Beauty haul 12/13

Hello guys!

It´s been a while since my last post. The December has been unexpectedly stressful to me. Although I am a person that likes to be well prepared, especially when it comes to christmas presents, I didn´t get that managed very well this year I have to admit! ;) Simply too much going on and the fact that I was extremely tired the whole month!

But hey, here comes a nice new beauty haul post today!

Just for a change I took the John Frieda brilliant brunette color-revealing hair set containing a hydrating shampoo and conditioner. Of course I also took 2 packages of the matching hair mask! Which will last me for 4 times and I have shoulder length hair at the moment. These products smell amazing!! ...and they give a nice shine to my hair as well.

Now during the cold winter months I like taking baths to warm me up and to relax after a long day. One of my favorite ingredients for baths is lavender, because I like the smell and it is calming me down. So this time I chose the Kneipp bath crystals 'dreams of the provence' with pure lavender and also from Kneipp bath crystals 'love fairy tale' which has aside from lavender also wild roses in it. I am looking so forward to use these! :)

Lately I have been really bad at using body lotion. :( This may relate to the fact that it´s so cold now and I want to get dressed quickly after showering!! So, hopefully my new body lotion by L'Oréal the sublime body nutri soft for very dry skin will change this :) it actually says hydrating milk on it but it feels more like a lotion when I apply it and it has a wonderful smell.

Totally fell in love with this bronze-golden eye shadow by Maybelline! The color is called 710 blazing brown and I plan to try this tone as a mono eyeshadow with super black lashes and full red lips!

Discovered a new face mask brand called salthouse luxury. There are 4 different masks all with sea salt minerals from the Dead Sea. As the picture is really bad here comes what they contain.
The pink one is with cashmere and avocado for silky and smooth skin.
The green one contains cucumber and aloe vera for a fresh and firm skin feeling.
The blue one has alga and allantoin in it for a deep cleaned skin and fine pores.
And last but not least the white mask is with pearl extracts and amino acid for firmness and a radiant skin.

Honestly I think I am going to inhale all of them right away! ;) I feel my skin needs a little bit extra treatment in this month!

I hope you enjoyed this blog post and wish all of you a nice weekend and a wonderful 4th of advent!

Sani <3

xmas home decor

Happy first Advent 2013 to all of you! :) I am really enjoying this time of the year. It´s so cosy at home and outside everything is prettily lighted up! And I also looove the christmas markets! I don´t know but the last month of the year is making me calm down. I just think it´s so much fun to decorate the home, cook the food I only cook once a year, baking and putting loads of candles on! :)

Here I would like to show you what I have decorated at home so far. Actually most of the decoration is in our living room at the moment, so I am showing you my little xmas corners!

My advent 'wreath' for this year that I have created and done by myself. Sometimes I like it just simple and close to nature. So that is what I preferred this year.

A sparkling reindeer, some big nuts and a lighted tree & a Santa Clause by the doors.

Another self made candle holding idea and our this year´s advent calendar from the local lottery! We want to try our luck this year ;)

 Cosy pillow and plaid, a yankee candle 'snow in love' which smells super delicate and my advent tea calendar that I got from a friend! :)

Cute tree with candles on the window sill

This was our small and simple coffee table for today´s advent coffee. We had tea and banana bread that I baked this morning.

 And I totally adore the Villeroy & Boch christmas tableware! Isn´t it so cute?

I hope you all had a nice and cosy 1st Advent! <3

Sani <3