Favourites | Summer Edit

BEAUTY

GO TO MAKE UP LOOK | A simple and light look on which I'll post pretty soon, so be on the watch for that one.

SKINCARE | No skincare at all actually. My skin gets used so quickly to skincare and starts breaking out all over again, so I've found that no skincare works best out of everything I've tried already.

SCENT | Weirdly enough, Axe's 2014 limited edition scent. And I know I'm not the only girl secretly stealing her boyfriend's deodorant ;)

FASHION

GO TO OUTFIT | Pyjama shorts + loose top, comfy as hell and still pretty stylish though.

ACCESSOIRES | My leather bracelets. I bought this at the beginning of spring with the intention to not take them off all of spring and summer. They're still here, they're damaged, but they remind me of some awesome moments these past few months.

LIFESTYLE

FOOD | I'm kind of obsessed with cheeseburgers this summer, dunno, they're just soooo tasty !

SERIES | How I Met Your Mother ! Over the course of summer my boyfriend and I watched all nine seasons of HIMYM and I loved it to pieces. Seriously, it's like the most perfect series ever, except for the ending though ... sad times.

MUSIC | Cashmere Cat & Trippy Turtle. I am seriously into Trap and Jersey Club music right now and these two have started it all. I went to a Cashmere Cat concert at the beginning of spring and the memories of that concert still make me smile like hmmmm, it was just mindblowingly amazing. In Summer I went to Dour Festival and saw Trippy Turtle, I had exactly the same experience as with Cashmere Cat back then, hmmmm. But I'll do a more featured post on these two in the very near future.

I'm sorry this favourites is a bit on the shorter side, I didn't quite keep track of them, but next month's one will be a lot more extensive, pwomise ;)
Salut !

♥

Favourites | August

Beauty

Garnier Body Repair Repairing body milk | I use this body milk as an everyday moisturiser for my body and darn, it works miracles ! This one leaves my skin feeling so super soft and smells just hmmmm !

Palmolive Naturals Ultra Hydrating shower milk with olives and hydrating milk | I told you guys all about this one in my previous collective haul, so I'm not going to repeat myself BUT oh boy, I'm in love with this scent all over again !

Lush Grease Lightning (or Spotlight for the French version) anti acne treatment | I used this one every single night for the past few weeks because I was breaking out really badly and it worked perfectly. My skin has cleared up beautifully and isn't left looking really dry and dehydrated. A little pump of this one goes a long way and for a tea tree treatment this one smells really good. (I am currently testing out a tea tree face wash that smells so bad, ugh !)

Rimmel Kate Moss Lipstick in 111 (Kiss of Life) and 107 | I caved and bought a second one of these lipsticks ! I'm in love with the finish and smell of these ones. To me they kind of smell like watermelon if that makes any sense? They can be a bit drying because of the matt finish, so maybe it would be a good idea to wear some lip butter underneath ;) Swatches are down below !

Maybelline Fit Me Concealer in Light (I think, because the packaging doesn't say what shade this is) | This concealer is perfect if you want to acquire a natural make up look ! It doesn't give you a lot of coverage, but just enough to conceal normal size blemishes. I am crazy for neutral/natural make up looks, but I do need a lot of coverage because of active break outs and acne scars. So I use this one on those patches where I would typically get some redness or wherever I have some minor scars and then I use a more heavy concealer on active break outs, areas where some veins are noticeable and bigger scars.

Maybelline Dream Fresh BB Cream in Light | This has been my go to 'foundation' these last few weeks. It is a great moisturiser and gives you just the right amount of coverage for a natural looking face of make up. LOVE !

Fashion

Sweaters | Oh yes, it's me and my sweaters again ! Towards the end of august the mornings and evenings get more crisp here in Belgium and that's why I was finally able to wear my sweaters again, yay for fall !

My collared shirt from New Look | It just looks so cute and preppy and I pair it way too often with my nerd glasses ... Help !

My Little Marcel Phone Case | How cute is the font of this paired with the nautical print? I just can't ! (A lot of my friends will kill me for this, but just one more time to annoy them a little bit more hehe  The case always reminds me of this.)

Lifestyle

Food - Non sweetened granola with hazelnuts and dark chocolate | I was such a cereal kind of girl, but last year when I was trying to eat healthier I trained myself to eat granola. The past year I only ate sweetened granola, but now that I am training myself to eat less sweet I switched to the non sweetened ones and I don't even mind actually. I really like how natural this tastes with a bit of almond milk, perfect breakfast. Seriously, I could eat this all day everyday ...

