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2014 has been a very big and busy year for me I'd say. In April, it was my 18th Birthday, In May, I had my written final exams at High School, In June, I had my oral final exams and my graduation, In July, I moved to Scotland to continue education, In December, I managed to see my family again after 5 months. And now this year is already coming to an end and I'm asking myself how 2015 will be. Is it going to be a better one or a worse one? We'll see, but now the only thing we can do is to wait and to celebrate. Eryk invited some friends over for tonight and we'll have a little home party. I don't know yet whether we'll be going somewhere else later or not. But I chose my outfit and I kept it simple but also a bit different than usual. I kept my make-up simple because I didn't really want to create a disaster in the end. I used my Rimmel Scandaleyes mascara ( the orange and black one), Barry M eyeliner above my upper eyelashes and my Bourjois R...

As you probably already know, I arrived in Scotland last night after a week of Christmas holidays with  my family in Poland. My journey was a complete nightmare to be honest and I am still totally exhausted. My parents brought me to the airport in Poland and waited with me until there were only 40 minutes left until my flight, as we could see each other through a glass wall all the time. Then they left and I went to the last passport control and waited for the boarding sign to appear. However, due to very bad weather conditions, my flight was 5 hours late in the end, as the plane couldn't take off in Glasgow on time. I could have spent these 8 hours I spent at the airport, with my family instead. At half past two in the morning ( Polish time) we finally took off and I landed in Glasgow more than two hours later. I was lucky enough as Eryk and his dad picked me up because I wouldn't be able to go to Edinburgh on my own any more. My journey from leaving the house until entering t...

Today in the morning I got ready and left with my uncle because we had to sort out some ticket printing and then he gave me a lift to my cousin. As it is totally freezing, with a temperature of -8 degrees,we first thought we would stay at home but after a cup of tea and some cake we wrapped ourselves up and her dad gave us a lift to a cafe. There we had a cup of hot chocolate and a piece of cake each and stayed there chatting for about an hour and half of not even longer. Then we decided to go for a walk and popped into a shop, where I bought myself a skirt. Then we hurried to another cafe to get warm again because we couldn't even move properly any more. There we had an amazing cup of hot orange tea and Kinga also had another piece of cake. Again, we stayed there for a long time chatting and laughing about many things until her dad picked us up again and brought us home. We had another cup of tea and some quick dinner before my mum arrived to pick me up. Together we went to buy th...

Today after breakfast some of us went to a city called  Łódź, to a bit shopping centre and afterwards to another one too. It was freezing outside because the temperature sank to -10 degrees and when we had a break from shopping, we left the main building and went around it to go to an Italian restaurant and I only wore leggings and a jumper... Well, I was cold. But I ate a whole Margherita, which was totally crazy and made me feel sick again. I really need to stop eating because it makes my stomach go crazy. However, I got some things as you can tell from the picture, and some more too and I will definitely show all of them when I am back in Scotland.   Also, I am sorry that it is THAT late, but we just arrived at home as we went to see some friends after our shopping trip, and we spent some more time there than expected. Tomorrow I will visit my cousin and on Monday I will already have my flight back to Scotland. I will still have some free time so maybe I'll get all o...

Today we all woke up a bit later than over the last few days but when I first woke up at 8, I looked out of the window and saw that snow was falling. When we all got up, we had a nice family breakfast and then the kids got all wrapped up to go and play in the snow. I didn't go as I just washed my hair and started doing my make-up, but I was looked at them from inside. In the early afternoon we all got ready because we were about to visit our other part of the family, like every year on this day. It also got quite cold outside- our phones said -7 degrees and the streets are really ice too. Once we got there, we had another big dinner together and I really feel very sick right now,  because I definitely ate way too much over the last three days and will need to work out once I'm back in Scotland to lose the additional Christmas kilogrammes I surely gained here in Poland. Now, at 9 pm we came back home and are trying to relax and stay still after all the food we consumed. To...

Yesterday we went to bed after midnight and I was so tired today at 8 in the morning, but still decided to get out of bed, do my make up, to get dressed and to do my hair quickly. We had a family breakfast and after that we all watched TV, had some cake, tea and coffee and had a chat. Then my uncle, cousin and I played Monopoly Imperium and I even won! Then again we sat in front of the TV and had a long lazy afternoon. At about 3 I went to see Eryk's grandparents for an hour or so and came back home, where again, we watched TV. Now I'm sitting here with my mum's laptop and try to write a summary of the day before it gets too late. I am so happy here that I am already scared of leaving in only four days...The problem is that there are no flights available from Bratislava or Vienna to Edinburgh and the other way round... It makes me worry so much because I would like to go to Vienna sometime too. Tomorrow we will go to my cousin and have another family dinner there, so I...

