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12 Days of Christmas: Merry Christmas

Not much to say for today, just wanting to wish you happy holidays with few cat pics. I hope you'll have a great time with your loved ones, even if that is the social distancing way that is all too familiar in 2020.

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12 Days of Christmas: Holiday Nails, Two Ways

It's been quite a while since the previous nail art post, not that I haven't done nail art, but I just haven't posted any. However today, I'm happy to share two designs that are fit for the holidays. Mine are done by stamping, you can use any technique you prefer - or just get inspiration for the color scheme here. 

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12 Days of Christmas: Simple Gift Ideas That Will Fit Your Budget

If 2020 has taught me something, it is to value things based on the thought that goes into them rather than what their monetary value is. Especially now that meeting people is tricky if not impossible, I truly appreciate the little things that are thoughtfully picked or made for me. 

And I'm sure many feel the same. So in this post, I'm listing few gift ideas that don't require big budget or can easily be adjusted to fit your budget. I'm sure these are ideas that are readily available in other sources too, but these are some I've tested out in recent years and people have really like them. I know this is probably a little late for this year, but save it for next year or for another occasion you need simple gifts for!

Ready? Let's go.

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12 Days of Christmas 2020: Sleighing the Look

Hey my loves, it's been a while since the last post. I've been insanely busy with work and school, and since posting on Instagram is ways more effortless than writing a full on blog post, I've really only been active there. However, at least for this month, we are back with new content (I don't know how my spring schedule will look like, so I can't make decisions for that quite yet, I'll keep you updated once I know more!). Like the title says, there will be 12 posts leading to Christmas, and they all have been planned out already. I'm very excited for you to see them all, I ran couple of the ideas through my bestie before locking them into my schedule and since she approved, you'll all get to see them. 

And to answer to potential question of why 12 December posts and not 24. Honestly, lack of time. I can't get through rest of the work and school tasks of the year and to be able to do daily content here that still stays relevant, informative and/or entertaining. I rather bring you quality, which is why I was on accidental hiatus instead of posting half-assed texts for you.

To kick off this month, I wanted to share this outfit with you. It's my take on metal babe meets festive, and while I would wear this all year round, the shade of green here is, in my opinion, pretty perfect for the season.

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Unboxing the Body Shop Calendar (part 3)

Coming a teeny bit late, but for a good reason. Our cat was a bit sick for a couple of days after getting his paws into some Christmas food, and I had to focus on getting him well before focusing again on blogging. So sorry for the delay but then again I'm not sorry for making my pet a priority. That being said, let's get into the last unboxing, okay?

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Christmas Eve Glitter Nails

Merry Christmas my loves! I know Christmas Eve isn't the main celebration day for many of you, but in Finland, it's just that. But I thought I'd take a little moment from digesting the Christmas treats and would actually blog the latest nails. Which I crafted today so this is hot off the press, so to speak. So in case you need very last minute Christmas nail inspo, here you have it!

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Lithuanian Surprise Box

A while back, my friend Vita suggested a Christmas time box swap. I haven't done a swap with anyone in years, so I got excited right away. We had talks about what categories each one would include, and agreed to general rules for it. And we would have no clue what the other has chosen into the box before opening our own one up. If you want to see what I got for her, you need to head on her Instagram @vi.kazlauskaite and check through her pics to find out, but I will share you what she generously got for me on this post.

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Things Making Me Happy Right Now (List of Gratitude)

As I talked about in my stress relief post, Holiday times can be so stressful for people due the commercial nature of this time of the year and so on. Therefore, it's easy to compare to yourself, your advent calendar (or lack thereof), your home and everything to the seemingly perfect ones you may see on social media. If you are a young person reading this, it's worthy for you to know that a lot that perfect Holiday content are related to the big Christmas marketing budgets businesses have and use to sponsor people to create all the perfect-looking content. Therefore, rather than comparing things, take a little time to list things that make you happy right now and/or you are grateful for, so that you can get to that perfect Holiday mood.

Because today, I'm sharing my list with you all.

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Bake With Me: Gingerbread Brownies (gluten-free & dairy-free!)

