Donnerstag, 23. Februar 2012
Nails, Nails, Nails
Hi sweeties <3
I guess everyone knows that nails are a big part of the gyaru fashion. I love that there are so many ways to wear your nails: short, long, oval, sharp and edgy, with lots of bling or just plain.
Within the last years I wore quite a lot of false nails but due to the natural shape of my nails they never really fitted. I really love long nails but my own nails are kinda thin and tend to split, break or rip, so last october (I think it was october) I decided to get a UV-curing lamp and gels and did my own gelnails. I really love crafting and creating little things so I wasn't really afraid of doing it on my own. I guess the first time they were pretty much okay, but nothing more. By now I found out how to make my nails look really good, how to shape them and what gels are best for the modelage.
I bought the Jolifin Starter Set and I'm so happy I got this one. The quality is really good and it comes with everything you need.
I'm always looking for new inspiration. Google and Youtube can be really helpful but also blogs of some lovely gals are full of nail art and other inspirations.
I guess these are the most common shapes for nails and even when not wearing false nails you can wear great nail art. Just take some time, look for a picture of a nail art you'd like to do, get some nail polish and get started!
Lastly I want to share some of my recent nail art. I'm not really able to put on too much bling, because I work as a casshier and my nails usually are totally ruined after work, so I just decorate my nails for special occasions and stick to cute polishes for my everyday life.
This is what my nails looked like after doing them for the first time.
My Valentine's Day nailart (inspired by cutepolish)
This is what I wear right now. I love Polka dots and pastels as they are perfect for spring.
Two days ago was the end of carnival so me and some friends were going out and as I didn't dress up I just made my nails to look a bit like minnie mouse :D
And last but not least a rather blurry pic of my outfit of that night.
Oh and I got the blush I was talking about last time and I love it!
I guess that's again more than enough for today. So I hope you are all well and have a nice day!
Love, M.
Montag, 20. Februar 2012
[Tag] What if all of your make up got lost?
Hey sweeties <3
Lovely Jen posted a few tags within the last days and tagged all of her readers so here I am answering the tag.
So this tag is about make up: Which ten products would you buy first, if all of your make up got lost?
#1: my BB Cream: Right now I'm still using the Skin79 Super+ BB Cream gold label, but I already ordered the Skin79 lovely girl BB Cream so depending on how I like this one I would get one of these again. I really love my BB Cream. It smoothens my skin, moisturizes, covers up every uneven spot and gives a radiant shine. I'm relly looking forward to testing the new BB Cream and I will definitely let you know what I think about it.
#2: Alverde camouflage: I love to use this to cover up the dark circles under my eyes. It has a very creamy texture and covers up so well. Plus it smells sooo nicely!
#3: essence fix & matte translucent powder: as my forehead tends to get quite oily throughout the day I really love this powder, because it helps mattifying my skin so well. I usually apply this all over my face after I finished putting on rouge and eyeshadow to fix everything.
#4: essence I love stage eyeshadowbase: I've been trying out some different eyeshadowbases over the years, but out of all of them I guess I like the essence one best. I really don't like spending too much money on basic make up so I usually just stick to the drug store products also there's a high chance to get them in any small store or town. So this really helps keeping the eyeshadow and eyeliner from smudging, which for me is a real problem in summer (I just can't stand the heat!)
#5: essence eyeshadow quattro "to die for": I guess this is the perfect nude/everyday eyeshadow quattro. I really love the colors as they go so well with my skin and I will in any case buy this again and again!
#6: essence smokey eyes brush: I bought this one just recently but I use it every day! It's just perfect for blending. I had one like this before that was a little bit more expensive but it constantly lost hair and now that I got this one I'm definitely not going back to my old brush.
#7: Catrice precision eyepencil in black: Well I guess there's not much to say about this. It's just a superlasting eyepencil in deep black that I couldn't live without.
#8: Maybelline Lasting Drama gel eyeliner: I guess I've tried like thirty different eyeliners: liquids, gels, pens... either they weren't really black, they smudged after an hour, they burn't on my skin or didn't last more than a month but were really expensive. Finally I found this one and I really love it. It comes with a pencil that is perfekt for application and easy to clean and the eyeliner has a really nice color and finish.
#9: Catrice Allround mascara waterproof: I guess this story would sound a lot like the last one so I'll keep it short. Next to the Maybelline falsies mascara I like this the most. It has a wonderfull not too deep black color and helps curl my lashes really well.
#10: Catrice Defining Duo Blush 050 Apricot Smoothie: Well I don't yet own this one but I have a blush that's very similar to this one and I'm totally going to buy this one too as I heard a lot of good things about it.
I hope this was at least a little bit interesting for you and I think I'll just join Jen and tag all of my readers that haven't yet answered this tag!
