Beauty Favourites July 2013

I know I am a little bit late with my beauty favourites for the month of July. The weather here has been so nice lately so that we decided to spent more time outside. Today we just returned from a trip to the Baltic Sea :)

 

I am wearing my new asymetric dress from Michael Kors with coral and dark blue stripes.

 

Anyways...

At first I would like to mention my new 3-phase skin care from Clinique. It consists of the liquid facial soap mild, the clarifying lotion no. 2 (skin type for dry combination skin) and the dramatically different moisturizing lotion. 

I think this stuff is amazing, it makes my skin smoother, softer and healthier! I have also done a full review of this on my blog here and if you're interested you can also see my video here.

Another skin care product that I loved in July is the birch shower peeling from Weleda which is a natural cosmetic brand. I am using this on my upper legs only, it is for purify and smoothening the skin. It`s very creamy and has soft wax peeling balls in it. During the summer months I am finishing it up with the matching birch cellulite oil.

Another all time favorite product is the décolleté cream from Mary Kay. It´s actually a hand and décolleté cream but I am using it only for my décolleté every morning. At a certain stage I thought I should extend my daily care to my neck and décolleté as well. This creme has spf 15 which I also think is helpful.

My little 'life saver' of the month is the Hidro Fugal anti-transpirant forte. This stuff is amazing and holds all day long, even when I spent some time in the direct sunshine. Though I have to admit it feels a little bit pushy on the skin, but definitely a product that I will go to for the next high summer season again!

When it comes to make up items I have re-found (or found again) my blush from L'Oreal in the color candy cane pink. It´s a shimmering rose tone. I love theses tones and will watch out for this blush color in shops, as I know it is already really old, haha.. but it looks so nice! :)
I also loved my Mary Kay mineral powder foundation that I am using in shade ivory 2. As it has been so hot and nice here over the last weeks I have been applying it without any BB-cream or make up foundation below. I covers enough and holds the whole day. Love it! And will buy it again!!

A new thing in July was the NYX eye shadow palette from their Runway Collection. I chose the one with lilac and nude/brown tones. These colors suit me most and this palette was totally inexpensive, I paid around 9,- Euros. I also like that they hold the whole day which is basically one of the most important things to me when it comes to eye shadows. With these I don't need to touch up, because I am not really a touch-up-person - I want to hold my make up until the evening! 


Then I tried out a new nail polish from essie in the color 'allure'. I loved it right away and wore it on my nails for two full weeks without a change! :) It looks so delicate and fine... *sigh* <3

And last but not least also a new item, a lipstick from Clinique in the color 'runway coral'. I discovered the coral tones more and more for me in the last days and this color is just so into-the-face but in a nice and happy way! ;) I simply love it.

I hope you liked my beauty favorites, if you're interested you can also see my video here. Please feel free to let me know your beauty favourites in the comments below.

I wish you a wonderful sunday evening!

Sani <3

new olive love

I hope you all had a nice and relaxing weekend! We had a lot of sun here and visited the zoo with our small niece, she´s so cute! Here is a picture of my hubby, niece and me inside the goats cave, where a baby goat starts to eat hubby´s shoe haha! :)

Anyways, I wanted to share my today´s outfit of the day - the weather has finally cooled down a little bit so I chose my new beige soft pants by stefanel and one of my new t-shirts from Marc o'Polo I finished it up with bronze flats from greece and rosé golden & white watch by Michael Kors. 

I have to admit that olive or green has never been a color I would have gone to. But lately I discovered this color for me as I think olive green goes very well with the bronze and rosé golden items that I already have. In addition to that I started faithfully using green as eye shadow as well! ;)

On the weekend I picked up my second eye shadow color palette from NYX´s runway collection. It´s containing olive/green tones as well as bronze/golden tones - how perfect fits that!? :) These eyeshadows hold throughout the whole day and I don´t need to touch up. Cause I´m not really a touch-up-person! :) These eye-shadow palettes are totally inexpensive and I can totally recommend them!

Oh and I also picked up a black eye-liner that paints very softly from BeYu and a white nail polish by essie. It´s called 'allure', looks so delicate and I love it! :)

I hope you´re all having a good time and wish you a nice start into the new week! :)

Sani <3

essie pink diamond

...this name is programme! :)

Essies 'pink diamond' is a light pink with metallic shimmer in it. I like it a lot! What nail polish are you wearing at the moment? I am curious to know :)

Sani <3

sale! at the designer outlet - haul man + woman

I went again to the designer outlet in Neumünster because they have sale at the moment and you can make reeeeeally good deals! This time I went with my husband and as he was kind enough to act for me as my personal model so I can show you what great deals we both made :) To mix it up a little bit I will be showing the items that we bought shopwise - we visited Marc O'Polo, Lacoste, Tommy Hilfiger, Hugo Boss and Tom Tailor!

At Marc O'Polo I found a simple casual grey t-shirt with a v-neck that I was looking for. It has a small pocket on one side and is a little bit longer than usual t-shirts. I chose it in all colors they had in size small. :)

Each t-shirt was originally 60€ and I paid 10€ each instead. At the check out I saw some cute thin brown leather belts, I am wearing them in the 2nd pic. One is braided and one is straight with the MOP logo in it, they were 10€ for both!

