Dear readers,

in my post "Why always black?" I described my love to black clothes. In this post, I wanted to show my absolute favourite combo of black and gold. This outfit I wore at our Christmas Party and on stage.



I had a lot of problems with my weight last year, so I chose a piece, which covers my problem zones. The jumpsuit is made of satin like material, with a deep neckline and crossed back straps. It was very long (and I have to admit, it was at least too big for me though), so I had to combine it with really high high heels. The peeptoe high heels by Sergio Todzi are pretty extravagant with snake patterns and golden metal details, but as the jumpsuit is really simple, I had to pimp the outfit with outstanding accessories.




That's why I decided to took my favourite clutch bag by & other stories, which also has the snake patterns. The golden chains of the clutch bag matches perfectly to my other accessories. To keep the outfit simple but chic, I chose golden jewelry like the statement bracelet and the simple ring set. For a wow effect I could wear a statement necklace, but it would be too much, so I took the big velvet choker.



My highlights are still these pair of shoes. Shoes have to be comfortable for me or I won't survive the evening. Therefore, I always buy plateau heels, but actually not as peeptoes, but the peeptoes with the cutouts of this pair of heels made my outfit perfect. And they are perfect for New Year's Eve or weddings.

Dear readers,

seems like this year was full of stress and ends with full of stress for Niclas and me. We finished our apprenticeship at the same time and begin to go to college at the same damn time. And if starting studying at college isn't enough for me, I can't give up my job, so I have a deal with my employer for a new contract. Seems like full time job and full time study for me right now.

I'm pretty exhausted. Beside my career, I have to satisfied the other sections of my life like my family, my social life and my hobbies. 24 hours aren't definitely not enough, so I had to quit sports.

But quitting sports is way too much for my body as I'm eating non-stop. And with my eating behaviour, no sports at all and full of stress, my skin feels very unhealthy at the moment. The more I am happy about receiving a skincare product by L'Oréal Paris.



It is the skincare toner of the fine flowers collection. The scent of this product is just wonderful. It smells like rose water and jasmine flowers and the colour is really girly like the scent.

I tested it for a week now. Every night before going to bed and after removing makeup, I washed my face with the fine flowers toner. It seems like it removed the rest of the missing makeup and it makes my skin smooth and soft.

Even if it smells good and the feeling of my skin is wonderful, I still had some stress spots. I think as a routine skin care, my face will be soft and smooth for a long while, but not as a cleansing against impurities. But honestly, I wouldn't buy it. It can't be defined as a cleansing product neither than a makeup remover. There are way better products for skin care, but I definitely adore the scent and the size of this product!



– in cooperation with L'Oréal Paris –

Dear readers,

every morning I woke up, it is dark and cold. I hate waking up for work or for college in cold days. I won't get out of bed easily although it's already tough for me to wake up early. The only advantage of this season are the oversized sweaters. I like those sweaters in different styles and sizes, but mostly in soft colours. And I like the small details of all the sweaters. And I wanted to point out some specific details.




My first choice is very simple. But with my form of face it's difficult to wear turtleneck sweaters. Luckily, I found one by Pieces, where the turtleneck is very small and the material feels like cashmere. The salmon sweater has shoulder cutouts. A trend of this season and it's like, why am I wearing sweater with cutouts, when I want to wear warm clothes. Good question. So I just wear cutouts sweater for outside night outs.




The grey sweater is tied up at the back. I love this sweater, because it is oversized. Mainly for everyone, who likes to wear leggings, this sweater covers perfectly everyhing, which has to be covered (if you know what I mean) and it looks casual chic.

Last but not the least, the glamourous one. A ripped one shoulder bodycon sweater. This one was perfectly for Dinner with Niclas in cold days or even combined with leather leggings on New Years Eve. What are your favourite details of sweater? Do you know more interesting details?

Dear readers,

better watch out for the cold season. It's coming. And since it's getting grey and dark outside, we're happy to find colours in our surroundings. Even I am glad to see a little bit of colours. But not only colours are trendy this season. Everyone is getting crazy about dark roses and pastell flower patterns.

I definitely won't buy any sweaters or scarves with those pattern. I'm just not the type for those patterns, but even more I was happy to see the new fall collection of ideal of sweden.




How beautiful are these two cases? I still can wear my black, white and grey clothes and I'm still looking fabulous adding these two cases as my accessories.

The antique roses case is definitely my favourite, although I'm not really into roses. Combining this case to my grungy boots and black ripped jeans make me looking perfect for a night out. Especially when the colour of the roses were matching to my lipstick colour.

And although the floral romance case is really girly like, it can match to the mentioned outfit combo as well. The colours of the floral pattern is soft and beautiful.



I just can admire the quality of ideal of sweden. The cases are so stable. My phone fell a few days ago and I'm proudly can say nothing happened, not even a scratch. And even the case survived with little scratches, which aren't visible. I wouldn't know there were scratches, if I'm not touching the surface of the smooth case.



The happy message I can share with you is I received a code for 20% off for a new case on www.idealofsweden.com ! And it is valid for one week.

There are of course more case designs, but I'm preferring these styles.



– in cooperation with ideal of Sweden –

Dear readers,

for a couple of years ago, Niclas and I went on a short trip to Noord-Holland. This trip was my present for him on our 2nd anniversary. And since autumn arrived in Germany I remembered the lovely weekend we spent there.




