HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

Yaaaay! Yesterday, September 22nd, was my 18-year old birthday, yipiiiiiie!

I had a very pleasant day. I went to a chinese restaurant with some of my family and some friends - it was so cozy!

I also got some great gifts, I actually got so many gifts I feel bad! Anyways, I'll do a what-I-got-for-my-birthday post in the very near future. 

SPOILER ALERT, one of these fabulous gifts is a Canon EOS 1100D camera, it's so wonderful I feel like crying! So look forward to very good quality pictures in future posts!

I love you all, Elk..

Haul: Supplies for the new school year

Hey guys, as you might or might now know I live at a boarding school, which makes it hard to title this haul correctly ;) it's a combination of (a tiny bit of) school supplies, home decor and beauty products. Let's get to it!

This is so weird, I bought these candles in August, for Christmas... They were only a dollar, I feel like that justifies my early Christmas decoration shopping.

Aren't these soooo cute, they're really small too. (I have a weakness for candles.)

Exactly what I had been looking for. You'll see more of this in my room-tour when that comes along :)

Couldn't help myself. Delicious 100% fruit smoothies from Lidl (SO GOOD!) and delicious yogurt. 

I bought the cleansing wipes in Lidl and I am surprised at how much I like them! The other ones I usually buy are about double the prize and I like these way better. The GOSH makeup item is a double sided pigment which my friend had bought but didn't like. I haven't tried it yet, I', not big on loose pigments but the colours are amazing. Keep your eyes out for a MOTD.

Beautiful green lanterns with cute birds on them, perfect for my room.

This is so far out. My friend's mom's friend cleaned out her closet and somehow, this travelled down the chain to me, but isn't it just the cutest schoolbag? I adore it.

I GOT A NEW BABY! For the first time in my life (at the age of 17) I got a new phone which was ENTIRELY new, I usually always bought old phones my friends didn't need anymore, but I thought I'd treat myself and buy the Nokia Lumia 900. Of course, you have to have some cute cases to go with that ;)

A little pink cupcake piggybank because my blue one fell on it's face and broke. I did glue, but bought another just in case. Love it so much I needed a spare.

A conditioner from Kyrell for fine and flat hair, and a delicious smelling bodywash from Mildeen with figs. So purple.

AWESOME sale on Head and Shoulders, this stuff always takes care of my dandruff whenever it breaks out. So excited to see they launched conditioners a while ago!

I get cavaties like crazy, and it's so unfair since I almost never drink soda or eat candy - bad teeth just lies in the family. So I bought my favorite mouthwash with extra fluoride which my dentist recommended, and a travel size of a Colgate one to try out. 

Three deodorants might seem like an overkill, but I need two deodorants at home and two at school. I bought the Adidas control, Kult 24h non-white-stain and a dermo protector deostick from Sanex.

Gotta have 'em tootbrushes.

Candles from Tigerstores in orange and lavender.

Candle holders from Tigerstores, couldn't be MORE perfect for my room decor, can you guess what my theme is? ;)

This dress is so pretty, it makes all the faults about my body vanish, but.. It flattens my chest so much, you'd think it was a dress from the Tudor age!

"Jo is in the house" holographic glitter from H&M, "110 Urban Coral" and "46 Sugar Crystals" Colorama nail polishes from Maybeline. 

The small amount of actual school supplies in this haul, an eraser, a bejazzled pen and a crowned pencil - pretty awesome.

The shoe loves of my life! Seriously, only 5 bucks! It's so rare to find  such nice shoes for that little money. On the picture you can't really see, but the heels has faux snake skin on them, giving these shoes that extra pop of awesomeness.

Is this a legitimate trademark Harry Potter, Gryffindor scarf? Oh yes I think it is! Did it only cost 2 bucks? Oh yes I think it did. Does people comment when I walk on the street wearing it? Oh yes they do, but it's still awesome!

When you move you always forget those pretty essential things, I for instance forgot Q-tips and tissues for my bag. I have allergies so I need to have a solid supply of tissues by my side at all the times so I bought a tissue box for my nighstand and I found these ADORABLE Hello Kitty purse tissues, and they didn't even overcharge. I also got some facial cleansing tissues which are also on another picture, I know ;). Some Q-tips and snacks for my cat. (Don't worry, she's not living with me at school.)

