Viva la vida - Slovenian fashion and beauty blog

And here it is! Finally my simple look with those amazing H&M pants!

The story goes back to the trip we made with 4 Slovenian beauty bloggers, we spend 2 wonderful days full of chat and cosmetics on the coast and we went shopping a little...

I really liked those since I saw them but... those pants are really special. You can look funny in them if they are not your style. But all the girls said "Katja you gotta have them, they are totally your style!".

And here they are. Really simple look, I can not wait to wear them a little different...

Like I said many times - lately I'm only sleeping, working, creating new Zumba choreography... My life is so busy! But the "end" is near, haha!

Less than a week left to our trip, I really can't wait! <333

& congrats to my love & his wonderful team for winning their first FILM AWARD yesterday, so proud <3

Katja

Ta objava je kritika. Kritika, ki je nastala na pobudo slovenskih blogerk, da ljudi opozorimo na prevare, ki se dogajajo v svetu kozmetike. Izhaja iz mojega stališča, zato vas prosim če pod komentarji napišete dodatne informacije, če jih imate o tem podjetju itd.

1. O tej kozmetiki sem uspela bolj strokovno izvedeti le,

- da prihaja iz Izraela

- da so saloni po vsem svetu

- da deluje le tako, da si znanci med seboj povejo za to

- da vas povabijo na "nego obraza" potem pa vam vse skupaj preizkusijo prodati

- da so "kozmetičarke" velikokrat neusposobljene punce

Pred tedni je mami dobila povabilo na nego obraza. Zastonj. Ob tem sem se seveda malo zamislila in se ji pridružila.

Salon se nahaja v BTC-ju in že ko stopiš vanj je vse zelo sterilo, lepo urejeno in daje občutek kot da se tam dogaja nekaj pomembnega, posebnega.

Nato, vas postrežejo punce ki so zelo lepo oblečene, v visokih petah (pretiranih) in lepo močno namazane. Zahtevajo da poveste ime, priimek skratka podatke in da podpišete nekakšno pogodbo da se ta nega snema.

1. Obrazložitev in cena

Punca nama je obrazložila sestavine kozmetike (biserni prah, kaviar, haluronska kislina...) in nama povedala kako oh in sploh super je kozmetika. Nato pa je povedala ceno. 1670 eur za 10 izdelkov (čistilni gel, kremice, serum...).

2. Nega obraza

Po šoku sledi nega obraza. Že to nam vlije pričakovanja da mora biti kozmetika super. VENDAR, NAREDI SE LE NA POLOVICI OBRAZA. Zato, da drugo polovico naredi stranka sama in vidi da je to preprosto za uporabo. Zdi se mi, da je zelo lahko "prepričati"ženske ki si skoraj nikoli ne vzamejo 1 uro za nego obraza doma, da ta kozmetika deluje. Ker ko se nekdo z njihovo kožo ukvarja 2 uri in jih masira, seveda kapilare in gubice do neke mere izginejo.

3. Naredijo plan "plačevanja" 1.670 eur.

Ker je danes poseben dan, prav vi lahko dobite vse 200 eur ceneje! Uau! Poleg tega pa dobite še 300 eur "vredno" UV lučko & nege obraza in preglede.

Khm, 10 krem za še vedno predragih 1.470 eur in lučka ki se jo verjetno dobi za veliko manj & preglede kjer ti zmerijo vlažost kože itd... Je res vredno?

Kako so delovale kreme?

Ne bom lagala, mami se je koža res lepo popravila v tisti 1 uri, je pa res da sama nikoli ne uporablja maske, pilinge in si ne masira gubic - zato sem razumela zakaj takšna presenetljiva razlika.

Ne rečem da so kreme slabe, vendar vsekakor pa lahko potrdim - da je cena preeeeeeviiisoookaaaa.

Kako vse skupaj zaključijo?

Na list ti napišejo ogromno možnosti plačevanja. 600 eur zdaj, potem ostalo ali pa lahko tudi 60 eur zdaj pa 2 leti odplačuješ izdelke ki jih boš porabil v 6 mesecih... Ahhh, na koncu te skoraj "prosijo" da kupiš. "Se res nebi dalo nič dogovoriti?"

Ko sem mladi dami povedala, da se ljudje za skoraj 1500 eur nakup ne odločajo v trenutku in da imajo čuden sistem, da je lahko nakup le na licu mesta, brez da imaš čas za premislek... Skratka čudno. Resnično mislim, da kozmetika ni vredna tega denarja. Veliko se da narediti ročno, z masažo, z pravimi kremami ki stanejo tudi do 30 eur.

Ne pustite si, da bi drugi upravljali z vašim denarjem. Denar je vaš dokler ga imate v rokah in ne imeti slabe vesti, ker nečemu niste rekli "DA".

Katja

P.s. Se opravičujem, če sem koga z objavo užalila, ali pa dela tam - vendar resnično se mi zdi ideja super psihološko izpeljana, vendar želim pomagati ženskam, da ne zapravljajo denarja za stvari ki so precenjene.

Danes je čas za... BOURJOIS!

Na njihovih policah se zadnje čase mudi ceeeela vrsta novih lip glossov. In ker sem bila nad prejšnjimi noro navdušena (več o tem tukaj, klik!) sem od teh pričakovala enako. Kvaliteto. Obstojnost. Pigmentacijo.

Pigmentacija, obstojnost?

Izbrala sem si odtenka 04 in 06, ker sta edini barvi ki ju zadnje čase nosim. Vijolično-rjava in prava močna rdeča.

Pigmentacija je super. Ni matte, zato ni "odlična", vendar pa dajo zelo veliko barve. Meni je všeč, ker spodaj ne potrebujem šminke.

Obstojnost definitivno ne traja 10 ur. Vendar (seveda odvisno koliko se je, pije vmes... ali dodate lip liner) okoli 4-5 ur maksimum, vsaj pri meni.

