Holiday Gift Guide 2014 - For Her & For Him

The holidays are here and coming up so fast. Since I know some of you might be struggling to find out what to get that special person on your list, I wanted to share you some holiday gift ideas. 
I've put a few awesome Holiday Gifts together, to make finding the perfect Christmas present easier.

For Her

Here, I choose some gifts, which every girl would be happy to get some of these products. Yaaay even me!

♥ Hoola Bronzer - Benefit

♥ UGG Bailey Bow - UGG Australia

♥ Tangle Teezer

♥ Body Spray - Victoria's Secret

♥ Lip Balm - EOS

♥ Naked2 Basics - Urban Decay

♥ Black Opium Parfume - Yves Saint Laurent

♥ Watch - Daniel Wellington

♥ iPhone Case - Michael Kors

♥ Lipgloss - NARS

♥ Instant Camera - Fujifilm

♥ Clarisonic Mia2 2 - Clarisonic

♥ Laptop Case - Marc by Marc Jacobs

For Him

When it comes to boyfriends, brothers, dads and husbands gifts, they deserve the best this holiday season. There are actually many gift options for him.

♥ Headphones - Beats by Dre

♥ Parfume Set - Versace

♥ Belt - Gucci

♥ Nike Airmax 90 - NIKE

♥ Real Madrid Shirt - Adidas

♥ Watch - Armani

♥ Shave Kit - Baxter of California

♥ Power Bank (Portable Phone Charger)

♥ Sunglasses - Ray Ban

♥ Christmas Jumper - GANT

If you need help to find this products in stores, just let me know. You can leave a comment down below or send me an e-mail. Hope you'll find the perfect gifts for your beloved ones.

Enjoy your Christmas shopping. 

Love, Chrissy ♥

How to wear: Red Leather Jacket

Happy FRIDAY!

Lately I'm just into beauty stuff and now finally I'm writing a fashion post.

Since it's friday and the weekend is coming, this is a perfect weekend night-out outfit.

In this post, I'll show you how to wear a red leather jacket to give a touch of color into your outfit. It's so easy, just wear basics look and the red leather jacket will pep up your outfit.

Here I'm wearing an imitate leather shorts with a white shirt. I also put tights on, because it's winter, obviously!

On my feet I've got my favourite biker boots on. By wearing this red leather jacket, it will look totally different and not basic anymore. What do you thing? Let me know in the comment section below.

Red Leather Jacket / ROYAL SUNDAY

White Shirt / Bershka

Shorts / Zara

Tights / H&M

Necklace / SIX

Boots / Steve Madden

Stay Stylish!

xoxo
Christina

My Favourite Winter Lipsticks 2014

Hello there!

Recently I'm rocking dark coulers on my lips, so today I want you to show some of my favourite wintery Lipsticks. What about you? Do you like wearing red coulers during the Winter/Christmas time? Let me know in the comment below.

From left to right:

Nars - Audrey
Bobbi Brown Christmas Collection 2014 - Bordeaux

Urban Decay - SHAME

Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Volupté Shine - Nr. 17

MAC - Ruby Woo (Matte)

MAC - Diva (Matte)

MAC - Viva Glam I (Matte)

MAC - Rebel (Satin)

MAC - Please Me (Matte)

MAC - Velvet Teddy (Matte)

In my opinion all berry or wine dark shades coloured lipsticks add the perfect festive touch to your makeup look. 
My absolute favourite wintery lipstick is "Audrey" by NARS.

The color is perfect for daily basis or for a night out. It's not too bright and not too dark either. The consistence isn't dry at all and keeps your lips moisturize, which is very important for me. As you can see I love matte lipstick as well, especially if they're red. It's important to use a lip balm under you lipstick, otherwise it looks cakey and dry.

Swatches:

From left to right

Nars - Audrey

Bobbi Brown Christmas Collection 2014 - Bordeaux

Urban Decay - SHAME

Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Volupté Shine - Nr. 17

MAC - Ruby Woo (Matte)

MAC - Diva (Matte)

MAC - Viva Glam I (Matte)

MAC - Rebel (Satin)

MAC - Please Me (Matte)

MAC - Velvet Teddy (Matte)

Here I'm wearing the color "Audrey" by NARS

What is your favourite wintery lipstick? Leave me a comment and let me know!