Earrings for my ever expanding earring collection. Cute mesh hearts and classic pearly studs. I have to invest in an earring stand soon which is 25 pounds + shipping. EXPENSIVE, but it that one I want and I'm willing to pay for it.

What part of school have you started in? Or maybe work? I started my last year at the school which kind off is the same as High School, but not really. It's hard to explain, but you need to graduate from this 3 year basic education before you can go to university. Speaking of school, my Spanish assignment won't write itself - oh gosh. See you later beautiful peeps!

 - Elk

Nails: Tree of Love

Hey-O folks! As you might or might not know I usually re-create other's nail designs either from a picture of a video. Well this time it was from a video, I was inspired bu Meliney's (YouTube) Tree of Love tutorial.
I got a little more colour in theere by making the tree green and the background a glitter-colour.
Hope you like this, I sure thought it was very cute.

Have a great day - Elk.

E.L.F. trying to save money on glue?!

Hey guys. Today I have a mini-complaint/review-ish thing... (Well that's interesting...)
A while ago I bought some make-up from E.L.F. and this is what happened with my Undereye concealer and Highlighter and my Powder Brush only a few times after having used them..

Oh yes.. When I see this picture I have 9gag thoughts, "some people just want to see the world burn" and "you had ONE job" - to friggin' glue these objects together, PROPERLY.
Really it's no big deal at all, I just glued it back up myself and it only took a minute, but I think it's really annoying that I buy a product and they don't even bother to glue it together properly... I really hope that using less glue is E.L.F. strategy to avoid the economical crisis 'cause I really don't think that's gonna work too well..

Oh yeah, and guess what just happened today as well. My big NEW only worn TWICE chandelier earrings from H&M BROKE! I swear I will sue them someday for make such sh*itty breaking jewelry - I'm so pissed!

Have a great day you good-looking person behind that screen!
 - Elk

Nails: Back to school nails 2012

Hey guys, you excited for school? I sure am, and I'm so lucky I already started school last Monday. So here are my school nails for 2012, a little simple maybe but it's really not easy to think of a design for school nails no one has done before.

So here's my best best bid. The idea is that your nails are the blackboard and then someone drew a doodle, someone's doing maths, and apple for the teacher and on my left ring finger I figured that someone had art-class ;)

Anyways, I moved in last Sunday, and I'll make a room-tour post when my room is broken in properly, if you've ever moved you know that the way you decorate right when you arrive often changes into something more natural to you. But what I can show you is my new view, the other years my view was starring right into a yellow brick wall, OK for me but a bit sad.

I fell pretty lucky when you take into account that people pay a great deal of extra money for a view to a lake, the sea etc. Imagine how beautiful this will be year around, green in the summertime (now), orange and golden i autumn, pearly white in winter and blossoming in spring.

What are you doing this year, school, work or something else?

 - Elk

Makeup: Delicate Metallic

Hey guys, today I have a make-up look for you modeled by my wonderful friend, old and future roomie Oz.
(Again) this was inspired by a picture I found online googling for spring make-up trends.

I love how the gold and pink warm up the grey which usually is a colour I don't like working with.
Very wearable, delicate, cute and metallic. If you want it more wearable, consider getting rid of the dots 'neath the eyes - I just really liked them!

Have a wonderful day - Elk.

Nails: Nail-polishes I love for the summer!

Hey you sexy beast!
Lately I've preferred to keep my nail one colour all over my nail, and these are my favorites.

My top favorite ones have been these lovely coral polishes from ELF, I've had all nails except for the ringfinger one of the colours and then the second polish as an accent. I also added in my all-time favorite pink.

(Left to right) Fire Coral and Mango Madness from ELF, Dutch Tulips from OPI.

When I haven't been wearing these adorable reds I've turned to fresh bright colours like these, or toned down completely with a nice sandy/nude colour that reminds me of the sand on a beach.

(Left to right) No name from La Femme, No name from Divina, Sun from Oriflame and DJ Diva from Oriflame.

Whenever I wear that lush apple green I never fail to get compliments on my nails. It's simply a colour that makes everyone cheerie. Also this yellow colour is my idea of the perfect yellow. It has tiny white glitter in it which just gives it a wonderful shine.

What are your favorite summer polishes?

 - Elk