fourth lesson

Hello there, lovely people!

Today was finally the big day. I've been wanting a 'crazy' (crazy as in uncommon) haircolor for forever, it feels, and today I finally gave it a shot.

I used L'Oréal Pastell 'Soft Rose'.

It's used like a conditioner and therefor pretty easy to handle. On contrary to a hair coloration, it's used on washed, damp hair. Claims to hold for up to three washings.

The color of the fluid really threw me off for a second because, as you can see, it's bright neon pink. The texture is like a normal conditioner, and it even makes the hair really soft.

Remember that alien slime back from the 90s? Well, it was a little as if I'd put that in my hair, haha.

After I'd worked it into my hair, it looked like this - the pink was a lot softer then.

The final result!

I'm pretty satisfied with the way it looks in dry hair, but one thing that got me upset is that it didn't stick to the hair to the same amount everywhere. Close to the crown it's completely washed out but the tips are really the color shown on the package. 

Overall, I think it was worth a try and I'm happy I don't look like a clown now. /laughs

/K

third lesson

Small update on the things I've recently been gifting myself with!

Finally: A new hair straightener! I've been having my old one for almost a decade and even though it's still working, it's a bit hard to use - especially for the styles I am usually doing.

So I bought this new one and it's turned out to be a good deal, since it works well and only cost 15€.

Nail polish and a new gel eyeliner.

I had to throw away a lot of my old nail polish, since it was just not usable anymore. Most of them were simply dried out because I hadn't used them in so long. I fell in love with the yellow one at the drugstore and with the coral colored one as well. The beige/colorless one is a matt finish top coat which looks fabulous on black/grey and the yellow nail polish as well.

I actually wanted a brown gel eyeliner and thought I bought one but well.. it turned out to be black as well.

Ultimate Nail Lacquer "820 Pimp My Shrimp" by Catrice

Lotus Effect Long-Lasting Nail Polish "21G" by Manhattan

ProMat Top Coat Matt Effect by Manhattan

Long-Lasting Gel Eyeliner by Manhattan

And finally - a bit of feel-good music for this winter!
I've been wanting both these LPs forever and now I finally ordered them.
Yes, you can hate me now for liking music like that but well, as if I'd give a damn.

Take care, me babies.

/K

second lesson

How has everybody been doing?
I've had quite the busy week and I'm just happy that the weekend is finally here.

NekoNeko is the present of a beloved friend.

 Since it's been my last week at the clinic, it was kind of full with appointments and a lot of stuff had to be arranged still.
After all, I am happy to go back to my 'normal' life, as well as I am a bit sad that I had to leave that little sanctuary. Work will be busy the next months (especially during Christmas and New Year's) and I'm still not sure when I'll manage to go and visit my family over the holidays.
So this weekend, I was busy cleaning the flat and mentally preparing myself to go back to work on Monday.
I've learned a lot during the past nine weeks, I'm sensitized and a bit shaky on my feet still because I'm afraid things could overwhelm me easily. But we'll see to that, right?

I finally managed to clean my bedroom.

 On another note, I finally manage to go to the gym on a regular basis again! (laughs)
I think it's important for me to keep up with the sports, especially the back exercises, because I want a healthy and clean 'house' for my hopefully-soon-to-be healthy soul.
I've learned that it is as important to take care of oneself as of others. It's something I haven't done within the past ten years or so - not as I should have, that is.

Well-deserved coffee break after gym.

Speaking of body-mods - I cut my hair! (laughs)
This time, it's gotten very short but I bleached it this weekend as well, so it's looking better now than it did right after the cutting. (Whenever I get my hair cut, it takes felt ages until I get used to it.)

Hi, I'm Link.

Plus, I finally had an appointment at the dentist (it's been five years since the last time /gets bricked) and well... since my last dentist didn't do one of the dental fillings right, I've got to get a root treatment. I'm still crying about this. (laughs)
It's only one of the many little things I haven't taken care of in the past years, so I'm looking forward to taking care of the rest. Some things which need to be done, some which I want to do.

I'm not good in wishing for things in life - especially things for myself - so my wish for the next few weeks is to smile a bit more and to keep up with the tasks and healthy patterns I've established within the past nine weeks.

So long, and take care.

/K

first lesson

Alrighty-!

Here we go with my try in blogging. I'll see for how far I'll be able and willing to keep this thing up and update that blog thing.

First off, maybe I should introduce myself?

The name's Kei, or just K, and I'm 23 years old. I'm a German jobber who is really into photography, fashion, cosplay, and writing.

So far, nothing special about all this, right? Right.

me taking pictures of other cosplayers - photo by Trunks21

In general, I'll try to keep this blog like a diary and upload all kind of stuff that fancies me. Maybe there will be reviews, videos, pictures, cosplay WIPs or something like that but I cannot predict that right now.

Let's all just have a good time!

If you want to, you can follow me on twitter, I'll be posting whenever I'm updating my blog.

Cheers,

/K