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Winner of Locks & Bonds Hair Extensions!!!

by Celina on February 22, 2012

I am so incredibly happy that so many of you entered, that’s so cool!! I am also really grateful that I wasn’t the one who had to make the difficult decision of picking a winner. Honestly I could never have chosen one of you, there are so many of you who leave such amazing comments every day and who I feel I have gotten to know so well, so many of you wrote such touching stories and so many of you who had never won anything before, and well I guess everyone had a reason to win. But there can only be one winner and the lucky winner who got chosen by Locks & Bonds themselves is……. Allie Graham!!

Congratulations babe, I hope you’ll enjoy your hair just as much as I do mine!! I’m sure you’ll look fabulous :D I have given your email address to Locks & Bonds so they will contact you regarding where it should be sent.

As for all you others, thank you so much for entering! Maybe next time it’s your turn to win <3

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Very Berry Beach Bomb – a Vitamin Explosion

by Celina on February 22, 2012

IMG 6264 Very Berry Beach Bomb a Vitamin Explosion

IMG 6282 Very Berry Beach Bomb a Vitamin Explosion

How are you lovlies? I slept so badly last night so I was in the need of some serious vitamin boost. In true juice shop style I named it something ridiculous, “Very Berry Beach Bomb – a Vitamin Explosion” :)

You need:

Frozen berries. I used cherries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries and currants.
Fromage frais (you can use skyr or any other kind of yogurty cream cheese)
1 banana
10 g Linwoods “Milled Flaxseed, Sunflower, Pumpkin, Sesame Seeds and Goji Berries”.

How to:

Use a mixmaster. Blend the frozen berries first, add the banana and seeds, and then pour in the fromage frais/skyr until you get a nice consistency. Et Voilà!

I found this when I was in LA and I have been in love ever since! I bought one pack home with me, but I just had to order some more the other day because I use it every day. I won’t try to explain what it is as that is already done very thoroughly on Linwoods website, all I will say is that it’s a low carb super food with lots of nutrients which makes you feel better :) I use it in smoothies, with oatmeal, in pancakes.. just about anything really. It doesn’t taste anything, but it gives something more to chew on. LOVE!

Have a lovely day :D

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Hey Candy face!

by Celina on February 20, 2012

IMG 6121 Hey Candy face!

IMG 0006 Hey Candy face!

When the Arty Oval ring first came out I really liked it, but then “everybody” had it so I never gave it any more thought until I saw it in person. OMG. My jaw dropped and I had found my precious. It was really hard to choose a colour, but as turquoise is my favourite colour I eventually ended up with that one. Although I really love the deep blue (that looks like an ocean) and the coral one too. Last night the makeup addict in me popped out and I couldn’t resist the temptation of matching the ring with nail laquer and it made me so happy! #smallthingsinlife

I used Chanel 527 Nouvelle Vague, a nice dupe is Essie Turquoise and Caicos. If you’re looking for a fashionable mint colour for the season, I think Essie Mint Candy Apple looks stunning.

Kisses from Celina in candy land ;)

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DIY Eyelet Collar by WHO WHAT WEAR

by Celina on February 20, 2012

How cool is that? I found it on who what wear, wonderful site!! This blog also does lots of cool DIYs.

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Don’t forget the contest….

by Celina on February 19, 2012

I’m extending the contest just a little bit so that everyone gets a chance to join in on this fabulous give away of beautiful hair from Locks & Bonds :D

GO TO CONTEST

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Letter from Céline, cupcakes and lovely readers.

by Celina on February 19, 2012

Firstly, I can’t believe how many lovely comments, tweets, emails and messages I’ve received from you wonderful readers worrying about me and my crippled foot! I’m totally overwhelmed so I’m just going to send out a huge thank you to all of you <3 I feel so lucky to have so many people worrying about me!! :D I wasn’t planning on showing the foot as it is defintiely in the gross category but so many of you have asked what has happend so I thought I could show you a snap shot anyway, maybe someone has done the same? If you are of the faint hearted then I suggest you look away……

So yes.. That area doesn’t look very healthy, and as you can see I’m also the lucky owner of not one but two hallux valgus so I’m planning on having those fixed as well, might as well do it all when they’re first going in there :D

Oh, yes.. back to the letter from Céline. Isn’t that so nice to send out letters like that? I was thrilled when I got it as I really appreciate it when stores you spend money in look after you and remember you. James on the other hand wasn’t that thrilled when I mentioned it on the phone. Isn’t it odd how men and women have such different opinions about shopping related stuff? I guess it might have something to do with the fact that I now feel comfortable (I actually feel an urge) to go back and buy something more. Clever, aren’t they?

