WE VISITED THE MAGICAL CHRISTMAS ADVENT IN OPATIJA 🌟🎄

 

Hello lovelies!

I´m back with another post! I´ve been doing Vlogmas (daily vlog series) on my YouTube channel, throughout the whole of December, until Christmas, and I want to thank everyone who joined and supported my work🌟

With this post I´m hoping to transmit a bit of the magical atmosphere of the holidays, from my beautiful town, Opatija.

Before Christmas, we took a little walk in Opatija (it was very cold that day, because the cold wind "Bura" was blowing, but luckily it was sunny so the walk was actually really pleasant).

When you visit Opatija around Christmas and New Year, you really get immersed in that magical atmosphere of christmas lights and decorations.🎄🌟

I also filmed a little vlog from that day, and the next day, when we visited the centre of Rijeka.

You can click here to watch it🌟

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and that you spent it with your loved ones! We went to Italy for a couple of days, and we spent lovely time with my in-laws.

I´m back in Croatia now and will be here for the New Year´s Eve! I don´t have any plans other than to snuggle up by a fireplace, cook delicious food and enjoy spending time with my beautiful family.

I might still do one post before the arrival of 2025., but in case I don´t, I want to wish you guys all the best🌟 You are the best!❤️🥰

Summer outfits vol. 8: Coastal walk

 

Hello lovelies!

Here are some photos from the beautiful coastal walk Volosko- Opatija, and I'm so lucky to have all this beauty right in front of my nose :-)

We often go for walks here, being close to the sea is wonderful, all year round!

I wore this cute little outfit that I put together from some second hand finds, and from some vintage stuff of my own.

I bought these Max Mara sunglasses when I was still in high school, and they were my first designer sunglasses :-) I recently discovered them in my old closet at my Mum's place! I was so excited to realize that I still have them! I was pretty sure I no longer own them!

Sometimes discovering some old and "forgotten" faves is better than shopping for new items!

Outfit details:

Sunglasses: Vintage Max Mara

Blose: Second hand

Jeans: Sinsay

Leather bag: Second hand

Sneakers: Adidas Stan Smith

And what about my hair colour? Well, I just touched up my roots with L'Oreal box hair dye Creme Excellence Cool Blondes in 7.11

I filmed a review video and you can check it out here:

I think it's a good colour for touching up the roots and if you're going for that dark, natural blonde.

I'll try not to colour my hair during the whole of September and then go to my hairdresser in October, to get some highlights (as my hair is getting quite dark, so I feel like I'm ready to bring the blondie in me back!)

You can check out more daily outfit inspo on my instagram :-)

I'll talk to you soon, have a nice day :-)

Postcards from Opatija, Croatia

Hello guys!

It's been a while since I did a "postcards" blog post and I'm sorry about that because I honestly love sharing with you my fave places or new places that I visit. 

So I thought I'd bring back the "Postcards" this time I'm taking you to a wonderful little touristic town called Opatija, located in Croatia in the Kvarner region. Opatija is also a place I consider my home. It's situated very close to my hometown (sometimes it seems they're one town as they lay right next to eachother in a Kvarner bay). This is where I spent my childhood days (numerous walks by the sea with my parents), and also my high school days (I opted for touristic school that is located in Opatija). Each morning I'd travel 30 min by bus, but I loved the school and I loved spending my time in such beautiful surroundings.

We, as a family, spent a few days at our home in Croatia and so we took the opportunity to go and have a little walk by the sea! It was very warm, even in evening time (which is quite unusual for this time of the year). Opatija was filled with people, students and tourists from Japan and other distant countries. I loved the atmosphere that was in the air. I remember Opatija being much more quiet in the late '90s when I was attending the school there.

One of the symbols of Opatija is this statue of a woman with a seagull but Opatija is also very famous for its health tourism and wonderful parks with egzotic plants and trees from all over the world.

Even though in winter time, the climate here can be quite harsh, in Opatija there are some tropical plants that prosper regardless of the icy cold wind and the constant rain.

My son absolutely enjoyed this evening walk. Where we live in Italy, we have only fields, so we learned to appreciate these sights even more. And the salty sea air is much healthier!

