My winter break

I got home a couple of hours ago, after spending three days with my mum and sisters in our holiday home by the sea, which was great. I love being home because my mum makes my favourite dishes and we have so much more fun than when I lived at home. I rarely go home, but when I do, we always go somewhere fun or play some games. It's like I appreciate my mum so much more when I don't see her every day. When I lived with them, we used to argue daily, mostly over dumb things lke not taking out the trash or leaving my glass in the sink. It doesn't happen so much when I'm just visiting. I love that.

When I got off the train, it was kind of necessary to pick up some groceries in the nearest grocery store, and I found this:

Two entire rows of ELF-makeup. I love this, because it's about £1.50 and just as good as the more "expensive" brands like Rimmel London or Maybelline. I'm a big fan of ELF, 9/10 would recommend. I'm so happy that it finally invaded the Danish drugstores because it's awesome makeup to even more awesome prices. Yay!

Tomorrow is cleaning day. My friend and her boyfriend comes over for chocolate mousse and cluedo on friday, so it has to look proper. And frankly my tiny home looks like someone threw a bomb in here. I need to fix that. My sisters say I got my mum's neatfreak-genes. I can't stand having people over when my home doesn't look decent. Friday evening an aquaintance of mine throws a party because she turned 18, so I'm going there and probably out for a few drinks afterwards. Saturday and sunday are reserved for relaxing/fixing my sleep schedule, and monday I'm going back to school.

My favourite lipbalm!

So many people talk about Eos lipbalms as the most amazing thing in the world. Honestly, I disagree with them. As I live alone, my economy doesn't exactly give room to spend £10 on a lipbalm (yes, they are THAT expensive in Denmark), and to be honest I'm a bit of a cheapskate when I buy stuff like that. I'm not saying that I refuse to use them if I have one, but I don't understand why people spend so much money on Eos when there's cheaper alternatives.

I honestly prefer the cheaper and simpler methods of moisturizing my lips. In Denmark we have so many different lipbalms and lip conditioners, you name it. My all-time favourite is the Mentholatum lipbalm. It's about £2 for a double pack. That's pretty decent, because let's be real here. How many of us have actually used up an entire lipbalm without losing it? Probably one or two out of ten.

So I ask you: Why spend £10 on a single lipbalm (that you will probably lose) when you can get 10 mentholatum lipbalms for the same amount of money? What's even greater about mentholatum is the fact that it has the nicest smell of eucalyptus/mint and I really like it. It does freeze a bit in the nose, but it's great and I love it. I might purchase some at some point to check if I'm wrong about Eos.

My latest obsession: Peppermint tea

I love tea. I buy more tea than I can drink, but it's genuinely my favourite hot drink throughout the year. I love how many different tastes and scents you can get, but my all-time favourite has to be peppermint. I had it for the first time when I was on a school trip to Berlin four years ago, and back then I wasn't really fond of it. My mum brought me a box of peppermint tea when I moved out, because she assumed that it was really good. I didn't know if it was, but I gave it a go. It's literally the best tea I've ever had.

I might be a tea-hoarder, but this is the one flavour I always return to. It has a nice peppermint taste, but also a lot of herbal taste, and it makes you feel so good! I've made it a habit to drink this in the morning, because I feel so much better after drinking it. 

Which tea is your favourite?

Cosy winters!

During last week, the temperatures in Denmark dropped below zero, and we now have snow. Personally, I'm not the one to build a snowman or having snowball fights. In fact I prefer staying inside with warm and fuzzy clothes, tea and a book or movies. 

It's not massive amounts of snow, but it's really cold. I've curled up in my bed with a cup of peppermint tea, biscuits and A Walk to Remember on DVD. It's really the only thing we can do when it's cold. If I was good at ice skating, I'd do it on the lake close by, but I'm terrible and it's too cold.

What do you do when it's cold?