Kot vidite na slikah je pigmentacija kar zadovoljiva, pri rdečem odtenku se to še bolj opazi. Definitivno pa bi v obeh primerih dodala lip liner, saj se potem lip gloss nič ne razmaže in veliko lepše pride :)

Maxfactor smoky eye drama kit

Priznam, da sem glede senčil pri Maxfactorju povsem nepoučena. Čeprav je bila moja prva mini paletka prav njihova, daaaaleč nazaj in bila je roza barve. Baje je bilo to kul. Hahah :)

Pigmentacija?

Na moje presenečenje odlična. Bleščice, svetlikajoče senčke... Meni zelo všečne. Tiste, ki imate rajši matte odtenke, vam te senčke verjetno ne bodo ravno po godu...

Obstojnost?

Popolnoma klasična. Nič presenetljivega, vendar s primerjem - ostanejo res lepo cel dan.

Embalaža in pakiranje

Po resnici, senčke se mi zdijo premajhne in malo težko prideš do nekaterih s čopičem zraven, brez da bi dobil na čopič še odtenek druge. Vendar... Jim to oprostim. Je praktična embalaža za na potovanje, pigmentacija je odlična, zato jim je oproščeno.

"Poswatchat" mi nažalost ni uspelo (paletke), ker se senčke tako svetijo, da preprosto nisem uspela ujeti pravega odtenka.

DAY D IS HERE!

Finally our big trip is here! Today we are leaving Slovenia for 3 weeks and we will be all around Europe.

I will tell you more on my instagram account and I hope I will have some time to post! If not, expect TSUNAMI of posts when I return. I really can't wait to see all those amazing cities and make some outfit posts there!

We will be visiting 8 different cities, some are capitals, well - sleeping in 8 cities, but visiting more!

I love traveling with my man. It's my favourite time in the world. I love traveling, but seeing all those amazing cultures, cities, speak different languages... with him, is totally different. I feel so safe, we can go and do what we want, we are so good at traveling together. If you are 24/7 with one person, you must really get along with them. THAAAANKS god we like to see and do the same things. Speak and meet locals, see museums, eat good junk food and sleep little and see as much as possible.

I am so excited! I will be visiting some cities for the first time, but some for the 2d,3d... But I love them so much, so I am even more excited, because I missed them so much <333

Okay, it's too exited not to share this with you.

1. Telč (Czech republic)

Small town (google it) it is soooo pretty and cosy, can't wait to relax there a little.

2. Prague (Czech republik)

I was in Prague 2 times already - BUT, I love this city so much and I missed it, so we decided to visit it again (because is on the way hah). Can't wait to spend few days there!

3. Berlin (Germany)

I was here 3 times already, 2 with my love. And this is OUR city. We totally love it and we will be staying there at the most amazing location, so I am really looking forward to stay at the most amazing flat there <3 And those late night walks around Berlin... So cosy!

4. Hamburg (Germany)

It will my first time here in this city, so I am so excited to see it. I heard that is dreamy, north Venice?! :)

5. Amsterdam (The Netherlands)

My 3rd time in this city and country, but I love it so much. The people are so kind and Amsterdam is truly one of my TOP 5 cities in the world! I gotta meet Agnes Krown there too, can't wait to see that babe!

6. Solingen, Dusseldorf, Koln (Germany)

My boyfriend's grandparents live here and that's why we will stay here for few days and visit Dusseldorf and Koln probably too. I feel so "comfy" in Dusseldorf, also a great city!

7. Frankfurt (Germany)

My looooove. Seriously, Frankfurt was a big surprise when I first visited it. Okay, I had the privilege to stay in a gorgeous apartment there with the best view! But still... Frankfurt is like bigger Ljubljana with "downtown", I totally love the architecture and energy. So happy that I will visit my "second german home" again! And we will celebrate my boyfriend's aunt big b-day there! Party mood in Frankfurt ON!

8. Regensburg (Germany)

Something new again, I heard that there is amazing castle and that city is old so we will discover history there!

Last year we did 2500 km, this year around 3500 kilometers... We are making bigger and bigger plans each summer.

And oh yes, we will travel with my car! I LOVE this. Do you even know how fun it is to drive across Germany? Ferraris and Lambos are driving with you and you can drive as fast as you want. (mostly)

We have our cd's prepared and usb's so...

Wish us luck! :)

Katja

Jumpsuit : From ROMWE (click here)

SHOES : Deichmann

EARRINGS : Lady Queen

Guten tag! I'm writing this all the way from Berlin (3/8 cities I'm gonna visit on trip!) and I must say, the energy here is amazing! I'm taking outfit photos every day and I really can't wait to show it all to you and to tell you what was happening on trip! (also shopping!)

Friday - off to Hamburg, let me know what to see there if you know it!

A lot of bloggers did this tag and I decided that if I was reading my blog (haha!) I wanted to know those things too! I read those tags on a lot of Slovenian blogs and I really think we have so many things in common!

1. When did you start blogging and why?

I started this blog in 4.1.2012. The date has nothing to do with me, well till now! :)

Why? I was reading a lot of blogs, daily. And then I thought - I could have mine too! And because I'm crazy enough - I started it. But of course, I didn't have any idea how big this can be - I only wanted to inspire other people, to share my outfits and ideas and that's pretty much it.

I'm not a model or designer, I'm not a writer. But blog is offering me everything at once and I am the boss haha, that is pretty amazing right? That you can do it all - like you want!

2. How many people in "real life" know about your blog?

To be honest (well, I'm always honest on my blog!) - nobody. First month it was only my secret. But then I had to tell about it to my boyfriend and family - I needed a photographer! And then... Somehow, my friends found out too.

Because you never know how people are going to react, you keep it for yourself. At the beginning. But I'm still not sure - what are we afraid of? Being judged?

Now I could not be happier that I decided to make my own blog, it opened so many options to me! Knowing leading Slovenian cosmetics brands in person, all those social contacts & friends I made... But it was all a lot of work, ideas and TIME too.