We arrived Akersloot in the late evening and went to dinner in a classic steakhouse. It was unbelievable delicious and the atmosphere was prickling.
On the next day I showed him Amsterdam with a city tour by foot. Amsterdam is a beautiful small city, but full of tourism. To end the trip perfectly, we went to a coffeeshop. I think, you already know, what we'd done there.




The last day, we visited the provincial town Alkmaar for the famous funny Grachtentour. The bridges are so flat we had to duck our head. Alkmaar is very famous for their cheese, but unluckily the cheese market already ends in september. It was wonderful though. We went through the small place and their alleys with a lot of shopping possibilities.

We left Alkmaar early enough to see the sunset in Egmond aan Zee. A small town at the beach of the Netherlands. It was very windy and cold, but in my boyfriends arms, I felt the warmth and a lot of love. And a hot chocolate in a beach bar gave me warmth.




Our last supper in Noord-Holland was wonderful. I invited Niclas to the fish restaurant near the bay in Egmond. The restaurant is really pretty furnished and I just felt comfortable.

We thought a lot about it to spend our winter holidays there as well. Since we decided to miss out the summer trip this year, I will post more about the trips we already made.

Dear readers,

winter is coming and so do the dry winter skin. Skin care wasn't a big issue for me, as my skin is smooth and clean naturally, but I think it's always better to protect before something bad happen. I was so thankful to have the chance to try out the huge package from gofeminin with test samples for new product by bebe. Usually they're sending small samples, but this time beside the small samples, I received two original size tubes as well. The smaller samples I shared with some of my friends.



After a couple of months testing it I can surely write my opinion about this product. As the cleansing mask is in a tube, the application is very simple. It has the typical texture of cleansing mask with peeling particles. My first impression was honestly not very good. It is a one minute cleansing mask directly after the shower. So for me personally it's not really a mask at all. I am standing for cleansing peeling-off mask, because I think they're really working. Those one minute thing are often useless.

But honestly, I am really surprised and the cleansing mask by bebe becomes my routine after the shower now. As I mentioned before, the application is really easy. I apply the cleansing mask while I'm showering so I can wash it off directly. Sometimes I wait one minute sometimes I don't but it still has its effect. My skin is really smooth and soft right now. I never use face cream, because I'm one of the person who doesn't really needs cream. I already have really smooth skin, but sometimes for example in winter I need face cream for more moisture. But with the cleansing mask I don't even need a skin care base for my foundation. And in addition I shower at the evening, so I extend the function of the cleansing mask as makeup remover.

And at least I am delighted by the smell. It isn't too strong. It has the typical "bebe scent" with a note of citrus fruit. I can recommend to test it out, because as I mentioned. For me it's not really a mask, but it has its effect. I also share my test samples with friends and family and they all have different opinions on this cleansing mask. But more than a half thinks it makes the skin soft and smooth and that is the important part for us.



–  in cooperation with bebe  –
–  in cooperation with gofeminin  –

Dear readers,

since summer won't arrive Germany, I was really happy about the package I received by Zaful. They send me two cute summer playsuits and they are incredibly lovely. Zaful celebrate its 3rd anniversary and there are so many cute pieces they're adding to their collections and the prices are invincible mainly with all the sales action.

Actually I planned to wear them on a photoshooting outdoor, but as we all know the weather right now in Germany, it was way too wet to get outside in a summer playsuit. I was so disappointed, but my sister said it will look great indoor as well and I have to write the review about it soon.



The first playsuit I want to present is in light blue. It has huge bell sleeves, it own belts and it's shoulder free. It looks so adorable mainly when I combine it with my beige sandals and my cute bag with cords. The negative aspect of this playsuit is the material. It is rough and needs to be ironed as you can see. But I really like the look though, so it wouldn't mind me too much to iron it, if I wear it, although I really hate ironing.




The second one is a floral chiffon beauty. Actually I'm not really a floral pattern fan and I'm more the black, grey & white type, but the color of this playsuit is so adorable and really matching to my taste. I love the cut and the material a lot. And there are so many options to combine this playsuit, but in the end you will always look adorable and girly. Mainly in the wedding season of the year. And for these events it is always important to feel comfortable in your outfit and as on wedding I love to eat, this outfit will still be on point.





As I mentioned before they're having sale right now because of their 3rd year anniversary and there are so many stuff to look at for example "rose dress". They are as cute as my playsuits.


But there are way more to browse through. Just convince yourself. I had to post this summer look in october. I'm still disappointed from summer in germany this year. I wasn't even able to wear all the dresses and skirts and shorts I bought in winter.




–  in cooperation with Zaful  –

Dear readers,

at the beginning of creating a blog, I had the idea to show my very own fashion style. I realized my fashion style is nothing impressive and really similar to the most of the blogger, so nothing extraordinary. Maybe also because of the fact, that extraordinary clothes is really expensive and you won't wear it everyday.

I started to change my topic very soon. I invest a lot of money in makeup, but with the knowledge, I will really use it more often than wearing extraordinary clothes. Since my decision was clear, I invest in quality makeup brushes. As an artist I know, how important it is to get quality tools.



I did some research in brushes and there were a lot of quality brushes, but I like the design of Zoeva the most, so I bought the rosé set including a brushes clutch. Zoeva brushes are actually really expensive, but the hair of the brushes are natural nothing synthetic.



The soft hair of the brushes feels so smooth on sensitive skin. But my absolute favourite of all the Zoeva brushes is definitely the eyeshadow brush. With its super soft hair the blending effect is made so easily and fast. I won't buy the whole collection, but I will definitely buy more of those eyeshadow brushes in different sizes.

xo, RubyliXious