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99 Percent Mine

by Sally Thorne


Publication date:  07 Feb 2019

Publisher:  HarperCollins Publishers Inc

*I bought my own copy

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WHAT IS ABOUT?

Darcy Barrett has undertaken a global survey of men. She's travelled the world, and can categorically say that no one measures up to Tom Valeska, whose only flaw is that Darcy's twin brother Jamie saw him first and claimed him forever as his best friend. Despite Darcy's best efforts, Tom's off limits and loyal to her brother, 99%. That's the problem with finding her dream man at age eight and peaking in her photography career at age twenty-ever since she's had to learn to settle for good enough.

When Darcy and Jamie inherit a tumble-down cottage from their grandmother, they're left with strict instructions to bring it back to its former glory and sell the property. Darcy plans to be in an aisle seat halfway across the ocean as soon as the renovations start, but before she can cut and run, she finds a familiar face on her porch: house-flipper extraordinaire Tom's arrived, he's bearing power tools, and he's single for the first time in almost a decade.

Suddenly Darcy's considering sticking around to make sure her twin doesn't ruin the cottage's inherent magic with his penchant for grey and chrome. She's definitely not staying because of her new business partner's tight t-shirts, or that perfect face that's inspiring her to pick up her camera again. Soon sparks are flying and it's not the faulty wiring. It turns out one per cent of Tom's heart might not be enough for Darcy anymore. This time around, she's switching things up. She's going to make Tom Valeska 99 percent hers.

REVIEW

The whole time reading I was thinking that Sally Thorne really wanted to write something unusual and different and unfortunately, it backfired.

Don't take me wrong, I am all about different, but this time it did not work for me.

I have read THG, it is one of my favourites and I get it must be difficult to surpass and outdone oneself as an author after such a great first book.
If I haven't known she wrote another (and perfect) romance, I would think this was her first book ever. And maybe it was, maybe it was somewhere buried as a backup document and the THG idea came and she postponed this idea.
We will never find out.
And it is not that Sally can't write. It's more about this particular story.
More like "a typical male protagonist in a woman's body". 

Don't you agree? Here are some clues:
- Darcy is a male name (I know it is different today with the UNISEX names, but you get me)
- She sleeps around (and never calls them back)
- She is emotionally unavailable
- She is sooo stubborn (it hurts)
- She is masculine, has cut her hair short
- She is a smart-ass
- She can't settle down, always travels and no one can stop her
- THE ONE will change all of that
Does it sound familiar? Yes... Darcy is PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE MALE HEROES IN EVERY ROMANCE NOVEL - except, she is a lady....
And what about Tom? Typical female :
- has slept only with one woman before Darcy
- is super caring and helping everyone
- he is extra sensible
- he waits for THE ONE to settle down
See? 

And what about the actual plot? 

There was basically none... or some of the character arcs just disappeared, so that Darcy and Tom could get all of the (unwanted) attention.

Examples: 
- she works at the bar, we get to know her colleague, her typical guests and her admirer, but after the introduction, we no longer get to meet them...why? 
- the whole thing was happening while remodelling the house which was...boring?
- her twin brother was like ..... I do not know, I felt they both were 15 years old
- she was constantly dying from heart disease, but she did not care...wtf?
- the passport thing and the ring thing got resolved in one chapter, why? 

This, however...

I do not like to write "bad reviews" because I am also an "aspiring author",  not successful as Sally, of course( or rather "at all"...), and I treasure people, especially women, who can write beautiful stories. 
I know it must hurt, every author is so vulnerable,  he is out there, in the open, with his new "baby" (aka book) and probably really proud of what he's achieved and then comes the negativity.  
But I believe, some of the reviews are really objective and should help the author to write better books in the future. 
Unfortunately, once you write something everyone loves, they all have expectations from you. And in this case, they were not fulfilled.

It was more than clear to me (after a few pages, I might add) that Sally Thorne really wanted to create an "unusual" heroine.

Besides that, the whole plot was very....different. Like she did not know what to do with that not-so-great setup she's created.

I really missed more dates, fun, more chemistry, more danger from some of Darcy's admirers. They just banged the walls (literally and figuratively) and she always undressed Tom with her eyes, while he worked... and that was pretty much it...
I do not know. I feel like this was not written by Sally (or the first book got a very good editor...)
I had to force myself to read it to the end.
It missed some real twists, Tom left for two days and she was a mess... I would slap her.

