Summer adventure

    Day after day of November I keep thinking about my summer holidays... the unique nature of Chalkidiki. Not less beautiful than any Greek island, but on the mainland, just around an hour drive from busy Thessaloniki. A huge variety of places for quiet escape or partying at the beach... 

    I've been so many times and lived a summer at this part of Greece, but every time I come back  and tell to myself that there is no place like that.

    Personally, I'm in love with the second part of the peninsula (second leg as Greeks call it) Sithonia. The untouched nature, hidden beaches in between the rocks and cliffs, pine tree smell in the air, not so crowded with tourists and not so many resorts built... On the pictures above I'm at Neos Marmaras village, the central place for Sithonia with some big hotel complexes. Amazingly beautiful resort with great views.

 
    If you have a chance to go to Chalkidiki and you can't decide about the place to eat, go and try Greek seafood. It's absolutely amazing, restaurants and tavernas around usually offer fresh seafood. My favourite dish is grilled octopus. Just few years ago if you tell me that I will eat octopus, I would never believe you.

    Enjoying amazing sunset at another place of Chalkidiki that I absolutely adore - Nikiti. Very, very romantic place. And very special for me...
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Essential lines

    Hello beauties:) This lazy rainy Sunday I decided to write a small review about 2 pencils that I'm currently using and mentioned in my last post - for brows and for eyes.

    Clinique black eye pencil is one of my favourite for creating smoky eyes or defining my eyelashes. It's quite creamy and soft, when you apply it, you don't feel like it needs to be pressed or that it scratches your eye. It doesn't smudge, it stays in place for many hours. Another advantage is the sharpener. It makes it really convenient to sharpen it. 

    The brow pencil from Sephora attracted me by the price I guess... And I don't regret buying it at all. It has this tiny brow brush that helps me to put my brows into their place, and with the pencil I fill the brows. I got it in colour 01 Light and I believe it's perfect for me. 

    So these are the swatches of these products. 

    Thank you for reading:)

November flowers

    Who said summer moved on? I'm still enjoying warm days of November in Greece. 

    The garden at my house is very green and full of blooming asters. I'm wearing floral print shirt from Sfera, I got it this summer and I still wear it for the days like that - sunny and warm, but in autumn. My lilac jeans are from Pimkie and shoes from Zara. I absolutely love pastel colours and I wear pastels the whole year.

   

    Moving slowly inside the house... My make up of that day was completely inspired by the weather and outfit I picked. I used pinky and brown eyeshadows, nude lipgloss, pinky blush - all from Pupa; foundation and mascara - Benefit; brow pencil - Sephora and eye pencil - Clinique. 

    Thank you for reading:) See you in my next post:)

Krakow.Winter. Love.

    My first trip this year was to a beautiful Krakow. Not my first time at this city, but first with my husband. It is such a charming European city, and especially in winter, when everything looks like in a fairy-tale. The atmosphere is unforgettable. The smell of coffee and just baked breads, the noise at the square market full of beautiful souvenirs, friendly Polish people and amazing historical heritage make Krakow fantastic destination for holidays.

    Feeling great while exploring the castle. It has so many exhibitions that is not possible to see them all in one day. I didn't visit all of them, but visited a lot. And it's definitely worth it. It has so many royal rooms full of art masterpieces. 

    On me that day: Zara beret, Orsay coat and Sfera pants. Everything warm and comfortable, perfect for January in Poland.

    Just feeling loved.

    After interesting excursions throughout the city, comes the evening, the time of lights, stars, kisses, warm drinks and amazing food.  You can eat straight at the square: roasted pork, sausages or grilled vegetables (if someone is vegetarian). The smells and the crowds around don't let you just pass by.

        

    After tiring day, time for some shopping...All the exhaustion is gone. Recommend for everybody - Galeria Krakowska, huge mall with all the brands you might desire, food places and cafeterias. Right in the centre of the city. At this time of the year we could enjoy the main Christmas tree and the open skating rink just in front of the main entrance.

  

    And that was a time for a final cocktail:) Love you Krakow, see you soon...

Eclat Matissime from GIVENCHY

    Today I want to write a small review about a really great foundation I've been trying out recently. Eclat matissime fluid foundation from GIVENCHY is amazingly light mattyfing product, that I absolutely fell in love with. 

    First thing we all notice and pay attention is obviously the packaging. The packaging is very nice, black and classy, you feel that this is a high end product.

    The texture of a foundation is really airy-light as the packaging says. I don't feel anything on my skin after applying this one. I find it quite similar to Dior Nude foundation, which I absolutely love as well. It has a slight scent which I personally adore. It smells so nice, light, not annoying at all.

    I purchased it in a colour 3 Mat Sand, before I got tanned, so now I find it a bit too light for my skin. If you have some serious issues with your skin, I don't think this will work for you. It doesn't work for full and heavy coverage. It's absolutely perfect for daytime, cause it's also has SPF 20.    

    Thanks for reading:)

Back to Black

    Some pictures of shooting at my house. Wearing favourite for this f/w season ZARA dress.

    Love the length of the dress, which is not too short and I believe it fits me well. Can wear it for casual occasions and sometimes for a night out.

A little bit of me in the colour.

    Sometimes insanity comes too close:)

    Serious:)

See you in my next post:)

The Benefits we get

    I am absolutely sure that everybody who likes cosmetics heard about this brand and has at least one thing from it.  The brand gets fans all over the planet, probably more and faster than any other. If the shop with make up products has BENEFIT seen from outside, I'm sure it will get successful. At SEPHORA's display with Benefit there are always people.

    What makes it so popular? I would say packaging. Which young girl could pass by these colourful displays with cute boxes with bronzers and blushes, huge variety of products for eyebrows, pictures of girls at Porefessional primer or powder, the eyeliner or mascara that promises to do something unbelievable with your eyes...

    Personally I got by now only 2 products from BENEFIT: Hello Flawless Foundation in a colour Honey and They're Real! mascara. Also in pack of foundation I found the tester of Stay Flawless primer, which I didn't find so nice. Maybe I just didn't understand how to use it, but anyway it was too hard to get it from that small package it was in.

    So I want to get back to the foundation. I was running out of my old foundation, so I went to Sephora without any idea what I would purchase. The girl suggested me Benefit, swatched the colour to my neck and it was perfect for me. The texture is great, I usually put it with a make up sponge and it blends very nice. You can create a very light coverage or more full coverage depends how you like it or need it. Foundation lasts for many hours. It has a slight scent, but it's not annoying at all. I am absolutely satisfied with this foundation.

   

    I didn't buy mascara the same day, but eventually I got it also. At the beginning I didn't like it all. What I want from mascara is volume, but while using this one I could see only some additional length. I compare all the mascaras to my number 1 must have Yves Saint Laurent Volume Effet Faux Cils, and I simply cannot find anything with similar effect. I know that millions of girls and women all over the world adore this mascara. I'm just not that much into it. I was trying to like it, and can say I like it more now than from the beginning. The big plus is that it doesn't smudge and stays in place for whole day. 

    Thank you for reading:)