mini mini haul from Bruxelles

If I was in a deeeeep need of clothes or shoes or cosmethics or anything really, I could have bought loads in Bruxelles :) We had such a nice time! The hotel was great, weather was perfect, indeed plenty of shops. We cycled through the city and seen a lot. I just didn`t buy a lot.

At Naf Naf I bought a lovely cardigan and a shirt and the heart/bow necklace which is in the picture. Being a biiiig fan of chocolate nomnomnom...I didn`t buy any. Perhaps cause I just couldn`t choose from all the stores, we did visit a lovely candy store called La Cure Gourmande. That`s where we got the big lollypops from, haven`t taste them yet but at almost 1 euro each they have to taste good ;)

Hurray for Belgian pharmacies...I found my Klorane shampoo with pomme granate. When I was in Avene last year we got some goodie-bag products, incl this small shampoo. It smalls so nice, and makes my hair so clean and shiny!! At 8euros a bottle it`s actually the most expensive shampoo I`ve ever owned, but all you need is a small amount cause it`s quite concentrated.

Luckily Rituals had a nice sale as well on all foam/soap products so I bought 2 of my favorite, Zensation weeeee :)

Rituals cherry blossom products

A while ago I was shopping with a friend when I really really wanted to check out the Rituals shop. Me going there is like being a kid in a candy store, trying, smelling and touching everything. If was filthy rich and have loads of space in my home I would defo buy every product, well female only, they have in store! And since I don`t have either I have to limit my shopping-spree there boehoee.

I picked their lovely Eve's Kiss lipbalm ( not included in the phoho ), which has a soft apple-scent, Hanami Heaven a milky bath oil and Rice Scrub a calming shower cream scrub. Now we don`t have a tub, but I love to make footbaths so the oil came out handy that way. And sometimes when my skin is sooo dry not even cremes or oigntments are working I tend to use bath oils pure on my skin....which in this case is no punishment at all since it smells soooo nice :)

I felt partially done shopping there, but what I really really wanted was the light body perfum as well. Calculating a little during my walk I thought it was a little too much at the time. It became a huge lemming! When my hubby still needed some ideas for the xmas gifts I immediatly gave him the hint ;) and yay I got it!! I still don't know why but since I picked up the cherry blossom theme for our wedding, it became a little addiction :S

My new Essence polishes & Konad

 

Today I've recieved my new Konad imageplate nr 57, which I've order with Boozyshop a dutch online shop. ( Delivery was amazing fast ) I've seen so many manis with this plate I just had to have it, normally I'm not a sucker for animal prints, but this plate really drew my attention.

Earlier this week I had purchased 2 new polishes from Essence. 03 back to paradise which is a dark green with a hint of blue in it.At first I thought it was an extreme dark turquoise, but when applied it it's more dark green with blueish and 04 Fruit punch which is a creamy orange with slight shimmers in it. Both from the Return to Paradise line. I must admit, I didn't really like the colors when I only applied 1 layer, was very streaky so it has to be 2 or even 3 for a nice opaque color.

For this leopard mani...bare with me ;) it's only my first time use of the plate...I've applied the fruit punch in 2 layers, and used back to paradise with the plate. In mani swatches I saw people use a differnt color to fill up the little gaps the stamp will leave, so I thought it would be fun to do as well...I had better not ;) I used Essence nail art freestyle & tip painter in black and silver for it. Topped it with my favorite Sally Hansen double duty and that was it.

Since the main color was orange...and I needed a moisturising cream afterwards I searched through the cabinet and came across Rituals-touch of heaven. An ultra rich whipped body cream fragranced with sweet orange and cedar...makes an ultimate handcream. So now my hands don't look orange..they even smell orange....mmm

( next time I'll clean the excess polish better before taking photo's ;)  )