MONTHLY FAVORITES

Hello 🙂 Today I want to talk about something a little bit different. I haven’t talked about my favorite products for ages :O I decided to leave the topic I was writing about until now and do something different. Some of the products are from Poland 😛 As usual 😀 But I’m sure you will be able to find it in a Polish shop or you can buy them when you will go to Poland for holidays 😀 I hope you will enjoy this post so sit back and relax :*

The first product I want to talk about is this nail powder from Essence. I saw it for the first time here in Spain it was very cheap, the powder costs something around 2 euros and the sealing top coat a little bit over 3 euros. This makes a beautiful effect on your nail. Normally people get this effect using shellac and powder similar to this one. This option is much cheaper and you can do it at home. There is a lot of beautiful colours to pick. How to use it ? It’s very easy! Just paint your nails with any colour you want and wait for the nail polish to dry, then apply some of the nail powder on to your nails and rub it in. When you get the result you wanted apply the sealing top coat 😀

I got this exfoliating gel here in Spain too. I’m only using this every second day in the morning. It smells beautiful and it does its job. Normally I have very sensitive skin on my face and a lot of the face washes make my skin very red. This makes my skin very soft, it feels very clean and it doesn’t make my skin red at all. It was very cheap. I got it in a shop near the place where I live called Alimerka. It will be definitely my favorite face wash here in Spain.

Russian shampoo? Yes! I know I already talked about Russian shampoo, but I don’t know if I will ever stop. As you all may know by now I’m a person who takes care of my hair a lot. I love cheap and good hair products. These shampoos are amazing :O They are very cheap and it’s very easy to find them in Poland, and probably in Russia too 😀 I love how they smell and how well they clean my hair. I only wish they were bigger, because even though I wash my hair only twice a week I finish them very fast. In Ireland we have a lot of Russian shops, if you go in and ask about it I’m sure they will help you 😉

These two lipsticks from Bourjois :O I got these lipsticks for my fiance’s prom. I could not decide which will be better so I got two 😛 They may be a little bit expensive for some people but I think that they are worth their price. The one on the right is a liquid lipstick. It’s very soft and you can’t even feel it on your lips. It stays for a very long time and I think that this is the perfect nude shade. The one on the left is just a normal lipstick. It has beautiful colour and when you apply it, it’s very soft but it stays in one place. Both of these lipsticks smell beautiful, they are very easy to apply and the colours are absolutely gorgeous.

Another very good product from Bourjois. I really like this foundation because it’s very light and it looks very natural on the skin. It also smells very nice and if you do your make up properly it stays on for a very long time. I don’t use it everyday now because I usually don’t have time for doing make up in the morning, but I got it for my fiance’s prom and I was very happy with it. The only bad thing about it, is that it’s a little bit expensive.

I think everyone knows this face mask very well and I don’t need to explain what it is. I just wanted to say that this is just wow :O It does its job. It cleans the skin very well and it’s not as painful as most of the people are saying, but in my case  I tried similar face masks before, and even the DIY version 😀 My skin is probably used to the pain. This thing is great. If you are thinking about getting it, I think you should. 😀

My favorite mascara ever. I have three mascaras but I’m only using this one. It makes my eyelashes very thick and long. It doesn’t take long for it to dry, and even if you cry when you have it on your face will not be all black. It’s the cheapest mascara I have, because the other ones are more expensive but not as good. I really like the applicator. I will definitely get another one.

The last product I want to talk about is this hair mask/ hair oil. It is a hair product that is supposed to make your hair grow faster. If you follow me on me Instagram you probably know that after the prom I cut my hair very short. I like having short hair but for me it was definitely too short. I decided to stop taking biotin and look for some good hair product. This product was on a sale so I bought it. I’m using this product once a week for over a month now. My hair is a little bit longer now. I was stressed about coming here and at the start of my Erasmus journey I had problems with hair loss. Now my problem is gone. I fell in love with this product. It has so many good ingredients in it and it smells very nice. I got it in Poland in a shop called Hebe. 

That’s all for today 😀 I hope you liked it. Follow me here if you want to stay longer with me, also don’t forget to follow me on my Instagram where I’m more active 🙂 See you soon :*

BLOGMAS 4- CHRISTMAS TAG

Hello everyone 🙂 Today I decided to do a little Christmas tag on my blog. I found the questions on the Internet and I liked them so I thought that it would be nice if I did something like that on my blog. I hope you will like it 😀

1.Do you open any presents on Christmas Eve?

