Montag, 31. Dezember 2012

2012 - 2013 | NYE Resolutions anyone?



Aloha All,

It is this time of the year when people start their New Year’s resolution. As last year I am still not a fan of this but at the same time I am still a victim, who fell (and will fall) for it each and every year.
I think it has more to do with the time which you now have … I mean you are surrounded by family and friends. You start to evaluate your year, tell one another what was great and what went wrong. You share your success stories but also the points where you didn’t know how to go on. Where you were stuck. Even when you are writing the Christmas cards you start to let some memories of the past year slip in. May it me situations were you shared a most wonderful experience. Or may it be a very complicated or even tough time where the one you are writing to stood firm beside you and managed to get you through. All this is coming on the last days of the year.
So your thoughts as directly flowing to your overall goals, dreams and struggles. You start evaluating everything just for yourself…

I started directly after the Christmas holidays with the recap of 2012:
What where my successes? What went wrong? In which situation did I like myself and felt comfortable? In which situation did I not live up to my expectations? What or who made me suffer? Where did I break down? Who were the people who stood on my side when the world seemed to end right now (over-dramatizing I know)?
Did I make the right decisions? Am I on track for my dreams and wishes?
So all these questions are spinning in my mind and this is why I need to write right now! This is why you most certainly will read these lines I am typing so eagerly. Lines I will most certainly not reread or correct or anything. Just because I want to get them out and find some peace to rest.

So as you can tell I did quite some brain work and I a have to confess: I am not too happy with myself. It is a lot wrong in my life and I am far from a change, far from even a bit of the right direction because of my inner fights and obligations; expectations I raised towards myself a long time ago. These obligation should no longer be valid for me but still I can’t really break myself free from them.
But (and now my resolution kicks in) I am eager to do something about it. I am eager to kick my own ass to at least start moving in the right direction.

My resolutions:
-          Don’t let chances just pass by: Jump on and try!
-          Move physically and with your set obligations & expectations
-          Be open towards other people and see where it leads
-          Adventures – let them happen! Bring the magic on!
-          Stand firm beside the beloved ones you want to protect

Do you have resolutions? Are you in a similar situation as I am?

Hope you have an awesome start in 2013 – always remember: Bad decisions make good stories!

Cheers,
StrangenessOfHeart

Sonntag, 30. Dezember 2012

Sunday*Brunch (last in 2012!)

|Watched| As usual: The Last Unicorn (it is definitely my Christmas Movie)
|Listened to| Our very own singing of Christmas Songs
|Action| Enoying my tme with family and friends, exchanging presents, cooking and baking and eating the most awesome food, driving a lot around town and further, playing personal shopping assistant (again)
|Food| Red beet salad, Cauliflower, Raclette fun, Vegan Brownies,Couscous-salad, Quiche Lorraine (all vegan), Pumkin à la French Fries-Style ;)
|Drink| Black coffee, freshly made Orange juice, White Wine, Whiskey, Tea
|Thought| LOVE this time of the year (but still my family is exhausting and sometimes pretty annoying)
|Made me smile| My old (& best) friends, nicely picked presents, Christmas spirit all around, my brothers (so cool)
|Made me go hmmm| Why will this be over far too fast?
|Wished for| More time with family and friends; Also more time to relax and get my inner direction straight...
|Best Buy| Food for my family, some clothes for my youngest brother :)
|Online| - nothing besides this page....

Cheers,
StrangenessOfHeart

Samstag, 29. Dezember 2012

Favourites 2012 - Books



Aloha All,

This is my “Books of the Year 2012” post. Hope you like it and as always: If there are any recommendations – I am totally going for it!!! So thanks at this stage!

And here we go with incredible books (in my opinion):
Mitch Albom books: I recommend his books in general as they are so smart and witty and truthful! They are eye openers and make your soul sing! So, if you only going to read one book in 2013 I would suggest to go for one of Mitch’s books – especially “Tuesday with Morrie” will widen your horizon! Promise!

Flavia de Luce-Series: I fell for this smart-ass called Flavia. She is a young and very bright little “inspector”. Flavia’s career as solving murder-cases is starting with an uninspected death in the grounds of Buckshaw in England where small Flavia and her 2 sisters live. As she is a master of the chemical mysteries out there she is hooked on the case asap and with the possibilities of a jolly cool girl she is kicking ass (especially those of the real inspectors). You will have a jolly good time reading what the young Miss is discovering along the way….

