BEST ON SALE: & OTHER STORIES

Igen er det lidt som om jeg er sponsoreret af H&M-koncernen, men de har bare styr på det, og det har deres nyeste skud på stammen & Other Stories også. Her er nogle af mine favoritter fra deres midseason sale - har faktisk allerede købt armbåndet, bare i sølv med grønne sten. Ingen af disse ting koster mere end 225 kr, og overvejer selv kraftigt at investere i tasken.

GYLDENT

Jeg synes min halskæde og bog så, så fine ud som de lå der. Elsker den slags detaljer i hverdagen.

FAVORITTER LIGE NU

Mascara: Ace of Face, parfume: Yves Rocher, læbestift: Elizabeth Arden og Yves Rocher, neglelak: Yves Rocher

Et lille udsnit af mine favoritter lige nu. Jeg tester en del makeup i øjeblikket, men det er ikke alt, der er lige godt, så jeg er glad når jeg får fat i nogle gode ting. Derfor skal det selvfølgelig understreges at alle tingene er gaver, men det ændrer ikke på det faktum, at jeg lige nu bruger dem alle ret så flittigt; neglelakken er på tæerne, parfumen på nakken, mascaraen på øjnene og læbestifterne skifter jeg mellem. Især læbestiften fra Elizabeth Arden, der er en blanding af deres eight hour cream og en normal læbestift, er jeg begejstret for. Godt nok har den, den karakteristiske eight-hour-cream lugt af ged, men den efterlader mine læber virkeligt bløde og med et fint rødt skær, så den kan anbefales. Hvad er jeres yndlingsprodukter lige nu?

KØB I APRIL

Halskæde fra Etsy - 100 kr., jakke fra Mango - 599 kr., cuticle remover fra Sally Hansen - 89 kr., solcreme fra La Roche Posay - 150 kr., creme fra Aderma - ca. 150 kr., skjorte fra H&M - 129 kr.

Når man sådan skal holde pauser i sin essayskrivning, kan man jo ligeså godt smide et indlæg med nogle anbefalinger. Her er mine køb fra april - jakken og halskæden er dog ikke landet endnu, men regner med at de er godt på vej. Jakken har jeg befamlet flere gange i diverse mango butikker verden rundt, og efter den forsvandt fra hjemmesiden for så at komme tilbage igen, var jeg nødt til at trykke køb. Ruskind i smuk farve til 600 kr. kan man ikke beklage sig over. Solcremen fra La Roche Posay er købt på anbefaling af dem her, men foreløbigt er jeg ikke helt tilfreds. Den er lavet sådan, at den skal have en matterende effekt - det har den bestemt også, men som jeg har prøvet før med den slags produkter, har den desværre også tendens til at fnulre på min hud, i stedet for at trænge ind. Ved ikke om det har noget at gøre med hudtyper, men ser man bort fra det fungerer den fint og er behagelig at bruge. Cremerne fra Aderma har jeg været fan af siden hele blogland forelskede sig i dem og jeg besluttede mig for også at give dem en chance - her kan man altså tale om et rigtig godt produkt, og jeg vil vove at påstå at den har reddet min hud fra at være underligt postpubertetsagtig til nu at se normal og afbalanceret ud. Skjorten er fra H&M's conscious collection og er udover at være virkelig fin, også i rigtig god kvalitet til en pæn pris.

Sidst men ikke mindst er jeg altså nødt til at anbefale neglebåndsfjerneren fra Sally Hansen. Er godt klar over at neglebånd nok ikke er alle menneskers største bekymring, men hvis man, som jeg, er vant til at have tørre og ødelagte neglebånd, ja så er den altså en lifesaver. Brug den én gang om dagen og få bugt med de sataner!

RØDT/HVIDT

Har helt glemt at vise min fine nye skjorte og find-holger-strik. Udsalgskup når de er bedst. Begge er fra Zara.

GRÅT/HVIDT

Forsøg på at være kreativ i fremvisningen af min nye jakke og taske. Ved ikke hvor godt det gik, men synes billedet ovenfor er ret fint. 

BALLOONS

Jakke fra Mango, skjorte fra Zara, taske fra Urban Outfitters

En smule typisk dansk bloggeri skal der også være plads til herinde, så her kommer et sjældent "dagens" af min nyerhvervede skjorte, jakke og taske. Er helt forelsket i skjorten, som er dækket af små luftballoner, og hvis I vil have godt udsalg, bør I helt klart kigge forbi Zara, Mango og Urban Outfitters, hvor der virkelig kan tales om nedsættelser. Slut-udsalg er efter min mening bedst - tilsammen kostede skjorte, jakke og taske mig 500 kr, og det kan næppe påstås at være en budget-vælter.