Today we woke up quite early again because I had an appointment to get my ingrowing toenails done again. It was so painful that I was literally crying out of pain there and they are still sore, so hopefully I will be able to wear my shoes tomorrow. After that we went to my aunt's house to prepare the rest for the evening and everyone else came over too. Once everyone got dressed we could finally start the enormous family dinner. When our bellies were finally full, the kids went outside to look out for Santa, and once we got back home we found a huge pile of gifts underneath the christma tree. Each of us was so excited and we started unwrapping all our gifts. I only got a few to be honest, because I got money. I somehow enjoyed seeing all the family opening their gifts and it made me so happy to be with them on this special day.  Now we are having some drinks and cake and to be honest I am already so tired but we will stay up a bit longer. Back in Scotland I w...

Yesterday I had a very long day- I had to travel from Edinburgh to Glasgow and then to Poland all on my own. I managed to get to Glasgow Airport and my flight was very short (less than 2 hours) and it was so calm,  so I can really tell that everything went smooth. When I landed and picked up my luggage and went outside, where my parents, brother and cousin were already waiting for me, I started crying so much because I was so happy to see them again after so many months. They took me home and there we were talking and eating and it was all just amazing! Today I woke up super early, before anyone else was out of bed, to get ready for the day. After breakfast my mum and me went to town. We got our hair done at the hairdresser- I cut my hair a bit again, and then we had a walk around town, we managed to buy some new boots for me, we had tasty doughnuts and then my aunt picked us up and we went to her house to prepare some Christmas food. It was only the three of us , so we could talk...

After so many months I am finally going to see my family tomorrow this time. I really can't believe it and I am so happy that it is crazy! I don't even know what else to pack and I just hope that the journey from Edinburgh to Glasgow Airport will be easy and without any issues. And of course, that everything will be fine with my flight. It is already half past eight and I really should go and finish packing because we should go to bed earlier today as we have to get up early tomorrow morning. I remember when Eryk and I were waiting like this for each other and now I am waiting to see my family. I didn't plan any topic for the blog today as I am just way too busy at the moment to create something that actually makes sense, and also, as I'll leave the house before 11 am tomorrow and arrive home before midnight, I will not write a post either. Maybe I will be able to upload a short note from the airport with a photo, but that would be really the most I could do. I am s...

As I am leaving on Monday already, I thought it would be quite nice if I shared some tips for travelling by aeroplane. I've learned some useful things over the years and I know that flying can be quite stressful, especially when you are not prepared. Lots of people travel by aeroplane, but some still never had the chance to do so, and maybe these persons would find this quite useful. 1) So, if you have to check in online- do it as soon as you can. If you forget to print your ticket before arriving at the airport, or if your printer should break down or something like that, it is better to do it as soon as possible. With Ryanair you can check in two weeks before the flight up to two hours before the flight. This time I checked in through the Ryanair app on my phone, so basically I have the boarding pass there, but if there should be any issues with it I preferred printing the ticket any ways, just to make sure nobody will make any fuss at the airport. Also, make sure you have you...

Today I woke up and realised the weather was totally crazy but this is the outfit I've picked to go to the shop. Back at home we cooked dinner and after that I started editing this week's vlog. In the evening Eryk's sister and her friend Paige came over for a while and we played with Maya, who was really cheeky, and now they just left so I managed to finish editing. I am just converting the video, and I know it will take about 20 minutes until it's all done before I'll upload it to Youtube. I wanted to bake some cookies just now because I found a recipe that looks promising and when it comes to cookies I've never had luck with baking them before. So we'll see what I'll manage to do, Tomorrow is also another day of work and I should go to bed earlier than yesterday. My jeans jacket is from Levi's, my pink jumper from Forever21. My striped dungaree skirt is from River Island and I got it this summer. I also wore black plain tights and my neon pi...

Some days ago I was so lucky I won this nice lip gloss from Bourjois' online advent calendar, but I never got a confirmation email or anything so I thought it would take some time until they process the whole thing. And now I just came home and saw a little envelope addressed to me, and I had no idea what it could be. When I opened it and saw the lip gloss I was very excited and had to try it out immediately. I saw it in drug stores so many times but I was never really keen on buying it because of its quite strange smell. But now I decided to try it any ways and I have to say that I am so surprised about this product! It doesn't have a smell at all on your lips ( which is a relief after smelling it right from the container). Also, the texture is absolutely non-sticky and it feels like you are wearing absolutely nothing on your lips. It looks so strange when you apply it because it is liquid but it looks and feels more like a very powdery something. It is so creepy but the effe...

