HOW TO GET HEALTHY GLOWING SKIN

Hi ladies I'm finally back! I've been having so many tests and just been busy with a bunch of homework. They really don't lie when they say that elementary school is like water compared to high school, and I'm at my first year and after summer it'll be my second year of high school and I've just heard that the second year is the hardest, sooo I'm a bit frightened since it's already pretty hard, but speaking of WATER.. Water is what I wanna talk about today.

I've been struggling with bad breakouts and red dots on my face and on my back. BUT then I started reading about what could cause it and help ease it up a bit and most articles I found said that if you don't drink enough water it can actually cause breakouts, because your skin doesn't get the needed hydration.

So what I did was I started drinking a lot more water and replaced it with sodas, juices that contained sugars and milk. I used to drink 3-4 glasses of milk everyday and now that I only drink 1 and drinking a hole lot of water I started seeing big changes in the way my skin looks. It looks way more hydrated and soft now and my skin looks better than ever!

Water can really make a big difference and cutting down on milk products would be a very good idea if your trying to get healtier looking skin :)

Good luck everyone and have a nice sunday!

Dry Shampoo by got2b Schwarzkopf

Hi ladies! Many people have a problem finding the right dry shampoo, especially brunettes since they need a dry shampoo that sprays out dark powder, but this dry shampoo sprays out in white and it still works if your a brunette! I've been looking for the best dry shampoo forever, but I've never had luck finding the best one, but then one day when I was in Germany I saw this thing standing and calling my name. It's the best dry shampoo I've ever tried hands down. It doesn't smell funny or anything, it doesn't get stuck in my hair, it's not sticky, it's very easy to brush out and it really does remove the greasiness from your hair. I just love this product!

Before using it you need to shake it well and then you can apply it to your oily roots. It really gives you the appearance and the feeling of new washed hair. With this thing you can go up to 4 days without washing your hair. I recommend 3 days max, since you need to wash your hair.  

On the back of the bottle it tells you all the things you need to do to use the product correctly and it says ROCK YOUR STYLE 1 MORE DAY!

What is dry shampoo? If you don't know what dry shampoo is, it's like a shampoo in sprayform that comes out in powder. If your hair is looking greasy and you don't have time to take a bath, just take your dry shampoo out and spray your oily roots and you can rock another day without washing it.

If you haven't found your best dry shampoo yet - give this a try!
Have a nice Sunday ladies <3

 (My dry shampoo, love them!)

Marilyn Monroe Quotes

ALL BLACK - H&M Footwear

Hi everyone! It's time for some footwear that looks good and looks expensive without spending all of your money, what better brand than H&M? I took a look on H&M's website and looked through all of their shoes and I've found the ones that I liked the most. I decided to do an ALL BLACK "theme" since black can go with almost anything! I am defiantly going to buy some of these, if not them all lol :) I wanna talk about the different footwear and what you can pair them with, the prize and direct link to the footwear. So let's just jump right into it.

These I'm totally in love with! It works perfect with any simple dress that needs some touch up. I think they'll also look amazing with a jumpsuit. The gold chain really caught my eye, because it's really modern having some gold chain look going on. These you can defiantly rock to any party.
Buy them here: http://www.hm.com/us/product/19469?article=19469-A

 These shoes are just awesome. I really like the pattern on these shoes. You can defiantly wear them on a daily basis with some jeans and casual t-shirt. I just think these shoes looks so fresh and clean and gives any look a modern touch.
Buy them here: http://www.hm.com/us/product/17697?article=17697-C

Now these pumps reminds me of Bratz by some reason. They look kind of big and very feminine. I really like that about them. You can wear these with a cute dress or skirt. I think they'll work with most party-looks since they're black! That's why we love black shoes!
Buy them here: http://www.hm.com/us/product/18481?article=18481-A

Ballet flats!!! Who doesn't love ballet flats? I think these are so adorable with a little touch of gold on the bow and at the little heel. You can wear these to almost anything and still look cute. These ballet flats look so cute and I really love the pattern (like the shoes I've already talked about) You can wear these on a daily basis or to a party.
Buy them here: http://www.hm.com/us/product/12803?article=12803-A

Hello fashionista! These ankle boots are totally modern, again with the touch of gold on the side. Many of the H&M footwear have a gold thing attached to them in this new collection, I really like that! Since I'm in love with gold :) I think because of the fabric you can still wear them on a daily basis, since the fabric tones it down a bit, you know what I mean?
Buy them here: http://www.hm.com/us/product/18529?article=18529-A

The wedge-heel sneakers have been out on the market for a while now, but I still think they are awesome. It's the sneakers look but then with a wedge-heel so you can look feminine and boyish at the same time - I really like that! I have a pair from G-Star which I totally love and the funny thing is it's the only shoes boys have giving me compliments on. They are crazy about them! You can wear these on a daily basis.

