Spring is finally here

Last week i had to wear my winter jacket because it was just 12°C. Since yesterday it is finally spring here in the Netherlands. Time for spring clothing. That also means that i can wear one of my favorite pair of shoes.

Also i found a sister today for my mint green sunglasses. She now has a light pink friend.

And a pair of crochet ballerina shoes

The cookery weekend

Finally had some time to perform my favourite hobby: Cooking. Yesterday I've made a homemade pizza. Today it was the white gold: aspargus in the Dutch traditional way.


The pizza

making the dough( flour, pinch of salt and sugar, yeast and water)

the ball of dough

the ball of dough after the rise of 1 hour in the fridge

fresh made tomato sauce with tomatoes, white wine, salt, peper, garlic, onion, basil and red pepper

My pizza with: tomato sauce, basil, cheese, ham, mushrooms and mini salami

pizza after baking( putted a splash of olive oil on it as well after baking)

The pizza was really delicious. No other pizza can beat a home made pizza. Or maybe a real Italian pizza baker can.


Sunday Aspargus

Have to eat them at least once a year. The season for aspargus is very short. 

with potatoes, ham, egg, parsley and a butter jus

Essence Fruity Nailpolish collection review

The Fruity Collection from Essence  contains  five colors of nailpolish, a fruity topcoat, a sealing topcoat and fruity figures to  put on your nails.  The only thing   for the  nails that i did not buy where those figures because they where sold out.

From the 5 colors of nailpolish, 3 are with sparkles. The other two are shiny pastels. In the picture you can see them with the names.

If you out on 2 layers, it gives a semi transparant color. I like that, because it looks  like sumemr should do: light, and sunny. When you put on 3 layers It gives a high opaque and matches the color in the  bottle. To give you the idea about the 2 and 3 layer difference, i've made some photo's with 2 and 3 layers.

05 mashed berries

04 one kiwi a day…(two layers)

04 one kiwi a day…(3 layers)

02 peach beauty

01 banana joe

03 very cherry

Then there are the 2 top coats. The Fruity smelling top coat  smells sweet as in tropical lemonade syrup sweet. If you do not like sweet smell that will stay for  more then one day. Do not use it. Else just enjoy the sweet smell.
The  sealing  topcoat is actually made to seal the  fruity figures on top of your nails. But you can use it also as a normal topcoat on the nailpolish, like i do.

Still available at stores where they  sell Essence. In the Netherlands  you can  buy it at Kruidvat. The nailpolishes you can buy for €1,79. the topcoats are €1,99

Essence Fruity eyeshadow sorbet review

Essence has a new limited editoin line for this spring. It's named Fruity. The whole collection exsist of 5 colors of nailpolish, a cream blush, 3 colors of eyeshadows, a sealing top coat, a scented topcoat, 2 lipbalms and little fruity figures for on you nails. The lipbalms and fruity figures are the only ones I did not buy.

In this  review I will talk about the eyeshadows. They come in a little glass jar with a pastel colored cap that represents the color in the jar. Price: € 2,79

Here you see all 3 Fruity eyeshadow sorbets

They  all have a little wet mousse structure. The green and pink are a bit more wet then the gold one.
The first one is the peach colored one. It wears the name: 01 peach beauty. It's a pink/peach with metallic shimmer. When looking at it  the metallic gives some kind of pink gold shine.

The second one has the name: 02 banana Joe. This one is my favorite(even got a compliment today about this nice color). It has a yellow/gold color. The shimmers in this one are a bit more bigger. Like mini flakes. Om the eye it gives a combination of silver with gold. That depends on the light.

Number three, the last one, is named: 03 one kiwi a day…. A very light green with a metallic shimmer in it.  That gives it a green/gold metallic shine.

What I absolutely like about this eye shadow sorbet collection is the nice sparkle they all have. Also they do dry very quickly when you put them on. So you do not have to wait to blink with your eyes or to put another layer of it on your eye. It does not smudge or run away. It stays on your eyelids all day. Even when you  touch or rub it  with your finger it will stay on.
To put in on your eyelids, just use your fingers.
For me as a wearer of contact lenses this sort of eye shadow is fantastic. No powder in my eyes. And  fab colors, like these three to wear. They really  give me that feeling that summer is on his way to grey and cold Holland.

Here are some pictures of the eye shadow sorbet on my hand. I've tried  to make them in different angles so that the effect of the metallics and shimmer will be viewable. On all the pictures, from left to right: Peach beauty, One kiwi a day..., Banana Joe

If you want to buy one or more of these amazing eyeshadow sorbet colors be quick. The Fruity collection is an Limited Edition. Find out on Essence where you can buy them.

Sprakle dress with a beautiful handbag, to party all weekend

This weekend it was party time. Saturday it was Voutveest at the Asgard pub in my hometown. Therefor I needed a dress. Bought it on Friday at laura Dols in Amsterdam. I went there for a dress but also bought a really beautiful handbag.

bag and dress

Voutveest is a party where everybody should be dressed in strange, outdated or  ugly clothing to dance all night long on music from the 90's and 80's. To give you an impression, a couple of pictures:

with my sister

And there was more to party. Yesterday it was Queens day. Time to celebrate in orange. And watch some nice music at a square in my town.

Unfortunately, my camera is starting to break down I think. All of the pictures are full of stripes, with  the photographed  parts almost not recognizable. Only close  pictures are still alright. So  all that's  left is a picture of me with my Queens day crown.