I hope you'll all have a great last day of carnival and a lot of fun!
Love, M.
Donnerstag, 16. Februar 2012
Review: hair straightening brush
Hey sweeties <3
So I told you that I bought lots of new haircare stuff. One of these things was a special brush for straightening your hair while blow drying.
Usually I don't blowdry my hair at all because my hair is naturally very dry and frizzy and when I do blowdry it it gets even worse. But letting it airdry takes ages. At the moment I straighten my hair a lot because I just can't stand the way my natural curls look, so I thought why not try this brush.
I bought it at Basler, a shop especially for hair cosmetics and hair dresser equipment.
http://www.basler-haarkosmetik.at/ It's the "Lady B. CERAMIC LINE Haarglätterbürste".
It has different fibers put together into one strand so there are very thick ones to brush the hair and very thin ones to smoothe it. Also the ceramic plates help to disperse the heat evenly.
As my hair is really, really curly and the blow-drier at my boyfriends place isn't exactly the best thing on earth I didn't expect the outcome to be all to amazing but honestly spoken it is awesome! It is way easier to use than an usual round brush and straightened my hair really well.
Unfortunately I couldn't finish my work as the blow drier is so incredibly loud and my boyfriends dad was so annoyed of the sound that I had to stop.
Of course I will have to use my flat iron later but I always have to after blow drying my hair, but my hair feels really silky and is way easier to comb than after blow drying it with a normal brush or a round brush.
Well all in all I think I can totally recommend this brush for anyone who likes to straighten their hair while blowdrying it, but don't like to use round brushes.
I do not regret buying it at all.
I hope this review was helpful for some of you. If you have any questions about the product or the shop you can just leave me a comment.
Love, M.
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Mittwoch, 15. Februar 2012
Lately
Hi sweeties <3
Again I didn't post anything in such a long while. I'm deeply sorry but somehow my life was so full of playing "The Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask" that I didn't really feel like doing anything else than saving the world :D
Well even though I've been playing a lot lately I also studied for upcoming exams and worked out a bit. Also me and my boyfriend redecorated his room. I'm still lacking any good pictures, but here I've got a close up of the wallpaper we used.
All in all we spent about two days to do everything. Now he's got a newer bed that doesn't break down if you sit down on the wrong spot, a new table that I love to use as a desk while he is using his own, the new wallpaper and we reduced the size of one of his incredibly huge racks.
I've been "shopping" with my boyfriend too. Well first I was shopping with my family :DD We went to a mall that's kinda close to our hometown and I got some awesome things that were on sale: leatherette shorts and a cute pink knitted pullover. My Dad gave 30€ to me and my sister so that we could get us something nice at OMG! Shoes. Well I really fell in love with a pair of boots. They had like everything that I was looking for in a boot. They where perfect by any mean... but they were not my size! So I kept the money and was really depressed all evening long. Late at night I went to my boyfriends place and the next morning we went to a mall that's close to his flat (it's like 10 minutes away)and in this mall there is the second of only three stores of OMG! shoes. So I went in and found my beloved boots. They had one pair left in my size so I immediately bought them and now here they are! <3
On our way out of the mall we went by Acessoirize and I saw a supercute bag and as it was also on sale I bought it right away.
While writing this I realize that I bought a lot of stuff lately. Especially make up, hair and skin care.
I ordered new BB cream as mine is almost empty. This time I chose the Skin79 Lovely Girl BB Cream.
I bought new haircolor (silver to tone my blonde and black), silver toner
and silvershampoo.
I also got a new daily moisturizing and mattifying face cream by essence. It's the my skin mattifying cream with litchi and grade seed oil. It smells great, hydrates very good and also helps controlling the oily shimmer on my forehead perfectly. I think that it's a really awesome product for just 2,15€.
Lastly I got another rather cheap product at a local drugstore. It's the alverde serum with alpine rose. I love it! It moisturizes my skin so well plus it smells so incredibly great!
The last thing I wanna talk about today is my nails and Valentine's day. I prepared some chocolate for my Boyfriend and also decorated nmy nails for this special day so here is a quick snapshot of them.
I almost forgot to tell you that I cut my own hair! I was so fond of my hairstyle so I decided to just cut in some layers and cut my bangs a little bit more side swept. (It was quite late at night so I didn't wear too much make up anymore.
Buth that's it. Really!:DD
I hope all of you had a great Valentine's Day!
Love, M.
Dienstag, 24. Januar 2012
11 Questions
Hi sweeties <3
A few days ago lovely natsumi tagged me on her blog so I had to do this questionaire, so here you go.
Each person must post 11 things about themselves on their blog. Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post, and create 11 new questions for the people you tag to answer. You have to choose 11 people to tag and link them on the post. Go to their page and tell them you have linked him or her. No tag backs.
