StrangenessOfHeart

Montag, 1. Juli 2013

I liked ~ June 2013

Lovers in June 2013

Musik | Kings of Leon, Jason Derulo, Perry O'Parso, Ryan Adams
Movie | Documentaries about the challenges of teaching
Blogs | corporate fashionista, kendieveryday, kandeeland, buy now, blog later, Tanya Burr
You Tube | Tanya Burr, FleurDeForc, GlamLifeGuru, Jim Chapman, Pixiewoo
Food | Sesame tofu, asparagus, strawberries, salads, sorbet (strawberry, citrus, mixed berries), vitnamese food (love!)
Drink | aperol sprizz, water, peppermint tea, coffee, club mate
Magical Moment | Concert moments, thunderstorms all around, wedding action new job and being welcomed but also being missed by former colleagues, re-activating old boundaries!
Book | Party vegan -loved this one, The Second Chance Cafe -like a lot!
Fashion | Conservative for business and pretty colorful for all other times
Beauty | Maybelline BB cream in light,They're real mascara by benefit, Hoola Bronzer by benefit, Dallas by benefit,Cute as a button by Essie
Random | I smell trouble everywhere I turn - that is not too nice as I don't have to mistrust almost everyone and everything, right?

Cheers
& have a great day,
StrangenessOfHeart

Sonntag, 23. Juni 2013

Sunday*Brunch

Aloha All,

the last week was full of interesting, colourful and heart-warming. I missed the feeling of the energy that got to me in the past few days. So I was eager to do this today and I am already onto some more posts the following week!
Yay for that:

|Watched| An amazing concert: Kings of Leon rocked my life this week! I also watched two of the worst thunderstorms around me - I basically thought the house will just blow up and fly away (1st one). Second one unleashed when I was just outside - no chance to be with shelter in a couple of minutes: The energy and excitement I can definitely not describe but it was a mixture of fear, amazement, curiousitiy and passion!
|Listened| Kings of Leon - all, Jason Derulo - The Other Side
|Read| Newspapers, Blogs, The Second Chance Café (loved it for relaxing, nothing special but relacing and easy entertainment)

|Action| Visiting a concert, meeting up with friends, attending job meetings and meeting clients (love!), sale shopping (thing I did get overboard), worying about future...visiting a friend who is currently in hospital.
|Food| Such a fine vegan dish in a veggie restaurant (sesame tofu filled with grilled veggie and fresh salad on a chili-dressing)

|Drink| Coffee, Water, Apple juice
|Thought| Why am I so shy and try to hide what I want and dream of?
|Made me smile| My family and friends, my new job, spending time with beloved ones and the wheather changes
|Made me go hmmm| People who are full of hatred and violence who ar searching for weaker ones and punish them for their situation, situation in the world (Turkey, Brasil, Bosnia-Herzegowina, Bulgaria, etc...)... Democracy & Human rights should matter to each adn every single one of us!
|Wished for| More inner strength, braveness, trust in myself ... go for it, girl!
|Best Buy| Sale - clothing!
|Online| kleiderkreisel, blogger.com, youtube,corporatefashionista, everydaykendi, ...

Cheers
& enjoy the sun,
StrangenessOfHeart

Sonntag, 16. Juni 2013

Sunday'Brunch

Sonntag, 9. Juni 2013

Sunday*Brunch

Aloha All,

summer seems to slowly arrive at least at this end...although today it is already more cloudy & a bit cooler than the last days but hej, I won't complain. I am happy that we got the turnaround straight!

|Watched| My live taking an unexpected turn..
|Listened| Some radio ... nothing special!
|Read| Newspapers, Blogs, no books!

|Action| Started my new job, get to know some people, learned a lot, survived first business meetings with business partners; visited a fair and met up with a friend that I couldn't call a friend for a long time (same applies for me) but it was a lovely get together.
|Food| Too much crap! Seriously!

|Drink| Cider, coffee, water, water, water
|Thought| What did I get myself into?
|Made me smile| Friends, the happy faces of my best friend getting maried to the man she loves, nice compliments (behind my back and I was informed in secret - which makes them even more valuable), my new colleagues, a new-old friend,....!
|Made me go hmmm| My inner critic: WHy do I have to talk myself small and invisible? Why do I think so little of myself?
|Wished for| More strength when it comes to my skills and my values!
|Best Buy| A treat I was eyeing for years!!!
|Online| kleiderkreisel, blogger.com, youtube, douglas, asos, amazon,...

