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XX,

Pippi

Giving Birth

First of all, sorry for not writing this post earlier. The main reason why I was hesiant to publish my birth story was that giving birth was not an elevating experience for me.
Many women say that this expeience was one of the most beautiful ones in their lives but, unfortunatly, I cannot relate.

As my pregnancy was quite easy with no morning sickness or other problems, I hoped that giving birth would also be "easy" for me. Of course , I knew that I will feel pain but did not know what to expect.

Firt of all, I gave birth 10 days after my due date. In the first 7 days after my due date I wasn't really worried or afraid. I did my househld chores, worked in the garden, etc. But after 7 days my doctor decided that I had to go to hospital to do some tests and I had to stay "for safety's sake". 

Well, I hated it. There were several ladies who I knew from my preggo yoga class whose due dates were 2-3 weeks later but came in and gave birth in a few hours. I felt envious (and thought I was a really bad person).

But after 2 days in hospital, I started to feel labour pain. I knew they were labour pain but as they did not come as regularly as in the "Big Book Of Childbirth", the doctors said that they were only predictive cramps. It went on for 22 hours like that but after 22  hours (no sleep) I went to one of the maternity nurses on due  and told her that I was sure that I would give birth soon and would not return to my room without a baby. Quite harsh, I know. :)

All in all, those 32 hours were really difficult and sometimes I felt like a failure that I cannot even present regular camps but when I saw my son for the first time I experienced such peace, grace and joy I had never experienced before.

I hope that my story will not scare you, ladies before your due dates. I hope it will help you to know that in the end everything will be ok and you will be as happy as never before.

Thanks for reading.

XO,

Pippi

Tested: Garnier Skin Active Hydra Bomb

For today I brought you my opinion about Garnier's skin active hydra bomb day cream, night cream and water cream moisturizer. I got these products from my sister and I was really happy that I could use them together.

The night cream and the water cream moisturizer come in gel form, while the day cream comes in a creamy form. The odour is really smooth and nice in all cases, not too intensive so even if you do not like pommagranate, the odour will not be disturbing.

 I like both the gel and the cream form, non of them leaves my skin greasy and they are absorbed really quickly. Therefore I also recommend the day cream under your make-up.

My skin is not too dry so I do not need that much of moistrizing in the night. However, I think for someone with dry skin this product might not be enough for their evening routine.

I would recommend the water cream moisturizer for someone with dehydrated skin. I do not use it every day, rather on days when I feel I need some extra hydration. As for the effect, I always feel immediately that my skin is more hydrated and the effect lasts quite long.

All in all, I like these products but my sister who has really sensitive eyes cannot us them because she starts weeping when putting them on her face.

How about you? Have you ever tried any of these products? What are your experiences?

Thans for stopping by.

XO,

Pippi

Tested: Neutrogena® Hydro Boost Micellar Water

For today I brought you a product review again. This time I tested Neutrogena's Hydro Boost Micellar Water.

Some of you might remember my post aboutNeutrogena's Hydro Boost Cleansing Wipes here.

In that post I boasted the cleansing wipes for their effectiveness in make-up removal.

Interestingly enough, the micellar water wasn't as effective in terms of make-up removal as the cleansing wipes. In case of  facial make-up I did not experience any difficulties but in case of eye make-up, the micellar water is not as effective as the wipes.

The other positive thing about the wipes were that they left my skin really hydrated. And while this micellar wtaer is definitely more hydrating than other micellar waters I used earlier, here, I would definitely recommend moisturising post use, while I think with the cleansing wipes you might skip it if you are too tired. :)

I hope you find my review helpful. 

Thanks for stopping by.

XO,

Pippi

300 g chicken breast

1 big onion

300 g mushrooms (I used champinons but lashka is just as good)

1 smaller zucchini

2 carrots

soy sauce

chilli

1,5 dl dry white wine

2 dl water

Cut the onion and the chicken breast into small cubes. Put some coconut oil in a saucepan and heat it, fry  the onion and the chicken breast or about 10 minutes. In the meantime cut the zucchini, carrots and the mushrooms into slices and add them to the chicken breast. Give the white wine and when it cooks away, add the soy sauce and the chilli. Add the water and when cooked away taste if it is cooked. If not, add some more water. If it is cooked, you are finished.

Enjoy!

XO,

Pippi

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Pippi

Recipes

For today I wanted to bring you a review of the posts related to gastronomy on the blog.

These are the recipes I always grab to when in doubt what to cook.

They are mostly quite quick and easy to make and you do not need to be really experienced to cook them.

So here is the  list:

I love pasta. You can find this recipe here.

In the season of zucchini I often grab to this recipe.





If you have some spinach, corn at home, cook this lasagne for your family.






I really like cream soups as well. How about some leek or pumpkin?






When I do not have much time or energy to cook, I choose this recipe.





Even though I do not eat meat, I do meals with meat for the family. My hubby almost only eats chicken so most of the recipes I use are with chicken. 
When having the first paprika and tomato in the garden I always cook this meal.





Another recipe with meat but this time with goose.

Hope you'll like them.

XX,

Pippi

Baked Apples

Ingredients:

apples

butter

cinnamon

honey

water

How to make it?

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C

Wash, peel and cut the apples into halves. Core apples, make some cuts on the backside.

Heat the  butter and honey a bit and combine them with the  cinnamon. Pour it on the apples.  Fill a baking dish with about 3/4 cup of water, or enough to cover the bottom. Put it into the oven for 15 minutes.

Enjoy!

Thanks for stopping by!

XX,

Pippi

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XO,

Pippi

Dessert For Two

A romantic dessert for your baby.

What you need?

8 strawberries

8 pieces of dried peach

200 g milk chocolate

60 g walnuts cut in small pieces

1 spoonful of sunflower oil

2 spoonfuls of milk

Take a saucepan and put the milk, sunflower oil, walnuts and chocolate in it. Start to heat it slowly stir it until it is melt.  When fully melt, take it from the oven and put the strawberries and pieces of peach in it. Let the chocolate cool in the fridge for at least one hour.

Enjoy!

XX,

Pippi