My little box summer edition

When I saw a review of the May box I knew I wanted this box too. I mean, it has French origins and delivers a variety of beauty products each month. So exciting! So I subscribed instantly and got the June box a couple of days later. Crazy fast.

Just my luck to get the worst one first :D If only I had looked at reviews before subscribing - not good :D

The box is super cute though

In that box were: 

• Kusmi tea Ice tea sachet, haven't tried yet...
• A see-through blue bikini bag that is quite cool. I use it for all the pretty-small bottles and make up stuff I have for travelling :)
• a mini nail polish - the perfect blue-greenish-mint colour but the quality is crap!
• a vest top that is one size and actually fits me :D 
• glitter eye shadow... yeap... not using...
• hair sea salt spray with UV filters - haven't used it yet but am optimistic about it at least :D (read from a review that it's supposed to give volume... Why haven't I used it yet!)
• a little magazine of girly stuff :D

Overall not the greatest start for me :D and was slowly starting to think I wasted my money on it but decided to wait for the next one before cancelling (if).

And omg the next one was the best: COCONUT!

I looooooooooove coconut :)

Like the box alone is sooo cool 

(I might have an obsession with boxes)

Insides were so much better this time too :)

• Magazine again, coconut themed
• Passport cover - all I need now is a passport...
• Small bracelet that just fits around my wrist :) Cute and not too extravagant :) Plus I like that I got the blue version and not the red one :)
• a dotted sash bag
• Yves Rocher noix de coco eau de toilette - smells sooooo nice
• Ojon rare blend oil moisture therapy 
• Hand cleansing gel that actually smells like coconut too
• After sun cream :)

Whats not to love?

How can they possibly follow that?

With the Friends box (sorry the photos are upside down :D I have to restart my comp if I want them rotated apparently :D don't ask)

• Sweet and salty propercorn popcorn that Mr. Special immediately hid away from me
• A clip on fish eye camera lens! OMG so cool 
• A nail care product pouch. Always handy to have with me and looks super cute :) 
• Banana-mango scented face cream... not too sure about the scent :/
• Batiste hair spray
• A sash bag to keep all that in :)
• A magazine again obvs

Can't wait for the next one already! :)

Playlist

Somehow I managed to miss the last playlist. 

So this is my 5 picks that were first in line waiting to be posted :D yes I have more :D

Alessia Cara - Wild Things

Era Istrefi - Bonbon

there is an english version but I think I like this better

Halsey - Castle

Jay Sean ft. Sean Paul - Make my love go

Liis Lemsalu - Sinu ees

Ttyl ;)

Jazzz...

Followed

You know that feeling like someone's following you. All of a sudden they're a couple of steps behind you and seem to be walking in the same pace. So you naturally slow down to just let them pass. Because that's what they normally do. Because they are not following you obvs, they just happened to walk the same way at the same pace. Happens.

Not yesterday though. And when did it get so dark at 9PM?

So I heard footsteps behind me and saw a shadow that told me he was only a couple of steps behind me. So I slowed down a little. So did he. I slowed down even more. So did he. I was practically standing still pretending to look at cars and the scenery etc. and so was he all of a sudden. WTF? I could see it in the corner of my eye who it was. My downstairs neighbour who is not all there in the head. Super creepy. Always lurking behind the corner or in his flat. Harmless, I think.

Proper full stop now to "enjoy" the sea view (in pitch dark). He must walk on, what other choice does he have? Well, he chose to stop too, a couple steps behind me, just so I could see him from the corner of my eye. Whaaaaaaaat? Are you kidding me? Took my phone out and texted Mr. Special that I'm being followed. Waited ages (a couple of minutes) for him to reply. And yes all this time a figure was standing behind me.

Where is Mr. Special when you need him? Not looking at his phone that's where. I felt awkward just standing there so I went to sit down on a freaking wet bench! It had just rained. And had my phone out waiting for a reply. He came with and me stood a couple of steps to my left now. He couldn't stand behind me as he would've been on the road then. WTF do I do. If I move he'll just follow me! 

So I started playing candy crush. If he wants to be awkward and stand there like a weirdo. Go for it! Luckily he now left. Disappeared (quite fast now) into the darkness that surrounds the castle. So I got up and went home as quickly as possible too. Constantly looking over my shoulder now... (and yes with a wet bum... :D )

Ttyl 

Jazzz...