Cheers
& enjoy the sun,
StrangenessOfHeart

Mittwoch, 5. Juni 2013

I liked ~ May 2013

Lovers in May 2013

Musik | Against the Current, Johannes Oerding, 30 Seconds To Mars, Eva Croissant, Perry O'Parson
Movie | Wedding games in youtube
Blogs | -
You Tube | MissGlamorazzi, FleurDeForce
Food | Asparagus, Strawberries, Avocado
Drink | White Wine, Aperol Sprizz, Water, Peppermint tea
Magical Moment | Fare-well surprises!
Book | :)Nothing which would be worth wrtiting about
Fashion | Festive dresses & black blazers
Beauty | Maybelline BB cream in light,They're real mascara by benefit, Hoola Bronzer by benefit, Dallas by benefit, Korres lip butter in Pomegranate (nice hint of colour & good care for the lips), NYX eye shadow palette Caviar & Bubbles, Kiehl's Avocado Eye treatment, Revlon JBKL in Romance & Honey
Random | Crazy times...do I really know what I want?

Cheers
& have a great day,
StrangenessOfHeart

Montag, 3. Juni 2013

Sunday*Monday Brunch

Sonntag, 26. Mai 2013

Sunday*Brunch

Aloha All,

this week in time for Sunday - yeah! :-) Let's jump right into it!

|Watched|...........
|Listened| So mixed, expecially radio
|Read| No time to read

|Action| It was my last week at my current job and it was crazy as hell! I had long days and when I was at home I did some pretty impressing baking action (I know I say it of my own skills, but I impressed myself :-) and then was asked to provide the recipes). I got an overwhelming feedback and such a big surprise when I had my far-well celebration (honestly: best ex-colleagues ever!)
|Food| Excellent asian food, Va Piano, lovely salads, choclate, choclate-cocos-pie, apple crumble & oatmeal-peach-cookies, oatmeal-apple-cinnamon-cookies

|Drink| Orange juice, apple juice, white wine, water, peppermint te, ginger citrus tea
|Thought| Wow, that was it now. New adventures awaiting & I am scared. Now that I am eaving my comfort zone (again).
Second thing on my mind: Hopefully I can stand up to the expectations the upcoming week (not job related).
|Made me smile| The overwhelming fare-well, all the nice messages, people that showed up & nice calls & treats. I am glad for those moments!
|Made me go hmmm| My former boss & his behaviour in the end (sjows what a person he really is)
|Wished for| Strength, a bit of luck & the one thing missing
|Best Buy| A nice lunch with friends, some wedding related things
|Online| kleiderkreisel, wolkenseifen, youtube, blogger, ...

Cheers,
StrangenessOfHeart

Montag, 20. Mai 2013

Sunny Monday*Brunch

Aloha All,

I am too late again BUT with good reason: I was attending a wedding and so just git back from the festivities couple of hours ago.

|Watched| Some swedish & british detective series - love them. Think they are best!
|Listened| Love songs (because of the wedding) & some classics
|Read| Some novel by Linda Holeman

|Action| Had my family over for a day & then went back home as we had a big wedding in the family. The ceebration was awesome, pretty crazy & happy times. Loved it! Meeting up with long-time friends <3 Catching up on the past!
|Food| Va Piano, some of my fav dishes made by my mum <3

|Drink| White wine, water, peppermint tea
|Thought| I am feeling like 16 again...crazy times!
|Made me smile| Lovely little messages, people who genuinely were pleased to see me around, hearty welcomes...
|Made me go hmmm|People who are negative about everything, people who judge from 100 miles away & people being intolerant about other peoples choices in life.
|Wished for| More tolerance all around & more positive people
|Best Buy| Birthday presents for friends!
|Online| kleiderkreisel, wolkenseifen, youtube, blogger, ...

