How to...make the perfect refreshing drink

We are all craving for refreshments these days. Summer sun heats us all up and we hide in the shade or at the lake. Because we all probably shouldn't eat too much ice cream and water tastes boring gradually here's a "How To..." on the best refreshment this summer! All natural, all fresh and absolutely delicious!

 All you need is:

2 Limes

Fresh Mint

Ice Cubes

Bubbly Water

Cut the Limes and blend them together with the Mint. Add the ice cubes in the mixer and blend again. Pour into glasses and add as much water as you want. 
Sweeten it up with lemon juice or use prosecco if you want some alcohol. 

Enjoy!

xxx V

How to... add a little glitter

 I live in an almost total girls-household so everything seems to belong to everybody. That caused that I regularly can't find life-saving stuff, such as my tweezers. "Are these mine?" "No mine!" "Bullcrap...their Mom's" - on a daily basis. To avoid this I decided to make my stuff unique for example by glittering them up.
 Three easy steps to always knowing what's yours:

xxx V

How to survive a class Trip

Greece! 13 days, 12 students, 2 teachers.

You may have wondered why I haven't written in quite a long time. Now you know: I'm in Greece with my Greek-class. Yeah, right. I'm the freak who chose to take Ancient Greek instead of French. Don't ask me why! 

 The good part: the trip to Greece. Which I am on right now. It's an incredibly beautiful country, but as we all know class trips can get awfully exhausting. So here are my tips for surviving - no matter if you go to Rome, Greece, France or elsewhere!

          1. Don't you dare to forget to charge your iPod! You're probably going to spend a lot of time in the bus. And even if not: you won't sleep in a single room! So there are going to be talking, joking, annoying kids surrounding you close to 24/7. Also you need a soundtrack while admiring the beautiful scenery. 

           2. Feel free to make your free-time me-time! Of course you don't wanna miss anything. And yes - it's fun to explore new places with your friends. But you spend your whole day walking around cultural valuable places and have a lot to process. So nobody's going to blame you for taking some time of. You're going to be surprised how relaxed you will feel after taking an hour of alone-time!

           3. Take your most comfy shoes! Don't let your vanity win. Your feet will probably be white/ not as tanned as your legs BUT in a group of more than 10 people nobody cares about how bad your feet hurt. Plus tan lines make you look sportive ;)

           4. Let your evenings become unforgettable. Well yeah, you have a curfew. But still there is hardly any place on this earth that isn't amazingly beautiful by night. So - even if your tired - make the most of being where you are with whomever you're there. And even if you make use of tip #2 don't lock yourself up in your room. Go to the beach and count the stars!

          5. Take a sweater! When the sun goes down it can get real cold. Even when you had 36 degrees (Celsius) the whole day. Also the air conditioning in busses can make you catch a huge cold! 

          6. Try to be on good terms with your teachers. They will trust you. And if you wanna have fun even though you are on smallest space with the watchful eyes of your teachers better be nice. Or pretend to be. To be trustworthy is equal to possessing the key to freedom!

          7. Try 6. with your fellow students. It's not the same as in school where you have half of your day at home - you are trapped with these kids 24/7. Get to know them. Some of them are more interesting then they seem. If you have enemies now...check if your room's locked. Twice!

          8. Don't gossip! Or at least try to. Rumors spread way to fast when everyone's caved in together. And once again: beware of enemies...! 

          9. Choose your roomies wisely. No explanations needed, right? :)

Hope you have tons of fun on your next excursion! 

Kisses from Greece! V

How to...embellish your sneakers

To everyone who has or had Vans it's no secret, that they get the hyped "Used Look" way too fast. My Vans used to be more of a coral-colour. They got dirty real fast - the not-so-cool kind of dirty. So I decided to fancy them up a little. Actually I didn't really know, what I wanted them to look like in the end. So I just gathered all textile-colours I could find and got started.

! Take the shoelaces out before you begin.

First paint the whole shoe white-ish. Reduce the white paint with some water.

Then paint the front part and the little half-circle at the heel in one colour (I chose red) and the middle-part in another colour (blue in my case).

Continuing paint the seams with in a slightly darker colour (red) in order to clean the edges up a little.

When the colour has dried, cut a small circle out of paper. Then use it as a template for the thin white circles.  
! Use a pin to fixate it in order to make the circles more accurate.


xxx V


 

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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

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.