torsdag 30. april 2015
onsdag 29. april 2015
Video Wednesday: My current makeup routine
Well, this is going great! For the video this week I wanted too share with you guys how I've been doing my makeup lately, and my tricks for contour and highlighting as well as my trick for cancelling out the dark circles under my eyes (which are in my case actually the blood vessels showing though the skin, but that doesn't matter. It still looks as if I've had no sleep for a week, so away they go!) Even though I obviously need to work on putting on my makeup AND being in the shot and in focus at the same time I hope you will get some helpful tips from this video! (-: Here's the video, enjoy! (-:
tirsdag 28. april 2015
Tasty Tuesday: Chewy chocolate chip oreo cookies (with nuts!!)
For the love of all that is holy, y'all need to try these! I was feeling a bit peckish, in the mood for something sweet, luckily my kitchen was stocked with everything I needed to bake the best cookies I have ever eaten, like ever.You'll need (for 60-70 cookies, depending on the size):
250g butter
450g sugar
2 tbs golden syrup
500g flour (I used half wholewheat and half plain white flour)
1 ts baking powder
1/5 ts salt
200g chocolate
1 pk oreos
30g nuts (I used peanuts, cashews, pistachios and almonds)
-Start by adding butter, sugar and syrup into your mixing bowl and whack it until it's white and fluffy. Add the eggs one by one, stirring after each one. Add the rest of your ingredients and divide into four. Put each part on some wrapping plastic and roll until it looks something like this:
When you can't wait any longer to cook these bad boys, take them out and remove the plastic. Cut the roll into your desired size and place them on baking trays, mine looked like this:
mandag 27. april 2015
Confessions pt. 11
I've been feeling so good lately. I suspect it has got something to do with finally opening about what is going on with my anxiety rather than just saying that I struggle with it sometimes. I've started to put what I'm feeling into words, and though sharing also gives me some anxiety, it's nowhere near the frustration of having noone understand what I am actually going through. I feel like I can take on the world right now, not just dream about it. and it feels damn good!
I feel lonely. I have my family, my boyfriend and a handful of good friends who give me the time I need by myself in times when my anxiety is bad, but who still welcomes me back with open arms when I am good and ready. What I'm missing is someone who understands what anxiety feels like, someone who knows what I'm talking about and has felt the same things I do.
I was once told that people who suffer from anxiety are more selfish than others, and I refuse to accept that, which is why I tend to go in the opposite direction. I try as best I can not to bother others with my anxiety, and I'm petrified that someone might think of me as needy or someone who only complains. Instead I tend to put others needs ahead of mine, and I drop everything I'm doing should one of my friends need my help with something. I spend so much time worrying what others might think of me, and I keep wishing that I didn't care, but I do. I care a lot.
I feel lonely. I have my family, my boyfriend and a handful of good friends who give me the time I need by myself in times when my anxiety is bad, but who still welcomes me back with open arms when I am good and ready. What I'm missing is someone who understands what anxiety feels like, someone who knows what I'm talking about and has felt the same things I do.
I was once told that people who suffer from anxiety are more selfish than others, and I refuse to accept that, which is why I tend to go in the opposite direction. I try as best I can not to bother others with my anxiety, and I'm petrified that someone might think of me as needy or someone who only complains. Instead I tend to put others needs ahead of mine, and I drop everything I'm doing should one of my friends need my help with something. I spend so much time worrying what others might think of me, and I keep wishing that I didn't care, but I do. I care a lot.
red lipstick takes the focus away from the dark circles under my eyes and the spots on my everywhere, right?
søndag 26. april 2015
Anxiety and exercise
I'm sure a lot of people consider me lazy, myself included. I find hard exercise hard to do, and right now I'm going to tell you why. I don't say I get panic attacks, even though that is technically what I am having, because I don't "panic". There is usually no crying, hyperventilating or other typical signs of a panic going on.
During an anxiety attack I tend to faint. Like, full on faceplant on the floor with my eyes rolling to the back of my head. This has happened once during exercise, and now I get anxiety worrying about if it will happen again. Which usually causes me to get very dizzy and feel uncomfortable during hard exercise.
Other times the anxiety attack might cause me to get cotton mouth. My tongue feels dry and double the size, my throat closes and feels like I ate an entire beach and I feel really uncomfortable. Anxiety is different for everybody, and not knowing when I'll get anxiety next or how it will play out is causing me a lot of stress, and I tend to take the easy way out and avoid situations that might trigger my anxiety. I find it sad, because exercise is important, and I will regret it when I get older if I don't take care of my body while I still can.
