Discovering American candy

A few weeks ago, a new candy shop opened its doors and because I'm a huge fan of candy (even though I try to be healthy) I decided to go and have a look in the shop. When I came there, I saw candy everywhere. It was like candy heaven OMG! Better than any other candy shops I've ever been! But one thing I noticed, is that there was so much candy that I had never seen before. Apparently it was not just any candy store, but one with mainly American candy. Since I was so curious about all that new candy, I decided to buy a few things to try. So here's what I bought:

Golden double stuf Oreo: The taste of these Oreo's is not much different from the original Oreo's, but hey, how cool are they? I mean, they're GOLDEN!

Birthday cake Oreo: I didn't know what to expect with these very fancy Oreo's, but I liked the look of them so much, that I couldn't resist buying them, even though it's not even my birthday ;) I can definitely recommend these Oreo's. They smell a bit funny but they're delicious!

Pop tarts: Chocolate chip cookie dough: I watch quite often Youtubers and a lot of them recently tried these Pop tarts. And I can understand why. They're soooo yummie!! I wish I bought more of them (I'll definitely go back to the candy shop to buy more).

Rainbow Nerds (Wonka): First of all I fell in love with this packaging. I mean, look at it, so colorful, it almost screams: "Buy me!!" So I did, but not only for the packaging, also because it's from Wonka. It reminded me of the movie 'Charlie and the chocolate factory', which was one of my favorite movies when I was younger. I tasted the candy, and I'm not too sure if I like it. I mean, it's not bad, but it simply tastes like nothing but sugar, and I like sugar, but I also like it when candy has a (artificial) taste of something else but sugar.

But overall, I'm so happy with this candy shop. It'll definitely be one of my most visited shops in the future. For those who are interested in the shop, its name is: 'Hearts and Flowers'.


L.

Love Lush

Last weekend, I went into Lush because I heard a lot of good things about the store so I wanted to see myself how good it was. When I stepped into the store, I immediately fell in love with everything. I had never seen so many colourful things in one little shop. Because it's almost Valentine's day, there were some limited edition product which also looked soooo good. Because I definitely couldn't leave without buying something, I went on a search for the best-smelling product. I end up buying a few things...

This very gorgeous looking thing is called: Unicorn Horn Bubble Bar. As the name says, it's a bubble bar. You just break off a piece and crumble it under the streaming water into your bath. Your bath will be full bubbles and colours. This Unicorn Horn also has the tiniest bit of glitter in it so when you get out of the bath, you'll shine, but not over the top. It's perfect when you have to go to a party, but it's also very calming, so a nice idea before bedtime. The smell of this bubble bar is amazing. It has lavender in it, but also neroli oil and Ylang Ylang oil. The combination of these three smells is just magical.

The next thing I bought is this huge bathbomb called Avobath. This very freshsmelling, green bathbomb is perfect to start the day with. It smells like lemongrass and bergamot oils, but it also has avocado and olive oil in it, which makes your skin less dry. I haven't tried this one yet, but I can't wait to use it because it smells soooo yummie.

This next one is also a bubble bar. I picked up the blue one, but there are also three other colours: pink, white and green. They all have the same smell but I thought this one looked the nicest. It has a very fresh smell because it's all citrus oils: mandarin, lemon and bergamot. I absolutely love this kind of smells, a little fruity, but still very fresh.

Last thing I picked up is this shampoo bar. I never heard of a shampooBAR before, because I always use liquid shampoo, but I just couldn't resist the amazing smell of this one so I bought it to give it a try. This bar has argan oil in it, which is so good for your hair when it's dry and it makes it shine again. The argan oil in combination of lemon oil, geranium oil and rose absolute makes the perfect smell. I could smell it the whole day without getting tired of it.
Now you probably wonder how on earth this bar can be used as shampoo (at least that's what I thought when I first saw it), but it's very simple: you make your hair wet, then you rob the bar about three times over your hair and then you can wash your hair as you would normally do. It's so easy! And this shampoo bar is also very handy to pack when you go on holiday.

So, that were all the things I bought in Lush. I can't wait to use all these products, and to go another time to Lush to buy even more things :D

L.

Smoothie time

A smoothie: it's easy, healthy and it doesn't take that much time to make it.
I know it's not really the perfect time of the year for fresh fruits, but a smoothie can always be made. Because fresh fruits are often quite expensive this time of the year, I buy fruits in the freezer. I know that sounds unhealthy but it actually isn't, because the fruits go in the freezer right after they were harvested so they don't lose any of the vitamins. You can buy these fruits in almost every supermarket.
The following recipe is just an example. You can use any fruit you like, but this one is my favorite at the moment.

What you'll need:
- A blender
- 1 banana (not from the freezer)
- 200 ml of apple juice
- 1 cup of raspberries (fresh or from the freezer)
- a few strawberries (fresh or from the freezer)

Just put all the fruits in your blender and the apple juice at the end. Blend it for a couple of seconds and you're already finished. If your smoothie is too thick, you can always add a little more apple juice till the smoothie is exactly how you want it.

The result should more or less look like this:

You can now try it yourself. Let me know in the comments if you liked it or not, and if I should do more of these easy and healthy recipes.

L.