Blogger award 2011

oh my oh my, what did i just read i got an award??

It was such a surprise seeing me mentioned in emilys blog, seriously when i read my name on her posts i had a :D face for like a minute or so! xD
I started blogging this year with the aims of writing and posting stuff that people enjoy reading, i don't know if i achieved this yet,but the award i got from emily is definitely a big motivation to keep on blogging!
Thank you soo much Emily!! ♥

Now its my turn to award some people and here are the rules!

Make a post contain with:

• Say thank you to someone who gives you this award
• Write about someone who gives you this award
• Write about yourself
• There's a banner award and code
• Give this award to your 9 blogger-friends (blogends)
• Don't forget to leave a messages in their chatbox

Emily from モモ♥アイス is a suuper beautiful Girl from Miami, Florida.
Although she's really beautiful from the start, she looks even cuter and gyaru-isher with every post she does! What i also love about her Blog is that it is really motivating too, she talks about her goals and successes and when i read that i'm going all "I really should start exercising/cleaning up/studying etc. too"

On to me, I am Graziella from a city nearby Cologne in Germany.
I am half german and half filipino, therefore i switch back and forth between Germany and the Philippines every year. I am interested in Japanese Gyaru and Harajuku Fashion, Cosmetics, Art and Travelling. So my posts are mostly about that and some stuff about my life.

And here are the nine blogs i award!

1. Yaptus
Yapo is the first Filipina gyaru i've ever seen and i was amazed at how well she did it, even though she was still new to gyaru fashion when i saw her on facebook!
I love her style and how often she changes her hair color! When i come to the Philippines this year, i deefinitely want to meet up with her!! Shopping tayo te! xD

2. Eki
This woman here, is my makeup-bible.
Seriously, shes so good at doing makeup and i love her makeup style! Her Tutorials greatly influenced the way i do my make up! Apart from her Makeup i also really enjoy the Popteen and Popstister- my two fave magazines- scans she always posts!!

3. emy
emy is a very sweet and stylish girl straight from california!
I really enjoy her outfit shots becuase her style is so chiq and cool and pretty!!

4. Keikk
If i had a big sister, i wish she'd be like Keikk!
She's the perfect Onee-gal, i love her Style!
And i love her Blog because instead of just beeing a stream of random thoughts, her posts always seem so thought out and are very informative!

5. Jelly/Anna
Theres not a Blog which has a more accurate name than Annas "I'm so Jelly"!
Seeeriously this is the first phrase i say in my mind whenever i read her posts!
I mean, shes super georgeous, has a great style, owns lots of asian cosmetics and it hasn't even been long since she started blogging!
I'm so Jelly!!!! ;_;

6.Steph
Okay i just started following her blog but omfg i love her style to death!!!;_;
Her style is very rockish and edgy, but it suits her so much, everytime i see her outfit posts i'm stretching out saying "cooool" for like also a minute or so.

7.Tricia
Tricia is a filipina diamond gal from california and shes super sweet!
I just hope she'd post more :(

8.Meoki
Meoki is also from the philippines and she seems to be really cool!
I really enjoy her Blog because its not just about girly stuff, but also about lots of different things. To be honest i even enjoy reading her rants xD
I really feel closer to the Philippines whenever i read her Blog!

9.Mitsu
Mitsu is my top source when it comes to the latest Gyaru trends straight from Japan! I feel soo much closer to Japan, especially when she posts her Shop and staff snaps!
Loove her Blog!

Again, i want to thank emily for awarding me, i would have also awarded you if i could!xD
And of course i also thank everybody who reads and enjoys my Blog! ;_;
And then i thank my family for always supporting me, and my producer Carl, and my Manager, and of course the whole team of Graziella Productions, and then of course....
...okay, okay i'll shut up.

The Balm Stainiac Review + Cosmetic Rambles

Ever since receiving Herbench's pretty when pinched Paintbox on christmas two years ago i absolutely looove universal stains! Too bad i lost it though, which meant that i just used regular blush and lipgloss instead.
This however is not always too handy, especially when i'm rushing in the morning or feel extremely lazy.