11 facts about me:
1. As I am dying my ever since I was 11 I can't really remember my true haircolor anymore.
2. I didn't really care about fashion before I got into J-rock.
3. When I grow up I wanna have a pomeranian and at least one lovely child.
4. By the end of this summer I hope to finally have my first tattoo.
5. I'm totally addicted to Harry Potter!
6. When I was a child I wanted to be like one of the magical girls in the anime (I especially liked Rei from Sailor Moon and Arjuna)
7. When I grow old (like really old) I want to wear my hair like Narcissa Malfoy.
8. I got my first high heels at the age of 12.
9. I first used make up when I was about 5 or 6 years old, because my mom always went to Avon parties.
10. I always did my nailart on my own, because I think it's very relaxing.
11. I created this blog about two years ago, but didn't really use it until last year.
11 questions I need to answer:
1. What's your hobbies? -
2. Do you have a favourite band? - I guess this will always be Dio-Distraught Overlord.
3. Do you like to go concerts? - I absolutely love going to concerts!
4. Do you have pets? - I used to have mice a few years ago.
5. What would you do if you suddenly had a large amount of money? - Take about 10% of it and spend it on stuff I always wanted to buy and save the rest for the future.
6. Are you addicted to make up? - Definitely!
7. Do you love Spiders? - ...not quite. I think they are really fascinating and some are indeed beautiful, so as long as they stay out of my room I'm fine with them.
8. Which languages can you speak? - German, english, very little of latin and yidianr hanyu (a little bit chinese ;3)
9. Are you a worker or a student? - currently studying chemistry and on weekends working as a cashier.
10. What was your first concert? - My first concert ever was Panteon Roccoco (a mexican ska band) and the first concert of a japanese band was Blood 2007 in Vienna.
11. Which haircolor do you want? - currently I'm quite satisfied with my hair, but I want to change my blonde parts into grey/silver.
Now for the 11 persons I ask to answer my questions:
1.Sachiko
2.Suno-chan
3.Mina
4.Patto
5.Myoubi
6.Momoko
Well actually there are only 6, as all of the others that I could tag already were tagged before.
my questions for you:
1. Who is your biggest inspiration?
2. What would you prefer: Games or Fashion?
3. Do you have a tumblr/twitter account?
4. What was your favourite TV show when you where a child?
5. Are you satisfied with your looks?
6. Fur/fake fur/no fur?
7. What is the main color in your closet?
8. If you could choose where would you like to be born in your next life (assuming something like rebirth existed)?
9. What is your absolute favourite food?
10. Coke/Pepsi/Dr.Pepper/Red Bull Cola?
11. What's your favourite fashion style?
Dienstag, 17. Januar 2012
why I've been absent for so long
Hi sweeties <3
I'm very sorry for not posting for soooooo long. I really didn't feel like posting anything lately. I've experienced so many great and so many awefull things within the time that I've not posted. Christmas was really awesome I had a lot of fun with my friends and family.
But between christmas and new year I had to work every day. It was uneblievably tiresome to just sit around all alone. At least around lunchtime when my best friend started her shift I had someone to talk to <3 (Yes me and my best friend worked at the same place <3)
A few days before the new years eve my boyfriend told me that he will not join the party we had long planned. All of our close friends from my region were there and he parited with his friends in vienna.
First I was really disappointed but in the end we still had a great evening all together.
Right after the party I went to vienna and spent my first week of the new year with my dear boyfriend. I prepared dinner for him during the last days of his work for the austrian army and afterwards we've been shopping and just enjoyed the free time together.
Last monday university started again and I realised that I have just two courses left until the beginning of february. Chinese and Gender in Science. So I have time to go to vienna already on wednesdays instead of friday afternoon. I use the time in vienna for studying, reading manga, exercising a bit and to just be with my beloved one.
This Saturday we had a party in Leonding. One of our best friends had birthday and we wanted to surprise him... well he found out almost a week before the party but still we all had a lot of fun. We had dinner at a japanese restaurant and I had super tasty kimchee nabe<3 Afterwards we played tabu and uno all night long and also almost all of sunday :DD
So at the moment (apart fro last weekend) my life isn't that interesting at all. But here I've got some great news too: This summer I'll be going to Lisbon <3 It's going to be just five days but I'm really excited to go there. Maybe me and my boyfriend will also go to Germany for a few days to visit Düsseldorf, Berlin and some other cities <3
But we'll see :D
For now I can't think of anything else to write about so I'll just end this here.
I hope all of you had a great christmas and will have a great year<3
Love, M.
Mittwoch, 14. Dezember 2011
Pretty or just pretty sick
Hi sweeties <3
Today I want to talk about something that is really important to me: weight.