Kate Morton: The Distant Hours or The Forgotten Garden – Kate is one of the most talented authors I stumbled upon. Omg, she is so good in just kidnapping your mind from reality and let it snap back in her phenomenally constructed world! I found myself (with both books and I just ordered the 3rd one) in a parallel world like it is so rare these days (it was far easier when I was younger and didn’t have to worry about so much). But Kate is a master in telling you the utmost wonderful stories which feel so real. So don’t be surprised to find yourself with a pounding heart when the main character is in pure excitement or that you get goose bumps because the main character stumbles upon a co-incident to hard to believe.
Love those books and I call myself lucky to have found her J Thanks Kate for your tremendous work!!!

These are my favourite books or more the authors – as I am often hooked on a special style of writing. These three are the ones which enlightened and brightened up my reading adventures a lot in 2012. Hope you feel the same thrill while discovering their stories!

Cheers,
StrangenessOfHeart

Mittwoch, 26. Dezember 2012

2012 Favourites - Drugstore Makeup


Aloha dear Christmas-Elves :-)

Today I want to show you what DRUGSTORE products and brands have been most faithful to me this year. So without further ado, I will jump right into it:

Overall Makeup Brand: Maybelline - I am so impressed!

Foundation/BB Cream| Summer – Maybelline BB Cream in light sheer tint; Winter - Bourjois 10 hrs foundation in 53
Powder| Maybelline Dream Matte Powder (in Sand)
Blush| Sleek blush in Suede
Bronzer| Essence bronzer in Natural (for neck etc)
Concealer| Maybelline Dream Lumi Touch in Radiance
Eyeshadow Base| MUA Eye Primer – so impressed
Eye shadow palette| NYX Caviar & Bubbles palette & Cover Girl Shimmering Sands trio
Eye shadow single| Catrice “Oh, It’s Toffeeful!”
Eye shadow cream texture| Maybelline 24 hours Colour tattoo in On-and-on-bronze
Eyeliner| P2 kohl kajal - definitely
Eyeliner gel texture| Maybelline Eyestudio Blackest Black Gel Eyeliner
Mascara| Max Factor 2000 Calorie Mascara (curved one)
Lipstick| P2 Sheer Glam Lipsticks overall and Rimmel Airy Fairy for winter <3 Love!
Lip-gloss| Catrice Coralista
Eyebrows| Alverde brow designer in 01 blonde
Nail Polish| Catrice Meet Me At The Coral Island (and I loved the essence golden looks topcoat with gold flakes in it - simply adorable) 

Stay tuned for some further favourite posts :) And enjoy your day!

Cheers,
StrangenessOfHeart

Dienstag, 25. Dezember 2012

2012 Favourites - Highend Makeup



Aloha All,

I love the favourites Posts & Videos in a yearly review very much. It is one of my greatest pleasures to read / see what others loved and repurchased several times. As this really shows what is worth the money and maybe a try for myself too.
So I will post some favourties post in the upcoming days (not only beauty related but just read what you find interesting!). Enjoy!

I start with my HIGHEND Makeup product favourites for 2012.

Overall beloved Makeup Brand of 2012: Benefit!!!

Primer| Benefit POREfessional
Foundation/BB Cream| Smashbox BB Cream in light
Powder| -
Concealer| Estee Lauder Doublewear (sample)
Blush| Benefit Dallas blush
Bronzer| Benefit Hoola bronzer
Eye shadow Base| Artdeco eye shadow base
Eye shadow palette| Benefit “Her Name Was Glowla”-Set
Eye shadow single| Benefit Tickled Mink
Mascara| Benefit They’re Real
Lipstick| -
Lip-gloss| Soap & Glory Sexy Motherpucker (at least in Germany it is more on the highend range as it is not sold in drugstores and quite pricy)
Nail Polish| O.P.I. Big Apple Red & O.P.I. I Mainly Eat Lobster

So, that it is then – I liked quite a lot and I tried a lot this year but Benefit was just my all-time fav as last year. Guess I am also one for nice packaging ;-)

So, enjoy and maybe you like one or the other as well!

