Smoothie Recipe: Peach & Apricots

I loove this fresh combo. Try it out if you'd like to!

1 peach

cup of frozen apricots

1-2 tb honey

1 cup of ricemilk

1 teaspoon of vanilla protein powder

(optional: vanilla extract)

Enjoy!

Make Up Look: Bridal Nudes

I have a lot of time on my hands right now. That's the reason why I keep posting so frequently lately.

I'm obsessed with make up tutorials on youtube. I think they help everyone to archieve an amazing look step by step.

Check out this one I found, it blew me away how beautiful it looked in the end. Enjoy!

Vegan for a Week

Since I'm very into nutrition, especially the last couple of month, I read a lot of articles and books about this topic. Veganism is huge right now and although I tried it two times, but wasn't able to give up meat completely, I can recommend this sort of diet because as far as I have got to know, it seems to be a good choice for your health. There are TONS of delicious vegan recipes out there too. I think you can live a healthy life with or without meat, it's just important that you know where the meat is coming from.

So I stumbled across this video and really liked it. Oprah's doing a challenge with author Kathy Freston and her employees, being vegan for a week. She shows the results on the show and I have to admit, some of them are pretty impressive.



If you are more interested into reading one of Kathy's books, check out her profile on amazon.com: tinyurl.com/qx3b5r2

Saving Money - Food

As I told you previously I'm trying to cut down a little bit on my spendings to save more money. Having a good habit when it comes to your expenses is really important in life, it helps you to be successful an reach your longterm goals. So I'll post my favorite tips and tricks on this blog the following weeks or so, maybe they are not for everybody but they are helping me to buy something that costs a lot in a short period of time.

I recommend an non organic lifestyle when you are a student or you need to save up for something reasonable. Living like that may be managable for a certain period of time, but I wouldn't be able to live like that for the rest of my life. At the end I'll explain why.

Food

Always try to eat healthy and work out, but you don't need to spend your money on expensive food items. You can save a LOT when it comes to food. My best three advices are buy things in large quantities, look out for things on sale or for special offers and don't buy brands. Especially when it comes to meat you can save a lot when you look out for offers in your local supermarkets. I don't know if this is common in other countries like the US, but in our supermarkets we have foods from brands and then they offer their own product line, which tends to be much cheaper since they don't need to advertise it like those huge companies. Most of them also have a product line when you live on a budget, so you get stables like pasta, rice or cereals for the cheapest price possible. Sometimes they even offer an affordable organic product line which I prefer most of the time.

• Also, the cheapest products are usually placed at the bottom of the shelf, because supermarkets usually put their most profitable products within your eye level, so look right down when you go shopping.
• When I buy lettuce, I never buy those prepackaged ones, I'll buy the whole head and rinse & cut it at home because you get more for less money.
• A good way also is doing prep meals at home. For ideas like that click on the link right here :)
• And another thing: If you really want to save money fast, don't eat out. Instead, try to cook at home 90% of the time.

Why you should prefer organic food if possible:

First of all, eating organic foods is very important in my opinion, especially for our health and it's something you should support with your money when you can. For some people it won't be possible, but if you are having a very small income, so that you can't afford anything, and there's also no near sight for a raise, think about your priorities in life and try to cut down somewhere else. If there is no possibility to reduce your expenses in other parts of your life (car, moving into a more affordable apartment, looking for a roommate ect.) think about a different career path, maybe you could do trainings or evening classes so you'll better your changes to get a job with a salary that you think you'd rather deserve, right? Of course that will cost you money again, but it will pay off in the long run. It's a good, worthwhile goal to work towards an income which enables you to buy good, organic food for you and your family!

Saving Money - Manicures at Home

I'm trying to save up some money right now so there's no way I'm going to spend so much money on expensive manicures. I found this awesome kit from Sensationails at Müller which is a store in Germany and Switzerland where you can buy all bunch of stuff. I think you can get those in the US as well, and the same brand seems to be available there too.

I have it on my nails right now in the shade "Pink Chiffon"

So basically you get a package with all things needed to do your own manicure. For me, it would last up to a week or two, but for some people it might last longer, it depends on the kind of work you're doing. How you do it is explained on the packaging or on their homepage step by step, so it's really easy to follow!

There are a bunch of other good brands too which offer those kinds of manicure sets.