Beauty
Eyeliners
I wear my winged liner more or less every day, and I'm always looking for new products and/or brushes that help me do it better. Ever since I bought the Essence Gel Liner in shade 01 midnight in paris, I was looking for a tiny angled brush that would help me get the flick right. However, this Flat Eyeliner Ecotools brush, which is quite thick, has been helping me to the job. It's perfect for any eyeliner application, and you can even use it on your waterline. To get the flick sharp and pointy, I use Essence's Superfine Eyeliner Pen and always keep it in my handbag for touch-ups.
Catrice+Essence Lipsticks
I love my red and pink lipsticks, and this combo is no exception. I picked this Catrice lipstick in shade marlene's favourite up simply because it is really moisturizing, matt and so beautifully 1940's Hollywood. The Kate Moss for Rimmel lippie in shade 05 is really similar to this, so I wanted some special element to spice my lips up when wearing this. The Essence 03 its peach not cherry lipstick stick, when applied to the inner lip on top of the Catrice, looks soo pretty.
Fashion
Lace Top
This super, super pretty top has a lace back with buttons down the middle, and it's vintage, believe it or not! I picked it up whilst thrift shopping one day- and I paid only 4 euros for this girly vintage Penneys piece. It's easily the most gorgeous top I own, and it rakes in compliments like nobody's business. Unfortunately, I ruined one of the sleeves with a too-hot iron, so now I just roll the sleeves.
Shift Dress
Another vintage Penneys piece! This dress is actually meant to be a bodycon, but it's a size 12, so it's like a shift dress on me. I love the tropical inspired floral symmetrical pattern- it's so suitable for summer and I've been wearing it lots in the hot weather. It's not too long for me either, which I like, because you can wear heels or sneakers with it, whatever you like.
Denim Shorts
To tell the truth, I've never owned a pair of denim shorts before. My mother and myself were going through some old clothes in Vilnius, and I discovered some goodies- these shorts being one of them. They fit me like a glove, and they're not too short or long, but just a perfect length so you don't end up flashing half of the population.
Random
99 Ice Creams
Unfortunately, I didn't eat as many as I usually do every summer, but I did enjoy every last piece of the ones I did have. One of my definite favourite things about Ireland is the 99 cones that taste amazing whether you're shivering by the sea side, or making your way through several on a hot day, I can't live without these!
Vero and Starbucks
Whilst having some time to kill in Stuttgart, I noticed a Starbucks and definately had to go in, having never (!) tried a starbucks before. I ordered a Frappe with strawberries and cream, and let me just say, I really did not expect it to be cold! I really enjoyed it though- can't believe we don't have that many Starbucks'es here.
Yes, another class drink Ireland probably hasn't got on offer. This is the Vero Cafe Fresh and Tasty- basically this is a drink where you choose a flavoured syrup and your transparent soft drink. For example, this one here is blueberry syrup and Sprite with loads of ice. Tasted delish, but my favourite one was the watermelon syrup and Russian Shwepps. The ingredients sound weird, but the drinks are actually mint!
Stuttgart+Vilnius
As you can tell from my last two blog posts, I've been doing some travelling lately and I visited Stuttgart, Germany and went on an annual visit to my hometown Vilnius in Lithuania. These trips were definitely my one of my highlights of the summer- it's so refreshing to get off the couch and just go see what the big colourful world out there has to offer. There is so many amazing places in the world, so many different ways of life and cultures, you can't lock yourself up in a small town and call it living, because what you're doing is the exact opposite.
Thanks so much for reading!
Gaby x
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