24 Jul 2012

New in: Lex Tuileries & Essence 104

At first I have to say thanks a million (and many, many more times :-)) to Jessica from Getting Cheeky for helping me get this nail polish since it unfortunately is not available in Europe. It is from Lex Cosmetics and only sold and shipped within the US. I have stumbled upon this beautiful nail polish shade while browsing through Meg's blog lips so facto for the first time and it immediately caught my attention and I became obsessed with it. Now I am lucky to have it in my collection, too, and I just love it. Without doubt, it is truly special and probably even the most beautiful nail polish of my collection. Here it is on my nails (sorry about the skin around my nails being a bit dry and chapped):


22 Jul 2012

Summer Salad with Ebly Sun Wheat

I'd like to share a simple and fast recipe with you again. This is one of my favourite salads in summer and it is also perfect for the lunch box at the office.

Ingredients for 2 meals:
  • 150 gram of Ebly sun wheat (this product is well known in Switzerland and Southern Germany and is advertised to be wheat in its most natural form - I just love it and recommend to try it), cooked according to the instructions written on the packing
  • 1 Feta cheese, cut into small pieces
  • 250 gram of fresh small tomatoes, each cut in half
  • half of a peeled cucumber, cut into small pieces

Dressing:
  • 4 table spoons of oil (I prefer some cold-pressed oil with a lot of different omega-x fatty acids)
  • 2 table spoons of balsamic vinegar
  • spice it properly according to your preferences with salt, pepper and basil

This is how it looks in the end:


I just love it. :-)

17 Jul 2012

Nails (& Nail Polish Review)

Here is a picture of a recent state of my nails:

The products I used for my nails are the total repair base coat by P2, the "Karl says très chic" nail polish by Catrice and the Essie good to go top coat:

This nail polish is a bit of a disappointment for me. It just does not look as good on me as on other people's nails. Look here for example @InnenundAussen on Paddy. Maybe the skin around my nails tends to be a bit too red - much more than with other people. However, somehow I think that the difference between the colour of this nail polish and my skin colour around my nails is just too blurred. Hence, I am considering to give it away to someone who can wear this colour better than me.

Otherwise I am content with my first Catrice nail polish. With Essie good to go, it dries quickly. It's opaque with the first application and it stays on the nails for around 3 to 4 days before it's chipping. But the colour does not suit me. 

16 Jul 2012

Lush Haul

Recently, I've ordered with Lush UK. I don't buy often Lush products but I felt the urge to do so again since I read a lot of interesting reviews of Lush products on different Blogs lately. In my current place of residence, there is no Lush shop and I only had the choice between ordering from Lush Germany or ordering from Lush UK. Since Lush UK is cheaper, I decided to order in the UK. The costs for shipping are double as high as in Germany but the products themselves are much cheaper. I was able to save 20 Euro compared with an order in Germany (including shipping costs) with the content of my order shown below:

These are the products I ordered:

The products are:
  • 4 Toothy Tabs: Dirty, Sparkle, Aquatic and Chou Chou ... I love you
  • Lemony Flutter Cuticle Butter (I already know this product and really love to use it agains dry hands and dry cuticles and am looking very much forward to using it soon again. Its lemony scent is wonderful, too.)
  • Ultimate Shine Solid Shampoo (I've read that this is one of the least drying solid shampoos by Lush and since I desperately wanted to have a solid shampoo for ages now, I bought this one.)
  • Bohemian Soap (The scent is pure lemony love *hmmm*)
  • Therapy Massage Bar (Who doesn't need a therapy from time to time? ;-))
  • Eau Roma Water (This is a facial toner recommended by Estée - Usually, I don't use toner because I find it too drying for my skin, but I am curious whether this one is a soothing one as Estée seems to suffer from dry skin as well)
  • Rehab Shampoo (This shampoo has been recommended as very good for dry hair by Liv - I am very curios, how I'll like it.)
  • Vanilla Puff (This is a body powder I've read a lot of great reviews about)
Most of the products are new to me and I am looking forward to trying them. Most of all, I'm dying to try the toothy tabs: