My favorite food

Couldn't live without wonderful old-fashioned, organic butter from a small Danish diary business

Singer

There's such a nice light in the apartment these days..

Making a pillow

I wanted to make new pillows for our livingroom, since they were al old and in different fabrics. I went to IKEA and picked out some fabric out named GULLAN BLOM.. I made them in a very simple way - Maybe not the prettiest, but definitely the easiest. If you want new pillows aswell, here's a small guide for what I did.

"It's soft enough, mom"

"Also, it smells nice"

First, as with everything else, you want to check if your cat approves of what your doing.. She was quite ok with getting new pillows for her sofa, so she decided to let me make them for her.
If your cat agrees on the fabric you chose for your pillows, you should get going

 Get your pillow and your fabric. You want to lay the fabric double and have the folded end on one side of the pillow. On this picture the bottom side is not cut. Then you cut what's the left and the right side down. Finally the last side(directly opposite to the closed side) is cut. You want to add 15cm of room. You will end up with one large piece If your pillow is 20x40, you want to double the long side and add 15 cm, so it will end up 20x95.

 Sew up the ends in the small ends of the fabric. You are going to be able to see these, so make them nice

Then you fold it over, but leave the 15cm free. Put them right against wrong,

Sew, sew. But wait....

The 15cm you left out.. You want to fold them nicely up on top of the rest, and sew it all together

You see?

And done. You notice the little pocket?

Now turn the right side out, stuff the pillow in and enjoy.

baby

 

here's my little babydarling. 

though she is not a real baby anymore, turning 3 years in september. 

she is the best

ANSWERS part I

Q: How much do you weigh?
A: About 50 kilos

Q: Hva gjør du for å holde deg så tynn ?(What do you do to stay slim)
A: Nothing at all. I just... Eat whatever I want. And I do want to eat bad things aswell ;)

Q: What kind of underwear do your prefer?
A: Something comfortable!

Q: What music do you like?
A: Something with a message – LowKey, Irie Revoltes, Regina Spektor, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen

Q: What are your spiritual Beliefs?
A: Don't know if I have any.. Freedom?

Q: What are you studying?
A: Right now I'm at Information Studies at University of Aarhus, but I do not study it, since I didn't have
time, because of my full-time+ job.

Q: What is your sexual orientation?
A: Pan. Don't believe in prejudice.. I'd never know if I'd fall in love with a person, and whatever sex-age-race-whatnot they are, doesn't matter. That's not what you do fall in love with..

Q: Where did you buy the dress in this(http://www.galapril.com/2012/02/ask-me-anything.html) photo?
A: I think it is by H&M.  An old one. Got it from a friend who didn't liked it no more

Q: Any tips on what to do and what not to do at Roskilde Festival
A: Don't jump the fence. Don't be a bastard. Let loose. Enjoy. Feel free.

Q: What are your favourtite bands/artists?
A: Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan

Q: Have you any favourite books?
A: Aksel Sandemose: “A Refugee Crosses his Tracks”(En flygtning krydser sit spor). I think it is from 1933.

Q: Have you any favourite movies?
A: Candy. The one with Abbie Cornish. There are a few... Into the Wild is great too!!! And Fight Club.

Q: Have you got an idol or something?
A: Naaah.. Don't think so..

Q: How tall are you?
A: 160cm(Though my passport says 162!)

Q: What is your favourite food?
A: Sushi. And burgers.. I just love the perfect burger.

Q: What is your favourite thing in the world?
A: Faith(Not in a God or something silly like that)

Q: Can you make a makeup tutorial?
A: Yeah, I've thought about doing it, but I feel so silly, since I'm in no way professional nor trained. If you can live with silly me, talking random, I could do it. I just feel embarrased! :D

Q: Can I make a drawing of you??
A: Of cause. That would be such a compliment I think :)

Q: In which sphere do you work or want to work and what are your professional plans/plans for the future?
A: Something where I matter. Where I ain't just a number. And where I'd feel that I made a difference, just for one person at lest. I'm gonna study to become an engineer in urban planning and environmental management at University of Aalborg

Q: What languages can you speak?
A: Danish, English, Beginner-Intermediate French and German as needed.. Just a bit ;)

Q: Who is your favorite author?
A: Aksel Sandemose or Luke Rhinehart. Oh, or Ken Follett

Q: Fave sex position?
A: Not sure if I want to share that here ;)

Q: Where do you work? What do you want to do as "grown-up"?
A: I work at the two major Danish firms that supplies major domestic appliances and minor appliances for household and personal care. I'm in logistics. I want to work with urban planning and build cities for PEOPLE (as opposite to cities for cars and companies)

Q: What kind of makeup would suit a very pale girl with light blonde/ginger hair?
A: Everything you want to wear. I think it is a hard question, because yes, of course it would suit your to choose colours that match your undertone(which probably is neutral-cool with pink, as for most pales/gingers), but if you want to wear bright purple lipstick and green eyeshadow YOU SHOULD DO IT!!!! However I love all kinds of purples, especially lavenders, rosy-purple and such on most people! :)

Q: What are your thoughts on Antifa?
A: I think the vision is awesome. I don't like the militant part that occurs from time to time. Of course fascism shouldn't be here. It killed 20 million jews just a few years ago. And not to talk about the millions of people who have died since, because someone “bigger” then them, decided there lifes wasn't as worthy or important. I'm disgusted and terrified by that.

Q: Do you support the work of Antifa? If yes/no, why/why not?
A: Yes. Read above. I do not support violant, militant nor destructive acts, but I support the vision and the lobbywork behind it.

Q: What are your thoughts on Lars Von Trier - and especially the episode during the festival in Cannes about Hitler and his thougts on the 2. World War.
A: I think that it is a hard question. Never got much into it. But him saying that Hitler is great, of course makes him a complete and utmost I-D-I-O-T. I like the concept of dogmemovies though.

Q: What do you think about Denmark and the danish people? Some people say that the danish women are too "slutty", that women and men are too equal and that the country is way to socialistic - and so on. What are your thoughts on that?
A: I think that stuff like that(Danish women are slutty) originates from some very, very misconceived and disgusting views on the world and sexism, and I do not in any way support that. Being a “slut” - which by the way is such an ugly word to use, is the concept of selling your body for money or other payments OUT OF FREE WILL! And as we all know that is not in any way what the general Danish women do, just like it isn't a completely normal and very popular/large industry for women in other countries. Of course there are some – a lot, I guess – but that isn't the standard choice of work. The “men and women are too equal”-part is about the dumbest thing I ever heard. We shouldn't categorize by sex at all – to me it is absolutely unimportant. And even if you do – what is it about them being too equal? How is that even possible. Everyone should have the option for reaching the same goal, not being stopped by there race, sex, sexual orientation, gender, age, skincolour, parents livinghood, hairstyle, eyecolour, religion, spirituality or anything else. About being socialistic – To me, it is about solidarity and that is, to me, the most important thing in a society. There is nothing as to much solidarity. And about the money? Share it. I know that Americans are proud of their “independent system”, like that idiot of a presidential candidate Mitt Romney, but that is jus plain stupid, to me. It isn't without reason that Danes have been voted to be the happiest people on earth for quite a few years

Q: How did you style your dreads in this picture? (http://www.galapril.com/2012/02/ask-me-anything.html) A: I just tied them up with rubberbands on the top of my head, because they were in the way :D Sorry, no big deal :P

Q: What's your dream job?
A: To be a part of making the metropols of our world CO2-neutral/positive while creating cities that are great to live in

Q: Is it easy to insert and remove invisible retainers?
A: I think so yes. Unless you drop them. That sucks and you'll be 95% screwed ;)

Q: How did you get a job with your piercings?
A: They never were in question. There are a few companies in Denmark that don't allow them, but I just avoided them. Wouldn't want to work at a discriminating place anyway. At all

Q: How do you do that you don't have to wash your dreadlocks?
A: Hair per default cleans itself. If you just let it be. Hair isn't made for getting soap in all the time. That would be quite stupid. That would mean that the same was for horses, and imagine a horse trying to wash it's mane every other day. Plain stupid. Like human washing is. Who invented that!??!?!?!? I don't get it. Of course the body is capable of keeping itself nice.

Q: How old were you when you made your dreadlocks?
A:  16 :)

Q: How long did it get you to make them?
A: About 24 hours. But worked really slow!

Q: Are you often thinking of get them off?
A: Not often. Just from time to time. But nothing serious

Q: Did you use anything special to make your dreadlocks?
A: Nah. Just patience

Q: How long were your hair when you made them?
A: A few centimeters shorter than now.

Q: Are you on Couchsurfing.com? If yes, would it be possible to surf your couch?
A: I am. But I'd feel uncomfortable with people just surfing my couch because they've read my blog. I'd feel like a tourist attraction ;)

Q: Why are you so pretty?
A: Ha-ha. Je ne sais pas. Ask my parents :D

Q: Are you really 19 years old?
A: Yup. Born in April 1992.

Q: Do you believe in God?
A: Nope. Don't think so. Don't know, and don't want to worry about it at this point in my life

Q: Do you play the guitar?
A: I try to

Q: Do you play any other instruments than the guitar?
A: The cello and the piano

Q: Do you smoke marijuana?
A: Yes.