Cheers,
StrangenessOfHeart

Dienstag, 14. Mai 2013

Matter Of Opinion | Minimalism

Aloha All,

I am infected with the idea of minimalism. I love the thought of not owning so much objects I don’t care about and the very thought to just jump out the door and travel without having to deal with a lot of mess to clean up and get sorted.

I first stumbled upon this idea a few weeks ago when I had trouble with my flat (very unpleasant: It is not properly isolated which leads after this long, cold winter to some pretty bad mould. The whole complex is affected which is about 8 apartments in total).

I played with the thought of moving anyways but this is a not too untrivial reason, right?

My second thought was: What to do with all my stuff? I was just tired of thinking about moving all those things with me!!!

I then considered what really made me happy and what was just there. It was eye opening! There is not too much which is of value for me really (I don’t mean the monetary value but the emotional one).

Hard to say but I got so distracted by consuming (especially for substitution because of long hours at work). Very unsatisfying from the point I am now.

Luckily I stumbled upon blogs which discuss (and some even promote) the idea of minimalism or downshifting.

I liked it! No, I love it right now.

So this brought me to one big challenge: Over the course of 1 year I want to give away 1 thing per day (at least one thing, more are optional).

I will toss it in the bin, sell it or gift it to someone who likes/needs/ uses the object but I will strip down my possessions to more emotional valuable things. (Of course I need some basics in my household but that is it – no more escape in consume or food)!

I challenge myself. One of the biggest so far when I am honest with myself because I tend to consume so much unnecessary stuff!

In the course I will also focus more on my Empties videos, get-rid-of-posts & my more sensible consume (I hope).

Stay tuned and feel free to join the discussion.

Cheers

StrangenessOfHeart

Sonntag, 12. Mai 2013

Sunday*Brunch

Aloha All,

rainy, grey-in-grey-day but hej, we are used to a lot more crap by now. So let's see what my week has brought:

|Watched| Flats...I was really on the hunt but didn't get my dream flat (I was shorty before crying..I just felt so comfortable there).
|Listened| 'Just give me a reason' by Pink, It's Time by Imagine Dragons
|Read| A spanish book I can't recall

|Action| Cleaning out my mess (to be prepared for the big move in xyz time), cleaning out old magazines, clothes (for friends & family and some things to sell), cleaning out my kitchen a bit, selling books onine and some of my cosmetics, getinng out with an old friend and reconnect with some...oh, and it was decision time at work...have to do some things still there!
|Food| Nothing fancy I am afraid... this was just a boring week and I anm not too happy with myself!

|Drink| Cider, coffee, water & Bionade (lofe the ginger flavoured one). Oh, and coconut water -love it!
|Thought| Why can't there be an easy way? Why is it always this hard long rad to take and why am I always so darn hard on me for taking obvious steps?.
|Made me smile| People who really showed sympathy for my move (feels like a new life: new job, new city, new flat) & it helped me from going nuts!
|Made me go hmmm|Situation above: Like - am I strong enough to go through all this? Can I seriousy make it? And what is really on track and what to I not take enough care of?
Argh!
Hate the feeling of getting things not efficiently done!
|Wished for| Some more courage, some more faith in my abilities and some more "pull up the sleeves and just jump right into it"-mentality!
|Best Buy| A lovely perfume & deo creme from Wolkenseifen - love the shop! It is just so awesome and they really have specia treats for every occasion & best is: All made with so much love!
|Online| Wolkenseifen.de , online checking - errands for flats, checking constanty public transportation