She's hiding behind a bush

Soooooo....

The Ireland trip wasn't as expected. I wanted a nice roadtrip to see all the castles and cliffs and wild horses and all that cliché Ireland stuff. But (as always) we ended up just taking the bus to Cork :D

The first (half)day we went to the Guinness Storehouse. MR. Special didn't get through ticket barriers LOL. Something (stupid) always happens to him :D :D :D. Storehouse was huge and full of all the information on how they brew Guinness, but I think the best part was getting there through the streets lined with the building(s). Gave a different feel to the city.

Temple bar that was buzzing with buskers during the night

but eerily full of trash 6AM

The next day we made our way to Cork and climbed up to our posh spa hotel. (20 minutes in the rain uphill is no joke but worth it in the end). Then the best thing ever happened. I was in our room and Mr. Special had gone out to explore or something. Suddenly I heard a frantic Jasmine! Jasmine! open the door! So I went to peek out the peeping hole expecting to find him aimlessly wandering around the corridor bc he forgot what room we're in. But the hallway was empty?!?! No one there... I'm sure I just heard his voice. And then a lot angrier voice cried out Jasmine open this door! So I did and guess what I found! :D He was frantically trying to open the door next to ours!!!! :D :D I nearly died.

Breakfast at the fanciest hotel that I've stayed evvvah!

Trying new food. Chilli beef. Who knew I'd actually enjoy it. (it did become too hot in the end :D)

Cocktail with a view in the best hotel evvah

Not the best tapas at the best hotel evvah

(Apparently they changed the menu between ordering and receiving food :D, so yeap a bit of dramah)

Blarney castle

The half day trip to Blarney castle was the best part of the trip. The castle itself isn't much unfortunately but the grounds are huge. Before we knew it we were stuck in a queue inside the castle not really knowing what it's all about. Soon turned out to be the line to kiss the stone.

We had queued a good 5 minutes before in the courtyard before taking this photo

Finally at the top where all the action is. At first I said I don't want to kiss the stone, but it is good luck and we had queued through the freaking castle, yes even on the winding small stairs, to get there. It'd be stupid to just walk past. So I pretended, bc it all happened so fast: you actually have to get on your back and lower yourself down headfirst to reach the stone. There is a guy to help you. Didn't feel safe at all... And I didn't reach the proper stone... So I just made the sound :D

Yay it "only"took us about 30 minutes.

(I love my watch :))

Kissing the stone as seen from below

See the weird position they put you in?

Another house on the grounds but as you had to pay extra for entering we didn't.

OMG the best part! Like an actual jungle with a waterfall!

The next day we went to Cork city gaol. The jail. And for some reason it looks so familiar...

We had a free guided tour there :)

When we started to leave I noticed Mr. Special was on his phone and not paying any attention to me :D So I "disappeared" God he couldn't find me at all. Finally when he already left the premises (thinking I had too) I ran after him. And apparently as he was looking so sad trying to find me some guy had told him that I'm hiding behind the bush :D Awkward :D

The view to Cork from close to the jail

Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral

The "amazing" Cork castle :D Yes, it's that small. And since it was closed on the day we went, it wasn't worth the 40 minute bus ride from town centre... I couldn't believe it :D

We spent the last day of our trip in Dublin again.

Dublin castle

OMG the best Greek restaurant!!!! This food was soooo good.

Mr. Special grizzled at first and didn't want to go there but he loves it now too!

I've definitely seen you before ;)

Throughout our trip I made videos with our fakegopro. Thinking how cool it would be to make a short clip about our trip but after uploading them to the computer all the vids are jumpy and glitchy :S There goes my dream of being a vlogger :D

Maybe I should buy a proper gopro bc the ideas I had were cool man! 

Ttyl ;)

Jazzz...

Burning up

Ha! You came to a northern country and now you look like a lobster!

Thanks Mom! What a loving family :)

Yes, during my time home I caught the sun too much. Twice! First time was a rookie mistake, didn't put sunscreen on my face! What an idiot! And I have a "cool" wavy tanline on my back as well. between my top and where my hand couldn't reach any more. It hurt so bad!

