April favorites

 April favorites  

 

Nothing really happens but time passes so quickly! And it’s suddenly May. Days are getting longer and warmer, and that lifts up mood! 

 

Few things that I loved in April. 

 

Douglas sunscreen – for my face I need sun protection no less than SPF 50, because I’m prone to getting sun spots on the face. If they would be smaller, they would look like cute freckles but it’s not the case in some places on my face, and you need to protect your skin against sun damage. Before this one I bought Bioderma one, and I hated it, that one was pilling on my face and I couldn’t use it alone and it didn’t mixed well with my other creams/serums. This one is amazing; it feels light and non-greasy on my face and mixes well with most of my serums/creams and foundation if I want to wear that as well. I might repurchase it when I'll run out of it, but I'm thinking about trying something new and made in Latvia. 

 

Mario Badescu facial spray - I bought this aloe facial spray in set with mint lip balm, and those are my favorite products! I like them so much that I ordered new set. Spray in so refreshing, and I use it as well to set my powders and foundation. This is perfect product for warmer days just to refresh your skin and keep it hydrated.  

 

Schwarzkopf 7 sec express hair repair treatment – this one is for damaged and dry hair. Saw add on tv and wanted to try it. Actually, it’s very good product and you can see instant results. Hair feels so much softer after using it, even my damaged ends for few days felt less dry. This product is very easy to use and you just need 7 seconds and it works, very good for days when you don’t have time to put hair masks that needs to be left in hair for longer time. Just wash your hair with shampoo and then use this mask. But you need to rinse it out with warmer water, because it’s harder to rinse it out with cold water, maybe all oils are 😀 but that’s my experience with this product. 

 

Avon Mark plump it lip gloss – I usually wear make up only when I have to go to work or when I meet with my friends and I want to make effort 😀 and since we have to wear face masks I don’t really care how my face looks without make up, put a mask on and sunglasses and problem fixed 😀 but back to lip gloss, not that it’s the most mask friendly product but I find it hydrates my lips and doesn’t really smudge anywhere, and it’s minty, so that’s huge bonus for me. It’s not sticky and feels comfortable on lips, I don’t really care for plumping effect, I just love it because it’s minty, and I can wear it in days where I don’t wear any make up. 

 

Books – I already ordered new books. There is nothing to watch right now, at least for me, so read more, and I found new crime/thriller series I like and I want to read all books in that series. 

 

 

As for May – I'm looking forward to be fully vaccinated! At the end of the month Ice hockey World championship starts in Riga, Latvia so I'm looking forward to watch all our team's games! It still sucks that we can’t attend games and there won't be any activities related to championship in city, stupid pandemic! But it is what it is, at least there is something to watch and look forward to! 

 

Till next time!  

AliExpress finds - card holder wallet

 I guess Forever Young is brand name, because I already have wallet that has similar writing on it. Not that I needed new wallet, I probably already have something very similar to it. But this was one of my I saw it, I liked it, it was cheap and I bought it, item.  

These types of wallets are very handy when you have smaller bag and you need something little bit bigger than regular card holder and you want to put some cash in as well. 

 

I choose wallet in this lovely blue color, because I liked the color and not everything needs to be in black color (mostly I choose black, because it’s my favorite color and everything looks better in that color 😀). 

It has 3 card slots – perfect for ID, bank card and some other card you use regularly, like store reward card. And if you don’t use zipper part for cash, you can put cards there as well. 

Quality - I think for the price less than 2 euros(buy using app it's much cheaper there than in web version), it has good quality. Zipper works, card slots are in normal size and there are no loose threads.  

Wallet is available in 6 different colors, and shipping took less than 3 weeks. 

If you want to check it out link is here.

This will be useful when traveling and you don’t want or need to take all your other cards or if you just want to take just necessary things.  

Till next time! 

Getting back to my no buy journey

In picture beautiful spring sunset

 Skipped few months from my no buy, because I just wanted to buy things, needed some things and sometimes I just want to splurge and treat myself. This month I want to get back on track. I bought things I needed for myself and I just don’t need to spend more money on myself. This all depends on my mood, one month I save, another month I feel like shopping, and I win and I fail, but at least I try. 

 

I need to make list on things I need to put money aside and set spending limit again. Soon I need to start driving school again (I had excuses before and I'm giving myself last chance to do it!) need set aside money for driving lessons, I know how expensive that is. Need to put some money towards my new phone. Not that I'm thinking about Christmas in May but it's time to start to put aside money for gifts as well and upcoming birthdays and name days. And if it will be possible to travel this year, I would like to save some money for that. I'm really looking forward to traveling when it is safe to do so (I just received my 1th dose of vaccine, so happy about that!).  These are 4 things I want to save for. 

 

I will still continue to buy takeaway coffee from local\close to home coffee place, but I will stop buying coffee in shopping center where I work (for a lot of reasons), and I can buy it only if it's my favorite festive coffee, because it is too expensive and not always worth it! Finally started to use my reusable coffee cup, and coffee pods regularly and that helps me save on coffee, I just need to stop being lazy.  

 

Other thing I need to figure out is what to do with my online purchases outside EU, because soon we will have to pay taxes and I still hope all my purchases will arrive before June 1th! Tax thing sucks, I had to pay more than 7 euros and that’s because I had to pay 9 euros for shipping and they are counting it together and that meant I had to pay taxes because of shipping. Where I'll be buying books without paying extra, because UK is not in EU anymore. 

 

Found my spending problem areas—— takeaway orders, it started with coupon and then I continued order more, sometimes twice a week, because don’t felt like cooking! Not making list when shopping and buying unnecessary things, because they are on sale, went to buy hair mask that costs 7 euros, spent 30 euros, that’s not ok. Of course, boredom purchases, actually thinking about blocking certain pages on my computer so I don’t have any temptations. Need to buy my regular hair color, not something cheaper, because I always dislike the way cheaper colors turn out on my hair. Then I spend more money end the end.  

 

Good purchases finally bought pair of sneakers that I wanted to buy but in more practical color.  Found jeans that look oversized on me, they are maybe little bit tight in my stomach area (that is my problem area, I lost some weight but not much there) but I'll keep them and that’s my motivation for less cheat days 😀 

Kicked my fizzy lemonade habit and that saves a lot money, I used to drink a lot of them, but now I allow myself no more than can of soda in a day if I want. I drink fizzy water, because still water makes me gag, but it’s less expensive. Bottle of water costs 16 cents and I just need to buy lemon for my water, and bottle of lemonade is around 1 euro or more, and even if I drink 2 bottles a day, it’s still much cheaper and better for me, I recycle plastic bottles!  

 

I maybe I fail but at least I try, and I haven’t overspent my limit.