Here we are on another walk by the sea, this location is called Skalete and it's in Rijeka, but overlooking the coast of Opatija.

We tried to make the most out of our short stay in Croatia, even though it was more of a business trip than anything else. But every minute free that we got, we tried to spend by the sea, and all together as a family. Sebastian's grandma (my Mum), also came to visit and joined us for a walk!

This time we didn't vlog much, but next time I promise to vlog for you guys, so I'll even visually be able to bring you a little taste of my home.

I'll talk to you soon,

* more fashion & beauty posts at Glam Express

Maxi skirt & adidas sneakers at the coastal walk of Opatija (& Firmoo.com glasses giveaway!)

ENG: I spent a few days at my home in Croatia, trying to solve some family matters. It was a stressful time, but for those moments I have my escape: 30 min walk on a coastal walk in Opatija cleared my head and gave me a new boost of energy. I swear, it's therapeutic!
This maxi skirt I rediscovered in my closet in Croatia, after more than 10 years since I bought it! I haven't worn it much, and now I thought it's a shame, because it's a really nice skirt, so I brought it back with me to Italy, hoping this time around, I'll wear it more!

In this post I also have a new firmoo.com giveaway for you!
Rules are very simple! All you need to do is comment bellow this post and copy the link to the glasses that you'd like to win!

About the prizes:

A: One complete pair of Rx-eyeglasses/non-Rx sunglasses that you can pick from here

 The prize will be offered in the form of voucher after your giveaway end.

This voucher covers the frame with 1.50 index single vision lenses. The winner need to pay the shipping depending on the country and handling fee.

B: Five $10 vouchers for the other 5 winners. 

The voucher can be used on all the glasses sitewide ($19-$39), but unavailable to the discounted products. The same voucher code can be used 5 times and save $10 off each order.  

HR: Provela sam par dana u Hrvatskoj, nastojeci rijesiti na najbolji moguci nacin neke obiteljske probleme i novonastalu situaciju sa mojom bakom. Bilo je to vrlo stresan period, ali za takve trenutke imam svoj lijek koji je uvijek djelotvoran: 30-minutna setnja po lungo mare u Opatiji, uvijek mi razbristri um i napuni baterije!

Kunem se, zaista ima terapeutsko djelovanje!

Sto se outfita tice, suknju sam pronasla u svom ormaru u Hrvatskoj, desetak godina nakon sto sam je kupila! Nisam je ni puno nosila, sto sam sada pozalila jer zaista je lijepa i kvalitetna, tako da sam joj odlucila dati drugu priliku i ponijela sam ju sa sobom natrag u Italiju! Volim ju kombinirati na tenisice i kaput za sportski/ chic look.

U ovom postu imam za vas i firmoo.com darivanje!

Pravilo je samo jedno i vrlo jednostavno: U komentarima mi ostavite koje naocale biste zeljeli osvojiti, a mozete izabrati vas omiljeni par ovdje!

Darivanje ce biti otvoreno tjedan dana, zelim puno srece svima :-)

COAT: H&M

SWEATEAR: H&M

SHIRT: Pull & Bear

SUNGLASSES: Firmoo.com

SNEAKERS: Adidas

BAG & KEYCHAIN: H&M

TIGHTS: H&M

NECKLACE: Zaful.com

WATCH: Jord mod. "Sully" in Natural Green

And what are yours? / Koji su vasi omiljeni firmoo.com modeli?

What I did in Croatia...(part one & two) / Croatia Vlog(s)!

Hello girlies!

Recently, I got to spend a few days at my home in Croatia!

It's been almost four months since my last visit, so I was really happy & excited to finally being able to "escape" to Croatia, even if it was just for a few days (less than a week, actually, ughhh...)

I took you guys on this trip with me, so I truly hope you're going to enjoy watching these vlogs!

On the day of our arrival, there was a beautiful rainbow across the sky! ♥

Check out what I did in Croatia, here:

part two:

Thanks for watching!

I'll talk to you soon :)

Don't forget, my "Audrey Hepburn Retro Style Ring" GIVEAWAY is still OPEN!  I have 4 rings to give away, so there'll be four lucky winners!!!

For your chance to win, make sure to enter HERE! and HERE!

Love from Italy,

xoxo, S.