Yes, in Poland and in many other European countries people open their presents on the Christmas Eve. In my family we usually eat our food first and then everyone takes their presents from under the tree.

2.What holiday traditions are you looking forward to most this year?

We have a lot of traditions in Poland. I live in Ireland but we still spend Christmas in the Polish way. I think that my favorite Polish Christmas tradition is shearing the ,,oplatek” and saying wishes to each other. I think that it’s a beautiful tradition because you get a chance to wish someone something good. Usually typical wishes look like ,, I wish you a lot of health, money and everything that you wish for” 😛

3.Is your Christmas tree real or fake?

My Christmas tree is real 🙂 And it looks like this.

4.What is your favorite Christmas film?

I don’t really have a favorite Christmas film. I love ,,Frozen”. I don’t know if you can consider this film as a Christmas film, but I have seen it like 20 times and I love it 😀 I also love Polish Christmas film called ,,Letters To Santa” or ,, Listy do M”. If you can find this film with translation you should watch it 🙂 It’s funny and sad at the same time.

5.Where do you usually spend your holiday?

I usually spend Christmas at home with my family. Last year I went to Poland for Christmas ,and I have to say that, it was the best Christmas I ever had. I finally got a chance to spend Christmas with people that I couldn’t spend it with, for the last eight years

6.What is your favorite Christmas song?

I don’t really have a favorite Christmas song, but I love Tchaikovsky and his work 😀  I listen to his work a lot now, I’m so excited to see the ,,Nutcracker” 😀

7.What is your all-time favorite holiday food/sweet treat?

I looooooooove pierogi :O I think everyone loves them in Poland 😀 I also love cheese cake. My mum makes the best one 😀

8.Be honest: do you like giving gifts or receiving gifts better?

Like an every person or at least most of the people I like receiving gifts, but I also like buying presents for other people.

9.What is your favorite thing about Christmas?

Hmmm… I think that my favorite thing about Christmas is that the whole family or at least most of the family members are in one place and can finally relax and spend time together.

10.When do you start getting excited for Christmas?

Usually at the start of December when I start thinking about the presents for everyone.

11.What is the best Christmas gift you’ve ever received?

When I was a little girl I think I was 6 or 7, I got a Barbie doll that I really, really, really wanted. I was jumping and screaming I think that I even cried when I saw the doll. I even remember which doll was it, it was Odetta from ,,Barbie Of  Swan Lake”. 

12.What is the worst present you’ve ever received?

I don’t think that I ever got a bad present. I’m always happy with everything that I get.

13.As a kid, did a sibling ever receive a present that you wished was for you?

No, my sister is six years younger than me, so there wasn’t any chance that we were wishing for the same present.

14.What would be your dream place to visit for the holiday season?

I would love to spend Christmas in Austria or in a city called Zakopane in Poland. I just can imagine what I would do in the snow around me 🙂 ha ha

15.Most memorable Holiday moment?

When all my family gathered up in my grandmother’s house. This sits in my head because when I was a child we used to spend Christmas in her house and she makes the best mushroom soup 😀

16.Do you make New Years resolutions? Do you stick to them?

Yes, I usually make a few but I never stick to them. I might try again 😛

17.What makes the holidays special for you?

When I can have my family in one place, just like last year.

18.What’s the best part about Christmas for you?

Like I said before spending time with the loved ones.

19.You have been granted one Christmas wish…what will it be?

I don’t really know but I just want everyone in family to happy and healthy.

 

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BLOGMAS 3- END OF SEMESTER, GETTING READY FOR JANUARY AND HOW WILL I SPEND MY CHRISTMAS?

Hello everybody 😀 Today I will do a small life update 🙂 I hope you like my Christmas tree 🙂 I just finished second semester in my college, I’m so happy because I can finally relax and prepare myself for studying in Spain… yes… I said studying in Spain. I’m very scared because I will be doing three subjects only through Spanish and two with some help in English. I’m just hoping to pass all my modules while I will be there. I know it will be hard but I’m sure I can do it, and I already have some experience in learning through a different language. So far I passed all my modules very well and I’m happy with everything except Spanish. I will be doing my own study at home before I go. I have only one essay due but my plan is to do it this weekend and just focus more on the language. I still need to find an accommodation and get my insurance but I think I will get it sorted next week.