Every time I open a new issue of Jelly (you could insert almost any other japanese mook title here)I'm really shocked by the pictures of young girls that starve thereselves to become thinner.
When I was around fifteen I was still really, really skinny. My torso was way to big for the rest of my body, I looked kinda hillarious and yet scary. I hated my body and started to do more work out and finally had a body with good proportions (even though I should do more for it nowadays :DD)
But everytime I open one of those mooks I just see myself back when I was fifteen... too skinny... well my teint wasn't that good back then :DD
I don't know too much about the taste of japanese guys, but I honestly can't believe that anyone would want to make love to a skin colored stick with breasts. I'm not thinking bad about those girls, not at all, but I just ask myself who made them lose so much weight that the don't even look human anymore.
Just imagine one of those girls would get pregnant. I honestly don't believe that it is healthy to be that skinny.
So here is first an example of those skinny girls (especially the one on the left looks really... wrong. You see that picture left to her? the second one where she looks just fine? I just ask myself: why did she go on?) And secondly a healthy thin model. Now please tell me what do you think looks better?
I'm really looking forward to reading your comments on this topic.
Love, M.
Mittwoch, 30. November 2011
ebay nail and makeup stuff
Hey sweeties <3
Today a huge package arrived and it was filled with super cute stuff me and my mom bought from an super cheap ebayshop about two weeks ago.
My mom bought her first fake lashes and as she didn't like the style of one package so I got them. Here's all of the stuff I got (mom gave it to me as a present for st. nicholas day):
eyelashes
eyelash applikator
nailart stuff
more nailart stuff
So I guess I'll use some of the stuff within the next days and show you how I liked it.
Love, M.
last weekend
Hey sweeties <3
Wow I haven't been bloging for ages! But honestly my life was just so boring and depressing that I just didn't feel like posting anything.
Last weekend I finally met my boyfriend again (we haven't seen each other for two weeks as I've been sick and haven't been allowed to leave the house the weekend before), but before that I went to Natsumi-sans place on friday.
I did her nails and slept at her place. On saturday we met our friends Chris and Shu in Linz. We wanted to go to a christmas market but ended up at a cofeeshop :D
Here are some pics:
Me in the train :DD
Natsumi-san
Best coffee I ever had <3 Caramel Nut Moccachino
After meeting my friends I went to Vienna to meet my boyfriend. I felt like I hadn't seen him for ages. We went straight to his home and had another amazing dinner his mom prepared for us (If someday I turn fat I know whose fault it will be :DDD). We watched TV together and just enjoyed the time together.
On sunday we decided to visit a chirstmas market at the town hall place. It consists mostly of food, food, jewelry and lots of food. We bought huge bertzels, one that tasted like a bismarck with cinnamon and sugar on top and one that was filled with vanilla pudding. Afterwards we had three cups of punch together.The first was actually "Jagatee" which was really really too strong, the second was with pomegranate flavour (our favourite) and the last was with egg liqueur (again really strong).
I love how his eyes glow when he's wearing his lenses
as you can see my darlin didn't really like the Jagatee
cute little castle and the heart tree
All in all I had a great weekend and enjoyed the warm weather.
Since I left Vienna my life seems to be dull and grey again. I really can'T wait for the next weekend!
I'll write another post right after this one to tell you what just lighted up my day ;)
Love, M.
Montag, 7. November 2011
dm porduct test
Hey sweeties <3
Those of you who live in Europe might know dm it's a multinational drugstore company that was founded in Germany.
They also have a fanpage for their austrian stores on facebook. If you like this page you can become a dm product scout. I've did it for the second time now and I'm really glad I joined in again. The first time I got to test a got 2 be volume powder, which I love for gyaru hairstyles, as I don't have to tease them so much when using it.
This time we got shower gels from balea young. Balea is a dm exclusive brand. My sister also registered and luckily we got both of the new designs. Mine is called "Zuckerschnute" and my sister got "Traumgeschöpf".
Let's talk about Zuckerschnute first. It smells like vanilla joghurt mixed with cotton candy and lemon. I love how all of my skin smells so sweet and yet fresh after showering. I really like the design of the bottle and everything it's just perfect all over.
ingredients: AQUA, SODIUM LAURETH SULFATE, COCAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE, SODIUM CHLORIDE, COCAMIDE DEA, GLYCOL DISTEARATE, SODIUM LAUROYL SARCINOSATE, SODIUM BENZOATE, PARFUM, TETRASODIUM DICARBOXYMETHYL GLUTAMATE, CITRIC ACID, POTASSIUM SORBATE, SODIUM METHYL COCOYL TAURATE, LAURETH-4, SODIUM HYDROXIDE, LIMONENE, CITRAL.
