프로터치 컬러 마스터 섀도 팔레트

I got my hands on this item, people have been talking a lot about it and when I saw it on sale I couldn't help myself. And luckily I have my parents in law, this was sold out online so my mum in law went to the closest store and got it for me.

It was heavier than I expected since the size of each shadow is so small.

Anyway I love the mix of colours :)

It comes with 30 different colours - 21 matt, 7 shimmery and 2 glittery.

I was a bit sad, the glittery ones are not as good as I hoped, you don't see the glitter so well.
Also some of the very light colours are not very pigmented and you know layer on layer is not the best. However some of the darker ones gives a great colour, I like a lot!

Also see below are some way of what to mix to get the look.

I don't think I will buy this again, but I'm sure to use the colours I like until the end. It's good to bring for travel as there are so many colours, however it's quite large so not sure how to bring it...

well well.. it's an ok palette.

Score

★★★/★★★★★

You can buy it here: Nature Republic Homepage

Round 3

I cannot believe it's time to go again.

Round 3 this year and who knows it might not be the last?!

If you have followed my blog the past year you know where I am heading..

If you are new, I'm heading south to Hamburg!!

It's going to be a very busy week ahead.

Holiday & All Night

SNSD is back!
Can't believe they have been around for 10 years already. It feels like it was just a year or two since they first debuted...and it means I'm older too!! lol

Which song do you like the most?
Holiday or All Night?






I like All night better ^^

Another beetroot and feta cheese pie

Last time I made this beetroot and feta cheese pie I used regular dough.

This time I bought filo dough. And I think it turned out very nice! I folded the extra dough around and it looks like a beautiful flower. I cannot wait to try it.

It's my fave vegetarian dish these days.

Deliciousness :)

I know I'm a fast walker when...

In my phone I have an app that count my steps..

Today it got over excited or maybe I did!?

It showed I was riding a bike... but in reality I was walking, I know I'm a fast walker but ^^;;

Bibimbap lunch at home

Last Sunday we put our heads together again and made some delicious Bibimbap.

Core protein - Oumph. The new veggie food taking over Sweden.

It all turned out delicious!!

It's fun to cook together :)

Rice with oumph, kimchi, spring onions, shiitake, beansprouts, spinach, cucumber, and an egg.

All mixed with Korean red pepper paste.

MADLY DELICIOUS!

Mickey and Minnie in Korean

How many has seen this video yet??
Isn't it cute? It's the first time in a long time I saw Mickey and Minnie in Korean.

Funny thing is that this so remind me of my hubby and I trying to be the smartest one...lol

ENJOY

Delicious memories

I went here a few years ago with my bestie.
We tried some really delicious items! And compare to foods/drinks at Disney in the US, Japanese Disney is cheap...! When I visited I tried a few, and I really..really liked the Curry one!
It's a fun thing to buy and eat.
If you are Japanese (or a child) you might buy the can that you can bring home and bring whenever you visit, so you can fill up on popcorn throughout the day.
Each vendor sells it's own popcorn bucket, the most expensive was the one with Duffy.
Do you know Duffy? I had NO IDEA until my friend told me. I had seen the bear ever since I first went to Japan but I thought it was a Japanese character. But no, it's a plush Mickey gave to Minnie.
I have no idea but in Japan this bear is the most popular and way more expensive. It has it's own store at Disney Sea. I was surprised of the prices and Japanese people buying items like crazy.

I wish we'd fun more popcorn in Sweden. And not sweet ones only.
I remember in Korea at the movies they'd sell different ones like Green tea, caramel ,cheese, onion etc. My fave was of course Green tea.

Soufflé Omelette

I saw this on YT by a few chefs, I kinda got stuck on this video because it was short.

We had this for dinner the other day.

But we added some veggies and italian sausage on the side. And in the omelette I added mozzarella cheese and truffle oil. It was so delicious. As we had more eggs than this video, don't forget to have a large pan..haha

My hubby needs food and get fat (he is so skinny, perfect to be a kpop star..lol)

다이노소어

This is a very cute song, it's about one of Chanhyuks childhood dreams.
It's a very cute song and has an awesome arrangement!
What a comeback, a bit sad they are not promoting but that's life right ^^

ENJOY!