The second time it was my legs and tummy that burned after 2PM! How? Usually they never catch any sun, even during the high time of noon and now they were bright red after being out for an hour after 2PM!?!?!

Notable mentions from home also include meeting up with Emma, I don't think it has hit me yet that I literally see you twice a year :O Remember our trips to Morrisons together? I rarely go there now...
Anyway... we decided to go try an escape room out. First time for both of us. So obviously when I saw the word "easy" I knew we had to try that out. I mean I didn't have a clue what to do, how will it play out, how logical it is or do you have to know the specifics etc. But we did good! The story was that we were on a sinking ship and needed to escape. Started from our cabin and finished in a dark tiny room. I was very impressed with how quickly we got out of the cabin, like 1-2-3 :) Then we started overthinking :D And spent too much time looking at one thing together while there were lights going on and off behind us. We were frantically turning the switches "Nothing's happening!" :D
We'll know for next time :)

Oh and the minute I decided to walk on grass for a little bit I stepped on a friking bumblebee! Jesus it hurt so bad! I was at a theme park with my little brothers and they wanted me to go play football in the pool with them. Somehow I managed to limp towards it and just as the pain was starting to become crampingly painful I got in the water which luckily cooled it and made the pain disappear. A couple of days later it started itching again a little bit but I was lucky and know next time to immediately get in the water when I get stung again. :)

Ttyl ;)
Jazzz...

London

The day after THE VOTE London was buzzing! News channels had set up camp in Westminster and protesters had gathered around them. Protesting against Brexit, Boris Johnson, racist borders, David Cameron etc. Other than that area London was actually pretty peaceful and quiet :) Finally I got to stroll around aimlessly and enjoy the city + the weather was just superb - sunny with a nice breeze, had our lunch in a park etc.

Swans :)

Look at this adorable little house in the middle of London!

Traffic jam

There was also Gay parade at the time we were there. We did try to get away from the crowds (Oxford st - Trafalgar square) and maybe that's why the rest of London seemed quiet... Maybe it always is if you just know where to go for that :D. We did end up at Trafalgar square for the red arrows and we made it just in time: we were just at the end of the Mall nearly under the Arch when they flew past. Luckily they do make a sound to warn that they are coming and I was quick enough to get my camera out :) (Mr. Special didn't :D ). And we also saw the end of the parade then. I admit for some reason I was expecting it to be much more extravagant, something more than just guys in pink shirts dancing on double deckers... I don't know.... Obviously Brexit was mentioned on placards here as well.

Red arrows

 Ttyl ;)
Jazzz...

Aftershock

What to do now? The UK has actually decided to leave the UK!?! The whole of (my) Facebook was in shock. Minus a couple who had hateful nationalists tendencies before or who could be classed as "benefit people". Could we possibly draw any conclusions from this? Or is it too presumptuous of me?

The best comment by far:The experts said 'here are the scientifically economic reasons not to leave', and 'fuckin migrants stealin my job and teachin muslim 2 my kids' won anyway.

Who knows what's going to happen now. Pretty much everyone quit: Cameron, Corbyn, Johnson, Farage. The two latter basically said they're work here is done. But what now? Who is going to lead the UK out of the EU? Not their problem anymore. HaHa. What? You actually believed that the "£350" million a week that the country paid to the EU was now going to be given to NHS? Please can we have a moment of silence...

The very next day it turned out that the claim that was printed on a red double decker campaign bus had been a mistake. Oooops. Mistakes happen, they're only human. So, what else did they lie about to make slightly more than half the nation to vote for them?

But now they're gone anyway. They've abandoned ship. Scotland also wants to abandon the UK since they voted to stay in. Talks of a second independence referendum are under way. Northern Ireland is also thinking of quitting Britain. A ridiculous news of even London wanting to be independent circulated for a good few days :D We shall see. Because no one knows what is actually going to happen. There is no plan. Looks like there wasn't ever a real plan for Brexit. Ooops we didn't think that people would actually vote for it... Ooops, what even is the EU and what does it do? "Like I know they give us money to build new campuses (10k?Swansea - voted out) and revive near dead Welsh towns (EbbwValley - voted out).

Exciting times

Ttyl ;)

Jazzz...