Hello everyone,
today I am trying to give you a little review on my year 2012 and I'm gonna tell you my resolutions for 2013.
As every year, the time went by way too quickly and now that I think about it, there were many many "special" things happening this year - both, in a bad and a good way.
To sum it up, here's a list of my 2012 events:
- my first cover (on the russian GLANZ magazine & pixx magazine)
- I graduated from highschool
- I became an adult ;-P
- I had the 2nd surgery of my life (wisdom teeth)
- little Tipsy (my cat) became a new family member
- I finally went on a cruise ship with my best friend
- I did my first tattoo
- the first year in ages that we didn't go on our annual family vacation
- I went to New York City and to Paris for the first time of my life
- I became a vegetarian
- and last but not least my dream job of modelling started and is still starting to become true
I hope I didn't forget any major events. So now it's time for my New Year's resolutions. Of course I'll keep some of them a secret to myself but those are the most important for the moment:
- maintain all important relations with my real friends and family
- bake and cook some recipes from my "to-do-recipes"-list according to my veggie lifestyle
- do a lot of sports (especially try to do sports while travelling) in order to maintain a good health and to stabilize my immune system since I was sick too many times in 2012
- keep up singing :)
- improve my language skills, especially French
- and most important: try to FULLFIL my DREAM of being a SUCCESSFUL MODEL
With these resolutions and my review on a very exciting and varied year 2012 I want to wish you a very happy New Year!
Beware of the new rock chick of 2013 haha ;)
Xoxo
Hi everybody, how are you doing?
I'm sure you had some lovely holiday celebrations with your families and a bunch of good food. Me for example, I had some traditional German food like "Knödel" and "Spätzle".
Today I was in the city cause I died my hair again (picture to follow) - finally dark enough yay. :)
After the hairdresser I met my mum to do a little shopping after having a healthy lunch. The guy at the restaurant gave me the idea to this post, cause he asked us if we want any sweets as dessert with our Chai Latte but we refused because of all the huge Christmas eating and christmas cookies we had the last days. His reply was "Well, you have to enjoy this. And anyway, spring is far away." The first thing that came to my mind was: "Not for me, I always have to be in shape."
Also many people ask me if it's hard to keep the weight and they ask for some advice how to do so.
That's why I thought, I'd give you some tips how to maintain a healthy lifestyle. If not now, then when?
As many of you know, I LOVE baking and I also like cooking. So for me it is impossible to abstain from something that I like and just yesterday I read an article that you shouldn't abstain completely from the food you love, e.g. bread or chocolate because eventually you would eat more of other things e.g. cheese, so you would end up with the same amount of total calories.
That's the good news. ;) If you want to lose some "Christmas kilos" you don't have to abstain from the food you love. The trick is to eat the correct amount.
I suggest to eat at least 3 amounts (1 = 1 hand full) of veggies and 2 amounts of fruits a day. If you are really disciplined you can try a trick in cooking. Why don't you twist the amount of the main dish with the sides? Try to consider the veggies as the main dish and the meat/fish/etc. as the sides. Also it is very important to drink enough! I drink around 2 litres each day and for me it's easy because I drink a lot of tea. Try to avoid sugary drinks though (you can save a lot of calories here).
Furthermore you shouldn't forget to get enough protein, e.g. from yoghurt, eggs or fish.
And it's true that you eat more during a day when you haven't had breakfast. Usually I tend to eat the most in the evening of a day, which is WRONG (I admit it). It's better to eat most in the morning/midday to maintain your energy for the day and then just eat a salat or soup in the evening, so your body can digest everything during the night.
Of course your diet will not work, if you are lazy and don't do sports. I know the weather is shitty at the moment, but why don't you go to the gym?
Trust me, you will feel better after and you can allow yourself to eat another christmas cookie after. ;)
I hope I could help you a little bit if you want to live a healthy lifestyle. However, as you know, I am NOT on a diet. To me, this is a lifestyle. I love to live healthy but of course I eat some sweets too because I love baking and if you are a steady follower of my blog you know that I'm rather struggling to keep my weight instead of losing it. So please don't take this post wrong.