What I can do is yoga, and I try to do it as often as possible, I also have got some exercise equipment at home, and I've recently started going for a slow jog in the mornings (my trick againt the cottonmouth situation is chugging a pound or so of water before leaving the house, chewinggum and those chewing mints against cottonmouth you can by at your local pharmacy). I take it slow, and I should I feel uncomfortable I immediately stop jogging, and start walking instead. Overall, I'm sure it won't trigger a massive weight loss, but I don't need it to either. I'll do what I can, within my comfort zone, and with time that line will stretch and I'll (hopefully) be comfortable doing more. Have a great night, anxiety or not. Thank you for reading (-:
During an anxiety attack I tend to faint. Like, full on faceplant on the floor with my eyes rolling to the back of my head. This has happened once during exercise, and now I get anxiety worrying about if it will happen again. Which usually causes me to get very dizzy and feel uncomfortable during hard exercise.
Other times the anxiety attack might cause me to get cotton mouth. My tongue feels dry and double the size, my throat closes and feels like I ate an entire beach and I feel really uncomfortable. Anxiety is different for everybody, and not knowing when I'll get anxiety next or how it will play out is causing me a lot of stress, and I tend to take the easy way out and avoid situations that might trigger my anxiety. I find it sad, because exercise is important, and I will regret it when I get older if I don't take care of my body while I still can.
What I can do is yoga, and I try to do it as often as possible, I also have got some exercise equipment at home, and I've recently started going for a slow jog in the mornings (my trick againt the cottonmouth situation is chugging a pound or so of water before leaving the house, chewinggum and those chewing mints against cottonmouth you can by at your local pharmacy). I take it slow, and I should I feel uncomfortable I immediately stop jogging, and start walking instead. Overall, I'm sure it won't trigger a massive weight loss, but I don't need it to either. I'll do what I can, within my comfort zone, and with time that line will stretch and I'll (hopefully) be comfortable doing more. Have a great night, anxiety or not. Thank you for reading (-:
torsdag 23. april 2015
onsdag 22. april 2015
Video Wednesday
HAH, so let's pretend for a split second that I'll be keeping up with a schedule that says I'll upload one video a week to youtube. ANYWAYS, this is how I currently clean my makeup brushes, I usually use babyshampoo, but as I don't actually have a baby I forgot to repurchase that when I used the last of the bottle. But any mild soap will do the trick. I did order a shampoo made specially for my brushes, so I'll let y'all know how I get on with that! (-: Have a fantastic day!
tirsdag 21. april 2015
Tasty Tuesday: My favorite porrigde
I remember eating this a lot as a child, and would be willing to put money on the fact that my mother used to make this for us while we were growing up. She, on the other hand swear she never made this for us, so I guess I must have gotten the taste for it somewhere else. Either way, it's tasty as F! The dish I'm referring to is "Fløyelsgrøt" or "Smørgrøt" which translates to "Velvetporrigde" or "Butterporrigde". Since leaving home I've made this dish on numerous occations, you don't need a lot of ingredients. Granted, this is not the most balanced of meals, but it is excellent as a comfort food, and we all need some of that love in a bowl once in a while.
The great this about this porridge is that all the ingredients are replaceable, which means it does suit quite a lot of eating philosophies.
Ground recipe:
Serves 2.
1/2 l milk
1 dl flour (I'ce used carob gum several times, 2 tbs is more than plenty for my taste)
25g butter (can be halved or skipped, but it does give the porrigde a nice taste)
1/5 ts salt.
Pour milk and flour in a pan and heat while whisking until smooth. Heat until wanted consistency (about 5 min). Stir in the butter and salt to taste. Serve with sugar (or sweetener) and a crapload of cinnamon. Enjoy (-:
The great this about this porridge is that all the ingredients are replaceable, which means it does suit quite a lot of eating philosophies.
Ground recipe:
Serves 2.
1/2 l milk
1 dl flour (I'ce used carob gum several times, 2 tbs is more than plenty for my taste)
25g butter (can be halved or skipped, but it does give the porrigde a nice taste)
1/5 ts salt.
Pour milk and flour in a pan and heat while whisking until smooth. Heat until wanted consistency (about 5 min). Stir in the butter and salt to taste. Serve with sugar (or sweetener) and a crapload of cinnamon. Enjoy (-:
mandag 20. april 2015
Confessions pt. 11
- I've gotten really back into makeup recently and spend most of my free time (and also some studytime) stalking people who do makeup on instagram and youtube, whilst dreaming of being able to do what they do. My latest attemt was a failed smokey eye, practice makes perfect I guess!
