• Random Pictures | N° 59 •

• Random Pictures | N° 59 •

#outfitpreview • There are many new outfits planned! It’s crazy how productive one can be when the weather is nice and the days are getting longer. We’ve been preparing a lot of outfits for the blog – and there are still a few left with my old hair color. Three weeks ago I went back to golden brown hair and therefore I’m ready for spring/summer with a fresh look. ;)

#gintonic • I don’t drink a lot and I’m definitely not the right person to talk about alcohol (never been drunk, yeah!), but I know what I like and that’s Gin Tonic (and Margaritas!) – I fell in love with this gin from our region called → “Skin Gin” – it’s definitely one of the most delicious gins I’ve ever had! It tastes a lot of mint and citrus and is best mixed with Thomas Henry Tonic Water, orange zests and a sprig of rosemary. I also tried it with kiwi berries and Fever Tree’s “Mediterranean Tonic”, which is a lovely mixture, but I prefer the basic version. I still have to try something very special: mixing it with Thomas Henry’s “Spicy Ginger”!

#fanart • I’m really speechless – receiving so many drawings from you is such an honor and I really love them all! These pictures come from @morena.fratto and @tenishajonece – please make sure to visit their Insta accounts and give them your likes! ♥

#meowww • Because I’m so grateful for your love! This furry little thing brightens my day every day and I can’t even imagine a life without him. ♥

#foodie • Delicous snacks – one is healthy, one isn’t. ;) Aloe vera yogurt with mini bananas, kiwi berries, chia seeds and goji berries VS delicious fancy ice cream (for example, they have “Ovomaltine” or “Franzbrötchen” ice cream) from → Delzepich Eis (Winterhuder Weg 67).

#favoriteoutfit • I know, → this outfit has already been posted here, but I had to share this Instagram picture with you because it’s one of my favorite photos ever and my favorite outfit. ♥

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• Random Pictures | N° 58 •

#outfitpreview • These are only a few of my next looks up here. I can’t wait to show you all of them because they’re all just awesome. :) On Friday, you’ll get to see the one in the middle, my birthday dress. ;)

#foodie • Let’s talk about food. I’ve been trying a few new places for me here in Hamburg, like “Paledo” (Lehmweg 31A) and “MAD about juice” (Mühlenkamp 12), where I had açaí bowls. I really loved the granola at “Paledo”, but their “Classic Brazil” açaí tasted more like banana than açaí because they mix their base with banana and guaraná, and I think it’s too much banana. “MAD about juice” seems to use frozen açaí, which reminded me more of the Brazilian original. They also added different fruits, like banana, kiwi and goji berries, a bit of granola and chia seeds. My favorite!
Talking about chia seeds, I finally fell in love with them and started to create a few chia puddings – the one in my picture is with regular milk and a bit of cinnamon, topped with homemade apple sauce from my mother.
And for our anniversary on March 10, my husband and I picked up dinner at “Henssler at Home” – they still don’t deliver to us but their sushi is great, so we treated ourselves to some. If you want to know more about it, you can read my review → here. In this picture, you can see their “Creamy Tuna Tatare”, it’s utterly delicious!

#interview • I mentioned it a bit too late in my February recap, so many of you probably didn’t see it – I’ve been chosen as “Fashion Blogger of the Year 2015” by Curvaceous Redemption Magazine and → answered a few questions (page 50). I really like the interview and I also feel very honored to receive this title.

#purrrr • Just because the world needs to see my little boy from time to time. He’s already turning 9 this year. Time flies…

#fanart • It’s still crazy to see that people take the time to draw ME! It’s incredible and I feel very honored to be their inspiration for such amazing drawings. Please have a look at Martina’s → Instagram!

