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Tools I use every day

1/29/2016

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Can you imagine your life without your laptop, your mobile phone or …your coffee machine? Could you live without your kindle, your iPod or …your electric shaver? How attached are you to certain tools in your everyday life? 
Well, hello my friends! I hope you're all great! 
I was wondering if there are any tools in your everyday life that you can't live without them, tools so bonded to you, that you become one, necessary tools that make your life easier, better and maybe more…. meaningful? Because if there are any, they definitely deserve some reference. After all, we're so thankful for their existence!
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In my life there are some things I'm totally dependent of and I'm happy to use day after day. So, with no more words, these are the "tools" I use every single day: 
1. A new day does not begin without a nice cup of coffee! As a fanatic coffee lover I could definitely not get through my day without it. So the first tool I use when I wake up in the morning is my five year now faithful TASSIMO coffee machine. My favourite coffee? Cafe crema classico for the beginning of the day and cappuccino for afternoon keep going…
2. My Macbook Pro. Need I say more for this tool? Obsession! Necessity and habit. Mostly useful but very often an unbelievable amount of time "eater" as well…you know what I mean.
3. My Samsung Galaxy note is another every day tool that I really love. I use it to read my kindle books and magazines, to take photos (samsung has really good cameras), I carry it in my bag (so I'm never "running out" of a computer), I,m using it as a computer when I'm lying(…..   ), I just love to write and draw on it (the main reason I bought it was to use it as a notebook!), it's a perfect diary-organizer and I have so many useful applications in it that this paragraph could turn to a samsung note tutorial-review….. and that's not my intention. But I think you got the point. I just love this beautiful tool!
4. As much as I love coffee, I'm really turning into a tea kind of person more and more with the time. There are so many tea varieties out there that not only taste amazing, but they're an extremely healthy alternative to coffee, as well.. Especially herbal teas, which I personally prefer lately, can be a first class medicine. Invigorating, relaxing, inspiring, calming, curing other particular situations, anyone can find a flavor to suit his or hers taste and need.
My Delonghi kettle is my companion tool at this journey to the "tealand". It was love at first sight when I saw this kettle a few years ago and I knew I had to take it, although I never had a kettle before. I cannot resist to anything that has a retro or vintage style and this "tool" was just too perfect not to love! Since I brought it home it lives on my kitchen countertop all year long…
5. The last two everyday use tools live in my bathroom. The first one is a face cleansing brush I could never imagine it would be so effective! Of course I'm talking about my Clarisonic mia brush. I had heard so many nice things about this tool that I had to buy it. Not only I did not regret it, but Clarisonic has become an absolute necessity for my face care. I literally can't live without it anymore. The cleansing experience is so much different in a better way than cleansing my face with my hands only. The brush gently exfoliates and deep cleanses my skin every time I use it, my pores disappeared and my face feels more refreshed and clean than never before! So yes, Clarisonic mia has become a tool of my soul!
6. Last but definitely not least tool of every day use is my toothbrush! How could anyone possibly live without a toothbrush in the daily routine? Mine is an electric one from Braun and Oral-b . I use an electric toothbrush because I believe it is way more effective than a simple toothbrush. Not only your dentist will confirm that when you'll visit him for your checkup, but you can feel it by yourself as well. My teeth are significantly more clean and shiny and for longer in the day when I use an electric toothbrush. It just gives me an extra sense of confidence knowing that I've done the job right.
And these were some of the most loved and used tools in my everyday life. Of course there are many other things that I use very often and can't live without, but obviously I cannot mention everything in a single blog post! These, however, are some representative miscellaneous examples from a typical everyday life of mine.
I hope you enjoyed this post and I'd love to hear what are your favorite everyday tools?
Love you all,
​xoxo, Elena
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My favourite products for winter

