KIKO HAUL - BEAUTY

Hello lovelies, 

A new shopping mall opened its doors in Stuttgart recently , inside are (among others)  Urban Outfitters, Brandy Melville and a Kiko store. All three are very rare in Germany so I went totally "wohoo" in there. 

In Kiko I put together an eyshadow palette with the click system. It works just as MAC palettes do: you buy an empty palette and individual eyeshadows. Each eyeshadow cost about 4,90€ and the palette itself would have cost 4,90 as well, but as I had four eyeshadows it was free (wohoo again).

I chose very autumnal colours that I can't wait to wear, now that it's getting colder outside. 

I also got an individual gold eyeshadow in the shade 04.

As soon as I have tried all the eyeshadows out, I will be posting a review and "a Face of the day". 

Please excuse the fact that the palette is not exactly clean, as I have (stupidly) already used it before taking pictures.  

Clockwise: 222, 238, 240 and 234

Lots of love 

Jess 

BYE SUMMER, HELLO AUTUMN | LIFE

Tomorrow is the last day of September, so in my head it is officially autumn now. Whereas everyone around here is happily enjoying the fact that it is still 20 degress I am really impatient for the colder weather to start. 
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Goodbye, summer! 

A couple of weeks back I posted my list of 25 thing I wanted to do this summer, so I thought I'd share my summer memories with you all and tell you about all the things I'm excited to do this autumn. 

As the weather this summer has not been as good as last year I couldn't do a lot of things on my list, like going swimming, hiking, have loads of picnics or see a movie in a outdoor cinema. Oh well, maybe next year. 

Regardless of the rainy weather I made a summer playlist, my most loved songs are: 
1. Riptide by Vance Joy
2. Changes Mix by Faul & Wad, Pnau
3. You're not the one Cid Rim Remix by Sky Ferreira

I also went to the festival that always takes place in my town (Das Fest) and saw a band I loved when I was younger (Madsen) and a lot of other bands. I had the best time here and realy enjoyed just letting go and dancing all my problems off. 

Another thing on my list was: Trying something new. I tried baking nut rolls, which turned out ugly but yummy. :D

My sister and I could not find time for me to visit her (though she came by a lot), but we will see each other in Paris at the end of October, which I am sooo excited for. I love Paris so much and can't wait to see it again. 

Hello, autumn! 

For autumn I did not write a list of things I want to do. For me, autumn is the season of cozy days on the sofa, cuddled up beneath a soft blanked which your favourite TV show on. It is the season of chilly walks outside which a comfy sweater  and a scarf. It is the season of hot drinks, of cinnamon and apples, of listening to the storms outside with a book in your lap. Beauty-wise it is the season of dark lipsticks and smoky eyes. 

I love autumn. Tell me what you did this summer and what you are looking forward in autumn! 

German:

Morgen ist der letzte Tag im September, für mich ist jetzt also offiziell Herbst. Während hier alle anderen es genießen, dass gerade noch 20 Grade sind, warte ich schon ganz ungeduldig darauf, dass das kalte Wetter endlich anfängt

Tschüss, Sommer! 

Vor einigen Wochen habe ich eine Liste mit 25 Dingen gepostet, die ich diesen Sommer machen will. Also dachte ich ich teile heute meine Sommer-Erinnerungen mit euch und erzähle euch von all den Sachen, auf die ich mich im Herbst freue. 

Da das Wetter diesen Sommer nicht sehr gut war, konnte ich viele Sachen auf meiner Liste leider nicht tun,wie zum Beispiel zum Baggersee fahren oder wandern. 

Trotzdem habe ich eine Playlist mit meiner Lieblingsmusik diesen Sommer erstellt. Hier sind meine 3 Lieblingslieder: 
1. Riptide von Vance Joy
2. Changes Mix von  Faul & Wad, Pnau
3. You're not the one Cid Rim Remix von Sky Ferreira

Außerdem bin ich zu DAS FEST in Karlsruhe gegangen, habe dort Madsen (meine Lieblingsband als ich 13 war) und Parice gesehen und hatte einfach einen tollen Abend und hab mir einfach mal wieder den Frust von der Seele getanzt. Weil das muss man mit Frust und Stress machen. Wegtanzen. 

