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Thumbs 2017 Favorites

February 15, 2018February 25, 2018by thumbelinaslifestyleLeave a Comment

Hi everybody,dear readers and loyal subbies!

We made it and are now mid February 2018! I was planning to have this post up earlier however things just kept popping up. In this post I will share all my favorite things of 2017 ! From Beauty, food to lifestyle! Can’t wait for this list? Please hurry and continue reading!

Beauty

Foundation

*Loreal Infalible Matte

*Urban Decay Naked Skin

Concealer

*MAC Pro concealer

Lips

*Loreal Matt Laquer in 502

Eye Palette

*Urban Decay Heat Pallete

Single Eye Shadows

*Hema Intense Colour Mousse in 03

*Boots Mink Eye Shadow

Setting Spray

* MAC Prep and Prime

Blush

Kiko Shade Fusion Trio Blush

MAC Peaches

Bronzer

MAC Give me Sun

Brow

*L’Oreal Brow Plumper

Tools

*Real Techniques Complexion Sponge

*BeautyBlender

Cleansing

*Garnier Miscelaire Gel

Facial Mask

*Douglas Aqua Focus Good Night Gel Mask

*Starskin Hydration Mask

Lifestyle

Film

*Girls Trip

*Hidden Figures

*Mein Blind Date mit Dem Leben

*Demain Tout Commence

Food

*Restaurant Jai Barat in Haarlem (Indian) Amazing food in a modern vibe restaurant.

Shop

*Xenos

Travel

*Bali

* London Trip

Read all about my experiences in the travel part of my blog if you are nosy!

And yep apologies still need to write about my London Trip.

Inspiring person

Ending on a bit of sad note, but for me the most inspiring person of 2017 was a little boy who’s name was Tijn. This boy put others before himself eventhough he was terminally ill.

Tijn raised over 2.5 million euros through painting nails for a fundraiser from Serious Request. And later another 1.2 million euros with his own line of nail polishes.

This boy just showed me how we all should be a little bit less selfish in life and start carring about others regardless of your own situation

I really felt so sad when I heard he passed away last July because of his illness. As a Dutch singer song writer wrote” you are a hero!”.

Writing about my most inspiring person for 2017 concludes my 2017 favorites!

Curious about my list of unfavorites for 2017? Please let me know! As I am intending to write a post about this one

As always feel free to leave a comment and share your thoughts.

Until next post friends!

XoXo

Kim

*Disclaimer I do not own any of the film trailers used in this blog

Lifestyle

What I got for my birthday 2017

August 20, 2017by thumbelinaslifestyle4 Comments

Hi Everybody, dear readers and loyal subbies,

I cannot believe I am writing this post nearly 3 months after my birthday. Big Oops moment to say the least!

But going back to details, my birthday was on the day I returned from Bali, 18th May so I did not do a lot except having nice food and chilling. Also to prevent from staying up all night my mum made me have a big walk during the day so I would have a good nights sleep. To be honest I slept all night and woke up at around 8-9 am.

As it is becoming quite the tradition to share what I got for my birthday , I got not fail posting this blog. I hope you all like it!

Vacuum cleaner

Mac Next to Nothing Foundation and Powder in Light Plus

Amazon Giftcard

Soap

Stationary

Disney PJ’s

Disney Socks

Disney Canvas bag

Single Cookbook ( housewarming gift)

Stuffed Animal

Overal that sums up what I got for birthday. This year for my birthday I received a lot of things I needed and I received a lot Disney which I love! Curious about what I received last year or any other posts feel free to roam around my little space on the internet.

Until next post friends.

XoXo,

Kim

Beauty

Thumbs June Favorites

June 29, 2017August 20, 2017by thumbelinaslifestyle9 Comments

Hi Everybody, dear readers and loyal subbies,

Another month is almost gone and therefore it is time for some Thumbs Favorites. This month has a good variation of Faves, from beauty to home/ interior and skincare. Curious? Then please continue reading

Clinic eye creme

Douglas Face Serum

Airwick Reed Diffuser Vanilla Truffle

Storrage Boxes

Mac Fix Plus Setting Spray

Maybeline Fit Me Concealer

Mac Next to Nothing Foundation & Powder in light plus

My New Haircut

Pandora Snow Flake Ring

What where your favorites of this month? Please feel free to share your thoughts via a comment. I hope you all liked this post and if so please like or subscribe.

