Gingerbread Cookies

As a christmas tradition, my family always bake gingerbread cookies on the first Sunday in advent, and this year we did it once again (duh, it's called a tradition for a reason..). As I love gingerbread cookies for christmas I thought I would share the recipe we used, so that you can make them too, because they are honestly delicious! Keep in mind that the batter should be left in the fridge over night and that it makes for quite a lot of cookies so a fair few hours will be required, but I recommend gathering friends and family for a bake-day - It can be a lot of fun, especially afterwards if you decorate them :)

You will need:

2 eggs

2 1/2 dl of sugar

250 gr of dark syrup

125 gr of butter

1/2 tsp with pepper

1/2 tsp with ginger 

1/2 tsp with cinnamon

1/2 tsp with cloves

1/2 tsp with harts horn/powder of ammonium bicarbonate

About 600 gr of flour 

How to:

1. Whisk the eggs and sugar until it is fluffy (like eggnog).

2. Melt the syrup and the butter in a large sauce pan, then leave to cool.

3. Mix all the dry ingredients and add to the sauce pan with the butter and syrup.
Make sure to mix it all thoroughly.

4. Leave to cool in the fridge overnight.

After a night in the fridge...
5. From your batter, take appropriate sized pieces (they shouldn't be too big because that makes it harder to work with) and start rolling it flat on a floured surface with a rolling pin. 

6. When you have the desired thickness of the batter you can find your "cookie cutters"/shapes and create all kinds of nice gingerbread men/women/animals/stars/hearts. (Remember that they get crispier the thinner they are)

7. Now, just put them on a baking tray covered with grease proof paper and in the oven at 200 °C for about 10 minutes. (Leave them for longer or shorter depending on how crispy and golden you want them, I prefer mine quite crispy and thin )

I hope you enjoyed this post, and that you'll try out the christmas cookies! If you do, let me know how they turned out :)

Talk to you in two days!

-Em

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My Advent Calendar

This year I was pretty much set on not having an advent calendar, but then my  mom surprised me on 1st of December with a little beauty looking like this: (I guess it's not that small actually..)

That's right, she got me a beauty filled calendar, where I will have the joy of finding one little product sample everyday up until christmas! Quite brilliant as it may give me some tips for what to wish for (and for my birthday in January!)! So far I've gotten two perfume samples and one mini skincare product which I am excited to try.

I certainly love this calendar and every morning it is a teeny bit easier to wake up when I know I will find a new little treat in this beauty. Ahh, materialistic love...

If you have an advent calendar, let me know what you have in yours, whether it is chocolate, nail polish, skincare, miscellaneous mini gifts or whatever else! I would love to hear about it :)

- Em

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How To: Gold Sparkly Eyes

Happy 1st of December! As promised I will be doing a "12 days of Christmas" blogathon (at least that's what I call it), and starting today there will be festive, christmas related posts every other day all the way up until Christmas. To kick start it all I created a step-by-step tutorial on how to do a perfect Christmas make-up look with a gold, sparkly eye and a red lip.

Let's Start !

(Optional) Step 1 : Apply a primer to make your shadows stay more opaque for longer and to prevent creasing.

E.g. : Too Faced Shadow Insurance, Urban Decay Primer Potion, NARS Eye Primer

Step 2: Apply a gold cream shadow all over your lid, up to your crease, as shown below:

I used Maybeline Colour Tattoo in On and On Bronze

Step 3: Apply a gold shadow over the same area as you just put the cream shadow.
I used an Urban Decay eyeshadow in Half Baked

Step 4: Apply a dark brown in your crease.
I used a mix of MAC's Espresso and Urban Decay's Darkhorse

Step 5: Apply a red lip liner to both shape and fill in your lip, then go over with a true red lipstick.

I used MAC's Cherry lip pencil and Lancome's Rouge in Love lipstick in 170N

All the products used:

Hope you enjoyed! Let me know if you would like me to do more of these "How To" posts, and if there are any posts (tips/recommendations etc) you would like me to do in my "12 Days of Christmas" blogathon then just leave them in the comments section :)

- Em

By the way, there has come quite a lot of snow! Perfect timing! Love, love, love it.

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Lightning and a Horse

Boy have I missed blogging these past days! I have had so much to do that I feel like  have barely had one moment to just sit and enjoy some quality time with my blog. That doesn't sound strange at all..

Now, I am not back for full just quite yet, because this next week is just as packed as this one has been, but in one week it is December and guess who is doing a "Twelve Days of Christmas" blogathon? (Don't even know if it should be called a blogathon .. Tag is probably better but oh well) Yes, you're right, that is me!

I am not exactly sure what I will write about but every other day in December up until the 24th I will write a post featuring something christmas-y. Whether it may be about fashion/beauty/food/tips it will be relevant for the christmas preparations. So just let me know if there are some specific things you would like me to write about. Maybe tips for Christmas/New Years Eve outfits or makeup/hair styles? Anything you want - let me know and I will keep it in mind! :)

Now today I have been working on a presentation I am having on Monday so I havent left the house except for a quick trip to the grocery store, so my makeup and clothing is fairly casual and comfy, but I will share it anyways.. and yes, I am wearing my horse print top from Urban Outfitters - again. Why? Because I absolutely love it. 

I how you are all having a wonderful Saturday! Talk to you all as soon as I can!

- Em

PS: From today of the posts from when I was in Colombia will be deleted simply because I have filled up the space I am given to use for free by blogger and I don't feel like it is necessary to have them anymore :) Just thought I would let you know.

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