Now on to Traumgeschöpf. The smell is a mixture of musk, almond and roses, but to me it smells like nectarine. Under the shower it smells a little bit bitter, but still sweet and soft. The design of the bottle is very charming and appealing too.
ingredients: AQUA, SODIUM LAURETH SULFATE, COCAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE, SODIUM CHLORIDE, COCAMIDE DEA, GLYCOL DISTEARATE, SODIUM LAUROYL SARCINOSATE, SODIUM BENZOATE, PARFUM, TETRASODIUM DICARBOXYMETHYL GLUTAMATE, CITRIC ACID, POTASSIUM SORBATE, SODIUM METHYL COCOYL TAURATE, LAURETH-4, SODIUM HYDROXIDE, LINALOOL, LIMONENE.
At the shop I think you will pay about 2€ for a bottle and I think they are really worth it.
All of you who love sweet and charming shower gels should definitely give them a try.
Love, M.
Donnerstag, 3. November 2011
Ebay Arrivals
Hi Sweeties <3
As I metioned earlier this week some of the things I ordered in the last time arrived these days, so here's a short post on these things.
First my new Fall/Spring boots from ebay.
At first I wanted to buy some awesome boots from rakuten, but they were too expensive, so I decided to look through ebay to see if I can find something nice and I did! I bought them from this ebay shop.
What's really funny is the fact that me and my boyfriend had a little walk at my hometown and when we stopped at a shoestore we saw a pair of shoes that looked just like my new boots (the only difference is that the upper part is shirred) but those cost 245€. So that's one more reason for me to love my new boots. They are really confortable and look very good when worn.
Next my lower lashes (also from ebay) arrived.
I didn't think they would come anymore as it took over one and a half month but finally they arrived and they look pretty good. I haven't found time to make pictures while wearing them but here's a shot of them in the package.
They haven't been very expensive so I ordered 30 pairs, which is way too much for me. I've been thinking about doing a Giveaway soon so maybe I'll use them for it.
The last thing is not really one of my purchase but one of my boyfriends. I ordered some circle lenses for him at eyecandylens.com. As he is chinese his eyes are a very deep, dark and rich brown, which I totally love but he dislikes a lot. So we decided to order a pair of optical circle lenses. We chose the GEO Tri-color world in brown. I will give them to him tomorrow and will take some pics with him to show you how they suit him.
So this is really enough posting for today. Have a nice evening sweeties!
Love, M.
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Rezept Post: Kürbiscremesuppe
Hey meine Süßen <3
Diesmal habe ich eines meiner liebsten Suppenrezepte mitgebracht: Kürbiscremesuppe. Das Original stammt von Johann Lafer. Ich habe einige Mengenangaben geändert, sodass das Ergebnis mehr meinem persönlichen Geschmack entspricht.
Hier sind die Zutaten die ihr für ca. 5-6 Teller braucht:
1 mittelgroßen Hokkaidokürbis (~ 1 kg mit Kernen und Haut)
250 ml Sahne
2 Schalotten oder 1 große Zwiebel
1 Knoblauchzehe
100 ml Weißwein
500 ml Hühnerbrühe
1 tl Currypulver
Salz & Pfeffer
frische Muskatnuss
40 g Butter
Zuerst solltet ihr euch nach einem geeigneten Messer umsehen. Es sollte sehr scharf sein und entweder ein gezacktes Brotmesser mit dem sich der Kürbis ganz einfach aufsägen lasst oder eines mit glatter Klinge das einen dünnen Rücken hat.
Schneidet den Kürbis in zwei Hälften und kratzt die Kerne und all das weiche Gewebe in dem sie sitzen heraus, am besten eignet sich dazu ein Löffel mit scharfer Kante oder ein Eislöffel. (Die Kerne kann man gesäubert trockenen und dann in der Pfanne rösten)
Schält den Kürbis vorsichtig. Die Haut ist sehr hart und man muss wirklich vorsichtig sein um sich nicht in die Finger zu schneiden. Im Anschluss schneidet ihr das Kürbisfleisch in ca 2x2 cm große Stücke.
Schneidet den Zwiebel und den Knoblauch in kleine Stücke und dünstet sie in der zerlassenen Butter bis sie glasig sind. Gebt das Kürbisfleisch und das Curry dazu. Kurz durchschwenken und mit dem Weißwein ablöschen.
Lasst es einkochen bis der typische alkoholische Duft vergangen ist und gebt die Suppe und die Sahne dazu. Kocht das ganze für ungefähr eine halbe Stunde oder bis das Kürbisfleisch ganz weich ist.
Schmeckt das ganze mit Muskat, Salz und Pfeffer (und als besonderes Extra vielleicht eine kleine Prise Zimt) ab. Mit dem Pürierstab wird die Suppe gemixt bis sich eine gleichmäßig cremige Suppe ergibt.
