Smoothie type of week?

Hello beautiful! Hope your weekend is going great!

Mine has been nice so far, I have been visiting my boyfriend´s parents and we went together to Sipoo (Sibbo) to check out their cabin there and then back home, we had some wok and salad...amazing taste. And now we´re back home trying to plan tomorrow, but since my week is going to be crazy, we have decided to take it easy tomorrow, do useful stuff and relax.

So probably we will hit the gym in the morning and then just do a little bit of groceries shopping.

Since my week is going to be so rough, from 9 to 17:00 everyday, I decided to do a little detox, trying to get only salad at school and bring in some smoothies, home-made in my glass jars. So obviously I need some supplies, that´s why I am planning to go get some fruits tomorrow.

Are you curious about the smoothies I will prepare? Well, I will drop my options here if you´re interested!

Monday

The Flat Belly (Greek yoghurt, blueberries, pineapple, kale and water)

Tuesday

Kiwi and Mango (Low fat vanilla yoghurt, baby spinach, blueberries, mango, kiwi, walnuts,...)

Wednesday

Simple Green Blueberry (unsweetened almond milk, vanilla protein powder, blueberries, spinach, low fat yoghurt, ice cubes)

Thursday 

Sweet Spinach (spinach, pear, red grapes, Greek yoghurt, avocado and lime juice)

Friday

Cinnamon Roll (banana, unsweetened almond milk, cinnamon, vanilla extract, maple syrup)

Do you have any challenge for the week coming?

My star today is Chanel LÈVRE SCINTILLANTES...

Hi guys! Sorry for my eternal absence but as I´ve said in the last post I really really had a rough week...but hey, now I am back in business and I have exciting news to post about!

I´ve recently told you about the StrawberryNET order, a how-to...since there are so many people out there that are afraid taking the step and order though them or just they don´t know how to do and how to proceed. Well, today I want to update a little bit that post with new info as my order arrived!

If you want to read the how-to order at StrawberryNET post, go here.

Anyway, so briefly, my order has arrived, on 18th of March,...in a supersmall package, though I paid the customs on 13th of March though online and my boyfriend helped me since he is the one with a Finnish bank account (I wasn´t interested getting one haha). So, quite...slow shipping and everything I would say. The items were protected enough inside with these foamy things inside. The package looked like it was opened...and I wasn´t really happy about that, I am not sure but it looked like it and it was probably at the border, Finnish authorities.

I got my Chanel LÈVRES SCINTILLANTES...and a bronzing powder by Calvin Klein and they have sent me 2 gifts, a Calvin Klein lipgloss and a CK lipstick in a color unfortunately doesn´t fit me.

Would I buy from this site again? Probably not anytime soon. Their prices are OK, true, but the hassle and the time you wait for the products to arrive...it´s way too much. Some products don´t have a big discount as you would expect. I did liked the fact they were packed safe enough and that they claim they pay you back the customs, but ...it just takes way too much to get your things and the customs payment is not much to Finland. 

About the Customs/Taxes for Finland: I hate when bloggers post about their amazing purchases but they never talk about the process they went through when ordering from a foreign website. That´s why I decided to write about this.

You wouldn´t pay any tax if your purchase would be under 22 euros (at least in Finland). I have declared my package to contain lip-makeup products, and I have been charged with 24% of what I have paid (since the total of my order was aprox. 35e)...so...I paid 8,57 to Customs and sent an email to StrawberryNET with an electronic invoice hoping they will do as they claim, return me the tax paid. I will come to you back and let you guys know if they will or not pay.

However here are some of the items I have been purchasing lately...some stuff missing as I was in a hurry and just took a picture of what I had in hand.

1. ISADORA - 617 Dolce Vita
2. CK Delicious Light Glistering Lipgloss - 311 Crystalline
3. Chanel LÈVRES SCINTILLANTES - 176 Crushed Cherry
4. CK Summer Affair Bronzing Powder - 305 Sun Kissed

From this picture, the only things I have purchased from StrawberryNET is the Chanel glossimer and the CK bronzing powder, as well as the gift I got from them, the CK lipgloss.

Do you have any favorites? Ever tried Chanel Scintillantes collection??? This is my second one...

Just a little time...

Hi dear ones! I am here today to apologize for my absence in the blog for some days. It is being really rough at uni and I have so much to do I barely have no time to eat, word. I have been working on many presentations these past 2 weeks and now I am having my last presentations for this period...and need to make the best out of it!

I am so überstressed with school, but I think it´s because I am too passionate about it and I just love it. I couldn´t picture myself doing anything else as good as I would do in here, so everyday for me is a day of improvement and learning new things and developing myself in this lovely field. I wish everyone could feel as passionate as me about what they are doing everyday. Believe me things would be so much easier if you love what you do. Is like you live for that. No matter how much you have to do, how much time takes, how many sleepless hours you have...at the end of the day when you ask yourself why are you doing this to you, the answer it would be clear, because you love it.

That´s how I feel right now. This is a very challenging week for me, as I am running out of time for some tasks, I will squeeze the best out of me there and I will let you know how it went this Friday! I will be so happy it´s over, because believe me, you might love what you do, but I bet no one likes deadlines...haha.

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Recipe: Veggies Stir Fry and Chicken

Who doesn´t love this classic? Many of us already know this but there might be someone who is still not updated. Here is an easy recipe for this delicious and healthy enough dish!

I do not write quantities of the veggies as it´s up to you. Let´s say that in total we should have 600 g of veggies all together.

° 450g boneless chicken (skinless, breast)

° carrots

° green pepper

° sweet red pepper

° cauliflower

° broccoli

° 3 cloves of garlic

° 1 tablespoon of freshly chopped ginger

° 2 tablespoons soy sauce (optional)

° 2 tablespoons of water

° sprinkle of sugar or sweetener

° olive oil
° sprinkle of sesame seeds

INSTRUCTIONS: In a large pan add the oil and let it get nice and warm and then add the chicken and cook it through for few minutes until is done. Take it out the pan and keep it in a plate aside.

In the remaining oil, add more if needed, add the garlic and the ginger to cook a little and add the veggies. While they are cooking, prepare a small bowl with the soy sauce, the water and sprinkle of sugar (I like to use honey...).
Cook the veggies for about 3 minutes, add the chicken back to the pan and heat it with the veggies for a little while (few seconds, aprox. 40). Add the sauce you´ve just prepared in the small bowl in the pan and cook everything together for about 1 minute more.

You can modify this recipe as you want...you can add mushrooms, you can add prawns instead of chicken...there are so many ways!

This would go divine with some rice...and enjoy!