Books all over the place

Yup, got some reading to do. And what did I do today? I went for a lunch with a dear friend which developed into shopping and shoe-hunting. Didn't find anything though.

Here's a video clip, when talking about books, that might bring some nostalgia to the Swedes.

e.l.f. Therapeutic Conditioning Balm - reveiw

As you know, about a month ago I ordered some e.l.f. stuff from their website. You have seen some of the polishes already, but here comes a review on the lipbalm.

It' says on the packaging that it:

"Provides intensive, lasting moisturization. Helps treat & prevent chapping. Instantly soothes & smoothes lips. Infused with Vitamins A&E and Shea Butter."

Packaging:

It was a bit smaller that I had thought, but since my lips are quite small that doesn't really bother me. It has a small, transparent cap that I might see me losing when on a bar, but so far so good. The stick is the type that you turn up so a plus that you don't have to use your fingers to apply. The look of it is quite boring, but for 1,5£ it's what I had expected.

The balm:

I do agree that it smoothes your lips and provides intensive moisturization and it feels nice on. It is quite "wet" so one layer is enough. I bought the one called Strawberry Créme, but for me it smells/tastes like bubblegum, which not is a good thing. It hardly hasn't any color in it, which for me is good, it just makes your lips a bit shiny.

Overall it's absolutley worth the money, but it's non a wow. I won't buy it again because of the flavour, but it's a nice lipbalm.

I give it 3/5 points.

Pros:

Cheap!

Nice texture

Makes your lips smooth

Cons:

Packaging

Flavour

BCN shopping, clothes and elf Desert Haze

And the last post about Barcelona for now! This time some shopping, clothes and nails from the trip:

I got a new watch from Kasper in the airport, by Pilgrim. And I bought this knitted top at Primark, but you have seen it before.

Clothes the first night.

Green dress with gold buttons from Gina tricot.

Black jacket from H&M.

Shoes from H&M.

This is the mani I wore for the graduation. I tried one of the new e.l.f. polishes called Desert Haze. It's a gray/nude cream polish with some brown it it. I used Pieces Morning Mist for stamping which is a gold/champange glitter I borrowed from Kaspers sister :)

Under lamp. Inside

The polish looks more like the picture to the right. Not at all that nude as in the left pic, but you can see the dotted stamping on that one! I used two coats but could have used one more.

In heaven!!

Weii the elf-stuff I ordered last week came today! Unfortunaly all the stuff in the box is not mine, I ordered together with some friends, but how happy doesn't you get when you open a box and it's full of makeup and nail polishes!?

Stuffed box! Just the polishes

Here are the stuff I got:

Cuticle pusher. Cutile oil. Concealer brush. Lipbalm. Liquid eyeshadow

The polishes!

Desert Haze, Glitter Glam, Golden Godess, Blush, Coral, Party Purple

More closeups and swatches will come! But no matter how the quality is, they're just 1,5£ each!

A visit from Denmark

During the last couple of days, Sarah from Denmark has been visiting me and Charlie. Here are some pictures:

The first evening we made our own sushi. Some with avocado, mango, cucumber, crabfish, cream cheese and chili mayo (no, not everything together..).

The next day we went to Ikea and Väla, for some shopping. I got another box for my nail polishes since the one I'm having can't fit everyone anymore.. (separate post). I also got something exciting as gift wrap for Christmas. At Väla I got a pair of gloves, gray knitted from H&M with fleece inside, since it's starting to get really cold here!

Sarah posing ;)

Today we went for a fika at Ebbas Fik, before Sarah took the ferry back to Denmark again. At Ebbas everything is from the 50ies and 60ies and all the cakes and cookies are home made. I got a chocolate cake with whipped cream and a coffee, and Sarah a gigant cookie and hot chocolate.

Us.

Blondes have more fun ;)

e.l.f.

