Hello guys,

OH-MY-GOD! It's tomorrow!! Tomorrow is Christmas Day and I can't wait to wake up and finally enjoy the day! The day I waited for … How long? Oh yeah, a whole damn year. 😂 And because of that I thought it would be nice to take you throughout the Christmas Day in my family. Hopefully you will enjoy as much as I do. 

23rd of December

Our Christmas tradition actually begins day before on 23rd of December. This day is very important to prepare everything for the next big day. Because I have a young brother who actually believes in Baby Jesus, we do everything to make him believe for a few more years. The day before, me and brother always help Baby Jesus to decorate Christmas tree, because we understand that he has a lot of work to do. We always listen Christmas carols or watch a  Christmas movie with hot Christmas tea. And how we decorate our tree? We never can't miss hanging gold coins from chocolate with balls and lights. On top of the trea is always topper with two or three balls, no star. When we are done with decorations, the very last step is putting gold or silver all over the tree (gold or silver is actually gold / silver paper shreded in long strips). After decorating Christmas tree we set Bethlehem on dresser in family room, decorate the whole room with little Christmas decorations and of course cookies and sweets must be on table. In the evening after my brother falls asleep we put presents under the tree, close the door to family room, so it can't be opened untill Baby Jesus ring the bell.

24th of December

Morning

Everyone usually wakes up at the same time (around 8 am), because we always sleep in one room (tradition and plus because my room is behind the family room, which is closed). We enjoy first hour in bed talking about the day, singing carols, or just playing games. After that we all sit around dining table where we eat home made vánočka = sweet bread with hot cocoa or coffee. When we are done, it's time to spend some time with my brother (mom is always in the kitchen preparing lunch and potatoe salad for dinner). Me and brother usually play some games or watch youtube videos, this year I'm betting that we are gonna play Pokemon Go, because he is obsessed and when I said obsessed, I mean more than obsessed. I've never seen anyone like that with this game in my life. 😅


Afternoon
Lunch is ready, so everyone is going to sit to the table again. We always have two courses - pea or lentil soup and main course - Kuba (I have no idea if it has translation to English, but I would translate it as Jacob). Kuba is old Czech food as knows food of poor people. This food is very simple, only hulled grain with mushrooms and peas, because tradition says you shouldn't eat meat till Christmas dinner, if you keep this promise you will see gold pig (another tradition). After lunch we wash all dishes and clean kitchen. Then we have time to get ready for a walk and the evening. So  we usually put some makeup on and do our hair. Now it's time for coffee. Me and mom are addicted to caffeine, so we always enjoy are coffee break. If we are not super full we eat some sweets as well. Around 3 pm we go for a walk. This is common tradition in Czech. We walk, talk, look at the decorations, if it's snow we make snowman or angels. We all love this time.


Evening
Christmas Eve is the most magical time of the year. After we come back home from the walk, we change our clothes for something more festive and elegant. Mom starts to fry the carp and me and brother set the table - plates, glasses, knives, forks, drinks, potatoe salad, napkins - plus light the candles, play Christmas carols, … Just everything what we could possible need during the dinner, because there is tradition that no one can leave the table untill everyone is done with the food. Dinner is ready - the best meal of the day (potatoe salad and fried carp). After food, me and brother go to his room, close the door and race with floating candes while mom is "playing" Baby Jesus - turn on the lights on Christmas tree, light the candles, … you know, just preparing the surprise. Brother is always super nervous and impatient. When finally Baby Jesus ring the bell, we can finally open the family door and enjoy the beauty. We open our presents, while we watching Three Wishes for Cinderella.

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Hello guys,

today I prepared for you guys a fun tag about Christmas, what I found on Pink Daisy Loves (check her out, she's amazing). Feel free to tag yourself and post this on your blog. I would love to hear your answers, so please, leave a link to your blog. :)

1) What is your favourite Christmas movie?

As I mentioned before my top top top Christmas movie is How the Grinch stole Christmas! This movie means a lot to me and it is always the first movie I watch in Christmas time. Second one would be Three wishes for Cinderella (Czech version of Cinderella) which is always played when we open our presents.

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Hello guys, 

1. When did you start to dye your hair?

Oh boy, I was too young when I started to use colors on my hair. I was in elementary school and I was around 10 years old.

2. Red or purple lipstick?

I'm gave myself goals to start wearing these type of colors. I'm not quite used to it and still not feel good in it, but I'm working on it. So now on I have to say - both!