• Random Pictures | N° 57 •

• Random Pictures | N° 57 •

xmasandnye

#xmasandnye • Yes, I know, it’s already 2016 – but I didn’t really write about my Christmas and New Year’s Eve. So here’s a short recap. My husband and I spent Christmas alone at home (but of course we had already visited our families before at the beginning of December) – I was pretty ill and not very Christmassy, but at least I could taste the delicious food I made (duck breast with dumplings). We watched “Fear the Walking Dead” (yup – not Christmassy) and at the end of the day I even had a small glass of champagne (and I can really recommend the rosé champagne from Nicholas Feuillatte to you guys, it’s delicious!). My Christmas gift (to myself, haha!) was a rose-gold cup set from Nespresso – I’m really becoming a coffee person (finally, huh?)…
On New Year’s Eve, we had our best friends visiting us. We had raclette and lots of fun with those colorful light sticks and I lit up that little star sparkler I got from Studio Untold (thank you, I was a happy kid with it!). :)
And since 2015 was all about me being half-naked, I started the new year wearing traditional red undies. ;) By the way: → here’s my recap of 2015, just in case. ;)

curvyberlin

#curvyberlin • The first Curvy fair of the year was held last week (the next one is in summer, probably in July). It’s back in the old and very first building (which always was the best one of them all and is located very centrally in the city). To be honest, I don’t really enjoy the fair anymore, it’s become pretty boring and since most of the real fashion brands are continuously leaving (like Carmakoma and now even Zizzi, who at least held a very lovely blogger event on Tuesday in a hotel nearby, where we had the chance to see the upcoming F/W collection), for me, it’s not that interesting anymore. Also, when the fair started three years ago, brands seemed to be more interested in inviting bloggers for special presentations and small events during the fair – it’s very sad to see that this interest is totally gone now. Another point which leaves me very disappointed every time is the styles – around 80% of the clothes are exactly what I don’t want to see in stores. It’s that stuff I described in → this post. Horrible cuts, only dark colors or those who look like straight out of the toilet, animal prints made of rhinestones, looks for old women (even though I’m pretty sure not even my grandma would wear them), and when you finally find something that’s really stylish and modern, brands tell you that they probably won’t sell it to retailers because they won’t sell it to their customers. So you get that preview of amazing stuff which you’ll probably never even have the chance to buy – and this makes me really sad. Because there is potential. There are modern clothes. But just because the majority of fat customers don’t believe in themselves and prefer to buy those colorless sacks, retailers won’t order them and people will never see what’s possible. Can you understand why I’m frustrated? Another thing – but this is not meant as criticism! – is that it’s always hard to have to wait for so long, since the pieces will only be in stores around 7-9 months later. But that’s a blogger thing – if I see something cool, I want to wear it right now. Maybe if the brands at the fair would start working with bloggers again, we could shorten the waiting time by posting previews when the clothes are almost available. And anyway, we could promote the stuff that people should finally get to see! If we want a change, we have to start showing what’s possible. Not only the bloggers but also the media – but that’s another step. Let’s hope that it gets better next time. At least meeting all the nice people is always the best reason to go there, networking with other bloggers and the few brands who appreciate bloggers and their work.
By the way: my favorites at the fair were Olivier Wartowski (the best collection of the whole fair!), mable and the upcoming Anna Scholz for sheego collection.
(And of course, the food – because when I’m in Berlin, I always have to visit my favorite sushi restaurant, “Nordbahnhof – Two Buddhas”.)

outfitpreview

#outfitpreview • Just a tiny preview of some looks to be blogged. :)

