Holiday spirit

The Christmas spirit is present everywhere. In the city. At school. At work. At university. But especially at home. I distributed festive items all around the house. Here are a couple of them:

 My selection of wintery yankee candle scents. I like the votive-ones most for seasonal scents, as a) they last quite a long time and b) I can take a variety of scents, so I can have a new one every two weeks of December, to get into a Christmas mood.
I started off with angels wings (or something...) and am currently at Christmas wreath. The next one will be the cranberry pear votive. I tried using them by how festive they smell.

 Another thing I did was to get my most festive bedding out which, as you can probably see, isn't festive at all. But I like to imagine that those dots are baubles and the white little dots are sparkles...
We definitely need some imagination here....

 The next compulsory Christmas item is are Christmas PJ-Bottoms with a matching,baggy, long-sleeved top.

 And you'll need some FAKE reindeer antlers. I've heard that you'll get in trouble if get the real thing....with Father Christmas....(yup, that was a bad Christmas joke.. sorry)

 Nobody can say something against this mini desk Christmas tree. It's pre-decorated, it doesn't loose all it's needles after a week, it is environmentally friendly (because you're not chopping down thousands of trees) and it's lightweight. Also there's a golden, glittery pug with wings underneath.

 Don't exactly know what this is, but apparently you can put tea lights inside and it looks good..

 Awww.. Look at this pretty fawn/deer....Doesn't it look pretty???

 This year's official Christmas tree.................Happy Holidays

Christmas nails

In a couple of days Christmas is finally here...Excitement...I wonder what Father Christmas is gonna bring ;)
I am already well prepared for this special season. At least my nails are.
End of October I bought some christmassy nails.

I chose red ones with a fair-isle print and penguin ones which both looked very cute. Each pack came with 24 nails and glue to make sure that they fit on every nail size, even though I think that you need a certain length and shape of fingernail for them to fit properly.

 The penguin nails lasted for about 3-4 days, which was probably due to me not putting enough glue on my nails. They also kind of cracked and the black colour went off at the top of the nail. The fair-isle ones lasted for 11 days, or so, but 3 fell off (because of basketball...) which I simply stuck back on with the glue. They didn't crack and the colour didn't go off.

A lot of people asked me whether I did them myself because they looked very natural (..even though they were quite cheap..), but what I liked most about them was the fact that they looked great even though I didn't put a lot of effort nor time (I was doing them while watching YT vids) into them.

I prefer these glue-on nails a whole lot more than regular nail polish, just because they're easy and quick to apply and can't smudge, which gives you an extra 25 minutes to procrastinate.

Another plus is that my nails grew lot, without breaking, except for one, which was damaged in an horrible basketball incident...
I had to cut them anyways because of me wanting to play my guitar and piano properly.... so that's that... but if you want to have long healthy fingernails you should try this out.
Happy Holidays

Portugal Holiday Big Shopping Haul

Ok. Let's be honest. I might have gone slightly overboard. But Portugal is probably one of the best places to go shopping in Europe. So I'll show you some of the things I bought when I visited Portugal.

 I'll start off with the things I bought in Primark: a black bandeau bra, grey gym leggings a cookie stamp and a pair of tweezers, because I forgot mine at home.

 A pair of basic, black non-slip hangers, which happened to be reduced. Lucky me.

A really cute cushion which doesn't exactly fit my room, but I bought it anyways because the ones I had, literally started to fall apart... :/

 I bought all of these treasures at Pull&Bear. I must have been in a very summerlike mood, as a lot of the things I bought aren't winter-suitable. I treated myself to a lace strappy top, high-waisted shorts, a striped longsleeve top and a jumper with the pull&bear logo.

 These necklaces came in a set of three. I really liked the idea of mixing silver with gold. The dainty heart one is my favourite.

The next shop I bought something from was Stradivarius. They had a really nice summer dress, a pair of distressed denim shorts and a really cute light-knit jumper.

 Zara was a lot cheaper and had a larger variety of items. I just had to buy this gigantic jumper because every time I wear it I look like a giant fluffy marshmallow.

 Because the things cost a lot less, I bought 2 pairs of jeans, which I absolutely adore because they fit perfectly. I sometimes really have trouble finding jeans that fit exactly how I need them to fit.

 Then, I bought these two mini perfumes which came in an adorable packaging. They're just the cutest thing ever.

Additionally, I bought this autumnal coat, because the only thing I had for the transitional time was a rain jacket and a winter coat, which obviously is just way too warm for autumn. I really like the style of this coat because it is very chic, but still remains somewhat casual.

Sun hat from Claire's. No explanation needed. Read the title.

Basic, black gym shorts from oysho. Really warm and cosy inside, even though nobody would expect that.

 Aaaah, this kimono. I'm not sure when I'm going to be able to wear this. Next summer? Maybe... I guess I'll have to wear this at home. BTW this is from Bershka.

This top is from Bershka as well. I thought it would look great with a cardigan, some shorts and a dainty necklace.

 Let's talk shoes. I basically just bought two pairs because I didn't feel the urge to buy more. Most of them are available at home anyways. Pair one are some havaianas in white-gold with a metal logo.

And pair two are these totally comfy sandals in black and rose gold.

New bikini in purple which I bought at the end of season sale at Calzedonia.

 Childish things I get at Accessorize when I need a frosting bag with a big nozzle and things are reduced. The lady at the till asked me whether it was a present for somebody and she should wrap it...

Spontaneous necklace purchase at Accessorize (which BTW is one of my favourite shops, they just have so many small things and accessories and especially things I don't really need, but somehow need...)

 These two treasures were bought at the wish concept store in LX Factory (they're just open a certain day of the week) They had loads of gorgeous things in there ( check out Day 5 of my Portugal Holiday series) and this is what I decided to buy. A week planner and cute washi tape.

 This lip gloss is amazing. It changes colours as soon as it touches your lips. I don't think that I have ever seen this brand before but they've definitely got great things there.

 When I went shopping for water and stuff, I picked up a vanilla caramel tea (which is a flavour I didn't know before) and strawberry powder to put into water and drink which just looked delicious as it was. I can really recommend the vanilla caramel tea

 I bought some Globos de Neve ( bonbons ) for my friends as well. They don't taste of anything except sugar, which can be quite nice sometimes.

 2 bags that are just way too gorgeous to not show you. The one on the left is a paper bag I got from the wish concept store and the other one is from Accessorize.