Da ich ja auch eine neue Sache ausprobieren wollte, habe ich ich Nussschnecken gebacken. Die sind zwar nicht schön geworden, aber lecker waren sie. 

Ich konnte zwar leider meine Schwester nicht besuchen, aber dafür war sie oft bei mir und Ende Oktober treffen wir uns in Paris ... ich bin schon total aufgeregt. Ich liebe Paris. 

Hallo Herbst!

Für den Herbst habe ich mir keine List geschrieben, was ich alles machen will. Denn für mich ist der Herbst die Jahreszeit der kuschligen Tage auf dem Sofa, der Fernsehserien, warem Pullis und Schals. Der heißen Getränken und des Zimts. Und, was beauty angeht, die Zeitd der dunklen Lippenstifte und Smokey Eyes. 

Lots of love, 

Jess 

MONTHLY MOTIVATION - SEPTEMBER

Why so serious? - Hardly any makeup on

This post comes a bit late, as it is already the middle of September, but nonetheless I wanted to start this series as a way of changing my life for the better little by little. I am in general happy at where I am in my life, but I often get down about things and get stressed easily. So every month I want to share 3-4 goals that I set myself for this month. Each monday I will try to give you an update in my "Monday Moods", another new segment to share some thoughts on the previous week and an update on my goals.
Feel free to participate and tell me your goals in the comments or send me links to your blogposts. :)
For the last two weeks of September my goals are:

1) Get up earlier and get started sooner
I have a lot of studying and working (from home) to do right now, so I really need to get my ass up and working before 12pm for a start. I'm usually not bad at getting up early, but the getting started part is a real struggle. And obviously procrastinating resoluts in stress, which I really want to avoid.

2) Use my camera more often
My fancy camera spends most of its time on a shelf, but I want to try to create mor occasions to use it. Since I've started uni, I found very little time for hobbies and I usally spent my free time on the internet or with friends, which is nice, but I would like to have something I do apart from studying and working, Maybe I can try out some sort of photography challenge or something. Tell me if you have some ideas!

3) Make my new room more homely
As you may know I have moved recently and even though I have most of the furniture I want (apart from a new couch) I still don't feel quite at home, which is due to a lack of decoration I think. So I will try to pick up some cute stuff from the shops or try out some DIYs. Expect some autumnal home post soon :-P

What are your plans for autumn? Tell me below!

#selfie-time #blackandwhite #vintage #duckface #irony 

TRAVEL: DAY IN STRAßBOURGH

Slightly too big picture? Well at least you can now appreciate how effing big that thing is. Does anyone know whether that second tower is missing because of bombs during WW2? 

Not too long ago my boyfriend, me and a friend of his went to Straßbourgh for the day. It is just about an hours drive away by car from where we live. The weather was just fucking shitty that day, so mostly I had to keep my camera in it's bag (which I clutched to myself like a manic the entire trip, because I was afraid of thieves, haha).
Straßbourgh is really one of the cutest cities I have ever been. It reminded me a lot of Paris, but it has even more small roads with the sweetest tiny restaurants everywhere.
But I have sworn myself to at least learn a bit of French before going back there. A lot of people there speak german really well, but I could feel that a lot of them were a bit reluctant to speak german (or english) and I just felt so rude, because I had to say "I don't speak french, sorry" over and over again ... So I'll probably do a little course on the internet soon and then I can do all my Christmas shopping there. There I said it: CHRISTMAS! Has anyone else noticed that there already is Christmas food in the stores? Crazy.
But I'm already getting into the autumn mood because it has been really cold and rainy here. Hopefully I'm going to do an end of summer/autumn OOTD soon. 'Cause I've noticed that you have never really seen my face on here. Oh well.

AUGUST FAVOURITES ~ I DON'T SHAVE FOR SHERLOCK HOLMES

Hello my friends!
It is the 31st of August and that means it is time to bundle up all my favourtie things in August. There are some beauty items, but also random things. 