12/9/2015

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Hello my friends! Has winter come to where you live? Because here in Greece it's so sunny and warm it's hard to believe that Christmas is so close already! Anyway, regardless the weather, winter is here and the cold will follow, so I think it's the perfect time to talk about winter favorites in beauty.   
With Christmas coming fast I can't think of a better way to destress ourselves than taking good care of us, body and soul. Actually I've got some "treats" for you in my previous blogpost: "How I pamper myself". However, talking about winter specifically certain products are necessary to conquer the cold, dry atmosphere and make you and your skin feel a lot happier.
Personally I can't get through a breezy winter without a decent amount of my favorite winter products. I'm not talking about the full list of every single one product that I use on my hair, body and face in detail, just a short list of the absolute favorite winter products here. Simple as that! I'm talking about the products I can't live without this time of year which is called winter, the ones that put a smile on my face whenever I use them and make this "grey", frosty season a lot brighter and happier!
So, without second thought, these are my favorite winter products for many years now!
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1. The skin on my body gets extremely dry and itchy when the first yellow leaf on a tree appears! That's the most annoying thing for me during cold weather.. So, a really good and effective moisturizing body lotion is an absolute must, if I don;t want "snow" falling in my house whenever I take my clothes out! However, I hate greasiness on my body and that makes my choices really difficult, but, you can't have it all and for me my skin health comes first. This year I discovered a body lotion from LA ROCHE-POSAY, which is suitable and therapeutic for very dry and itchy skin and it's so pure that it can be applied on babies as well. Forgive me Clinique for replacing your body lotion (Clinique is the one I use all year long), but this one really seems to work on my skin, so far. There is also a matching shower gel, that doesn't dry the skin, but leave it soft and hydrated, so that's my favorite body care set for winter!
2. My feet really suffer "squeezed" in the shoes all day (flip-flop period is my feet's favorite season), so whenever I have the time I offer them the gift of a nice home feet-spa: soak them into lukewarm water, exfoliate them and massage them using a rich cream which hydrates their skin as well as helping my feet blood circulation. The result? Feeling rested afterwards and having baby soft feet! THE BODY SHOP has the perfect products for feet care and I just love them
3. Although my skin is oily a good moisturizing lotion is always necessary, especially during winter time, when the dry air and the heating make every last water drop o! my skin being evaporated. And when it comes to moisturizing, CLINIQUE DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT MOISTURIZING GEL is my all time favorite product! This gel always makes me so happy when I apply it on my face! Love!
4. I'm not the lipstick kind of girl. When it comes to lips a lipgloss is my choice. I find that lip glosses give a more natural,  fresh result and they're much easier to apply, so it's usually out of question. However, during winter I love a little more rich color on my lips and I find my solution on CLINIQUE CHUBBY LIP STICKS, These lip sticks combine lip liner, lip stick and rich full creamy result and they're just amazing!  They give a shiny-mat natural look, they're super moisturizing and they come in so many beautiful colors that they're an absolute must favorite product for winter!
5. A nice hand cream. My hands get really dry during winter, so a hand cream is necessary, too. I rarely use hand cream all the other seasons as I don't like the greasiness on my hands and I don't  need it anyway. In winter, however I really enjoy the softness and the velvety effect of a cream on my hands. If the smell is great as well that makes it another favorite winter product. I usually have a L'OCCITANE hand cream always handy!
6. A lip balm. Who likes chapped lips? No one I think! That's why a CHAP STICK "lives" in my handbag all year long, but usually I use it much more at winter time for obvious reasons. Although Chap Stick is my favorite lip balm as it heals and softens my lips instantly, I also use EOS lip balms from time to time, because … I love their packaging and the smell… no judge…
7. Can you think of a better way to beat winter blues than color? When everything is grey and misty around me I want to treat my vision and my soul with something colorful which reminds me that there is always the other side of things and that spring always comes after winter…An easy way to put some color in my life is by painting my nails with a beautiful color. As I don't paint my nails very often, I prefer small packagings of nail colors which may have the opportunity to get to an end, especially if they're my favorite ones. MAVALA is a brand with cute, adorable little bottles and an amazing, endless variety of nail colors. I have a not so small selection of them I have to admit and I absolutely adore them! So, yes MAVALA nail polishes are another winter favorite.
8. And last but not least winter favorite is something invisible! My perfume! I feel quite naked without it and I definitely miss something when I leave home without a spritz of my favorite smell. A perfume can lift my mood at once and all day through! Personally I love fresh and light perfumes, I find that they have a vivid influence in my mood. CHANCE by CHANEL is my second skin, all versions of it, especially "eau tendre" for winter.
And that is all! These are my favorite winter products. I hope you'll find them interesting and inspiring and why not? Try some of them yourself! I guarantee for each one!
Love you all,
​xoxo, Elena   
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How I pamper myself

