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5 favourites – May

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The last spring month has come to an end, and the first month of summer begins tomorrow. I’m still waiting for the warmer summer weather to arrive and stay though. May was a busy month with both ups and downs, but that’s life isn’t it? June is usually quite busy, when you are a teacher due to exams, but I’m also going to wedding and a graduation party towards the end of the month, so I’ll have that to look forward to. But first, let’s talk about some of my favourite things from the month of May.

Crocs (in all shapes and forms): I’ve featured individual pairs of Crocs in these favourites posts before, but I had to feature Crocs in generel this month, because they’re been my most worn footwear. It’s a bit of an obsession at this point, but I just love how fun, customisable, and comfortable Crocs are.

MAC Studio Fix Pro Set + Blur Weightless loose powder (shade: Translucent): I’ve had this powder for about 1,5 years, and I’ve used it here and there, but I got really into using it this past month. It’s a very fine, blurring powder, but I don’t think it makes the skin look too matte, which is nice, when you like me prefer a more natural or slightly glowy finish. The powder is a part of MAC’s permanent line, I just happen to have it in limited edition packaging.

e.l.f. Cosmetics Camo liquid bronzer & contour (shade: Fair/Light): e.l.f. Cosmetics is one of my favourite drugstore brands, and I really like most of their products this liquid bronzer included. It’s pretty pigmented, but it blends out very nicely, and I like this particular shade a lot.

Maybelline Lash Sensational Sky High mascara (shade: Plum Twilight): A couple of months ago, I featured the Burgundy Haze shade of this mascara, which is still a huge favourite of mine, but this past month this dark purple shade has probably been my most worn mascara. It just goes so well with the eyeshadow colours I like to wear the most.

Beautyblender Blendercleanser Liquid Lavender: I had run out of my Real Techniques brush cleanser, so I decided to pick up and try this one from Beautyblender, and I really liked it. I was long overdue with cleaning my make-up brushes, so when I used this cleanser when I finally cleaned them the other day, I was quite impressed by the result.

NA-KD Cyber Monday haul (December 2024)

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I have a small NA-KD Cyber Monday sale haul to share with you today. It consists of a pair of shoes and a handful of bags.

I didn’t have a pair mustard heels, and these croc mules are quite nice. I wore them here.

I thought this leather leopard print shoulder bag seemed like really nice quality, and it will go with a lot of different looks.

I brought this pearl bag with me to a family visit/party last weekend, and it’s really pretty and spacious.

This bag might be my favourite of the bunch. I just love shiny, pretty things!

And one red bag apparently wasn’t enough, because I also got this one, which is also lovely.

Lastly, I bought two of the same bag in two different colours; navy and pink. Everything in this haul was 50% off apart from the last pink bag, which was 60% off.

Collective haul – incl. Cyber Monday sale (December 2024)

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I have a rather large collective haul to share with you today. I purchased these items back in December last year, and some of the items I purchased in Cyber Monday sales. This haul includes a bit of everything. I’ll group the items by where I got them from.

Let’s begin with what I picked up in the H&M Cyber Monday sale. I got this beautiful burgundy dress with rhinestones all over it. I wore it on Christmas Eve.

I also got a pair of straight leg blue jeans from H&M, because I thought they might come in handy at some point.

You know I’ve been loving a flower pin, so I got these three (the two black ones and the leopard print one) from H&M. I also got a white flower scrunchie.

The last thing a picked up in the H&M Cyber Monday sale is this pair of big, heart-shaped pearl earrings, and they’re really cute.

Let’s move on the the things I got from Zalando. I thought this Elf tie from the brand OppoSuits was too fun not to buy.

I also bought two pairs of shoes from Zalando. I got the ALDO x Wicked Glinda inspired sling-backs, and they’re so pretty. I also got another pair of Teva sandals, but this time with a platform and in one of my favourite colour combos, red and pink.

I also purchased my first ever products from Moira, which was a new brand to Zalando at the time. This is the I’m Falling For You palette. I’m wearing it on my eyes here.

For eyes I also wanted to try out the Starshow shadow pot in Eureka and the Diamond Daze liquid shadow in 01 Airglow.

And for cheeks, I got the Loveheat cream blush in I Adore Yo and the Dreamlight highlighter in Dreamlight.

Now let’s talk about some bits I got from Beauty Bay (not sale). I got the Trixie Cosmetics Gel lip liner and Buttercream lipstick in Fashionably Late, because I wanted to try this new line of lip liners and lipstick shades.