I just wanted to share my way of a healthy, veggie living haha.
Xoxo
Guten Abend and hello from rainy Germany!
How have you been guys? I hope you are all set for Christmas and you have all gifts together? I'm basically ready, just have to wrap some presents but I'm so looking forward to Christmas. :)
Since I arrived on Thursday I already met one of my best friends to see the Christmas market, I went to my doctor, I played tennis, I baked something as a present and tonight I'm up to meet another friend.
I really enjoy the free time, especially because I am not sick anymore!
So for me Christmas already starts tomorrow. I'll go to the gym first and then we'll have lunch with my great grandmother and my grand-aunt.
On the 24th I will celebrate with my parents, sister, grandma and my uncle's family. Furthermore on the 25th and 26th I will visit my grandpa in bavaria to celebrate with him and my other aunt's family. As you can see, my family is pretty big and we'll have a busy Christmas haha.
So I wish you all the best for these lovely days :)
Xoxo Minnie Mouse ;)
Hey everybody :)
How are you doing? After approx 3 weeks I can finally say I am NOT SICK anymore!! Perfect timing for vacation haha.
So now it's time for me to get my suitcase packed again because I'm leaving tomorrow. Heading home! I am sooo lazy but I have to get it packed cause tomorrow I'll have another shooting before I'm going home.
My feelings are a little bit mixed because on one hand I am so happy to get back to my family, cat and friends, especially to celebrate Christmas and New Year's Eve. But on the other hand I'm really sad to leave Paris.
It really has become my second home, I love my agency and of course I don't want to leave my boyfriend because we will not see each other for a couple of weeks. :-(
However I'm positive because I will be back soon. :-) I don't quite know yet when, because there are many options for me going on for January and we have to wait for confirmations until I know where I'll be heading first.
As always, I will keep you posted!
So I have to get my bags packed and will be back blogging from Germany (HOME)! :-)
And I promised you some pictures, so here is one from a shoot in London and one from Paris for you guys.
Xoxo
Bonsoir de Paris :)
Well, I returned from Berlin this morning and I had a really great shooting yesterday. It was for the German INTERVIEW magazine, for the january issue.
It's gonna be a great story and the hard work was definitely worth it, so better watch out for the results. :-)
I'm really glad to be back in Paris though. Wanna know why?
Because of the WEATHER! It was an amazing shooting with a german team finally, it made me really feel home, but the weather was NOT good at all. Snow, rain, minus degrees --> WINTER! Not really my favourite season haha.
So here in Paris we had blue sky and 10°C today.
Look:
So yeah today I was working,too. We did the cover of the italian magazine "Io Donna" with many girls. It looked really cool and I had a nice day.
AAAAAND surprise: Tomorrow I'll be working,too. It's just a test shoot but especially for hair and jewellery so I don't know yet if it will be used for something additionally.
So I hope you are all enjoying your weekend and I'm curious if I'll be free on Monday haha.
Keep it up, lots of love & xoxo
Hey everyone, it's me again ;)
I just wanted to let you know that my week is getting way busier than I first expected haha.
As you know I have 2 long days behind me, shooting with Antoine de Laroche yesterday and for VESTAL Mag today.
Of course it was hard work but the results are definitely worth it and every time I see some results I realize that this is my dream and it is just starting to come true. It is incredible how many different styles you can do. Honestly, I've already had many many photo shoots in my life so far but EVERY single shoot is different. That's what I love.
And so I'm really looking forward to the rest of the week because today I got to know - SURPRISE - that I have a job in BERLIN on Friday.
So I'll fly tomorrow night and return Saturday really really early in the morning.
I'm really excited and even though I'm freaking tired, I LOVE my job and my fantastic agencies! THANKS to all of them!! <3
backstage today @futuristic shoot
I will keep you posted at the weekend, when all this exciting rush is over.
