50% off was the goodies I brought home with me. And they both smell amazing. Yum. Lucky me are going to lift some weights tomorrow and will be needing a shower!
The spikes you see on the pic abowe is the headband I made last year! (weird it`s 2013)
I kind of like it but Christian thinks I look like the statue of liberty. I guess I need to style it in a way that don`t give those wibes...
Do you like this kind of headband?
So...I ordered a new mascara again. But more about that later. I got a new lipstick too! It`s from Sleek and called Vixen. Bright red. It`s light and nice on the lip and what a color. Me like! This one I will be using a lot. So nice to find good, cheap & cruelty free products.
I caught some daylight and snapped this photo of me wearing it today.
I had a super nice new year´s eve too by the way. I went to Ninni as I have told you before. There we did nothing but eat gooooood food, drink wine & drinks, lie in the sofa wearing comfy lounge pants and watch old cartoons and a baking program on the tv. We even saw some fireworks. Thank you Ninni and Johnny.
Now I have started detox after christmas and all the sugar that comes with it. I am on day 4 now. It`s going fine. It`s almost worse that I have gotten used to bigger portions of food because I am so much more hungry now... Nothing more to do but push through these next weeks until I am on the right track again.
Done some shopping...
Hi
I am so tired. I don`t know if it is the christmas food I eat that makes me like this or if I don`t sleep enough. Blah! And I am sad to say so but the super slow laptop I have makes it a nightmare to blog. Everything takes about five times as long as it usually does. It leaves me feeling really angry & fustrated! Just to get pictures from my camera onto the computer can take about an hour... So I just ordered a new one. Hopefully I will get it next week. It was quite expensive >.< but I don´t want a crap one that has to be replaced soon again.
Here it is. Not that good looking but it is the inside that counts ;)
It`s supposed to be great for editing photos and videos^^ Lets hope it really are as good as decribed and people are honest in their reviewes.
December weekday luxury
These days I have been a busy little bee. Not a moment to blog. But it is only positive stuff going on so I can`t complane.
Tuesday I had the day off besides a work dinner at the evening. So Christian and I spent the whole day together out in our little town.
This was my outfit of choice this day: my new, super warm winter coat and my beloved Demona boots. With some lacy purple leg to go with it.
Hungry after a spinning class early that morning we had lunch at the best sushi resturant we know of. I managed 12 pices. Yum!!! I actually get hungry just looking at this picture. How I wish I can go to Japan someday. A goal for 2014 maybe.
As usual we went to our local second hand shops( I didn`t find anything )and had a cup of coffee afterwards.
I ate Key lime pie for the first time and was not impressed. Belive it or not, I did not even finish it... Maybe it was the recipe, but it was just not that nice.
I did not have any big plans on getting a new dress for Christmas and New years eve. But this day I found one!
It was the first thing I laid my eyes on when I walked over the doorstep and into this cosy shop I would like to run one day. I tried it on and imagened it with my striped stockings and teeze heel which resulted in the buy.
It`s from Spin Doctor and is called Erebus. It has a nice heavy feel to the fabric, is well sown & you don`t feel to naked with the cute hood covering your shoulders. It has a underskirt that helps the skirt move nice and it gives you a really nice shape. Need I say I am happy with it.
Here you can see it hiked up with the straps the way I am going to wear it.
How I adore days like this. Just easy going and together with my love doing simple things we like.
Have you done anything special this week?
Waiting for a winter wonderland
I got my winter coat yesterday and I am so happy! Finally a coat without a big rip in the back^^ I even ordered it one size bigger than my usual so I really can pack on layers underneath. No more freezing for me!
Due to lack of light and any good place to take photos at home I tried to take a picture in the locker room at work.
It did not work out well... But you get an idea of the shape at least! It looks kind of a dress with a wide skirt.
I used to have a coat similar to this but I sold it when I lost at lot of weight. And how I missed it.
I love that it got an goth kind of look to it and it will look perfect with a par of heels. Espesially with my spine heels I think :)
I will try to take a better picture of it soon. Would you maybe like to see more outfit posts here? I have been thinking about it for a while now and if I can force Christian to snap some shots of me more often I may be able to do so.
Purple lips
I am sorry I am such a bad blogger. I really want to blog every day but reality dosen`t always want it that way...
This morning I at least slapped on my new lipgloss to try to show it off to you guys. I so not have the pretty pout I wish. But a girl can`t have it all can she;)
It is my Twilight lipgloss from Mandikins that I also got my eyeshadows from. (post below)
Twilight is purple, a kind of pink base with lots of blue shimmer in it. I can`t wear warm colors even if I think they are deadly pretty, my skin tone needs cool colors to look good. And a purple with the right base will look just right on me.
So with that in mind Twilight just slipped into my virtual shopping cart .
This is the color in "shadow light"
And here it is in sunshine. You can see the blue shimmer and tiny tiny glitters.
Here is the only sad thing about it...The roller thingy....It makes it difficult to get the proper amount of gloss on your lips. And I think it will make it impossible to use it when it`s only a little left.
Here it is on my bare lips.
And here over a red color.
I love it! Perfect for layering. I am starting to think I need to use more lipstick and get over the fact that I have petite, crooked lips! Get over it, right!?
To get to Mandikins shop just click the images. And of course the lip gloss is cruelty free!
Can you wear purple?
Happy happy happy!
My third workout this week is done and I am going at it again tomorrow. Feels good to be back in business^^
Slowly I am starting to feel like I am getting back in the shape I was before I hurt my ankle. Remind me to never hurt myself like that again ;)
Here I am looking dorky waiting for the others to arrive.
After my workout I tried out my new showergel from Love & Toast. Sadly I was not impressed. The smell was very light...to light for me. So even though I really can`t afford to I sat down and ordered some new showergels from Lush. I live in sweden as you probably know by now but I ordered from the UK webshop. The prices are lower so if you buy a couple of products you save some money on it even if the postage Is higher.
I ordered this
and this
I even bought a new Gorilla solid perfume, called Lust
the hair treatment H`Suan Wen Hua. I have tried this once before and loved it.
and a new conditioner. I have the American Cream right now and even if it works fine I want to test out some others. I don`t feel that my hair is the best it can be with he one have now .
It is for afro hair but it sounded like somthing that may work well for my hair too. Let´s hope it is better.
I also need to express my love for the face scrub Dark Angel that I bought last time I was at the Lush shop in Gothenburg. It is amazing. I love everything about it. I have used quite a lot of different ones over the passed years but this beats them all by miles!!! This is the best part of every shower I take. And boys! This one you can use too. Nothing girly about it! Black of color and with charcole. Quite black metal it is ;)
Go to Lush by klicking the pictures .
Winter is coming
Quite a while ago I made this winter inspired collage.
So please look away from the H&M nailpolish which aren`t cruelty free and just take it as color inspiration.
I made it for myself as a cheer-up-it`s-not-that-bad-with-winter-collage. I feelt sad about the summer that never came.
I have the boots but not the other stuff.
The furry bolero are from Necessary Evil, the polka dot sheer top are from H&M, eyeshadow palette is "Creature of the night" by Manic Panic, Skirt and velvet leggings is from ebay (don`t remeber the store)
Last but not least the boots from Demonia called Bear. I love these boots. They make me look like I am a cartoon character with loooong legs^^ I almost are the same height as Chistian when I wear them.
The fur is of course fake ;)