Wenn euch die Suppe zu dickflüssig ist gebt noch etwas Wasser dazu und wenn sie zu flüssig ist dann lasst sie einfach noch ein wenig länger Kochen.
Am besten Serviert man die Suppe heiß mit Croutons und einem Schuss Kürbiskernöl. Ich persönlich mag auch zerstoßene geröstete Kürbiskerne gerne auf meiner Suppe.
Ich hoffe ihr werdet dieses Rezept genauso sehr wie ich genießen. <3
Love, M
Recipe Post: Pumpkin Cream Soup
Hey Sweeties <3
This time I bring to you one of my absolute favourite soup recipes: Pumpkin Cream Soup. The original recipe is by Johann Lafer, but I changed some things to make it suit my taste more.
Here's what you need for approximately 5-6 bowls:
1 medium sized Hokkaido pumpkin (~ 1 kg with seeds and skin)
250 ml Cream
2 shalotts or 1 large onion
1 garlic clove
100 ml white wine
400 ml chicken soup
1 tsp curry powder
salt & pepper
fresh nutmeg
40 g butter
First you need to find a large and very sharp knife. You should use either one with a saw like blade or with a thin blade in order to be able to cut the pumpkin.
Cut the pumpkin into halves and scratch the seeds and all the stringy parts out with a simple spoon or an ice scoop (you could keep the seeds to dry and roast them, but be sure to clean them properly).
Then cut off the skin. You have to be very careful or you might cut your fingers, as this is really tricky. Afterwards cut it into pieces that are about 2x2cm big.
Cut the onion and garlic into small cubes and fry it in the butter until it turns glossy and translucent. Add the pumpkin and the curry powder. Stir lightly and add the white wine.
Let it cook until the typical alcohol flavour has gone and add the soup and the cream. Cook it for about half an hour or until the pumpkin cubes turn soft.
Add nutmeg, salt and pepper (and if you like a small pinch of cinnamon) until the soup suits your taste best. Mix it until its creamy and all of the bits have gone.
If the soup is too thick for your taste you can add some more water, if you think it should be even creamier just let it cook for a little while longer.
Serve it hot with croutons and a little bit of pumkin seed oil. I really love to add crunched roasted pumpkin seeds as topping.
I hope you will enjoy this recipe just as much as I do. <3
Love, M
Mittwoch, 2. November 2011
my past week
Hi Sweeties <3
So as I already promised you I will now talk about my last week.
Last sunday I've at a Lolita meetup in Vienna. It was the 7th anniversary of the premier of Shimotsuma Monogatari (Kamikaze Girls), which is one of myfavourite movies, because it reminds me of me and my friends a lot. So we watched it together at a small cinema where you can rent your own cinema. We had very much fun watching the movie. My boyfriend and even another non-loli friend and her boyfriend joined us.
Sorry for the bad pic, we were really in a hurry. So this was my outfit for that day.
The four of us afterwards went to a games-con called Game City, which took place at the vienna town hall. They presented a lot of new games, but the only one I was really interested in (NFS The Run) was "not available" for testing, as there where like hundreds of people wanting to test it. So after taking a quick look at every thing we left again.
The things that were most impressive, yet not 100% worth buying, were: Tekken x Streetfighter, The Legend of Zelda , NFS The Run, all of the Kinect games (they seemed to real fun), Uncharted 3 (they had an amazing booth) and there was some kind of Games presentation/testplayingthingie that was installed inside of an Audi which was constantly moving like a lowrider.
The 26th is a national holiday in Austria. We celebrate that we declared to be eternally neutral on 26th of October 1955. So everybody had a day off and I went to vienna to see my honey. We wanted to go to the city to visit a museum or something like that but in the end we used up all of or time gameing and watching tv together. The weather was not very good and I hate going out when the air is too damp, because it makes my hair look even worse.
And then finally on friday a very good friend of mine, my sister and me went to the Schallaburg, which is a renaissamce castle that was turned into a museum. We visited an exhibition about Venice, which we've been looking forward to for all of the past week. Unfortunately it hasn't been even half as good as we expected it to be. The title was "Venice -Seapower, Art and Culture". Well every second sign said that venice was a really important haven... the paintings were soso. But they had some awesome panorama drawings of venice which were unbelievalby detailed. They exhibited a lot of books but unfortunately the only thing you could see where the frontpages of most of the books. All in all it was absolutely not worth the money we paid for it (8€ with student dicsount, 9€ for adults).
Well I had a great week and within these last days a lot of new things arrived here too, but I will tell you about that in another post.
Love, M.