3. What are your favourite posts to read?

I love reading outfits post and of course cosmetics/makeup posts. I always try to post articles, I would read too if I didn't know my blog.

5. Which posts are you most proud of?

Well... All posts are taking my time and ideas... Which I never ran out of! So, I would say - I don't have my "favourite" post. But there are some that turned out to be quite popular - and I didn't have any idea how people will react to them.

Something different (click!), Dress and the city (click!), Essence and Catrice event (click!), Back from the seaside (click!), Outfit and lipstick (click!)

6. What advice would you give to future

bloggers?

1. Start a blog, because you want it and you want to enjoy it - share ideas and inspire people. Not because you want to get some free things.

2. Choose a content - what you will write about and please write about things you like and love. Readers can feel if you are faking it. Sorry, but they do.

3. Don't care about what people say. This is probably the most important, there will be people that will love your blog and people which enjoy hurting other people and others which can't wait to judge you. But... The secret is that if you love it - then do it.

4. Be different. Of course other blogs will inspire you, but don't write the same posts and everything - be yourself.

5. Be true to youself. Don't fake your style, don't write things only because you know people will like it - it's all about being true and being you. We don't need hundred blogs which are pretty much the same.

I hope I didn't scare anyone, but really if you want to blog - blog. That's the only good advice I can give you.

Some "future" bloggers, contacted me about how I got readers, how I'm handling to post almost everyday and have a student job, study, and teach Zumba - it's simple, if you want something - you won't let anything/anyone to stop you from doing that.

Blog has become a big part of me and you can't imagine how happy I am when I read all the comments everyday and getting feedback from my readers - this is the best part of it :)

Love you,

Katja

Hello everyone! First, seeending you a BIG hug from HOLLAND! I love it here, I can't believe I am falling in love with this country each time I come here more and more... Well, I will talk about those feelings later in my after-roadtrip-posts, haha!

About this look...

This is my "casual" everyday work outfit, I work with makeup and cosmetics (as a student) and I need something comfortable and still stylish - but not too much!

Wearing my casual blouse, you can never go wrong with white blouse & classic black maxi skirt or jeans.

I also added some new BLING BLING from Happiness boutique (click!) which is a German online shop with jewelry!

I think this look is classy and proper for many different opportunities - but still as usual, I can't be without bling bling or any red lipstick or curls, gotta follow your own flow...

Wish you cosy night & prepare for whole bunch of outfit & beauty posts when I return from the trip! I bought some amazing goodies... Bye, bye hard working money!

Tomorrow traveling from Ede, Holland - Dusseldorf, Germany!

Katja

I'm back!

Uhhh... I can not believe our big trip is over! It was aaaaaamaaaazing! We saw so many gorgeous views, cities and eat a lot haha, of course I had my camera with me to make outfit photos in those gorgeous cities, but... there are few things you need to know about the looks! (I wrote the same thing last year).

1. I had only 1 suitcase with me.

2. I improvised a lot.

3. It's all about "how many different outfits you can make with the same clothes".

4. The weather was changing from 35*C to 11*C. (damn you, Hamburg haha)

5. I ran out of clothes the second week, haha.

6. Don't judge. Some combinations are far away from perfect, but... When you travel and you are all around cities all day long, you must be dressed comfortable, but if you are a fashion blogger you try to be also stylish, haha. Sometimes it is hard to be both!

So in next few days/weeks haha, you will see almost all my looks on my big eurotrip! And I also did a BIG shopping. So, expect reviews soon! Like I don't have 4 full bags of "things to review" already at home... #hardlifeofablogger

I will mix locations, so it will be more fun! (because in Hamburg, I was wearing hat the whole time because is it SUCH A WINDY CITY!).

Look from Prague

Like you see I was just doing my first "shopping" in The body shop, haha! (look at that happy face).

Wearing : Basic top, simple red but really comfy skirt and I added the shirt because it makes everything more interesting.

It was so damn hot in Prague! And so many tourists, so I maybe recommend it better in November or Decemeber, because the "spirit" of the city is better. I visited it two times in November and I think it is better time to visit it. Not so many tourists and you can drink mulled wine and so...

But anyway, I had an amazing time there, I love the buildings in Prague. I could watch the houses there for a whole day. And I did.

Home again

It feels good to be back home again. But at the same time, I am so busy! My blog sponsors got crazy with packages and I'm preparing my new Zumba songs, working, organising my life for a beginning of the new "school year"... Anyway, stay tuned for more! :)

Kisses from Ljubljana, (finally haha)

Katja

Dvorec Trebnik me je nekaj tednov nazaj presenetil z nepričakovanim paketkom! V njem se je skrivala celotna linija Rakitovec - o kateri sem že pisala tukaj!

Zelo sem se razveselila celotne linije, ker me je oljnat tuš gel zelo navdušil - zato sem vse skupaj kar hitro začela testirati.

Mleko za telo

Mleko sem podarila sestri, ker imam jaz teh izdelkov že polno omaro! Sama mi je povedala, da ji izjemno lepo nahrani kožo in da vonj na koži ostane ceeel ljubi dan. Več prijateljev, jo je vprašalo kateri parfum uporablja - ona pa je imela na sebi le mleko. Ha, skoraj mi je škoda da ga nisem sama stestirala, heh,...

Šampon za suhe lase

Tudi šampona nisem testirala jaz. Ko se slovenska beauty scena začne nenadno zelo pospešeno razvijati, je preprosto preveč izdelkov, da bi vse testirala sama oz. mi je žal, da mi izdelki po več mesecev ležijo v vrečkah in čakajo na svoj trenutek.

Šampon je testirala mami. Vzela ga je sabo na morje in ga tam celega porabila, zato zaupam njeni oceni. Ker je tudi ona noro navdušena nad "oljem za tuširanje" in ji je vonj zelo pri srcu, se je zelo razveselila tega šampona. Šampon je hranilen in lase lepo ukroti in po uporabi definitivno niso več tako suhi in ne "frčijo" na vse strani, kar je super.

