Take a shot-Thursday

I am an eternal lover of photography. And one of my dreams for this summer is to take more pictures, good ones, bad ones, totally random ones. (so, above, some pictures that I liked today)


By the way, it's good to make a summer-list - although lists often can stress you out, the kinda list I mean is not, quite the opposite... So take this tip with you and make your summer to do-list today. And make sure there are only fun things on the list! They can be as little or as huge as you want... But this is a list that will keep you in the fun-zone throughout the summer, for sure! (below just a few things from my list)

My summer 2012-list

- eat strawberries at my nearby field while watching the horses there

- a roadtrip

- wake up really early and go to the farmer's market in the city

- invent new smoothies every week

- relax at the coutryside

- make summer-videos to this blog

- go to summerfestivals, listen to good music & dance like a madman

- have flowers in my hair

- receive a yes-letter from a school I really wanna get into

 - eat only berries and ice cream for one day

... and so on...

What on your summer-list?

pictures: tumblr.com, Pinterest

tweet! tweet!

Wellabe is now on Twitter.

Do many of you use Twitter? Let me know, I'd love to have great peeps to follow!

Tweety tweeeeet...

pics: 29.media.tumblr.com,  a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net

Wednesday's look

Okay, so as the health nut-side of me has been more presented in this blog than my work as a beauty pro & my love for all things shiny/sparkly/colorful (that's probably why I wanted to become a make-up artist already as a kid), I decided now's the time for some girly action... (so if there are any men out there reading my blog - prepare to be bored)


So let's start the beauty talk - and what could be a better start than a great tip for an EASY & chic summer hair-do... A messy bun! Oh how I love this do. You have millions of ways you can do this, and this works with shorter hair (bob/shoulder lenght) or with long hair.

Here's my quickie tips for a great messy bun ...

(I love all kinds of messy buns, in the pic a more "higher" version)

1. Start off by sweeping the front/ top part of your hair to the top & clip it so it's out of the way. (This way you always have a top-hair section to work with even if you mess something up... with the top part you can cover the lower part of the bun & save many crisis-situations. Trust me on this one!)

2. Gather the lower/back-part of your hair into a loose pony (if your hair is longer) and secure with an elastic. The base of the pony should rest in the middle of the back of the head. Push your pony up slightly to create fullness at the top of your head. IF your hair is shorter, skip the pony, and just make a messy "bird's nest" out of the hair on the back with some bobby pins

3. If you have the pony done (longer-hair chicks), tease the pony & pin it loosely like you wish / curl the pony with a curler into few loose wavy curls, and then pin the curls. (The teased do is a different look from the curled one, which is a bit more"done" looking. Try 'em both!)

4. Once you’ve finished pinning the curls/the teased hair, use your fingers to gently loosen up the hair, making it look messy. Now take the top part of the hair down, and pin some of the hair back, but leave most of it down, to frame the face & make the look sexy and relaxed. You can also curl the front part loosely if you want to create a wavy look. (like in the pic)

Happy hair-days guys!

PS. If you want to be super-fast with your bun-making in the summertime, just do a messy bun using all your hair, secure with an elastic onto the top of the head, then add a scarf = voila! Now where is the beach? 

pictures: polyvore.com, tig-fashion.blogspot.com, Pinterest, my own

a summery TUNEsday

Summer-series of "Yummy Monday"-recipes begins

Summer = fab foods that make you feel and look glowy

So to get your radiance-groove on hop on to the train of summer-recipes with me!

I am gonna bring a fun, easy and delicious recipe to you every Monday during the summertime. "Yummy Monday" is here! 

 First recipe of this yummy-summer... (see the excited face above...cause this is soooo good!)

The Divine Eggplant Fries

(makes two big portions of fries)

Ingredients: 

1 eggplant

some good olive oil (about five tablespoons - i kinda eyeballed the amount)

himalayan sea salt (add some to the oil and some on top of the fries before baking them)

fresh black pepper, grounded

a good amount of herbs (dried or fresh... I used a blend of Mediterranean herbs)

sesame seeds, 1 tablespoon to the oil & then some on top of the fries (great calcium source!)

a squeeze of lemon

How to:

- Preheat the oven to 225 C. (437 F)

- Cut the eggplant in half, and then those pieces into half again.

- Then dice them into french fry-sized pieces.

- Mix the oil, salt, pepper, sesame seeds, herbs and lemon in a bowl.

- Add the eggplant-fries into the oil-bowl.

- Mix the oil and the eggplant in the bowl so that all the fries are covered in the oil&spice-mixture. 

(-Add some oil if all of the fries are not looking oiled up enough.)

- Spread the fries onto a baking sheet.

- Sprinkle some sesame seeds onto the fries and roll them around so that all of the fries are evenly covered with the seeds. 


- Sprinkle some salt on top.

- Bake, turning once, until brown & crispy (yet tender to bite). 

- Serve immediately with some nice ketchup or hummus... 


- Say with me... Yum-mee!

summerhead

So, lots of ideas for this blog and videos are popping in and out of my head all the time.. But right now there is also one tune playing in my head and that is.... the SUMMER tune.

Yep. It really is summer. 

I welcome: sunshine, flip-flops, beachsand between the toes, hammocks, garden parties, salads, boat rides to little islands near the city, festivals, hanging out in parks, having lunch outside, smoothies, ice cream, seeing friends everywhere (as everyone is outside enjoying the sun), birds chirping outside my window, summerbreezes (that warm wind! Love it!), happy sunkissed faces, hanging out laundry to the backyard, crazy dancing (well, you can do it anytime - but now outside as well!), hooping, fresh peas and cherries and strawberries and fresh everything, lake-swimming, riding the bike through the forests and the city, the summer nights, the early mornings...

ps. ...Did I mention I kinda like summer?




pictures: unknown via Pinterest, tumblr.com

for you other coffee lovers out there

Life is too short for bad coffees. 

So drink amazingly good coffee. 

Rather than gulping down mugs and mugs of lame-tasting caffeine drinks from the coffee machine at work, drink one GREAT cup of coffee in the morning. Buy that expensive organic espresso you've always wanted to taste and save it for those special mornings... 

I myself used to drink a lot more coffee than I do nowadays, but these days it's about quality. Because life really is too short for bitter tasting cups that clame to be coffee... Now I only drink my coffee in the mornings, if I have time to enjoy it. And now that I have found the world of real coffee, it is like a yummy treat I get to have - first thing in the morning! 

Now that's coffee.

Happy coffeelicious moments!

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