Love, 

Chrissy

IT'S CHRISMAS TIME ♥

Happy December Everyone!

It's officially Christmas time. This is just a little post to share my Christmas cheer with you guys. I'm feeling so so so Christmassy with all the lights, foods and decorations everywhere. Christmas time is one my favourite time of the year. I really enjoy the time with my family and my friends. Making Christmas cookies and watching Christmas movies are just my favourite thing to do, it makes me so happy and I can all forget about the freezing weather outside. 

I already started decorating my room and of course the Christmas tree. I love snuggling in my pyjama with a cozy socks on or in my onesie. Christmas couldn't be perfect without Christmas songs. What is your favourite Christmas song? During the holiday season, the people are happier I guess, which mean you spread more positivity. Everyone is doing Christmas shopping and waiting till the first snow falling down.

I decided to do the "Christmas Tag" to let you know more, what I love about Christmas.

1. What is your favourite Christimas movie?

Love Actually & Kevin Home Alone

2. Have you ever had a white Christmas?

Yes, actually I had a white Christmas, but long ago. Cause I live in Switzerland, the weather is freezing during the winter time and sometimes there's a lot of snow.

3. Where do you usually spend your holiday.

At home with my family. We usually don't travel, but love when family and friends comes up to see us!

4. What is your favourite Christmas song?

"All I want for Christmas is you" by Mariah Carey & "Last Christmas" by Wham.

5. Do you open any presents on Christmas Eve?

Yes. Since I was a girl little, we opened all the presents on Christmas Eve.

6. What holiday traditions are you looking to most this year?

I'm excited baking cookies with my mom and doing Christmas shopping. I would love to wake up in the morning and everything is white outside.

7. Is your Christmas tree real or fake?

We have a real Christmas tree.

8. What is your all-time favourite holiday food/sweet treat?

Christmas cookies with hot chocolate, fruits covered with chocolate (anything with chocolate actually, haha!) and of course Panettone (as you might know, half of my family are Italians. 

9.  Be honest: do you like giving gifts or receiving gifts better?

I love seeing everyone's faces, if they open the presents but I love the feeling to get a present as well.

10. Do you still have advent calendars?

Yes I do. We are never too old for an advent calendar, right?

Here are some pictures to inspire you during the Christmas time

Hopefully I could inspire you with this post and I wish you a cheerful Christmas time with your beloved ones.

Love, Chrissy

Kiehl's Midnight Recovery Concentrate - Review

Hii Everyone

How you're doing? Hope everything is good so far.

Would you like to look younger over the night? I highly recommend this "Midnight Recovery Concentrate". It's a serum.

I absolutely love this product. It left my skin brighter, healthier and smoother. Not only that, it smells amazing as well. The lavender smell relax me.

I've been using this product over a month now and I see a lot of improvement.

All the ingredients in the Midnight Recovery Concentrate is very natural and mild and more important, there is no mineral or parabens oil, which means you don't need to worry about this product might break out your skin.

The oily consistence will not give you an oily skin at all. I'm impressed how quickly it absorbs into my skin!

How to use?

After washing your skin, apply 3 to 4 drops of treatment on your skin. Press gently with your fingers and start to massage in it, if you like to. You can wear it alone or under your night moisturizer.

Yes it is on the pricier side, but the money totally worth it. The bottle contains 30ml, which I'll need one year to use this product up. The "Kiehl's Midnight Recovery Concentrate" costs 53.- swiss francs.

Have a nice weekend :-*

Love, Christina

New NARS Counter - Jelmoli Zürich

Hey you!

I need to tell you something. We've got another NARS counter in Switzerland. Isn't that amazing? *_*

The NARS counter is at the Jelmoli store in Zürich. Me, as a NARS lover, can't get more excited.

My holy grail product by NARS is definitely the Sheer Glow Foundation. I'm in the color "Barcelona". This shade matches my skintone perfectly. Since i got my hands on this foundation, I've never use another one. YES, so much I love it! This foundation is my favourite, because it makes my skin so flawless. You only need a tiny amount and it has amazing coverage. 

NARS is a high end brand and the products are on the pricier side. 

