HÖR AUF DEIN HERZ CAMPUS WITH COKE LIGHT

Heart disease is the number one killer amongst women living in Germany, not cancer as most people would presume. This is what I learned at the Coke Light Hör auf dein Herz Campus an initiative supported by Coke Light.
With the right diet and a good amount of sports each week you all can contribute to the health of your own heart. I enjoyed the day at the campus since it was a good mix of information and learning by doing. The interactive cooking lessons with those cute guys (who actually have their own restaurant here in Berlin) and a bit of sports with a personal trainer, the medical check up (can't wait to receive my results and find out what my heart is like) and talks with Palina Rojinski, Nadja Uhl and experts all contributed to a good day where I did learn a lot.
Coke Light is having a donation campaign. You can help by using the hashtag #zeigeHerz on pictures with heart motives on instagram. For every picture submitted Coke Light donates 1€. I've already submitted 2 pics. You can check them out on Instagram if you like and find out more here.
Although heart failure and diseases are something that affect old age, it's now that we're still young we can make a difference for later.
As my mom always says "Prevention is better than cure." And I'm starting to get the gist of it.

IFA WITH BABYLISS: MY FIRST TIME AT IFA

My BabyLiss Bürste zu kaufen

What does a fashion blogger do at a electronic trade show? It's not that farfetched. After all I am a consumer and I consume goods. So I was here to check out the latest consumer goods that are of interest to me.
The reason I visited IFA in the first place was because BabyLiss invited me to come check out their newest products and for some hair styling. Since I'm having extension (however I still use the BabyLiss curling iron that I got at the Berlin Blogger Meet Up to curl my extensions every now and then. And it has worked well til now without burning my face of xD ) I asked Louisa my best friend to test the products for you.

UGG AUSTRALIA 35TH ANNIVERSARY

UGG Australia turned 35 in the last couple days and invited a few bloggers to come celebrate and showcase their latest collections. Now you know I kinda was a hater regarding UGGs at first. A year later I bought myself a pair of fake UGGs for 5€ at H&M and thought I found the most comfortable but really whack ass quality (didn't even last one winter!) pair of shoes on earth. I had no idea what true comfort really felt like until I got to open and try on my present from UGG Australia.

BENEFIT OPENING: BERLIN'S VERY FIRST BENEFIT BOUTIQUE

The San Francisco magic has landed. That's right Benefit BOUTIQUE not counter. It's the second boutique in the whole of Germany and were are lucky to finally have one in Berlin. With a new boutique come new offers. Besides the benefits of the eyebrow bar, testing and/or buying Benefit products, a quick fresh up or professional application of false lashes before you head out to a party, you can now go for a spray tan in light, light to medium or dark, fully body waxing (Brazilian included!) and facial waxing.

IFA WITH MONSTER: THE PRESENTATION, PARTY AND MEETING XZIBIT & SWIZZ BEATZ

I returned to the IFA site one more time after all my official appointments (on the blog soon!) and I took Nima, my partner in crime, with me. We were back for Monter's Keynote speech, Xzibit, Swizz Beatz and a aftershow party with the Monster team and guests hosted by Xzibit himself. I really enjoyed the presentation by Noel Lee, founder of Monster, who was cool enough to show up on his roller that has golden wheels. He actually stayed on that roller for the entire day. How awesome? Anyway Susanne did not make empty promises when she told me that Monster had something special and interesting prepared for their Keynote speech which was the perfect mix of performance, arts & fashion and an informative insight into the headphones industry and the world of Monster.
You see fashion & technology are closer linked than you may think. Especially when it comes to headphones.

SKYY SWAP MARKET 2013

Last week Friday was my favourite (well, one of my very favourite) parties of the year: the Skyy Swapping Market! Together with Louisa my best friend I enjoyed an amazing night swapping, drinking, swapping, dancing. Well honestly I was there for the drinks, as usual, and donate whatever I couldn't drink. But Louisa did find a cute little jumpsuit which was so me so I had to swap for it. And she seems to be the Queen of Swap, because she just found so many nice pieces to take home. It was a great party just like I expected. And Bonnie Strange played the sickest Hip Hop beats so it was doomed to be a great party. Frank and Designer Scouts keep doing a great job, and I'll keep going to their parties.

MUSIC MEETS MEDIA 2013

When you get a call in the morning from Point Rouge asking you to accompany them, throwing all your previous plans for the day over board and you end up walking the red carpet at the Music Meets Media at the Grande Esplanade you don't simply say no. I was planning on doing a bit of Vogue FNO with my best friend and stop by the Grey Goose cocktail I was invited to.

