Thrift Store Haul: Winter Fashion

Hello beauties!

I hope you all had wonderful time over the holidays!

I was in Croatia for the New Year's Eve, and I returned to Italy on Friday, the 4th. and drove straight to work!

I really wanted to stay in my home in Croatia for as long as possible, that's why we haven't left until the friday morning, as in the afternoon hours, I had to work.

This New Year's Eve was really emotional for me, as these were the first holidays without my Dad...

Somehow, I got this sad feeling that I'm leaving my Dad behind in the 2012. and it hurt so much.

I went to visit our neighbours, and my Dad's close friends, who I haven't seen since his funeral, and the way they spoke about my Dad, made me cry and made me miss him so damn much!

It all came back to me and it felt as if it all happened yesterday, and that I haven't made any progress in my process of healing in these past 6 months...

I'm feeling better now, and I know I'm not leaving my Dad behind in the 2012., but I'm always taking him with me, carrying him in my heart...

Anyway, after a busy weekend at work, I'm resting today, and I'm catching up on youtube and blogging!

I did film a vlog during my stay in Croatia, but I need to edit it yet, together with some other short OOTD footages, so those videos will probably be up not before the next week...

I still have a few videos that I've already uploaded on my channels, but haven't mentioned them here on my blog, so I'd like to do this first, before starting any new projects...

One of the videos I definitely enjoyed filming recently, was my Thrift Store Haul.

I thrifted mostly winter fashion items, lots of warm winter accessories, and some cute clothing items as well :)

Most of these items were actually brand new, with a price tag still on, so I consider those great finds!

Needless to say, you have to check out my Thrift Store Haul video, as I'm sure you're going to enjoy it, if you're also into thrifting and bargain shopping!

In these difficult times, I believe thrifting is the way to go, as we can also learn to value more the "old" things and save up some hard earned money.

We live in such a material world, it is nice to try and be less involved in this consumist society and re-connect with some forgotten values...

That's pretty much it for this blog post!

I wish you all the best and lots of good things in this New 2013.! This is my first blog post in the New year and hopefully there'll be lots of more blog posts yet to come :)

Thanks to your love & support, anything is possible! ♥

Love from Italy,

xoxo, S.

Fall (Autumn) Lookbook

Hello beauties!

I was in Croatia past week, running some errands, and while I was there, I managed to film my daily outfits, that now I put together in a short Fall LookBook video :)

You can watch my video here:

I have prepared three outfits, they're all based on the military theme/ trend, that I personally love and wear a lot this season!

However, I do mix it with other, more girly items, such as sequin shorts, dresses, and high waisted skirts...

Outfit # 1

Military style parka: Zara 

Dress: H&M

Necklace: Zara

Sunglasses: H&M

Boots: Zara

Bag: Bought in Italy, past Fall season

Bracelets: Soufeel, Bijou Brigitte, Stradivarius, Accessorize

My silver & gold rings, rose gold watch (Fossil)

Outfit # 2

Necklace was my Mum's
She bought it in the late '80., early '90.

Belt is from H&M
Leopard print nail art tutorial is coming soon! :)

High waisted faux leather skirt: Stradivarius

Shirt: Sisley

Knitted vest: Italian open market

Ballet flats: Bought in Italy, (old)

Outfit # 3

Green parka: Zara

Grey shirt: Pull & Bear

Sequin shorts: Stradivarius

Suede like booties: Pull & Bear

(The pics of the third outfit were taken just after my visit to the hairdresser's, can't you tell? ;)

I went a bit blonder this time, but it's just a slight change, that I felt like doing, as I got a bit bored of my ombre hair...)

I hope you liked this lookbook!

Make sure to let me know which one of these outfits do you like best!

A big kisss from Italy,

xoxo S.

Croatia Beauty Products Haul: L'Occitane, Lush, DM...

Another haul video is uploaded...

...on my channel!

This time, it's all about the beauty products I picked up, during my recent trip to Croatia!

It was requested by a number of you, on my FORMSPRING, to show you in a haul video, all the goodies that I got, while I was in Croatia for Easter.

I did return to Italy, with a bag or two, full of new beauty products that I was looking forward to try out!

Most of the things that I got are from DM (Drogerie Markt), my favourite drugstore of all times (unfortunately, I don't have it close to where I live here in Italy... :( So every time I go to Croatia, I go crazzzyyy at DM and buy half a store, lol).

In this haul I'm also showing you some great products that I got at L'Occitane (and those are already at the top of my faves list!!!), and my Lush MUST- HAVES that I've repurchased (probably for the 100th time!!!)

Check out my Croatia Beauty Products Haul video here:

& here are all of the products, gathered for this video:

I was happy to be able to get my hands on some of the Bourjois best- sellers!
Where I live in Italy, it's impossible to get Bourjois :(
Other than that, I stock up on some of the brands exclusive to DM, such as Balea and Alverde.

I hope you enjoyed watching this beauty haul!

If you'd like to see a review on any of these products, please, let me know!

You can leave me your requests in the comment's section, under this blog post, or, just leave it to me on my Formspring!, where I'm usually answering all your questions! :)

Have a beautiful day!

xoxo Sonja