Anticipating The New Year

I've officially switched the “on” button for looking forward to the New Year ahead. I try to be cool about celebrations and I do feel quite indifferent towards many but birthdays, anniversaries and the New Year do make me feel all tingly inside and I unwillingly feel excited. The reason why New Year hits the spot with me is that feeling of getting a clear slate when the clock strikes twelve. The old year gets behind us, with all the good and bad things it carries as its load. I still haven't figured out which make-up look I'll sport for the occasion of New Year celebration but I've been preparing at my fort and these are my newest bits which will hopefully make the night that more special. I'm not exactly a top notch perfume connoisseur but I do like to think that I'm no novice either. I know my notes, nose does detect many of them (some better than others), I always pay attention to the sillage and the projection a perfume possesses so I rarely make a bad choice when I shop for perfumes. The olfactory prodigy whose work has yielded one of the best niche perfumes available on the regular perfumery shelves is, without a doubt, the perfume house of Thierry Mugler. If you have not heard of him before, I strongly advise you to snoop around and test out some of his creations. His most famous ones for women must be Angel, Alien and Womanity. I've always considered myself an Angel girl but my top perfume by Mugler was revealed to me last year whenI was introduced to Womanity. Although the chocolate, milk, caramel, honey and cotton candy evoke thoughts of the cabin under the snow and a mug of cocoa in my hands kind of fantasy, the figgy gem that is Womanity has taken over. Alien was not in the focus for many years but a peculiar thing happened this year – my nose started to appreciate it. Jasmine, woodsy notes and amber have made a symphony together with the chemistry of my skin and I've decided to get it myself. So there you go, I will wear my Thierry Mugler Alien EDP tomorrow night.

Zvanicno sam aktivirala dugme za instant veselje u cast Nove Godine koja je pred nama. Obicno pokusavam ostati smirena te sam prilicno indiferentna spram mnogih praznika ali ima nesto u rodjendanima, godisnjicama i Novoj Godini zbog cega se nesvjesno pocnem smjeskati i biti radosna. Razlog zbog kojeg mi je Nova Godina prilicno zanimljiva jeste prilika za koliko-toliko novi pocetak cim kazaljke otkucaju ponoc. Stara godina automatski bude iza ramena, negdje u daljini, zajedno sasvim dobrim i losim stvarima koje su je obiljezile. Jos se uvijek nisam odlucila za novogodisnji make-up ali u svom gnijezdu sam otpocela neke pripreme uz pomoc par noviteta za koje se nadam da ce uciniti docek sto ugodnijim. Ne bih sebe nazvala vrhunskim poznavaocem parfemskog svijeta no ipak volim misliti da su moji pocetnicki dani iz ove oblasti dio proslosti. Prepoznajem mirisne note, nos ih uspjesno detektuje (neke uspjesnije od ostalih), uvijek obracam paznju na sillage i projekciju koju odredjeni parfemski uradak posjeduje tako da rijetko kada napravim pogresan odabir. Olfaktorni cudotvorac ciji je rad rezultirao najboljim parfemima niche kvalitete ali nama dostupnim po komercijalnim cijenama je, bez sumnje, parfemska kuca Thierry Mugler. Ako kojim slucajem niste upoznati sa njihovim radom, onda iskreno preporucujem da odvojite vrijeme i informisete se a svakako i da isprobate njihove parfeme. Najpoznatiji parfemi za zene bi morali biti Angel, Alien i Womanity. Sebe sam oduvijek smatrala Angel djevojkom no moj Mugler parfem broj jedan je novijeg datuma – to je Womanity. Otkrila sam ga otprilike prije godinu dana (mozda i vise) te je u samom vrhu moje kolekcije jos od prve kupovine. Iako mirisne note Angela poput cokolade, mlijeka, karamele, meda i secerne vune evociraju viziju kabine pod snijegom i solju kakaa u ruci, ipak me smokvasta genijalnost koja krasi Womanity osvojila. Alien me, priznajem, dugi niz godina nije intrigirao no nesto se neobicno desilo ove sezone – moj nos je poceo da uvazava svu genijalnost ovog parfema. Jasmin, drvenaste note i ambra zajedno sa mojom kozom kreiraju hemijsku simfoniju zbog koje sam ga naprosto morala nabaviti. Tako da je taj dio rijesen – na doceku cu da mirisem na Thierry Mugler Alien EDP.