11/21/2015

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With our lives being more and more demanding and multi-purposed year by year we often forget how important it is for both our physical and our mental health as well, to pamper ourselves every now and then, to take that little extra care for us, whenever and wherever is necessary. It doesn't, always, have to be something great and extraordinary, as a royal spa at a five-star hotel, a journey to the place of our dreams, or even…. "hitting" the mall and clearing out all the selves!!! There are more simple ways to show love to yourself by pampering him without overcharging your bank account,…. well, at least not  too much!!!…..
No matter how busy your life is, it's not impossible to find 15 or 30 minutes to unplug from your usual activities and do something you love, enjoy or just something that relaxes you. Pampering yourself means loving and respecting yourself, so that other people will love you and respect you more, as well, and so that you're becoming a better person, because of that feeling of satisfaction and accomplishment.
So, here are the ways I like to pamper myself.  

​Take a nap

When I feel tired during the day, somewhere around noon and can't keep my eyes open, I don't!!! Just 15-20 minutes of a nice relaxing "siesta" in a comfortable, quiet place is usually enough to rejuvenate me and give me all the energy I need to continue my day. Pampering mission, accomplished!
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Meditate

I'm a new "addition" to the club, however a huge fan! The more I discover meditation the more I appreciate its healing and self-awareness power. You will find countless sites, videos and applications on internet. Personally, I try to meditate once a day, for about 10-15 minutes, so this way I can say I pamper myself everyday!
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Move or strech

There are days I'm extremely tensed and days I feel totally relaxed (most of the time I'm somewhere in between though). However I may be some kind of movement always makes me feel better. When I'm stressed I choose yoga or pilates or simple stretching moves that drive all the tension away. When I'm loose and well rested I prefer dance or aerobics to tone me up a little. With every movement that I make I feel the blood flowing better in my body bringing more oxygen to my brain, my lungs, my heart, more life to every little cell in my body. The result? Totally uplifted mood and enlightened mind! 
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Home spa

A nice spa salon where they'll pamper me without me moving my little finger…. is optional. However I can have the exact same benefits for my body and soul at home where just a little effort is required. I fill my bath tube with hot water, add my favorite bath foam or salts, light some candles around and soak in with my eyes closed listening to some zen sounds or music.. Sometimes I also exfoliate my body and my face getting rid of all those dead cells and I apply a beauty mask. After that I totally glow! If I have more time I may offer myself a mani-pedi-cure to complete my prettiness! 
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Watch a favorite movie or TV show

TV is such a nice company especially when I'm feeling lonely, or sad, or somehow "down" or bored to do anything more energetic. Watching a favorite kind of movie, comedies, romance or classics usually work for me, always make me feel better afterwards. I'm sitting comfortably, a huge bowl of pop-corn is requisite and I just press the play button on the DVD player or browse at Netflix and always find something interesting…And talking about Netflix, if I don't have the time to watch a whole movie, there are so many loved shows waiting for me to uplift me, relax me, inspire me… pamper me and put that smile on my face!
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Read a book or magazine

There is no better way for me nor ever was to "travel" with my imagination to different, distant, amazing places and ages than opening a book. Its pages make me dream and take me away from my everyday life and routine. Who talked about boats or trains or airplanes? With a book you're miles away in a minute! And when I need some glamour in my life, then I grab a "glossy" magazine, a very old love of mine as well. We're talking about pampering here, so no judge on the kind of reading I want to read.
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 Surfing… the internet

How could I not mention that sooooo popular nowadays way of pampering our selves? I'm definitely not the exception! I spend enough time browsing my favorite blogs and sites and online shops as well as all those appealing social media, instagram and pinterest are at the top of my list. So, when I want to pamper myself I allow me a little more time on my favorite "sport". Otherwise I try … to be wise and control myself… if that's possible!
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Shopping therapy