Cheers,
StrangenessOfHeart

Dienstag, 7. Mai 2013

I liked ~ April 2013

Lovers in April 2013

Musik | Pink, Johannes Oerding, 30 Seconds To Mars, Eva Croissant, Volbeat
Movie | Didn't watch one single movie just documentations -yay!
Blogs |....
You Tube | ....
Food | Rice milk chocolate, vegan tofu cheese cake, vegan blueberry muffin,
Drink | cocoa soy drink, water, black coffee, white wine
Magical Moment | New vibes meets old ones :)
Book | Book Crossing Moments! :)
Fashion | Floral dresses, coral scarf & red shoes
Beauty | Maybelline BB cream in light,They're real mascara by benefit, Hoola Bronzer by benefit, Dallas by benefit, Korres lip butter inPomegranate (nice hint of colour & good care for the lips), NYX eye shadow palette Caviar & Bubbles, Maybelline Eye colour tattoo in pink gold, Airy Fairy lip stick by Rimmel, Bi-Oil for body care, Kiehl's Avocado Eye treatment
Random | Sometimes life is at its most complicated and you think your heart can't take it any móre...

Cheers
& have a great day,
StrangenessOfHeart

Matter Of Opinion | Organization

Aloha All,

Today is one of my other secretly obsessive topics. I am not the most organized person in the world that is for sure! And there are even quite some parts where I am lazy as hell BUT I love getting organized.

Can you tell the difference between being an all-round organized person and getting all organized?

I will tell you & let you peak into my crazy little world:

I love the process of getting organized! I like it to put down a list and I dedicate a hell of time & effort into a very neat list of To Do’s I will kick off when organizing my closet/ my wardrobe/ my shelves in the attic/ my kitchen cupboards etc …

I am a sucker for To Do lists – everywhere. In really every instance of my life I liked to tick boxes for tasks that are accomplished. How freaky is that?

But I guess there are a lot more out there that do it like that & are deeply satisfied when they look at there list in the evening and see that there is NOTHING open on their list!

Hell yes, that is so cool!

My most important tools for getting organized:

- a lovely pen (of course not ANY pen – a lovely one J )

- calendar for my bag (don’t like the electronic ones although I have one on my Smartphone)

- Little book for my To Do lists

- Colourful pens, stickers etc…

Do you something better than having the excitement of re-organizing something. Optimizing and going through memories and discover things you had almost forgotten (e.g. when re-organizing my closet again). It is nerdy I do admit that but I can’t explain otherwise the pure joy that is spreading through my body when I start a project like this.

Also there is a feeling afterwards of balance, light-hearted joy & peace within myself when I cleard out the closet again (so it is not only organizing and putting structure into something but also to get rid of some ballast here).

And when I have a bit more time and freedom I will gladly take on a whole room and redecorate as well J

Freaky joy of mine!

But for a daily organization stay tuned – I will let you know how I get my freak on in the daily struggles of life.

Cheers,

StrangenessOfHeart

Sonntag, 5. Mai 2013

Sunday*Brunch

Aloha All,

what a day - spring is finally arriving. Love it & so needed it! :-)

|Watched| Some videos on you tube, other than that I was flat hunting
|Listened| 'Just give me a reason' by Pink
|Read| Outliers (nearly finished but still brain food)

|Action| Baking, cooking, running errands, hugging, laughing & celebrating, chatting with friend & just laugh all of the stress of.
|Food| Vegan chili, turkish salads, apple-crumble, rice milk chocolate, asian food

|Drink| Cider, coffee, wate, wine, prosecco, whiskey - there was just so much to celebrate!
|Thought| Al hell is breaking loose...but first I need a coffee.
|Made me smile| So many lovely people thinking of me. I was just so overwhelmed! :-)
|Made me go hmmm| Easy and so typical: Boss out of the country, colleagues on sick leave and holidays and all hell is breaking loose. Lots of decisions to make, lots of people to talk to & I don't know what is waiting for me tomorrow ... might be I did a lot wrong...hopefully not!
|Wished for| Borring enough it is the same than last week: Why can't I understand myself & my motivations sometimes?! Argh!
|Best Buy| Food all over :-) I am so easy to please.
|Online| errands for flats, checking constanty public transportation

Cheers,
StrangenessOfHeart

Dienstag, 30. April 2013

Matter Of Opinion | StrangenessOfHeart

Dear all,

Please let me introduce a new little serious of mine where I will just write down my silly thoughts towards one or the other topic.

