How to...make Ombré Nails

So here's a step-by-step explanation to my fave nail style this spring: Ombré Nails!

You need:
* 3 different shades of nailpolish (most likely similar colours)
* A small sponge
* clean nails

 Step 1

Paint all of your nails in the lightest shade you choose. One coat should be enough, otherwise it's too many shades in the end and also you won't notice any gaps afterwards anyhow.

Step 2

Dapple a smidge of the second lightest colour onto a plastic sheet.

Step 3

Dip a corner of the sponge into the colour.

Step 4

Dab the colour on 3/4 of every nail.

Step 5

Repeat Step 2, 3 and 4 with the darkest shade. This time only dab the colour on the tips of the nails.
Afterwards clean your figers carefully with nailpolish-remover (I forgot that on the picture). Then seal look with a clear topcoat.

Thadaa! Your Ombré Nails are done. You can try out a lot of different looks, including glitter, different colours and more. I hope you liked it :)

xxx V

How to... bake the best oatmeal raisin cookies in this world!

I love cookies! Who doesn't? When our favorite cookies - which my mom brought from NY - where all eaten we decided to bake them. German cookies just aren't the same ;) so after searching the Internet I found this delicious recipe. I changed few things and by now they're my favorite thing to bake.
This recipe is only for my German-speaking readers, because I write my recipes in German. Hope you'll love them as much as I do!

xxx V

We Love...the first days of summer

Or spring. I don't know what it looks like in the rest of the world. Okay, northern hemisphere. Not California etc. I mean the normal world with average winters. Only this winter wasn't what I want to call average. It lasted until Saturday. Saturday was to days ago. What the ...??? But now - finally - I'm sitting in the sun, birds tweeting around me, grass tickling the bare parts of my skin. Is there anything more beautiful than the days after a long, cold winter? No! The first days are the best, you worship them much more and it feels like they'll last forever! Enjoy the sun as long as you can...

xxx V

Pro's &Con's on getting your wisdom teeth out

So I got my third molars out on thursday. It sucks. BUT - because I'm optimistic and shit - I tried to find some pros. And I'm totes in the need of moping!!

Pro: you're aloud to eat as much ice cream and pudding as you want.

Con: you suddenly realize how much you dig bread, noodles or basically anything you got to bite on in order to eat it.

Pro: it's okay if you're crying 'round contantly

Con: you're crying because it frickin hurts as hell!!

Pro: with hamster-cheeks you look absolutely adorable

Con: who wants to look adorable with hamster-cheeks???

Pro: you're aloud to take pain killers

Con: never ever combine pain killers with alkohol!

Pro: everyone's pitting you and is super nice.

Con: who wants to be pitied because of looking not-so-nice? Not it!


So that's enough of positive things I gotta get back to my medicine ;)

xx, V

Top 5 reasons why I adore Emma Stone

Emma Stone. I even love her name. It's so simple, memorable. If I think of someone named Emma she fits perfectly. My top 5 for her? Here they come...

1. No matter if "Superbad" and "Easy A", "The Help" or "Gangster Squad" and "Spiderman"... she fits every role perfectly, no matter how different they are. There is nothing worse than actors always playing what seems to be themselves.

2. Her boyfriend is Spiderman! Nothing more to say to that. I mean...look at him! ;)

3. She looks fab with no matter what haircolour.

4. She's got rarely any bad press up until now...has she?

5. The awesome idea of the handmade charity signs.

Emma and Andrew with their handmade charity signs.

Okay.  I know, there is much more to her. But these are the first five things that popped to my head. Did I forget anything?

xx V

How to.. Make your day brighter

Everbody knows following situation:
You're home, it's rainy outside and no one has time to hang out. So you're just hanging around with nothing to do, you're bored as heck  and you're in a bad mood.
Here's a list of things you can do to have a good day:

1. Smile , because your brain doesn't know if it's a real or a fake smile. So either way it's gonna   make yor brain feel like you're happy and you're gonna get happy.
2. Listen to your favorite songs and dance
3. Drink a cup of hot chocolate
4. Go for a walk and listen to the sound of nature. Sounds cheesy but always helps me to forget everything around me.
5. Take a long, hot bath
6. Write a letter either to a person you haven't herad of in ages or to a random adress and see if they reply.
7. Watch your favorite movie or TV show
8. Read
9. Put on comfy clothes
10. Bake Cupcakes- how about a single serving cupcake? ( http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/chocolate-covered-recipes/most-popular/single-lady-cupcakes/ ) 

Hope this works for you and you have a great day!
xx J.

We Love... The Carrie Diaries

TCD is a prequel to the beloved series Sex and the City, both based on the books by Candace Bushnell. We both read TCD Books and totally fell in love. But we have to admit: the series are even better!! Starring the power-loaded Anna Sophia Robb as 17-year-old Carrie Bradshaw, trying to rule her chaotic teenage-love-life in the sub-urbs while living her exciting Manhattan-intern-at lawfirm- / Interview Magazine, totally rocks The CW's serie.

The thing I probably love most about this more or less chickflick is the 80s setting. Not only Carries gorgeous wardrobe filled with glitter, tulle and pastel-colours but also the stunning partys and the people not constantly fixated on their mobiles.

Another great thing about TCD is Sebastian Kydd - Carries on and off BF - aka Austin Butler. With his blond hair (okay, usually I'm totally NOT into blondies), his cheeky smile and his simple and cool appearence...he is just a-mazing!

xx V

Top 5: Books I read and loved

1. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

2. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

3.  It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini

4. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

5. The Carrie Diaries by Candace Bushnell (Total chickflick but so much fun!)


Books 1. to 4. all were turned into gorgeous movies in the past few years. The picture is from last years production of book number 1, my al-time-favourite (for now).

xx V