But I won’t be walking anywhere in the near future..

No, it’s actually starting to get a lot better. The swelling is down and I don’t feel any pain, it’s just that most of my shoes feel very tight so I guess I’ll have to wear trainers and Uggs untill the surgery which I have no idea about when will happen as these things take time. I’ll keep you posted!

Today is my last day home alone before James comes back from London, and so far I have done all the stuff I never really find much time to do when James is around. That means pink bubble baths, all 4 different face masks (men don’t get that masks do different things, do they?). I’ve also done my nails and spent hours going through css and html codes to find something new and exciting for the blog, and when that became boring I had a little dress up and photoshoot for my self because I’m weird like that and I blame the blog :D I don’t think I’ll ever get too old for dress ups, it’s just soo much fun!!

At least I have beautiful flowers on my desk, and delicious cupcakes not far away… yum! :D

That’s that really.. nothing new and exciting yet other than the new header. What do you think? Spring is right around the corner now so I thought we needed some colour in here ;)

I hope you’ve all had a lovely weekend and that Sunday isn’t too hard on you :*

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Steal the style : Miranda Kerr

by Celina on February 17, 2012

I love model Miranda Kerr’s style. She masters the style of dressing elegantly and classic in a way that is still intersting, time and time again. For this the Australian beauty has become a fashion icon with her personal style.

Miranda wore this outfit in Sydney on Valentine’s day promoting her new skin care brand, Kora Organics. I haven’t tried any of her skin care, but I’m pretty sure the glowing skin on her cheek bones is the magic of a highlighter. I think her makeup is amazing, it’s natural looking yet it’s actually a lot going on there if you look closer. Just my cup of tea :D Adding som shine to the legs also make an impression of healthy looking skin, I like that and so I have added my secret product to sexy looking legs in the board below:

Get her style:

Shirt - here // skirt – here // shoes – here // bracelets – here // highlighter – here // lipstick – here // sexy leg shine - here

What do you think about her style? Who is your style icon?

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After Monday and Tuesday….

by Celina on February 16, 2012

..even the calendar says W T F.

I should have been in Norway now having dinner with a lovely friend I haven’t seen for such a long time, and then tomorrow I was supposed to be part of an amazing blog thing. Since I was going away the whole weekend James booked meetings in London so now I’m sitting in my bed all alone feeling a little bit sorry for myself. The foot needs surgery, and once that’s done I’m not allowed to wear high heels for a year!! :O Not sure if I can manage that..

I’m pretty fortunate so I wont let this bug me too much, and the view from the bed is making me ashamed for even thinking it. So when life gives you lemon we make lemonade, don’t we sweets?? :)

Contests

Seeing as I’m pretty stuck I decided to make use of this time to dig deeper into fun opportunities for the blog (read contests and things for you… wee!!). To make brands want to give us nice stuff for contests I need to know where you guys are from, and the more readers vote the bigger chance we’ll get something extra special so please give your vote!!

On a side note I have updated the blog sale which you can find on the right side of the blog where it says “raid my dressing room”, so far 4 dresses have found new lovely owners which is amazing!!

Also I was wonderig if there is anthing in particular you’d like me to make a video of? Or any celebrity style you’d like me to find similar clothes to? Anything else?? :D Please, give me stuff to doooo ;)

I hope you’re having a lovely Thursday evening!!

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A crippled Valentine’s day

by Celina on February 15, 2012

I hope you all had a lovey Valentine’s day yesterday whether you spent it celebrating yourself or a relationship!! Mine had both ups and downs…

The ups:

We had a very fun start full of baking and cooking. I don’t think I’ve ever spent that much time in a kitchen before :O ..Or eaten that much unhealthy food on a Wednesday! Weeeehe :) We made pizza, mozzarella sticks, wonton wrappers with spinach and cream cheese, spicy chicken with lime, hefty salad, chocolate chip cookies and red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. Phuh! I didn’t take pictures of everything, but I did manage to snap a few shots of some of it.