I don’t pick up that much from Jeffree Star Cosmetics anymore, but he hadn’t released new shades of the Velour liquid lipsticks in a while, so I bought the shades RedRum Remix (red w. shimmer), Star Knockout (dark purple), and Mountain View (metallic brown). I’d also been wanting to try the Liquid Frost highlighter and chose the shade Frostitute.

Lastly, I’ll show you some jewellery I got as Christmas presents and a pair of tights I also got for Christmas. I’ve had this Trollbeads Cookie Joy ring on my wishlist for so long, so I was very happy to receive it for Christmas last year.

I also got these five beads for my bracelet, bangle, and/or ring, and they’re all so pretty.

I have a lot of Pandora x Disney jewellery too and how cute are these Mickey Mouse earrings?!

From Pandora x Disney I also received this Lilo & Stitch charm. So cute!

And lastly, I got a pair of fuchsia pink tights from Sneaky Fox.

Collective Black Friday haul (November 2024)

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I have a collective Black Friday haul to share with you today. The haul includes a mix of everything from beauty to clothes, shoes, and accessories.

From Jolie Beauty I picked up the Spellbound palette, the Moonchild highlighter palette, and the multichrome lipgloss in Ethereal. I got 15% off all products. I’m wearing all three products here, and I think the look turned out so fun.

Let’s move on to the other random make-up bits, I purchased during the Black Friday sales. I got a back-up of my favourite concealer, the Huda Beauty #FAUXFILTER Luminous Matte liquid concealer (shade: 1.3G Marshmellow), and a back-up of one of my favourite foundations/skin tints, the Rare Beauty Positive Light tinted moisturizer (shade: 14W). I also wanted to try out the Huda Beauty Easy Blur natural airbrush foundation, and I got the shade 110N Angel Food, which I think is sadly a little to light for me.

From Makeup By Mario I bought the Soft Sculpt shaping stick in Light, the Mario Soft Pop blush stick in Watermelon, and the Soft Pop plumping blush veil in Perfect Pink, because I’ve been wanting to try out more products from the brand.

The last make-up products I purchased were the Benefit Cosmetics Plushtint moisturizing matte lip tint in 20 Red Velvet, the Haus Labs PhD Hybrid lip glaze plumping lip gloss in Persimmon, and a back-up of the MAC Extended Play Gigablack Lash, which I love to use on my lower lashes.

From Asos I picked up the e.l.f. Cosmetics Squeeze Me More lip balm duo in Mango and Watermelon and a big, red, tartan scrunchie from the brand DesignB London.

You know I love colourful tights, so I got a blue pair and a green pair from Sneaky Fox.

I don’t wear a lot of black, but I thought this beaded zebra print bag form Topshop was really cute.

I bought two pairs of shoes in the Asos sale; the floral, sheer sling-backs are from River Island and the black mules with the flowers are from Asos Design.

Lastly, I picked up two pretty dresses. The orange checkered one is from the brand Stella Nova, and the floral one is by Danish designer Stine Goya. I think I might wear the floral one for a wedding next month.

Zalando haul – mainly sale (October 2024)

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I have a Zalando haul to share with you today. I purchased most of these items on sale.

I love adding a new pair of Nike Cortez sneakers to my ever growing Nike Cortez collection, and how fun are these orange ones?!

I also love adding new pairs of Crocs to my ever growing Crocs collection, and this time around I added these three pairs, which are all different versions of the Stomp style.

And speaking of Crocs, I also got these three sets of Jibbitz to add to different pairs of Crocs.

Lastly, I purchased two more pairs of coloured tights from Calzedonia. These weren’t on sale.

Collective haul (October 2024)

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I have a collective haul to share with you today. It includes mostly make-up, but also some accessories, clothes, and a pair of shoes.

For once I only picked up two products from the MAC holiday 2024 collection. The collection is called Gift Of Gold, and I was very excited to see MAC launch a new type of blush. I got the Skinfinish Metallic cream blush in the shade Priceless Purple, which is such a fun shade. I also bought one of the frost lipsticks in the shade Regal Red, which is a great Christmas lipstick shade.

I received a Holiday Gift bag and a Macximal silky matte lipstick in Whirl with my MAC order.

Ever since I saw the Dior Forever liquid sequin liquid lipsticks launch around Christmas time in 2023, I’d been wanting to try one, but they sold out so quickly. So I was so excited to see them come back for the holidays in 2024, and I picked up the red shade in 999.

Of course I had to pick up the Natasha Denona Roxa palette. I love Natasha Denona’s eyeshadow formulas, and purple is my favourite colour, so this was a no-brainer purchase for me.