Another favorite sport! It's not necessary to empty every self at the mall, as I already mentioned, or reach our card limits in order to pamper ourselves (although that's our secret desire…). For me a simple purchase of something I really love…. and not necessarily need, can really make me fly of happiness!
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​A special treat

As much as I try to eat reasonably healthy most of the time so much I enjoy a "forbidden" treat for my self every now and then. Actually I believe that's a right way to keep going with my diet without feeling "punished" and miserable. After all there are so many healthy and light options in our days to enjoy even the "forbidden" kind of food, that nothing is really forbidden anymore! Anyway, as for me, whenever I crave something yummy I indulge in it! And if it's not the healthiest option, I try to limit the rest of my meals. After all, why should someone resist chocolate…. or french fries???!!!! YOLO!
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Go for a walk

Getting out of the house and walking in a beautiful place is a real gift for my self1! Enjoying the nature, feeling the fresh air on my face, breathing pure oxygen, looking at the irresistible beauty that only nature can really offer to us I feel alive and powerful and happy! I feel part of the amazing universe and so thankful for what God created with His wisdom, so thankful for my life!
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And these are the ways I choose to pamper myself whenever I feel that I need to be pampered, whenever I feel that my self needs a proof of love, of my love! I hope I inspired you in some way and that you enjoyed my post.
I love you all
​xoxo, Elena  
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Top 10 life priorities: birthday 2015 edition!

4/1/2015

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Hello my friends! I won't apologize for being absent so long, because I have no excuses, except my indecisiveness and my everyday life requirements. The ironic part of my today's post is that it's all about decisions…..(…and how an indecisive person like me is going to perform them and keep its promises…)!!!
For some people New Year's Day is a perfect point to make their annual resolutions and start fresh after raising their champagne glasses, for students, September works best, as they reconsider their dreams and purposes while preparing their school bag and for some others birthday is a day of major life reviews and schedules….All three cases are tempting, the time and the moment is just a matter of mood. I didn't make any resolutions on 1st January, I'm not a student any more, although education and culture is a lifelong process, so, on my birthday month, March, I decided to sit and think some things that I want to do in my life. 
Things that seem important right now in my life, things I absolutely need and want with all my heart, not necessarily the ones that a rational mind dictates as vital priorities, but the ones that my heart seeks desperately. In other words, not the things that I must do, but the things that I want to do. Because sometimes heart knows better... Especially in periods of big confusions in my life, I believe that listening to my heart is the only way to go. 
So I decided to make a list of my top 10 life priorities for this year of my life. What I believe that will be beneficial for me and will bring more joy and health and luck to my life! I put things from the past in my list that I've tried some time in my life and enjoyed and want to repeat, as well as things absolutely new to me, that I've always been so keen on trying and never had the opportunity to do them. I've also put some dreams in my list, because life is not beautiful without them!
And voila! Here is my list:
      

1. Create life memories

Be bolder and try new things, be fearless and do the ones that I'm afraid to do. Live more moments with people I love, discover new people, give and take, teach and learn, create my own experiences and memories, because this is life, because:   
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2. Create a welcoming nest

My house is a never ending process! I've done pretty much in terms of decoration with it, what I want to achieve from now on is creating a homely, welcoming, cozy environment, easy to live in. A place where I 'll want to come back to, to feel comfortable and happy and always ready to welcome beloved people. A place to live! 
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3. Create a beautiful wardrobe

OK! I may dream of Carrie Bradshaw's glamorous closet in "Sex and the City", or those amazing Pinterest perfect closets on internet, but what I really want for my closet is functionality and inspiration. Decluttering a bit and reorganizing my clothes would be nice. And I really need to buy a few new items. A style renewal is an absolute necessity for me right now! You cannot carry the same style your whole life through! I want to open my closet and find quickly the right clothes for any occasion, without losing time thinking and trying on clothes again and again, because they don't fit or because I don't like them. I only want beautiful clothes in my closet, that fit me well and make me feel confident and elegant. I want my closet to be a partner in my life adventure! 
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4. Do something creative

Work on a creative project, something that I love and I believe in. Even if it's not something big, creativity enhances confident and self respect, also cultivates qualities as patience, discipline, diligence and is a great exercise for the brain. Moreover…. you never know….
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5. Laugh more!