.. ok, tbh even if im late, i actually always take my time to get ready, even if it means beeing late to class ._.
Buuut this is a whole different issue and has nothing to do with me having a new lip/cheek stain now:

The Balms Stainiac in Prom Queen Shade!



I got it in our local Douglas Branch where they had lots of The Balm stuff on final sale!
Therefore i got this Stain for only 3 euros(!!!), when it actually used to cost 15 Euros!

What i love about Stains is that they are so convenient and handy to use on the go.
Also because no matter how intense the shade is, the application is still really easy to manage and therefore looks really natural! I mean wearing this i look as if i just had a long and fresh walk outside!

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What else, um. Yeah, lately i've been experimenting with my daily makeup for a bit and noticed that i don't use my eyeshadow palettes anymore. So since my Maybelline Jade Brown pallette broke ( not going to rebuy) i decided to use my old Ever Bilena and Claires Palettes and even experiment with some colors.
I've never been particularly good with blending eyeshadows, i've always been more of a crisp eyeliner and mascara type, but well i didn't want my palettes to go to waste.
So look, this is what i came up with:



Okay i know nothing particularly amazing, but it inspired me to use red shades more in the future. Please excuse the lousy Lash application, the lashes i'm wearing there are modified Lashes i made out of the P2 Volume lashes! (A local german drugstore brand)
I'm reading lots of makeup blogs and some Make ups some girls do look so amazing! Maybe i'll also experiment more and be abit extravagant and post them here.

Till then,

grace

What i did instead of studying

Its Wednesday and i just got home from school where i had my final oral biology Exam.
Without praising myself too much, i'd still have to say i was pretty good!
YEAH BABY GOT AN A! :D

I'm super relieved now because i've got no more schoolwork to do and can pretty much relax and have fun the following weeks! Although i shouldn't try rotting away too much, since i still have to look for Universities and have to prepare for our Prom were i'll be the one moderating the whole thing. Still can't believe that I'll be our Proms HOST! Ohgod im so nervous, i'm scared of tripping over on the stage or something..

Anyways, what i did this whole week?
I was supposed to be studying alot, but i only studied moderately three days before, and even felt bad about it...but as you can see i still had a great result! :D
Imo, sometimes sticking youre head in books is overated as long as you payed attention to the class over the years. Anybody feels the same way?

On Sunday i went to a cultural concert my friend invited me to because she helped out in it.
We met our teacher there which was pretty awkward. I mean we like this teacher alot, but the concert was organized by the homosexual community and now our teacher might think that we are lesbians xD But my friend explained that she got the tickets for free because her Brother works there, so i hope our teacher understood ^^

This was an occasion for me to wear my lenses and lashes, so here some pics


And what i wore

Other than that my Ma recelebrated her birthday and invited all her Friends. She cooked aloot, therefore i ate aloot and probably gained alooot.

Seriously look at my study snack! It consisted of cake, chocolate and chips!
(Tried to make it all healthy by adding strawberries xD)
I feel all fat and round lately, kinda helped that i watched the biggest looser yesterday xD

Thanks for reading my rambles <3
I've got so much free time now,
What could i do?

Popteen Trendwatch and Ootd

No i'm not supposed to sit here and write about the popteen issue. Or what i wore today.
In fact, i shouldn't even be online. The only thing i should write about now is the Lotka-Volterra Equation or maybe even DNA-Mutations, and that on a piece of paper, far faaar away from the laptop, internet, magazines or anything else i enjoy in life.

...

But whatever. I feel pretty chill about my upcoming oral biology exam next week, going to cram for it later.(not good, not good i know ._.)

Soo, i skimmed through the latest popteen issue and am happy to announce that i absolutely looove the way the magazine is going this Season!!
I especially like the whole Monotone + Denim Stuff

Monotone Top + Denim Bottom

Keypoints

+Basic, loose Top
+Denim Bottom like ripped shorts ( fave)
+ Long necklace, for ex. crosses
+Heels ( although i also like Dr.Martens or Engineer Boots)


I know its rather simple, but still really chiq and very stylish especially paired with cool cross necklaces!