I will just let all my thoughts whirl around and type them down. I do not intend on discriminate someone, affront or insult in any way. It is just my own opinion and if you would like to share some thought on it too – you are very welcome.

First thing will be : Drugstore vs Highend & a bit of overindulgence

So a lot of debates are on the go with this. And I think it is safe to say that there is a steady struggle between both ends of the scale.

But is Highend really always the better quality?

Are Drugstore items of bad quality and “unworthy” or only for beginners and people with low budget?

I started with drugstore make up and it was fine to me. I tried lip glosses and mascaras – I guess the most young females do so – and it was ok.

One Christmas I can remember quite good my mum gave me my first high-end mascara (Helena Rubinstein). It was precious to me – although I had no idea it was far more expensive than the ones I used to put on in daily routine. And I was impressed but honestly : I could not tell if I was impressed by the effectiveness or the fact that it was so lovely packaged and expensive.

I then tried some drugstore things (lipstick, mascaras mainly, some powders) but as I was a real tomboy until just 2010/2011 it was more or less just the tiniest hint of something which would fascinate me much more than I could have ever imagined.

So then the time came and I met a friend who is obsessed with make-up, especially with drugstore make-up and limited editions (she is a hunter - for real). And she woke my interest & I got quickly obsessed too!

So I over-indulged on drugstore make-up. My hunger was nourished (not stilled yet!) by millions of youtube videos & blogs – omg, I could spend hours over hours and day after day searching for reviews and swatches, hauls & make up collections.

It was such a big new, fancy world to me & especially as I am not a typical “beauty”. I am not a Quasimodo but I guess you know what I mean – I am just not the one you would call beautiful when you see me. I am just normal / average (no offence ;-) just realism).

With some more experience and all the nice things I got a hunger for a lot more harder to rech for brands. Sleek Make Up, e.l.f., MUA, Revlon, Cover Girl etc … at this stage too: No personal hesitation when something was in reach: I ordered, bought & happily tried (and all too often neglected – how could you use that much of makeup?!?)

Next step up then was highend cosmetic but more on the lower end of highend: We talk especially Benefit Cosmetics, Mac, O.P.I Nail polish – I will never be someone for Chanel, YSL, Dior etc as this is ridiculous to me!

Quite frankly I am not too impressed on all the highend products. As they living not up to the hype and more than once I am disappointed or think to myself that this is far overpriced. So I am know investigation much more time before I spend money on anything.

There are so many great reasonable priced products out there.

And especially as the drugstore brands imitate some highend products nearly perfectly. I come to the conclusion that it is ok to invest in one or two outstanding products (which I merely will one of my beloved ones endow to me for either birthday, Christmas or whatever occasion J

à So why spend more when there is an alternative?

Cheers,

StrangenessOfHeart

PS: I will post separately which products I found worth the hype and which didn’t live up to my standards. Also I will do my most beloved drugstore purchases.

Sonntag, 28. April 2013

Sunday*Brunch

Mittwoch, 24. April 2013

Empties # 3 ~ This products went by quickly...

Aloha All,

I can't believe how quickly this products just went by but I guess it is not the worst of feelings to use up some more of my nearly endless stock.

Kneipp Badekristalle Entspannung Pur & Kneipp Stress-free
Fine but no fuss about bathing additions

Colgate MaxWhite Toothpaste with fluorid & Colgate Advanced-Sensation White
Already purchased a new one. A stable for the mornings :-)

Bamboo Luminous Shine Mist
Ok. Have thousands of samples. So there is no need for a repurchase in a while (and I probably won't to it anyways as it is something I am not to excited about).

Rival de Loop Pure Skin 30+ daycream
Used this especially for my neck and cleavage

Nivea Q10 Plus Oil
Loved it & I will repurchase as soon as I am finished with all my samples (I have quite some of them in here BUT I am eager to get them finished soon).

Rival de Loop Clean&Care Eye MakeUp Remover (oilfree)
Nice stable

Nivea pure effect matt beauty
Ok. No fuss.No repurchase.

essence pureskin natural cover moisturizer (lighter skin)
Ok but there are better ones in my drawer.