Darcy was really hard to love... and that was probably the point.


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Let´s be honest. I´m not a professional hairdresser or a beauty guru/youtube beauty vlogger. I am not so fond of my hair as my other friends, who hate to get cut more than an inch, otherwise they are going to cry. So, if you are feeling it similarly as me, then you can try this DIY Rosegold ombré thing.

I´ve pinterested it over and over and got really obsessed and eager to try this amazing trend. Recently I went through a "let´s get red hair ombre" phase which drove me to a hair saloon where they asked me for 150 EUROS. For bleaching and dying my hair red! That´s insane! (I know, I know they have to live from something..got it)

So, after  some longer  thorough thinking and pinteresting (pinterest is life!) I´ve decided it´s time for a change. I´ve done this ombré thing 3 years ago, also done as DIY. People really liked it on me and asked me where I got it done. That was flattering, considering it was my first attempt to do anything with DYE on my hair :)

Aaaanyway, back to the story where I stumbled upon this amazing DIY video by Justin Crawford, so all the credits are going to her! I watched that video approx. 10 times and searched through the whole world of the world wide web to find if it´s possible to get that bleach and that specific purple color in my country..and guess what? It is not possible. So.. this whole Vanda´s version of Rose Gold Hair DIY is inspired by Justin´s but it was a pure improvisation.

I went to my local drugstore - in Slovakia we have about two different ones, but I really go only to one - DM Drogerie and bought two boxes. One box contained the bleaching platinum colour from L´ORÉAL (1) and PURPLE PUNK COLOUR "LIVE" from Schwarzkopf (2). For "developing" your purple colour, you´ll need any white conditioner (2A), I went with Pantene, and you will need some non-metal bowl and a brush for mixing purple colour with the conditioner/balsam (2B)






Other than that you will need some old t-shirt (it´s best to steal it from your boyfriend), a comb,  and you will need some old towel in case you are not so handy as me and the color goes everywhere and som hair clips, so you can part your hair :) 

Here is some before-the-action photo, I have dark brown hair, almost like chestnut, little bit caramely in the sun. I´ve never dyed my whole head, and done ombre 3 times in the past. So I have pretty much "virgin" hair when it comes to it. Here is another photo of my hair before. 




Well, the steps of rose gold ombre are easy:

1. Comb your hair 

2. Part your hair

3. Put an old towel around your neck

4. Start applying the peroxide/bleach on your ends - REMEMBER TO HAVE DRY HAIR, NOT WET! The most of the product goes at the end and slightly above 

5. Leave for approx. 30 minutes, not more than 45 minutes, if you don´t know exactly, check the lenght on the box of the product. 





6. Rinse with water 

Now - don´t be scared if your hair turned out orange - it´s good for the final rosegold effect. 


7. Don´t blow dry your hair yet, while admiring your suddenly yellow hair, let´s prepare the purple color



8. Pour conditioner to the bowl and squeeze a bit of the purple color into it, then mix it together. Not a lot of the purple color though, because you want just an accent of that purple for that rosegold effect



By the way, sorry for the quality of pictures, but I was doing it during the evening hours.. 
So, you have to mix it until you get the magenta colour. Don´t be afraid it won´t look on your hair like that. 


9. Apply it with your brush on your bleached wet hair (wet hair was in my instructions whihc came with the color, but you can also apply it on dry hair)

10. Wait around 30 minutes and then wash it off




11. Rinse with water and dry if you want to see the results. As I said, I did it at night and got scared to see my really orange hair in the night





So it was a real suprise until the morning hours BEFORE WORK, haha. But I think I overdone myself this time,  and it really looks rosegoldy in the sun. What do you think?





Let me know what you think and if you tried it at home how it turned out in the comments :)






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Maybe you are like me - Scandinavia is one of your next destinations on your travel list, but you'd leave it for exploration after you'd travel across other countries and parts of the world. Typical places like England, Spain, Italy, France and so on. You shouldn't! Scandinavia is, in my humble opinion, one of the prettiest places, areas, in the world. 

I've experienced (together with my boyfriend Majko) only Denmark, but after our vacation and 2 weeks spent in this country, we can't wait to explore Finland, Norway and Sweden as well. This blog post is something like a summary of our memories and experiences in the beautiful city called Copenhagen or København, if you wish.

