Decorating and customizing with DIY tassels
Reading Time: 3 minutes As you know if you’ve been reading me for a while, I’m quite a creative person and my brain can’t keep quiet for very long. When I’m not coming up with my own recipes, I like to get crafty. If you are curious, which I hope you are, you can…
Saving the environment, one little step at a time
Reading Time: 3 minutes If you have known me for a little while, you will know that one of my biggest concerns is helping our environment in any way I can. I may be just one person, but you’d be surprised how much one little person can do on their own already! You’ll find…
Sweet oils
Reading Time: 4 minutes I originally wrote this on the first week of October 2018. It’s been a week since I received my Young Living starter kit, and I can already list several benefits: I’ve suffered from a stress related eczema for longer than 10 years, something that no dermatologist ever bothered diagnosing properly.…
Kitchen Fails – Red Velvet evolution
Reading Time: 2 minutes Today I bring you another volume of my Kitchen Fails, which I hope you will enjoy. This one is slightly different from the previous fail stories I have shared with you. María Jesús, the artist behind Like Cakes for Chocolate, shows us the evolution she has gone through over the…
DIY hair mask for dry scalp with essential oils
Reading Time: 3 minutes As you will know if you’ve been following me for a while, I come from Spain and live in Berlin, Germany. Since moving here I noticed and learned many things about this wondrous and weird – in the best possible way – culture. Germans walk on the right side of…
My Braun blender – product review
Reading Time: 3 minutes My dear smoothie-fans and cooking buddies, I present to you my one and only blender: BRAUN Multiquick 5 Vario. It has been loyal to me since I bought the first one back in 2012, completely by chance as it was part of the exhibit at the shop and it was…
Summer in Berlin
Reading Time: 3 minutes Berlin in the summer can be one of the most vibrant cities I know. The city comes to life after winter hibernation in the spring, and summer is when it brings its full force and shows you The Best Time Ever. There are open air concerts and festivals basically every…
My fight against evil plastic
Reading Time: 2 minutes Recently I shared with you my own personal goal to be more aware of waste and try my best at purchasing products that don’t produce more plastic waste. If you missed out on that post, you can find it here. Today I want to talk a bit more in detail…
Alsbach-Hähnlein, love at first sight
Reading Time: 2 minutes In 2009 I came to live with a German family as an au-pair so I could learn German. Little did I know this would be my first step towards moving to Germany permanently, as I grew to love the family, the town, the country and even its harsh language. This…
DIY scented candles with dried flowers
Reading Time: 2 minutes Last Christmas I got a beautiful gift of 5 Kusmi teas in their gorgeously decorated tins, and even though I’ve made an effort not to finish them too quickly, I don’t feel I’ve succeeded. One of them is already finished since a few weeks ago, and the others are two or…