AMERICAN APPAREL OPENING AND A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT IN BERLIN

A few days ago American Apparel opened another store situated right at Hackescher Markt, Oranienburgerstraße. It's much bigger than both of the other stores we have here in Berlin. I brought two of my really good friends with me (You probably already know my best friend Louisa from all my pictures and parties she attends with me.) and we enjoyed a night having a look at the new store and sitting outside enjoying some drinks (they were really good!) and Berlin's warm summer night breeze.
The dress I'm wearing is actually a top from Zara I bought in Size L to make it look like a dress. The perks of being tiny - anything L is a dress!

DIESEL LOVERDOSE TATTOO LAUNCH

ph. Friederike

On the same night of the Starbucks Discoveries Presents: Alice M. Huynh, just a few hours before, Nisi took me along to the Diesel Loverdose Tattoo Perfume release party. Which was a great party! Live performance by Anna F. and face lace.. Nisi and me definitely had a good time until mother nature decided to rain on our parade.. But then again we were already off to the next party/event/show.
The Loverdose Tattoo Launch was one of those parties that were held in a small gathering of invited guests. It took place in a small studio with the party continuing in the cozy backyard.
A small dark lit room held an installation with two longhaired models gracing what must have been like the most gorgeous bathtub I've ever seen (hello?? where can I get that for my future appartement?) and a huge XXL sized king bed amongst black roses. Right above the bed the new advertisement for Loverdose Tattoo was projected onto the wall, showing Anna Brewster's bare back covered in a full body tattoo. Is it just me or are perfume adverts always really gorgeous? That same room held a mini bar with one of the most interesting cocktails I've ever drank (The Calvin Klein Encounter cocktails that were made of the main ingredients of the Encounter perfume was pretty interesting too!), but tasted horrible in my opinion. I'm just not a bitter chocolate kinda girl!
Every corner was decorated with the heart shaped black tinted flacon.
I pretty much loved the launch.

More pictures here.

Love Lois xxx

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SELENA NEO LAUNCH - SELENA GOMEZ LAUNCHES HER FIRST COLLECTION FOR ADIDAS NEO

After fighting my way through the crowd of screaming, crying and overexcited Selenators, which by the way felt like Mission Impossible: Selenator Edition at the time, with Nisi and Annie, going through security check and having to hand over my camera, it was #SelenaNEOLaunch time and I was ready for Selena Gomez, her collection and her personal thoughts about the collaboration.
Press was present during the Media Morning such as Teen Vogue and journalists from Latin America and even a few invited bloggers that came all the way from Asia to Berlin just for Selena's Launch. It started with a walk through the collection, before we were joined by lucky fans for the Q&A and Meet&Greet session.

FIRST BEAUTY BLOGGER CAFE

Okay so when I said "This is the last post from my event filled week just before L.A." in my last post, I had clearly forgotten that the very first Beauty Blogger Cafe took place just a day after the Pull&Bear and Forever 21 Openings. With my new found desire to express my love for all things fancy schmancy beauty wise, the Beauty Blogger Cafe couldn't have been timed any better.

THE NELLY HIGH HEELS TOUR + GIVEAWAY (CLOSED)

This is the last post from my event filled week right before my L.A. trip. But I also have a surprise for you guys, so keep reading!
Okay so after seeing videos from previous Nelly High Heels Tour parties that are such a huge success especially in Skandinavia plus my missed chance to visit the first German Nelly High Heels Tour, I was all the more excited to visit this time. The Nelly High Heels Tour took place at my favourite club in town: Asphalt. Surrounded by shoes shoes and more shoes every girl and high heel lover was pretty much in heaven.

FOREVER 21 PREOPENING BERLIN

On the same night as the Pull&Bear pre opening the Forever 21 preopening took place as well. Good thing was that the two stores are located next each other in the same building, so I was able to hop over from store to store. In fact kept coming back for the Mojitos at Pull&Bear and ended the night with a live performance by LARY over at Forever 21 for the aftershow party. She's full of energy! While eating cake pops, popcorn and mini wraps we were able to get our hair done and even some fancy body art. I decided to get a palm tree across my hand.

PULL&BEAR PREOPENING BERLIN

Hey Guys!

I arrived safely in L.A. last night. I'm still tucked in my hotel room bed, it's morning here right now and blogging from what feels like heaven. Anyway last week was a very eventful week in Berlin.
One of the things I did was visit the Pull & Bear pre opening party. Pull&Bear is part of the Intidex group (Zara, Bershka, Massimo Dutti..) and focuses more on a younger target group. The clothes and the entire store have a very beachy summer vibe to it that feel reminiscent of the spanish summer sun. Gorgeous accessoires, shoes and summer dresses as well as breezy blouses and lots of cute basics for girls and boys are offered there.
You should definitely stop by for some cute pieces for this summer, especially for the boho chic maxi dresses. As for the opening itself, it was lots of fun. The DJ played good music and the finger food and mojitos were delicious. I was united with my blogger girls. Plus they even had a instagram polaroid print machine there!
I bought only one piece there: my red L.A. T-shirt from the last post.

