Food | Raw Chocolate Coconut Date Balls

Eating healthy does not mean your diet only consists of foods that slowly turn you into a rabbit. If you have the right recipes you can make treats that are delicious and super good for you! This recipe idea is from the book Powerfood by Rens Kroes.

These chocolate, date balls are so freaking delicious. There are no words to describe how good they taste. And bonus: they are made with healthy ingredients and are super easy to make! I changed up the measurements from the recipe in the book, because I wanted to make a small portion.

So what do you need?

-       10 pitted dates

-       2 handfuls of mixed nuts ( I used almonds, walnuts and cashew nuts)

-       A teaspoon of chia seed

-       A teaspoon of flax seed

-       40 gr raw dark chocolate or two tablespoons of raw cacao powder

-       A tablespoon of coconut oil

-       Shredded coconut

All you need to do is mix the ingredients, except the shredded coconut, in a food processor until it has a fine consistency. Then expect things to get messy when you take a bit of the date/nut mixture and roll it into a small ball. After that you roll it into the shredded coconut and put it on a plate. Repeat this until there is no date/nut mixture left. Put the date balls in the fridge for about 45 minutes and they are ready to eat! YUM!

Beauty | Maybelline Terre Indienne Bronzer/Blush

 It is always excited to try new products. I stumbled across this new blush from Maybelline and decided to buy it. It is the new Maybelline Terre Indienne Bronzing Powder with Blush in the colour 09 Golden Tropics. (€13,99)

The packaging is pretty simple. It reminds me a lot of the Rimmel Stay Matte packaging. Not the prettiest, but of course it is about the product inside.

When opening, the scent immediately went into my nostrils. If you don’t like products that are heavenly scented, this is not the one for you. It is not a bad scent though; it smells a bit like baby shampoo to me..

On to the product! I like the design of the bronzing powder and the blush.  It looks very pretty! Also very handy when you don’t want to bring a lot of products with you. You have your two products in one kit!

They are both lightly pigmented for a sheer flush of colour. Both products have a very smooth consistency. They feel very buttery on the skin and blend in very well.

The bronzer has a light glow and is very sheer. If you have fair skin this would be great for creating that ‘touch of sun’ effect. If you have a darker skin tone I would not bother to even try this. It would not really show up on your skin. The blush is beautiful. It gives the skin such a lovely, sheer, coral flush.

Overall a nice, compact product. Handy because it has two products inside, but a bit of a letdown when it comes to pigmentation. 

What are your thoughts on this product?

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Perfume | Marc Jacobs Daisy Dream

A new addition to the Marc Jacobs family and I have to say: I love it! In May I was invited, for my internship, to go to the launch of the new Marc Jacobs Daisy Dream perfume. The minute I smelled the scent I knew that this was going to be one of my favourite perfumes.

We all know the classic Daisy perfume; this Daisy sister is dreamy, innocent and romantic. The scent is very light, fruity and floral. Especially in summer I love those sweet scents, but I know that even in autumn and winter I will spritz this dreamy perfume a lot!

It stays on for a very long time, which I find very important. Most of the time, you spray on a perfume and after a couple of hours you can’t smell the scent anymore. So annoying when that happens.. Luckily I can still smell the perfume after a long day!

Since I am not really good at describing smells other than fruity, floral, airy and super yummy; here are the notes:

Top Notes: Blackberry, Grapefruit, Pear

Heart Notes: Jasmine, Lychee, Blue Wisteria

Base Notes: White Woods, Musks, Coconut Water

Then I haven’t even spoken about the bottle design. It is so pretty! I love that the bottle is covered in daisies. The blue, white silver and gold colours look really nice together and enhance the romantic, airy look of the scent. I know that it will look amazing on my dressing table!

Do you want to pick up your own bottle? The perfume is now available in stores and online!

Eau de Toilette

30 ml               €49,94

50 ml               €66,61

100 ml             €91,06

Luminous Body Lotion

150 ml             €33,89

Refreshing Shower Gel

150 ml             €36,11

For me this is a nice addition to my perfume collection and I can’t wait to pick up more Marc Jacobs perfumes. The original Daisy and Lola are also on my wishlist! But for now I am so happy with this dreamy addition!