Let me tell you, if I could speak Danish, at least as I speak English, I'd move there in a heartbeat. And my boyfriend as well. This place is highly addictive and it's not called a city of the happiest people in the world, just because.. :) 


This post is really long, so grab your coffee or tea and get cozy.


FACTS & TIPS


YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEARN DANISH, ENGLISH IS ENOUGH

As I'm a language freak and I want to know at least some basics of every language out there, I've tried to learn some classic words. But you don't have to, if you are not feeling it. From the child to the senior (age 70), everyone speaks excellent English! Trust me, if they can see you are not very comfortable talking, like when buying groceries, they'd start speaking English immediately. I've heard it's because their TV channels do not translate and dabb movies into Danish language, but just use subtitles, so people are learning the language while watching movies. Let me know if that's true, Danish people!




DANISH PEOPLE ARE REALLY QUIET

When we first arrived at Kastrup Airport in Copenhagen around 9 AM, we caught ourselves whispering to each other. Like at the doctor's waiting room. And we were like - is it for real that people here are talking really quietly? And then we agreed. YES! They are not yelling at each other, while standing 1 feet from each other, as we do in our country. It was a great feeling. They really like their privacy and are willing to provide it for others among them.




THERE IS NO MUSIC IN SHOPS

I don't know how about your place where you live, but here in Slovakia it's so annoying. Walking down the street and every other shop has opened doors and music is so loud you can hear it 5 blocks away. It should work like some sort of marketing, to allure new customers to their shops, but eeeh..not working. But, be happy! This is NOT happening in Copenhagen, my dear, not here. It was such a relief to experience this kind of cultural behavior. You enter a grocery shop or a boutique and there is NO MUSIC AT ALL! It was so weird at first, but then we got used to it really fast.




DANISH PEOPLE AREN'T RUDE 

They just mind their business and expect it from you as well. It actually really worked for us because we don't like pushy and noisy people who pretend they are interested in our life, but actually they are not. People in Copenhagen just don't care until you ask them directly for help or anything. The same goes for cafes and markets and so on. They don't come to you asking if you need help - they will give you time.




BIKE IS THE BEST AND MOST EFFICIENT WAY OF TRAVELLING 

And this is absolutely true. Don't freak out when everywhere you look you see bikes! We had our bikes rented by our host (we stayed at the apartment we found via airbnb) and it was an amazing experience. There is 350 km of cycle paths and lanes which are raised from the road and really safe to cycle on. They have even their own traffic lights and the green starts around 5 seconds earlier than the one for the cars. There are "parking slots" for bike every few meters so you can park as nearest as possible to your final destination. But be aware! It's real traffic out there with the bikes. You should know the basic signs - when you turn left, use as a mark you left hand, when right, then the right hand and when you want to unexpectedly stop or turn somewhere right away, rise your left hand in a fist and next to your head. Always have your eyes open and watch out for pedestrians, other bikes and cars. It's not like cycling in the park. Citizens use it as a normal form of transportation. You can see children, dogs, young people, business people in their suits and old people on their bikes too, commuting to work and home or to one of the cute cafes in the city. If you don't have a bike, you can rent it in one of the rental shops. Expect to pay 75kr for the day's rental and around 350kr for the week's. On the contrary, trains, metro and buses are really pricey. In Euros the basic ticket costs around 5 EUROS an one-way journey.








MUSEUMS ARE CLOSED ON MONDAYS

Museums are a great way to kill time when raining and also to explore danish culture. Most of them are free for people under the age of 25 or students. The National Museum is free for everyone regardless your age. The sad fact is they are closed on Mondays! We didn't know that as we planned to visit National Museum on one rainy Monday. So we came and went away disappointed. So, plan something different on your Monday in Copenhagen.