Cheers,
StrangenessOfHeart

Sonntag, 23. Dezember 2012

Sunday*Brunch

|Watched| Christmas lights at the Christmas Market :)
|Listened to| Christmas songs (but I haven't been "Whaamed" this year...; Favourites of mine: Santa Baby, Driving Home For Christmas, Jingle Bells, Holy Night,...
|Action| Enoying my first day off, Christmas market hopping, enjoying some white hot wine (sooo good),
having the Christmas party with my beloved Girls, acting as Santa's right hand and bringing a lot of presents to beloved ones around me, preparing myself for Christmas at home
|Food| Red beet salad, first raclette fun, sesame-almond tofu, lemongrass-veggie-tofu-pan with jasmine rice, coconut-almond cookies
|Drink| Black coffee, Orange juice, hot White Wine, Whiskey
|Thought| You are making your life far more complicated than you can handle....
|Made me smile| Good friend, colleagues and their nice presents (not expected) and the upcoming holidays!
|Made me go hmmm| Decisions over decisions....
|Wished for| more inner balance ...
|Best Buy| More presents for beloved ones...
|Online| parfumdreams.de, douglas.de, yt, blogger.com

Cheers,
StrangenessOfHeart

Dienstag, 18. Dezember 2012

ChristmasTimeAround



Aloha All,

Christmas is coming up and I am getting so excited for the season to finally start – I have done a lot in December but to be very honest with you. Most of it was not the utmost Christmas-y preparations at all. The most joy I had with my Christmas shopping for all my family and friends (as always). I love shopping and it really doesn’t matter if it is for me or for others- it is the process itself I adore.
The hunting and circling around a special product, the research or the impulse when seeing something shaped so perfect to fit someone I know.
I love it when this instant feeling of “OMG, this fits perfectly to xyz” & then quickly jump into it and bring it to my “Gift Box”.
I love this box: I have one since a couple of years and I store all my treasures I’ve found on my way. In this I keep the things for the special occasion to lighten up the face of a beloved one when the time has come to pass the love on J
Do you know this feeling of pure joy when the face across is excited for the unwrapping to break into a broad smile when catching what is inside?
Yes, that is what I am talking about – love it!
I am convinced I would make a pretty darn good Christmas Elf (if anyone knows where o apply – I’ll be so on)!

Loving Christmas time! I hope you have enjoyed it so far and will a lot more in the upcoming final days – yay!!!

Cheers,
StrangenessOfHeart

Sonntag, 16. Dezember 2012

Sunday*Brunch

|Watched| NOTHING!
|Listened to| Eva Croissant, Gavin DeGraw & Mark Forster - Oh, and I started with Christmas songs ;)
|Action| Organizing a Christmas Party at our work place (including elves and St. Nicolaus) - it was hiilarious and I was generously paid back with hugs ;); Flying to Munich & enjoying the first hot wine of the season on the plane (lovelovelove),jumping from one meeting to another -omg, happy when the stress is dissolving...
|Food| Still enjoying my vegan lifestyle more and more - so I am going to buy me some more books for even more cooking joy (love cooking so much - never thought I would enjoy myself so much!)
|Drink| Green tea with fresh ginger, black tea and water naturell !
|Thought| Little Miss, you have to kick yourself in your smart butt and start changing what you do not like about your life! Better start NOW!
|Made me smile| Nice people and helping others, getting loads of hugs!
|Made me go hmmm| Work and especially my boss (again, I know it is getting boring) but also my talent for procastination of decisiones!
|Wished for| Some more courage and the breaking through ... I would love to have a balance between my heart, my soul and my senses...
|Best Buy| Christmas presents for my family, food!
|Online| you tube, peta.de, vegan blogs...

Cheers,
StrangenessOfHeart

Sonntag, 2. Dezember 2012

Sunday*Brunch in December

|Watched| Twilight Final with my girls... uhm, not too excited but I didn't expect to much too!
|Listened to| Mia Diekow, Eva Croissant & Mark Forster - omg, I am in love!
|Action| Visiting a beloved friend this weekend and having a blast at his party. Meeting up with friends from the past and reconnecting with someone - amazing feeling!
|Food| Going vegan & I love it. I did amazing dishes this week and as I was struggeling with myself a long time about (what is the sense in industrilaizing animals?!?) I finally got around too and I can't halfway explain how my life changed in more than one way! Think I will do a separate post on this :)
|Drink| Black coffee, Ginger tea with citrus, greent tea in all varities <3
|Thought| What is going on in my life? Think I must have missed some time as I just woke up yesterday and everything changed overnight...Crazy!
|Made me smile| My friends, my family, the party and ghosts from the past ... sometimes it is just right to do the utmost crazy you have in your mind!
|Made me go hmmm| daily fights at work
|Wished for| More courage regarding my heart ... come on little thing you know what is going on (pls at least let me believe this)
|Best Buy| A lot of lovely food -Pumpkin, egg plant, persimmon, pomegranate, tofu, cocos oil, almond puree and so on :)
|Online| you tube, peta.de, vegan blogs...

Cheers,
StrangenessOfHeart