It is getting warmer..

I don't know how you guys feel about this time of year but I absolutely love spring. It's so amazing seeing all the trees and flowers come back to life. Everyting starts living again - nature and people too! I'm a lot more motivated to do things I mean you can always go out, it is warm outside, Festival season starts, you can wear your cute, loose tops and there is always fresh fruit for new smoothie creations, summer is almost there and, and...well spring is just lovely.

Today was such a nice and sunny day here and I really enjoyed it to the fullest. I took a long walk and observed the butterflies that flew around, watched kids play and laugh outside and listened to music. It was a really nice day overall.

When it gets warmer of course we start to eat differently (well I know I do). I really start to eat less meat and a lot more dairy-free products, vegetables and fruit because the sun gives them such a nice taste and I love trying out new combinations with them. There are so many recipes and things you can do such as smoothie(-bowls), salads, snacks...

Of course the sun also brings back memories like your last holidays, your holiday plans for this year, the things you did with your friends... I love dreaming about my last holidays when I went to Finland with my boyfriend. I mean look at this beautiful sunrise..*sigh*

I hope that I can motivate you. Go out and please enjoy the sun (and if it is raining then please think positive). You see i get quite affected by the sun. I will share a lot more recipe ideas with you guys to get you inspirated and creative but now I just want you to live and think about all the things you can do when it gets warmer..I could ramble on and on! What are your plans for this summer? 

xo Julia

Chocolate Oatmeal Pancakes

Today it was the perfect day for pancakes..the sun was shining and I was really motivated. These were the result and I wanted to share this super simple recipe. They are so delicious and you don't have to feel bad after eating them.

The Recipe

1 cup of flour

1/2 cup of oatmeal

2 eggs

3 tablespoons cocoa powder

only a little bit cup milk

                                                            sparkling water (until you have the right consistency)

                 optional: 1 scoop chocolate protein powder 

These pancakes are a lovely alternative. Also they are full of protein and all the good stuff you need in the morning to get up and start the day. I like to use sparkling water to get the right 'fluffyness' but you can also only use milk, soymilk or buttermilk...You can use any brand chocolate ptotein powder and you can modify this simple recipe however you prefer. As you can see this recipe is quite versatile. I love it because it is so easy and even me being a zombie in the mornings can manage it. I like to eat them with a bit of honey or fresh strawberries..well berries of any kind.

xo Julia

Glossybox March

So today I wanted to share my products that I got in the Glossybox of March. Some of you may already know the concept of this box. It is a monthly subscription and every month you get a nice little box with 5 products in it and some extras. The products you get are always from different companys and it is always a surprise. I was so excited for this months box that I wanted to share it with you people. Of course this box is the Glossybox from Germany so it has completely different products in it than your Glossybox might have. 

So the first product I want to show you is this organic moisturizing peeling from NAOBAY.

The fact that this product is organic was a huge plus for me and now 2-3 weeks later I can say that I absolutely love it. I leaves my skin feelng so soft and smooth. It just feels really clean and who doesn't love the feeling of fresh and clean skin?

The next thing is this Eyeliner Pencil from Teeez Cosmetics. The consistency of this eyeliner is very creamy and it goes on quite smoothly. It is also really pigmented and the silver colour is really shiny. I think you can use it as a simple eyeliner (like I did) but you can also play with it and create a poppin' nighttime look.

This is an overnight regeneration cream made out of natural ingredients from Kneipp. I think that this is a quite rich cream and perfect for people with dry or sensetive skin. I don't have dry skin but even though it was a little too rich for my skin it left it really smooth.

This was the product I was most excited about because I love lip products of any kind..and this lipstick from  Lord & Berry simplay blew me away. It is so pigmented and the colour is so pretty..

(It doesn't look  as pinkish as it does on the photos) and I love it. 

So the last product that was in this months box was this blusher from 4LK. The colour of it is really pretty and it is a shade you can wear everyday because it looks really natural. The pigmentation of it is not that strong but for me it's okay and it looks quite nice on my skin colour. :)

xo Julia

My Strawberry Smoothie

 So that the sun finally came out where I live and the weather got nicer I felt like I had to do something with the first nice Strawberries I found at the market because they are my favourite kind of berry and what is nicer than a delicious smoothie? 

                                     So here is the recipe I used to create this delicousness..<3 

The Recipe:

about 200g|7Oz. of Strawberries

1/2 a Banana

1 Spoon of Honey

3 Spoons of (Soy-) Yoghurt

Fill rest with (Soy-) Milk

Chia Seeds (optional)

(As you can see I could not wait to try it before I took this photo.) I love smoothies because they taste sooo good and are super easy to make so I hope you will enjoy this simple recipe. 

xo Julia

INSPIRATION

I wanted to share people and things that inspired me lately because I love reading about how other boggers/youtubers get inspired so..let's start of with this beauty

Of course the one and only beautycrush ...I guess most of you people out there may know her already but I had to mention her. She's a blogger, youtuber and for me - an idol. It is so nice to watch her videos or read her blog and her style in fahion is just amazing.

And have you ever seen a face as gorgeous as hers??

People who know me may have noticed that I have never gone out without my winged eyeliner lately...and this picture is just fab in my opinion.

 I don't know why but it just goes with everything and I love the look of it.

Another blogger/youtuber that I wanted to share is this lovely lady..

Rhiannon aka. FashionRocksMySocks 

She is such a down to earth person and I enjoy following her so much. 

I just love her OOTD's and her Reviews...and of course her vlogs!

Her sense in fashion and make up is just sooo nice.

And now..the third and last blogger/youtuber..

I have discovered her just few weeks ago and now I have just fallen in love with her blog.

 It is Lydia Elise Millen and she is just..woah. 

She also is a fashionblogger but her recent focus i'd say is fitness and health (I mean look at that body). 

It is just so motivating to read her blog because I always feel like exercising afterwards..haha

I feel like we need more of these active people to motivate us lazy people and that is what she does but also her style is just elegant and chic.

I think that I should also include some songs that I loved lately.

I've been loving Sweather Weather from The Neighbourhood and

 (quite random) Kids with Guns from Gorillaz 

...and this picture I took last year when I flew back to Germany from Los Angeles

 also inspired me today. :)

I know I may sound like a crazy person raving about these bloggers but really that's how I am ..haha.

I hope you  also got a little inspired. ;)

xo Julia