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Recipe: Buns and cinnamon rolls

Hi everyone,

Have you had a nice start to the new week? I hope so ♥

IMG 19761 Recipe: Buns and cinnamon rolls

I have been super lazy today :) I spent most of the day on the balcony in the sun while reading books, magazines and blogs and talking with James for hours on both the phone and skype. He is on the other side of the world, but because of some visa issue he has to return earlier than expected (yay!) which unfortunately means he has to go back again next month (buuuh). Skype is such a wonderful thing. I use it with my family in Sweden, my family in Norway and now also James. I’ve had some questions regarding how to keep the relationship alive whilst being far apart for longer periods of time. I think finding a bit of time for Skype each day is really important, as well as cute little messages ♥ Other than that, I actually believe it’s healthy to be apart and miss each other now and then.

To make up for my laziness I spent the after noon being efficient around the house. I’m having three beautiful family members visiting this week, and I can’t wait to have them here!! I’ve been sorting out everything I can so that they can have a pleasant stay here in Avenue de Grande Bretagne. That includes baking – the delicious and unhealthy kind! I made buns and cinnamon rolls which I popped into the freezer so that I can whip them out for a nice cup of tea on the balcony when we come back from the beach :)

Recipe:

You need:

♥ 1 kg flour
♥ 6 dl milk ( I didn’t have milk and so I used activia mixed with water, which surprisingly tasted even better)
♥ 150 g sugar
♥ 3 tsp salt
♥ 3 tsp cardamom
♥ 1 sachet dry yeast
♥ 1 egg, room tempered
♥ 150 g butter, room tempered and in dices

How to:

1. Mix all the dry ingredients and the egg in a bowl.
2. Heat the milk untill luke warm (about 30 C).
3. Add the milk little by little (use a slow speed if you’re using a torture machine of some kind).
4. Now add the butter little by little whilst still keeping it on a slow speed. It will take a while for the butter to absorb so just let it be for 5 minutes.
5. Leave the dough in a warm place for an hour, or untill double size.
6. Heat the oven to 240 C (we’ll adjust this down to 180 later, it’s just to compensate for when we open the door to put in the buns).
7. Roll the dough into buns and leave them for yet another 30 minutes before you lower the temperature of the oven to 180 C and pop them in for 15-20 minutes.
(if you want you can make cinnamon rolls as well, just leave som of the dough and use a rolling-pin to stretch the dough. Add butter, sugar and cinnamon and roll into a sausage, and divide into little cute rolls.)

Result: Super yummy and delicious buns :D Having already made buns in the freezer is such a useful thing if you have unexpected guests, or just don’t want to spend hours in the kitchen whilst having guests over ;)

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How has your day been? I hope you’ve had a lovely day as well!! xx

Pictures & Video: Last day of Grand Prix de Monaco

Vroooom. Vroooooom. Vrooooom. I’m going mad.

It’s impossible to do anything remotely efficient by the computer with this noise in the background, so I headed out to the beach instead :)

La Note Bleue – the best restaurant and private beach, and the staff is super friendly ♥

This tunnel is part of the track where the F1 cars go through, which is why I’m turning around at this point. Didn’t bring any ear plugs.

IMG 1772 Pictures & Video: Last day of Grand Prix de Monaco

IMG 1770 Pictures & Video: Last day of Grand Prix de Monaco

Yes, another video :) This time only a short one filmed from the top suite we were in at the Hotel de Paris:

I also picked up this little magazine which looks rather interesting..

I was incredibly lucky with the weather, because as I write this the rain is pouring down and I can hear distant thunder in between the honking from the ships, yacht and boats, but no more car sounds. That means…GP’s over. Celebration time!! The biggest party tonight will be in Sea Lounge where James and I had our first kiss, hehe. I was planning on going to see some friends there tonight, but I might bail if this rain continues.

Rain and silence is perfect for indoors activities though. Speaking of, I just ordered a treadmill for the balcony and I can’t wait for it to arrive!!! Although I really love going hiking or walking around in general, I often come to a point on longer runs where I’m either unbearably thirsty or I’m about to pee my pants, so it will be nice to be able to do longer runs at home instead and then shorter hikes in the mountains. The treadmill will be delivered in lots of bits and pieces though so I will have to put on my best charm to get some help from the guys delivering it, if my very charmy blinking fails I will have to wait untill my handsome handyman comes back in a week ;)

I hope you’re enjoying the Sunday xx

A nifty lipstick technique for full and pouty lips

I often get asked what lipstick I use, and truth is, I rarely use just one single item. Don’t stop reading just yet as this isn’t one of those posts where you’re told to layer 5-6 different lipsticks, balms and lipglosses – I promise I’m about to reveal a really nifty little trick with no need of a lot of products.