-.. and for that reason I went online windowshopping last night, wound up ordering quite a lot from a norwegian brand called makeup-mekka, link to their store is in the name. My boyfriend paid for it, said it was part of my birthday present. My god, I love him! He is very, very good to me
- I ate my weight (and then some) in candy, cakes, batter, etc this week. You name it, I probably ate it.. I mean, if walls could talk, my kitchen walls would have quite the amount of nastyness to tell me about my foodbehavior this past week, I'm not joking when I say I'm afraid to go near my scales. This week will be all about jogging and kale and salads and detox and superfood and god knows what.
- My boyfriend put me on a cola zero detox this weekend, after going through 10 (!!!) large bottles of the stuff in the time span of a week he actually refused to buy me more whilst he was at the store shopping for groceries. Probably not a bad idea, it's incredibly addictive! So back to water for this one, until the next time I go on a proper cola zero bender.
- I feel like these confessions keep getting more and more boring. I'm really sorry I'm not that much of a trainwreck to be able to tell you juicy stories from the weekend. Well, I could, but they would all be lies. Because we all know that I'm in bed by ten on saturdays, and the evening is spent knitting or stalking strangers on social media. Sorry, not sorry.
-.. and for that reason I went online windowshopping last night, wound up ordering quite a lot from a norwegian brand called makeup-mekka, link to their store is in the name. My boyfriend paid for it, said it was part of my birthday present. My god, I love him! He is very, very good to me
- I ate my weight (and then some) in candy, cakes, batter, etc this week. You name it, I probably ate it.. I mean, if walls could talk, my kitchen walls would have quite the amount of nastyness to tell me about my foodbehavior this past week, I'm not joking when I say I'm afraid to go near my scales. This week will be all about jogging and kale and salads and detox and superfood and god knows what.
- My boyfriend put me on a cola zero detox this weekend, after going through 10 (!!!) large bottles of the stuff in the time span of a week he actually refused to buy me more whilst he was at the store shopping for groceries. Probably not a bad idea, it's incredibly addictive! So back to water for this one, until the next time I go on a proper cola zero bender.
- I feel like these confessions keep getting more and more boring. I'm really sorry I'm not that much of a trainwreck to be able to tell you juicy stories from the weekend. Well, I could, but they would all be lies. Because we all know that I'm in bed by ten on saturdays, and the evening is spent knitting or stalking strangers on social media. Sorry, not sorry.
søndag 19. april 2015
Windowshopping online
I feel like I might be the only one doing this, and I don't care because I god damn love it! What I'm talking about is, of course, window shopping online. I tend to just happen to be on all my favorite shops online, where I just happen to be adding EVERYTHING to my virtual shopping basket. Just for the hell of it, just to see exactly HOW poor I would have become if I were to actually buy everything I think I need at that exact moment.
I hardly ever buy anything , but if I do, my approach is this: after adding the entire store to my virtual shopping basket, usually adding up to a sickening amount of money (that I usually don't have) I set an amount for myself which I can buy makeup / clothes/ whatever it is I think I'm in desperate need of. And then I remove items until I hit my limit. It's an idiotic way of doing my shopping, but I can't help myself. I'm an impulse little creature.
I hardly ever buy anything , but if I do, my approach is this: after adding the entire store to my virtual shopping basket, usually adding up to a sickening amount of money (that I usually don't have) I set an amount for myself which I can buy makeup / clothes/ whatever it is I think I'm in desperate need of. And then I remove items until I hit my limit. It's an idiotic way of doing my shopping, but I can't help myself. I'm an impulse little creature.
Y'all need to see my face more
torsdag 16. april 2015
Thursday tunes!
Ok, so thursday and tunes don't really go together, but with a tiny amount of imagination we''l get there! The following is a list of songs I've been obsessed with this past week. If you want to, you can check out my spotify playlist for April, which is in the sidebar of this blog, or you can check it out in spotify -->HERE<--. If you want to, you can also follow me on spotify to find all my dirty little music secrets, I follow EVERYONE there, it's a fun way to find new music! You can find me by searching for my name which is "Cecilie Othilie Mikalsen" or by searching for my username which is "CecilieM91" (-:
onsdag 15. april 2015
tirsdag 14. april 2015
Tasty Tuesday: Honni-corn cake!
I made this for my birthday on friday, and OH MY, it was so tasty! It's very filling, so a small piece goes a long way! It's a marengue layer with the cereal "honni korn" on top and bottom, and inside the cake is one layer of chocolate cream and one layer of plain ole' whipped cream.
