camel pooping lights …little things that make me smile

if you follow my life...style board on pinterest you might have noticed that i really like strings of light to give the room a comfy-feel. when i was looking for my very own, i knew that i wanted the lights to be very little (not the christmas-y ones) and i wanted the light to be warm. it took me for eeeever to find the perfect one….. 

i found it in a random garden and home improvement store in the east village. (no, aaall the light stores on bowery were no big help…). the package specifically said "warm light" and it doesn't have a big ugly black cable between the lights. it is a silver wire (which would also make it easy to wrap around things) and the lights are little bubbles on the wire. aaaaand they are led, so my tree-hugger heart is happy too.

 

it's also really good for a spontaneous photoshoot….

 

and my mom gave me this funny little camel. i forgot where she got it from though....

 

 

what random little things do you have in your room, that always make you smile?



clean winter

i get it... gone are the days of bohemian summer looks... with bronzed skin... beach hair and... bindis (i do miss my bindis......). i am in the mood for a very clean sleek look.



skin: I am going for the porcelain skin look, by evenly working foundation into my skin, as well as matting it with powder. using only a touch of frosted light pink blush on my cheek bones.

eyes: for this icy shimmer on my eyes i like using mac, paints in stilife. i have had this little guy for a while but never really used it. honestly, because it is not toooo easy to apply evenly. sorry, mac.... but multiple mac sales ladies have agreed with me on that. what is nice about it, is that it is a good product to use all over the lid. also as a base. this is in fact the ooooonly product i don't first use my beloved eye shadow base. since i apply it with my fingers (with the brush it is even harder to get even and it just gews-up my brush too much) it is a good little friend for your over-night make-up bag. on the bottom waterline i drew a light blue line with a eyeliner pencil.

lips: still not sick of my stila, stay all day liquid lipstick, aria

nails: essie, wicked

how did your look change in the winter?

buddha….. love at first sight

i already introduced ching to you (yes, i finally asked her what her name was) the lovely lady i buy my jewelry from.

the last piece i bought is a tiger's eye buddha pendant, set in silver. and this is what ching told me about it….. the tiger's eye has protective powers (i have always loved this stone ....being a crazy-cat-lady… and a leo... and it makes me think of "eye of the tiger" from rocky (you know… the boxing movie… i can't help it… i love me some rocky) and my tiger's eye bracelet had recently broken…) the smiling buddha is supposed to remind me to be kind to myself (something we should all remind ourselves of… no?) and on the back… is a butterfly (sorry, mom...), engraved in the silver… telling me that something beautiful will come (also always a good thing to be reminded of...). 

she tied the pendant on a thick black sting and said: "something more tribal for you. you are part of my tribe now." now there really(!) is nothing wrong with belonging to a tribe. especially in new york….. jk. when i hung him around my neck ching waved him good-by and told me that she sold him to me because she knew that i would take good care of him. …she is the sweetest!

sorry for the (totally unprofesh) selfie but i was on my way to have my nails done and i think this (escada sport printed coat… levi's flannel shirt… calvin klein jeans white tee) is the perfect look for my little buddha.

put a smile on my face

for the sake of my new years resolution…….

my friend took this picture of me, after i had chipotle… it never fails to put a big-ole smile on my face.

white shadows

all photos of snowy new york by me

soulfully rich

i am really into lipsticks right now (more lipstick-post are in the making...). last year (pre blog) i was aaall about the eyes (like you could see on my instagram here here and here). i already talked about the power of lipstick and how it is a easy throw-in-my-purse-in-the-morning-incase-i-need-a-quick-glamourizer-after-work.

even with this super minimal make-up (glowing skin... strong brows... natural shimmering eye shadow and... laaaashes) i totally look feel ready for a night out.

it is not easy to find the right lipstick because it doesn't only have to be a good color (which is the easiest part) it also has to feel good and be long lasting without drying out the lips and all that. i often will try my friend's to see if it deserves a spot on my getting-way-too-small make-up table. this one is mac, pro longwear lipcream in soulfully rich. i love it. and i want it. and i neeeeeed it.

and stay tuned for my eyelash beauty secrets!

aaaaaah, so much fun make-up so little time.......

smile!

i usually am not one to make a long list of new years resolutions... i try, but i can never think of really good ones. but i made one this morning ...on the subway, on my way to work.

 

i was on the f, chamomile tee with honey in my hand, and thought to myself "its 2014... that's crazy. but somehow also nice... a new year started. i shooould think of some good new years resolutions... other than: by the shoes....." 

 

in my head i wished everyone a happy new year. i looked at their faces.... and everyone looked so sad. ok ok, most of them (like me) were probably going back to work, after the holidays and a glooorious new years eve celebration. but still. that's when my new years resolution came to me: smile more.

 

notice the little things that make you smile.

because, what is more beautiful than a smile?