I also bought three indie palettes from Monolith. The first one is the Ensley Reign Cosmetics Underland palette. It has this dark and moody colour story, which is fun and different.

The Vamp palette from Bellabeautébar was their Halloween release for 2024, and it was not the only Halloween palette release with a purple and red colour story, and I’m not mad about it. Purple and red is actually a bit of an underrated colour story.

This is the Harvest of Souls palette from Fantasy Cosmetica, and it’s the biggest palette that they’ve released to date. It’s absolutely stunning. Just look at that colour story.

I love Cosmic Brushes, and for Halloween 2024 they launched their first mystery box. The box includes a palette, three cream blushes, and three lipsticks. If you haven’t bought it, but is planning to do so, here’s your spoiler alert.

The Sinister palette is another palette with a purple and red colour story, which is really fun and inspiring.

The cream blushes from Cosmic Brushes are called Blush Butter and come in three fun shades in this box (from left to right); Got Chills, Dazed, and Heroine.

The three lipsticks are the Velvet matte lipsticks in the shades Salem, Nancy, and Clarice. Very interesting shades, and I like the formula.

I picked up three bow accessories; two brooches from Maanesten (the style is called Memoru) and a leopard print hair clip from Accessorize.

I’ve mentioned before that I love pink and red together, and that was apparently very obvious back in October, when I purchased a floral dress from Asos Design, a stripy dress from Monki, and an oversized T-shirt from JJXX in that colour combo.

Lastly, I found these purple suede boots from Tamaris 60% off in a department store, and I thought they were a great pair of comfy, colourful boots that would go with a lot of different looks.

Collective haul (September 2024)

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I have a collective haul to share with you today. It includes clothes, accessories, shoes, and make-up.

The only piece of clothing that I picked up (other than a couple of pairs of tights) was this snake print blazer from H&M that I got on sale. Even though I don’t wear a lot of neutral clothes, I do like animal print, because I think most animal prints look great paired with colour.

My obsession with big flower brooches/pins continues. These two from H&M comes with a tie, so they can be worn around the neck or as a belt as well.

I used to love berets and I hadn’t bought a new one in a while, but I just loved this green colour. It’s from Sui Ava, and I got it on sale.

I also still love coloured tights, and Calzedonia is still one of my favourite brands when it comes to tights, so I was very ecited to see these new colours.

I have two pairs of purple shoes to show you. These boots are from the brand Alma en Pena, and I got them on sale from Zalando. How pretty is that heel?!

And it probably doesn’t come as a surprise that I bought a pair of purple Nike Cortez sneakers. Ever since I first saw that a purple pair of Cortez sneakers would be coming, I knew I had to have them.

Now let’s move on to a few make-up bits. Cosmic Brushes (or Cosmic Beauty) is one of my favourite brands when it comes to eyeshadow palettes, and the Undergrowth palette just has the most stunning murky, grungy green colour story.

Lastly, I purchased some new MAC lip products. I picked up one of the new Glow Play Tendertalk lip balms in the shade Vibe. I have three of the original Glow Play lip balms, but I never really got into them, but this new one I love. I don’t if the formula is different or maybe it’s just the colour, but I love this lilac tinted lip balm; it’s really comfortable, and the colour is so pretty. I also bought three of the newly formulated Macximal sleek satin lipsticks. I got the shades Call It Cozy, Pink Peppermint, and Tilted Denim. I’ve always liked the satin lipstick finish from MAC, and these new ones are lovely. The colours are fun too.

Asos 25% off haul (late August 2024)

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I have an Asos sale haul to share with you today. If I remember correctly, everything was 25% off.

The only piece of clothing in this haul is this pair of tomato print shorts from Pieces. I’ve already got the matching top, so now I have the whole set.

The only piece of jewellery in this haul is this ring from Asos Design. It looks really pretty, but it’s actually quite uncomfortable to wear.

I bought two pairs of black Crocs with big flower Jibbitz. It’s unlike me to buy a lot of black, but I just loved the flower Jibbitz, and I actually think both pairs are really cute.

Lastly, I picked up five beauty products. I got the e.l.f. Cosmetics Power Grip primer + 4% Niacinamide, which I love and use a lot. I also picked up two back-ups from e.l.f. Cosmetics; the Halo Glow setting powder in Light, which I started using a little while ago after I used up my old one, and the Squeeze Me lip balm in Vanilla Frosting, which is a lovely lip balm. From e.l.f Skin I bought the Holy Hydration! eye cream, which I’m excited to try, and I also purchased another shade of the Huda Beauty Liquid Blush Filters. It’s in the shade Watermelon Pop, and it’s beautiful.