You'll need:
Marengue
- 3 egg whites
- 2 dl sugar
- 3 dl Honnikorn (rice crispies and other cereals of that type will do just fine)
Whip the eggwhites foamy. Add the sugar in small amounts and whip every time you've added some. Mix in the honni korn and put the mixture on a baking tray (about 25x30cm). Bake at the bottom shelf of the oven at 150 degrees C for an hour. As this is both the bottom and the top layer you will have to cut the marengue in to two, after having done this all of one times I highly reccomend you do it as soon as it is out of the oven. Allow to cool.
Chocolate cream
- 3 egg yolkes
- 3/4 dl sugar
-3/4 dl cream
- 50g butter
- 100g dark chocolate (save 3 squares for decoration on top)
Heat egg yolkes, sugar and cream while stirring, don't allow it to boil. When it's a thick cream take it off the heat and add the butter and the chocolate. Allow to cool while you make whipped cream.
Whipped cream filling
- 3 dl cream
- sugar to taste
Put the bottom layer on a tray/plate/whatever. Spread the cold chocolate cream over it in a thick layer. Spread the whipped cream over the chocolate cream and place the top layer gently on top. Melt the remaining chocolate and decorate on top. (I put it in one of those small plastic bags which I put in a bowl with hot water, cut a hole in the corner of the bag and used that to decorate). Serve right away, Enjoy! (-:
Marengue
- 3 egg whites
- 2 dl sugar
- 3 dl Honnikorn (rice crispies and other cereals of that type will do just fine)
Whip the eggwhites foamy. Add the sugar in small amounts and whip every time you've added some. Mix in the honni korn and put the mixture on a baking tray (about 25x30cm). Bake at the bottom shelf of the oven at 150 degrees C for an hour. As this is both the bottom and the top layer you will have to cut the marengue in to two, after having done this all of one times I highly reccomend you do it as soon as it is out of the oven. Allow to cool.
Chocolate cream
- 3 egg yolkes
- 3/4 dl sugar
-3/4 dl cream
- 50g butter
- 100g dark chocolate (save 3 squares for decoration on top)
Heat egg yolkes, sugar and cream while stirring, don't allow it to boil. When it's a thick cream take it off the heat and add the butter and the chocolate. Allow to cool while you make whipped cream.
Whipped cream filling
- 3 dl cream
- sugar to taste
Put the bottom layer on a tray/plate/whatever. Spread the cold chocolate cream over it in a thick layer. Spread the whipped cream over the chocolate cream and place the top layer gently on top. Melt the remaining chocolate and decorate on top. (I put it in one of those small plastic bags which I put in a bowl with hot water, cut a hole in the corner of the bag and used that to decorate). Serve right away, Enjoy! (-:
mandag 13. april 2015
Confessions pt. 10
- I truly believe in the kindness of others. I love the idea of everyone helping each other out. Lost your purse? No problem! Here comes a stranger in shining armour to your rescue running down the street just to return what is rightfully yours. Now, I do realize that not everybody has got everyone's best interest at heart, but I still love the idea of it. And I'm holding on to that with everything I've got.
- I'm lazy. There, I said it. I should be exercising and making all my meals from scratch and have a daily diet consisting of healthier options than cola zero and toasts. Instead I binge on netflix and ice-cream. And the before mentioned cola zero and toast.
- I'm also excellent at procrastination! I couldn't even begin to tell you about the amount of time I've spent practising my make-up skills instead of what I should be doing, which is mostly schoolwork and household chores. Oh, and the paint job my hallway is in desperate need of. I've been blaiming that on the dog, all though me all know he's not going to be climbing the walls any time soon...
- I feel like I've been finding my way back to.. well, myself, this past year or so. After my friend, Lasse, passed away in 2007 I've just been letting myself go. I stopped doing the things I loved doing (you know, photography, singing, painting/drawing and so on and so forth). It feels good, and I'm loving every minute of it.
- I'm lazy. There, I said it. I should be exercising and making all my meals from scratch and have a daily diet consisting of healthier options than cola zero and toasts. Instead I binge on netflix and ice-cream. And the before mentioned cola zero and toast.
- I'm also excellent at procrastination! I couldn't even begin to tell you about the amount of time I've spent practising my make-up skills instead of what I should be doing, which is mostly schoolwork and household chores. Oh, and the paint job my hallway is in desperate need of. I've been blaiming that on the dog, all though me all know he's not going to be climbing the walls any time soon...
- I feel like I've been finding my way back to.. well, myself, this past year or so. After my friend, Lasse, passed away in 2007 I've just been letting myself go. I stopped doing the things I loved doing (you know, photography, singing, painting/drawing and so on and so forth). It feels good, and I'm loving every minute of it.
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