Buy them here: http://www.hm.com/us/product/21156?article=21156-A

 

Blank pumps! Totally party time! I really like these pumps with the blank/shiny look, that just makes them even more visible for other people and they can just fresh up any dress with that shininess. 
Buy them here: http://www.hm.com/us/product/18484?article=18484-A

Last but not least the ballet flats for only $12.95. These you can wear with a cute dress or on a daily basis. It's just nice to have some basic ballet flats sometimes that you can just put in easily and walk out the door. I love basic flats, especially in the summertime.
Buy them here: http://www.hm.com/us/product/08433?article=08433-A

That's it for this post, I hope you liked it. All items are available at H&M's stores now all around the world. Have a good shoe day! :)

Strawberry & Blueberry Smoothie - Easy to make!

Hi girls! I've been loving smoothies lately - especially a nice cold smoothie with strawberries and blueberries. This smoothie is filled with C- and A-vitamin.

It takes 5 min. to make and tastes heavenly. 

The reason I started making smoothies is because I didn't really think I got enough fruit and every time I want to snack on something or drink some soda, I just take my healthy smoothie out and replace it with the bad cravings. It makes my 'little need' for sugar go away since the smoothie tastes so sweet. If I'm hungry it also helps just drinking a smoothie since it's filled with vitamins and think about it... You actually eat lots of fruits, just by drinking that one smoothie that tastes amazing. 

 Recipe (for 2 glasses):

1/2 Cup of blueberry youghurt 

1/2 Cup of orange juice

1 Banana

1 Apple

1 Orange

9 Strawberries

15 Blueberries

Now blend it all together for about 5-8 min. depending on how thick/thin you want your smoothie to be. I like mine between thin and thick, but not so thin it's like water, if you know what I mean. 

Now enjoy your lovely smoothie!

TIP: If you know you wanna do smoothies almost everyday I recommend cutting some fruit out and lay it in your freezer - that way it's easier for you to do your smoothie and your fruit will last way longer! But fresh fruit will always be the best. 

How to Get Tan with Dove Tanning Lotion & Maintaining Tan

Hi ladies! Today I will talk to you about how to maintain a tan, and which tanning product I prefer. I am not really about getting in the tanning bed since it increases your chances of skin cancer with 25% already after only one time in the tanning bed! The sun isn't healthy either in big quantities. That's why I am showing you this amazing product. Let's jump right in.

My go to favorite tanning lotion is the one by Dove. It's the No. 1 gradual self tanning product in Scandinavia. The lotion is white-brown and you can apply it easily like a normal lotion. It contains 250 ml. and can hold up to 12 months after opened.

Colors: It comes with two different colors Light - Medium Skin and Medium - Dark Skin. I've been experimenting with both colors, and I'm defiantly all about the medium - dark skin, since your tanning for one reason - TO GET TAN! The lighter one makes me look greenish and it doesn't give you that much color. If you want to get tan you should use the darker one.
For a full coverage (making sure no white spots) apply two layers - that will make you look tanner, and it will last longer. Let the first layer dry and then apply the next.

Scent: When you first smell it and rub it into your skin it smells nice and summer-like. BUT when you wake up it doesn't smell that good anymore, you will defiantly need a shower to wash of the smell.

Applying: Before applying the lotion I recommend you scrub your body (or the areas wanted tanned). That will help the tan last longer. It's very easy to apply and it dries fast unless you apply many layers.
Make sure to not touch your elbows, because dry areas will absorb the lotion way more than your soft skin. After applying wash your hands really good, cause you don't want those yellow looking hands so everyone can she you've been tanning - we want this to look as natural as possible. 
I recommend that you apply 30-40 min. before going to bed, so it can get into your skin (a tanning lotion needs 6-8 hours without sweating or taking a bath, swimming etc.) so it can develop into your skin nicely while you sleep.
When you wake up you should see great results! When you wake up I recommend taking a shower to get rid of the bad tanning scent.

Maintaining:  Maintaining a tan can be done through many different ways, you can drink a lot of water to keep your skin nice and soft, make a carrot smoothie (it helps keeping your tan) and you can invest in some very good lotions.