Xoxo
Hello everyone,
hope you're doing good. I'm slowly recovering. It's still not completely over but I'm getting there haha.
So today I was doing castings again and tomorrow I'll have a beauty shooting with probably some crazy hair. I'm curious haha.
On Wednesday I'm gonna do an editorial for a spanish magazine called VESTAL, so I'll be quite busy the next few days.
I hope my body will make it but you know I'm a fighter so don't worry. :-)
Here are some new Polaroids for you guys.
Have a nice week,
xoxo
Hello you,
I hope you are doing better than me! It's really not hard to feel better than me right now.
As you know I went to the doctor on Monday and I already expected that I have angina/tonsillitis. I was kind of lucky that it affected only one side of my throat so I could at least speak and eat even though it was really painful to swallow at the beginning. However, the doctor gave me antibiotics and at least my throat slowly gets better. The main problem is that I feel a huge secondary effect caused by the antibiotics, so my stomach is sick, I'm kind of stuck to the bed and to the bathroom (I'll save you the details!!).
It really sucks and I hate being sick. I cannot eat properly and I feel pretty weak. My only hope is that it will really get better on Saturday because I'm gonna take the last antibiotic pill tomorrow night.
So I'm sorry that I don't have any news of my exciting model life right now, cause I'm really forced to stay at home!
Hope you're better and fingers crossed for my recovery so I'll have more interesting stories to tell next time. ;)
Keep it up, xoxo
Good morning,
how are you all doing? I'm actually sick and my throat is really really thick so I guess it's gonna be a funny experience to see a french doctor tomorrow. :-P
As you know I was quite busy working on my book the last days and my agency and I are just waiting for the pictures now. :-)
So I am free the whole weekend and yesterday my mum used this opportunity to visit me here in Paris. We had a lovely day together, doing a little bit of shopping and enjoying Paris together. I'm glad I know at least some parts of the city already so I could at least show her some nice places.
The time passed way too quickly and I'm already looking forward to Christmas to see all my family and to be reunited with everyone. :)
So for the moment I hope I'll get better soon to be fit for work again!
Enjoy the rest of your weekend, I'll keep you posted and here are some weekend impressions for you! Xoxo
la place de la concorde
my mum and me :)
chanel store
Hiya,
I hope you're all fine. Me, I'm doing good and I'm actually quite busy as well.
Yesterday for example I had 2 shootings and it took us basically the whole day.
It's really good that I can work on my book intensely here in Paris.
Also I'm doing some castings but mostly it's work on my book at the moment.
Today, all of a sudden, my booker talked to me at the agency that we have to change my style again. In London it was all a little bit softer than usually but here in Paris I'm supposed to look stronger again. So today I went to the hairdresser to get a slightly darker haircolour again which I really really appreciate! I like this look and I'm happy to be the edgy high-fashion girl again haha. So now I have to change my daily outfits a little and one person who can really help in doing so is my one and only mum who is coming to visit me at the weekend. :-)
I am so happy because she can finally visit me and in the same time bring me some of my clothes from home haha. You know that it's never easy to have luggage limits when travelling as a model!!
Yeah so that's my news so far and I'm really sorry that I can't show you any pictures yet but there wasn't even time at the shootings to instagram so I hope you're not mad at me and I promise I'll upload some as soon as I have them!
Xoxo
Bonjour everyone :)
I arrived safely in Paris and I'm sooo happy to be back.
On Thursday I went to the agency first to say hello and pick up my book and everything. Then I already had 2 castings and after I met my friend Valentina.
We went to the christmas market at Champs Elysées which was beautiful with all the lights.
Unfortunately Valentina already left yesterday but at least we spent some time together.
Yesterday I had another casting and a test shoot which was quite cool cos we had a stylist and a make up artist what you usually don't need for a test but this way it allowed us to try many different looks. :)
I'm really enjoying Paris already and am looking forward to the work coming up.
Enjoy your week-end everyone!
