I am planning to have a super cozy Sunday.
After a week full of work and university, I feel like I need a day of doing
absolutely nothing.
I will burn my new “soft blanket” Yankee Candle,
which smells like vanilla and something else I can’t make out. According to
Yankee Candle it’s supposed to be warm amber although I have no idea how warm
amber is supposed to smell. Anyway, it is delicious and not too sweet like you
might expect from vanilla.Simply the perfect scent for a cozy Sunday.
When I spend a day on my couch I want to be as
comfortable as possible. That means I need a lot of teddy fur clothing. I
recently bought teddy fur lined socks to go with my white teddy fur sweater and
my new super soft Norwegian pattern fleece pajama pants. It's all about feeling like a warm cuddly cloud.
Last but not least I fill my favorite apple elder punch tea into my cute teddy cup and
read a book on my Kindle in piece and quiet.
How does your perfect Sunday look like?
It is a
very personal matter but somehow I feel quite passionate about it. Hair care.
And by that I don’t mean taking care of the hair on your head but getting rid
of body hair.
I think I can
say that I’ve tried every possible way there is to get rid of my body hair.
This sounds so gross, like I am a hairy monster.
Let's talk about what I've gone through.
Shaving
Oldy but
goodie. Although somehow I always manage to cut myself and even chop off part
of a nail sometimes. You’re wondering how on earth I do that? I have no idea. But
shaving my legs requires more of my attention than I like to admit. Don’t even
get me started on cutting myself accidently…
And after shaving my legs feel so
dry that I have to run for some body butter immediately. Not to mention that it
is a never ending story. For perfectly smooth legs I’d have to shave every
single day. Who has time for that? Thank god it’s getting colder and I can hide
my legs in some pants.
Hair removal
cream
It stinks,
it irritates your skin and who ever said the result lasts longer than shaving
never tried it themselves. And whatever happens DON’T try it on any delicate
area. Just don’t. I haven’t tried it myself but I doubt it’s gonna be pretty.
Only thinking about the fact that this cream is burning your hair off and even
sinking into your skin to get closer to the root is an alarming thought. Who
would voluntarily put something acidly on their skin?
Epilate
You might
as well call it instrument of torture. It growls like a monster when you turn
it on and then it rips your hair out piece by piece and doesn’t even get them
all. Do I need to say more?
A friend
of mine told me that you just have to get used to it but I just couldn’t do it.
To me it hurts and sounds like hell. Ripping your hair out piece by piece with tweezers
is more pleasant, I suppose.
Waxing/sugaring
Yes, it
means ripping out a lot of hair all at once and yes that hurts BUT you will be
hair free for two weeks and then your hair will grow back thinner and the area
where your hair grows might even thin out a little. If I had the money I would
get my entire body waxed every month. I do get my bikini line (right word?) sugared
every month and I couldn’t go without it. Sugaring means a few minutes of pain
and weeks of being hair free. You can start with your arms or legs if you want
to get used to it, but I tell you, there is nothing better than not having to
shave and therefore no stinging hair “down under”. It might amaze you but the
body part that sugaring hurt the most at – at least in my opinion – were my armpits. It felt like she ripped my entire underarm off. Oh my god! I would only do it again if I wanted to get it done regularly because than the hair will get thinner eventually..
If you
want to have some fun try waxing one of your guy friend’s chest. I have
rarely laughed so hard in my life!
Do you
have any funny hair stories? Is there anything I haven’t tried? Let me know!
This year summer came and left almost unnoticed - at least where I live it did.
It was cold, rainy and just not summer at all. Yes, we had a few very warm days but
that was by far not enough. I didn’t go on vacation anywhere this year so I couldn’t
even enjoy a full week of summer somewhere else.
This beeing said, I guess
it is understandable that I denied that fall was around the corner as long as I
possibly could. My mind didn’t even give in after wearing a scarf and a fall
jacket for a week. I was born in the wrong country. ;)
What did it
for me though was going into Depot to shop for a make-up mirror. For those
who don’t know, Depot is one of the cutest home décor shops I have ever been
to. And there it was. Fall! The entire shop screamed fall from every possible angle in every possible way. The fall décor was so adorable that all of the
sudden I got really excited about the seasons changing. Finally! I bought some décor
stuff and – of course - no make-up mirror and rushed home to give my apartment a
fall makeover.
For this vase I only had to buy artificial apples and popcorn. The candle is made out of plastic and can be lit by a switch at the bottom to get a burning effect. I tied a ribbon around the Vase to complete the look and to make it less "naked looking" at the top.
I also put an artificial apple in another vase with some moss and other stuff that was in a potpourri mix I bought from Depot. The stones at the bottom were in the vase before with some spring déco stuff so I just left them there.
Last but not least I brought a piece of forest into my living room. I used the leftovers from the potpourri mix and just had to arrange them.
