Challenge - or something I do not know yet

Hi Love! 

I have given myself a little tiny challenge - and it's not about weight loss or being a better human being. 

I want to read a classic every month - cause! It's well - classic and a wonderful way to educate yourself and a nice theme to pick up under a conversation with people in bars and nightclubs, right! 

- I know, I know. That scenario is hard to imagine, usually I talk about food or what it would be like to be 5 years again. Weird but that just me as a person. 

Well, I want to learn and because we in my english class have many classics we have to read - but not all the ones I would love to read. 

So I want to make it my own mission in my life... In 2015

Not long ago this 50th edition of To kill a Mockingbird and let us just take a minute to admire this book that are beautiful on so many levels.  

Bioderma Addiction

Hi Love! 

I would like to be honest, at first and the main reason why I tried this amazing makeup remover was because of the hype. So, yes I fell and won! If you can say it in that way, which you properly can't, shame on me.. 

Well, here are a little insight into my stash of Bioderma Addiction!

I brough them while I visited Bruxelles, Belgium with my class and it got a bit out of hand! 

Well enjoy

Hey There Hi

Hey There Hi! 

See what I did there? 

Well I just found the perfect replacement or it's not really a replacement since I never had the Hay Clamp Lamp!

I was devasted when I realized that Hay had discontinued the lamp and wanted to pan myself in the head since I had waited too long to buy the beautiful lamp - that's so typically me.   

But hey! Superstudio Cph. had made a lamp almost identical to the one I wanted from Hay - so no hard feelings, Hay. 

Dead Plants?

Hey Love

I'm kind of embarrassed to admit this since I'm a daughter of a gartner I should properly have known now how to take care of my plants. 

But it seems like I would always fail in my attempt to keep the plants in my room alive. But then, because I'm a daughter of a gartner I know they're not built to survive in indoor environment like my home. 

So the only plant I seem help surviving is a cactus. - And now I would like to show my accomplishment, ta da! 

Ordning og Reda

Hey Love 

Ever heard of Ordning og Reda? No, well. If you are a lover of stationary things like notebooks and such you would love these leather things. 

I own two things from the company and I just love them - more so than any of my other everyday thin, especially my everyday objects such as the passportholder and the leather portfolio - in red. 

Marco Polo

Hey Love 

So, I'm in love. 

I know I have said these words before but let me get a minute to explain to you why! 

Look at him - that man is a handsome one. But it's not him this blogpost is about but the Netflix tv-serie Marco Polo. 

You do not know how long I have been waiting for this kind of tv-serie. I kind of tired of the typical comedy and drama series. These days they tend to bored me to death. 

But this serie - I'm telling you is amazing the development, character building and the history in it (I'm a bit of a history geek) is amazing. 

I have so much good things to say about it I do not even know where to begin - so I would just advised you to start seeing the serie as soon as possible. - And since many properly have a mean hangover after the NYE's celebrations. Why not then used the day on some time in front the television as you would do under normal circumstances. 

I hope you would enjoy it - as much as I do.   

Ciao   

Walking into Winterland

Hey love 

Not long ago, my family and I took a long walk around the park nearby where we live. 

I'm not really ecstatic over the cold weather and snow as many my friends is. But I must admit that there is something magical about snow - the feel of snowflake on your skin and the smell. 

People try to convince me that snow has no smell and maybe it may be so. But I would like to imagine my theory is true.

I hope you enjoy your winter wherever you may be. 

Origins Mask Fanatic

Hi Love! 

As you can see I love Origins mask. They are amazing especially here in winter time were dry skin attack you. Dramatic Im sorry I have just read Macbeth in my english class and can't yet forget the drama in there. 

Well, back to the masks. I know they say you only need to use mask once or twice a week but I find myself use Drink Up-Intensive every single night! 

I switch between Out of Trouble and Clear Improvement 4-5 times a week. 

It's a bit crazy I know but it works. 

Say Yes - To Modern Femininity

Hey Love! 

Well, I got myself a little early present. Why? I had a hard week with assignments from school. 

The Life of a student - I know I complain, but I do kind of love it. 

So back to the present, it's a perfume from Giorgio Armani Sì. 

