How to protect yourself from the icy cold winter!!

Hello everyone,

Winter has arrived a long time ago but the worst are still to come. It now become colder and colder and it was estimated that soon it will snow.

With the winter going from bad to worst we need to take some steps to protect not only our outer self but also our inner health.

I came up with 6 categories with some ideas that how to keep healthy during the horrible winter.

First category: Use hand creams- Our hands during the winter get very dry and start breaking and this hurts a lot. To prevent dryness you can use different hand creams of your choice. Hand creams will keep your hands moisturised and soft and they will smell nice as well! ;) Personally, I use my hand creams whenever I step outside in the cold and before I go to sleep so my hands will keep moisturised during the night.

My top hand cream picks are:

1) Nivea- cream: http://shop.nivea.co.uk/nivea-creme.html

2)Dove- Rich nourishing cream (I think they changed the look of the packages): http://www.dove.co.uk/en/Products/Hand-Body-Lotions/Hand-Cream/Essential-Nourishment-Hand-Cream.aspx

Second category- Use lip balms- Like hands lips get very dry during the winter. And dry lips are horrible as they break out as well. I hated it when last week I tried to bite my sandwich and opened my mouth and my lips just ripped open a bit.. ew I hate this when it happens. So now I have learned my lesson and I use lip balms all the time. I even use lips balms more than lipsticks as some lipsticks are very dry and make my lips worst.

My top lip balm picks are:

1) Maybelline- Baby lips in pink( the colour does not matter): http://www.maybelline.com/products/lip-makeup/lip-balm/baby-lips.aspx

2) Primark- lip balm in vanilla( I love it, it smells really good as well)

3) Next- lip balm in coconut( mmm i love coconut)

http://www.maybelline.com/products/lip-makeup/lip-balm/baby-lips.aspx

Third category: Use face moisturiser- It is very important to take care of our faces as we can not cover them as we will not be able to see and it is also creepy to cover your face to be honest. As you understood cold makes everything dry so our face gets dry as well. Face moisturisers can keep your face healthy, hydrated, shiny and beautiful. I personally use face moisturiser in the morning and before going to sleep.

My top face moisturiser picks are:

1) Nivea- cream: http://shop.nivea.co.uk/nivea-soft-25ml.html

2) Garnier- Moisture match: http://www.garnier.co.uk/_en/_gb/moisture-match/home.aspx

Fourth category: Use body moisturisers- Even though we can cover our bodies with clothes and etc, still it is very important to keep it moisturised as cold can pass through our clothes and can cause dryness to our body. Using body moisturisers will help to keep our bodies soft like a baby's bum!

My top body moisturiser picks are:

1) Johnson's- body care 24hr moisture: http://www.johnsonsbeauty.co.uk/body-care/24hour-moisture.php

2) Avon- silky moisture with argan oil: http://reviews.avonshop.co.uk/9028-en_gb/37782/avon-skin-so-soft-silky-moisture-creamy-body-wash-reviews/reviews.htm

Fifth category: Drink loads of water- Water is very essential for our every day well being. Now that it is winter our bodies forget very easily that we need water as it is not hot to make us crave it. We need to remind our selves to drink at least 8 glasses of water every day. Do not forget, our bodies consist of water anyway so it is very important to drink it ;)

Sixth and last at last category: Take vitamins- Not only our outer self is important to take care but we need to take care also our inner self. The sun helps a lot to our health as we take many important vitamins from it. Unfortunately, during the winter with the lack of the sun (especially in England) our body can not get these important vitamins. Not taking these vitamins will make our body to run down and some common symptoms that can appear are: feel moody, down, not motivated, sick, have headaches and dizziness. 

My top vitamin picks are:

1) Vitamin C- helps generally to feel better. : http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/asda-compare-prices/vitamins_and_supplements/asda_chewable_vitamin_c_500mg_120.html

2) Iron- especially we women need to take iron every day. :http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/tesco-price-comparison/vitamins_and_supplements/tesco_womens_health_iron_14mg_90.html

3) Zinc- It even helps to make our hair stronger and not to fall. : http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=273211010

4) Fish oil- Even though it sounds disgusting it is very good for our health. :http://www.hollandandbarrett.com/pages/product_detail.asp?pid=662

These are my top tips to keep yourself healthy during the winter.