Kar se tiče mila za roke in balzama za roke - fantastično. Balzam je vsekakor zmagovalec v tej igri - ker je hranilen, vlažilen in preprosto super za suhe roke. Sem zelo zbirčna ko pride do krem za roke - ker si dnevno namažem roke s kremo vsaj 5x. Ta balzam je ravno prav masten in mojim suhim rokam nudi ugodje.

Milo je milo. Preprosto ga težko pohvalim, da je nekaj "posebnega", lepo diši - kot vsa linija, to je pa vse :)

Masažno olje

Hvala bogu za naše moške! Redko kdaj si sama naredim masažo (vsi vemo kako nemogoče je to), mogoče samo na nogah in stegnih po Zumbi, če imam "muskelfiber", drugače pa sem vedno hvaležna za vse masaže od mojega dragega. Pomagal mi je testirati tole olje...

Diši enako kot celotna linija. POZOR pusti nekaj malega barve, tako da je treba biti pazljiv. Če se po uporabi takoj oblečete - se nikakor ne oblačit v svetle obleke. Če je le možnost, počakajte da se vpije. Drugače pa je olje super, lepo diši, pomirja in odlično nahrani kožo.

Želim vam uspešen dan! Moj je spet čisto poln! :)

Katja

Back in Amsterdam!

I could not be happier. Amsterdam is one of my favourite cities on the world. (well, till now).

The people are so open and so kind, they speak many languages and are just amazing. I also met Slovenian blogger Agnes there and see how she is doing <3 Also totally in love with the city!

About the look

This was in the middle of the trip probably a 10th or 11th day... And I already used some clothes, so I thought that this dress will be perfect for Amsterdam.

Combination is crazy. If you showed me those pictures 5 years ago, I would never wear something like this.

But... Amsterdam is inspiring! You can DARE to wear something crazy there. So I did.

Glam dress, fancy... With leather totally crazy cowboy jacket, white snikers (thanks August for cleaning them in the morning in the Netherlands - you made them whiter than ever, haha!). Dirty snickers just won't do next to fancy dress.

And hat?!

Yeah, Amsterdam is pretty windy. So hat is a must! The combination is sporty, fancy, edgy at the same time.

But to be honest... It is one of my favourite looks ever. And I was laughing the first few moments "are you seriously gonna wear snickers on that dress"?

What do you think?

Kisses!

P.s. I will probably spend my weekend on Slovenian coast, the Slovenian film festival is going on and my baby has a movie there too! Hope for the best! <3 Is anybody else gonna be there?

Katja

Buy this dress on Walktrendy.com - HERE

Roberto Cavalli my story

Moja zgodba s parfumi Roberta Cavallija sega približno 2 leti nazaj... Bil je popolnoma navaden delovno - šolski dan in s fantom sva se dobila na kosilu. Čisto slučajno so na Čopovi delili testerje Cavallijevega novega parfuma "nero absoluto" (o katerem si lahko preberete tukaj). In po naključju so enega dali tudi mojemu dragemu.

Že ob prvi probi, sem se praktično zaljubila v te močne vonjave. Parfum je takoj romal na mojo "wishlisto". In za božič, tudi v moje roke.

Roberto Cavalli paradiso

Letos je na trg prispel NOV Cavalli parfum. Meni se zdi resnično edinstven in ne morem se ga "prevohati". Mislim, da bo postal moj novi "it" parfum, po dolgih letih (mislim da 8, če ne več) bo zamenjal mojo Dolce & Gabbano the one.

Parfum je res edinstven, malo močnejši, pa vseeno svež in dominanten. Preprosto ga morate preizkusiti, ko boste naslednjič v drogerijah.

Kaj pa ve? Imate kakšen njihov parfum?

Meni so res odlični, dolgo se obržijo, vonji so edinstveni in tudi embalaža je vrhunska.

Cena je primerna kvaliteti - in za tak parfum, mi nikoli ni škoda odšteti tudi kakšen euro več. Sploh zato, ker res zdržijo na koži cel dan in ker ponavadi tudi trajajo vsaj kakšno leto.

Katja

Ahoj!

Today we are returning back to TELČ! Telč is really an amazing village/little town on the south of Češka Republika!

We started our trip right here in this amazing town and we were more than happy to do it. We lived in this RED house behind me on the picture, it was dreamy. A whole village is wrapped up in those amazing old houses (google it, please!).

It was really hot here, so I was wearing the most comfortable hairstyle and clothes haha! Hairbun and new skirt, which is like leggings haha - it really is the most comfortable skirt ever.

Really simple look for long walks around Telč! And I loved prices here! Everything is so cheep - food, drinks... ah, love it!

And it is only 6 hours of gorgeous drive from Ljubljana (capital of Slovenia).

I really enjoyed my days here and I am sure we will return soon!

P.s. In the old house... There was no internet, nothing modern. I loved it, we had gorgeous evenings by candles, listening gramophone records... Gotta do it again soon! <3

P.s. I am so excited about everything lately! Starting fresh year at Zumba classes (get ready girls!), school, work, blog... I really am highly motivated to make the best of this "new" year.

Katja

Something new to try out... All the bloggers are writing about this dry shampoo - never tried it! Now I will!

Germany, Douglas : 4 eur

I wanted to have this beauty since my sister told me how great it is. So I got an amazing discount and bought it in Amsterdam!

Amsterdam : 20 euro with discount (in Slovenia around 30 eur!)

One of my favourite Fa's. Love this smell - like a parfume!

Dusseldorf, DM : 1 eur

So, I was never fan of TBS. But somehow... When I was in Prague, I got totally in love with some products. So... Here they are.

Honeymania shower gel : Free gift next to other things, the price is : 7 euro

White mask : 12 eur (body mist)

I always buy some basic things I need in my makeup bag, in Germany even Essence is cheeper! So, here they are!