Zalando haul – mainly sale (August 2024)

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I have a Zalando haul to share with you today. Most of the items in this haul were on sale.

I picked up two tulle skirts. The pink one is from Vila and the cream one with navy polka dots is from Only. I bought the pink one because it reminded me of Carrie Bradshaw. I haven’t worn it yet though. I have worn the cream one with the polka dots twice, and I love both outfits I created with it.

I purchased three pairs of shoes. This first pair is from Marco Tozzi, and I just love the iridescent rainbow sparkles and the fact that they remind a bit of ballroom dance shoes.

I contemplated buying these ramen heels from Koi Footwear for so long, but I eventually caved and got them. I love ramen, and these shoes are so unique and fun.

I also had these shoes and bag from the ALDO Barbie collaboration in my Zalando wishlist for so long, and I finally bought them, when they went on sale. I can’t wait to style these for summer.

For jewellery I picked up a brooch from Pieces, a ring from ALDO, and the cutest T-Rex earrings from Coach.

Let’s move on to beauty. I really enjoy Real Techniques brushes, so I got this Solar Power brush set on sale.

I got the Revlon Colorstay Suede Ink lipstick in In Charge (009) and the L’Oréal True Match radiant serum concealer in 1N. Sadly, I’ve already decluttered both of these products. The lipstick wasn’t anything special, and the concealer was stinging my undereye area, which obviously wasn’t pleasant.

I really like the NYX Buttermelt blushes, and I think these two shades called 01 My Butta Half and 02 Butta Together were the first to shades I bought, and I really like both shades.

The last four products are also from NYX, and they’re from their 2024 holiday launch. I picked up the NYX Home Alone Ultimate Battle Plan shadow palette, the NYX Buttermelt face palette in 01, and two of the NYX Butter Gloss swirl lip glosses in Peppermint Swirl and Holly Berry Swirl. I’ve enjoyed these products.

Asos sale haul (July 2024)

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I have a rather large Asos sale haul to share with you today. Some of the pieces I even got an extra 20% off. The haul includes a bit of everything; clothes, shoes, accessories, and make-up. Let’s begin with the clothes.

This little nautical inspired sweater vest is from Asos Design, and I think it’s so cute.

I believe tomato print and strawberry print and the like were quite popular last summer, and I just thought this tomato print blouse from Pieces was very fun and summery.

I picked up a another Spice Girls T-shirt from Asos Design. This one is grey which is not a colour I wear much, but I think it goes with a lot of different colours and acts like a neutral.

Like so many other people, I’ve been liking animal print, and I thought this jacket from Only was fun with the leopard print faux fur trims.

This matching set/suit from Asos Design is just so nice, and I can’t wait to style it and wear it.

I got two blue (and white) dresses from Asos Design. Both are super cute.

The last piece of clothing I picked up was (another) pair of red tights. I just love a coloured tight, and especially a red pair. These are from Asos Design.

These two pairs of heels are kind of in the same family; they’re both a shade of pink and strappy with a red detail on the front. The ones with the cherries are from Public Desire and the ones with the roses are from Glamorous.

Let’s move on to accessories. I think a tie is a really nice accessory that I want to wear more often, so I picked up these two checkered ties from the brand My Accessories.

How cute is this chain belt from Asos Design? It adds such a lovely detail to an outfit.

I saw a lot of cherry jewellery last summer as well, and this matching necklace and pair of earrings are from DesignB London.

Here’s another cute matching necklace and earrings set. Bows were popular pretty much all of last year, and these pieces from Asos Design are so cute and pretty.

And speaking of bows, I also picked up a golden necklace with a bow from Pieces, which is also very pretty. The other necklace is from Asos Design, and I really like the pearls and the malakit.

I also picked up these three pieces from Asos Design; a golden bangle with hearts, another style of cherry earrings, and a ring with a circle design.

The last jewellery in this haul is this set of two anklets or ankle bracelets from Topshop.

For hair accessories I got a purple beaded headband from My Accessories. You know I love a headband and I really like a beaded one. I also love bows in my hair, so I got two small hair clips from Reclaimed Vintage and a big pink and red striped one from DesignB London.

Lastly, I bought three make-up products. I got the Huda Beauty Liquid Blush Filter in Strawberry Cream, the Clinique Pop longwear lipstick in Poppy Pop, and the e.l.f. Cosmetics Power Grip dewy setting spray.