Rather Large London Haul #travellintoLondon

So here's finally my rather large haul from London (I said we had many looks at the shops :D). This post is a little bit late, but I started school this monday, so I hadn't any time to upload it (school is taking control over my life, already at the first week :D) The haul contains beauty picks,three clothes items, books and random stuff. I hope you like this post and let me know in the comments if I should do a review about a beauty product. So let's get started!

1. Beauty Picks or better: Drugstore paradise Boots
 One shop I had to go in was Boots. Boots is simply a drugstore mixed with some highstreet products and pharmacy. Here I worked off my beauty wishlist. At first I will start with lip products I got (hi lipstick obsession). From Revlon I bought the super hyped Colorburst Lipbutters, I got mine in the shade 047 Pink Lemonade, which is basically a light nudish pink and in the shade 050 Berry Smoothie, which is a berry lipstick (oh really?) with gold particles (I was afraid that the shimmer would come ot unnatural on the lips but it looks fantastic :) ). From Bourjois I got the Rouge Velvet Edition Matte Finish lipstick-lipgloss mix (recommend by Viviannadoesmakeup) in the shade Nude-ist, which looks pink-brown in the packaging, but on the lips it looks pinkish (very pinkish). If you want a review on this product let me know, I would love to do one! :) Then I had to buy another Rimmel Kate Moss lipstick, because I have owned one from them before and the quality is really good (also a good budget buy). I got mine in the shade 107, which is the most perfect dark red ever.
From Boots I got also a concealer, which is the Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer in the shade 2 Cool medium. This is a very dry concealer, so I personally think this is not the right concealer when you have dry skin. For me, it's a really good concealer, but I have to test this one out. One thing I wanted for ages was the CC Cream from Bourjois, beacause I heard great things about it. This be supposed to reduce rednesses and spots. I haven't tried this one out yet, but it seems really good and the shade 31 ivory fits perfectly to my skin. From Rimmel I got the Stay Matte Powder in the shade 005 silky beige, which is a nice powder, which doesn't look cakey in combination with a concealer. Also it's very light to wear and I love the texture of it.

Bourjois CC Cream, Rimmel Stay Matte Powder, Revlon Colorburst Lipbutters, Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvet, Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer

From right to left: Revlon Pink Lemonade, Bourjois Nude-ist and Revlon Berry Smoothie

Kate Moss Lipstick

Kate Moss LIpstick Swatch

And I also had to get some Soap and Glory products, because I absolutely love the smell of it. I got a travel sized "The Righteous Butter", the Hand food handcream and the Hand Maid sanitizer. Every product smells incredible :).

Something which smells nice too, is the One Direction You and I perfume, I totally forgot to buy until I saw it in Boots. It smells very floral, and as you can tell I really like floral scents. The flask is also very fancy.

For body care I got the Vaseline Spray&Go body moisturiser with cocoa butter. This one is really easy to apply and soaks in very fast. I absolutely love it!

2. Victoria's Secret (another girl's heaven) 

A shop I had to go in was Victorias Secret at the New Bond Street. This store is amazing! The decoration, everything is very,very wonderful. I think my favourite sections were the sport section and the bodyspray section. Absolutely heavenly! I was at the PINK section and bought one mint green shirt, a berry sweater and a normal black leggins. I got the sweater and the leggings for 25 pound instead of 54. Well that was a bargain!

3. Jack Wills 
Well, Jack Wills is a place you have to go when you're visiting London. This is a really nice shop with british inspired clothes, accessoires and so on. I just bought a shopper bag with the famous Jack Wills print. I really like this one!

4..Random Stuff (Harrods, Waterstones, Covent Garden,news agent, Victoria and Albert Museum, Shakespeare Globe Theatre)
Now I will show you random things I bought. At Waterstones I bought three books, which are "Selection" by Kiera Cass, "Divergent" by Veronica Roth and "Let it snow" by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle. If you want to read the blurb or have an insight in the book, just search it on Amazon, because it would take a long time to describe the content in this post.

At Harrods (shopping paradise, as described at my London post - check it out!) I bought a notebook and pencils from Cath Kidston with this incredibly cute print (love the floral prints at Cath Kidston). Also I got a tea, which smells very fruity and fresh (haven't tried it yet).

 At Covent Garden I got two super cute things (can't remember the name of the shop, but they had many signs and deco articles). Here I got a sign, which says: Happiness is a long, hot bubble bath (this sign is meant for me, because I love bubble baths :D). Also I got a peg in the shape of a heart with a cute floral pattern.

At the news agent I bought the Teen Vogue and the Company Magazine, because you can't buy it in Germany and I really like these two. They are also very handy because they have the perfect bag size.

 Also the "Dictionary of Fashion" from Christian Dior was on my wishlist. Coincidentally I've seen it at the Victoria and Albert Museum and had to get it. This is really useful, if you want to improve your knowledge of fashion.