Sonntag, 30. Oktober 2011
All Hallows Eve Dinner Preparations, Birthdays & Nailart
Hey Sweeties <3
Sorry for being absent for sooooo long. I really wanted to write about something, but lately my life hasn't been all that interesting. And right from the moment when I had something to talk about I just couldn't find the time to write an entry.
So today I will talk about the most recent things like our upcoming Hogwarts-Style Halloween dinner, my smaller sisters birthday and something I bought today.
Tomorrow is Halloween and as none of my friends planned anything, we decided to just have a decent dinner at home with our parents, my boyfriend and a friend of ours.
The starter will be pumpkin pasties and a brie that's wrapped in puff pastry with crackers to dip into the cheese. As maincourse we will have pork chops, lovely potato ghosts, glaced carrots and a salad. Finally the dessert will be a chocolate berry trifle that I already prepared today. What I planned was a lot bigger than what I am actually allowed to do,but I think it will be a nice evening anyway and maybe we'll go to some bar afterwards too. :D
The biggest disappointment was that I will not be able to do the butterbeer right. I really hoped that I would be able to get the right liqueur, but it's like looking for something that hasn't been invented yet... For now all I have for you is a picture of the not finished trifle, as I will add the last layer tomorrow to be sure that it looks really fresh and yummy. After finishing this post I will prepare the pumpkin for the pasties and make some pumpkin juice too. I'm really excited how it will turn out.

On Saturday it was my younger sisters birthday. She turned 17 and after work we went to Linz and had some drinks at an awesome cafe. We all tried to look a little bit gyaru-ish and I got a lot of compliments on my hairstyle, but unfortunately I forgot to take pics. It was a lot of fun even though there were some... let's call it small problems throughout the night.
And now to the last thing in this post. A few weeks ago I decided to buy a UV-lamp in order to be able to do my nails better. I found a really good one on a german page that's part of a starter set. It's quite cheap considering what it costs to have them done at a studio. I also ordered a UV-nailpolish sealing lacquer which is said to protect your nailpolish from splittering or getting scratched and other things so that it lasts up to weeks instead of days. I'm really excited to see how bad I am at doing my own nails :DD
As soon as I receive the package I will try to find some time to do a quick review on it and show you the outcome of my first try.
As it is getting really late I'll end this post here and tell you about the rest of my last week in another post. I hope all of you out there are fine and noone is sick. For now I wish all of my lovely readers a great Halloween!
Love, M.
Freitag, 14. Oktober 2011
Versailles live in Vienna plus some random talk
Hi sweeties <3
I'm sincerely sorry for not updating for so long but I was a little bit stressed when I realised that university had finally really started this week. We had a lot of "homework" (we can't get real homework but anyways the professors want us to do loads of homework anyways) and I tried to start learning intensely for the upcoming exams.
I guess it's best to start with the interesting things. Last Sunday I've been on the Versailles ~Phillharmonic Quintett~ live in Vienna @Szene.
Honestly I am so desillusionated... I knew that they look way better in pictures but hell... I have always been a great fan of them. I still love their music but why do they have look so stupid when being on stage? I really tried to stay serious and have fun just because I'm enjoying the music but whenever I got to see Teru laughing, singing or just trying to act sexy I had to laugh so hard. I couldn't see his teeth which made him look like an very very old pirate. Masashi and Yuki (who was my absolute favorite ever since I got to know the band) also really shocked me... they look so manly... not as androgyn as in the pictures. Hizaki is still beautiful, but it seems like he gained some weight~ his face looked kinda swollen. Last but not least (definitely not least) Kamijo: I love his new stageoutfit soooooo much
On to the music: Unfortunately they played almost no old songs but I really like their new songs to so no prob on that. the sound was really great so I guess for music they would get an A+.
The stageshow and fanservice: I was quite far away from the stage due a huge pack of hungarian and czech (and whereverelse they came from) fans that were rushing in to the hall like there would be some sale on Jrockers XD I'm glad to see that the guys have so many fans in europe but somehow I just can't stadn the fans from the east. The tend to be really rude.
All in all I didn't really enjoy the concert as much as I had expected but it was still fun and I really loved to see them live, but Idon't know if I would go to another concert.
Now on to a slightly different story: The way home in a friends car. We live about 2 hours from vienna and the last train in our direction leaves around 11 pm so we always go there by car. We wanted to stop at a Mc Donalds before leaving Vienna so we tried to get to one. After finally finding one that's next to a gas station we tried to reach it... somehow we managed to drive in circles again and again and again :D but we reached the gas station (with almost no fuel left) and got something to eat.
From monday I decided to do something good for my hair and not style them for a while unless it's absolutely necessary (halloween and stuff like that) my mom helped me bleach to bleach the blonde half and from that day on my hair really seemed to hate me. I'd somehow like to get the damaged part cut off, but atm I don't even have the money to go to a hairdresser, so I'll have to live with it.