Sending out a huge hug & kiss!
Hope you enjoyed

Love, Chrissy

♥ G I V E A W A Y ♥

IT'S GIVEAWAY TIME

This is my first GIVEAWAY and I hope you are excited :)

To sweeten your day, I'll giving away:

• KIKO Brush Set
• Nude Lipstick by Maybelline
• Lip Balm by The Body Shop
• Chocolate Face Mask
• Babylips Peach Kiss by Maybelline
• Bronzer & Blush in one by Maybelline
• Eyeshadow Palette by Catrice

What you have to do:

- Follow me on Faceboook here

- Comment below what your Winter Must-Haves are

If you are a boy, of course you can be a part of this Giveaway. You can give it your mom, sister or girlfriend. Perfect for a christmas present =)

This Giveaway takes 2 weeks.

I'll announce the winner on 8th december 2014 on my FACEBOOK page, so make sure you follow me there.

GOOD LUCK!

Love, Christina

Urban Decay Naked2 Basics || Review

Hiii Everyone..

As I mentioned on my Instagram CHRISSYINA and my Facebook page Prep the Glam we finally got a Urban Decay Counter at the Manor store in Zürich (Switzerland), which is so amazing.

I couldn't resist and had to grab the Naked2 Basics Palette.

Every beauty lover gets that excited if Urban Decay brings something new to the table. 

The Palette contains 5 matte shades and 1 satin shade for highlighting the inner corner of your eyes. The Naked2 Basics introduces taupe and grey toned matte shades.

The shades you'll find in this palette are:

Skimp (I use to highlight my inner-corner and under my eyebrow)

Stark (I usually use all over my lid for a base)

Frisk (I use for my lid)

Cover (I use for my crease)

Primal (I use to deep in my crease or under my lower lashes)

Undone (I use for a darker look)

Basically I prefer matte shades more than shimmery eyeshadows for daily basis. 

The quality of the pigmentation is amazing, exactly what you would expect from Urban Decay. The blend of the shadows is beautiful and easy as well. 

Let's talk about the packaging, seriously this is my favourite. It's so teeny-tiny cute and so easy to throw into your bag. It has a good size mirror as well.

You can get this palette for 36.- Swiss francs at the Manor store in Zürich or you can buy it online. Here's the direct link Urban Decay Naked2 Basics.

What do you think of this palette? Let me know your opinion. 

Love, Christina 

V A L E N C I A

The view over the upper pool area

The most yummi Frozen Yoghurt I've ever had!

The old town of Valencia

The lobby of our amazing hotel Las Arenas Balneario Resort

Seriously, I wish I could have this breakfast everyday!

My last lunch - Iberian Steak

L'Oceanografic Valencia

Lunch at our favourite restaurant "GABBANA BEACH"

We had almost everyday Seafood! Fresh and Delicious.

Spaghetti with Seafood

Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencas

L'Oceanografic

Walking along the beach

Hot Brownie with Vanille Ice Cream

Breakfast Area

  

The pool

Hellow Everyone

Before the year is over, my friend and I wanted to go to a warm place at the beach. I have always wanted to go to Valencia since a long time and we stayed for four days.

We stayed at a hotel called Las Arenas Balneario Resort and it was out of this world amazing.

Valencia is absolutely stunning, yes even in November. We wore summer clothes and we were sunbathing at the pool.

The view we had from our hotel is breathtaking. Every morning we woke up and had the most amazing breakfast.

It was so lovely to get away from the cold weather in Switzerland.

On one of our first night we visited a restaurant called Gabbana Beach which was nearly from our resort. We enjoyed the spanish atmosphere and the food was so delicious. It was so yummi that we already decided to get lunch the next day here again. This was probably my favourite restaurant of the stay.

In Valencia you can surely shop until you drop. There was like a "shop town" near the Airport called Bonaire (check out the link). There was even a Primark and Hollister :D so we went crazy! Of course we did a lot of shopping, that was also one reason why we visited Valencia.

We also visited the famous Oceanografic. I was impressed to see a shark. HAHA!

All the buildings at the CIUDAD DE LAS ARTES Y LAS CIENCIAS are stunning.

We had a magical few days away, I hope you enjoyed reading my post and sharing some of my favourite pictures with you. I absolutely recommend to visit Valencia once in your life. You'll never regret! I promise ;)

Speak to you soon

Love, Christina ♥