Last item I got was a cute little book, a little selection of Shakespeare's Love Sonnets. Here you can find really nice extracts from his sonnets.

So now this is finally the end of this post. This has become longer than I thought. Let me know in the comments what item you liked most and don't forget to follow me on my Bloglovin account. Hope you liked this post :)
Have a nice week and keep smiling,
Karina <3

12 Things I loved in this Summer

Today I want to show you what I liked most the past weeks (really late August Favourites if you want to). There have been some new additions but also some all-time favourites and one rediscovery, I forgot about. Actually I wanted to publish the London Haul first, but I had the photo material from this post before the Haul one. Shortly said: Here you have my Summer Favourites, I hope you like it and leave me a comment with your feedback :).

I will start with two albums I really liked the past weeks. They are from The Vamps "Meet the Vamps" and the perfect Ariana Grande "My Everything". I have been listening to these the whole time and they improve my mood and make me happy. I think my favourites from the albums are "Cecelia" and "Last Night" from The Vamps and "Bang Bang" and "One more Time" from Ariana Grande. This really gets you in a positive mood (maybe great for school time, because summer holidays are over *cries*).

Now to my makeup picks. In summer I like to paint my nails more colourful, because it looks great with tanned skin.One of these nail polishes is the Essie "Peach Daiquiri" , which is a perfect redish-orange-pinky colour (really hard to describe). I loved this on my nails and toe nails a lot. Also the quality of it is incredible (it lasts up to two weeks).

I absolutely adored one eyeshadow palette last month. It's the Naked 3 by Urban Decay. I have wrote about it in the Barcelona Haul post and many of you will know it from other bloggers, so I will keep it very short with this. This eyeshadow palette is absolutely gorgeous. I love the rosy and brown colours in it, because they look very natural. It's absolutely an item, I don't want to miss in my makeup collection (and now it's also avaible in Germany at Douglas, so if you want to get your hands on it, you haven't to go to Sephora or get it very overpriced on the internet).

Then I discovered something, what I had for a really long time and loved to use last year, when I got a little bit tanned in Italy. I'm talking about the Catrice Camouflage Cream in 020 LIght Beige, which is basically a concealer. When I got back from Barcelona I used this because it was the perfect match with my skin. You can use it under your eyes, but also for covering spots and redness. It's not very expensive, so I think for the coverage you get it's a good budget buy (think it was about 2-3 euros). If you are looking for a new, cheap Concealer I can really recommend this one.

For body care I have one item I want to show you. I liked to use the Treaclemoon "One Ginger Morning Body Butter" a lot, because it soaks in very fast and it doesn't leave an oil film on your skin. This really makes my skin smooth and moistures it very well. The smell of it is absolutely fantastic and very summery.

When my hair is a bit greasy but don't need to be washed, I like to refresh it with a dry shampoo. This one is from Batiste and it's their floral and flirty blush one in the cute pink and floral packaging. This absorbs the grease and make them last one day longer. You can use this aswell to add a little bit volume to your hair. Only flaw from this product: You have to work in the powder, because otherwise it will leave a unsightly white residue in your hair. So be careful with it (if you don't want to have hair like your granny). But Batiste also sell dry shampoos, where the powder isn't white but in the colour of your hair. Maybe I will try this one out someday. Otherwise I can really recommend this one, because it's a lifesaver on days where you haven't time to wash your hair.

Also there can't be miss two fashion pieces I loved to wear. In Barcelona I really liked to wear this daisy skirt from Brandy&Melville. The material of it is very light and you can combine this with many other tops, cardigans, whatever (also with the top I will show you next). When my best friend Damaris and I were shopping, I got this perfect top from Pimkie. It's made of crochet (I'm very into crochet at the moment) and very cute. It has a zipper on the back. You have to wear a white top underneath because it's completely transparent. There will be up a "Back to School Lookbook" in the next weeks, where these two maybe are mentioned (not to reveal too much).

Something I really liked was this cute hair band from Claire's, I got from my best friend Francisca. I love flowers (as you already know). These flower crowns are perfect to wear when you take photos with your friends. Very cute and a must-have in summer.

Last favourites I want to mention in this post are my vacations to Barcelona and London, which have make my summer sooo much better. It was an overwhelming and perfect time, which I really loved. I've seen many new things, met new people, had soo much fun and enjoyed every single minute of it. These are definitley two cities, I love. At this point once again a big, big thank you to the people I share this memories with: thank you to my wonderful sister Sophia, the best sister I can ever possibly imagine, to my parents, who are always there for me, special thank you to Damaris, my best friend and soul sister and to her mother, with who you can always have a laugh with. If you want to know more about these city trips, check out the two posts from the series #travellinto... .

That was my post about 12 Favourites I loved in Summer 2014. I hope you liked it and don't forget to leave a comment.
Have a nice weekend and just be happy,
Karina <3