Take A Step Into The Wild...

Or something that can at least resemble the wild a bit. On of my goals for this year is to get out in nature more often. I was never the kid that enjoyed climbing in trees and the possibility of falling down always scared me. But recently I've felt a need to get out and explore nature more. Maybe it sounds silly and the local forrest might not be the greatest adventure, but you can't deny the beauty of it. I walked around in mud and puddles with my friend Lene last week, and it was really enjoyable. The most recent addition to my bucket-list is to visit Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, but for now the Danish woods will have to do. I'll probably share pics and such here more often, just because it keeps me motivated and I love to see beautiful pictures of nature myself. 

xx Sisse 

Let's Rewind! General Favorites Of 2014.

Welcome to the second installment of favorite albums from the year we just said goodbye to. I thought I'd share some of my favorites of 2014 that have managed to make it as a permanent part of my favorites.

Favorite albums of 2014, 

Paramore - Paramore (Deluxe); okay, so this is could probably be considered a new release, but seeing as it was a re-release let's just treat it as an oldie. Paramore released a re-release of their self-titled album very recently with a few new songs and some live versions as well. We haven't seen any official releases of this live songs since The Final Riot! tour, so I was very excited. They did not disappoint. All of Paramore's albums are very important to me, but this album marks their growth as a band in a very beautiful way.

twenty one pilots - vessel; these guys. Wow. I went to their show early on this year, and ever since then I haven't stopped listening to them. Rumor has it that they're recording new music, and I can't wait for it. Their Vessel album is very important to me and if you ever find yourself struggling with life then these guys will help you through, I guarantee it. 

Fall Out Boy - Save Rock And Roll; yes, I'm aware that the album on my phone is their new release of American Beauty/American Psycho, but I wanted tot all about Save Rock And Roll. When Fall Out Boy returned with this album they did with an impressive power. The album is a work of art and it just proves their talent and that you shouldn't let yourself be fooled by rumors and haters. 

Arctic Monkeys - AM; these guys have got a lot of great albums but this is one of my favorites. I think. It's raw, it's cool and if you've ever spend any amount of time on tumblr you'll have seen many posts dedicated to the coolness of this album and the need to "wear red lipstick and smoke cigarettes" when listening to it. The album always manages to give me the right amount of "f*** you-attitude" when I'm feeling down. 

Haim - Days Are Gone; as with AM this album is all about the cool attitudes. And great tunes of course. The three sisters will forever be some of my favorites and I always return to this album and I never get bored of it. I just wanna join a cool girl-band - any takers? I'm currently teaching myself to play the ukulele. No?

Echosmith -  Talking Dreams; an album with a very happy-but-sometimes-melanchlic-but-still-optimistic sound. Does that even make any sense? You've probably been blasted with their single Cool Kids but the album has so much more to offer. 

What's some of your all-time favorite albums?   

xx Sisse

Let's Rewind! New Releases Of 2014.

2014 has now come to an end, as I'm sure you're all very aware of - maybe even in the form of a moral or physical hangover. So why not spend the time enjoying all the wonderful music this year had to offer, eh? This post is all about my favorite new releases 2014, so stay tuned for some serious fangirling. 

Six Favorite New Releases,

Ed Sheeran - X/Multiply; This year has truly been great for Ed Sheeran. Sure, he kept us waiting for what felt like an eternity to hear something new from him after the release of his first album, but it was definitely worth the wait. Even if you wanted to avoid it I'm sure you couldn't, and really, why would you even try? Ed can do no wrong it seems.

Lewis Watson - the morning; not too different from Ed's music if I'm honest. Lewis Watson released his first full-length album this year and now another British dude has managed to make it into my top list of favorite human beings (that list is getting pretty damn lengthy). I've rambled about him before I'm sure, so I'll spare you for now, but do yourself an early favor of 2015 and go listen to him. Now. 

George Ezra - Wanted On Voyage; let's just stick to the English guys with amazing voices and equally amazing skills on their guitars, shall we not? Is it an epidemic? Not that I'm complaining, but I'm not sure my heart can take much more. As I said, my list of favorite human beings is taking over. 

The Kooks - Listen; okay, not a single dude and his guitar. Still British though. Oh well, they're impossible to avoid. Listen is one of those albums that I keep going back to, even when I think I've had enough and could in no way dance to Bad Habit one more time. Every time I'm wrong, and yes I did welcome the new year by jumping around to this album. 

Tove Lo - Queen Of The Clouds; I've saved the strongest for last *cough* yes, the girls *cough*. Again and again I read about the struggle of being a lady making it big in the music-biz, (I mostly hear about the pop/punk/rock area, but I imagine it's difficult in most genres) so whenever a girl manage to break through I get even more proud. I talked about Tove Lo in a very recent post, and while her music is not my usual taste, usually music like this is something I'll listen to so much in a very short period of time and then forget all about it, I do really like it. Maybe I'll forget about her album in a week, but her lyrics and attitude cannot be ignored. 

Candy Hearts - All The Ways You Let Me Down; ah, yes. I've talked about this band before and I will never ever stop. If I'm impressed when girls make it in the pop-biz then I'm extremely impressed when girls make it in the pop/punk/rock-biz. And while Candy Hearts is not an all-girls band, then they're mostly represented by their (female) lead-singer, Mariel Loveland. Mariel often talks about the male-dominated world of music on her blog and other social media, and you got to admire her for standing up for herself and other women in music. She's strong and a great singer, so what's not to like? Their album is definitely one of my all-tome favorites, and whenever I listen to it I want to live it - it that weird? I just admire the way their lyrics admits to making mistakes but not breaking down because of them, and it always reminds me that it's okay to not take life too seriously. And sometimes we all need that reminder. Okay, I rambled, I really didn't mean to. Oh well, we'll all survive.