And oh god - it's amazing and a perfect substitute to my old D&G 3 l'imperatrice perfume.

Since I'm terribly at describing smell - I took the description from Sephora! Do not judge - many have a hard time doing it too.

Si is a tribute to modern femininity, an irresistible combination of grace, strength, and independent spirit. A modern chypre reinvented, Si opens with deep blackcurrant nectar that softly recedes to airy florals. A base of musky blond wood adds lightness while grounding the fragrance for a lingering, distinctive trail.   

Celine vs. Asos

Hey Love! 

I'm in love with the Celine Trio bag, but. Because there is always a but - it's a wee bit too expensive for my student budget, so here is my alternative to the beautiful bag and it's from Asos, can it be more  wonderful? 

I think not.

The Peach colour one is at present on sale - lovely right! 

Navy-yellow 41$ & Peach 28.43$ 

This Book is Gay - And Amazing

Hallo Love! 

Long time no see and well I don't really have any excuses. 

I just want to mention this beautiful book - serious the book have some really nice artwork. 

This book should be reading by everybody - especially people who do not understand and therefor ignore this theme.

You can get it here!  

Bruxelles, I was in Love

Hey Love 

So I was in Brussel, Belgium with my class of social science and physical geography. 

See and Enjoy! 

We ate Pommes every single day since it was invented there and their specialty 

Well, not everybody can go to a palads

There were a demonstration in front of the parlament - and since I'm a social science student I can't leave it, right.

And I finally found a beer I like! Can we just clap for that,? But then again it would be unlikely not to find a beer you would love in Brussel, they have like 2004 different beers! 

We also stopped by Antwerp which were beautiful! 

Vacation and Sweets, like a lot of it.

I know, I know. Long time no see, right? 

Summer vacation do that to you and I must say Hallelujah! 

Wonderful weather, sun all day and plenty meaningless things to do. Just, my kind of summer vacation.  

I hope you all had a very pleasant summer and vacation. 

A little peek into my summer.  

Of cause there were sweets.

Like a lot of it. 

Iced Coffee - Summer Style

How to Make a Cold Brew French Press

Makes 1 drink

What You Need

1 1/2 cups cold water, preferably filtered

Ice, to taste

Milk, to taste

Sweeteners such as flavored syrups, caramel, or melted chocolate, optional. (Here I used stevia for sweetness.)

Equipment

Coffee grinder

French press

Instructions

Grind the coffee beans: Grind 1/3 cup of coffee beans until they are coarse enough to be filtered by the French press, yet fine enough to infuse well. On my burr grinder, I grind right in between middle and fine.

Combine the ground coffee and water in the French press: Pour the ground coffee into the French press and top with 1 1/2 cups of water.

Stir to incorporate: Gently stir the coffee with the water until well blended.

Put on French press lid: Make sure the plunger is in the up position.

Place the French press in the refrigerator and steep overnight: Leave the plunger in the up position so the grounds infuse the water overnight.

Plunge to separate the coffee from the grounds: The next morning, plunge the French press to separate the coffee from the grounds.

Make your iced coffee:

Fill a glass with ice cubes and fill partway with milk. Fill the rest of the glass with iced coffee. Stir to combine and enjoy!

adapted from NYTimes

Ingredients

1/3 cup whole coffee beans

Recipe found here 

Bookish Poem Reader

While in NY I picked up a few books, I'm kind of historian or poems book type - so it wasn't really weird when I pick this book up Immortal Poems of english language, because hallo if the titel doesn't make you want to pick book then the look would. I don't know but as I have said before I'm a sucker for packaging and this little thing just look so amazing. I completely recommend it for other poem reader. Since I'm not from a english speaking country I didn't get to read these poems when I was still in school or I did, but only a very few of them.

You can get this in Barnes and Noble - which I kind of jealous about. Really Americans have everything, okay I only kidding. But I would love a Barnes and Nobel in my town so I can go book crazy in there.

You can get it here for 8.99 dollars.