As you’ve probably read somewhere, adding a bit of a shimmer or light colour on your Cupid’s bow (which is the center part of the area above your upper lip) will make your top lip look fuller and more pouty which means no need of striking the duck face pose. Avoid using a matte concealer in a lighter shade than your skin tone though, as this can easily end up looking like a milk moustash instead. The way to go with this is to dab either a light shimmery lipstick or a liquid highlighter on the Cupid’s bow, and then dab a slightly darker but more colourful lipstick on the rest of the lips which will make the lips appear sensual and pouty (yet still with no need of the duck face). That’s all. If done correctly, it can make a massive difference to your whole face.

Playing with light and dark contrasts allows you to harmonise any difference between upper and lower lip volume as well. Apply the lighter and more shimmery product to the lip that you want to appear fuller and bigger. Word of advice, avoid using a lipstick of the same colour as your skin as that can easily result in the corpse look. It’s just disconcerting. If your lips are very thin and lack volume, then dab the lighter shade in the center of the lower and upper lip while carefully lining up the lips with a lipliner in similar colour to your natural lip colour. The light colour in the midle will give the lips volume, while the lip liner while enhances your lips.

In the highly unlikely event that you feel your lips are too full, you can use a darker matte shade to slim them down.

In the picture below I’ve used Benefit High Beam on the Cupid’s bow, and dabbed a bit of Estee Lauder Barcelona kiss on the rest of the lips.

Favourite lipstick brands: Chanel, YSL, Mac and Nars. Nars does both high quality lipstick and lip pencils in lots of beautiful shades.
Favourite lip liner: Subculture lip liner by Mac, it’s the perfect nude lip liner. And despite the large range of lip liner shades, a nude lipliner will work with any lipstick shade as it’s the same colour you have naturally anyway.
Favourite all round highlighter: High Beam by Benefit (which I used on my Cupids bow in the picture above). A liquid highlighter can be used on the cheekbones to make them appear higher, eye brow bones to make the brows appear higher, Cupid’s bow to make your lips more pouty, along the bridge of the nose to slim down the nose, by the tear duct for brighter eyes and on collar bone to appear skinnier.. the list goes on. Every girl should have a good liqud highlighter because they don’t cost much and they last almost forever.

Where to get it?

♥ Chanel and YSL can be found in Sephora or other beauty stores.
♥ Nars lip products can also be found in Sephora, and here (worldwide shipping).
♥ Benefit high beam can also be found in Sephora, and here or here (worldwide shipping).
♥ Mac products can be found online, or in Mac stores.

What are your favourite lip products?

A stroll around Monaco + ootd

Hey babes ♥

Are you enjoying your Saturday night? I hope so :) I just had dinner while going through all unread blog posts on bloglovin, such a good way of keeping track on the blogs you follow. Do you use bloglovin? It’s really genious, you just add all the blogs you like and then bloglovin will automatically update the home page with new blog posts. So easy!

I promised to show you pictures from my little stroll earlier today, so here they are:

I passed a photoshoot just outside the door, I guess neon coral is the new shit ;D

IMG 1761 A stroll around Monaco + ootd

The road to Jimmy’z…. Are you experienced enough? ;)

IMG 1756 A stroll around Monaco + ootd

Alexander McQueen skull flats which I scored for such a good price here.

The hotel on the right is the very last piece of Monaco, so technically I walked across the boarder to another country today.

Neon coral maxi skirt by Manoush

Check out my new and very cool iphone cover!! I found it on Khao San Road in Thailand :D It’s rubber and looks like a camera – I LOVE!!

IMG 1736 A stroll around Monaco + ootd

IMG 1744 A stroll around Monaco + ootd

This is the entrance to the house Karl Lagerfeld is renting from the prince.

IMG 1790 A stroll around Monaco + ootd

Neon coral bracelet from Cubus in Norway.

The Karl Lagerfeld residence on top, with the old beach club just underneath.