These two are really good lotions. The Loreal Sublime Body lotion and the Plaisir Body Lotion makes your skin the softest ever! I've honestly never tried any lotions like these two. Plaisir is a bit more high-end and loreal are a good drugstore alternative, if you don't want to go out and buy an expensive lotion.

I've used these lotion for a long time now and I defiantly see a difference between using them while having a tan or without. They make my tan last longer plus my skin gets really soft.

Now you can enjoy your tan!

(My little collection)

January Favorites

Hi beautiful! Here's my favorites for January. These seven different things are defiantly something I've used all January and I really like them.

• 1. Cool Water by DAVIDOFF. It's a really fresh smell - you know the feeling and smell you have when you step out of the shower? That's how it smells, just better! It gives you the feeling of being fresh and clean. I would call this a summer scent, but you can defiantly wear this all year around.
• 2. ELF Lipstain in Birthday Suit. This lipstain is first of all amazing. It got two sides. You have a clear gloss you can put on top of the colored side. It gives an effect of fuller lips when you apply the clear gloss on top. You can buy it here: www.eyeslipsface.com
• 3. Also an ELF product. It's the ELF powder from their Studio Line. Their studio line product has a NARS packaging looking. I've used this for contouring all month - and I love it! I have it in caramel, which is 2-3 times darker than my skin tone. It works perfect with their contour brush from their studio line as well.
• 4. The Falsies by Maybelline. The mascara on the photo isn't waterproof, but I prefer the waterproof cause my eyes tints to get watery sometimes. I just think the waterproof lasts longer and it holds up the lashes longer than the original. It really gives you the look of false lashes. I just love this mascara!
• 5. Noa Noa rubber boots - Now these are amazing! They are cheaper than Hunter rubber boots and they works exactly the same. They are 100% waterproof and you walk great in them. They work perfectly with a sock in them.
• 6. Loreal Volume Shampoo with no silicone. This is my second favorite shampoo ever! It has a smell I haven't smelled before, it's a really good smell. This is basically a volume shampoo obviously, and it gives me the best volume of all the volume shampoos I've used. So if you want volume you should defiantly try this one out! The bottle says it's for fine hair with no volume. But I have a lot of hair and it's not fine, but it works for me. This shampoo is also really good if you straighten your hair, cause the straightening won't weight down the volume.
• 7. The Remington Pearl Straightener is the best drugstore straightener you can get! It works wonders for my hair (I have naturally curly hair) and it straightens my hair a way that none of the other I've tried. It leaves your hair soft and silky. I really enjoy this straightener. It takes about 1 min. to warm up and it says a "bip" noice when it's ready. It goes up to 235 degress which is more than enough for your hair. It leaves your hair straight for two days (if you do it the right way)

I hope you liked my favorites! See you next month with a new favorites post :)   

How to Look and Act like Kim Kardashian

Many people adore this lady, and I understand why. She got the money, all the men and she got the style. Follow these tips and you're on your way to become Kim Kardashian's new twin ❤ 

1. The beautiful dark brown hair
As we all know, since Kim began dating Kanye, we haven't seen her with her long beautiful hair (extensions) and her style has changed a bit. That doesn't mean that we don't rock the old Kim K hair. All you need to do is 3 simple things. First of all you will have to color you hair a shiny dark brown, if you already have the same hair color, then you obviously don't have to do that. Second thing is get the loooong hair, what you can do is, that you can wear extensions or if that's not your thing, you can buy some hair growth treatments. There is one by Lee Stafford that I've heard good things about. It's called Hair Growth Treatment by Lee Stafford.

The third thing is you gonna use a hair styler (curling iron) and you have to curl the ends of your hair and add some volume to your hair, you can tease your hair and hold it up with some hairspray. When that's done, your hair is totally Kim Kardashian.

 

Style before Kanye:

Style after Kanye:

2. Get the style

Kimmie got a lot of looks, and you rarely see her in the same outfit twice! She wears a lot of dresses and skirts with a cute top and a nice black blazer. Kim makes sure that she always look girly. Then theres also the accessories. Kim wears a lot of gold bracelets and gold big earrings + she always likes a good french manicure or pink nail polish. When you have done that you don't need that much more.

3. Tan

Kim is so lucky that she got some Armenian in her, which means that she is tan all year around! But although she still gets spray tan even though she already is tan. If you see her show, you know that she almost gets a tan everyday. But when you tan, then you have to do it the right way so it doesn't get the muddy look and so that you don't have white spots. I recommend the Dove Summer Glow Lotion and get it in the darkest color! Therefore you will get darker faster. I've been experimenting with the lotion and it fades naturally and it doesn't leave white spots. 

