『personal』 I DID IT ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

OMG!!!!!!   ((((；゜Д゜)))

I still can't believe it that I booked my first flight to Japan, two days ago.  (((o(*ﾟ▽ﾟ*)o)))
I'm so hyped about it that I can't think of anything else at the moment. XD"

I'm going to visit my friend who is spending her last year of university there. So I'll be staying there from 25th July to 15th August, that means I'm going to spend three full weeks there.
I'm so excited. She is not living in the center of Tokyo but somewhere around, like two hours away or so. Not sure about it. But I don't care, because the main reason to go there is to visit her. ^^

At the moment we are thinking about doing a short trip to Okinawa together, but we have to see how expensive it might be. I hope that it won't be too expensive, because I would LOVE to go there for a few days. It's going to be so endlessly hot, but who cares?  ╮(╯▽╰)╭  I totally love super hot summers. ♥

With that it's all for today. I'm so excited I can't even think about doing my homework…

『2014|01|18』Redeeming the christmas present

Last week end it was finally the time to have fun with the tickets I (my sister and her boyfriend) got for christmas.

It was for Apassionata -a horse show- which I saw a few years ago with my mum for the first time. She thought it was a nice idea for christmas, since we liked it last time. 

All three of us left around 6:30pm, after dinner and dressing up. ^^ We had to take the subway to Friedrichstr. and had to change there into the SBahn to get to Warschauerstr., since Apassionata held their show at O2 World (a super big hall/arena thingy, for ice hokey, concerts and much more).
We arrived there around 7:30pm and had to stop at one of the booths at the train station, because my sister's boyfriend wanted something to drink and all of us got some lollipops. XD Five minutes later we arrived at the O2 World and were able to enter immediately. The doors opened something like 1,5h before the start of the show. We arrived there around 30 minutes before the start.
Finally inside went straight for our seats, with a small break at the toilettes. XD" We then only had to wait around ten minutes for the show to begin.
Our seats were quite good, since we were seated in the ninth row and we were also able to see everything. Even when we sat at the sides. Sure we did not have a straight view onto the animations, but these are not that important.

It's not only a horse show, they are also telling a story. The name of this years story was "Zeit für Träume" (something like "Time to Dream" - a free translation XD").  It was a story about Tanja and Michael who found a magic book, with which there were able to travel through time and world. It could have been such a good story, but it was written so badly. The absolutely should learn how to write a good story.
Otherwise the show was good. At least I liked it, my sister and her boyfriend did not like it as much as I did, but they said it was okay.

What I really liked a lot were the animated sceneries they had. A mix of magic and kitsch. ^^ They were just so beautiful and the costumes. I really loved the costumes! They always fitted perfectly into the created world and were so nicely thought through.
I took a few pics of them and also a few of the horses with my iPod. I also shot a few videos, which I edited into one and will put at the end of the post. ^^

this was some cute and beautiful fairytale castle

and a shot from under the sea

some cute jellyfishes *^*

The jellyfishes were animated and were swimming around. I loved them a lot. Sadly I wasn't able to get a pic of the awesome under the sea costumes, but they were all glittery and shimmery. Loved it!

I liked it when they were in old London. The scenery was so beautiful and the costumes matched so good. Not only that, but also the horses. Nothing's better than beautiful black and blackish Frisians with a long and wavy mane. I totally fell in love with the one Frisian, which totally could have been from a fairytale book. I also liked how they performed the riding and how much it looked like a casual stroll through the city.

The second horse I absolutely loved was the Shire Horse. OMG I just LOVE cold-blood horses so much. Even when they are so big, they always look quite elegant and they are just so strong and cute. Totally love them!

Candy Land

Candy Land was a fun country to visit. ^o^ Everything was so colourful and funny. What my sister and I loved most were the cute little Mini-Shetlandponies. *^* Cutest thingys ever!!! And soooo FLUUUFFFYYYY, because of their winter coat.

My sister also loved the donkey and mules a lot. They are so cute. 

Ever saw a sitting horse?

That was at the end of the show when Tanja and Michael got back to the book store, where they found the magic book.

the extra round to show off the horses

Can you see the costumes from the riders on the Frisians?  I loved their costumes so much. They portrayed the clock and the time. I loved the idea behind this and you might see it a bit better in the video below. 

What I also liked a lot was the music. It was just so perfect and always fitted so well into the created atmosphere. It was absolutely a  nice touch to the whole show. Also the dancing was entertaining and always perfect for the time and situation the protagonists were in. 

The music I liked most was the one at the end. It was so magic and mystic and had this nice touch to it and just perfectly underlined the mystic mood of time and world. I'm talking about the scenery from the end. It's the one with the Frisians and the clock/ time costumes. You can see this in the video below as well.