Laugh! It's yoga for the face, medicine for the soul (releases endorphins, the "happiness" hormones), exercise for the abdominals, special treat for the heart! Laugh. laugh and laugh some more! Laugh with every given opportunity, whenever and wherever I can. Comedies could be a nice solution. I really miss good laughs in my life lately. A priority!  
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6. Bring ballet back to my life

I took ballet classes as a little girl and then again while I was in the university. It takes much effort and discipline to reach a good level in ballet and that was the reason why I abandoned it. "If you can't reach perfection, why bother?" Well, I never stopped loving ballet and definitely had an inclination and I believe that performing some ballet exercises…. or pocisions… will have major benefits for my body.   
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7. Take piano lessons

OK! That's a tough one and I'm not sure what exactly I want to do with a piano. But it is a childhood dream I never even tried it. I wanted to learn playing, but my father was negative, so I compromised with a guitar, which I never really loved… I mean, when you love the piano you have to play the piano, not the quitar! It doesn't work this way. When it comes to piano… there is no substitute! So, we'll see… But, definitely hear more piano music, a treat for the soul and the mind.
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8. Learn to speak French

Because it's the most beautiful language in the world to talk and to hear...
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9. Travel 

Another activity I miss a lot lately. And the more I miss it the more I want to go away from everything and everyone! To get lost among unknown crowds, to breathe free, to see new places and faces, to meet different cultures, to taste different tastes and flavors, to live a different kind of life for a while. A real rejuvenation for the body and the soul, a "shower" for the mind, so that I can start fresh when I come back to the same everyday life... 
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10. Read more books

An alternative way to escape from reality and live another life for a while is reading. You travel to different places, different ages and situations, you become whoever you can imagine and you live your own adventure, or simply watch other people's adventures and lifes, you cry, you laugh, you love, you hate, you feel happy, or sad, you dream, you learn… and all that using your mind only! I don't read as much as I'd like to, although I buy books and always begin one with a willing mood, I often catch myself giving up after a few chapters…. Maybe they're not interesting enough, maybe I can't find the time…. or maybe I'm just bored. Whatever, I'll try to "feed" my brain with more and good quality "food".
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So, this is my top 10 life priorities list for this year of my life! Oh! And another priority! An urgent one: 
To accomplish my decisions and keep my promises as long as they are functional and fulfilling and they make me happy!!!  
I mean there is no reason to carry on something that doesn't work anymore for some reason. Flexibility is the key when everything is falling apart. I'll keep my mind open and hope for the best!
I hope you enjoyed my list and maybe even got some inspiration to make your very own one, if you haven't already decided what to do with your life in 2015!
Love you all,
xoxo, Elena  
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On a rainy day

2/6/2015

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Hello my friends! I hope you are all o.k. It's Friday after all! The weather in my town is very "nasty" today. There is a very strong south wind, the sky has the "fifty shades of grey" and looks so amazingly light and heavy at the same time and the rain seems like will never stop….
But, somehow, I feel so great today, as if the sunniest day was sent here on earth! It's one of those wonderful days that you feel just happy with no particular reason. It probably has to do with general gratitude for life itself and the "oh so" desired inner calm that I possess today…. Or maybe it's the magical and therapeutical sound of the rain combined with the peace of the light grey atmosphere….. Oh, and I've heard that it snowed at the mountains! How cheerful and rejuvenating is that!
I captured some moments of my day to share with you via instagram and maybe give you some ideas on what to do on a rainy day like today:
  • I wrote on my DIY "5 minute a day journal".
  • I had my morning coffee at bed, reading a little, and….
  • Dreaming of my next journey….
  • I warmed up my body and my soul with the most flavorous tea!
  • I made a mushroom and pepper omelette for breakfast and strength.
  • I scheduled to organize my closet one day in the near future, just to feel more neat and confident.
  • I walked on my new treadmill, since that was easier than hitting the road, and felt so wonderful! Back in action again, after a long, long period of hibernation…
  • I enjoyed a comfort dinner with my love, and last but not least….
  • I got tons of inspiration by Abraham Linkoln's saying from my "Just for today be happy" book.
MY INSTADAY
Do not worry……
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I hope you enjoyed my "instaday" post and I wish you all a fabulous weekend!
Love you,
xoxo, Elena
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Manic-cure Monday

