[Not feeling] Blue+ Haircare

Hey everbody ♥
OMG I have so much extra enegry, I can barely sit still these days and I know why, but I will tell you this in my next post~
It's really exciting (at least for me) so stay tuned for that.


Today I will focus on my favourite colour. No, just kidding but many of these pictures have blue in it ♪

I wanted to do this little picture post on Sunday.
However, that's when I met Emilia to catch up on uni stuff and have a nice green tea at starbucks hehe. So I was busy. As you know, my dad was here last week so I did not do any university work at all.
Further down is also my promised hair care routine.
Here we go ♪
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Sunday. We tried on the same dress but none of us bought it haha. It doesn't fit right.

Just a random outfit and I recently bought my first red lipstick ever. Okay, it's technically not a lipstick but I am really shy with these so Revlon's Lip butter does an amazing job at moisturizing you lips. And it looks quite decent ♪



I am too tall for this freakin' mirror!





Soon I want to wear this new shirt my dad got me. It's a relief that my mum does not read this blog. If she knew how much money we spent..Oh lord! :D

It has really quite details. And it's the first big bow on a shirt that I've seen in the UK.





My dad says that blue is the colour which suits me best. I know many people thing I love pink because I am "such a girl" but I am always craving blue stuff. My whole wardrobe is full of blue tops! I wear them all the time. And my new workout shirt is blue as well but no picture of that...yet ♪



We visited a town called "Stonehaven" and the have the weirdest local speciality EVER. Fried Mars Bar!
Click this for Wikipedia Proof ♥

Unfortunately, the place where these are made, was closed. I want to go again one day, to really try it :3 Sounds disgusting and interesting at the same time, right? Because..why would you fry greasy chocolate?

On the bus tour to Edinburgh, my dad got me a book and then for Stonehaven another one. His favourites are the horror classics! ~
I was a lot into Dracula when I was little and who didn't like the whole vampire stuff going round ever since Twilight came on? Big confession here, I do love the books by Stephany Meyer, even "the host" which not many people know. It's a great book :3



Frankenstein is a little bit...eew. But read it for yourselves ;)

And now from Horror book to haircare routine! Hey it's my blog and I can do what I want haha XD

My hair (facts)
Except for pink dip dye, I've never coloured it which is also why the top part of it is darker than the bottom. Blond gets affacted by the sun easily so every summer by "old hair" at the tips got even lighter.
I hope you understand what I mean.
It's thick (I sometimes hate this fact) and sometimes straight, sometimes wavy.
It has it's own moods♥
Now enough of the blabla

Products:
- Dove combination (either the oil care or this one here): Shampoo and Conditioner
- I used John Frieda for very long, but Dove is like a third of the price and does the same job
-A treatment, mostly from Dove these days
-Heat protecttion, right now I use a cheap one from a local supermarket because I left my nice John Frieda spray in Germany.
- Nivea Hairspray if necessary

When I use them:

- I only wash my hair every 2-3 days and there exist so many debates on how often you should wash your hair that I will not go into detail ♪ But I use both Shampoo and conditioner.
- the hair treatment is a treat for my hair, so I only do that once a week as if I would get a chocolate bar
- heat protection always before styling with straightener/curling iron or blow dryer. Yes, even the latter!
- Hairspray only when I go clubbing or on a very windy day but I am not happy with it. Anyone can recommend a good hairspray?

Styling:

With this little goody here.
I think the GHD stylers are so worth it. They cost a hell of a lot of money (around 190 euros I believe) and I saved up for ages for it, but now it's in its second year and it looks brand new. And works just peferctly ♥




GHD Hair ♥
And getting it this smooth looking only took me like 5 minutes. No kidding.



My curling iron is from Remmington but no picture because it's nothing special :3

Personal tips:

(I don't want to do too much of the blabla that magazines do!)
- Don't blow dry if you can avoid it! Heat damages your hair. Period. Instead, watch an of your favourite show or do other beauty stuff while it's still wet.
-Rinsing it with cold water really helps, it's not a myth.
- try to leave your hair loose as often as you can or wear a very soft hairband so that you don't damage it.
-don't smear too many styling products in it. As you can tell from the list, I go to the absolute minimum and I am completely happy :)

Think of your hair as a child: As a parent, you wouldn't want to spoil it too much, right?

Now here is a tip for greasy hair...

I've heard from a few friends that it really helps to NOT wash it for at least 3 days. Do that during exam-time or on an in-bed-weekend. This helps to get most of the grease out because, yes, hair can actually get even more greasy if you wash it too often. Also, don't use too much shampoo. The decent shampoos should all produce foam with just a little amount of them :) And you don't have to rubb foam into the tips as the foam going from the top of your head down on your hair will clean the rest of the hair :)


How about you? How's your hair like? Are you generally happy?
And no, Dove didn't buy me haha I just seriously love their products as they are also affortable on a student budget.

Hopefully this post was not arrogant or anything. I've just found so many things that other people post really helpful (skincare, nail designs) that I wanted to participate as well ♥


xoxo
bisous,

Keki

PS: One more thing that might sound arrogant too. Typing errors aside, I can feel my English getting so much better. Today one of my friends from Mandarin class said to me "You sounded really scottish right now!"
After I said "(blabla) I do not like the scottish food" in a way that sounded more like " I doo no't like the sco'ish food"
It's hard to type but check out the scottish accent. I am slowly getting there >.< ♥

My Dad visited me//Edinburgh//2 little Reviews

Hello:)

First of all: Be prepared for a long post hehe.
Also, I decided to write only in English from now on and give up on French posting. But who knows, maybe I will get back to it one das. It's just very tiresome and it makes entries very long.