STOP YOUR LOW-SUGAR DIET AND GET SOME DANISH PASTRIES

This is an order! You can visit one of the local coffee chains, Lagkagehuset, which according to my danish language skill, can be translated as a "cake house". And believe me,  it lives to its name! You enter the cafe and the best smell in the world will rins in your nose. Then you'll see a mountain of cakes, cookies, pastries, pizza slices and other goodies. You can get a great coffee with it too. Don't forget to get a line number at the entrance!And to the question if it's fresh, you can see behind the glass wall for yourself, women preparing the dough for the pastries. So, yeah, it's fresh. Prepare to spend some money on it, two coffees and two little cakes will cost you around 15 EUROS, which was a little bit of a shock to our Slovak standards, but then we got used to it and visited it almost daily. So many options to try :P

Typical danish pastries and coffee

PREPARE TO ORDER AND PAY AT THE BAR 

Maybe it's the way how it works all around the world but Slovakia, but it was a new way for us. You should order at the bar, wait for it, pay for it and then you can sit whenever you'd like, how long you'd like. The service is used more for like cleaning the tables than picking up orders. This it not how it goes at normal restaurants, this is just at bars, cocktail places and most of the cafes we visited.


PAY WITH YOUR BANK CREDIT CARD EVERYWHERE, IF YOU HAVE A PIN CODE 

This was quite new for us. We paid literally almost everywhere with our bank cards. It was really fast and easy. From groceries to Paper Island StreetFood! The only place when they prefer cash was at the church tower and since we didn't have any cash on us we left, haha.
It's a great way to track your expenses throughout the whole vacancy. The only way how to pay with your card is if you have a pincode with it as well. If you not, rather use cash. The best way to exchange money is right away at the airport and then you can use any kind of ATM.

Danish coins. Yes, they look like doughnuts

TRY TYPICAL DANISH HOTDOGS 

Don't leave the country without tasting their hotdogs, pølse!
You can get them literally around every corner in their kiosks, for around 5 EUROS (35-40kr) but it's worthy. It contents : special bread, sausage, ketchup, mustard, remoulade (special yellow sauce they use on almost everything), fried onion, fresh onion and pickles. That's right. But the combination is great! I, as a vegetarian since birth, have tried it and must admit -  was really delicious! (sorry, mom.) Oh, and these kiosks are exception when it comes to paying. They accept only cash. 



VISIT STREET FOOD ISLAND. YES, ISLAND!

PapirØen, as it's called, is a tiny island, near the downtown. It's a local place for everyone, citizens and also tourists to enjoy variety of food from food trucks and kiosks with high quality food, drinks and coffee. You can try food specialties from Italian, through Indian, American, Mexican or any other type of cuisine you can think of.
Once it's used to be a warehouse with paper for ships, now it's the most hype place in town.

You can also find here the true national danish hit- Smørrebrød! It can be called as "open face sandwich" and the combination of words is something like bread and butter. And that's it. You can buy if from approx. 5 EUROS per piece. There are many types you can choose from. The base is a rye bread - I got one with butter, cooked potatoes, savour cream and chive, and of course, fried onions - they like to put it in many of their special meals.

Again, you can park your bike to the nearest place possible. If there's nice weather, local people use to grab a deckchair while enjoying the view with a glass of beer, lemonade or a food plate, talking to their friends.

Smørrebrød




Fish'n'chips and the view


Heavy rain and sunset. Really proud of this shot!






EVEN IF IT'S RAINY AND COLD WEATHER, DANISH PEOPLE LOVE WATER

One day was really really cold weather and it was pouring rain all day long. And while going on the bridge we saw some teenagers jumping into the cold water in the docks. We were like "wtf", but they looked like they had the best time ever. They even had towels and swimsuits on. Awesome.


HYGGE IS A REAL THING

Hygge is the perfect word to describe danish mentality. This word expresses the outings and happenings of 2 and more people, in Copenhagen (I expect also in Denmark, maybe even in the whole Scandinavia). 
While driving through the city on your bike or while walking, you can see people everywhere, enjoying their lunch breaks, dinners, small friendly gatherings etc, outside. People in Copenhagen love outdoors and they enjoy it whenever they can.
Don't be surprised if you find ready salads and lunch boxes in every market more than in your country. They love to just grab it and sit in the docksides or on benches near the sea while talking. Their most favourite is a pizza in the box and a beer. Local people prefer a lot of beer cans and some finger food more than sitting in a restaurant. They just love it. The first day we got there we visited a park, totally exhausted and it was full of people. They had picnics with a bottle of wine on ice and blankets (it's perfectly legal to drink outside, in Denmark). It was amazing!