SALE

Necklace and bracelet from Topshop - Lipgloss from Rosebud

FLOWERY DRESS

Bought this dress in Topshop for 99 dkk - looking forward to wearing it in the summer. I like its vintage feel.

BRACELETS

Personal jewellery will always be my favourite kind, so I got these bracelets made for me (and one for my mom) on etsy a while ago. One has a quote from Alice in Wonderland: "Oh, you can't help that, said the cat. We're all mad here." and one with some personal words in morse code, 'cause I thought it would be great to have something written, that would also just function as a beautiful pattern. This might be very "hipster-ish" (the no-go word of 2013) for some of you guys, but to me, it's perfect. If you wan't one for yourself, just click here.

NAILS

I've never been too good at using nail polish. I have a lot, because at some point of my life I had an idea that I would be the nail polish kind of girl, but I never really got to putting the polish on my nails. The thing is, I'm too big a perfectionist when it comes to these kind of things - I hate when it falls of, or I somehow smash my fingers into something before the polish has dryed, ruining the smooth surface, and in the end it's just a bit too difficult to put on, especially if you are as clumsy and impatient as I am. But the other day, I looked down at my hands and thought to myself "those nails would look fine, if they were dark red", you know, the Mia Wallace kind of red, and so, I had broken my habits. Above you'll see some of the polishes that I know will come home with me soon, and I can't wait to walk around glittering and feeling a little pulp fiction-ish.

BEETLE LADY

 Necklace from Gina Tricot, clutch from Monki and blouse from Weekday

Yeah... that's probably me about now.

DETAILS

Just wanted to showcase my new bag/shoes/jacket. Hope you guys are having an awesome thursday - will I see you here?

WINTER ESSENTIALS 2012

Bag from Asos, scarf from Acne, coat from Mango, necklace from Gina Tricot and jodphurs from random label

Woop woop, dropping by with a post about my winter essentials this year. I'm really into the fall-ish colours that are everywhere right now, so even though I usually go all black when it's winter, I decided to try out something a bit more colourful this year. I've actually bought three of the items on the picture already - can you guess which?

- Maria

SUNGLASSES

Completely forgot to show you guys these sunglasses that I won on Laura's blog. Love, love, love them!

YELLOW

Quite blurry pictures, but I like them anyway. The dress is a new alltime favourite - I don't think I've ever owned anything I felt so comfortable and pretty in. Have to make one in another colour, it's kind of the perfect dress, to me at least.

BRACELETS

I love, love, love my new bracelets - especially the one with the eyes. It's just the right amount of crazy, and I actually like it so much that I'm considering buying one more. I'm quite fond of the one with the skulls as well, although I see that a lot of people in the blogger world have also bought it - I usually hate "blogger items", but I guess this piece is simple enough to be an everymans item, without loosing its charm. Which one do you like the most?

JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER

Do you guys know Jonathan Safran Foer? He is one of my favourite authors right now, and has actually been for a while. Two weeks ago I purchased these two books through Amazon.com - I love that site, it's the easiest way to find cheap and awesome books, and they have so many things that you're not able to buy in Denmark. Anyway, the books arrived this week, and I was thrilled by both of them. "The unabridged pocketbook of lightning" consists of three chapters from his wellknown book "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" (one of my favourite books of all time) and a ten page essay about his family and heart diseases. Although I had already read the part from "Extremely Loud..." before, I very much enjoyed the essay, and I would definitely recommend it, if you already like Foer. The other book I bought, "Tree of Codes", is a bit more special, and more like a piece of art, than a book. Most of the words have been cut out of every page, leaving only a few words on each page; in that way, you can either read each page, like in a normal book, but new sentences also form themselves between the different pages. Does that make sense? If not, I think my pictures illustrate it pretty well. Anyway, if you like Foer, this will only make you like him more - and if you don't know him, but think his projects sound interesting, you should definitely go check "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" and "Everything is Illuminated" out as well.

SUMMER BREAK

I just took a small break from computers to enjoy the sun, and tomorrow I'm going to Italy, so there won't be a lot of updates from me these days. I have made some planned posts though, so it won't be totally quiet in here anyway. Here's a picture of my new earrings - they're from H&M, cost me 70 dkk, and I think they're totally fabulous!

LE JACKET

My looovely jacket... Best buy for a long time.