OPENINGS, PARTIES AND WELL HELLO TO YOU TOO! I'M BACK IN BERLIN

Hey Guys!

I'm back from my trip to Lloret and it was pretty fun. I came home to a few new presents (will show you asap!), some really exciting news (more on that later) and a week filled with events. There is so much going on in Berlin end of this week and I can't wait for it all to begin. A quick glance at my timer, here's what's going on this week in B-Town.


Pull&Bear Opening



I've waited for this day, the day I need not browse online but can actually enter the store. I've been anticipating it so much that I did not enter a Pull & Bear store while in Spain last week to save this moment for Berlin. It's finally here this week and there will be a special treat for you guys on the day of the opening. You'll get 20% off all day.
Time & place: 07.06.2013, 10Uhr. Tauentzienstraße 13.


Nelly High Heels Tour

The Nelly High Heels Tour is about to commence, which means nothing else than Shoes! Shoes! Shoes! It's officially girls night at Asphalt.
I missed the tour last time, so I'm all the more excited to go this week. Free pair of shoes for the first 100 girls? Yes please! Location: Asphalt. My favourite club! Meet me there. I'd love to get to know you guys. Oh and there are more prizes and goodies waiting ...

Time & place: 07.06.2013 Berlin, 21Uhr. Asphalt.
It's a date!


Forever 21 Opening



And last but not least, Forever21 is finally opening up its doors and I'm pretty excited about it. The City of Angels is spreading some love to Berlin and on top of that the first 300 visitors will receive a goodie bag and a gift voucher to spend at Forever21!

Time & place: 08.06.2013, 10Uhr. Tauentzienstraße 13.



Love Lois xxx

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IN HAMBURG WITH ADIDAS

A few weeks ago I traveled to Hamburg for a day to visited the Adidas Style show room. I looked at the upcoming collections like Adidas Neo - this time designed by Selena Gomez, Adidas Originals and the Jeremy Scott x Adidas Collection that's totally crazy as usual. (Still in love with those Jeremy Scott x Adidas wings sneakers and the leopard shoes. Not kidding I'd totally wear them out.) I really liked what I got to see especially the Mc Nasty T-Shirt that's from the men's section I guess and the Adidas Neo sneakers with the removable bands adding little twist as detail. But there were many more pieces to look out for in autumn, when the collections hit the stores.
But other than looking and rating and discussing the new collection or eating as much mini burgers and dessert (they were so good!) as we want, we got to get a bit creative and pimp our very own T-shirts. I might show you mine in an outfit post.
A enjoyed a lovely day in Hamburg and the weather for once was at its best. The sun kissed my face as I sat next the harbour sipping Moscow Mules and Hugos while chatting to the other bloggers and the Adidas Team watching the ships passing by...

THE SKYY SWAPPING SEASON PARTY

One of most exciting events of the year for me personally is the anual Skyy Swapping Party hosted by Designer Scouts probably because one of my very first personal invites came from them to their Sky Swapping Party. I felt very special opening that letter two years ago, okay? ^^ And also because the very first party left quite an impression filled with great memories on me. Unfortunately I missed last years party because of my hair !?!?! (#girlproblems..) So I was all the more excited to be there.

ZANOX EXPERT DAY 2013

The Zanox Expert Day was a great opportunity to communicate and get know some experts in the field of advertising and monetarizing all the great work one puts in a blog, as well as talk to representatives of brands like Otto and Douglas. While being spoiled with delicious food at the afterwork party I enjoyed a nice day getting to know new faces.
Again this time the atmosphere was great and I felt free to talk to the experts and learn new things about blogging and widening my horizon. Of course it would be a dream to live from blogging, but there is so much work that needs to be done and a lot of effort and dedication and know-how involved. The Zanox Expert Day served as a plattform for us, the bloggers - the creative end of it all - to win a bit more know-how.

7FAM "BLACK&WHITE" LAUNCH EVENT

Visited the 7 for all mankind store to support Amandine at her cocktail reception in celebration of the new 7 for all mankind Black & White collection. Fell in love with the pants. Had fun with Defne, Lisa and Nelly. Met René from Styleranking and I think I bumped into Franzi aka Zukkermädchen. If it's her, she's real zukker in reality.
My favorites from the collection are the white ones with the top to bottom rose gold zipper and the print ones. Seriously loving the mini collection. Such a shame it's limited edition and won't be in stores forever.

GALERIE LAFAYETTE FASHION SHOW PRINTEMPS / ÉTÉ 2013

I never told you about my very first night a Lafayette. It was pretty magical and ever since then the Galerie Lafayette holds a special place in my memory. Maybe one day I'll come around and talk to you about it, but unfortunately my friend deleted all the pictures from that night.
Anyway about 3 weeks ago Galerie Lafayette invited me for their Printemps/ Été 2013 fashion show inside the Galerie Lafayette. It was a great show and it amazes me every time how such a department store can turn into such a fascinating location for a runway.