My mom linked me this recipe last month, and it sounded so amazing I just had to try making it. And I actually had the perfect time to do so about month ago, when my boyfriend's sister was visiting us. I've seen the same kind of pastries being currently sold in cafes, so this might be somewhat popular in Finland right now. Maybe. Not that I'm the one to know anything about trends since I kind of don't care.

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Body Shop Calendar Unboxing (part 2)

Today, let's open more of the boxes from The Body Shop Calendar, shall we? In this post we're opening from where we left last time up to the box 18. So in case you don't want spoilers of any of those for some reason, stop reading here and come back once you won't get spoilers!



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DIY Christmas Gifts

I've been dreaming about making some of the Christmas gifts myself for years, but haven't really been in a place to do so until now. Now, before we go all in to this post, if you belong to the inner circle of mine (you know who you are, darlings) DO NOT read any further. This post will contain part of your presents so don't go spoiling yourselves, please! If you are not someone who would possibly receive a present from me, go ahead and continue along!

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Emerald Nails

Today, I wanted to share my latest nail art with you. I feel like I have had so much in my hands in many ways that I haven't been able to keep up with artsy things and blogging as much as I would've liked to. Not that it's wrong since this is so far a hobby for me and therefore can't be my main focus over the things that actually pay my bills and further my career and/or mental health. That being said, I still have quite a bit of content coming your way, so hopefully you all like having some Christmas reading.

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Super Simple Snow Nails

Since I'm back into posting, let's continue with a nail art post, shall we? I created these ones during the weekend, and I like them a lot. I wore them to the Raskasta Joulua concert we went to, which was amazing - I mean metal music but it's Christmas songs so that's pretty perfect!

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Body Shop Calendar Unboxing (part 1)

This year, one of my Christmas gifts from my boyfriend is the medium-sized calendar from The Body Shop. It is adorable looking, and I love The Body Shop products a lot, so this was such a perfect surprise to receive. Clearly, the man is a keeper. So, like a true blogger, I decided to share all the unboxings/first impressions with you.

If this didn't already tell you, this post contains spoilers of what's in the calendar. If you are opening yours later, and want to actually have a surprise for yourself, don't read beyond this point until you have opened the first eight doors from the calendar. That being said, let's get to the calendar, shall we?

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Snowflake Nails

The first nails of this holiday season are here! I have been brewing ideas for nails the whole November, and try to bring few to you here in the blog and in case I have extra time in my hands, I'll post some additional ones to my nail Instagram @silvertigonails. But without further ado, let's get into the nail art.

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Christmas Time Bucket List

It's here. December. Time for all the Christmas vlogs on YouTube, calendars on blogs and social media, everyone posting Christmas treats, Christmas lights, and other Holiday cheer. I'm a Basic bish and also plan on posting a lot of Holiday related stuff everywhere, and want to make this Christmas one of the best ones so far.

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Pics From Christmas

It's been a couple of weeks since I last blogged, and while I had nice posts planned, also life happened and I had to focus on living offline instead of prioritizing all the posts. I'm sorry if that let anyone down. But also, what you don't know is that I spent this Christmas with a new boyfriend, new extended family and got sick just before Christmas so there has been a lot going on. I'm sure next year will be more chill, so I added the planned posts to next holiday season's agenda and will probably prepare them well ahead.

To summarize our Christmas, I'm sharing some pictures of it today. It's not a super long post - those kinds will follow next month - but I thought this was least I could do since I kind of disappeared just before Christmas.

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Gluten-free Gingerbread House

One of the most exciting things around holidays is definitely the holiday treats. Around Christmas, I love gingerbread maybe more than anything. So it's probably no wonder I was determined to make some gluten-free gingerbread on my own, but I also challenged myself and made a whole gingerbread house from scratch.

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Blue Snowflake Nails

On Holiday time, I often get super inspired to do many themed nail art designs. This year doesn't seem any different as I already started my third mani of the month yesterday. Here on the blog, I will today share my second Christmas mani of the year, which is maybe more a winter design. But I wanted to play with techniques as well as new stuff I got from Born Pretty Store. I'll talk more about them below along with the pictures.

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Christmas Decor 2017

Every Christmas, the best part for me is that I get to decorate the house with some Christmas items. Usually I don't go too overboard, and this year is no exception. In this post, I'm sharing the decorations I put up this Christmas. 

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