When we hygge






THERE ARE PARKS ON EVERY CORNER

This is true. It is amazing! And they are huge and look beautiful!

King's gardens

COPENHAGEN IS PEOPLE-FRIENDLY CITY
As you walk by the city, you can sit on a bench almost every 5 meters, and next to every bench is a trash can. In my city it's something unimaginable!!! 
There are bike stations everywhere and people are really friendly. I got in a bike accident once and the biker was really nice to me, reassuring I'm okay and he left after he could see I'm not injured. 
You can hangout everywhere you'd like. It's amazing! 

WEATHER IS CHANGING EVERY HOUR

Always carry around something warm or waterproof with you. Just in case. 

METRO CARS ARE ON AUTO-PILOT

Don't be scared while seeing arriving metro without a pilot! It's automatic and you can sit in the very front, with the best view.



THERE ARE 7-ELEVEN SUPERMARKETS LITERALLY ON EVERY CORNER

I don't know why is that. But it's not a bad thing, and you get used to it after-all. 

THERE ARE MANY MANY THINGS TO SEE IN AND AROUND COPENHAGEN

If you are more for entertainment while on vacation, make sure you pay a visit to the oldest and most famous amusement park, called Tivoli Gardens. The entry fee is around 15 EUROS per person and if you want to ride on some of the attractions, you have to pay extra. But don't you worry - you get a map with all the details and checkpoints with ATMs for the tickets - and of course, you can pay with your card. 

Tivoli Attractions




Tivoli Garden Entrance


Also you can get to all of the amazing parts of CPH on your bike. If you end up on Paper Island (Street Food Island) in Christianhavn, go little bit further and visit Christiania - "the free town". It's an independent small city within the city. There are some cute tiny fishermen houses near the lake and shops and services. There is also a main square with all of types of gift shops, but be aware - most of them are marijuana type of presents and designs. There are some parts of this city where is strictly forbidden to shoot with your camera or phone. There are kiosks with masked salesmen, selling weed and hashish. 



If you want to relax, make sure to find some time for their beautiful beach - Amager Strandpark. It's beautiful long beach, full of attractions (if you come in warmer months) and a beautiful view. Again, people tend to visit it for "hygge" or family gatherings on Sunday, walking their dogs. 
To prove how Copenhagen is people-friendly, people of the city wanted this kind of place, so they've CREATED THE BEACH! Yes, they moved the shore for about 2 km and created special routes for bikers and people on rollerblades and runners. You can find a bench or a trash can every few meters (common people, really?:D). There are many entrances with steps for passionate swimmers, it looks like you're entering a pool. We've been there at the beginning of September and people actually jumped to the water. Danish people!
The level of water is not too high, so it's great also for the families with children. 







Also if you are all into that viking thing, I highly recommend visiting a beautiful village called Roskilde. It has one of the best Viking ship museums, with five original repaired viking ships and interactive workshops, where you can try every step of ship-making. And for the extra fee you can paddle on one of the viking ship replicas and it's amazing! 








And that's probably it. I could write about our Copenhagen experience two more pages, but I think the best is to experience it all by yourself. I'm dying to visit other countries in Scandinavia, but right know I'm living on budget because, let me tell you - Denmark is a little bit pricey for an average Europe citizen. And by that I mean Central Europe - Slovakia, haha.  

If you have any further questions or comments feel free to ask me. You can follow me on my other social media channels and ask me there, if you'd like. 
Please, if you want to use this post on your website or my photos, ask me first and we can discuss it. Thank you! 
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 I loved them since I saw the movie Matilda,  and always wanted to make them at home.  It's not traditional breakfast menu here in my country, and you can find it only at some american bistros around town. Sometimes my mum makes them, but in an another "traditional" Slovak way.

I'm not a mage in the kitchen and I don't cook that much (prefer baking), but I just had to make myself some good american pancakes!

As you can guess, I've decided to make them in an american way. I found the best and easy recipe and tried it and they turned out amazing after the first try! Who doesn't want it, right? That's why I want to share this recipe with you :) It's pretty easy.