This lipstick is part of Kiko's "Crystal Sheer" range (Number: 403).  It is a beautiful "my lips but better" nude colour. It applies really easily and can actually be done without a mirror handy, just like you would with a lipbalm. This makes it the perfect everyday lipstick for me, something I have been searching for for quite a while because all my other lipsticks are red. I also like that the colour is really wearable in all seasons so I can actually wear it all year round. 

Because it is so creamy in texture it will not last a really long time, but it is so easy to reapply that I don't really care about that. ;)  

This blush by Kiko (Number 111) is very creamy and matte as well, even though it is a powder blush. The pigmentation is great as well! Although the colour may be more for the colder months I'm sure you can find a way to rock in spring and summer as well. The only downside of this product is this mirror, which, for me, is just to small to really help apply makeup.

This was the first time I really ever was in a Kiko store and I was really blown away by all the amazing products. I could have bought so much more, but due to moving I was on a bit of a budget.Especially the blushes and eyeshadows were really pretty and I'm sure as hell going to pick up some more of these. The prices are quite reasonable and affordable as well: The blush was 7,50€ and the lipstick 6,90€. 

I bought this Nyx eyeshadow a couple of weeks ago at Douglas. This one (Yogurt) is a lovely champagne sort of colour, but depending on the angle and on the light it has some pretty pink undertones. This was my staple everyday look this summer, because it is so easy and qucik to apply. And even though has a shimmer to it, it looks really natural and pretty with my brown eyes. With a primer they last a long time and it blends nicely, too. Plus, they are really affordable and I'm definatly looking into buying some other colour too.

In the picture above I tried to swach the colours for you. On the left is the blush, in the middle is the lipstick and on the right and below is the eyeshadow. Unfortunatly I could not really capture the colour of the eyeshadow (major beauty blogger fail), but it is pretty similar. Just imagine a bit of pink in there :D

Oh yeah, and THAT is what happens if you try to make a swach of the lipstick complety out. YOU BREAK IT IN HALF! I really shouldn't try to be a beauty blogger, hehe. 

My favourite shampoo at the moment costs juster under 2€! It is the "Oil Repaor Shampoo" by Balea. It is without silicones and it just makes my hair feel super nice and it's fluffy (... I'm gonna die!) after using it. I have tried other Balea shampoos, but I did not really like those.
I wash my hair about twice a week, so this lasts me a really long time.


On to the random shit: I have been loving two TV-shows lately and I can't believe I have not watched them yet, because I'm such a sucker fpr TV-shows. I always get really obsessed and can't think about anything else but the show and my new OTP for a couple of week. 

I am talking about SHERLOCK and AMERICAN HORROR STORY. 
I actually finished the last season of SHERLOCK in the beginning on the month. I saved season 3 until then, because I had a 9 hour long bus journey ahead of me. As Sherlock episodes are so long they were perfect to keep me occupied. I actually sat there (all by myself) giggling and squealing at all the Johnlock moments ... thinking about it, that was probably the reason I had two seats to myself the entire time. (And I have perfected the art of coughing and looking really mean whenever new people board the bus ... I'm an aweful human being, right? Tell me if any of you do that too!) 

I only started to watch AMERICAN HORROR STORY last week. The first two episodes really freaked my out, because I'm really sensitive when it comes to Horror movies/TV-shows. I just have such an active imagination that I absolutly can't be alone after watching something like that ... I actually cried after the second episode because my boyfriend was making jokes about scare-pranking me and I was so afraid that I cried #sobananas
We just started season 3, which looks really good. I liked Asylum too, but the first season was just my favourite ... I'm just a sucker for the Tate/Violet storyline. And now whenever I'm scared I just think of Tate ... 


Well, this was a long post, wasn't it? Tell me if you have any experience with Nyx or Kiko makeup or if you share my obsession with TV-Shows or really attractive psychopaths. And of course if you want to read more about my favourite TV-shows. Or more reasons why I'm totally bonkers. 

Love you guys lots! <3 

Jess 

"You're mad. Bonkers. 

Off your head... but I'll tell you a secret:

all of the best people are." 

- Alice in Wonderland