James, my love of my life, surprised me with flowers even though we agreed not to give eachother anything. When I came back from the grocery store I found this amazing bouquet on the bed:

I got another surpise when I walked into the dressing room and found these:

When I found these on my desk in the office I was out of words.. I feel like the luckiest girl in the world!

This pizza was based on Jamie Oliver’s pizza which I like to call James the olived skinneds pizza :D

Fastest pizza in history. 1: Make a dough and put it in the pan on high heat. Pour some hot tomato sauce on top. 2: Add mozzarealla cheese, parmesan and herbs of your liking. 3: Finish off in the oven. 4: Tadaaaa :)

Wonton Wrappers. 1: Make dough and divide into squares which you place the cream cheese and spinach mixture on top of. 2: Tie ends together on top and place in oil. 3: Tadaaaaa :)

Red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting :D

Chocolate chip cookies :D

Now to the downs..

After having had way too much unhealthy stuff in our bellies we decided to go for a run together.. shouldn’t have done that! I’m not quite sure what has happend, but let’s just say that a bone in my foot is not where it’s supposed to be anymore :O I’m so scared!! :/

We spent the rest of the night with my foot in a bowl of ice hoping for it to get better. How romantic, right? I really don’t have time for a bad foot right now, or what ever this really is! Worst timing in history :( I’m supposed to go to a super cool bloggers event in Norway this weekend which I’m so excited about!! I have never met any bloggers in Norway before, so it would be really nice to get to know some. I do however know a really sweet blogger here in Monaco if you want to check her out at addict-to-twins.blogspot.com. She is so much fun, really beautiful and radient and posts lots of pictures from Monaco, her life with her dj boyfriend and outfit pictures :)

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Valentine’s day celebration for singles <3

by Celina on February 13, 2012

It’s Valentine’s day tomorrow, and as always I think there’s way too much focus on love between couples and I think it should be a day of just.. love.. for everyone :) Yes, love for yourself, love for your friends, love for your family, love for the ones you care about and love for life. So instead of making a post about “tips for Valentine’s with your boyfriend”, I wanted to do a post about Valentine’s day for those of you who are planning on celebrating it on your own! Being single doesn’t necessarily mean that you want to be in a relationship, in fact, being single can be quite wonderful as you get to be really selfish without feeling bad about it :D

Do not let a couple-driven culture define your choice as being something wrong.

Sometimes you might even be stuck in a bad relationship just because you’re scared of being alone, but single doesn’t always mean lonely, and relationship doesn’t always mean happy. So ladies, be in control of your own happiness and shine as the beautiful selfes you are :D

If I was celebrating Valentine’s day as single tomorrow I would put on one of those incredible dresses that I never find any occasion to wear, curl my hair and play the playlist of all my favourite songs that I just can’t fight the urge to dance to. I would light nice smelling candles, bake delicious macarons in pastel colours and beautiful cupcakes with lots of cream to go with it while singing out loud. I would jump into bed and order that special something that I’ve been craving for such a long time and that I can’t really afford, which makes my heart race so fast that I can’t fight the urge to dance around untill I’m out of breath! I would do a marathon of my favourite tv-show or read a lovely book while enjoying my delcious macarons and cupcakes with a glass of champagne to go with it! I would probably drink the whole bottle and let myself get tipsy all on my own while painting my nails in a fun pattern, and change my outfit a few times like a true diva would :D I would end the night falling asleep with a big smile on my face knowing that I am able to have fun on my own without a single care in the world!

I would probably end up clicking home one of these:

Pink clutch by Anya Hindmarch // Bracelet by Assad Mounser // Coral PS1 large leather satchel by Proenza Schouler
Purple Mulberry small Bayswater // Black Mulberry oversized Alexa
Pink and black ballerina by Bloch // Black textured Rocco by Alexander Wang // Mint ballerina by Bloch

There are a few nice discount codes out there as well:

BeautyExpert: Get 10% off these products, use the code BYCELINA (valid untill February 14th).
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MyBag: Get £10 off when you spend £75 or more, use 10FEB.