So I went to university in my invisibility cloak and didn't style at all, so no new pics for the moment Q.Q I'm just doing casual hairstyles that don't require heat to style the hair. In the afternoons I just tried to learn as much as I could, do my homeworks and read, read, read. Currently I'm reading a book by Trudi Canavan and I love it so much! Also I've started to read Sailor Moon again, as I want to do a cosplay next year and can't yet decide on a character.
Well enough random talk for this week I hope I'll have some more interessting stuff for you next week
Love, M
P.S.: Oh yeah I almost forgot about that: My mom promised that if my friend is here on Halloween I am allowed to prepare a huge Harry Potter style Halloween dinner
P.P.S.: I just added this pic of my hairstyle for the versailles concert. I wore a very casual outfit which I will show you maybe next time.

Donnerstag, 6. Oktober 2011
Chitchat at the Mc Cafe
Hey sweeties <3
Today I met a friend after university. I know him since summer 2009. I had bought a magazine about Japanese Lifestyle called "Peach" and in each volume there were two or three readers featured. When I read that he was from Linz (which is quite near to my hometown) I just had to send him a message. about a week or two later we met for the first time and became really good friends.
On sunday there will be a concert by Versailles ~Philharmonic Quintet~ in Vienna and he is attending too (as are some more of my dear friends <3). So we met today because he needed some special parts for his outfit which I fortunately had at home.
We went to a quite new mall, which is called "Lentia City", in Urfahr, which is something like the north district of Linz (yes, this sounds way cooler than it really is XD). We had drinks and sweets at the Mc Cafe. Here's what we got:
He had a frozen caramel coffee without caramel unfortunately Q.Q and an apple pie and I had a chocolate frappé and a strawberry cupcake.
We kept talking for quite a long time and it was really fun. We talked a lot about fashion and hairstyles. He just got his hair dyed and it looks soooooo amazing *w* I really love the color. Well anyway the point of this hair talk was that he helped a friend of ours to decide on a haircolor and then he showed me the pic the used as a sample. While he was looking for the pic on the mobile he told me that I look a lot like the girl in the pic. I was really excited to see her!
It's Sakochi! My big inspiration <3 I guess this is one of the nicest things anyone ever said to me regarding my style.
Afterwards we went back to the center of the city. I had to buy something for my mom and he wanted to get Xboxlive points to download Crisis. Well I had to go home at about 2 pm as my mom is coming hom from her vacation today and we had to tidy up the flat.
Love, M.
Dienstag, 4. Oktober 2011
Nailart and stuff
Hey sweeties <3
University started yesterday and I had my chinese course on monday. Unfortunately it's always on monday and wednesday 10.15 am which means I have to get up very early but on the other hand I don't have to stay there as long as I had to during the last semesters. (Back then the course was from 17.30 to 20.30 which ment I came home around 10 pm)
It was kinda shocking when our Zhongwen laoshi entered the classroom and didn't really use more than ten german words... so many unknown vocabulary @.@ but I'm kinda used to hearing chinese words I don't know all of the time as my nan pengyou is chinese too.
so enough bragging with the little chinese I already know and on to the original theme of this post. I wanted to check my youtube to see if there were any intersting new uploads from YAK Films (yes I am addicted to dancing [altough I really suck at it myself] and I love to see the newest stuff from Le Twins [who my boyfriend showed to me]) and got distracted by a nailart tutorial. It was about a autumn scene nailart which is really cute but then I spotted the newspaper nailart and I loved it right away! Here's my result:
You just paint your nails in a colour that would fit a newspaper, let dry fully; dip the finger into rubbing alcohol (you can get this at a pharmacy) and then press the newspaper on your nail for a few seconds (don't wait to long or it will get really sticky). Now just put on a top coat and you're finished.
Later on I also found a few really awesome videos on how to do a wonderful marble naildesign at home. It's kinda tricky to get a really nice design but once you know how to do it right it's really fun. And the results are just amazing!
Here is my result:
So this one is a little bit tricky. You need a glass or glass bowl, some toothpicks, papertowels to cover your workingplace, some different but matching nail polishes and tape to cover the area around your nail.
Fill room temperature water into the glass and drip the nailpolish into it. try to get circles and then just "stir" a little with you toothpicks. As soon as you have a design you like just dip your finger into the water next to the polish and put it under the part you want on your nail, raise your finger and voila! There it is right on your nail <3 let it dry thoroughly and get rid of the tape; clean your fingers with nail polish remover and q-tips, put on a top coat and you're finished.
I hope you liked these short summaries of the tutorials you can also find them here and here.
Love, M.
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