Dear readers,

if you are following me on Instagram, you might know, that I started studying Advertising Design. I decided to study beside working, because I wanted to keep my job as digital media designer and web developer. I have to commute a lot, but it will be three years I have to go through.

The first week is over now and I had a lot to plan and a lot to reorganize. I knew it before, I won't have time to breathe, but I am definitely happy with my decision. We saw a lot and my college offers us a lot of possibility to be creative. Workshops, laboratories, studios and a lot more. I can't believe I will study there for the next three years.

The first course was absolutely stunning, where we need to be creative and we had to show our skills. Not only the college is amazing, the people there amazed me too. They were all so talented I felt like a wallflower in first grade in elementary school.



I prepared my portfolio for my bachelor and I had to tidy out so many works, but there are some I had to show you. My work includes my personality. As I'm working on my blog I had to think about the word "ruby", so I actually created my own character. But since I change the logo of RubyliXious, I never used it.

I have to warn you, I will have less time for my blog, but I attempt to post regularly. Happy weekend!

Dear readers,

the best trip so far is definitely the trip with my little sister to Abu Dhabi. We were excited for this trip months before it started. It wasn't even expensive at all, as we were travelling out of season time. We also booked our trips and planned everything at home. The first time we travel to UAE.



My sister and I stayed in the luxury Hilton hotel. The hotelroom was huge and the furnishings are exclusive and chic. We were never in the united emirates before, so we learned about their rules and tratidions first. But Abu Dhabi was different. The people were open minded and most of the time it was too hot for long clothes. But it was really okay to wear short stuff and I was still aware of not breaking rules like wearing shorts or short skirts in mosques.




After the first day which we used for discovering the city a little bit, we planned our first trip which took the whole day. The desert safari was a trip we had to do, so they pciked up early in the morning in a Lexus SUV. There were several more SUVs and it looks like a car caravan in the desert. I just can recommend this trip, because it felt like being in a rollercoaster as the car driving the dunes up and down.

After desert car trip they took us to a place where we could ride on camels, sandboarding and more. In the late evening there was a huge BBQ with all the participants of the desert safari. The food was better than I expected for the price and the late night show gave us the oriental feeling.




The next day we booked the trip to the famous two theme park on YAS island. There was several combi tickets and we decided to buy a premium combi ticket for both. We started in the Yas Waterworld and we never were in a water theme park before. It was strange first to ride the rollercoaster in bikinis. I felt a little bit naked, but it was totally fun and worth it.

In the late afternoon we changed the theme park. Next to the Yas waterworld there was the Ferrari World. If we had visited the Ferrari World one week later we could have catch up the Formula 1. But we still enjoyed the fastest rollercoaster in the world and the theme park itself. As a huge race and cars fan I loved it there and I had to get some souvenirs as well, even they were expensive as hell.



The rest of the week, we spent our time (and our money) in the great malls of Abu Dhabi. There are so many shops we don't have in Germany, so we had to exploit the opportunity. Unluckily, we were both girls with only 30 kg baggages. We rarely visited the beach, but it was okay for me. The beach was beautiful, but as we were in UAE, the beach were seperated in women and men and family. The women beach is nearly empty, but there was still a lifesaver and it was too awkward for my sister and me to be there.



As we were heading home, which was at 2AM, we were driving by some clubs. They looked so luxury and noble, but my sister was underaged so we had to pass the clubbing part. We will return for sure, but next time we have to take a trip to Dubai as well.

xo, RubyliXious

Dear readers,

I think since the day I started to use makeup, I always had a favourite makeup brand. It changes a lot and it mostly depend on the product. But I recognize I use Smashbox a lot. My best friend presented me a contour kit by Smashbox on my birthday once and I was curious about the brand.



I took advises of makeup artist I know and I collect samples to learn more about the brand and at least, I can't stop buying them.




I swear on the Smashbox photo finish primer oil I used it nearly every day. Just nearly every day, because this product is always sold out! I planned to buy more in reserve. Never using the foundation of Smashbox before, but I read loads of positive comments about it. I actually use the perfect match by L'Oréal, but it don't last all day long. And I need the matte effect.
I will create my makeup look with this foundation soon.

My next growing collection is the always on liquid lipstick. The colours are absolutely pigmented and matte and they definitely beat my MAC matte lipsticks collection. They last a whole day and a whole night, but it's getting really dry on my lips. My trick is to put vaseline on my lips or the photo finish primer oil to make my lips a little bit moist again.



I also tried out the different mascaras and I am convinced of the x-rated mascara. I bought it by advise from a makeup artist. It's a little bit more expensive than the full explosure mascara, but the quality is much better. The full explosure mascara has a mini me, and the mini me is definitely much better than in original size.



I order my products online right from their site, since I recognize there are more benefits and cheaper to get them on their page. You don't even need to be a member to get a lot of discounts on the products. I just wished they are working on the texture and formula of their always on liquid lipstick making the lips less dry.

That would make me sooo happy.