3. What piece of clothes is like a nightmre to buy?

For me there are two things. Pants and shoes. Pants were always pain in my ***.  I'm a curvy girl and I have always been. I have thick thighs and medium ass. I always have two problems - pants don't fit on my thighs or when they actually do, then it's too loose above my butt. And shoes, I don't know why, but I have a hard time find shoes I really like and when I finally find them, then my size is usually sold out. What a sad story, right? 😂

4. Do you spend a lot of money on sunglasses?

No. This is actually one of not many things I don't spend my money on. I was always good to go with some cheap pair of sunglasses and change them every year or every second year.

5. Have you ever read any Christmas book?

After all these blogmas post about favorite Christmas movie, it made me think, what about books? Do you guys have any favorite Christmas book? Because sadly I don't remember that I have ever read any Christmas related books. 

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Hello guys,

I promise, this is the last haul from my visit in USA. I wanted to seperate this in two different hauls, but then I was not sure, if you guys were not bored of these posts, so I decided to show everything from November,  Black Friday, Cyber Monday and December in one post. I'm leaving in four day back to Europe, so it looks like I am done with shopping. I can't wait to see my family again and spend the Christmas time with them, but on the other hand leaving USA is always painful and I wish I could stay longer. Anyway, let's get back to last haul for this year. 

These products I got between November and beginning of December, but not on Black Friday or Cyber Monday. 

Neutrogena, Triple Moisturue Deep Recovery Hair Mask

When I came to USA, I wanted to try OGX shampoo and conditioner. I used these products for a 2-3 weeks and I was very unhappy with the result. My hair were in horrible condition, they squeezed I couldn't have brushed them without pain and the OGX Coconut oil mist wasn't enough. I knew I needed something more. I googled some masks review and everyone raved about this mask, so I thought I need to try.

L'Oreál, Purify & Mattify Pure-Clay Mask

Since I've arrived here, my skin started to act crazy. My face, especially forehead was full of clogged pores and big watery bumps, so I needed sometging to clean my pores. I wanted to try this new mask anyway, so it's great opportunity to buy it. 

CLINIQUE, Pretty Easy Liquid Eyeliner and & Sculptionary Cheek Contouring Palette

I was verry lucky to get these two products from N's aunt. I'm very greatful for this gift and happy to try it.

Benefit, KA-BROW!

This product wasn't planned at all. Maybe you remember that I bought ABH Dip Brow, but I wasn't happy with the color and texture, so I went to return this product with no intention to replace it for something else. Well, you know. You get to the store and they try to talk you into something else, so I ended it up with this product.

Ardell, Wispies

Believe it or not, but when I was at the wedding in October, I lost my pair of Wispies somewhere. I don't know how, but I just did. So I had to buy a new pair of course.

Kiss, Flirty

I was at store to look for Wispies lashes from Ardell, but they didn't have them in stock, so I decided to try something new and this one caught my attention.

NYX, HD Studio Photogenic  Concealer

I love this concealer and this is probably my 3rd or 4th packaging. There is no special reason for me to buy this products. I just finished my previous bottle, so I needed a new one.

Burt's Bees, Brimming Berry

Two days before wedding I decided to go with berry lips, but unfortunately I didn't bring this color to USA, so I ran to the store and bought the first berry lipstick I saw.

E.L.F, Moisturizing Foundation Stick

Sometime in October / November I saw KathleenLights reviews on foundation sticks from drugstore and high end brands. I wasn't sure if I would like the concept of foundation, so I decided to try some foundation stick from drugstore. She wore this foundation in her video and I liked the way how it looked on her, so I bought it.

LORAC Cosmetics, LORAC PRO 2 

This palette was a pre-Christmas gift from N. He wanted to buy me something what I wouldn't buy myself and at that moment I knew what I wanted - Lorac Pro 2. I know this is not the most popular palette from Lorac Cosmetics, but I usually buy warm tone palettes, so I wanted some change.

Then there was Black Friday and I went for little shopping, because I hate a lot of people in one place. 

Smashbox, Light It Up Glossed to Go Set

I talked about this in Christmas gift set ideas. The price point is unbelievable, for six amazing lip glosses I paid only $25. Isn't that crazy? I knew I needed to have this.

Too Faced, Merry Kissmas

I read and heard about this set over and over. When I was in Sephora I decided to buy this and finally try their famous Melted lipsticks.

M.A.C., Extra Dimension Skinfinish in Soft Frost

When I saw M.A.C. new collection of unicorn highlighter I knew I needed this one as a substitute for Moonchild kit from ABH.

M.A.C., Pigment in Rose

My original plan was to buy pigment from their Nutcracker collection, but because I actually liked only one color, I decided to go only with this mini size in Rose color.