scarlettandjolondon

#scarlettandjolondon • I finally visited London again – this time with Scarlett & Jo. We shot the upcoming collections at the amazing Home House (I’ll post something about that great location soon!). We means: three ambassadors (Ana, Laura and me) and six bloggers/models – you can see us all in the picture in the middle: Mayah, Ana, Hattie, me, Kemisha, Laura, Pippa, Cerise and Sarah.
The shooting on Saturday was hard work but absolutely amazing – I can’t wait to see the results and share them with you. You can also read about it on → Scarlett & Jo’s blog. :)
Since the suites at Home House were already booked for our shootings, Ana and I (we were the two girls coming from outside of the UK) had the pleasure to spend two nights in them and all I can say is that I’m speechless. ;) This place was incredible!
I also finally met my big love again – the Hoisin Duck Wrap from Pret-a-Manger. If you haven’t tried it yet, you should as soon as you can! I’m obsessed with it!
On Sunday, I stopped by my favorite fancy hat store → Bernstock Speirs and got myself a new stylish hat. I also got to see the S&J office and was amazed by the view: you can see Borough Market, the London Eye, St Paul’s Cathedral, the Shard and Tower Bridge. A 360° view of the wonderful city of London. Can I please move in? It’s like a giant walk-in wardrobe with a view! Who’d say no to that? :) I hope I’ll be back soon and I’m looking forward to working even more with this amazing brand and those lovely people (special shoutout to → Hanna, my Finnish ystävä, she’s a sweetheart!).

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#random • This cup deserves to be mentioned – as a real girl boss, this was the best Christmas gift ever. Thank you, sheego! The cup is from Urban Outfitters, maybe you can still get it at your nearest store, since I couldn’t find it online – sorry!
I already told you about my lucky shoe SALE finds – Céline boots that originally cost around €1200 for only €191 (crazy, right?), finally a pair of Valentino Rockstuds with 30% off and the most amazing second-hand (almost unworn) buy: Casadei ankle boots (around 60% off the original price). :) Happy me.
The last picture is a snapshot from my → #bodypositive resolutions shoot, I really love this shirt and I’m going to try to do a normal outfit with it. Stay tuned!

• Random Pictures | N° 56 •

• Random Pictures | N° 56 •

#favorites • I want to start today’s Random Picture post with my three favorites: head wraps, sunglasses and bright lipsticks. And yes, all three still work in winter! You can always rock your favorites (in my case, let’s call them obsessions), without restrictions! Like: there can always be a bad hair day = head wrap (even though it looks great on a good hair day too!). Or: no sunshine but this bright light outside because of the white clouds or snow = sunglasses (even though nobody needs an excuse to wear stylish shades!). And: bright lipstick, just because. It’s always a great choice! ;)

#kittykitty • Your daily dose of Rico (by the way: we always call him “Spucki”, and none of us knows why). Being the best doctor on the left (I was very sick a few weeks ago…), playing Rose from Titanic in the middle (“Draw me like one of your French girls cats!”), and demonstrating the “cat vs box” phenomenon (“If I fits, I sits!”).

#event • Unfortunately, I missed a few events because I was sick, but there was this beautiful winter wonderland by and with Biotherm. It already felt like Christmas, we got to know the novelties, had a delicious buffet and had the chance to work with a paper artist and handcraft our own little snow flake (using a scalpel, I was scared as hell, since I’ve never been that great at handcrafts, since kindergarten… haha, I can’t even fold something symmetrically! Gosh, that’s embarrassing…). It was good to see some lovely blogger colleagues, like Anna and Lina, and get to know new people, like Swantje and Linda. I’m sorry that I don’t remember the whole list of bloggers, but I can tell you: it was a very nice afternoon and we had lots of fun!

#fanart • Isn’t that amazing? @mia_media made this incredible drawing of me and I’m absolutely speechless – she’s so talented! Go and give her a like on Instagram! :)

#foodie • I’ve got two new delicious places for you: Käppchen Kuchen Company in Eppendorf (Eppendorfer Weg 99) and Grilled Cheese Wonderland (former “Luncheonette”), currently at Marktzeit in the “Fabrik” in Altona (Barnerstraße 36) every Saturday, hopefully soon driving around in their food truck and making everyone happy with their grilled cheese treats! I think I don’t need to say more. ;)
I found the cupcake store “by accident” and was amazed to hear that they’re the first cupcake store ever in Europe, since 2006. And they’re VERY good. Too bad they aren’t located around the corner for me, but I hope I can get back there soon!

#outfitpreview • Of course, here’s a sneak peek of some of my upcoming outfits. As always, we’ve been very busy shooting and I’ll present some XMAS and NYE outfits to you (like the two outfits below), since there’s still enough time to get inspired and shop. :)