Analogue Camera

Hello internet!

A few weeks ago I dropped my camera. Yep. That's me; always dropping everything including significantly important and expensive objects. And they always break.

I've had an analogue camera for a while, my sister bought it at a thrift store. (Along with the 2000 other analogue cameras she has) (just kidding, she has only four). So without my normal digital camera I couldn't make pictures for my blog!

I thought I'd try my analogue camera, and I think it worked out pretty well.
I tried to make sharp pictures, and these are my favourites of my most recent film:

I LOVE those gnomes casually standing there

I love ice cream. No matter how cold it is.

Love,
Mia

Lost Pictures of Snow

Hey there internet,

About a month ago my precious world called The Netherlands was white. Unfortunately I lost my SD card and therefore I lost my pictures.

Good news: I FOUND THE SD CARD

So here are the lost and late pictures of my view

Love,
Mia

Hello Autumn

Autumn colours! Coat, dress, tights from h&m (not very interesting, huh)

New shoes from Clarks

In the forest near our home is this weird place with toys and gnomes

We have no idea who put these things here, but it looks really cute and it has been there for so long!

Thanks for taking the time again :)

Love,
Mia

Goodbye Summer

Dyed my hair!

Hey guys!

Yesterday I decided that I wanted to dye my hair. I don’t know if I’ve told it before, but I’m a huge fan of Doctor Who. It’s just an amazing show and it makes me very happy. I have been watching it for a year now and now I have arrived at the eleventh doctor. Finally. With the eleventh doctor Amy Pond arrived too. She is played by Karen Gillan and she has gorgeous red hair.

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Just before I saw Karen, I watched a video made by Mascha (from beautygloss.nl) in which she dyes her hair brown with a red glow using henna. I got excited immediately, until I read the bit that says you can’t dye your hair with henna when you have already dyed it with chemical stuff. It would become green, and that was not the colour I was going for.
Still dyeing your hair with henna is a great choice. Henna is a very nutritious product for your hair and it makes it look healthy. A lot better than chemical stuff obviously.

This didn’t stop me from trying however. I bought 200 grams of henna powder at the health store. This is what the packaging basically says:

Use: 100 grams for short hair, 150 grams for long hair. Stir the henna with boiled water until it is a thick mush and add a few drops of lemon juice or vinegar. Massage this in your hair. Put a piece of plastic over it and a towel and let it sit for 10 minutes (light red hair) or longer (darker red). Rinse this out with water. Tip: before you apply it to your actual hair, try it on hair from your brush.

This is almost the same as Mascha said. Still my story is a lot different from hers, so I thought it would be good if I tell mine too.

As I said before, I had dyed my hair with chemical hair dye. This is I think two months ago now. I used hair from my brush and separated them into two little wisps of hair. I made a little bit of the stuff and put the hair on a piece of plastic, still separated. I waited ten minutes and washed one piece of hair. It was EXACTLY the kind of colour I wanted, but I still waited another ten minutes before I washed the second piece. It had practically the same colour, so I decided that it would be safe.

PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU TRY THIS TOO: Do not use any iron things, no iron bowl, spoon or even aluminium foil. Any metal stuff will create a chemical reaction and make your hair green too. Be carefull!

Ew.. (without flash)

(With flash)

So, I washed my hair, made the green stuff and put it in my hair.

Before:

This is how it turned out eventually:

I know, my braid is not what it used to be this morning..

I must warn you (again)! Putting the stuff in is not very difficult, but getting it out is the tricky part. It took me at least an hour to wash it out. It becomes like clay on your head and there are little clumps of green stuff EVERYWHERE. I assure you, you will be cleaning your entire house after you’ve done this.

Still, I am very happy the way it turned out. I’m not Karen Gillan, but I’m ginger. I know the photos don't really show, but it really is red!

Love, Mia

What´s in my bag?

I always love to see what others have in their bags. I checked a lot of them out on Flickr and I noticed that everyone has lip balm, a moleskine book and pens. I always have my lipbalm in my pocket with my phone, so they´re not on the picture. This is my bag:

There is:
- My jumbo (supermarket) name thingy and little notebook
- Stuff to write with
- My wallet
- Paper handkerchiefs
- A calculator
- Some cookies
- A receipt
- My diary
- Gloves
- Something to drink
- Moleskine 'Le Petit Prince' special edition
- A notebook without lines
- Above my Moleskine is some liquorice to keep me alive
- A pen
- My keys
- Hand cream
- A little flashlight
- My pink IPod shuffle
- A USB stick
- Deodorant
- Chewing gum
- Medicine
I usually bring a book just to read, but I didn't have it in my bag when I took the picture. Currently I'm reading The Hunger games (part I) for the third time.

It has the autograph of the bass player of The Gentlemen! Super proud of that!

I forgot to put this with the other stuff, but it's a bottle of water.

My sisters bag is of course a lot more interesting than mine!

Especially with her Diana+ camera:

I'd love to see what's in your bags!! Send me pictures and I'll definitely watch them :)

Love, Mia

My Everyday Make-up Basket

Since a while I have an ´everyday basket´ on my dressing table. It´s filled with very non-fancy make up, but it's good enough for me :)

First is foundation. This brand Catrice is very cheap, but the foundation has great coverage.

ELF eyelash curler, nothing special.

ELF higlighter. This is probably my favourite product of this basket.

Hooray, deodorant.

Pressed powder to set my foundation.

A very simple black eye pencil.

My favourite blushcolour, Angel by NYX. It's a beautiful light pink matte colour. It looks very natural on my skin.

Day and night cream. Can't live without them! I have a very sensitive skin and it really hurts if I don't moisturise it.

Mascara, False Lash Effect by Maxfactor. I really hate this mascara. It's not waterproof, but it's good enough for just making my lashes look a bit longer and blacker.

Eye cream. Again, my skin won't survive without me moisturising it.

Lipbalm from the Body Shop. I bought 3 of these in London for 6 pounds. It really helps my lips to stay normal. I've got it in Mango Peach, Strawberry and Water Melon which I haven't opened yet (how strong of me). I have a lot more lipbalms, but I´m not going to show them all.. I especially love the H&M lipbalms, they really make your lips softer than before.

My favourite lipstick by Catrice. It was limited edition I believe, so I won't be able to get it once I've finished it.

And my last product is my golden liquid liner! I really love it, even though I don't use it every day. I don't have much time for my make up. I'm sorry for that because I really ove doing my make up. I've got eyeshadow palettes as well, but I don't use that every day either.

Well, I hope this has been a very interesting post. I was really excited to show the world how I have made an everyday basket of make up :)

Love,

Mia