4. Act like a lady

Kim is really not a fighter, and she is friendly to most people (if you are kind to her). She acts like a lady and she's really sweet. When Kim gets a bad reputation, she really doesn't care that much and gets through it easily. If you have to be like Kim, then you have to think: You know who you are and your friends/family know who you are, and that's all that matters at the end of the day. She doesn't really care about the people who makes rumors about her. 

5. Get the makeup look

Kim is also very known for her long eyelashes, contour and soft smokey eyes. What you'll have to do is grab your smokey eye palette and get the soft dark brown colors. Then in the inner tear duct you'll have to apply some glitter, if you haven't noticed Kim does it very often. If you don't have naturally long lashes, then fake it ("fake it, till you make it" as Khloe, Kims sister says) and then you will have to apply lots of black mascara. Kim favorite mascara is Hypnose by Loreal. What you need now is some clear gloss, or some with a little tint of pink in, and now you are ready. Remember to contour your cheeks, jaw line, temples, then highlight the bridge of your nose, under your eyes, under your contour on your cheeks, forehead and under your eyebrows. Check the picture below if that's easier for you.

DRUGSTORE SHAMPOO ETC.

Hi beautiful! So many people can't afford always going to salons and buy the best products for your hair, so I've gathered some of my best drugstore shampoos together. They are all very affordable and works wonder for your hair.

Let's start from the left. Garnier Respons the mother of pearl & cherry with no parabens. It may look a bit like some grandmother shampoo, but I guarantee you that it isn't! It smells very fresh of flowers and gives you silky soft hair. It says it gives intensive shine, but I don't really agree with that. It does make my hair fuller and softer, but it doesn't look shinier. If your hair is a bit straw-like you should try this out!

Moving on is the Garnier Respons the avocado oil & shea butter also with no parabens. This smells heavenly! You can really smell the avocado oil and the shea butter. It just a really nice refreshing smell. It gives you nutrition and softness, and I couldn't agree more. This is just the best drugstore shampoo I've tried. It leaves my hair the softest ever and just smells wonderful. If you have dry and damaged hair this will work wonders for you, but if your hair is already pretty healthy this wouldn't hurt you either.     

Next is the Loreal ELVITAL Volume Collagen volumising shampoo with no silicone. This is my second favorite shampoo ever! It has a smell I haven't smelled before, it's a really good smell. This is basically a volume shampoo obviously, and it gives me the best volume of all the volume shampoos I've used. So if you want volume you should defiantly try this one out! The bottle says it's for fine hair with no volume. But I have a lot of hair and it's not fine, but it works for me. This shampoo is also really good if you straighten your hair, cause the straightening won't weight down the volume.

Moving on is the Loreal ELVITAL Color-vive for colored/striped hair.
It does 3 things for your colored hair;

• Seals the hair color
• Protects the hair
• Prolongs the shine

It seals the hair color and protects the color from fading 80%. It smells wonder. It also protects against UV rays with it's UVA and UVB filters.
A very good drugstore shampoo if you need to seal your hair color.

Then we have the two Loreal ELVITAL Anti-breakage shampoo and anti-breaking instant miracle strengthening treatment with cement-creamide. Both products are for dry and damaged hair. Specially of you have colored and used a lot of heat tools on your hair these are the products for you. They go hand-in-hand with each other. The shampoo smells great, but not fantastic, but I guess when it's a product that needs to help your hair it's probably also that it's all about and not the smell. The treatment is actually like a conditioner, cause it doesn't need to stay in for 2-3 minutes or what not, but because it's says instant miracle means it instant. So you can just put it in a wash out right away. I recommend using this just as a conditioner, right after you've done your shampoo-routine. I really feel a difference using these two products.

TIP: Wash your hair twice with your shampoo each time you wash it. It will help preventing greasiness and your hair will "last longer", by that I mean you can go more days without washing it. When you wash twice each time you're in the shower your hair can last to 3-4 days without shampooing it again. 
The meaning of this is because when you wash with shampoo the first time, it is only washing away bacteria and greasiness, and after that you wanna shampoo again because that's when the product will go in and go its magic.


Products mentioned:

• Garnier Respons the mother of pearl & cherry 
• Garnier Respons the avocado oil & shea butter  
• Loreal ELVITAL Volume Collagen volumising shampoo
• Loreal ELVITAL Color-vive
• Loreal ELVITAL Anti-breakage shampoo
• Loreal ELVITAL Anti-breakage Instant Mircale Strengthening Treatment    

Have a nice hairday!

