Shopping it Back To School

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As I'm writing this, I am nearly half way through my Summer break, whilst other people are already back in school. Every year again, I get more exited about buying new stationary bits for school than anything. I also love seeing people's hauls, and I'm probably not the only one, so I thought I would tell you all about the stuff that I got. I apologize if this ends up being totally boring...you won't seen any other one's for another year from now on haha :)

Now that it's time for the year before I do my A-levels, there's obviously going to be a lot more important stuff happening that we need to keep, especially in our advanced courses, which is why I got myself a new big folder for all of my stuff. All my other ones are literally full, so I guess it was kinda necessary...and I loved the cherry red colour as well to be honest :D.

Then I got myself a lined exercise book, though I will probably have to get a few other ones. I will try my best to put all of the stuff for the books we're going to read inside these things. I only got one for now, as so far I am only having to read To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

Next is a divider - I hope that is the actual translation - as I feel like they are a lot better than having to go through tons and tons of pages that are the same length and height until you find the subject you're looking for. Might have to get a second one though...too many subjects..:D

I also got a little A5 ring binder notebook. Not because I need it, but because I really like writing important stuff and ideas down in one place, but my school's homework planner doesn't really have enough space, even for my homework. I thought this would be a nice idea, as I needed a new notebook anyway.

According to my translater there is no actual translation in English - I would basically call it a vocabulary book. I got two of these - one for English, one for Spanish. I wouldn't usually get one for English, but as we are going to learn a lot more and harder vocabs in the next two years in the advanced course, I thought it would make sense to get one this year.

Next some neon coloured sticky notes. I've been loving to use them over the past year, especially for To-Do-Lists - Germany also doesn't sell a lot of pretty stationary bits like that anyway, so I had to get something else.

What I've found to be an essential over the past year, is a pocket hole punch - YES, thinks like that actually exist! I find nothing more frustrating than trying to be organized for the first few months in school and teachers just keep on giving you papers without holes, ready to be put into your folder. This is a life saver - sorry, I get a little nerdy from time to time :D.

Last but not least, A5 sized index cards, as I usually get them a size smaller which can be quite annoying when you've got bigger topics from time to time.

I also got a few new  pens, as I can be a little picky with the way they write, as well as one that you can erase (best thing ever!). As my yellow highlighters are all black after the past few months, I also got a new one of those.

I love using glittery pens when decorating DIY presents or writing cards, but recently my ones had grown so old and dead, it was time to get a new package. I told my mum to get that set at Lidl, and she literally came back with 30 pens haha. Well, now I've got 30 instead of 10 - not going to complain though :D.

I also had to get a few other bits, just like disinfaction spray - another essential at our school, especially when it comes to the girl's toilets. You know the struggle of dissapearing hair ties, so it was time to get a new one of that as well. Last but not least, a new waterproof mascara. I usually don't buy from L'oreal, for a few reasons, but Ms Danielle Peazer has been talking about it for the past few weeks, so I thought I'd give it a go, as my other mascaras are used up anyway hehehehe :D.

Last but not least, my homework which I only just finished last night, as I am writing this - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, including Annotations and Additional Background Material. I really liked it, even if it's a school related book, and I'm glad I finally got round to reading it. I'll soon have another book related post going up, featuring a small review, so watch out for that. ;)

I'm going to be redecorating the boring front pages in the next few weeks before school starts, and I'm thinking about showing you the finished products. Let me know if you would like to see that, as I absolutely love doing that, instead of sitting around with the same boring folders and notebooks as everyone else.

Don't forget to let me know, what you are most exited about, if you are going back to school? Yes, I know, it's kind of boring and annoying, but I am pretty sure all of us got a reason why it ain't as bad as we always say. :)

Have a great day ♥

Love, Jacqueline Xx

FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Danielle Peazer's Peace Eye Shadow Palette

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As you might know, I am pretty obsessed with Danielle Peazer. She has recently launched a few eye shadow palettes and fragrances with Young & Gifted, in a collection called Peace Love Happiness. I obviously wanted to get them all straight away, but I decided to wait for Easter instead, as I had zero inspiration what I should ask for. Since I am not the biggest consumer of fragrances, but I love eyeshadows, escpecially brown toned ones, I decided to go for the Peace palette. I thought I would give you some first impressions on it because I didn't really have much time to test it yet, but I wanted to do a blogpost about it as soon as possible.

When I first had the palette in my hands I was a little confused because it suddenly seemed much smaller than I expected it to be. It isn't a bad thing though since it is the perfect size for traveling. It's a little less smaller than my pretty average sized hand, if anyone is wondering. It's not very high either, and opens pretty easily.

The mirror covers nearly the entire upper part of the palette, which is another plus for travelling and if you don't have any other mirror near you.

The actual eyeshadows are a little smaller than MAC eyeshadows, and you are able to replace them with other shadows from her other palettes if you want to. There's also a brush that comes with it, which I didn't expect much of. It feels pretty good though for the usual palette brush. There's a normal eyeshadow brush side, which is a little tiny but seems alright, as well as a blending brush, which seems to be pretty well made for it being that tiny.

There are three matte shades in the palette, and five glittery/shimmery shades. The ones on the left are all pretty basic and light shades whereas the ones on the right are a little darker and noticeable. 'Golden Syrup' and 'Wooden' are a glittery copper shade and a warm brown tone, and 'Chocolate' and 'Deep Trust' are a greenish kind of brown and a blue toned grey. 

All eight colours are really well pigmented, especially the brown shades, and quite buttery as well. I know that is a weird way to describe an eyeshadow, but I still haven't found a better word for it. They crumble a little, but not too much to be annoying. 

My favourite colours are definetely the two brown ones, as I tend to not use grey or green that much, but I will find use for them all, I am pretty sure.

I have already tried the primer shade at the top left, 'Golden Syrup', 'Chocolate', 'Ivory Kiss' and 'Wooden, to create a look on Easter Monday. I probably won't use the palette on its own that often, as I prefer to use other shades for my crease, and mix the browns up a little every day, but it definetely looks pretty on the eye, and they come up just as nice on it.

The palettes are all 14.50£, and I just noticed that the single eyeshadows went up on the page as well, which must be new. So if you want to get a palette but also want single eyeshadows from another palette, you can mix them as much as you would like and create your own perfect palette, which I find a pretty good idea! The single ones are all 3£ each, if anyones wondering. I will definetely be thinking about getting some other shadows for my palette.

To sum it all up - an amazingly pigmented palette, perfectly sized for traveling and easily able to be mixed up with different shades from the other palettes.

Congrats to Danielle for an amazing job creating these! ♥


Have you tried anything out of Danielle's range? Let me know if you did, and what you think of it. :)

Have a great weekend! ♥


Love, Jacqueline Xx