BE GOOD AND OTHERS WILL BE GOOD TO YOU. [+REVIEW!]

Hay my precious readers!

Something really nice happened last week and I thought it might be worth the share :) As you all know, I am working at the Oh-so-famous coffeeshop with the big green symbol as a barista. (I don't even like coffee, but that's okay, I just pretend I know what everyone is talking about. I'm the only one using the teabags we have at work...)

Usually, we can decide on our own who we charge for coffee and who gets his/her drink for free. For example, we have a lot of customers who come on a daily basis (since I'm working at the central station) and daily customers don't have to pay, at least at our store. Instead of payment we receive tip instead! :D Win-win situation, you might say. People who work at the central station too (there are lots of stores) don't get their coffee for free automatically but I always decide that for myself, depending on how the person approaches me. If somebody's like "Oh, I work here, therefore I should not pay for my coffee!" they have to pay. Please, I'm still queen of the cash, I decide who gets his coffee for free, tse! 

Erm, back to main story. So there was this girl working at Douglas central station who recently started buying her coffee at our store. She was always super sweet and polite, and somehow she always came when I was at the cash so I never charged her anything and just got her the coffee for free because I liked her. It's no big deal, we don't have to pay out of our own pockets. She always was super happy about the free coffee and I just enjoyed her enjoyment.

But then, a week later, I came at work and my colleagues said that the girl from Douglas gave in something for me. I was surprised but I thought she might have got me some sample perfume or anything small. But when I looked into the bag.....

Sorry for blurry picture, somehow my camera didn't want to work...

O_O I really couldn't believe my eyes! She gave me a Jimmy Choo makeup pouch with two fullsize products and a sample size Dior face cream! Wow, I never expected that! I didn't met her since then so I couldn't thank her and say how extremely happy I was about that! :( Thank you, anonymous Douglas girl! Soooo amazing. Really. Some nice people still live in this world, faith in humanity a little bit restored.

I tried the body lotion but I don't really like the scent so I won't make a review for that. It's just another body lotion. I might use it up but wouldn't buy again because it has a really strong flowery scent that I am not overwhelmed by.  I do intend to make a review for the Soap&Glory "Glow Job" Moisturizer which is a thing between facial cream and fake tan. Will try this on vacation! Think you can't apply it over make-up so vacation's best time to try out :) I always wanted to try out any of the Soap&Glory products and now even got one for free ^___^ -eek-

However, I want to share my thoughts about the Dior Hydra Life Moisturizer! I never ever ever ever had a product from Dior, I was so excited when I saw this! It looks quite small but you have to bear in mind that this sample size is 5ml, while full size is 30ml. So it's already 1/6 of the real deal!

The cream itself has a light mint green color which I really like. IT SMELLS SOOOOOOOOOO GOOD. I have no idea what it exactly smells like but this is the best-smelling moisturizer I ever had. It has a very light texture and melts into your skin. It doesn't leave anything on your skin and gets absorbed really well. 

I can't say that much for moisturizing part because my face was never dry and I have the feeling I don't desperately need a moisturizer though I always use one. I would say it's an average moisturizer, not too heavy and not too light. My skin feels extremely soft after using this <3

I like this moisturizer so much I really consider to buy the fullsize product although it would be about 50€ I guess.... but wow, my skin is as soft as it never has been before, my skin doesn't break out when using this and it smells like angels and heaven. Although the sample size is very small I already use it for a week and I'm pretty sure it will last at least another week, maybe even too if I don't overuse it. Another thing I like - You don't need much product, a tiny amount of the cream is enough to cover your whole face :)

Altogether, I would really recommend to buy this product! I just wish it would be a bit more affordable... but I guess quality comes with a price. I'll let you know if I bought this in fullsize or not, I am still thinking about if it's worth it or not >< But oh, I'm kinda in love...

Hope you found this review helpful and I'll make sure to also review the Soap&Glory "Glowjob"! :) Have a nice week everyone!

Lots of love & Talk to you all soon <3

Sam

SUMMERTIME!

Hello my lovely readers,

As you may know, I will be on vacation starting this Friday! I can't really believe it's already holiday time, I am so busy with work and university that it's kinda strange to cut through and take a week off. (I've never been away during university time.) But the only vacation my cousin has from work is in the middle of May, so... nothing we could do about it :D I've been several times on vacation with my cousin (with her parents, alone in London, camping) but this will be our first "real" vacation alone far away from home on the beach! Usually I'd go with my boyfriend but since he's graduating this summer he's too busy to relax in the sun. My cousin and I will go to Turkey! :D Never been there before so I am really excited.