Essence extreme mascara : 2,7 eur

Catrice, new colours lip gloss : 3,5 euro

Love the natural shades (like I don't have enough natural palettes), but this one is small and perfect for trips!

DM, Germany : 10 eur (the price is quite amazing!)

So, let's try to contour!

Essence contouring set : around 3 euro

Essence lip liners : 1 eur

I totally fell in love with new lipsticks... From Essence!

Lipstick essence : around 2,5 euro

Found this amazing colour of blush in Hamburg, so gotta try this cosmetics I don't really know.

Price : around 3 euro

Don't worry I will make post only about TBS products, so for now only price :

Argan body butter 400 ml : around 19 eur (Prague)

Germany, Hamburg : around 16 euro

OH, my gosh. Those things are so much cheeper in Germany. Everything from 1 euro to 2,5 euros!

I only bought 3 nail polishes! Yay! :D

Essence : 1,5 eur

p2 : 2 eur

Bought my 5th Mac lipstick in Amsterdam! Shade : CRAVING (mauve shade), price : european standard 19 euro

Yaaaaay! New Maybelline MATTE lipstick! In Slovenia the price will probably be around 10, in Germany... 6,5 euro!

Totally in love with this oriental smell <3

Prague, TBS : around 25 euro

I finally did it. I bought this amazing cleanser... In Amsterdam! I will write more soon!

Price : Slovenia, 37 euro - Holland 30 eur (with discount!)

Naked palette - number 1! Got some money left in Frankfurt... The gas was not so expensive than I calculate... So... I bought my first NAKED PALETTE *aaaaa*

Price : 47 euro, Germany, Frankfurt

Flushed : (the darkest shades - SPIN) - around 33 euro

Nivea is from GERMANY, Hamburg! So I bought some of my favourite products there!

So much cheeper than Slovenia!

Slovenia : around 6 euro for 400 ml "in shower body lotion" - Germany : around 3 euros!

I know the haul is HUGE. But I was working really hard, 2 jobs, for 7 months... So, when you work hard for your money, and you know each 1 cent you have is made by you - there is no problem for spending it on the things you love!

And I must say on the trip we paid so little for gas - I love my car! Hahah, that's why this shopping was possible. And mostly we were staying at our friend's houses, family ... So that a big, big, big plus! :)

I am really happy and grateful that I got the chance to shop so much! I am a lucky girl, but also if I remember all the "all day shifts" I worked... Work hard, shop hard!

P.s. Must say I really had an amazing time yesterday on "one of my" first Zumba classes this year, girls I really missed you!

Gotta go to work now, later - we will celebrate my "father in law's" birthday & tomorrow me and my man are celebrating 4 years together *can't believe that love is still growing with everyday*, so I have really great days in from of me ... Damn, I feel so lucky lately, feels good to be grateful for all the good things in life

Kisses,

Katja

Amazing Porsche 911 (the oldest version) in the background.

Čas je za nov potovalni outfit!

Danes bom pisala kar v slovenščini, že dolgo nisem! Tokrat vam predstavljam outfit "kar je še ostalo od oblek", bil je 16. dan potovanja in bila sva v Frankfurtu.

Frankfurt sem obiskala že 4. in kot sem že večkrat omenila, se v tem mestu počutim že čisto domače. Fantova teta je praznovala rojstni dan, zato se je celotni nemški del družine zbral v Frankfurtu! In bilo je zares zanimivo videti vse na kupu! Skratka - v Frankfurtu sva dneve preživljala z družino in si seveda ukradla nekaj ur zase v centru mesta.

Tokrat nosim kavbojke Zara, čevlje Deichmann, jakno New Yorker in majico Forever21. Kapo sem "morala" kupiti v Hamburgu zaradi vetra, zato sem zavila v najbližji H&M.

September je super čas za potovanje, ni prevroče - ne rabiš s seboj nositi litre mrzle vode da lahko sploh normalno deluješ (če izvzamem vročo Prago), pa vendarle je vreme tako spremenjljivo - sploh če menjaš lokacije po nekaj dneh in se premikaš gor in dol po Evropi za nekaj 100 km vsake nekaj dni... Zdaj me je izučilo, da sabo potrebujem vzeti praktično vse od poletnih oblek do skoraj da zimske oprave za mrzel in vetroven sever Evrope.

Prav zato, mi je dokaj kmalu zmanjkalo oblek - vendar je bilo zanimivo delati kombinacije z več ali manj enakimi kosi in seveda sem bila "prisiljena" kupiti tudi nekaj novega, da sem sploh "prišla čez" z oblekami, haha.

Da se vrnem nazaj k mestu Frankfurt, (stara objava iz leta 2013, klikni) - Frankfurt me vedno znova preseneti. Mesto je praktično "popolno" kar se tiče lokacije, letalskih povezav, ima staro mesto jedro, prav tako znani evropski "downtown" z največ nebotičniki, ki dajejo mestu poseben značaj in mesto je samo dvakrat toliko veliko kot naša Ljubljana, tako da nimaš občutka - da je preveliko.

Ste ga že obiskale? :)

P.s. V petek sem preživela res izjemen dan, najlepša hvala Augustu (še stotič), za vsa presenečenja in preprosto "poln" dan kot mi je najbolj všeč :)

Katja,

ležerno nedelja vam želim (moja je delavna, hihi)

Back to Berlin!

Tokrat sem si za lokacijo "šutinga" izbrala kar moj Berlinski dom. Na ta "platz" sem zelo čustveno navezana.

Savigny platz je bil moj dom v vseh mojih obiskih Berlina (če izvzamem moj prvi obisk Berlina, 10 let nazaj z godalnim orkestrom) in se mi resnično zdi popolna lokacija za živeti.

Savigny platz je pravzaprav trg oz. manjši park in okoli njega so prečudovite visoke staromeščanske hiše in ulice. V eni izmed teh hiš sva živela tudi midva, pri najinih prijateljih, Drago und Detlev danke fur alles! :) Nikakor ne morem mimo prečudovitega ogromnega stanovanja kjer sva živela in terase kjer sva vsak večer sedela in pila vino z razgledom na park.