I really can’t wait until January 😀 Can’t wait for my beautiful Poland, and my beautiful Polish winter 🙂 My fiance and I got a lot of plans so I’m so excited to finally do all these things. We will travel to other city for a weekend because he has his bowling tournament and I’m going to watch him playing 😀 I’m so excited because I love watching him playing bowling but I don’t really like to play it. We will probably go to another place but we haven’t decided yet. My childhood dream will finally come through and we will go and see the ballet, we will watch ,,The Nutcracker”. When I was a child I used to love Barbie so for me it’s kind of like going back in time. We will also go to his prom in Poland it’s called Studniowka. It’s very formal and I guess very important in the life of many young people. I had my prom in 2015 and I’m very happy that I went and that I have these memories. I already have everything for that day.

When it comes to Christmas I will be spending them here in Ireland. Last year I went to Poland for Christmas. It was such a weird feeling because it was the first time in 8 years when I could finally spend time with my whole family during that time of the year. I have to say that, last year I had the best Christmas in my life. I was very happy that I finally had that opportunity to spend it the way I always wanted. To be honest I don’t really feel the Christmas spirit this year, but I will have to survive. I hope that next year I will be finally able to go out of the country and spend Christmas somewhere else and just relax and chill. I will be talking about Christmas in Poland very soon so stay tuned 🙂

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BLOGMAS 2- 6TH OF DECEMBER IN POLAND

Welcome back 🙂 Unfortunately I was very busy and I couldn’t do posts everyday. This is my last week of an actual study this semester so I’m hoping to do my little blogmas more often 😀

Today I wanted to talk about the 6th of December in Poland. In Poland Christmas is celebrated on the 24th of December, 25th and 26th is for the rest of the family. I will be talking about 24th later on in my blogmas.

6th of December is when the Santa Claus is coming, it’s the first time when usually children but in a lot of cases adults too get presents. The presents are usually something small. In many schools and preschools there would be something organised for the children or students.

A lot of people don’t put up their Christmas tree until like one week before the 24th, so the presents can be usually found under the pillow, under the bed, or on the way out of the room beside the door. It usually depends on  which part of Poland you are from and on your parent’s imagination. If you are a child and you go to your grandparent’s house they will say something like ,, oh I saw a Santa Claus and he left something for you”, that happened to me very often when I was a child. I usually got something like sweets or a small toy. I very like this tradition especially now when I’m 20, I can feel like a child again and it’s very interesting how adults get involved.

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BLOGMAS DAY 1 😊

Welcome back 🙂 Sorry for not being here for so long but I was veeeery busy and college made so tired, I had no energy for anything. I decided to do a Blogmas 😀 Most of the Youtubers are doing Vlogmas so why not do a Blogmas 🙂 I will try to post everyday until January but I don’t know how will that work with college

Nothing much happend since my last post here, except that I got accepted to University in Burgos, Spain 😀 I will be going there for my six months of Erasmus. I’m very happy but worried at the same time. I will be studying in English and in Spanish. I hope I will be fine because my I know that my Spanish is not great  and I really have to improve.

My plan for today is to clean my room because I want to decorate it for Christmas 😀 I also need to study for Spanish because I have a test next week . I always have to rewrite my notes and then read it to myself. It takes me a long time but this is the best way for me to actually learn something. I’m happy because Spanish is a subject that goes into my head fast so I will not need to sit for few days and try to learn it. I also have to a diary entry for a different subject, and essay and a presentation about my dissertation for 4th year of college. So yeah, who ever says that college is fun don’t listen to them… haha.

I think I should start looking for presents, I hate looking for presents because I never know what to buy. I always leave it until the last day haha, but in Poland you also get presents on the 6th of December so I don’t have a lot of time left.

Sorry for such a boring post but I just wanted to say Hello again and do a little introduction to what I want to do this month. I will make more interesting posts don’t worry 🙂 I will plan my topics today. I think  sometimes I will do something like a little diary entry and sometimes an actual post about something. I hope that you will like it 😉 . That’s all for today don’t forget to check out my Instagram where I try to post everyday. See you tomorrow :*