Red Velvet Cupcakes Love

Cupcakes love, Yeah! Everyone love cupcakes or I hope so. These little cute sweet things are fantastic for any occasion and I mean any occasion. So I decided to make these lovelies for my little brother when he ask for cake earlier this morning. To be earnest this isn't really good for those who are training or on a diet for summer, like myself. But cheat days are allowed - well for me they are or else I would go nuts without sweet things in my life. So I hope you would allow yourself to enjoy these lovelies.

Have a wonderful lovely day. 

Ingrédients
1 large egg
buttermilk (120ml)
1 tbsp of white wine vinegar
1 tsp of vanilla essence
2 tbsp of red food colouring (30ml)
sunflower oil (180ml)
self raising flour (200g)
caster sugar (225g)
1 heaped tsp of cocoa powder
pinch of salt

frosting
cream cheese (100g)
butter (50g)
icing sugar (200g)
1 tsp of vanilla essence 

How to 
Preheat oven to 180°C  

whisk the egg in a bowl for a minute. 

add buttermilk, vinegar, vanilla, and sunflower oil. 

dump the flour, sugar, cocoa, salt and food colouring into the bowl and mix together. 

whisk for a few minutes until combined and smooth. 

spoon into cupcake cases sat in a muffin tray so they are ¾ full. 

bake in the oven for 25 minutes until risen and cooked - test with a knife and it should come out clean. 

cool the cupcakes in their cases. 

slice a little off of the top of the cupcakes to make it flat and keep the trimmings to one side. 

beat the cream cheese and butter in a bowl until light and fluffy with the vanilla. 

add icing sugar and stir until combined. 

spread a little icing on top of the cupcake and crumble some sponge off-cuts on top to decorate. 

Chanel Noir - Darker Notes

Not long ago my only perfume became empty - this is really a shock to me since my mother tend to borrow it, hers words not mine. So since my mother used all my perfume for special occasions up, she felt a bit guilty about. So here it is - my new perfume which I would properly share with my amazing mom. She kind of brought it for share I think. But now to the more exciting part it smells lovely dark. I don't know how else to describe it. I'm not very good at describing perfumes.   

Striking top notes of grapefruit and bergamot accentuate the rose and jasmine infused floral accord, while notes of Indonesian patchouli and sandalwood add warmth. This is how the perfume is describe by the media and I have to agree. However this scent is not for everyday - or at least not my kind of everyday. I think it would become a bit too much for school.

That I want to say is I would recommend this for people who likes a perfume with darker notes. I love using this for a night out and often gets many compliments on the scent.    

At last I would like to say sorry for the picture - My friend has borrow my DSLR and therefor the poor excuse for a picture. 

Have a nice day! 

Little Damage

Sometimes I just buy stuff to make my life more easy - often I find it as therapy, because to tell the truth without shopping my life would be a mess. 

To be earnest the intro is just a excuse for buying when I don't have the money for it this month - it's kind of sad. But I'm super happy about the items I got from Asos.com 

So here is some pictures of them. 

Macaroon, Love and South France

Love, that's the thing. Summer equals love which are all right, not all of us are dating and have a loving significant other. However if food is allow to be a lover I would say food is my biggest lover this summer. With summer, sunshine and France!

My parents decided that this would be special and therefor France this year! I'm so excited about it, since it has been some times since I had a vacay in France, it's going to be wonderful with som rest from school and work.

I Dreaming until then.  

Rhubarb Pie

Ingrédients 

500 g of rhubarb into small pieces 

1/2 tbsp cornflour 

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 

100 g icing sugar 

crumble dough 

60g rolled oats 

90g plain flour 

3 tablespoons powdered sugar 

125 g of cold butter

How To 

Mix rhubarb, potato flour, cinnamon and icing sugar together and put it in a ovenproof pie dish (about 24 cm in diameter). 

Crumble Dough 

Mix oatmeal, flour and powdered sugar in a bowl. Cut the butter into small pieces and crumble it into the flour mixture. Spread batter over the rhubarb and bake pie in middle of oven - until golden. 

Serving 

Serve the warm rhubarb pie with ice cold cream. 

Tip 

Instead of cream you can serve ice cold lightly whipped vanilla cream. 

Baking Time 

About 25 min. at 225 °.