Nahaja se približno 100-150 metrov od glavne ulice Kudamm - ki je prav tako eden izmed mnogih centrov Berlina in 400 metrov od Berlinskega ZOO-ja.

Berlin je mesto z neverjetno svobodo in navdihom - mene osebno vedno znova očara in tudi tokrat 4ič, me ni nič manj kot prvič. Verjetno pa na to mesto gledam drugače že zaradi tega, ker je bilo mesto najina prva destinacija za potovanje in moj dragi se je tam rodil - zato sem še posebej vesela, ker se po mestu sprehajam s pravim berlinčanom, hehe :)

Nikakor se ne moram izogniti vsem zgodbam, ki stojijo za to lokacijo oz. outfitom! (Katja, stop chatting!)

All about outfit

Obleko sem kupila v Primarku, čeprav sem mislila da je ne bom nosila takoj - pa se je vse skupaj obrnilo tako, da so temperature v Berlinu v enem dnevu padle iz 35 na 15, tako da sem jo morala takoj obleči.

Vse ostalo že poznate,

Shoes - H&M

Dress - Primark

Jacket - New Yorker

Moram priznati, da mi je outfit zelo všeč. Izjemno udoben in malo drugačen - obleka je popolnoma oprijeta, tako da lepo poudari celotno telo - vendar po mojem mnenje šele jakna doda "svoje".

V petek se bom udeležila prve blogerske konference v Sloveniji! Komaj čakam! Končno bom spoznala še preostanek slovenske lepotne blogerske scene in ogromno novih izdelkov in metod kako izboljšati blog! WOHO!

Lep dan vam želim & en ogromen Berlinski objem!

Katja

1. Knowing languages is the greatest treasure.

Like I wrote many times - I LOVE speaking foreign languages. Even if I just know few words, I will speak it. And I can not tell you how often it shows, that languages are the greatest gift. I spoke spanish at my work so many times lately, that I am truly grateful that I speak it so well.

Ha, and my english. I'm good speaker, but not a writer - I still write millions mistakes and believe me I know that. But I am still learning. Croatian/Serbian/Bosnian is also a big gift to me, because I can understand also Macedonian, Bulgarian and little Russian.

And my german... I was really bad, but thanks to my man and his lovely german family and our trips to Germany each summer, I can actually speak in German language! Really thankful for that. <3

How many languages do you speak? I speak 5!

2. It is not necessary to plan everything.

I admit, I can be a control freak - but on the road, you can't plan everything. Sometimes really good things can happen if you don't plan it. In Dusseldorf we meet our lovely friend Junior - totally not expected and last year I met slovenian blogger Slađi in the middle of 500.000 people in the city. Not planned.

I always say "Don't go with the flow. Make your own flow."... But sometimes, it's nice to follow it and be surprised!

3. Travel with "the one" who can stand you even when you are pain in the a**.

I learned this many times. When you are traveling... You are 24/7 with that person. You get nervous sometimes. Scared at some situations. You are tired or not feeling well. It is really important that the person is similar to you and likes to eat similar things and to discover similar places... It is really hard if you want to go to museum and the other one just wants to shop.

You really don't want to fight and argue on your trip! So take care about this.

4. If you are not happy on the inside, you can not be happy somewhere else in the world.

It's all about that "peace of mind". You can't expect that traveling will instant make you happy. Even if it helps - in my case, haha! But if you can't feel happy at home or anywhere... Changing location won't do anything. You must be happy on the inside. (this is the topic where I can speak for hours!)

5. Yes, you will run out of clothes.

You can't be 100% prepared. The weather is changing all the time... Especially if you travel more than 2 weeks, you can not predict it. And if you are changing locations... Better take swimsuit and winter jacket with you haha! Like my trip for example - in Berlin 35 degrees in Hamburg 11!

6. Most of the people are kind.

They are still good people! On trips I always run into people which are really trying to help you when you are lost etc., I so happy that there are still that kind of people! I also always help tourists! I love that!

7. You can survive with a lot less than you think.

I 'm not complicated traveler. But I like my own peace and bathroom please, haha! But still I can sleep on the floor or eat only "brotchen" (german's typical bread) for breakfast or lunch. You can save a lot of money if you cook by yourself or just make a sandwich from things you buy - which are cheep. I really like living like this few weeks a year, because you actually see how little do you need for living.

8. You can have fun anywhere.

You don't need to go out to a fancy club to have fun. Just singing in car on a long long road is sometimes enough. Or sleeping in a park in the middle of big city - I never do this at home. Or tasting new food - probably really "healthy" one haha, you can really have fun ANYWHERE. With the right person!

9. It's never too late to change.

Traveling is all about change. Changing location, changing way of dressing, getting inspired and changing the way of thinking.

When I return from a short or long trip - I am always inspired by the energy of the city, I feel like I can do anything, that I got filled with new positive energy!

How do you feel about this "change"?

10. We are all the same. No matter where you are.

This is the most important one. We are all people. We all want the same things. To be happy, to have a family next to you, to have a job/work, to have a little money for your little luxuries and to be able to live in PEACE. And to have freedom.

Hope You enjoy reading my article! <3

Katja

Ker sem zadnje čase ogrooomna potrošnica in navdušenka nad olji, sem se zelo veselila testiranja tega znanega in oh in sploh opevanega olja!

Viva la vida preverja...

Resnično me zanima, zakaj vse punce tako opevajo tole olje. Tako, da sem se odločila da moje mnenje delim z vami... In prosim, če mi v komentarje zapišete tudi svoje mnenje, me res zanima! Ponudba olj je vsak dan večja, sploh arganovega ... Tako, da me res zanima kako se lahko primerja cene in kvalitete olj.

Obljubljajo...

