German Cemetery

Although these photos are from february 2014 I still wanted to upload them just to be able to keep register of the cemeteries I've visited, and because I really like them hahah. I live in a city that underwent a german colonisation which resulted in a cultural miscegenation that still persists to this day. This cemetery is one of the results of this process.

This has to be one of my favourite graves that I found, I mean just look at the detail!! And the colors!!

I love how well kept this cemetery was. It isn't all that big, and you can tell a small amount of people had access to it (you kept seeing the same last names). What I most liked about it was the beautiful angels and how it was filled with green and it looked great next to the river (something that I didn't really capture on film). 

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Blessed be,

~Rose

Monty & Americo

These are some photos that I took a ouple weeks back when my family and I went to visit some dear friends, Monty and Americo. Their country house is so cosy and nice, and they have an orchid and a garden, oh! and they have bees and sell honey!! They invited us over to go mushroom hunting so I was able to also take a few pictures of that.

These are some of the corn we were able to grow this year. I can't quite remember what they are called but they have this yellow/red tint. 

My camera is about to die, it has lost many functions and doesn't always work. So excuse the quality of the mushroom photos and that I had to use flash for a few of them. There were alot more mushrooms but I wasn't able to get decent photos of any more than what is shown here. I was, however, able to identify a few of them:

Marasmiellus alliodorus

Trametes versicolor

Ramaria flava

The rest I wasn't able to identify, (the ones shown above included) so if anyone has any ideas please comment down below!

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Blessed be,
~Rose

Crayon Lipstick

I'm a fan of nonconventional coloured lipstick and broke… not a good combination. So when I heard about this DIY for making your own lipstick I thought I'd give it a shot. 

*This is not a tutorial, since I'm not 100% happy with the how it all came out. I did, however, want to share the process with you guys because of the interesting results. Remember this is for fun and I'm no expert. *

After researching a couple of recipes online and looking in the cupboards I finally decided to use the following ingredients:

• coconut oil
• cocoa butter
• lanolin
• crayon (of desired colour)

I decided to make a black lipstick, so in a heat proof container I added 1/2 of my black crayon, 1 heaped tsp of coconut oil, almond sized amount of cocoa butter and a pea sized drop of lanolin.

I then improvised a bain-marie so I could melt the ingredients, stirring occasionally with a popsicle stick. 

Excuse the steam, but here you can see that the ingredients are all melted and mixed.

I then poured the liquid into two different lip-balm containers, and put them in the freezer for about 10 minutes for them to cool and solidify. And there you have it!! 

After trying it out I have to say that I was rather disappointed... although the pictures of tutorials I saw online showed something that resulted in lipstick consistency and results, this ended up much like the first result in this video. It ended up being like a lip gloss, and not so pigmented, so when I applied it it left my lips with a slight grey tone. After combining it with different lipstick and colours I discovered that although it can't really be used on it's own, it does work like an excellent lip top coat, darkening the base colour. It gives results much like the V'amped Up! Lip Top Coat from NYX (according to reviews). It darkens the colours and gives it a glossy finish. 

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Overall, although the results were not what I was expecting I still ended up liking what came out and it was really fun to make. Sorry that I didn't include and photos of the lipstick on me or even swatches, but my camera broke so I didn't get the chance to take any. However I can get a hold of a camera, so if your are interested in seeing the results tell me in the comments below and I'll make a follow up post!

Blessed be,

~Rose

Birthday Wishlist

My birthday is coming up next month so I thought it'd be a good excuse to assemble a wishlist.

➊ Sweater with a print of this painting
➋ Mushroom Canvas Tote
➌ Nikon D3300
➍ The Natural Shadow Palette by NYX
➎Mac Lip Pencil in Nightmoth
➏Mac Lipstick in either Cyber or Heroine

Blessed be,
~Rose

Easter Morning

I guess it's always better late than never, so here are some of the shots of our Easter Morning breakfast. We aren't religious, but we do like to celebrate it due to tradition and as a way to commemorate the rebirth of nature through the start of the rainy season. 

Hope you all had a great time and enjoyed this day, whether you celebrate easter or not.

Blessed be,
~Rose