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)

FACTS & TIPS

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.


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.


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.


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 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.


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

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.

Danish coins. Yes, they look like doughnuts

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

 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

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

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? :)