At Lacoste there was a stand with actual collection wear and we were both lucky that the sizes fit us. Because these clothes were for presentation purposes  only and will be available in shops now, but as they were on window mannequins once, they were an additional 50% off the outlet price!

I also was looking for kind of a maritime red and white striped shirt and was lucky to find this one in size 36. I paid 17€ instead of 50€. My hubby found this khaki-beige straight leg pants, they look like a jeans but are very light fabric, almost like linen but very soft at the same time. These were 50€ instead of 120€ (I think).

Next stop was at Tommy Hilfiger where my hubby bought two tank tops for the high summer season, which we have here in Hamburg right now - today it´s 30 degrees outside! These tops are 100% cotton and perfect for such hot days :)

A white and a grey one, nothing too dark... each was originally 30€ and he paid 21€ for each.

Most clothes my hubby found at Hugo Boss which is also one of our favourite brands as the quality of their clothes is just solo good! Here´s what my hubby got.

A navy blue and a black pullover with a knitted logo on the front chest. Each was originally 100€ and he paid 35€ each. The light grey pants below is the same as the one in the right pic above, it catches the color better! These are also light fabric - soft summer pants of very fine quality. He paid 40€ for this pants which is amazing!

This light grey pullover has a deep v-neck and... 

... details on the shoulders and almost invisible arm patches which I think is cool! :) This one was 40€ instead of 120€.

His last item from Hugo Boss is a grey casual zipper with the logo on the front chest again - 40€ instead of 150€ (I think).

The one and only item I got at Hugo Boss is this blouse in the color I´d call salmon :) It is very fine soft and silky quality. There are no buttons in the front but a little zipper at each side what I think is a good idea. :) 50€ i.o. 100€.

The white shorts I am wearing in the above pic (actually in all of them) is from Tom Tailor. I was looking for new white shorts to replace my old hot pants with a cut that is a little bit longer. They are comfy and cost 30€ i.o. 40€. Also the black dress below is by Tom Tailor and I fell in love with it´s soft and swinging fabric immediately! 

 It has cute knitted details in the front...

 ...and kind of a belt in the same fabric with a bow in the front. I hope you can see it! This dress was 50% off and I paid 25€ only!

I think we were really lucky and saved a lot of money! I am also very happy that I can cross some things from my wish list right now :) I can only recommend you to check out this designer outlet, especially now during sale! We also loved the shopping athmosphere there and will probably come back soon. :) I hope you find this post helpful and if you are interested you can also see my video here.

Enjoy the sun if you have any chance! ;)

Sani <3

new summer home decor items

During my shopping fever I stopped for a short visit at IKEA and picked up some cute new items for my home.

I was actually looking for some new sheets and was so glad I found these, because I love the maritime look...

...with the blue and white stripes and these cute blue buttons at the sides!

The white pillows are by the way also from IKEA, but they are not new. :)

For my kitchen I got this cute yellow jug. First I used it for fresh made juice but now I placed it on my window sill for holding my cooking helpers. It just gives a little eye-catching fresh up! :)

And I cannot leave IKEA without buying candles! I bought some big tea lights for these candles holders that are from Douglas.

They are green and smell fresh like apple! Lovely... :)

What are your latest buys in regards to home decor? Let me know! :)

 

Sani <3

designer outlet shopping haul

All my secrets will be lifted now! ;)

The way to the McArthur Glen designer outlet in Neumünster is well-signposted. It is built like a small village and I think that looks a little bit like kind of a dream village, very cute and welcoming! First thing to do, was get a yummy vanilla latte at starbucks. It looked so pretty, I took a picture. :)

The main piece I was looking for was a big black leather bag and I hoped to find one at Michael Kors, but got disappointed when I checked out the store. Instead I found a rosé golden watch with white leather straps. This came surprisingly but was very welcome as I saw one in a magazine and wanted to have such a watch as well!

So I kindly asked there to keep my stuff (also picked 2 tops) until I would come and catch it up later. When I returned later on they had layed out new black leather bags! OMG! :) I picked a middle sized one with golden details and the leather is really butter soft!

 

 

I always need pants. It´s because I hate trying on pants so much that I hardly even ever buy some! When glancing into the closed store I saw they have pants on sale and as I already own one pant from closed I thought it couldn´t be wrong to try another one! :) Here is what I chose:

 

The original price was 169,-€ and I paid 59,-€ instead! It´s a steal!! I can also wear this pant throughout the whole year as it has a bright beige/grey/taupe color, but the fabric is more firm. So that´s a double-win! :)
 

After that I visited a store I´ve never been before named stefanel. Some bright coloured pants and a '70% off' label caught my eye and I was wondering if I´ve had paid too much/more for my other pants. This would be annoying but I had to know ;) And in fact. But it didn´t annoy me in the end because I had tried on two other pants and they are sooo comfy! I left with paying only 42€ for both pants!!
 

Especially love the way the pockets are attached on the back, they make a really nice bum! ;)


These blue pants look a little bit business like with the crease, they are super comfy and so soft!

 

To me this was a very good experience and I will be going to the designer outlet more often!! :) What do you think about my snaps?

If you are interested you can also see my video here.

Have a nice day!

Sani <3