Da ima Nuxe edinstveno formulo, obogateno z bisernimi delci zlatega sijaja, olje je sestavljeno iz 6 olj :

- makadamije

- lešnika

- boreča

- mandlja

- kamelije

- šentjanževke in vitamina E

Embalaža in vonj (prvi vtis)

Embalaža je klasična, lepa - minimalistična. Na prvi pogled všečna. Dozirnik je tudi super, saj je olje lepo razporedi. Vonj je zelo "topel" malenkost orientalski, meni je všeč.

Uporaba

Olja lahko uporabljamo na 100 in 1 način. Veliko punc me sprašuje kako se pravilno uporablja katerokoli olje, ali kaj spiramo ali pustimo na laseh, obrazu (pustimo!) itd...

Olje se uporablja na laseh, koži in obrazu. Sama sicer olja uporabljam samo na obrazu in telesu, na laseh se mi nekako ne obnesejo, samo tista - ki so posebej za lase imam rada.

Kako sem izboljšala vlažnost kože?

Moja je koža je imela "vlažnost" kože pred 6 meseci 37% kar pomeni, da je bila koža dehidrirana. In ker vlaga pomeni "napeto, zdravo kožo, brez gub" sem se odločila popolnoma spremeniti mojo nego obraza.

Vendar... OLJA so mojo kožo izboljšala... in ko so mi na blogerski konferenci izmerili vlažnost kože je bila številka veliko večja. 76% vlaga! Punca je kar debelo pogledala, saj je to izjemen rezultat.

OBVEZNO vlaženje, vlaženje in še enkrat vlaženje kože.

1. Odstranjevalec ličil, gele... sem zamenjala z mlekom in tistimi geli ki so posebej za suho kožo.

2. Vlažilna krema & cvetna vodica (ali tonik) & serum

3. OLJE! (argan, jojoba...) obvezno pred spanjem. In kako paše kožo navlažiti in očistiti kot je treba pred spanjem! Upam, da ne pretiravam z olji, ker sem se zadnje čase res res res navdušila nad njimi in temu primeren je tudi rezultat.

NUXE olje je definitivno eno izmed boljših olj, ne samo zaradi čudovitega vonja in embalaže, vendar ker je tudi tako vsestranski in kvaliteten - da mu popolnoma zaupam.

P.s. Za obraz priporočam olja brez bleščic, torej navadno olje.

Rada bi preizkusila še kakšen njihov izdelek.

Kaj priporočate?

Katja

Back to hot Berlin days!

I really miss Berlin already! Kudamm, like I wrote in previous posts is one of my favourite places in Berlin and I am lucky enough that we lived right next to this amazing shopping street.

You can see famous church Gedächtniskirche behind me!

Hope you like it, it really is "all about comfort".

Too much things going on again, starting fresh new year at school, Zumba, work... BLOGGING! WOHO! So expect a FIRST OFFICIAL BEAUTY BLOGGERS CONFERENCE (in Slovenia) post soon!

In the morning I went "hiking" with my dad and we did a little (8 kilos!) of chestnut harvest, so the whole family will come together at the evening and we will have a "typical" fall evening, can't wait.

What is better than cold outside, fresh chestnuts & fresh apple juice & maybe so ginger bread?! FALL IS HERE, YUPEEEY!

(so sorry, lately I have too much energy and I am too excited about little things haha, but I guess this is good!)

Katja

sending you huuuuugs and some chestnuts! <3

Prva slovenska lepotna blogerska konferenca!

Vse se je začelo v naši "skriti" blogerski skupini na facebooku. Večkrat smo se že želele dobiti, vse na kupu... Pa saj vsi vemo kako to gre. 100 punc spraviti na kup, da bodo imele vse čas... Skoraj nemogoče!

RAZEN, če organiziraš blogersko konferenco, s super programom, sponzorji... potem, pa se blogerke ne morejo upreti!

Kje in kdaj?

Dobile smo se v Grand hotelu Union v Ljubljani, 2.10 že zelo zgodaj zjutraj.

Konferenca je traja ves dan... vendar, se je splačalo!

Kaj smo počele?

VSE! Hahah, imele smo res noro doživetje! Imele smo poučna predavanja o fotografiji, facebooku, uporabi socialnih omrežij, debato z uvodniki, predavanje o tem kako blog narediti še uspešnejši z malo bolj tehniškega vidika, blogersko tržnico s sponzorji, sladkale smo se, masirale in klepetale...na kubik!

Zaradi prevelikega dogajanja, sem imela fotoaparat pri sebi, le na začetku! Preprosto ni bilo (je kateri ratalo?!) mogoče, da bi slikala vsako zadevo, instagramala ter sledila in bila prisotna pri pogovorih z uvodniki, sponzorji...

Rajši sem se posvetila temu "da sem bila tam z glavo" in da sem malo manj slikala...

Takole pa izgledamo blogerke "za vsem bliščem" haha, malo manj glamurozno in malo bolj delavno kot ste nas navajeni, kajne? :)

ZELO sem se razveselila...

Tega, da sem se dejansko nekaj novega naučila. In teh stvari, res ni bilo malo. Vesela sem novega znanja in res komaj čakam da ga uporabim! Hkrati pa, ne želim preveč spreminjati "strategije" objav, ker želim še vedno da je to ustvarjanje za dušo in srce in ne taktiziranje za čim več ogledov in sledilcev.

Partner in crime and lashes haha Simona iz Beauty of a lemon (click!)

Res sem presrečna,ker sem imela priložnost spoznati nekatere punce, ki jih še nisem spoznala. Seveda pa je tudi 12 ur PREMALO, za vse "klepetuljice", ki si imamo preveč za povedati tudi če se že poznamo itd. Tako da, se opravičujem, če s katero nisem predolgo oz. sploh nisem nič klepetala, pa drugič!

Mislim, da smo imele vse "gužvo", hehe...

Hitri poskusi fotografiranja na naravni svetlobi!

