Bow Box | Gift Idea

24.11.14 Unknown 2 Comments

decorative box with some hair accessories in it

focus on some of the hair accessories, a red bow clip and a semi-transparent black bow clip

the closed box has a bow itself on its lid

Since I usually start buying Christmas presents in summer, I'm quite late for it this year... which is making me more nervous rather than creative. This is exactly why I'm open for all the pretty and quick gift ideas on the internet. The gift idea pictured above is one of my own: the bow box.

For this idea I got inspired by a lovely youtube family I've been watching since last year. The SacconeJolys have a toddler girl, Emilia, who uses to store her hair bands in a box. She always gets excited about her variety of bows. It's a wonderful gift idea for little as well as big girls. So if you know a friend who loves any kind of hair accessories, it might be perfect.

First you choose a stable decorative box. I bought one which was really cheap yet perfect for my intentions as it has a bow attached to the lid. Of course you can also pretty up some old regular box on your own by covering it in wrapping paper. Make sure it's reusable! Now you fill the box with various hair accessories your friend might like. Let some space for additional ones!
The best part about this present: You don't have to actually wrap it.


What quick and easy gift ideas do you think of using this year?


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Clinique vitamin C lip smoothie | Review

10.11.14 Unknown 10 Comments

on the left: 12 peach power  |  on the right: 05 mango-thon



It's again this time of the year when my lips are as dry as they can get and feel like some sort of sandpaper. That's when I try to avoid using any kind of lip colour as most of them look ridiculous on chapped lips. ...until I casually came across the Clinique vitamin C lip smoothies. I had the opportunity to try them in the shop and immediately fell in love. I bought the colour mango-thon for myself and peach power for my sister. You can see me wearing my "smoothie" in the picture above. It resembles the actual colour of my lips and just adds some perfection to them. :)

But these lip smoothies aren't all that perfect to handle. Before first using one, you have to twist its back end and hear it click several times as it pumps the colour into the brush. I was a bit worried that mine would be broken, because it takes a long time for the lip colour to reach the surface. Its consistency is really sticky so it's not that easy to apply and unfortunately there's a lot of the product left in the brush every time you use it. 

The benefits are amazing. As soon as I apply this product to my dry lips they start feeling soft and smooth (maybe that's where the name comes from. haha). It's the best feeling ever. It claims to have vitamin C and antioxidants in it which also help improve the look of your lips maybe even for a longer term. The colour is simply beautiful. It's a sheer coat on your lips which lets your actual lip colour shine through in its best way.



What do you use to cover your dry lips?


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