Talks & Cakes

It's the first day of April! 

WHAT. ON. EARTH

Someone please stop the time, I'm getting dizzy.

Yesterday was a national holiday and what better way to bid March our farewell than by celebrating with Cinnamon Rolls and some girls chat? 

I really wanted to watch Divergent but I haven't had the time to, and the people around me just don't trust me when I say it's awesome. I read Divergent in like 2 days, I. am. basically. obsessed. 

I was going to watch it today, but I just have things to do for school and my youtube channel, I think it's best if I stayed indoor today. (Though it's the last thing I'd want on such a nice day.)

My sister, cousin and I can't bare not meeting each other at least once a week to talk about stuff. We've grown up basically together, and though my cousin is 5 years younger, she's way too mature for her age and I guess we're kind of to blame. 

We took to Saint Cinnamon to spend this national holiday and welcome the lovely April,

I basically had the pleasure of putting these dangerous calories-bomb onto my system, and boy does it taste like sin. (A really really tasty sin. )

OH I ALMOST FORGOT,

I'm pregnant. 

(Not that it's important or anything but like it's pretty relevant and this is why I'm welcoming april.)

april fools.

x, Nessie

♥

The Body Shop Makeup Event

Amidst my empty-scheduled holiday, I got an email from one of the 700 malls in Jakarta that invited me to a TBS event. I wasn't sure what this event might be, but if you've been following this blog for a long time, you probably know that I have sort of an obsession with The Body Shop.

Lately I've lost that admiration for their make up (though I religiously use their Vitamin E moisturizer.) I just am not very impressed by the range, quality and strength of TBS make up products. So I thought that I'd give this even a shot to change my mind. 

I asked my lovely friend, Tanya, to accompany me, and after three hours of driving through the intense Jakarta traffic, we made it to the event an hour early.

A lot of girls ranged from fashion blogger to media partners to random strangers gathered up at 5 to wait for the tutorial to begin. There were two make up artists mentoring girls who came to the event, Imam Pulungan and Lizzie Para. 

The Make Up experts on the move! :

Ooh, did I mention that we were served Cupcakes? They were absolutely incredible.

BACK TO MAKEUP!
My skin is so easily pigmented, I could spend an hour at the beach and literally change completely, well, if I could say so myself, I consider myself quite tan, and make up for tan girls can be quite tricky. You don't want to ever look caked, and you don't want to look like you're putting too much make up since being sun kissed is already a pretty good look.
Thus, I've been obsessed with a natural bronzed look lately.
After the event, I came over to one of the makeup experts, Imam Pulungan and he willingly showed me how to recreate a natural sun-kissed look by shading and contouring.

He showed me how to properly contour my cheeks and tested my knowledge by asking me to do the other half of my face afterwards. He was such a lovely guy, and obviously knows what he's doing.

The product that really really captured my attention from this whole event is the Shimmer Wave that goes right in my wish list! 

This product is amazing. I usually just prefer my Rimmel Natural Bronzer, but I've never imagined how a single weird-looking product can be this amazing cheeks palette. Literally, there's blush, contour, highighter in one simple palette.

I used to think that this kind of product would be dysfunctional as they're trying to push everything together. 

But this is phenomenal. I loved it.

I got home 4 hours later and it still looks as good:

Anyways, that's my quick review of The Body Shop event and my favorite product from it.

What do you think of TBS Make Up? 

Have you met one that keeps you on the hook?

x, Nessie

♥

Mein Liebstes Deutschland,

I've got a history with the country.
Since I was very young, the only place I believe will be where my next life would happen is Germany. My father lived in Germany for 14 years before returning to Indonesia, and all I knew, that's where I was supposed to go too. I root for Germany in the world cup or any other tournaments, my favorite footballer (to this day) is Miroslav Klose, and I memorized a lot of facts and names of things since I was young.
I grew up and things change.
I wanted to study something between Performing Arts and Business (They're very different, but very complimenting to one another too in some contexts,) and Germany is no longer where my heart is. I did give it a year to try going there, but it wasn't working out.
I still love everything about it, and I knew I will come there at some point, just not for university now.
Surprise surprise, the 2013 Euro trip from my current uni happened.
Up to tonight, I didn't know how to round up how I feel about Germany, but these past week I've done a lot of work for a German foundation and I thought it's time to share my experience there.

 So, we started off in Stuttgart, visiting my best friend of 12 years, Maisy who studies in Germany. Stuttgart is known for its Mercedes Benz Museum (which honestly is the best museum I've ever visited)

 I decided to wear something very casual, a button up over a white tshirt and jeans.

t-shirt from H&M

Button-Up Shirt from H&M

Jeans from CoolJeans

Boots from DocMarten

Bag from Proenza Schouler

It just so happens that the week we visited was Maisy's birthday week (jokes, I totally planned it.) WE had a very nice barbecue outside, on a very nice sunny morning on October the 19th 2013.

I look very chubby here, I'm not sure why, but I had chosen to wear a very loose t-shirt and a mini-jeans-skirt that's very comfortable.

t-shirt from H&M (Men section)

Skirt from CoolJeans

We then hit up the town for some nice day out and Starbucks beverages (so common-white-girls of us, though we're not really white girls)

 I wore that same jeans that I've been wearing for a month, pairing it up with a knee-length boots, a tank top and Maisy's gorgeous jacket from Zara.

I didn't want to leave Stuttgart, but the journey must go on.
Next was Berlin.

Berlin is an amazing place which I genuinely love like nothing else. Everything about Berlin screams dreamy. There's such a great energy in this city, that keeps me glimmering days after I had left it.
One of the place we just had to visit is the wall (above) and the Brandenburger Tor (below)

 (I just had to get a photo of Starbucks, okay?)

(I also sat there writing postcards to friends and family)

To Brandenburger Tor I wore a simple same jeans, the same boots, and

Enjoy Life Tank-top from H&M

Maroon Cardigan from H&M

After Berlin, we visited a few relatives living in Bonn and Wuppertal.

 
 Germany will forever hold a special place in my heart. I was very nervous to come, I didn't know what to expect from a place that's been a long life dream of mine. Thankfully I have amazing people in my life, and my companion for the trip, Tanya Claresta and Nazneen. Well, now that I've shared all these, I will most definitely try to go back, hopefully I am able to do so. What's country is your long life dream to visit?

x, Nessie

♥