Preprosto "mogla sem" ujeti trenutek, kako se fotografije v resnici ustvarjajo. Malce več dela in idej je za tem kot izgleda na blogih...

Vesela sem bila, da smo delali z Afroditinimi izdelki.Kot večkrat omenim, je Afrodita zame "bog i batina" kar se tiče kozmetičnih proizvodov, tako da res komaj čakam da stestiram njihove nove izdelke! (veste, da so izdali tudi intimno milo in olja za lase?!?!?!)

Uživala sem tudi v Afroditinem predavanju.Končno je nekdo naglas povedal kaj je TONIK in zakaj je tako pomemben. Več pričakujte v eni izmed mojih objav o negi kože in kako povečati vlažnost kože.

Skrajno resno pregledujem ALI burgerje (kateri je večji) ali pa kakšnega od kozmetičnih proizvodov. (Simona se baše zraven, hihihi!)

Slika Hotela Grand Union - da vidite kakšen je bil naš blogerski "vibe" :)

Predavanje Jureta Dolerja in naš carski voditelj :)

Pero, Simona in jaz! (in moja nesimetričnost obraza haha!)

Skrito fotkanje mojega tatuja haha!

N-J-A-M-I!

Res sem hvaležna, da sem se lahko udeležila te konference. HVALA Niki Veger (click!!!), da je vse tako NORO dobro organizirala.

Naučila sem se ogromno, dobila ogromno novih izdelkov, se podružila s super puncami, dobila nove kontakte uvoznikov in nov ZAGON in energijo za pisanje bloga, kar se mi zdi res najboljše! :)

HVALA, HVALA, HVALA!

Babe žabe na kupu! <333 Na spletu nas zgleda manj, kajne? :)

Sliko kradem simpatični Urški iz bloga La beaute (click!)

HVALA VSEM : Kozmetika Afrodita, L'Occitane, Lassana, Zlatarna Celje, Dvorec Trebnik, Alessandro, AlpStories, Avon, Clarisonic, Curaprox, YoungBlood, Le Couvent Des Minimes, Melvita, Oriflame, Philips, Vichy, darila pa so prispevali še: Aussie, Catrice, CD, Click2Chic, essence, Catrice, Eucerin, GoldenRose, Labello, LaRochePosay, Ličila.si, Nivea, Paul Mitchel, Restart, Nula, Smile Concept Store in Adriamedia/ Cosmopolitan)

P.s. Slike so v različnih "filtrih", vendar sem res želela povzeti različne trenutke, tako da ja - se zavedam da post ni najbolj estetski! Ampak včasih so spomini pomembnejši kot estetika,

Katja

Fotografije : Katja Grudnik, Marko Ocepek, Cosmopolitan, Govori.se...

I still have some outfits left from the trip and will try to show them to you as soon as possible, there are so many things going on and I have too many posts to post, hah! #standard

So, this look is from... UTRECHT! Utrecht is such a cute city between EDE and AMSTERDAM, it is around 25 min away (by train) from Amsterdam. We had an amazing evening here, chilling by the river and enjoying the architecture!

Before that we were in Amsterdam and I bought this "dress/t-shirt" because I was dressed totally wrong, haha in the morning was so cold and then hot... (Holland!)

So, this is outfit is totally improvised, hat from Hamburg, dress from main square in Amsterdam and the rest is my "classic equipment" haha!

Wish you an amazing day, I am spending my day with friends today!

P.S. SLOVENIAN READERS ONLY : Punce, v SOBOTO, 17.20 na RTV SLO 1 bo v oddaju Posebna ponudba predstavljen problem "zavajanja kupcev" s kozmetiko L'Amorage. Govorila bom tudi jaz & kupci, ki so prizadeti. Vse skupaj se je začelo ravno zaradi moje kritike (preberi tukaj!) in vesela sem, da so se punce na mojem blogu našle in si bodo pomagala, pa tudi ogromno punc sem opozorila pred zavajanjem.

Ponavljam za tiste, ki narobe razumejo : ne govorim o kvaliteti krem, čeprav je tudi ta pod vprašanjem in sestavine, ampak o NAČINU poslovanja in vsiljivem psihološko preračunanem načinu kako človeka, tudi če noče kupiti "stisniti v kot" in da "prisiliti" da podpiše pogodbo.

Lep vikend vsem! <3

Katja

More about this lipstick Bourgeois Velvet 02 here! I really hated the smell, that's why I didn't wear it for a year maybe, but now it is truly one of my favourite lipsticks! (this outfit is coming on blog soon!)

More about this lipstick here (click) one of the best pigmented lipsticks ever! It is everything but matte, haha - but I really like the shine!

All about this lipstick on this post (click!) gorgeous, gorgeous lipstick from Yves Saint Laurent!

Lipstick from MAC - All fired up! Totally matte, loving it!

All about this amazing shade of Bourjois Aqua lack lipstick here (click!)

Love this lip smoother, BIG post about is here! (click!)

I'm in hurry, so I will just say - you loved this post few months ago! And I decided to make a new one! I think it is really nice way to show how lipsticks look on me and that is not "typical swatch".

Hope you like it!

This "outfit and lipstick" post in winter (click!)

Katja

H&M trousers

Kritika kozmetike L'amorage

Bourjois sweet kiss gloss review & Maxfactor smoky eye drama kit

Romwe jumpsuit in the city

The secrets of Blogging

Work outfit & happiness boutique

Eurotrip : Prague / Stripes and red skirt

Dvorec Trebnik - linija rakitovec mnenje

Eurotrip : Amsterdam inspired crazy mix

Paradiso by Roberto Cavalli

Eurotrip : TELC / casual look

Huge eurotrip haul

Eurotrip : Frankfurt / what is left from clothes

Eurotrip : Berlin : Maxi dress

10 things I learned while traveling

Nuxe oil review

Eurotrip : Berlin / Printed trousers

1. Blogerska lepotna konferenca

Eurotrip : Utrecht magic evening

Outfit and lipstick / 2