Thursday, 18 July 2013
blogging & numbers
Friday, 11 June 2010
Worldcup peace
I personally am not into watching soccer. Perhaps if there is a hot male member on the field, and only when the camera has the eye for him, and otherwise that kind of play is not really captivating for me.
I do like watching some sports, for example cycling. And that has not so much to do with the men, although they start out pretty fit and trim, but unfortunately end up in a superskinny version of their selves from three weeks earlier (eg with the Tour de France and Vuelta). I like the landscape of the cycling countries and the connection between teamplay (when a group of cyclist escape) and competition (even of the same group when they approach the finish). It kind of gives that Robin Hood dimension, hoping that the small group of escapers reach the finish before they will be caught up by the calculating groups.
Well, the word wordcup widows sounds a bit dramatic and too focussed on the negative side of footbal so I think it is good to think of the perks of a certain kind of singleness due to soccer. And yes, I will focus on the pampering part.
But first, she will be my talisman during the worldcup. Meet my sweet keyholder doll Hitomi:
She carries the symbolism of Caring. You can read what her doll-character will say about it in the next picture:
Update (thanks for asking Jess): she is a Kimmidoll from the kimmicoll collection. There are various dolls with different symbolisms, and you can check them out at kimmidoll.com.
I believe that the need to care and to long for care is quite feminine, although I would not exclude this for men, as some research say that men often remarry faster after a divorce/death of spouse than women (perhaps pinpointing that men need to be cared off a bit more than women ?). So, it is perhaps a human need.
Anyway, I think the attention towards women will be a bit less during the soccer matches, so the spiritual care would be ok...
Notwithstanding the doll is utterly cute, so if the symbolic strenght does not do anything, it is still cute and dinky enough to carry around...
Back to pampering. I would not like to be seen with my facial masks in front of the partner, but during soccer matches he will probably not even notice your hair would turn purple with pink stripes, so I might sit next to him with a conforting sheet mask.
It is another version of beloved Beautymate, in a purple edition...It claims to even out unevenness, which would be the most perfect thing for my face:
The bodily skin always needs some prepping too, either for summer of just for your own confort. I will stick to the standard version of Bodyshop: standard enough to be able to get easily but friendly enough for the environment and ethnically/globally concious.
Oh, manicures...I love them being done, but when you have enough time on your hands (no pun intended) you can do it yourself.
I still have this fantastic bottle of Lippmann in my collection, which is absolutely not a summery colour, but I think I am into a bit of brown with a coppery sparkle, so I will be sporting (pun intended this time) Brown Eyed Girl.
Besides of the pampering opportunities, it is a good time to catch up with the other non-soccer fans (friends) as well.
Oh, and I actually expect more beauty posts online to be written because of the time away from the soccer-dominated tv set....
Anyway, I hope all of the non-football fans will have a good time during this period. And the football fans will have a blast as well, because it is their ultimate season.
Ps: do you have some extra plans that are related to the worldcup events?...please share! I'm always intrigued by what the other bloggers/readers are up to....
Monday, 1 February 2010
Foody time with Hello Kitty
The Netherlands do not have real Chinatowns as other countries do, unfortunately. However, there is a bit of Chinatown in Amsterdam and in The Hague, which has some nifty shops over there with lovely spices, food and Asian cutesy stuff.
Last week I was in The Hague and saw this cute bag from Hello Kitty. My inner child said that she wanted the bag. The foodlover in me wanted it as well:

Yummy pink marshmellow:
Friday, 4 September 2009
Notes and a very bright dress...
It is bright, in-your-face-eyepopping bright! It looks like a hippy and a flapper piece of clothing came together and this is their baby...It is Topshop, probably from one of Britain's coolest shops (I like some others as well).
Actually, it is not age appropriate anymore...or that is what some people would say. On the other hand, I think it is adorable and I look bright and happy in the dress. The tiny strings dance on the body when you move and I adore the colour setting.
So, it is not a piece that I would wear over and over again, and it is not practical either, but sometimes a girl (or woman) likes something utterly useless but still quirky and fun...
So, what are the pieces in the closets of my readers they have bought, do not use that often, are not that practical, but still makes them very happy when they look at it?
Monday, 4 May 2009
TAGGED by Jamilla Camel...


The context: I am combining blog-surfing, online windowshopping, watching so-called comedy tv and thinking about my latest paper....I want to order the Kanebo Kate new eyeshadow pencil, but have not decided on which webshop yet (both Ichi and Adam have it)....I am wearing my fluffy morning/eveningcoat and my left eye is a bit irritated...
Further info: I bought some gorgeous garden flowers with my beau this morning. One of those is so lovely scented that I wish to bottle it in a perfume. I am going to sniff that plant the whole summer...ha ha...
Current obsession: anything themed burlesque, kawaii and cloth flower on Etsy.... (eg. this hairpiece is ABSOLUTELY STUNNING...it is made by topsyturvydesign on Etsy...Luv this)
Friday, 20 March 2009
artsy fartsy day
Hey, you might get some new inspiration for makeup or a fashion-look. At least, I went to a shop afterwards and was really drawn to the bright and happy colours, LOL
This painting is the one I wrote my artwork article about! It is a joint project from Paula Moderson-Becker and her husband Otto Moderson....It looks so happy with all the dancing people around the lovers in the moonlight. (Title: Love-Life in Nature)

One of the more famous artists, Auguste Rodin. This is the Eternal Spring. He was influenced by his girlfriend Camille Claudel, and her art by him as well.




The last couple that impressed me a lot were the paintings of Wassilly Kandinsky and Gabriëlle Munter. Kadinsky has more of an abstract feel of painting ...
Saturday, 14 February 2009
How has your Valentine been so far?
Sorry for the lack of updates this week, but life has been quite hectic this week. I have been running around from lecture to lecture, being completely buried in books and assignment. And, as the icing of the cake...I had to spend lovely Valentine day today doing my TOEFL test, which was a excruciating 4 hours of writing, answering and speaking....le sight...
Speaking about icings, I want to show you some pictures of my little pink cupcakes I made this week. Very princessy, aren't they cute?
Consider them to be your virtual valentine cupcakes from me!
- The Lipstick Queen Oxymoron gloss in Minor Crisis, which I received from my precious glowchaser...
- The Visee Blackish Forming Eyes in B-1...a palette with scrumptious colours
- Skinfood Milk Mania Cleanser
- and perhaps I will show you some pages of my new Alice planner...