Wow, this week was busy, ans guess why? My dad came all the way from Germany to visit me here in Aberdeen. I was and still am so happy, because this town is not excactly a sightseeing town. This is also why we took many trips ♥ One of them being our day trip to Edinburgh.

This day was amazing! Edinburgh was, of course, not destroyed during any of the wars so the traiditonal buildings and the famous castle remained in their traditional architecture.

Unlike other towns, Edinburgh is very easy to walk around in because most of the places are close to each other. We did not discover the whole city because that would take ages, but we snapped pictures of some wonderful buildings ♥





On the second picture you can see Jenners, a very old department store. It reminds me of Harrods in London a lot.


I love going to capitals, no matter whether it is Paris, Berlin or London (although London is my favourite). I believe that they always have so much to offer: sights, culture like theatre, concerts, mueseums that are actually interesting...and of course shopping. Since this blog mainly focuses on that aspect, let me talk about shopping the Scottish way haha! :D

I was meant to get up at 6, but my dad woke me up at 5. :D I guess he was excited? Which is rather cute haha.
"Let's go!!"
"Dad, it's 5 am..."
"Oh, I thought it was 6."

The bus tour took 3 hours which is okay considering the fact that we then did not have to pay 3 times more for the train. Seriously, trains in Scotland are *bloody* expensive if you don't book way in advance.
We arrived in Edinburgh at lunchtime and went straight to a nice café where my dad stayed because...I wanted to have a look at some shops and he preferred sipping a coffee. Edinburgh is such a good place to shop, ahh ~
But we went to most of the shops together.
My dad felt generous. Win!

But I don't want to simply show you the gets so I decided to do two reviews.

Number one: White Stuff- here is their webside Hehe

I only bought a pair of socks. Exciting, right? But first of all, they are lovely and second, just look at the gorgeous shop layout.

The atmosphere in "white stuff" was so nice. Very calm and relaxed, maybe because it is a weekday but also because it is lokated in George street , so that's parallel to the main shopping street. So once you are on Prince's street, just take one of the streets up, and you should be able to find it.
Also you can have tea or coffee for free atm in this shop :D I did not snap a picture of this, but they have some very comfy armchairs hehe.

The clothes seem old-fashioned at first, but I would say they are just a very relaxed sort of fashion. The material feels very soft and I like how nice and tidy they presented everything. You can buy very pretty comfy jumpers. Perfect for tea with friends ♥



Below are the scarves. I so regret not buying one. T.T Maybe online?
The prices were very decent, all below 30 pound I think. And on the sales obviously for much cheaper.



There were these bonbon glasses over the counter and they reminded my dad of good old times haha :D



And finally my socks. They are SO SOFT! I can't get over them. ♥



Review number 2 ♥ Ted Baker ♥

Ever since Brooke showed me her Ted Baker wallet at uni, I got all excited and wanted one so badly. I kept checking Aberdeen's John Lewis but they did not have any nice ones. Except for the new collection maybe (click me).

I bought mine at House of Fraser which is a chain department store you can find in many places in the UK. House of Fraser is very big in London and the branch in Edinburgh was slightly smaller but still nice.
The staff was very attentive & I like how Ted Baker always has matching bags with the wallets they design.

And I was lucky because it was on sale! 50 pounds is still a lot, but...well, it used to be 80 quit. I don't really care about what is in fashion when it comes to wallets because it will last me a few years anyway.

And it is so nice ♥
You can tell how well it is made. Hm maybe I should've inlcuded a picture of the inside the wallet? I am too lazy to do that now ;D
What is more important is the feel to it.
Ted Baker does all sorts of colours, but I am happy I chose red because it's really bright and makes me get in a good mood.
I think you can even carry the Ted Baker wallet's as clutches? :3
Let me know what you think about it.

To take it safely home, I got a box. The only negative point is that the wallet might get scratched easily because they put this shiny material on top of the leather. On the other hand, the "shinyness" is exactly why I bought it so I must not complain ;D





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My dad and me also visited a store where you can buy very expensive, classic bags but I decided not to buy one....yet. London is still to come (February 21st-23rd) and maybe you can guess what label I have in mind ♥ Suki know it haha ;D

We had our lunch in a nice restaurant that I forgot the name of, sorry. And not even a picture! I guess the reason for this is that I had so much fun with my dad and that I was enjoying every minute of our time together...:) I subconciously didn't want to waste time with taking pictures and I simply forgot to do so XD Stupid logic right? ~
But I am sure you know what I mean.
That's also the reason why I could never do an unboxing video like the girls on youtube do. If someone ever gave me ... a pack full of Mac Goodies, I would not be able to resist and just ripp off the packaging and put on some of the make-up right away haha.

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My dad and me were very well aware that Scotland is not France, but we simply had to buy the macarons when we saw them. I already ate 2 of them and they are so tasty. Way better than in Aberdeen. ♪ Carmen recently promised me to show me how to make them! Yes Carmen, if you're reading this, be prepared XD I have not forgotton about it haha ;D

Hugs and Kisses ♥
I hope this was not too much text.
Thanks for reading ~

Keki

PS: My dad and me went to other places as well and I will try to blog about that too at some point. Visiting towns is always so great *-*