7/1/2014

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Hello friends!!! I wish you all a happy and joyful July! We're in summer's heart already, although the new month was introduced to us with a rather heavy rain last night... but it's summer anyway. Today is hot and sunny and the day smiles again!
Remember my last month's pc collapse? I had a really hard time watching my old pc giving up on me...
Well, I did my research and ended up to the best find, which for me and for the time is a Macbook Pro. I'm 100% satisfied with my purchase, actually, I'm pretty thrilled! There are huge differences between my ten years old HP windows xp edition pc and this brand new i7, Mac Os X Mavericks piece of technology. Different as day and night! Alleluia!!!

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Not to forget, another thing I'm absolutely thrilled about, as well, is my last week's nail polish color, the blue curaçao!!! I strongly believe it's going to be my summer favorite color for nails and not only... After all I'm a huge lover of color blue and all its shades, so that's pretty much sure. And this gorgeous blue is so summery and mediterranean kind of color, it becomes synonymous with vacation! "Who's ready for a cruise?!!!".... or "Vamos a la playa!!!"... that kind of situations......
O.K! You got the point! Summer is here!!! Let's just get a little crazier than usual to get through these long, hot summer days...
Let's have some fun!
See you soon,
Love you all,
xoxo Elena 
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Manic-cure Monday

6/25/2014

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Hello my friends! Delayed, but never forgetting! I hope you are all great and enjoy the long summer days... because nice things don't last forever! 
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I'm back with a very hot "Monday manic-cure", although it's Wednesday already! Actually this hot red color was on my nails on Monday 9th of June, that's a couple of weeks ago, but, unfortunately, it was impossible to post the previous days. 
You see, my old and loved PC would not follow me anymore. I had "blue screens" all the time and I couldn't even watch a youtube video all to its end... soooo sad!!! My about ten years old HP PC uses windows xp and has a really very short memory, so there is not much I can do, but extenuate him a little by uninstalling some "heavy" apps and see if it works that way.... of course then I will only use "him" for limited purposes, but that's ok. 
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With my pc that sick, posting was a distant..."summer night" dream! So I kept shooting photos, preparing future posts in my head, painting my nails(!!), obviously, and searching for a new "partner", younger and much, much faster...
Don't get me wrong up here! I love my old pc and I believe it's a great piece of technology to last for ten years! We all know how fast technology runs after all. But "he" put his limits. O.K. We move on.
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Back to my Monday manic-cure, this is the "London red" color I absolutely adored! So vibrant and cheerful, a little sexy and playful, it's summer after all, it matches perfectly with my still white skin... like "Snow-white" with the... apple... maybe...
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Bye-bye PC! Love you!
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The only problem with the dark colors, especially the red ones, is I'm not very good at applying them on my nails. I always get smudgy, as you can see at my closer photos...
But that's ok! I 'll learn! And the problem is only a first day problem, because after that all the excess color clears out, by simply washing your hands again and again...
So, only the gorgeousness remains!!  

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The same week my whole "internet world" was collapsing I decided to treat myself with some shopping therapy....
I was viewing these super cute china at the shop windows since Easter and I knew this was the time for them to be mine!
Since they're a bit pricy, I decided to only buy a few items every time and gradually build my collection... because you definitely can't buy only few of these masterpieces! How beautiful are they??!!!!...
And in case you're wondering how I wrote this post.... yeeeeees!!!! I finally bought a new laptop!!! It's super fast and very elegant and has many, many other possibilities. So, from now on, no more excuses, I guess!
I'm leaving you with the promise to post this week's Monday manic-cure, soon enough, since that wonderful London red was a past Monday's manic-cure, but definitely ... a... cure!! 
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Love you all, 
see you soon, 
xoxo, Elena
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Manic-cure Monday