Max Factor 2000 Calorie Mascara (black)
LOVE THIS ONE! And I will repurchase it again and again and again. (My fav although is They're real by Benefit...just a bit expensive).

Balea nature shaving cream
Repurchased!

Dontodent sensitive mouth wash
Repurchased. Nice!

The Body Shop White Musk Chiffon Sheer Body Mist
Glad it is finished. Although I liked it in the beginning. That is why I bought the following:

The Body Shop White Musk EdT
Same as above!

Soap & Glory Flake Away Body Scrub
Love.Love.Love. Already purchased! :-)

Elisabeth Arden 8hr cream (fragance free)
Hated it! Really, how comes that so many people swear on this hideous product? It just literally distroyed my lips.

Maybelline ColorSensational 640 In The Buff
Dried my lips so badly...

Benefit the porefessional
Worst product ever! Plastered my skin and I broke out so badly. I looked awful (people even spoke up to me about it).

Benefit They're Real Mascara
Best mascara EVER! Love the look: Long, separated lashes.

Giorgio Armani Eyes To Kill (Black)
Ok, but nothing special!

Kiehl's Ultra-Facial Oil-Free Toner
Best toner for my skin. Repurchased!

Calvin Klein Beauty (sample)
Ok.

anatomicals no old bags allowed eye gel
Ok but honestly: It is nothing special

Next products will follow soon. I am so happy each and every time I use something up and not purchase a million new things.

Cheers
& have fun using up your thing,
StrangenessOfHeart

Montag, 22. April 2013

Sun ... oh Monday*Brunch

Aloha All,

so I am late again BUT I have such a good reason and you will understand after reading this! ;)

|Watched| Some documentations about meat production, animal slaughter & cosmetic & beauty industry (not nice!)
|Listened| I loved Volbeat! And 'Just give me a reason' by Pink
|Read| Outliers

|Action| We held the Hen's Party for my bestest friend and it was such a blast. We had the whle weekend planned and it started right with nicest sunshine & mild weather, a spontaneous Big Band Intermezzo on the streets for her & like one of the utmost fun nights ever. I was so scared beforehand because although I carefully planned: There was so much witch was far from perfect (at least from what I had envisioned). But it summed up to just the perfect picture! <3
|Food| Salads, veggies and rice, apples & soy jogurt

|Drink| White wine, coffee, orange juice, cider, water
|Thought| I had the utmost perfect flat and then they just raise the rent up to 1/3 or the origin - WTF?! Damn it!
|Made me smile| Seeing my best friend & soon-married best friend so happy
|Made me go hmmm| Argh, I wanted this flat so badly!
|Wished for| The Flat!!! Direction - what is right?!?
|Best Buy| The Hen's Party - all in
|Online| checking the puclic transportation...that's it, oh no, I ran some errands for flats...

Cheers,
StrangenessOfHeart

Sonntag, 14. April 2013

Sunday*Brunch

Mittwoch, 3. April 2013

I liked ~ March 2013

Lovers in March 2013

Musik | Johannes Oerding
Movie | Tangled
Blogs | http://www.edibleperspective.com/ , http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/ , http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.de/ , http://www.theglutenfreevegan.com/
You Tube | TheBookLook, LaCaraPiccola, whatsforbeats
Food | Vegan brownies, mango, pineapple, savoy cabbage, oven pumkin, rice milk chocolate
|Drink | cocoa soy drink, club mate, water, black coffee, white wine, fresh orange juice
Magical Moment | New vibes meets old ones :)
Book | Ben Aaronovitch - Adventures of Peter Grant - Enjoyed this!
Fashion | My vegan Doc Martens :)
Beauty | Maybelline BB cream in light as a primer, Catrice Infinite Matt MakeUp, Max Factor Masterpiece + Essence Multi Action Mascara in combination, Hoola Bronzer by benefit, e.l.f. Contouring Blush & Bronzer, Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain in Honey, Artdeco eyeshadows.
Random | Spring is hopefully around the corner!

Cheers
& have a great day,
StrangenessOfHeart

Montag, 1. April 2013

Sunny Monday*Brunch