TOPSHOP GOLDCHAIN

I went to TOPSHOP today and bought this really nice gold chain. A gold chain can just do so much to your look. It gives you a chic look and I would prefer wearing this to a really nice black or white dress.

I got it on sale and I think it was around $6.5

Go to TOPSHOP's website here.

Shop with Olivia Palermo

Hi ladies! Olivia Palermo is a big inspiration to me and I love seeing videos with her doing some shopping or tips. Check the following videos with some great tips and tricks from Olivia Palermo

Hope you enjoy the videos as much as I do!

PROTEIN BARS AND FEMINA MAGAZINE

Hi ladies, todays post will be about a bar called Maxim After Training Bar 'high in protein' and the danish bar 'Free Lækkerbar' that I've seen around at the local drug stores and I've heard a lot positive things about them, so why not tell you about it. 

So I've now been training continuously for a month! YES I am proud of myself cause I never thought I would still be motivated after a month, it's always kind of hard for me to stay motivated about a thing for long, I kind of feel like I'm never getting there... A year ago I tried started training but I only did for 3 weeks and I gave up. BUT not this time! I really want to become the best side of myself, I want to see the best of me and show it to the world haha :) I just want to be the good looking one on the beach this summer! I can't wait to do an after and before picture to summer :) 

With that said let's jump in. Both bars are very good but I do have a favorite. The danish bar 'Free Lækkerbar' is absolutely the one I prefer. I really like it and it taste good. You can defiantly taste it's dark chocolate they use in the protein bars, which is of course the healthiest! But I do think it's too strong in the Maxim bar and I had a little hard time getting through that one. But I ate it anyway because of the protein. The 'Free Lækkerbar' tasted just like any other great protein bar with chocolate, even though it was a bit stronger.

I prefer eating a bar after working out, I just feel that's the best way. In the Maxim bar there's 10 g. protein and 131 kcal, and in the 'Free Lækkerbar' there's 13 g. and 124 kcal. So the 'Free Lækkerbar' is defiantly best with most protein and less calories and it's cheaper than the Maxim one.

The 'Free Lækkerbar' is the winner!

After I've ate my bar and gotten out of the shower after training I enjoy reading a good magazine.

Femina Magazine I really enjoy reading! It's a danish magazine and I love fashion, and in Femina they write a lot about fashion and shows a lot of good pics, so if you're a Dane and haven't tried reading FEMINA try it out!

Have a good weekend!  

  

PERFUMANIA

Hi ladies! This post is gonna be all about perfumes! I love perfumes and I bet almost every woman loves them. Perfumes is just a must if you wanna attract people with your lovely smell and it's just a nice feeling to smell good. Did you actually know that when people fall in love it also sometimes has to do with their smell?

My favorite perfumes is the Miss Dior Cherie perfume! I love it, but as you can tell I don't have it... yet. I think it's such a lady like perfume and it smells amazing and expensive, which it is! That's why I haven't bought it yet because of the prize. I hope I will get it for my birthday haha :) 

Right now I'm loving the blue long one you see on the right in the picture. It's called Cool Water and it's by DAVIDOFF. It smells like you've just got out of the shower and I love smells like that.

The Nicki Minaj perfume Pink Friday smells very fruity and kind of reminds me of the Juicy perfume a bit. I really like it, but I still prefer the Juicy one.

Forever by Mariah Carey is the clear bottle with gold and looks kind of diamondish. It's an amazing smell and smells so fresh and nice. I really love that! You should really try it if you haven't. It's very affordable and you get a lot of perfume for a good prize.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

- It is hard to be a woman. You must think like a man, act like a lady, look like a young girl, and work like a horse.

I love this quote and I think I'm gonna go buy the picture. I think it describes exactly how women needs to act nowadays to keep up with men.    

Photo: Taken by me.
It's for sale in a shop.
The photo is many years old.

WINTER WONDERLAND

Hi ladies! So I just got home from a beautiful walk out in the snow. I took a few pictures and I was just trying my new rubber boots from Noa Noa, which is where I work and I defiantly recommend trying them out! They are 100% waterproof and they are very comfortable to walk in especially with a sock, the socks on the pictures are also from Noa Noa. You can check out their website here.

 My mom and dad - so sweet together, I don't think they know I took this :)

 Looove this view! Everytime I choose to go for a walk I always come by this place :)