5/26/2014

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Googmorning friends! I hope you had a nice weekend and I wish you all a great beginning to the new week.
My weekend was a relaxing one, the weather was sunny and hot, it's beginning to look a lot like summer! We had the elections Sunday, here in Greece, after a long campaign period , everything ended up quiet and peacefully... and a new(???...) Monday just began!
I have plans on posting my week or days in review or at least moments of my everyday life real soon, so if you're interested stay close!
As for today... the day was so sunny in the morning it travelled my mind away, to some Greek island under the Greek sun enjoying the sea and the sand... dream on dreamer... noon soon came bringing clouds and raindrops and it all broke out in a fast thunderstorm!!
Anyway, my mood transfered... to my nails! The sky may be grey, but my nails is blue, the deepest marine blue, with a slight purple twist and some "sunny" gold highlights... dreamy, dreamy, I'm totally in love with it and the way it matches my still white skin... Perfection in a colour! After all, I love everything blue!  
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I hope I gave you some idea-inspiration for your Monday manic-cure, a wonderful colour-cure for your eyes to look at the rest of the week.
Enjoy your week, have fun and try to lough as often as you can.
Be back soon,
love you all, xoxo Elena
 
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Birthdays in review

5/19/2014

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Our birthdays were back in the distant March... but since I haven't blogged since then here's my late bithday review!
I've been away from regular blogging at my home page for a long time, not because I've been away from blogging in general, just because I was working on updating some of my other pages, as my Easter page, my cooking page and my fitness page... plus a thousand of other projects and errands I had to run!
Well, here  I am back, full of ideas, "older, but wiser!!!", with many-many dreams that I hopefully believe they'll come true!
My birthday is first, 10th of March, I'm a Pisces, the dreamer, arty kind of human being.... 
My darling hubby gave me some beautiful roses for my birthday
and two amazingly delicious rich flavoured double chocolate little cakes with cherries on top and inside. Chocolate perfection!!!
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I symbolically lighted four candles, because they looked nice on the cakes, sang the song with my hubby made my wish  and blew! It was a mini version of my birthday celebration, just for the two of us! So sweet!! 
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Eighteen days later, on March 28th, it was my hubby's birthday. He is an Aries, the logical kind of human being, just for equalizing things in everyday life...
In return I baked for him a huge chocolate cake! Impressive, delicious and pretty healthy for a birthday cake!
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Four candles as well, just in blue...
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Rich chocolate taste, not very sweet, just perfect for us! And it's very, very easy!! I'll definitely do it again!
Best wishes to my man!!
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I also cooked one of our favorites for dinner: tagliatelle with spinach, roquefort and bechamel.... simply delicious! Very, very yummy!! Tasty birthday... because: " Love passes through the stomach"! Happy birthday my love!

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Welcome March!

3/4/2014

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Hello my sweet friends. Spring is officialy here since we're in March, but the weather definitely looks like winter.... ok, maybe not a heavy, cold winter... but definitely not spring! Are you confused? So am I! Well March happens to be the most confusing and unexpected month of the year. March is also the month I was born! No comments on that one, please... Actually is the month of birthdays in my family since me, my husband and my father in law we all have our birthdays in March!
Unfortunately it's been raining three days in a row and although it was a long weekend here in Greece with Monday a day off everybody stayed indoors... what a pity! With the weather matching my mood completely and my soul crying for a reason... or many reasons.... I spent the weekend at home with my husband relaxing, watching movies on TV (we also rent the "Malavita" DVD with Robert de Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer which was good enough), watching the carnival in many Greek -and not only- towns, surfing the internet, reading... and sleeping... a lot.
After this... exciting, but necessary cocooning Tuesday has arrived and guess what??... Sun came out of the clouds bright and magnificent to warm our hearts and spread the happiness... but I still feel cold and my mind is so full of worrying thoughts...
Time will show, only time and some action...Hey, look, the sun is smiling, let's smile too, it's not that difficult!
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Flowers from my love, Robert Fisher's last book currently reading, delicious and adorable macarons and one of my favorite, healthy and yummy breakfasts... all small but very special treats!!!
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Thank you so much for reading,
I'm so happy and grateful I have five wonderful followers at bloglovin,
thanks so much for your appreciation!
Love you all,
xoxo, Elena
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