When we had wine and cheese evening this Monday, me and the girls ordered some stuff from elf. It's a supercheap Brittish makeup and nailpolish brand; almost everything costs 1,5£! And the shipping was only 40sek (4€) :) When it arrives I will show you and give you swatches and reviews, if it's just cheap crap or worth ordering!

Meanwhile you can check out the website: e.l.f, which stands for eyes lips face.

Shopping and gifts

Here are some pictures of the things we got this weekend

We got a blue Le Creuset bowl from Benjamin and Janni as a housewarming gift

At Väla we bought a candlestick for värmeljus, in which you can put decorations. We bought some fake spruce twigs for Christmas.

We also bought some jars at Bolagret for the tea we bought some weeks ago

I got the IsaDora lipstick called Nude Glow 144 from their autum "Rock Chic" collection

This weekend's happenings

This Friday all the girls came and we had taco-night with nachos, fajitas, Coronas and everything that goes with it.

Yesterday (Saturday) started with brunch at Brooklyn together with Benjamin and Janni visiting from Denmark. We then showed them Helsingborg, who had decided to be on the good side and showed us some sun and beautiful colors on the trees. We then went to Väla shopping center outside Helsingborg and Kasper and I found some jars for tea and some other stuff (in a separate post). After a nice dinner of parmesan breaded halibut with avocado, rucola and sprouts, and my Swedish apple pie with ice cream, Kasper and I said farewell to the Danes and went clubbing with the gang.

Kasper and I in Slottsparken

Benjamin, me and Janni

Fika-break at Väla (fika is a Swedish word, both verb and noun, for having a coffee and something with it) with capuccino and raspberry/cardamom muffin).

Johanna and I

<3

Today, I bit tired and confused of the time change (winter time) Kasper, Charlie and I went to the forest and I got some pictures with my new phone.

Some shopping..

Yes you guessed right, more polishes!! But also some other stuff :) Eyeko has some great prices right now in their webshop, where you get polishes for 3,5£/4€! And if you buy for more than 12€ you get the Vampira for free! Also the shipping is for free and you don't have to pay customs in EU. And isn't the name cute or what?

I got:

Lilac Polish - For Lovely Nails. A purple/lilac cream

Vintage Polish - For Elegant Nails. A light green cream

Chi Chi Polish - For Girlie Nails. A red/pink glitter polish

Indigo Polish - For Sultry Nails. Dark blue with blue microglitter

Vampira Polish - For Gothic Nails. A black polish with red microglitter

I also went past H&M today on my way home (this was before I knew that the package with the Eyeko had arrived), and got an other of the Isadora polishes that are on sale right now. This time I bought a purple with purple shimmer called Sweet Violet (nr 630).

Also, today I got a package from H&M with some stuff I had ordered from their webshop some weeks ago (of course all the things I had ordered came the same day!). I ordered a knitted scarf in petrol blue:

(yes I have to clean the mirror..)

I also got a top, but not sure if I'm going to keep it, so if I do, you will see it then ;)

And I also got this today:

What a lovely thing to spend almost 300sek (30€) on! I'm so excited too read this one (it says Our Economy)! Feel the irony..

A lovely day in lovely Helsingborg

Today, Kasper and I went for some window shopping and to run some errands. It was lovely weather even though it is starting to get cold here; we had around 8 deg today! We had really good sushi for lunch and came home with a lot more than we planned..

Sushi at Fuji. We had spicy tuna maki, fried prawn maki, salmon and spicy tuna nigiri

Bought some tea at Tea Days. All green tea; one with guara, pinapple and papaya, one with ginger and lemon and one with sweet berries.

I also bought..:

..IsaDora nail polish nr 144 "Icy Nougat" The IsaDora polishes are on sale in H&M, only 39sek

..a new autumn jacket in blue from H&M (only 300sek! about 30€)

..a long black knitted top with a big turtleneck

Kasper got a new jacket aswell, two scarfs, gloves and some other stuff. After our shopping session we went home to get Charlie the dog and then went to Fredriksdalsskogen (the forest) to enjoy the last sun (this time I brought my camera).