Arrow vs. The Flash

It was only this year that I started watching the show Arrow. I had known about the show months before but I wasn't ever interested in knowing how it was or what it was about. But on a random day when I had absolutely nothing to do with myself, I got a sudden wish to watch Arrow as I zapped through the channels and stopped at the one where it plays. I went to the automatic recordings of the show, chose the first episode of the first season and started watching.
On that day I got in touch with a side of me, a trait of my personality that I knew existed but I never realised how strong it was. That side of me believes in justice and equality, it believes that the people and the things who do harm to others and to the world deserve to be punished.

Gladly season 1 and then season 2 were being re-aired, two episodes per day from Monday to Friday. In 3 weeks time I watched all 46 episodes - 23 from each season. The bad thing was that I didn't know when I'd get the chance to start season 3. After way too many months waiting for season 3 to re-play I decided to watch it online - the thing was I wanted to watch it on TV because in my opinion it's 10 times better than to watch on my laptop.

This brings us to the present time. I have started watching Arrow, Season 3 last week and I am loving it!

I watched the first 7 episodes of it and then I had to stop and watch another show that is very much connected to Arrow. That show is called The Flash and it is a spin-off of Arrow.
There are certain episodes where the 2 shows mash-up and one has to be caught up on both of them to fully understand every single thing of the episodes.
So I stopped watching Arrow on its 7th episode and I started watching The Flash. Again I had heard about The Flash but I never thought it would be as great as Arrow. Turns out it is better!
I am now on the 13th episode of Arrow and I've finished watching season 1 of The Flash. These 2 shows have been my company for the past couple of weeks and I couldn't have wished for a better one - I'm aware how lame this sounds!

 

Love,

Carolina Rosalie ♥

Passions of Mine - Cooking

Growing up I never ventured out of my comfort zone when it came to the things I like, the things I was passionate about. I always thought I knew what I loved and I guessed I'd stick to the same things for the rest of my life... as it turns out that wasn't the case!

I remember watching Jamie Oliver's cooking shows when I was a kid but I never felt a connection to them, I just thought they were interesting to watch mainly because I enjoyed looking at all the yummy food. But for the past 3 or 4 years this new passion for cooking has been growing inside of me. I started by watching Lorraine Pascale's "Lorraine's Fast, Fresh & Easy Food" cooking show.

I then moved on to other cooking and baking shows and now I am in the middle of a phase which, although isn't great for my wallet, gives me a great deal of pleasure: I may or may not have an attraction to cooking and baking books, making me want to buy them all. So far I've only got three which is good considering the fact that I love to spend my days at book shops.

Brunch - Cláudia Sousa Villax

Sumos Com Segredos - Samantha McMurray

Jamie's Food Tube: The Cake Book - Cupcake Jemma

Although I love to own books which give me the key to food heaven, I also love to watch cooking shows. My first obsession was one of Lorraine Pascale's shows. Now, alongside Lorraine, I like to watch any of Jamie Oliver's shows, Harry Eastwood's baking program - probably my favourite one - and Gordon Ramsay's show called "Gordon Ramsay's Home Cooking". I am also a big fan of Master Chef Australia, both the adults and the kids versions. And the newest addition is a show called "Rachel Allen's Cake Diaries".

I always thought I'd never be a great cook or baker because I just didn't feel anything when the "you have to learn how to cook" subject crawled into conversations but now I think it will be something I really enjoy doing whether I'm doing it on my own, with friends, with my mum or someday with my own family.

Love,
Carolina Rosalie ♥

L'Oreal Paris Extraordinary Oil Cream

A few days ago I went I got myself this daily face moisturizer because I didn't have one. It was originally 13€ but it was priced down to 6.50€ which is something I couldn't ignore.

I have quite soft skin naturally but using this definitely made a difference. The first time I used this was on the 2nd of August and on that day I was absolutely loving my skin.

I will be testing it during more before actually reviewing it but I can already say that I think this might become my new favourite thing!

One other thing that I absolutely love is the packaging, it is gold! Also the smell of this is quite different but a good different. It has essential oils in it - Lavender and Thyme - combined with White Jasmine so it smells like nature and trees in my opinion. But don't worry if you don't like the smell, once it is in your skin the scent disappears.

I'd really love to know what are your favourite face moisturizers, leave the names in the comments below.

Love,

Carolina Rosalie ♥