Today after College, Eryk, a friend of Eryk and I met up in town and went to a Chinese restaurant to have a chat, and of course something to eat. After that we were just strolling around the city centre, but it started raining and we went back home. Now I was trying to sort all the documents and so on and it is already 8, so it is about time for me to write today's blog post, right? So I decided to write about 5 products I got from Boots or Superdrug, that I really enjoy using, and that I keep repurchasing. The first product I'll talk about is the Soap&Glory SugarCrush body scrub. It smells like fresh limes, (really!), its scrub bits are not too harsh to your skin, but definitely leave it in a nicer, softer condition than before using it. It comes in a 300ml tub and costs 8£, which to me is a bit pricey, but I am in love with the smell, so I'm glad to have it. Mainly of course, because I tend to have really dry skin that I'd like to get rid of once in a whi...

As it is getting very festive and I am very excited for Christmas, I just needed to bake some kind of biscuits. There is no Christmas time without baking Christmas biscuits, right? And since I've never tried baking gingerbread before, I decided it was about time to get it done. I found a recipe somewhere on the Internet, which said that it was a very quick way to do the gingerbread biscuits. So, Eryk and I were very excited and started mixing the dough until we realised that we need to wait 24 hours until we can cut out the gingerbread men and bake them actually. But we eventually managed to bake them and they look very cute and are quite tasty, even though they are terrible hard by now and it is very dangerous for your teeth, but maybe someone is interested in a gingerbread recipe, so here it is! Ingredients: - teaspoon of baking powder - 1 egg yolk - 180 g of honey - 375 g of flour - a bit of salt - 5 tablespoons of water -1 teaspoon of cinnamon - 70 g of...

So, Christmas is very soon and Eryk didn't really know what to buy me and he just decided to give me a specific amount of money so that I can buy myself whatever I'd like to have. The first thing I chose is this new very handy palette from Urban Decay. The 3 Naked palettes are very, very common when it comes to big bloggers, so I was reading a lot about them. However, I wasn't too keen on getting a palette with 12 shades just now. Of course I would be happy to have such beautiful pieces of make-up in my make-up space, but I decided to go for something more practical. This palette came out just some short time ago and from the first time I saw it, I was quite fascinated. So, I chose this as my gift. It is fancy, it is nice, I'm just a girl, girls like fancy make-up, you know... The box contains: 4ml of the Perversion mascara, a glide-on eye pencil in the shade Stag, which is a pretty dark brown shade, a full sized lipgloss in the shade Sesso, which is a lovel...

Today I was at work again and couldn't wait to come home. Yesterday we made the dough for the gingerbread men and today I could finally bake them. I am not too sure whether they turned out the way they should, but they taste nice. But, today's topic is a little DIY project, to decorate your home for Christmas. Or even before Christmas, just like me and my mum do it always. For this DIY you need oranges and cloves. And that's literally it. You can use one orange, or more if you like, it's all up to you! So, take whole cloves and just tuck them into the orange, just the way you want. You can get a specific pattern done, to make it look pretty, or tuck the cloves in messily and do it just for the smell. I prefer to create a simple pattern and keep the orange in a visible place. I just decorated two and put them up somewhere in our room, most likely in between all the candles that we let burn in the evenings. The smell of oranges and cloves is so christmassy- ...

Someone suggested in the comments that I should do an outfit post, regarding ideas for Christmas days. Well, in Poland Christmas is a period of more than just a day, so all the family is always dressed pretty, so these re probably the outfits I will be wearing this year. Hope you enjoy them: This dress is so casual, but so pretty and elegant. It is kind of double layered, and the more it goes down, the slimmer it seems. It is navy, which occurs very often in my wardrobe. There is something about navy dresses, I don't know how I manage to do this but most of my dresses have at least a little bit of navy in their prints- it's crazy! If I look at all the shoes I have, these Mel flats match the dress perfectly. The dark heel are and the bows are made in the exact same colour like the dress. The dress is by the way from H&M and I got it already two years ago.  I would wear my hair in a high ponytail or just completely down, as the back of the dress is pretty simple and ...

When I first saw this online I couldn't believe my eyes. It is so beautiful and I really wanted to get one myself. Today I went to town and I saw these pretty boxes in Boots, with people grabbing more than one of them at once and I first went to the huge pile of boxes, grabbed one, stepped away and checked what products were inside. Then I called Eryk to ask if he could get it for me as my Christmas gift and he told me to bring it home and to pay for it with his money. So I was super excited, as Soap&Glory is definitely one of my favourite beauty brands. They do amazing smelling products, their product descriptions are the funniest in the world and they are just overall awesome things. But a bit pricey. Now, this box has 10 full-sized products inside, which are worth more than 60 Pounds. But, you get the box for only 29! This is still a bit of money, but as I've already had quite a lot of their beauty products and I loved every single one of them, I was sure, this box woul...