My last products are from Morphe Brushes which I ordered on Cyber Monday for 25% discount. Let me tell you a sad story. I have been waiting for 35B palette for a loooong time and finally when I was ready to order it, it was out of stock. Now when I'm leaving in a few days, it's been back in stock. Is that fair?

Morphe Brushes, 35O palette & 18 pcs brush set

35O palette was a big hype on the Internet lately, so I decided to try it out as well. It kinda surprised me how small is this palette, I expected something bigger. 😂 The brush set isn't something what I expected, but I don't regret buying this. Maybe next time I should buy single brushes instead of set.

What do you think about these products?

Have a great day!

Love, Michelle <3

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Hello guys, 

today I'd like to share with you my Christmas wishlist aka letter to Baby Jesus. Now, you might be wondering why Baby Jesus but not Santa Claus. Well that's simple, in my culture we get presents from Baby Jesus not from Santa Claus. Don't worry guys, I'll post a story about our traditions very soon, so keep posted.

I still remember days when I wrote my letters, put them behind my window and couldn't have woken up to see if my letters are really gone. And guess what, they always were. I remember the feel of happines and joy that Baby Jesus actually noticed that I wrote him and didn't forget me. Aww, how sweet childhood is..  Anyway, lately I always had one or two big wishes and that's it and this time is no difference. Because I treated myself with a lot of beauty products here in USA, so my Christmas letter is going to be everything but not makeup. Weird, right? I know. Also my mom is totally vice versa. She doesn't use anything except facial cream. Yes, your heard right. No mascara, no foundation, no eyeshadow and no lipstick. I totally get that, not everyone has to be beauty junkie like me and you guys. So I never expect anything beauty related, because my mom just doesn't know what to buy. :)

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Hello guys, 

1. What do you think about new Gilmore Girls episodes?

Honestly, I don't know. I could not have waited to see all new episodes and it took me literally only one day to watch them all. First two episodes I was in love - hate relationship. The last two episode got me me the most. And the end? Holy moly .. Was this supposed to be a closure? Because I don't think it was. Some questions were answered, but some was opened and now I feel like I need more of them. :D

2. Did you play any sport when you were in high school?

I played volleybal for 7-8 years. I strated when I was in elementary school and finished when I was in first year of high school. Back at the time it was a big relief, because I had different social hobbies - clubbing, drinking, friends and so. Now I wish I stayed there and played little longer.

3. How many kids  do you want to have?

I used to have a plan where kids weren't included, after that I wanted one my kid and second adopted from third countries and now? I don't know.. Maybe 1-2 kids, but no matter if were mine or adopted.

4. Sweet or savory breakfast?

I am a breakfast whore and I love to have a little bit of everything. So yes for both of them.

5. iOS or Android system?

You might be wondering why this strange question, but today I realized how much I love iOS system and I could't any with any different mobile or laptop system.

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Hello guys, 

finally! Only two weeks till Christmas! You guys have no idea how much  I’m looking forward. I feel like I’m a kid again, lookig at the sky and waiting for the Baby Jesus. Do you feel the same way? Well, if yes, I prepared for you Christmas Rose Gold eye look, which I will probably wear on Christmas Day. I hope you will get some inspiration and may be try to recreate it. 

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Hello guys,

I'm not participate in Blogmas posts, which kinda makes me sad. I wish I was at home where Christmas is very important for everyone. We have beautiful decorations, lights, candles and the atmosphere! It's exactly what would you expect from Christmast mood - wrapped in fluffy blanket, having hot chocolate / coffee / Christmas tea / Christmas hot punch and watching Christmas movies. Right now being in Cali, where weather is super hot for winter, surrounded with people who are not into Christmas mood as I used to know from my family,… These things makes me feel like Christmas  is not behind the corner and don't put me in Christmas mood at all. But because I love Christmas so much, I can't stay behind and I need to post at least some  Christmas posts, so I hope you will like them. 

Uff, that was very long and irrelevant intro for today's post. I'm sorry. :D So get back to my Christmas movie list for this year. :)

1. How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Believe or not, but the Grinch is my favorite, beloved, number one Christmas movie. This is the first movie I always watch when Christmas comes. I'm in love with him so much, that I could replay it three or four times during Christmas. :D The jokes, songs, characters, … everything is perfect. If you haven't seen this movie, then I have a question for you "Who are you?"

2. Three Wishes For Cinderella

This movie I'm pretty sure you don't know. This is Czech old version of Cinderella from 1973. This movie we play always when we unwrap our Christmas gifts. It is our little family tradition which my mom created, because she's in love with this movie. Nowadays I can't imagine Christmas tree and presents without Three wishes for Cinderella. If you ever have a chance to watch this movie, let me know, how you like it.