Actually there were some hardships with this trip... we booked an amazing hotel but it's not finished yet so we are transfered to another hotel. I don't mind it THAT much but still it's a bit sad. However, her parents, who went one week before us, were transfered to the same hotel as well and said it's pretty great! So we are even more excited now that we don't know what we have to expect...^^"

You know what's the best part of a vacation..? Right, the shopping for the vacation! I absolutey love going shopping for such an amazing event like holiday. You see summer everywhere in the stores and browse through to search dresses and sunglasses and imagine how your vacation might be. :) Especially when you live in Berlin where it is every year unsure if we'll really get a summer or not. Sometimes we're lucky, sometimes it's only really summer warm for two weeks. Therefore I am really really looking forward to hang around at the beach <3 Here's what I bought in preparation for our trip :3

1. I don't really like sunglasses, I think they don't suit me. However, I really need them if I don't wanna go blind while reading on the beach. I really wanted some popping color and was so happy when I found these lime-colored ones! I think the color looks really great with my actual hair shade :)

2. Found this dress and fell in love. So simple, so easy. I love the simple cut and the fact that it has skulls on it but still looks so cute :)

3. My mom bought these flip flops as a present! THANK YOU MOM <3 I love these, they are so comfy. I don't like flip flops as well, they aren't my favorite choice of shoe. But these, I like. So sweet my mom always thinks of me. :')

4. Third book of Murakami's novel 1Q84! I read the first two books and wow, such a great story. I've been a fan for long now but I think this could be his masterpiece. Wanted to read the third book for so long but thought it might be awesome to wait for the vacation :D

I'll be of course taking my camera with me and share lots of pictures with you guys! :) This time I'll take my own camera so I'll make sure I have access to the pictures, not like my trip in April <.< (STILL waiting for the pics....)  I also thought it would be fun to share some music with you guys so I made my own summer holiday mix! ^__^ These are songs I really like atm and they will accompany me everyday when I lay around at the beach. Have fun listening! :)

Sam's Holiday Mix from sam.murakami.3 on 8tracks Radio.

1. Lonesome Rider - Volbeat 

(my absolute fav song at the moment - just wanna dance when the refrain plays!) 

2. City Lights Cry - Armistice

3. Middle Of June - Noah Gundersen

4. Bedroom Eyes - Dum Dum Girls

5. Stars - Mark Owen

6. Be My Escape - Relient K

7. Goodbye, Goodbye - Tegan and Sara

8. Help - Hurts

I prepared some blog posts for you in advance so that it won't be as quiet on my blog :) My cousin is taking her laptop with her so maybe I'll even make a quick update, we'll see! If not, I hope you all will have a great week and don't miss me too much :P

Lots of love & Talk to you soon!

Sam

RA RA RIOT.

Hello my sweet dear readers,

First of all let me say: Thank you so much for your responses to my latest post! I think I sounded very depressed since all your comments were really caring thank you so much! ^w^ I'm fine, I am just really really busy. I finished one application for a master's course, still need to send two by the end of this month.

I'm sitting in the university at the moment with my laptop in the final module! It's super funny, we just chat about how we have to write our final thesis and as you can see I am skyping and blogging because the course is fiiiive hours and five hours can be long without internet. 

However, thanks to your comments I finally wanted to blog again! I even had the courage to do an outfit post (whaaat? It's been ages! :D ). I would love to do so much more outfit posts but a) I have no one to take pictures of me b) I hate to take "mirror pictures" because they somehow don't look that good and c) it's aaaaalways dark in Berlin! Always! No sunshine! So it kinda takes the right moment to take outfit pictures ._. But yesterday I felt like I had to do something and I liked what I wore so I took some snaps (:

Dress: H&M, Shirt: H&M (super old, like 5 years ago) Belt: Urban Outfitters London, 

Necklace: Wolfmade, Shoes: Esprit

I wore this for university and I really liked it! Finally it's spring in Berlin and although it's getting hot and cold all the time it somehow stays within the range of what you would imagine to be spring. Actually, while I wasn't posting I have been doing quite a lot!

- Started writing my final thesis.

- Went to a Chinese restaurant with Niko to celebrate his awesome exams

- Met up with some colleagues to have amazing Japanese tea party!

- Went to university twice a week.

- Went to jazz dancing class! And started a kickass choreography.

- Met up with Pachi and Niko to finally watch Rebuild of Evangelion 3.33: You can(not)redo. <3

- Ate a million nachos with cheese and drank too much cherry beer.

- Worked my ass off.

- Finished one university application.

I would've loved to keep you all updated with pictures but it's just normal everyday boring stuff and I really don't have the time to carry my camera everywhere around (Plus, people hate when I document everything.) I didn't forget about my vacation pictures, it's just that my friend is so freaking lazy she didn't give me the pictures yet =_=""

Just one more week to go and I will finally go on a real vacation! Sun! Beach! Food! Sea! YEAH.

So this next week might be really hectic and chaotic but I guess it might be worth it. I hope you all thought about your fathers on Father's Day and hopefully you won't forget your mothers tomorrow! Niko and I will stop by for dinner.  Wish you all a super happy Sunday (or Saturday, depending where you live) and talk to you all soon <3

 Lots of love,

Sam