HOLLAND HAUL

Hello!

As you may or may not have known, I recently came back from a holiday in Amsterdam, and today I'm going to be doing the haul from Amsterdam!

   

I went to multiple shops to get what I did, so this won't be a haul from a particular shop. Also, If I mention prices they will be in Euros, so might not be that price depending where you're from.

Item 1:

 My first item is this Kabuki brush from Victoria's Secret. I actually got this from the airport we flew from, when I saw a Victoria's Secret I couldn't resist going in (mostly because Cara Delevingne cat-walked for them). I didn't have a particular reason for getting this Kabuki brush, but have heard Kabuki brushes are good and handy to have, and as I was going away I thought this would be a good idea to buy. Currently, I'm unsure on how much this was, but I don't think it was too expensive.

Item 2:

  

For anyone who doesn't know, these are called Clogs, and are basically just a wooden shoe. I'm not too sure on the story behind Clogs, but it's something I might look up. Anyway, I think these are so so cute, they aren't my size (funnily enough), but I will keep them forever as a sentiment of going to Amsterdam. These Clogs were €5.50 from a local souvineer shop, it was a very cute shop and they even gave me a free postcard, haha.

Item 3:

  

I got quite a few items from H&M, and one of them was this nail varnish in the shade 'mad mint.' I have no idea how good this will be, it was only €0.95 so I'm not expecting anything amazing, but I really loved the colour of this when I saw it. If it is good I might do a review on the nail varnish, but I'm not too sure yet. Also, since when did H&M start doing make-up products? Have I just not been up-to-date with H&M, or is this just in Amsterdam?

Item 4:

My second item from H&M are these 2 candles. I never knew H&M did home items, but apparently they do and I thought these were the cutest candles ever, they match my room and I couldn't not have them. The candles don't have a scent which is fine by me, the lace around the edge of the candles caught my eye most, not the scent. The 2 candles were €2.95 which is reasonable price for them, however an added scent would've made them perfect.

Item 5:

   

This is quite an odd thing to buy on holiday, but yes I bought a pillow case. Once again, it was an item that I knew would suit my room and couldn't not buy. As you can see the pillow case is covered in silver, circle sequins layered on top of eachother in rows, not randomly dotted around the case. The sequins don't go onto the back, otherwise they would have more a chance of falling off/bending, so the back is just a white cotton. I got this cushion case for €12.95 from H&M, I can't really say much more apart from that I love it!

Item 6:

  

My 6th item is a large, gold necklace from H&M. There's something about this necklace that I just seem to love, I think its the fake lace aspect that gets me the most because I love lace, and big necklaces so this is almost a heaven for me. The necklace is broken off into 4 sections that dangle separately attached from the other parts, and makes a great statement piece necklace on a plain outfit. Annoyingly I can't find the receipt for this, and cannot remember at all how much this was, but I vaguely remember it being around €9 so not too pricey for a big necklace.

Item 7:

The last item I got from H&M is this chiffon white bomber jacket. As soon as I saw this I immediately fell in love, I have an everlasting love for bomber jackets and transparent things, so I was extremely happy to see this. The only bad thing about this is that it's white, so it is prone to getting dirty quickly, however the jacket is made from a very good chiffon so will not damage easily, which is why this jacket was €49.95. It is made very well meaning it will last a long time, that's why the price is so high, but worth it.

Item 8:

The last, and final item is a bubblegum lip scrub from Lush.

Quite alot of people have heard of these, but for anyone who hasn't, they're basically a lip scrub that you rub on your lips then lick off for a moisturizing finish. It sounds weird that you lick it off after, but it's only made from sugar, jojoba oil, and flavourings/colourings, so nothing to make you feel ill. The lip scrubs from Lush are the nicest smelling, and tasting things ever, they have 3 different flavours: Mint, Bubblegum, and Popcorn, all of them taste and smell delicious. I cant remember the exact price, but it was around €6 which is good considering the taste, smell, and quantity is great.

 Overall, I'm pleased with what I got.

HOLLAND

Hello!

If you read my last post then you would've known I went to Amsterdam in Holland on Tuesday, and I must say the city is just wonderful. It did feel quite weird seeing the amount of bikes they had, and the fact people used them to get around, but in a way it made Amsterdam look more rustic and pretty.

 (Apologies for the photo quality as the photos were taken on my Iphone because I didn't want to risk losing my Canon 550D).