Lyrics

나의 옛날 동네
옛날 동네 반지하 빌라엔
네 가족 오순 도순
오순 도순 잘 살고 있었네

화장실 문 밑엔
쥐가 파놓은 구멍이
매일 밤 뒤척거리시던 아버지
No problem
난 아무것도 몰랐거든

아직도 그때가 생생해
무서울게 없었던 어리기만 한 나를
펄쩍 뛰게 한
펄쩍 뛰게 한
펄쩍 뛰게 한
Dinosaur

어릴 적 내 꿈에 나온 Dinosaur
어릴 적 내 꿈에 나온 Dinosaur

비명과 함께 깼네
함께 깼네 네 가족이 다 같이
따스한 이부자리
이부자리 두 발로 걷어찼지


엄마는 날 안아줘
내 못 감추는 울먹임
TV 보며 진정하라 하셨지
깜빡깜빡 거리네
까만 방이 번쩍거리네

아직도 그 꿈이 생생해
무서울게 없었던 어리기만 한 나를
펄쩍 뛰게 한
펄쩍 뛰게 한
펄쩍 뛰게 한
Dinosaur

어릴 적 내 꿈에 나온 Dinosaur
어릴 적 내 꿈에 나온 Dinosaur

우리 집 창문을 부수고
내 가족에게 포효하던
널 다시 만나면
그땐 너보다
더 크게 소리 지를래
더 크게 소리 지를래
더 크게 소리 지를래
더 크게 소리 지를래
Dinosaur

어릴 적 내 꿈에 나온 Dinosaur
어릴 적 내 꿈에 나온 Dinosaur

마이 아이섀도우 (글리터)

Earlier this year Innisfree launched their My Palette series.

They launch several items so the customer could customize. I really wish to make my own palette but I want to wait until I go to South Korea. I want to test the items out before making the final selection.

To try out a part of it I decided to get an eyeshadow. I went for the glitter one as I wanted my eyes to glow a bit for the wedding. I chose this blush colour with glitter.

I got this one in number 16. Brilliant crape myrtle (찬란한 백일홍)

This is very pigmented and can be used in many ways to get the desired look.

As I did my makeup in the morning, it still looked good in the evening, if wanted you can always retouch a bit. And yes some glitter came off but it wasn't like I had glitter all over my face so I cannot say anything bad with this one (this specific colour). To wash it off, itcomes off with a regular make up remover. You do not need to rub too much which is very good.

I'm very pleased and look forward to set my foot in an Innisfree shop and built my palette :)

Score

★★★★★/★★★★★

16 찬란한 백일홍

You can buy it here, and also see all other items you can add into a palette or buy as a single.

Hola Hola

The summer is moving on, it kinda feels that we are coming to an end already.
Still we are only at the end of July.
Don't ask me why, however this song sure keeps the summer up!!

ENJOY!!

Black bean noodles and sweet sour pork

I'm ticking off my cravings one by one.

As you might know, I was on a strict wedding diet and shredded lots of kilos on the way.

Yes it felt good!! Although I do not want to be as strict as prior the wedding, I decided to follow it during the weekdays, and have my cheat days on weekends!

I have wanted this for quite some time and since we are not going to Korea any day soon I asked to make this at home!

This week's cheat food was the Korean Jjajangmyeon (짜장면) and Tangsuyuk  (탕수육).

To get the BEST of the BEST. I googled a lot and took inspiration from here and there.

My hubby helped too and in the end we decided on how to proceed.

For the noodles our biggest inspiration was from Korean chef Baek Jong-won.

He put a lot of green onions in the base and no added potatoes. We added pork loin, onions and the blackbean sauce. and let it all cook together 

Wow it turned out nice.

As for the sweet and sour pork, it seems the key ingredient to get the crunch is to let potato or corn starch sit in water, 1,5-2 h before pouring out the water. Add an egg and mix, that batter wow!!

double frying is the best, the taste and crunch is to die for.

The sauce however, I trusted my usual Youtube inspirations but I was not pleased with the outcome, in the end I had to do my own show to get the perfect taste. I followed what they said but to be it tasted like water and water only. Anyhow it turned out great!!!

If you wonder about the noodles, we picked up noodles from the asian grocery market, specially made for cooking jjajangmyeon. You can use Udon or "kalguksu" noodles.

Kal = knife, "guksu" = noodles. 

I like both but the udon is a bit more chewy  and that's why we chose those noodles this time around.

미샤 브러쉬 클리너

One of the things I hate the most is to clean brushes!!

But then I found this item from Korean Missha, it totally saved my day! This is the Missha Brush Cleaner and it doesn't need water. you just open, swipe on the white part and brush off on the black and done! It only takes a few seconds to clean the brush!!!

It's easy and quick to use! Perfect for a lazy person like me and also very travel friendly.

I'm in love with this brush cleaner!

It's also very cheap. 6000 won! Aprox 5.5 USD. And like I said, it's very light so it's easy to bring around! If you hate to clean brushes... this is the item for you!

I bet you can get it from various online stores that offers worldwide shipping - Gmarket, yesstyle, amazon etc. Or if you visit Korea just visit any Missha store :)

Score

★★★★★/★★★★★

Missha's homepage

Our wedding menu

We served a 3 course menu on our wedding, plus wedding cake.

Yes, a lot of food but it was a long day so people needed food. ^^

A few months before the wedding we were presented with a menu of 4 of each - starters, mains and desserts. They had put them in a full menu but we were told we could mix how we wanted.

In the end we chose to try 2 of each, and non of them came from the same menu.

Once we got to the venue, they had also prepared drinks to go along..aka wines.