Until nex

XoXo,

Kim

Beauty

Thumbs February Favorites

March 5, 2017August 13, 2017by thumbelinaslifestyleLeave a Comment

Hi Everybody, dear readers and loyal subbies,

March has started and it is time for a very belated Thumbs February Favorites. This blog post contains some lifestyle and beauty faves. So I hope you will enjoy it !

Douglas Home Spa Balancing Shower Foam in Polynesian Dream.

This just smells very Spa like and smells so clean. It is very hard for me to describe this fragrance but it smells sooo good. So if you can get hold of this shower gel I would !

Essie For the Twill of It

This is just such an interesting polish. Sort of monochromatic. You can see different colors in it like blue’s,purple’s, greens and grey’s. It is just gorgeous and this polish wears very well.

Cauliflower Rice

Side tracking a bit here but please bear with me. This is such a great alternative to rice if you don’t want any carbs for your dinner. For example the cauliflower rice matches very well with a green vegetable curry.

Mac Face and Body Foundation in NC25

It is a nice light foundation that evens out the skin tone for a natural look . I have often gravitated to this foundation if I felt like wearing foundation.

Too Faced Chocolate Bar pallet

Fave colours : White Chocolate, Marzipan Strawberry Bon Bon and Creme Brulee

MAC Strobe Cream

Just gives back a lot of luminosity to the skin. Your skin looks fresh,dewy and healthy and overall my makeup looks better. But that is my just my opinion.

Booked Bali Trip

I cannot remember if I wrote about this before, but in 2 months time I am flying to Bali for a 16 day trip. Whoop whoop! I have never been so far away from home, but I am looking so forward to it. At the moment I have the time and freedom to travel and I am taking full advantage of that. My plan is to write some posts from Bali if I am disciplined and if the Wifi agrees. So hopefully this happens.

I hope you all enjoyed this post and as always feel free to leave a comment.

Until next post friends!

XoXo

Kim

Beauty

Thumbs favorites of 2016

February 5, 2017August 20, 2017by thumbelinaslifestyleLeave a Comment

Hi everybody, dear readers and loyal subbies,

Unlike most Bloggers and YouTubers, I write about my yearly favorites in the beginning of the year. I always feel that something at the end of the year can sneak in as my favorite. All though this year I am really, really late with this post. In this post you will read all about my favorites. Some I must say, I have mentioned very often in other posts. So with further ado here are my faves of 2016!

Face and Body Care

Sanex Shower Gel

StarSkin Facial Masks

Soap and Glory Sugar Crush Body Wash

L’Oréal Paris Extraordinary Oil – 50 ml – Day Creme

L’Oréal Paris Extraordinary Oil – 50 ml – Night Creme

Perfume

Victor & Rolf Bon Bon

Makeup

Makeup Revolution Bronze & Contour Palette – All About Bronze

Makeup Revolution Highlighter in Golden Lights

MAC Water Weight Foundation in NC25

MAC Mehr Lipstick

MAC Lip Conditioner

Too Faced Chocolate Bar

Pupa Doll Blush in 105

Lifestyle

Buying an Apartment

Losing Weight

Film

Me before you

Dead Pool

The BFG

Star Wars Rogue One

Food

Indian food

Sushi

So with food rounds up my favorites for 2016. I have read and watched many 2016 favorites but if you think there should be something I should really try, please leave a comment! I am still contemplating if I will write about my un-favorites of 2016. If you would like me to write about my un- favorites please leave a comment.

Until next post friends.

XoXo,

Kim

Beauty, Lifestyle, Uncategorized

Thumbs June Favorites

July 4, 2016by thumbelinaslifestyle2 Comments

Hi everybody, dear readers and loyal subbies,

June has passed and gone and it is time for Thumbs June Favorites. I must say June did not give me a lot of new faves , but the things I found were pretty sweet. Don’t get me wrong I am still loving a lot of the same things from last month. Such as my Make up Revolution high lighter in golden lights and the Make up Revolution Bronzer Palette. So if you want to read about Mays favorites click here. But for this month lets get this post started.

Makeup

MAC Velvet Teddy – What can I say, it is just a beautiful nude color and you can just wear this color any time. Timeless and classic!

