Manic(ure) Monday: The Right Direction

After last week´s break my nails had enough time to recover from the glitter top coat damages. It´s really incredible how well they grow if you leave them a bit of nail polish free time! However I had a manicure in mind I absolutely wanted to try and as it comes without glitter I reopened my "manicure saloon" this morning:

What I used:

Essie 1 Blanc

Agnès B. Nail Art pen H109 Fil de Cuivre

As you can see I wanted to create some kind of an ethnic manicure with a modern twist. White and copper is such a lovely combination and I think I will do a lot more designs with these two during summer. Don´t worry if your arrows look like a schoolchild painted them because that´s just the effect we want to have (however they might end up looking like a kindergarten pupil painted them on your right hand so better ask someone to help you out on that side).

What do you think of this simple idea? Any other ideas for designs one could do with white and copper?

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OOTD: Shopping in Cologne

On Tuesday I went to Cologne with my neighbour. In fact I only needed the face brush from the Kiko store which you could see in yesterday´s "New In" post and our trip turned out to be more of a touristic tour than a shopping tour but we had a lot of fun. In order to show you the city I took some pics of the shops I liked and of the town´s landmark: the Cologne Cathedral. As we were already taking pics my friend was also kind enough to shoot my outfit. I wore something rather casual but I have rediscovered this bag for myself (I had already bought it last summer) and made it the centrepiece of my look.

Outfit: shirt - H&M, pants - Zara, bag - Orsay, shoes - H&M, watch - ICE Watch

Don´t you think that the Lacoste and the Louis Vuitton store look amazing in this elegant vintage building? Cologne is indeed a great city to go shopping and it´s only 30 minutes away from Bonn, the city where I study. What is you favourite (German) city to shop?

New In: Random

Lately I´ve been collection some random new ins to show you. As you can see I´m more into buying accessories than clothes these days.

 bath bomb - 2,75€

 H&M candle - 4,95€

 Kiko face brush - 5,90€

 Balea shaving foam - about 1,45€ (not sure about the price anymore)

 Spinning Jewellery ring - 19,95€

Anna Field via Zalando rubber boots - 39,95€ (but I got 5€ off)

What is your favourite product? I will for sure be reviewing the face brush. Personally I am totally in love with my new piece of jewellery, the brand Spinning Jewellery has so many pretty rings and I will be sure to buy some more.

Throwback Travel Thursday: Venice

Off to the next stop in Italy: Venice. I´ve been there twice so far and would go back at any time. What I really like about this city is that you have beach holidays and city trip altogether.

My tips for your trip to Venice:

- If you have the possibility, go there by train. Arriving at the station is easier if you don´t know the city and you won´t have to include the long bus ride from the airport.

- A day trip to the Lido beach is a must. It´s really easy to get there and the beach is huge.

- So far I only had quite dark hotel rooms with small windows so make sure you get a hotel room with a nice view.

- The piazza San Marco is the centrepiece of the city and there´s no possibility to miss it out. As far as I know you can even climb the St Mark´s Campanile to get an amazing view over the city.

- Gondola rides are pretty expensive so if you want to do one make sure to take some extra money.

- Unfortunately I don´t remember any good restaurants but there was an Asian snack bar and they had the best cocktails for really good prices. It was somewhere on that promenade between Piazza San Marco and the Giardini (I know this is pretty vague but maybe you´ll find it anyway).

Have you been to Venice so far or do you prefer other Italian cities? Has any of you been there around carnival time? Other travel tips are welcome!