It was very nice to be able to try the food, and it was delicious. We knew as we decided, this is going to be great!

Also the size of the portions were large, great as we were scared..what if they are hungry etc.

Before dinner started all guests were offered a small cheese pies as appetizer outside in the garden along with champagne :)

Note: I also loaded up with Chips and Candy upstairs just in case people would be hungry.
In the end we had a lot left over..haha

The presentation looks so nice and it was so delicious, they also accommodated all guests with various food restrictions - vegetarian, allergies etc.

I'm so grateful to the chefs and hosts of the wedding venue! They did a fantastic job!!!!

Our starter.

Lobster and crayfish salad, sesame mayonnaise, pickled radish, fennel, sea coral,
toasted panko and shiso.

Our Main

Deer with juniper berry jus, Pommes Anna, celeriac cream and fried kale.

Our Dessert

Chocolate parfait (Bolivia 68%), variation of sea buckthorn, chocolate crumb, salted caramel sauce.

Ddeokbokki night

One of my largest cravings during my wedding diet was to eat ddeokbokki - Korean Spicy rice cakes.

Who loves ddeokbokki? I do ^^

Last Sunday we decided to have a ddeokbokki feast. And I'm very good at making this dish, no kidding.. my hubby and all my friends I have made it for - Korean, Chinese, Western.. all loves my way of doing it.

This time I added some extras. I usually do not have sausage or cabbage but I found some recipes so I wanted to try it out ^^ All served with korean radish kimchi - ggakdukki!

What you cannot see is an onion, it was added.

As well as Korean chili paste, sugar, black pepper, and water.

We also added some dumplings ^^

This is so easy to make, slice and dice and put it into the pan and it will cook by itself.

You need to stir now and then to get it all mixed and cooked.

but if having dumplings, be gentle. Also you need to pre-cook your eggs. Eggs are good for digestion as the food is salty and spicy.

Wedding gifts for our guests

In return to our wedding guests we thought it'd be fun to gift them with something, a Thank You for them to come and celebrate us.

I searched quite a lot and in all.. most gave candy but that felt quite boring to me. 3 pieces of candy in a bag, it's nice but boring.

So...suddenly it hit me, why not gift them with socks!

In Korea you can buy socks super cheap! And they also have fun socks. Sorry Sweden but we like our 1 coloured socks - black or white. In Korea you can get fun characters etc.

So after logging on to Gmarket I found some that I wanted, actually more than I wanted. I wanted them all. You cannot imagine how many varieties they have (unless you have been to Korea and passed by a street stall, or several stalls!). In the end we decided on three different kinds and I also found an appropriate gift bag on EBay.

One of them we could not buy ourselves, the korean wedding couple, it said when order they ship random ones of the 6 offered in their shop! My now father-in-law called the company and they said they'd make a special order for us and only ship the design we wanted :)

Also... father in law's friend own a sock company - believe it or not!! So he kindly gifted us with the "thicker ones". In Korea they call them sleeping socks (수면양말). I guess it's because they will keep you warm at night! At first this uncle said he were to send us 500 EA!!! I told my now husband... what are we to do with 500? I mean we decided to have aprox 50-70 guests! So in the end we got 100 socks..haha My mum was overjoyed, she loves to wear those kinds of socks!

Below I have broken down our gift bag to our guests.

This gift bag I got from Ebay, super fast shipping, I'm very pleased. They fit the wedding so nice! And perfect for the socks.

Our special order, on top it says "Hubby and Wifey"

A Korean traditional wedding dressed couple.

The sleeping socks, I think we got them in 6 different kinds, but I only found these at home now..

The rest are at my parents house ^^

Aren't these just adorable?

We got 50/50 and let the guests choose.

I loved both so that's why we ended up with two different ones.

[Mini Album] KARD - Hola Hola

As said I was so excited for their official debut and album. Here it is - Hola Hola.
Besides from the 3 singles we got the title track Hola Hola plus 2 more tracks.
I think this is a very good debut album and as said I love this group is co-ed! I miss co-ed groups, when I was young I followed groups such as S-Club 7, Steps, Hear'say etc.
My fave song on this album is already released Don't recall. Second is..hmm... which one should I choose? Hola Hola I think..hehe
Did you grab your copy already?

★★★★★ / ★★★★★

Track List:
01. Oh NaNa (Hidden. 허영지)
02. Don`t Recall
03. RUMOR
04. Hola Hola
05. 난 멈추지 않는다
06. Living Good (Special thanks to.)

Flowers

My hubby gave me these BEAUTIFUL flowers the other day.

I couldn't be happier. And he got them from my fave flower shop in the city!!

Pure LOVE, my hubby is the best!!!

Don't recall

Who else but me is excited about their official debut??
I love to finally see a Co-Ed debut that hopefully is here to stay for a long time!
So far this has been my fave song, but I cannot wait to get the full album!

It's out today!!