Enjoy the time you have by yourself because before you know it it will be a distant memory, take it from someone who’s been there <3

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Pink and Blue shopping

by Celina on February 12, 2012

Wow, that’s so fun that you’re so interested in what we both got. James thought it was so fun to show his “haul” and made sure all the details were being shown correctly, haha.. so cute.

So, here’s our haul:

IMG 5680 Pink and Blue shopping

I got pants in pink and mint, knit, nude heels and a tweed skirt from Zara. Ring from YSL.

James got jumper from Maison Martin Margiela, loafers from Bottega Veneta and trainers from Dolce&Gabbana. He also got a really nice pair of blue jeans-chinos from Notify, but they are being altered :)

Aren’t the turquoise loafers from Bottega Veneta amazing?? I can’t wait for him to wear them, they will look so cool when summer comes!!

What do you think about our haul? :D

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Saturday, lunch and shopping

by Celina on February 11, 2012

What a wonderful Saturday it has been! We decided to go out for lunch and shopping today :) For lunch we went to Hermitage as it’s such a lovely place with beautiful colours, and it’s really close to both Zara and Avenue des Beaux Arts which is the street where most of the big fashion houses are located.

Isn’t it amazing? Do you remember we stayed at a different apartment before they finished the work in the apartment we live in now? That apartment was located in the building next to Hermitage, so we came here to have lunch and dinner about every day. So it was nice to see the people that works here again as it’s been quite some time since we’ve seen them :)

After lunch we went to Zara as I was looking for a white v-neck t-shirt I need for a photoshoot coming up, but came out with a bag full of candy coloured spring and summer pieces instead. I’m so thrilled about it all!

After Zara we headed towards Céline to let them know I don’t need the yellow luggage bag I made them hold for me after all. I don’t really need two of the same handbag when there are so many handbags out there, thank you for your advice everyone <3

Then we went to YSL to buy a bag I’ve been drooling at there, but when I had it in my arms it just didn’t feel right so I ended up making a order of a limited edition handbag I saw on the catwalk. When I was in LA they told me that they were all sold out and impossible to get so now I’m so excited!!! :D

I also found a little something else in YSL that came home with me, weeeee :)

After YSL we went to Society Club in the Metropole shopping center to find something fun for James. I love it when he’s up for shopping clothes, and I love everything we got for him. I’ll show you guys what we got later if you want?

I hope you’re all having a wonderful Saturday, superstars!!!

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Chocolats – pur beurre de cacao

by Celina on February 10, 2012

Look what I found in the grocery store today! It was obviously the white chocolate with the pink stuff drizzled on top that lured me closer. Great marketing! I’m a sucker for all of those things. You know the stuff they have trouble selling that they everntually place next to the counter for idiots to buy? I’m one of those idiots :) Even worse, I’m aware of what they are doing and I still fall for it. They are after all made of pure cocoa butter and even though I’m not a huge fan of cranberry mixed with chocolate (who am I kidding, I don’t even like white chocolate…), they are incredibly decorative and I can’t wait to arrange them prettily in cute little glass bowls next to a pink and cream flower bouquet <3

I blame the sun for doing strange things to me. I’m a scandinavian who is used to darkness and snow at this time of the year, having all this sun around me confuses me into thinking it’s spring. Oh well, a splash of pink has never hurt anyone, don’t you agree? We’ll see what James thinks when he comes back from London tonight, can’t wait to see him!!

I hope you’re all having a lovely Friday night!! Don’t forget to enter the contest for a full set of extensions of your choice, click here to go to the contest.

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P!NK

by Celina on February 10, 2012

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Video: Hair curling tutorial, just in time for Valentine’s day :)

by Celina on February 9, 2012

Finally, two hours after I started uploading it, it’s finally up! Hurry up watching it before Youtube decides to block it again, they seem to enjoy doing that with my videoes you see. Anyone know of any good triks to keep the videoes from being blocked (besides having no music, or cc music)?