Take care,

Christina x

Manchester fun day and pre anniversary celebration (18/01/2014)

Hello everyone, :)

Today's post will be mostly about our trip in Manchester, some recommendation about different places that we visited, how we celebrated our pre anniversary day and also details of ootds and makeup.

This year me and my boyfriend decided to go for a day trip to Manchester as we never have gone there together. Before, I used to not liking Manchester as I found it big and confusing to go around. But this time my mind has changed definitely.

We took the train to Manchester Victoria, which I believe it is the best stop, and after that we went around and discovered so many beautiful places.

We visited the Arndale mall, the Manchester wheel, Chinatown, Deansgate, Oxford street and Canal street.

In the morning we got a breakfast from McDonalds which was quite interesting to get as I never have before. Then we visited some shops like Urban Outfitters and American Apparel where I found so beautiful things but I did not want to spend my whole day shopping..

After we visited Chinatown. It is so beautiful surrounded by little cute asian places. I have noticed though that they have a lot of massage places there hmmm.

We also visited Deansgate but we could not see much as most of the stores were closed because we went there too early. But the tram tracks that are there were fun, we took some photos standing on the tracks.

Then we went around and found some little cute places by the canals which will be perfect to go in the summer.

Our favourite streets though were Oxford street and the best was Canal street. Oxford street is a long street and has some different little shops. Near Oxford street if you turn and look inside the small roads you will also find some indie studenty places. Our favourites are The font, The drunken scholar and The temple.

OUTFIT OF THE DAY: 
1) Pants- H&M
2) Coat- Soho (vintage shop)
3) Jumper- American Apparel
4) Shoes- Urban Outfitters
5) Scarf- H&M

Next stop is Canal street which has many different in style pubs, bars and clubs as well as the best tea room shop that I have ever seen. It is a long road and next to it there is a canal so it is very romantic. We visited a pub there that we really liked and it is called Via. Via was before a warehouse and it was build around the 1800s and it has now a wonderful decoration that takes you back many many many years before. I highly recommend this place!!!

Leaving Manchester we left some good memories as well that we will always remember though. We will definitely come back!! We had a blast and an amazing time!!

Continuing with our day, we came back to Liverpool as we booked a table at Chaophraya. It is a dead posh fancy Thai restaurant. We only go there for some important celebrations haha.

OUTFIT OF THE NIGHT:
1) Shorts- Urban Outfitters
2) Shirt- Asos
3) Boots- Urban Outfitters
4) Hat- Urban Outfitters
5) Earrings- Topshop

After that we went home tired and just fell asleep. zZzZzZz :)

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A little bit about myself :)

Hello everyone,

In today's blog post I would like to talk to you about who I am so it will be nice for you to know a bit more about me.

So let's begin!!!

My full name is Maria Christina Leonidou. I am Greek but I was born in Georgia( the country). Then my parents moved back to Greece and finally they moved to Cyprus where we live now for many years.

I am currently staying in the UK and in particular in Liverpool. I came here to study and I finished and decided to stay as I love this city so much.

I decided to start a blog as I got very interested into fashion and beauty and I always enjoyed talking about things like that. It is something now that I love doing and I feel complete!

I also have my own YouTube channel and twitter and instagram which all of you can follow if you want.

Hope you have learned more about me and if you have any questions I would be more than glad to answer them.

Thank you for reading.

Welcome to my blog!!! :)

Hello everyone,

My name is Christina Leonidou and I already own a YouTube channel, twitter and instagram accounts.

This is my new blog and I am very excited to start writing new posts everyday.

I have decided to create this blog where I will be sharing different things that I love and enjoy doing.

Also I will be writing about my time here in England as a foreign person giving many advice and support to people that are in the same situation as me.

On top of all, I will be sharing my love for beauty and fashion and have loads of talks about girly things. That what we all want to do after all, haha :)

I am very positive about this and I am very happy as I am doing something that I love and enjoy.

Welcome to my blog!!! :) xx