Music - Daniela Andrade | A lot of YouTubers use Daniela's music in a lot of videos and I had been wondering for quite some time who this girl was whose music everyone was using. This month I discovered it and fell in love ! I bought her album and have it on replay all the time. It is just the perfect soothing music to either wake up or wind down. My favourite original song by Daniela is Any Other Way :)

TV Series - Pretty Little Liars | If you are with me on this one, you will definitely have seen the summer finale of PLL and will be totally freaking out over it. I genuinely have been addicted to this series for the past couple of years and honestly I am dying to finally know for sure who A is !

Book - Lady Of the Rivers | I have been reading this one this month because after watching The White Queen TV series, I really wanted to read one of Philippa Gregory's novels. So I opted for the 'prequel' to The White Queen, the story of Jacquetta Lady of The Rivers. I haven't finished it yet, so I'll review it when I actually finish it ;)

YouTube - Zoe Sugg a.k.a. Zoella | She is such a sweet girl, she has an awesome sense of fashion, that British accent, the fact that she kind of made me look at myself and realise that I might be having anxiety causing my way too often panic attacks, ... She's amazing ! I love how spontaneous she appears to be in her videos and think she does an amazing job at what she's doing :) Make sure you check my post about Zoe's fashion and her YouTube channel !

Random Technology - My iPhone 5 | I am in love with my phone ! For years I had been wanting to buy a beautiful white iPhone and this summer I have worked my bum of to finally be able to buy one. I am super proud that I earned it all by myself and love this phone to pieces. (My dad already thinks it is glued to my hand ...)

Those were my favourites for the month of August. I hope you all had a lovely last month of summer :)

107 - 111

Love,
Kelly

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Favourites | July

July is over, so it is time for my favourites of the past month. 

Beauty 

Rimmel Scandal Eye's Mascara | This one comes with a very long story, maybe not that long but anyways. I bought the waterproof version first and really liked it, but removing it with Bioderma wasn't the best idea. My eyes ended up being super red and achy, so I thought that I was allergic to waterproof make up. BUT a few weeks ago I bought and oil based make up remover and I haven't had a single problem with this mascara ever since. I really like it, it leaves no clumps, separates every lash beautifully and really opens up your eyes :) (Review and pictures coming soon ;))

L'oréal Professionnel Absolut Repair Cellular serum | I was really scared that ever since I got my hair ombre-ed, it would be super dry so I immediately bought a serum and leave in conditioner (here below) and I'm so pleased with them. The serum really moisturises my ends and makes them shine so prettily.

Kinactif Hydrator Nutri Moisturising treatment for dry hair | This leave in conditioner makes my hair so easy to comb through, it's like magic ! I don't really like the smell though, but it works perfectly.

My hair donut | We have had quite a heatwave here in Belgium and my go to hairstyle on these extremely hot days (especially when I was babysitting) was a classic donut bun. A very quick, fresh and classy hairstyle ;)

Fashion

My new white converses | If you follow me on Tumblr, you know that I've been eyeing these for quite a while. But since I already did a full blogpost on them, I won't get any further into it now ;)

Basic black and white t-shirts | I bought these at H&M and they weren't expensive at all. Just those basic pieces that can help you even out and balance an outfit.

Fake glasses | I bought my fake glasses at Rock Werchter and I love them. I've been wanting these for a while and I really like to pair them with otherwise basic outfits, just making it a bit more interesting :)

WE Earrings | These earrings were on sale at WE and I decided that I could just go ahead and buy them, because it had been quite a while since I bought some earrings. I threw away all of my earrings last year, because they were really childish and they looked so cheap, so now I'm letting myself buy more expensive pieces once in a while to get my collection going again.

Lifestyle

YouTube : Bethany Mota a.k.a. Macbarbie07 | For those who don't know her, she makes beauty and fashion videos (and vlogs) :) aaaand I love her ! She is so funny and sweet :) Her videos are so good, I never disliked even one. Definitely go check out her channel, you won't regret it ;)

Music : Ben Howard and Bon Iver | I'm currently changing my taste in music, I believe (I was really into hipster music the past six months, but I'm going back to quiet folky music and popular music) These two though have never left my iTunes. These guys are amazing, their music is so soothing and calming. I actually saw them both live and that was even better than their albums, just per-fect. Especially in summer, I tend to blast these a lot ;)

Series : The White Queen | This new series started recently on BBC One and I'm obsessed ! Read more about it in my full blogpost :)

Book : The Great Gatsby | I finally finished this book and though I liked it, I think I'll need to read it another time to really understand and appreciate it. I must admit that I often read this when I was tired and fell asleep while reading, so some parts of the book are quite blurry :p It definitely deserves a second read !

Have a great august ! ^^

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