IT'S SATURDAYYY!

Happy Saturday!Finally,finally.....my work week is over,I can finally catch my breath and what's even better- this weekend is followed by a week of vacation time and a trip to the beach!The weather is really hot-I made a huge mistake deciding on jeans today.....

Blouse: Pimkie

Jeans: Zara

Flats: NewYorker

Bag: Express
Accessories by NewYorker and American Eagle

Nails: Revlon in Minted

And my bag-carrier :)

Snap-snap!.....While waiting on boyfriend in the fitting room of Pull&Bear.He only took two hours in there, so I was extremely bored!

I saw these shoes in the new collection of  Stradivarius and I felt a sudden need to buy them.They are all covered in this really cool "happy birthday"glitter and could make any girl happy in an instant.Unfortunately the price was just too high for a pair of glittery flats, so all I can do now is wait for a little sale break on the price tag :(

New favorite butterfly ring :)

XOXO

 

SHINE ON ME !!!

I'm looking at my calendar and I keep telling myself that summer is not over yet...Summer is NOT over!First, because I still have two more weeks of vacation time ahead of me and I need them to be sunny and nice so I could go see the beach again.Second-I still have a few summer outfits I haven't worn yet...
But honestly, looking at the only one week that's left under the name of August.....ahhhhh....it just makes me sad!


Well, I will have to deal with these feelings later!Because today's post is about loving the sun and protecting myself from it all at the same time :) which basically means one thing - using a lot of sunscreen.
Bellow are the sun care products I'm using this season.

   

















Eucerin sun face cream is what I've been using all spring and summer (in SPF 50 and then SPF 30).I can gladly report that I've been loving it from the first day I applied it.I'm using it every morning under my make-up, the formula is perfect for me as it softens my skin, hydrates, doesn't leave any funny residue and is not greasy or sticky, so it's a good base for foundation, it also makes a great tinted moisturizer when mixed with foundation.My liquid foundation does stay on my face from 8am to 5pm even when it's really hot outside :)
So this cream's been a total hit and I think it would work for almost everyone as it is available in a lotion and also in a matte effect version.A very important thing I forgot to mention is that it's never caused me any break out or skin problems and I actually think it has improved my skin tone and texture a lot (I remember I read on the box that it has anti-aging properties, improves skin etc - so it must be true).And talking about READING, here's one thing I don't like about Eucerin products - the writing on the packaging is all in German!I have such a hard time figuring out what's what......usually I don't even know if I'm looking at a lotion or cleanser or is it for my face or for my feet.I have to turn the box and look for translation and it does take time!

OK, moving to VICHY face and body lotion for kids SPF 50.This one I happened to find last summer.I got some samples of it and tried it first on my body and then on my face and I quite liked it so I bought a tube of it which was a good size, too!Then, during past winter I had really hard time dealing with the dry skin on my face and after trying and failing with a few products , one morning I turned to this kid's sunscreen!Clearly this was an act of desperation but I'm glad I tried because this is what I kept on using through all the months until April-May....and repurchased the tube.The thing is that this lotion is a bit greasy and GREASY is what my skin needed then and of course I liked the added benefit of sun-blocking because we all know that even during the winter the sun rays still make their way through the clouds......Anyways, I used whatever was left of my second tube during my beach vacation!

And finally, my body sun care was left to Garnier Ambre Solaire.I saw this collection being sold 2 for 1 in June and thought it was a great deal!And it was-as I knew I had to provide sun care for two bodies (the second being double the size of mine.....) I got a creamy lotion in SPF 50 for me and a spray SPF 30 for boyfriend.These provide good protection, I didn't get sun-burnt, not even once!And eventhough I used SPF 50, I still got sun-tanned :) I do have to say though, that the spray bottle is better just because it's lighter.
And the last one is the protective oil that's supposed to help you tan faster.Ehhhh...it's OK, it has a very nice smell and soft formula that glides so nicely on the skin but it does contain some sort of self-tanner cause it left a few orangy spots here and there which is not the look I'm after :)

I guess this makes 4 great hits and just 1 big OK - not too bad, right?!

TO........WORK !

What I wore today ( to work ) looks like something you'd wear to the beach....Apparently I didn't think so this morning while struggling to put some sort of an outfit together.And while still half asleep, all I knew was I didn't want to wear a skirt! So this is what I came up with: striped Guess shorts, a pink shirt by Pull&Bear which I recently bought and have been loving and of course wearing a lot, and my favorite silky flats.

Key word for today's work dresscode: LAZINESS!

Amisu shoeees from NEW YORKER - the peachy pink(in this mix of colors) that's
 not really showing in the photo is matching my shirt :) Look mom, I'm matchy-matchy!

I should stop here....now!

HOLIDAY SUMMARY

My beach vacation in June was a total disaster....The weather wasn't cold but it just didn't stop raining for days- I could manage to go to the beach for an hour or two and that was it!We had to go back home earlier....
So towards the end of July I got my second chance to get at least a little sun-tanned....And this time we did good!...We (boyfriend and I) stayed for a whole week and enjoyed every bit of it!

Our destination:

a nice little town on the Bulgarian sea shore ( primorsko)

         

Our daily routine consisted of sleeping; sun-tanning; eating lots of good salads (mainly the traditional tomatoes, green peppers, cucumbers, feta cheese and dressing), fish  and lots of watermelon; taking short trips to the vacation villages nearby and of course shopping in the local malls.

Somewhere in between it all we managed to go to a night club ONCE!......Well, it was OK - I didn't miss the night scene at all.I guess my idea for vacation this time was total relaxation, a healthy diet, outfits that consist of flip-flops, plain shorts, bikinis and maybe a tank top.....It gets like this when you get older :)

Oh, we also saw a movie in a little summer theatre - I did enjoy that!

I didn't take too many photos either - I was lazy.....

yay for happy yellow toe nails!

HAPPY SUNFLOWERS

After a long day of work .....

..... I found myself in the middle of nowhere enjoying these happy sunflowers and then a beautiful sunset :)

Sunset was followed by a quiet dinner with a loved one.We sat in this nice little garden by a pond and had a great end of the day :) I just wish I got a sunflower or three to bring home to cheer me up for the rest of the never-ending work week!

my evening outfit :  just a plain white dress by Guess

Also, on the way to the restaurant we had dinner at, I did find my dream holiday house.What a cosy little place!

And this was my very first blog post!Cheers!