3. The Night Before Christmas

I remember the day when I watched this movie for the first time I must say, I did't like it at all. I prefered the Corpse Bride much more then this movie. But you know what? After so many years this became one of my favorite Christmas movie. I don't know how Tim Burton can make every movie so great!

4. Give the Devil His Due

You guys, sometimes I wish you all could speak in my language, so I could show you so many great movies and things in Czech. This movie can't be missed during Christmas either. It's about good and bad people and the devil with his hell. This is tradition and I recommend this to everyone. 

5. Love Actually

I tell you a secret. I'm actually not a big fan of romantic movies at all, but this one is something special. I love these mini episodes connected with love and Christmas. And mainly Colin Firth is in this movie. Oh gosh, this guy has such an indescribable charisma which I think is super sexy. Oh yeah, this guy could have been my dad, but still, I love him. 

6. The Polar Express

This movie needs a little patience. First half of this movie always seems to be slow and boring, but when you finish it, you realize many things. This movie always remind to believe and not give up.

7. Saving Santa

This movie is quite new in my Christmas collection, but I'm glad I did discovered it. I know it not might be a the best movie of all time and a lot of people found this stupid, but because how silly and funny it is, that's why I love it. It always makes me smile.

Alright guys, I hope you got some inspiration in here and now I would like to read your favorite movies!

Have a great day!

Love, Michelle <3

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First two weeks I spent a lot of time outside walking in Howarth Park and Spring Lake Park. I was playing Pokemon Go, observe the beauty around me and enjoyed the fresh air. Sun was shining, temperature was high, perfect November as I've never experienced (in Czech is very bad weather lately). Would you not spend the time outside?

Finally I had a chance to see cheerleader's competition. It was a big event with many teams and I enjoyed very much. I don't know how about you, but in my country cheerleading is not quite popular, so I knew this "sport" only from tv. Seeing this was a new and great experience for me.

Everytime I am in United States I never can miss Hooters. My first experince with Hooters was 6 types of wings with different flavor and I found myself in heaven. Since then I always have to visit this place. This time I was not in mood for wings, so I decided to try some of their fish tacos and I loved (even that I would prefer letuce instead of cabbage). 

San Francisco is always on my visit list everytime I'm here. First day we spent the whole day in China Town, which was a big experience. Can't really say if it was some holiday, or just a regular day in China Town, but everyone was out of the street and everyone seemed to be celebrating. I bought a lot of presents for my family, so I hope they will like it.

Second day in SF we decided to explore local strip street right next to the ocean. We saw street art, visited a lot of shops and spent a lot of money.

In third week of November we waited for better weather so we could've visited local Pacific Cost Air Museum. I've never seen military jets and I was happy that N knew a lot of information about them, so I had a chance to finally learn something. And the cherry on the the top of cake? There was a plane stimulator which were made in Czechoslovakia, I was very proud of my country at the time.

My first Thanksgiving in my life. This is just a little piece of all the food I had a chance to try.  And please, don't ask me how they called. :D

How was your November and how did you spend Thanksgiving?

Love, Michell <3

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Hello guys,

today I prepared for you guys purple smokey eyes. First I wanted to do totally different look, but you know, it always end it up differently. :D

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Hello guys!

One day before December!! You know what that means? Last chance to catch up on gifts for our loved ones. If you still don't know what to buy your girlfriend, sister, cousin or maybe mom, I have some beauty tips for you, because you know, NO lady can't resist to beauty heaven!

If you're like me and don't know what exactly you should give to friends and family, I think the best thing to do is to buy gift sets and make your own sets. Now, you must be asking why would you do that. Let me tell you three things. Gift sets always come with two or more products, so you can get more options (one great deal - two or more products = two or more gifts). Second thing is that gift sets are great deals. You know, you pay less but get more. Who doesn't want that? And third  and great thing about gift sets is that you usually get travel sizes which means lesser money, but still getting good amount of the products. Don't get me wrong, but there are many of us, who can't afford buying full sizes of a lot of products, just to please all friends and family memebers (even if we would like to). 

Now, let's get into it. I've searched some great deals or sets I think they worth to buy, so I hope you will like it.

ANASTASIA BEVERLY HILLS, Bold Brow kit

On the other hand, this set comes with eight lipsticks, so that means the price is higher. You pay $35, but this collection is worth $80! Eight natural looking lipsticks with medium coverage and cream texture is the best deal for everyone. Nude lipsticks will never be out and they suit to everyone.

BUXOM, 6 Degrees Below Sexy Mini Full-On Lip Polish Collection

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