A great coincidence that i just got myself a new simple rosary some weeks ago xD
Although i'd still do almost everything to get a big phat tutuha necklace ;_;

Of course, the obligatory kawaii-floral-lizliza-ish stuff is still present, but not as overloaded as usual which is a big relief! I'm more into the cutesy cool, edgier tomboyish styles anyway.

Okay these are not exactly edgy and not all of them are tomboyish, but they look fun and laid back which is very important to me.

Keypoints
+ Button down shirts, denim or plaid
+Flag patterns esp. US or UK
+ shorts and chinos?
+ i would wear dr.martens or engineer boots (again, i just love them!)

Kind of like the Style the new Brand Monkey Bite is going for
absolutely adore this brand!

Okay this is not really a certain style or anything, just some fun coords i liked.
I really liked this issue, maybe i'll even get it in paperform myself once i'm in Düsseldorf again.
Although it goes abit the popsister route, which is cool too but not necessary since...well we already have the popsister xD

So kind of inspired by it were the outfits i wore yesterday and today, its the same shirt but differently worn.

So, which do you prefer?

Jellys Giveaway

Check out this awesome giveaway over at Jelly's Blog!

Seriously, the items are woow *q*

Music straight from Europe

Just finished my Art final, meaning: i have time to blog again!
Today i'm going to write about the Eurovision Songcontest! :D

I know this is two-three days too late, but those not living in europe wouldn't realize this anyway.
Let me explain: the ESC is an annual contest held in european countries, in which the countries send in their representative artist to compete against the other european representatives.
Its like, European Idol...or something.. (yea yea lame, im sorry xD)
Anyways, the winning country gets to be the host for the next ESC, and this year guess what, it was germany!
Last year we won in the ESC in Oslo, because we were represented by this lovely lady here:

Our Lena Meyer-Landrut, check out our last years winning entry here

This Year, she represented us once again and had a total image makeover, as seen in germanies entry this year



Personally i love her! Although theres lots of disagreement about her going on here in germany. But ah well, isn't it always like this with emerging media personalities?

Anyway-not beeing biased- but her Performance was part of my personal favorites!
I'd say shes in third place in my personal top 3, although in real life she only made it in 10th palce this year. (which makes sense considering that we already won last year...and hey, 10th place out of 26 really is not bad at all)

In second place of my personal faves would be these lovely serbian ladies here:

Seriously, the performance was so cute! I love how they sang in their mothertongue, i love listening to other languages!
I kind of had to think about the Wondergirls Nobody vid, just western, haha xD
And i think the lead singer is so cute! I remembered how i took special attention of her make, i think i'll even have to google some up close pics!xD

Okay and since this never was an objective report or something in the first place, heeeres my personal Number one: Moldova! :D

ogawd this is so ska. Love this <3
I seriously want a keychain of such a hat-person now :D

Okay now beasically these were just my favorite acts, but if youre wondering who won, well ehh..
.. say hello to Azerbaidjan (sp?!)

NOT HAPPY! D:
Ah well, whatever discovered very interesting acts xD

Todays outfit and new cooking skillzzz!!11!!

Have you ever worn something that seems to be unusual to you at first?
Thats kind of how i felt when i looked like this today. I mean, its not because of the outfit, i love white and flowy tops! I think its because of my hairstyle today, i still feel kinda meeh seeing myself without bangs.
Kinda funny how one subtle details like bangs can change my whole perception.
Hey, i actually wanted to let my bangs open like always, but my hair was super greasy this morning and if that hadn't been enough, our water supply had a revamp so we had no water at home from 11- 3 o'clock.
And i woke up at about eleven, meaning i couldn't wash my hair. ew Dx

I found the shirt on Sale in our Malls Castro branch before it went broke.
Too sad because i liked castro ;_; Now its space is filled with an old lady boutique. Annoyying ._.
Also, I just got the heart shaped shades last week in H&M, i love them!

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Outfit rambles aside, lets move on to cooking rambles!:D

I think i found a new hobby...well i'm trying xD
I'm trying to eat all healthy and stuff so lately i'm copying lots of Recipes from the Womanshealth magazine.

On Monday i made curry couscous

On Tuesday Salad and Goatcheese Quesadillas ( no pic unfortunately ._.)

And Today i just did some Lettuce-Rice Cups!