Since I live in the central Europe, we have different metric charts here. But I googled some American for you as well (many of you readers come here from US and also it's about amerinca pancakes, duuh).
For around 12 - 15 pancakes ( yes, it's too much, but you can divided everything by 2 or 3 to have smaller portions) you'll need:

  •  3 eggs
  • 0, 6 dcl of milk / 20 fl oz of milk (classic cow's, but if you prefer any other, you can try it with that as well, but I do not guarantee that they will turn out well)
  • 600 grams of soft flour / 4 cups 
  • 170 grams of either granulated or caster sugar / 3/4 cup ( I used granulated and it was delish, so don't worry)
  • 1 pack of baking powder (we use to have them in a small package, as you can see on the picture)
Everything in Slovak. Bought at LIDL
These are all the ingredients you need. 
Now you just put all the milk and eggs in one bowl and start mixing them. I prefer to mix wet ingredients first and then when it's stirred I add flour, sugar and baking powder (dry ingredients) to that bowl and mix everything together. Voilá! You now have your pancake dough ready. 
Put it away for about 30 minutes and then you are good to go. Heat a smaller pan, butter it up, put dough on, keep always on medium heat. One pancake will take approximately around 2-3 minutes for you to make. So be patient :) It's worthy.

Stirring "wet ingredients"

The result!

Now you know how to make fluffiest, delicious american pancakes in my way. I've tried this recipe several times and they always ended up great and tasty. 

As a topping I use a little bit of butter, maple syrup and my boyfriend came up with adding a little bit of home-made jam to it and it was amazing. You can eat it also with some chocolate and so on. We added some blueberries. 

So that's it. Let me know if you tried them according to my recipe or what is your favourite recipe! :)





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In my last year's post about my eyelash extensions experience I showed you how I got an allergic reaction to 3D eyelashes. I'd been using extensions for about a 6 months, where nothing happened to my eyes, but after another 6 months break from wearing 3D lashes I got 2 times this huge allergic reaction, with red swollen and itchy eyes, which would fade away after a couple of days and eye drops. 


I was like, okay it happened 2 times, eyes are very important part of a human body, stop using and wearing them. 

After a year of not having lash extensions, I started to have this feeling that it's time to try them again. You know, I was a first girl which didn't have red eyes at all after the application and in a year I got an allergic reaction.. well, there was a chance for being THAT girl again (meaning - without any reaction to artificial eyelashes) so I took it. 

I was playing with that idea for about a week and I've decided to try it again, after a year. Well, the worst what could happen is to have red eyes, so what. I'll live through the first 3 days and it will be okay, I guessed.. 

Well, as you could guess - it was NOT OKAY. I made an appointment with the best lash studio in my city (Bratislava, Slovakia) and was really looking forward to have them again and look like a doll. I was laying down for about 2,5 hours and when I opened my eyes and got the really slightly red, so it was a relief for my eyelash expert and for me as well. She took a picture of my eyelashes for her portfolio and I was really happy with the results! I got a tip for applying the lashes a little bit further from the roots so we did it that way. 



I was really excited to not have to wake up an hour earlier and to look pretty 24/7.. 
I had to go to school to present my project which was about in an hour and when I got there my classmate asked me "Vanda, what happened to your eyes?" I just replied "Fake eyelashes" and didn't pay attention to the itchiness. I hoped it would go away in a few hours or a day. But I was wrong again. 

In a few hours it all got even worse, my eyes were really red, started being swollen and the eyelash part kind of hurt me when I touched it. I really hoped it would be okay when it's been a year. 
My boyfriend, friends and I went to the movies for this new Avengers movie and I was wearing sunglasses in a shopping mall because I looked like a junkie. No kidding. Everyone looked at me like I was high on something and it was not very pleasant. 
I bought really expensive eye drops to stop it from the worst and applied them 3 times. 


The next day it got better - a little bit - so I was really looking forward to being pretty again and being happy from looking awesome. But that night it turned to a nightmare. 

Sorry for the blurry photo, I couldn't have my eyes opened for more than 30 seconds

As you can probably see, my eyes are completely swollen and red and teary. Yes  - I woke up at about 3 AM with a really bad feeling. My eyes were tearing for about 5 hours straight and I couldn't stop it. From all of the tears I got a running nose and it was a hell of a night, let me tell you. 

My boyfriend checked my eyes and the right eye got worse than the left one. He told me I got really badly CORNEA area swollen. It was a feeling like you have something in your eye - a small eyelash or something tiny - but I got nothing, I just had the whole eye irritated from a fake eyelash. Clearly, my body tried to fight this "allien" in any way. 

