Christmas Party

A small gathering with Christmas food, music and lovely company to kick off the festive season.

We organized a little make-your-own-Santa competition and it was funny to see how people really took it serious :-) The result was amazing. Very talented and creative people indeed.

And the winner with this unique contribution...

was the lovely Arna:

Wednesday's inspo

Natalia Vodionova for Italian Vogue (I think). Pics from http://fashiongonerogue.com/

Russian Red

My London shopping pour moi focused mainly on beauty products. One of my purchases was Mac's matte lipstick in the shade Russian Red. I love the combination of natural glow makeup with a matte red lip. Very sophisticated.

I've been kind of playing around with it and I'm not really sure about the result. Maybe more "chic-messed-up" rather than "chic-Paris". Oh well, I still love the red lipstick though. Maybe I'll be brave enough to sporting it out one day.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas..

It's been a hectic week. Preparing for Christmas is not easy with the little one, especially Christmas shopping. I've been running around like crazy the last couple of days buying the presents I didn't get hold of in London. I needed it done as I had to send it off with my hubby's parents who have been staying with us for the last couple of days. Luckily I managed to get a couple of hours by myself on Friday, which helped me reach my goal.

The weekend has been lovely with some quality family time. Hubby's niece came along with his parents. She's a sweet child. However I did get a glimpse on how it feels like having two kids. Not sure I want to go there...

Soul food: Indian curry

You can find the recipe here.

London love ❤

My annual trip to London came and went a lot quicker than expected. My expectations were high, but I knew that the city would never disappoint me. As always it was exhausting, but wonderful.

I did my best to boost the British economy with my Christmas shopping. Ended with a fair bit of presents  and a whole lot of beauty products for myself. Didn't get to renew my wardrobe this time around, but bought a couple of essentials like a pair of jeans from Topshop.

As always I didn't manage to take that many pictures, although I vowed to myself that this would be the trip where I would kodak every moment.But somehow, I just got preoccupied with something else, like checking the balance of my debit card....

Here are some really random (and the only) pics I took:

A squirrel

Hotel Russell

Laduree

Henrik and I at a pub

Outfit: LBD

Dress from FCUK, clutch from Accessories