Q: What are your hobbies?
A: Huh. Guess you figured – Photography, cooking, movies, style

Q: Can I use your photos as background/inspiration/startpoint for a drawing/painting/animation/another piece of art?
A: Yeah. I'd, as always, like anyone who uses my content to link back and referr probably, but of course you are allowed to be inspired and work on your projects! It's all about sharing! (And honoring other's work by crediting them!)

Q: Why don't you shave your underarms?
A: Because I think it looks ugly with shaved underarms, and when I shaved it was really uncomfortable. And I don't want to walk around feeling uncomfortable all the time. I actually think that the natural body is quite sexy, as opposite to what's popular right know, with shaved everything – including yonis – looking all like a little girl – not pretty. I'm a woman. I have hair. That's life!

Q: Why do you think it is silly to put soap into the environment?
A: As mentioned above, because our bodies weren't designed to be needing soap for cleaning All-The-Time. That would be a really BAD design. You, and you dishes and your clothes will get exactly as clean without any soap, that might harm the environment when exposed, while surely harming it unnecessarily when produced.

Ask me anything - update

I have received unbelievable numbers of questions the past two days, and right now I'm working on putting them together to answer them all. Notice that questions from this time on, may not be answered in the first place, since there is A LOT of questions already :) Sorry for the inconvenience. I hope that the first answer-post will be up tomorrow :) Thanks for watching!

ASK ME ANYTHING

OK darlings! I know I'm so behind with emails as usual, but I figured that if anyone got any question at all, please post it here or send a mail to galapril@gmail.com with the subject "Question". I'd try to answer a lot of them, because I really don't like to keep you waiting. Depending on how many questions you ask, I'm gonna post answers on of the following days! :)

Shoot!

Review: Rimmel London Moisture Renew Lipstick 320 Funtime Fuchsia

Rimmel London Moisture Renew Lipstick 320 Funtime Fuchsia

Rimmel London Moisture Renew Lipstick 320 Funtime Fuchsia

 Lips so cared for, true colour is maximised! Moisture Infusion: Innovative formula with 3 Super Moisturisers - Collagen, Polypeptides & Hyaluronic Acid deeply hydrates lips and improves their condition instantly and over time. Lips look and feel up to 70% more hydrated and up to 60% smoother - colour is maximised, all day long. Ultimate Colour Indulgence with SPF 20 Protection: Now infuse lips with perfectly luscious, luminous and richer colour: a wide & fine selection of perfectly blended, sumptuous shades. Caring colour complex of vitamin A, C & E, anti-oxidants and SPF 20 protects lips from everyday damage.

Rimmel London Moisture Renew Lipstick in 320 Funtime Fuchsia is a vibrant, cold-toned  pink with blueish-purple undertones. The finish is supposed to be "moisturized", meaning shiny and plumpy; And that is what it is. When applied initially it applies very patchy, and tends to slide around a little, but it will set quite quickly and keep the moisturized look. It has SPF 20, which is really nice. It wears nice on the lips, and will make your lips feel moisturized all day.

As it says above, it is supposed to be long-wearing, very pigmented and to moisturize and protect lips.

The colour is medium to full coverage, easily buildable(if you can cope with the tendency to slide around a bit), and it leaves a pretty walk-in-the-snow-pinkish stain to the lips. The consistency is creamy, quite lightweight, but noticable(!) and as mentioned before - slippery. It wears quite well due to it's high pigmentation and deep colour, and I felt the need to re-apply after about 4-5 hours. It coped well with eating an drinking, but leaves bad, bad marks on everything(even though blotted). This lipstick tends to feather a little, but it is not bad, and with a foundation and powder or lined with a lipliner or concealer it should stay ok.

I love the packaging. Though it feels a bit cheap and flimsy, the shiny purple is so pretty. It also locks up very well.

This is a discontinued shade, that is still available from various locations for a very good price:

The Co-operative Pharmacy(£4.99) or Boots(£6.29)

They have launched a new version of this, which you can find on Rimmel's website

Product: 7/10

Pigmentation : 8/10

Look: 8/10

Durability: 6/10

Application: 2/5

Packaging : 4/5
 

This has quickly become a to-go shade for me, due to it's pretty colour and nice look on the lips. I like the rosy scent, but if you can't cope with scent nor it's rather difficult application, this might not me for you. I think that such a beautiful shade is a steal at this price!

Rimmel London Moisture Renew Lipstick 320 Funtime Fuchsia

Rimmel London Moisture Renew Lipstick 320 Funtime Fuchsia

Rimmel London Moisture Renew Lipstick 320 Funtime Fuchsia(See the patchieness?)

Rimmel London Moisture Renew Lipstick 320 Funtime Fuchsia

Disclosure: I purchased and paid for this product myself.