REturn & REflection

Lately, I found out a popular trend among beauty/fashion bloggers called "my favourite products of the month" which led me to a careful reflection regarding how much our daily life depends from market and advertising. This kind of trends, apparently harmless, are actually rich soil for the growth of destructive behaviours, first of all the production of massive pollution. We have created an unsustainable society based on consumerism, the biggest trap of modern times and poison for our souls, while we keep on poisoning our bodies with lots of chemicals we don't even know.

Instead of contibuting to all this, why don't we start to make by hand our own new favourite products of the month ever? If you pay attention to the list of ingredients in most of the commercial products you buy, you will start to look at them with different eyes.

Let's take a step back and join the wonderful world of diy! Once you try the fulfilling experience to see how a bunch of ingredients can turn into a beautiful creation, you will feel like a baby moving his/her first steps :)

Here you are two of my latest favourites which I'm really proud of, homemade by me following youtube tutorials:

WHIPPED BODY BUTTER by Lauren Singer - Trash is for Tossers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgORGHaPa9U)

      

POWDER FOUNDATION by Ela Gale (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2yP2-lZ4zM)

Recycle: coffee grounds body scrub

Picture from web

If you like coffee but it never came to your mind how to re-use the scraps...well, now you have an advice! The only thing you have to do is to collect some coffee grounds, mix them with table salt and moisturizing oils of your choice (I suggest almond, rice and shea). Add also a few drops of essential oil if you wish...I didn't, because I love the scent of coffee ♥

Use this body scrub while taking a shower: rub it gently on clean and wet skin and rinse with water only (avoid shower gel or you will remove the oil protective layer). After the shower, you can use a little aloe gel and coconut oil to increase the soothing action. Repeat once a week, or every two if your skin is too sensitive. Do not use it on your face and breast.

Tips & Tricks:

• place some coffee powder in the sideboard or in the fridge to absorb bad smells
• use coffee grounds to fertilize the potting soil of your plants

And don't be afraid if you'll see a grim in the bottom of your cup, it might be Sirius Black coming to visit you (HP fans will understand me ahah)

One year in Prague

Stunning architecture, beauty on every corner, immense green spaces throughout the city and beyond.

In Prague there are a lot of things to do and places to go, it's rather cheap (no euro, yeah) and you can come back home alone in the night without fear.

It's a clean city, people-friendly and with efficient public transport (I come from a very small town and was afraid to get lost through metro lines and unnameable streets, but it never happened...so guys, if I made the grade, everybody can).

How not to love it?

A picture is worth a thousand words

A beautiful dream to believe in...

The secret

I believe the real secret to live your life to the fullest, is to see things from another point of view.

(Ph. by my sister w/ her Iphone - Prague, Mirror Maze in Petřin Hill, October 3rd 2014)

Friendship

"I’ve realized now that many of the friendships I made when I was young were a result of not really knowing myself. Likewise, I think my “friends” didn’t know themselves either. When we grew apart, it felt like a slap in the face, but really, we were just different people beginning to finally understand ourselves."

Very impressive quote from: 5 THINGS I'VE LEARNED ABOUT MAKING FRIENDS AS AN ADULT. Check this out!

Bite the bullet or take the risk?

It's a matter of priority.

The beauty of the little things

(Ph. by Cloudheaven w/ EOS 600D - Rome, on the way to Pincio terrace, June 17th 2014)

Step by step

" A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step "

(Ph. by Cloudheaven w/ EOS 600D - Prague,
Havlíčkovy Sady, August 2nd 2014)