Lifestyle

Pathe unlimited card – If you like going to the cinema and you go often, then this might be something for you ( just for Dutch peeps ) ! I pay 19 euros a month, and pay 1.5o extra if I want to see the film in 3D . Since I subscribed to Pathe Unlimited I sometimes go 4 times a week to the Cinema. This card is such good value for money. Also you get 10% discount on drinks and snacks in the cinema.
Film Me before you – Such a good film! It had a good story line even though it was very sad at some times, but the film also contained a lot of humor. I really want to read the book now. Anyone read the book?
Film Deadpool – If you like Marvel Comics, most likely you will like this one. This film was soooo funny. Maybe a little rude at some time but it suited the film. Also I thought the soundtrack was BOM !
Penny Dreadfull- Best season ever! Unfortunately and sadly the last season. I sort of had the feeling how this show would end and I was correct. Still it was such a good season with such a good story line. I have already re-watched several episode I just can’t get enough. If you are interested you can view the trailer below.Trailer Penny Dreadful season 3

Fashion

Dresses – I just have been into dresses lately. To be honest I look a lot better in dresses. My figure just looks better in a dress. and it is summer now so it is nice to wear. Also I am incorporating a lot of bright color which makes my skin look more alive and not so deadly.

I hope you all liked this post. For more updates follow me via Bloglovin or Twitter. And as always feel free leave to leave a comment.

Until next post friends!

XoXo

Kim

Beauty, Lifestyle

What I got for my birthday

June 13, 2016by thumbelinaslifestyle7 Comments

Hi everybody,dear readers and loyal subbies,

Finally I am going to share what I got for my birthday. Wieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

I just love reading and seeing these sort of blogs/ videos, therefor I wanted to post this one. I really had a good day and felt really spoiled. If you want to read what I did for my birthday click here.

Let the sharing started!

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Avanca Wireless Headset– I just love this gift. I love listening to music whether I am commuting, working or going to the gym. Because I listen to music a lot, it is important too me to have a good quality and functional headset. Also I noticed the one I had was getting a little tired. So I thought lets put this on my wishlist. And I got it!

The reason that I wanted a wireless headset was that I did not want any wires running in front of me. With the wired headset I usually would pull my headset out of my ears when I was rowing. Very annoying. These headsets just feel so lightweight and they look quite fashionable in my opinion and they have a good sound quality to them.

Hunkemoller giftcards – Hunkemoller is one of the biggest chains in the Netherlands to buy bra’s and as I am in need to get some new ones, this is very greatly appreciated. Is it just me, but buying bra’s is quite expensive. The woes of being a woman.

MAC Experience – This was so much fun!! My sis got me this present. So for an hour the MAC makeup artist did my face. She started with some questions such as skin type what I liked etc. Also this deal included I could get € 60 worth of product. Which is pretty sweet! This is such great gift and a great way to try out products.

Amazon gift cards– Who does not like a Amazon gift card. You can choose whatever you like. I am still contemplating what to get. But I am sure I will figure it out any time soon. Or I will just collect these cards and then do a combined splurge.

Necklace and Bracelets – I already showed this one in a previous post. I got a 0pretty necklace and bracelets from my friend J! Want to read about this post click here.

Stationary plus matching post- its– This is a very useful pressie. I can use this one to write some thank you notes. And the post its are very useful to leave some reminder notes. Such as must take out garbage !! I love the prints on the stationary very pretty.

I hope you all liked this post and thank you for reading. As always feel free to leave a comment! Until next post friends!

XoXo

Kim

Beauty, Favourites, Lifestyle

Thumbs May Favorites

May 25, 2016May 24, 2016by thumbelinaslifestyle2 Comments

Hi everybody, dear readers and loyal subbies,

It is May favorite time and it is time to share what I have been loving throughout the month of May. You are going to notice that I am loving a lot of Makeup Revolution products. This is because I sort of try to change out my Daily Makeup draw once in a while and I fancied to use these products.

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Makeup

Make up Revolution Ultra Blush palette in Hot Spice. I have circled the ones I like the best.
Makeup Revolution Ultra Bronze palette All about Bronze. I have circled the ones I like the best.
Makeup Revolution Vivid Baked Highlighter in Golden Lights. Such an affordable and beautiful highlighter. Love it.
Loreal Caresse laquer in 300 Juliet. An oldie but a goody.
Loreal Infallible matt Foundation in 11 Vanilla
MAC Strobe cream. I love the luminosity it gives to the skin and I love it in combination with the Matt foundation
Kiko Velvet Matt lipstick in 602

Experience

MAC Makeover. As you might have read, I had a 60 min MAC Makeover. It was so nice just sitting there and getting your makeup done by a proffessional maekup artist. I got some tips and tricks and got some aweso me Makeup products.

Penny Dreadfull Season 3. Yes, yes yes ! My show is back. And boy is it back. The season opening episode is/ was sooooooooooooooo good. Every Monday a new episode launches and I cannot wait until it is released.
New Girl. I am a little late for this show as it has been released for 4 seasons already. I just find it so funny and in some ways very recognizable to real life.