These were my favorite new releases from 2014, stay tuned on the blog for a post on my general favorites of 2014 that were not as new. What was your favorite new album of 2014? 

xx Sisse        

Christmas Beauty Wish List

Is Christmas slowly sneaking up on you? All of a sudden it's almost, soon-ish Christmas and that is the most wonderful time of the year as you probably know (if you don't agree, then you won't like this post at all you Scrooge). It might seem a bit early to have already made a wish list but my mom always start asking for my wishes when we hit November because I "always want something she has to order online" and she's one of those people who do not trust the online world, so better safe than sorry. As soon as I start my list it often go completely off track and if I don't grip tight on to my self-control I end up with a list that is miles ling. This year I think I've managed pretty well. I'm only wishing for things that I've wanted for some time, so I know that I'll actually get a use of it. Quite the Christmas wonder if you ask me.
Above you can see some of the beauty items I'm drooling over. The Sleek palette is one of their newer ones and I love my contour palette and the highlighter in it so I would love to try this one out, as it contains three creme blushers as well and I'm getting quite fond of those. The brush is just the concealer brush from MAC, the eyeshadows I would love to get my hands on are "Honey Lust", "Naked Lunch" and "Mulch" - they would all fit nicely in my palette. The NARS blush is in the color "Douceur", which I've had is getting discontinued, so if I'm lucky I'll be able to dust it up somewhere. The last item is the "Microblur Skin Perfector" from Kiehl's and seeing as I'm running out of my current primer I'd love to give this a go.

What are your beauty wishes for Christmas?

xx Sisse

Edinburgh in Photos

Ever dreamt of going to Hogwarts? Well, Edinburgh might be the next best thing. A couple of weeks ago I went to Scotland to visit my friend Lene who is currently there as an exchange student - I'm not jealous at all, oh no. I went there with three other girls and we had a great time. It was just for a weekend, so there are not a lot of pictures. Funny story - when we got to the airport to go home on Sunday we realized that our tickets were for Monday. Yup, in the airport we realized that. Anyway, we got one more day there, so no complaints from my side. The only real tourist-y thing we did was to visit Edinburgh Castle, which was beautiful. We also walked past a café where one of the Harry Potter books were actually finished, which is sort of tourist-y I guess. 

xx Sisse  

Autumn Readings!

Autumn is here, in all its glory. This post is not particularly inspired by Autumn though. I'll just be talking a bit about the books I've been reading and the books I plan to read during this amazing season. In reality, the only Autumn-y thing in this post is the candle in the pictures. Yes, I finally got my hands on a Yankee candle when I went to visit my friend in Edinburgh - I'll post some pictures from my trip in another post. I'll start of my recommending this scent - "Honey Glow". Nice and spicy, without being sickly sweet. It's even sort of fresh in a way. Anyhow, back to the books!

For as long as I can remember I've enjoyed reading books. In English that is. It all started with the famous Twilight books. I read those in no time and I don't think I've opened a Danish book since then. I just prefer to read the books in the language they were written and I often find American/British books more interesting. Let's dig in!

"The Virgin Suicides" by Jeffrey Eugenides,

This one I haven't started yet, but I don't know why I've never read it before. It's been on my to-read list forever by now. I think we all know the title and most have probably seen the movie by now, but not me. I've only heard nice things about it and I can't wait to get started on this story of the young Lisbon sisters and their family. 

"The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern,

Another book I haven't started yet. I first heard of this from Tanya Burr and one of her favorites videos I think, and though it sounded very interesting. It's not normally my style of book, but everything mystery and unexplainable has to be interesting in some way. 

"The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak, 

To be honest I started this book a long time ago and just haven't gotten around to finishing it yet. It's not that it's bad or boring - the opposite, really - I'm just a bit stuck. Mainly because it's a historic novel, and I need to be in the mood to read those, otherwise I tend to drift in my mind and miss important events or forget important people in the story. It's good read though, and I look forward to finishing it!

"The Scorch Trials" by James Dashner,

This is the second book in The Maze Runner series, which you all might have seen as a movie. The Maze Runner movie was so good that I had to read the books. Sadly, the first book was not as captivating as I expected it to be. It did, however, get really good as I read on and this second book might be even better. I'm all for the post-apocalyptic-ish books and if you like The Hunger Games and the like, then this is for you. I've really grown to care for some of the characters but in these kind of books you can never feel certain that your favorite character won't turn out to be a betrayer. In fact, you can never be certain that the plot is what you thought it was. 

Have you read any of these books? Or are there any other books you look forward to reading?

xx Sisse 

  

New York Photos / Pt. ll

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New York Photos / Pt. l

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I've said it before...

... and, to be completely honest, there's the chance that I'll say it again at some point. But, I'm sorry. Sorry for basically being non-existing on here, sorry for not posting anything interesting, sorry for taking a while to update the layout, sorrysorrysorry. Now I'm back and I'll do my best. I'm serious this time. My plan was that I'd start up again when I got back from New York because then I'd have some interesting posts for you guys, but jet lag kept me from doing that for the first couple of days and then a sudden and devastating loss in the family happened and my priorities changed a bit. It's not all sunshine and unicorn farts again but it's slowly getting better. Not that this post should be about death and loss but sadly they're both part of life and sometimes that's quite shocking. 

My NY posts will be up later on. I've got some pictures I'd like to share and I did a bit of shopping as well, and I want to show y'all some of the stuff I got. So yeah, time for another new start. 

I hope you're all well and ready for this blog again.

xx Sisse