Whilst there we went to the Rijks Art Museum, Anne Frank Huis, Madame Tussaud's, Gassan Diamond Factory, a few markets/shops, and we even went on a pizza cruise.

The Rijks Art Museum was very interesting and inspiring, but if you don't like art then it wouldn't be as entertaining.  However, we did get lost alot of the time because it was just so big, and we didn't look round the whole place as we would've been there for about 4 hours.

Most people know the Anne Frank story, and we got the chance to see inside the house her and her family stayed in, it was so heartbreaking, and very emotional. Unfortunately, we weren't allowed in the Annex, but we did get to see pages from her diary and they were so sad, however we also weren't allowed to take pictures as this could damage the pages with the flash.

On our second to last day we all went to Madame Tussaud's as it was a 1 minute walk from our hotel, and we wanted to spend the last full day doing something we could all enjoy. Madame Tussaud's was an incredible experience, seeing the work put into the wax work figures was amazing, I would definitely go again, but to the London one as the one we went to had quite a few dutch celebrities and I had no idea who they were.

In Madame Tussaud's I saw many famous faces such as Beyonce, Justin Bieber, Adele, David Beckham, Marilyn Monroe, and I even got a selfie with Bob Marley!

Gassan is one of the popular jewellery companies in Amsterdam, and they had a tour on how the diamonds are made, so we went there and we saw some very very expensive things. Whilst there I got to try on 2 rings made from real diamonds and they were absolutely gorgeous:

€500                                                                                €2945

Through photos it's hard to appreciate how beautiful they were, but the rings were so lovely (and expensive).

Also in Amsterdam, I did do a little bit of shopping, because I just couldn't resist it. I will do another blog post on what I bought because this post would end up going on forever as I got quite alot of things, oops.

A pizza cruise may sound odd, but it's pretty self explanatory, you have pizza whilst cruising around Amsterdam. Altogether the cruise was 1 hour 40 mins, and half way through we stopped off to get the pizza delivered to our boat, and ate it looking at the wonderful sights of Amsterdam.

One of the many things I loved about Amsterdam was the food and drink, it was all so tasty and delicious, I didn't have anything I didn't enjoy.

The hot chocolates (Chocomel) were delicious, the Coconut cocktail was amazing, the chocolate milkshake was heaven, and the burgers were just perfect, I have no faults with any food or drink I had.

After being in such a beautiful city I feel really depressed now being back in my home town, and want to be back in Amsterdam. When we arrived home everyone sat in the kitchen in silence as we were so stuck on what to do with ourselves. Hopefully we can go back again, because it was so good!

HOLIDAY TIME

Hello!

Today I'm off to the Netherlands for a 5 day holiday with my Step-dad, Mum, and Brother. We will be going to Amsterdam in Holland, and will just have a relaxing 5 days there, seeing some of the Museums, Markets, and Sights.

I've had to have the struggle of packing all my stuff into this small-ish bright pink suitcase, it was a job and a half but I got there in the end after sitting ontop of my suitcase, and getting Mum to zip it up.

Taken via Iphone

 

I never realized how many liquids I have in my make-up bag until I was told to put them all into a plastic bag for the safety reasons, and look:

Taken via Iphone

 

My make-up bag has only make-up brushes, and eyebrow pencils in now, it looks very odd I must say.

Holland are known for supplying the wooden shoes called 'Clogs,' and I plan to come back from Amsterdam with a pair for myself, whether I wear them or not-I don't know, but I think they're so cool and intriguing. Amsterdam is also known for the Red Light District, and I can tell you now, I do not plan on going down the District purely because I would feel very uncomfortable down there. If you don't know what the Red Light District is, google it, or ask your parents, or ask me. 

The 4 of us are staying in a hotel called Krasnapolsky which has a 5 star rating, and looks like this:

 

Image from google

The hotel is based around the centre of a town, and is surrounded by lots of different shops ranging from clothes shops, souvenir shops, and even has a Museum down the road! When there I do plan to do a little bit of shopping as they do have some markets, and a few British shops, but I can't promise anything, also whilst I'm there I will take some photos for a blog post on Sunday, and If I do buy anything I will include those aswell. This post was just to say where I'm going, and what you/I have to look forward to when I'm back from Amsterdam.

We are leaving my house at 13:30pm to head to the airport so, Goodbye Bloggers!