Did you experience the same, anyone? 
I am really sad. It really helped me to look pretty. I was really looking forward to all of the prettiness and awesomeness, haha. But it turned out the way it supposed to. Unfortunately. 

I've read many articles about women who ended up at the hospital with not able to see. I was not able to see for 2 days, I could open my eyes just for 30 seconds. The lashes had to go down after 2 days and it was an immediate relief when I got them down. 

The whole process of removing them was not very pleasant either, but again, it was necessary. Now I look like a boy again (since I have short lashes without a curl) and had to buy a new mascara ( I'll to the review too, since I'm not very happy with the mascara, haha). 

I was not able to apply mascara or anything for a week because it was very touchy and swollen from time to time. But I apply eye drops every day and it's getting better. 

I don't think I'll be having 3D lashes again, in the future. But everyone needs his own experience. :) 


Let me know in the comments if anything similar happened to you, ladies. 






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You know it, ladies.. You see some great nail design on Pinterest or Instagram and you want it too. The same happened to me. So I got my BFF and we went to see a nail designer to get our nails done for the first time. Yes, the first! 

We've been thinking about getting them for some time, so we've decided that the time is now! 
It was all very exciting, we couldn't pick a color, we couldn't decide on this and that. And then - we got the prettiest nails ever! I've never been so proud of my nails :) I've decided for dark pink-ish, but somehow I got them red..nevermind! And my friend, Petra, decided to go with beige colour. For the ring fingers we decided to go with gold-ish sparkles. And we really wanted the almond shape, so we got it. Yaay! 



They were perfect! We couldn't be more happier with our nails. But as it goes with gel nails, they will grow with time and it gets uglier and uglier. So I made them shorter a little bit, so they would look less messy and not so long. I was very happy with the result. 


This length was even better than the original length of the gels. I really liked it this way, but it lasted only for one week and then my own nails started showing up more and more. So I decided I don't want gels anymore (what a stupid idea..) and I cut it really short. 



Ugly, right? First of all, I really can't use nail file.... That's very obvious. And as you can see, it's not looking really appealing, having my nails like this. So, I searched the Internet and Pinterest and everything, to see whether is there any way to remove gel nails at home. Since I'm on budget (and I bet many of you too, otherwise you won't be reading this, haha), I've decided to try it at home, but since I don't have Acetone at my disposal, I found the better way. With the dental floss. I found this blogger and she had the same intention and she wrote that this is a great way to get rid of your older gels. And guess what? I found older dental floss in my stuff! 

The main step is to have a gel nail which has a open edge and to slid the strand of a dental floss beneath it  and pull it gently back and forth and suddenly the magic happens! For me, it all began with the golden ones, so I didn't catch it on camera, but you'll get the idea. 




So, slid the strand gently under the open edge. If you don't have an open edge yet, but you want to try it, try to push on the tip of your gel with another finger and push it a little bit down and maybe the edge will open eventually, I did it the same way with my other fingers.




And then pull back and forth.. In my case I didn't manage to slid the floss under the whole gel, so it will be a little bit incomplete.


POP! And that's it.. Don't worry about the feeling that your own nail is going down too, it's due to the glue on your own nails. Don't worry about the quality of your own nails either, if you do, then you shouldn't have got the gels in the first place. :) It will heal eventually and it just looks bad on the first sight. The white stripes are the leftovers of the glue.



As I wrote I didn't manage to slid it under the whole nail,  that's why is there some gel left, but with the nail file or fingers you can get the rest out easily.




I used a nail file to level the original nail and then I used my Eveline Intensive Nail Condiotiner, which I got from my friends, and I highly recommend it. It's not very expensive either.







And voilá! It doesn't look so damaged as I initially thought. What do you think? :)




And that's it. Easy as that. But, remember! If you're not able to open the edge of the nail, even by pushing the tip of the gel, leave it. The nail is not ready and it will be funny to have one finger without the gel and one with it.. Rather go to the professional to get new ones, or buy some Acetone and cotton and try it the different way. :) 

My nails have been always in a terrible condition and right now I'm thinking about getting gels again. It's so addictive, time saving and pretty! 
What design should I get (or color) Any ideas? Also, let me know, how did it go with your dental floss removal. 




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