I hope you all liked this short and brief post. For my last favorite post click here. Or maybe you would like to read all about my birthday festivities here. If you like posts like these please like or subscribe or follow me via Thumbelinaslifestyle.com or BlogLovin. Until next post friends.

XoXo

Kim

Beauty, Food, Lifestyle, Uncategorized

3 Days of birthday festivities

May 22, 2016by thumbelinaslifestyle4 Comments

Hello friends,

I turned 29 on the 18th of May! Yeeh! Because it was a bank holiday on a Monday I took the Tuesday and the Wednesday (my birthday) off. So yeeh for long weekends! Because my birthday was in the middle of the week and a lot of people had to work I got two birthdays! Who does not enjoy that huh?

Day 1 pre -birthday (17th May )

Tuesday I went shopping in the city Haarlem and Purmerend with my mother. So my mum and I started in Haarlem. We were browsing the little stores in the center of Haarlem but we decided to have lunch first. We settled to go to Cafe Brinkman which is located on the Grote Markt in Haarlem Center. I had a sandwich Bali which was quite tasty . The sandwich photographed really well. Such a nice big sandwich.

I was really surprised that when my mum and I were out and about it was really nice weather, as the Forecast that week was crap. It was sunny and even I felt hot on occasion. After lunch we visited some stores tried on some things and then we decided to go back to Purmerend and do some shopping there. Once done we returned to my parents house and had some pizza and salad and ofcourse some cake. The cake was really good but I had too much. At 0.00 hours I opened some pressies. Awesome!

Day 2 The real birthday ( 18th May)

Day 2 I spent with my sister. She told me to be at Haarlem station at 12.45 hours so we could get lunch at 1300 hours. Lunch, really sis ! She made me walk this weird route . And I was like what is going on. Where are we having lunch? And then we ended up at Douglas at the MAC counter !! Hell yeah!! I got a MAC make over and afterwards I could choose € 60,- worth of products! Pretty sweet! As I was in the moment , I sort of caved and purchased some other stuff from MAC. So below you can see the items the MAC artist used on me. Can I just say that the MAC water weight foundation is awesome. My skin looked really nice.

After my MAC makeover we had lunch at the Thrill Grill. I think this is turning out to be a great place for lunch. I opted for the Kranenburger, a burger. On the picture it looks so simple but the flavor combination is awesome. A beef burger , lettuce, red onion jam, Blue Cheese dressing and crushed black pepper on a toasted organic bun. Hmmmm so good. Also their homemade Ice tea is soooo good.

Afterwards it was shopping around and scoring some great deals really. For dinner we had some nice sushi. Afterwards we chilled out in front of the tv all in all a good day,

Day 3 day of cake

As per Dutch tradition you usually get cake for your co workers. Unfortunately I forgot to make pictures of these cakes. I got 3 cakes and they were delicious. They all went down a treat.

I hope you all enjoyed this post. I am planning to do a what I got for my birthday post and do a little haul post what I got during those days. For last year festivities click here . Until next post friends!

XoXo

Kim

Beauty, Lifestyle, Uncategorized

Current MAC lipstick collection

April 30, 2016April 30, 2016by thumbelinaslifestyle6 Comments

Hi everybody, dear readers and loyal subbies

For today’s post we are diving into my MAC lipstick collection. I know, I don’t have a big collection of MAC lipsticks but I do really like the ones I have ! Ironically they all seem to be in the same color family. How original I know. I just love these nude colors! I just think they are so complimentary and these lipsticks go with all types of looks and outfits. Sorry if my color descriptions are a bit of. But lets go through the shades.

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Swatches from left to right: Brave ,Angel,Velvet Teddy, Faux, Syrup, Fanfare and Mehr

MAC Brave– Satin finish. A pink beige color.

MAC Faux- Satin finish. A mauve color.

MAC Syrup Lustre finish. A sheer pink plum color

MAC Angel– Frost finish. A baby pink color with a frosty finish

Fan Fare– Cremesheen finish. A pink coral color

MAC Mehr – Matte finish. A combination between pink and brown color.

MAC Velvet Teddy– Matte finish. A combination between coral and brown

My current top 3 Mac lips are:

MAC Faux
MAC Mehr
MAC Velvet Teddy

Are there any shades I am missing? What are your favorite shades? Please share your thoughts and leave a comment. If you are interested in my last post click here.

Until next time friends!

XoXo

Kim