I've treated myself with some more Essie and now my small collection counts five Essie's already. The newest addition includes Essie Bahama Mama which is a gorgeous warm, rich purple plum. I got it a few days ago and today I simply couldn't resist snapping Essie Luxedo off the shelf. Luxedo is a luxe looking plum black nail polish which exudes elegance. I have no idea which one I'll choose for tomorrow but, either way, I'll sprinkle some gold shimmer over. As I've mentioned, my mind is still not made up make-up wise, but I do love the new look Michelle Phan created called The Golden Hour. It combines shimmering golds with plums and purples. I'm so impressed with my new Sleek iDivine Vintage Romance eye shadow palette that I think it is possible to create the same look as featured in the video. I just need to figure out what to wear, you know, classic dilemma of the female soul. I've also purchased a bunch of hair elastics because I was left with a single one and I'll probably need a backup after all the celebrations are over. Besides the fact that I love to smell good, I also love to have my home smelling delicious as well. I showed you this Profissimo Chocolate Truffle scented candle in my Festive New In post but I've fallen so hard in love with it that I feel obliged to write about it again. It has the most realistic smell of chocolate filling cookies and it's very strong and powerful so the entire house smells of chocolates in a cozy manner. How are you preparing or planning to spend the big night? 🙂

Pocastila sam se sa jos Essie bombonica te moja skromna kolekcija vec broji pet Essie lakova za nokte. Najnoviji dodatak je Essie Bahama Mama. Ovaj fantasticni lak u boji bogate sljive sam nabavila prije par dana a danas nisam mogla odoljeti da ugrabim bocicu Essie Ludexo laka. Tu se radi o luksuznoj sljivasto-crnoj nijansi koja odise elegancijom. Ne znam koji cu lak od ova dva odabrati za sutra navecer ali na koji god da odabir padne, znam da cu ga posuti suptilnim zlatnim shimmerom. Iako nisam odlucila koji tacno make-up look ce biti idealan za docek Nove Godine, za oko mi je zapeo onaj koji je kreirala Michelle Phan i nazvala The Golden Hour. Tu je odabrana kombinacija svjetlucavih zlatnih tonova sa sljivastim i ljubicastim. Toliko sam odusevljena sa svojom Sleek iDivine Vintage Romance paletom sjena za oci da mislim kako je moguce napraviti nesto jako slicno look-u iz spomenutog videa. Jos mi je samo preostalo smisliti sto obuci, no znate da su to vjecite dileme zenske duse. Medju novitetima su se nasle i gumice za kosu cokoladnih tonova. Danas sam shvatila da samo raspolazem sa jednom a kada novogodisnje slavlje zavrsi, znam da cu zeljeti skloniti kosu sa vrata. Osim sto volim da lijepo mirisem, takodjer volim i da mi dom odise lijepim i slasnim aromama. U postu Novogodisnja Kupovina sam vam pokazala ovu Profissimo Cokoladni Tartufi mirisnu svijecu no od tada sam se jos vise zaljubila u nju i imala sam potrebu da vam jos jednom skrenem paznju na ovu nju. Danas sam kupila jos jedan primjerak u dm-u (cca 5KM) i nevjerovatno mi je koliko je ustvari intenzivnog mirisa. Doslovno cijela soba mirise na nju dok je nisam upalila a nakon cega je i citav dom zamirisao na cokoladne kolacice sa topljenim punjenjem. Recite mi kako se vi pripremate za docek Nove Godine? Voljela bih cuti vase planove, kako cete je provesti i da li imate neka ocekivanja od naredne godine? 🙂