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.

Primark makeup haul

So, yesterday I went shopping with my best friend. We went to Primark and there I discovered a whole new collection of makeup. I knew Primark had some beauty things like earrings, hairstuff and flowercrowns, but I didn't know they had makeup. Apparently it's a new thing for Primark, so I decided that I wanted to test some of the products.  

This is a blush I found, and I immediately fell in love with it. Not only because it's a beautiful pink, but it also comes in this very pretty golden packing AND it was only 2,5 euros. There was also a fuchsia pink but that was just too pink for me. I thought this was going to look very pretty on my cheeks. I can't wait to put it on.

Another thing I picked up was this very pretty bronzer. Before I bought this, I had only one bronzer but I don't really liked it because it absolutely doesn't match with my skin tone, so I hope this one will be better. It's brown, but it has this golden and silver stripes in it, so I think that will match perfectly. 

Because my face deserved a good mask, I decided to try something new by picking up this peel off mask with cucumber. Normally I always buy the same products, but I wanted to try something new. My skin is quite sensitive, so I don't know how I will react on this mask, but if it's good, I'm definitely going to buy more of those. It's only 1 euro?!! How is that even possible for a peel off - mask?? So yeah, I can't wait to try this one!

I recently stopped biting on my nails (yes I know, it's really bad, that's why I stopped, I realized how disgusting it actually is), and because I always bit my nails, they're very weak, and they can't grow because they always break when they're too long. So that's why I bought this thing. It's a nailpolish that strenghtens and protects the nails. I hope this will work to make my nails stronger and longer.

Till now, I always used a normal eyepencil, because I heard a lot of stories about how difficult it is to use a liner pen, but now, because it was only 2 euros, I decided to take the risk and learn how to use it. I haven't tried it yet, but I know for sure that it's going to take me a while before I can do a proper line on my eye. I'll let you know how that works out :)

This is just a concealer brush. I already have one, but when I'm too lazy to clean my brushes, it's always handy to have an extra brush, and it was so cheap that I didn't even hesitated to buy it. And it feels very soft, so yeah, I'm very happy with this!

Last but not least, I bought this moisturiser for only 2,50 euros. It's a fragrance free moisturiser with vitamin E in it. Because of my sensitive skin, I always have to make sure that my moistrisers are fragrance free and because my previous moistriser didn't work out, I bought this. I hope it's going to be a good one, because I'm desperate after the number of different moisturisers I already tried...

So that was everything I bought. I'll let you know if I liked the products or not, and why not. If these products are good, I'd definitely recommend to go to Primark and buy these beautystuff, because for this price, trying is worth it! You can buy a lot of Primark makeup for the same price as for example one mascara from Rimmel. It's a good idea for people who are just starting to use makeup and don't want to spend too much money on it.

L.