IMG 1789 A stroll around Monaco + ootd

My t-shirt is from Zara

IMG 1791 A stroll around Monaco + ootd

I hope you liked it :D

Balcony view

Hej sötnos ♥

I just came back home from a little stroll around the streets. I love walking around and just watch people, particulary now that the streets are so full of people from all over the world!! I got lots of beautiful pictures, which I will share with you later today.

Many of you have asked to see some bits of the apartment so here is the balcony:

Hope you like it, and that you’re enjoying your Saturday as well.

Au revoir ♥

To my biggest fan, who also happens to be my boyfriend…

Readers: James is away, and when he is away I jump straight at his desk and make it all girly and move shit around. He hates this :D

Yeah, that’s right… Your desk. Your pen. Your space = My desk. My pen. My space. It’s pretty bad ass, I’m all over the place. Crazy nastyass shit. What are you going to do about it? :D

The honey badger doesn’t give a shit…

If you haven’t watched this video you should, it’s hilarious!!!

Next up: Balcony view with GP noise, edited at James’ desk :D

XX

Inspiration

Good evening pretty face ♥

The lunch on the beach lasted for longer than I expected as two became three, and three became four – super nice :) I was planning on doing some more outfit pictures for you guys, but instead I decided to show you my inspiration folder at the moment since it was pretty dark when I got back home:

svarthvitt Inspiration

(LOVE these kind of sandals, I found a similar pair here which are both beautiful and affordable, and therefore on their way home to me, weeee!)

lara Inspiration

Lastly, you have to watch this!!:

Forget about weheartit. Forget about pinterest. Forget about stumbleupon. Style Saint is the shit, my friend! I could browse through for hours! Well, actually I just did. All these pictures are found on Style Saint!

I am invited to some of the F1 parties tonight, but I think I will just crawl up in the bed with a bowl of fruit (yeah right, read Ben&Jerry’s.. it is Friday isn’t it??) and catch up on all the tv-series I’ve been missing instead. I’m planning on having an early night tonight as I suspect I will be woken up by the noise again tomorrow, and even though all doors and windows are closed it still sounds like the cars are right outside. It’s fun the first 15 minutes, but then….. I just want to smash the cars.

I hope all of you are enjoying your Friday night whether you’re out on heels or tucked inside your fav PJs. Lots of love ♥

Lunch on the beach

Happy Friday everyone ♥

This morning I went out of bed really early to get as much time with James as possible before I kissed him good bye an hour ago. It’s weirdly empty here now, so I’m going out for lunch with a friend before she leaves to Italy tomorrow. At least the sun is still up so we’re hading towards the beach :D

I hope you’re all enjoying your Friday!! ♥

F1 lunch & cocktail party

Hey doll face! ♥

I don’t know if it’s the wine or the adrenaline, but I’ve had so much fun today!! The Churchill penthouse suite was so beautiful and they had lined up tables with lots of super delicious food and desserts, followed by an open bar. Yay!! :) The view was really amazing as the terrace was on the corner so you could get a good view on both the port and up towards Casino Square. We were also invited to go down to the garden of the Hotel de Paris, but we had so much fun at the terrace so we just stayed there. I wish I could’ve shown you pictures of the whole suite!!

IMG 1463 F1 lunch & cocktail party

I owe most of the fun to Cécile, a super sweet friend of mine who also lives in Monaco. After having watched the first few laps it gets less exciting, and so we snuck off from the suit dressed guys to explore the suite together. Obviously we both fell completely in love with the bathroom :D

Hahaha, such a funny picture with the robe and the heels and a wine glass in her hand!! :D

The plan was initially to go out tonight, but James is leaving tomorrow and will be gone for 10 days so we might just stay in tonight. I got the biggest food delivery on the door just now so I’m sure we’ll find something nice to cook and watch a movie and just be together ♥ I also got a new raw delivery including cacao butter and other raw chocolate ingredients so I will be trying to perfect my recipe and share it with you once I’ve found the magic formula.

I hope all of you have had a lovely day as well!! :D

Outfit of the day

outfit f1 21 Outfit of the day

Jumpsuit, blazer and big pearl bracelet- can be found here
Bag – Céline
Shoes – Christian Louboutin (scored here)
Ring – Bulgari
Watch – Cartier
Pearl/gold bracelet – Dyrberg/kern
Clip in hair extensions – here (I use #60/24 – Sandy Blonde)

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