All in all I really enjoyed the show and I would visit it again. Maybe not right away, because I think the story itself wasn't that good, or more because I just did not enjoy the storytelling. But otherwise I really liked it. I always wonder how someone want to do all these dangerous, acrobatic things on the back of a horse. It scares me a bit, but it's quite entertaining to watch. 

every extra sound you'll hear is my sister or the person next to me XD"

After the show was over they lined up at the edged of the arena and we were allowed to pet the horses. First only the children went and than my sister and I decided to go as well. We wanted to see the beauties from a close up. The beautiful Frisian was even more beautiful and the Mini-Shetland Pony even more cuter than from the far. *^*

After that we decided to leave and had to stop at the toilettes again…

we had to wait few long and cold minutes for the SBahn to arrive and had a save journey home. 

the leaflet for the upcoming shows next year
it's called "The golden Trail" or something like that

last but not least my look for the evening ^^

PS: Don't you find it shocking how good the quality of the iPod 5 back-camera is? I just can't get it how much better it is as my compact-camera. And have in mind that it was quite dark in there and I took all of the pics without a flash. I am also always so surprised how good it can record, even the sound… 

『cosmetics』my daily make up + some variety

Today I'm going to show you my daily make up products. A while ago a friend of mine asked me what I use and I told her which products I usually use. Most of them I use since a few years or similar things from the same brand, because of their usual changes (which is so super annoying -.-").

On the picture above you can see everything I use or like to vary to fit my mood or the colour scheme of my clothes. 

First comes the make up, concealer and powder, which I always use:

• make up: p2 - Ultra Matte 24 hours => 010 matte sheep
• concealer : p2 - Feel Natural => 010 natural beige

• powder: p2 - Feel Good Mineral compact powder => nude feather
• fixing compact powder: essence => all about matt! Which I like to finish up my make up with, but not use every time, just most of the time

Next comes everything around the eyes:

• base: essence - Colour Arts LE Which I bought with a lot of back ups, still have two new ones XD"

• eyeshadow palette: Catrice - 010 all nude I mostly use the first, third and last colour. 
• eyeshadow: p2 - 020 brown chic This colour I use for 2/3 of my bottom line and to fill in my brows. Mostly not used as an eyeshadow.

• eyeliner: essence - Stays no matter what jumbo pencil - 01 whipped white frosting I use this one for 1/3 of my bottom line and for the inner corners of my eyes.

• eyeliner: essence - Stays no matter what 24h felt tip liner - 01 midnight black Use it to create my top eyeliner, most of the time I do some kind of cat wings. I just love it that way. 

• eyeliner: Manhattan - Kohl Kajal Eyeliner 1010N (black) This one is for the upper waterline
• eyeliner: Manhatten - Snow Bunny 11A (white) And this one for the bottom waterline

• 1st mascara: Maybellin - Falsh Lashes Volume Express - Glamour Black mostly use this one to kind of curl my lashes first, but not always. 
• 2nd mascara: Catrice - Glamour Doll waterproof I like to use it as an topper or just by itself.

The blushes are coming up:

• blush: p2 - Beauty Stories LE - 020 love I like this one a lot and wear it most of the time at the moment

• blush: essence - Twilight Breaking Dawn LE - 01 Renesmee Red this is one of my all time favourite blushes. I love the colour so much. Some nice red-orangish.
• blush: essence - silky touch - 40 natural beauty I like this one a lot. Mostly use it to contour my face but wear it on occasion only by itself.

Last but not least, the lipsticks: 

Here you can see all of my more or less daily lipsticks ^^

• lipstick (left): Rival de Loop - 24 some nude-coral
• lipstick (right): p2 - Mirror Mirror on the Wall LE - 010 rosé passion some nice nude-pink

• lipstick (left): essence - long lasting lipstick - 09 wear berries some nice touch of a lighter purple
• lipstick (right): essence - Dark Romance LE - 01 Red Romance  a lovely red 

• lipstick (left): p2 - pure color lipstick - 115 Union Square a nice light pink
• lipstick (right): p2 - pure color lipstick - 100 Oxford Street a nice red with a light touch of brown

All of these are some of my all time favourites for this winter 2013/2014 and I like to match blush and lipstick to the colours of my outfit plus it's not that boring to wear kind of the same make up every day. ^^ 

『personal』 Vorsätze 2014/ Resolutions 2014

Vorsätze 2014:

1. laufen gehen/ Sport (um einen klaren Kopf zu behalten, mich abzuregen)
2. Abi schaffen (mehr lernen)
3. Studienplatz bekommen (wäre wirklich super)
4. besser sparen (Urlaub, Lolita, Gyaru, Kamera, MacBook, eReader, neues iPhone, Nintendo 3DS XL)
5. Nebenjob
6. motivierter durch's Leben gehen
7. mehr Zeichnen/ wieder kreativ werden
8. meinen Blog besser führen (öfter schreiben)
9. mich festigen
10. mehr Rezepte ausprobieren 
11. endlich mal mit dem Dekoden-Kram anfangen (wenigstens mein eigenes Case)
12. eigene Zeiten besser einhalten
13. wieder an mein Buch schreiben (überdenken von Geschichte & Charaktere ausfeilen)

Resolutions 2014:

1. jogging/ working out (not really for loosing weight, more for getting/keeping a clear mind)
2. passing the A-Level (learning)
3. getting a studying spot (would be awesome)
4. continues saving (traveling, Lolita, Gyaru, a new cam, MacBook, eReader, new iPhone?, Nintendo 3DS XL)
5. getting a job
6. more motivation
7. getting creative again (drawing and such)
8. writing more often on my blog
9. finding myself again
10. trying out more recipes
11. starting decoden (at least my own phone case)
12. sticking to myself set timeframes
13. starting to work on my book again (story, characters, just everything)