Xoxo
Good evening (rather night actually),
soo yes you read the title correctly again! I was a bit surprised too because every time I'm supposed to travel and go somewhere else, I just get to know like the evening before haha.
So I'm going to Paris tomorrow yay! :)
I really really really enjoyed my time in London. It was just half a month but I'm sure I'll come back soon! Actually I'm really curious to see all the photos from all the test shoots and jobs I did here since I haven't seen ANY of them yet. :(
However, I have finally packed nearly everything now and THANK GOD I'm going by eurostar (train) without any luggage limit!!!
So have a good time guys, I'll keep you posted! :)
Ready for PARIS <3
Today I just want to show you some more pictures of my weekend :)
I hope it's a little motivation for you to start positively into the new week!
I really like capturing the small,precious moments of life that seem to become rare these days.
Hope you like it! :) Xoxo
autumn at Primrose Hill
stunning view from Primrose Hill
Huuuge christmas tree in front of Covent Garden
beautiful christmas decoration at Covent Garden
Hiya :)
This post is really about what it says in the title: CHRISTMAS
I know that it is just November, but EVERYTHING in this entire city is already decorated and you get much more into the hype here in London than back home.
To be honest I even did some Christmas shopping already because I looove getting presents for my beloved ones! I have no clue though how to get everything packed into my suitcase when I fly to Paris. :D Oh by the way, I might fly already next week.
However, today I was free and went to Selfridges, Oxford St and Regent St to do a little shopping. I ended up buying only one present though because I always feel like this little "luggage limit devil" is sitting on my shoulders. But I think I am going again tomorrow :D We'll see.
In the early evening I went to a traditional christmas market which reminded me a LOT of home. They even had some german stalls. ;)
I hope you are all enjoying your weekend because I definitely am as my Monday will be packed with work!
Here are some impressions of this glittering Christmas London! :)
Regent St
Piccadilly Circus
Christmas market at Southbank
London eye in the background
Houses of Parliament
Hi everyone :)
I hope you all had a nice weekend and a good start into this week.
Me, I really enjoyed my day off on Sunday. I explored Camden Lock Market and went to Harrods just until I couldn't stand the crowd anymore haha. I'm definitely gonna go there again.
So me for my part, I started really nicely into this week. I had 2 castings at the agency on Monday and then I got my hair cut. :)
Today I also went to the agency to take some nice new polaroids with my new hair and after I had 2 castings again.
It went quite well as one of the clients already confirmed me for a job tomorrow. So I'm gonna work for the russian VOGUE tomorrow. :)
However, today was a crazy day. I don't know if it was my new hair cut or just my outfit but today 3 cars honked at me and 2 guys just randomly talked to me and asked me out for a coffee.. usually that happens only in NYC or Milan haha. Furthermore I was nearly run over by a cab today as the driver suddenly pulled out to the left and actually drove ON the sidewalk like 1 meter next to me. It was craaazy but thank god nothing happened!!
I hope you are all fine and having a good week.
So this is my new hair cut :)
Hi guys,
I just wanted to let you know that I'm quite busy here in London and I really like it. :-)
As you know, I did quite a couple of castings and test shoots so far and we can see some results already. Today I had a job for Pollini (shoes and bags), shooting with Angelo Pennetta (and the team from the British Vogue).
It was hard but also fun cause we shot at this fancy mansion at the inside swimming pool. However I had to get up at 6.30am on a Saturday (YES the model job can be hard as well^^) and it was pouring rain outside.
Anyways, I had a nice day and I'm really glad to be busy cause I've always been a busy person haha :D I guess I just need that.
backstage today
However, I'm also glad to have at least one day off this week, which will be tomorrow. :-) I'm gonna check out Camden Market after sleeping looong.
So I'm wishing you a nice rest of your weekend with this photo of a little nice shopping street I found on my way to a casting yesterday.
Xoxo
Hi everyone, I hope you're doing good.
Well, I think it's time to talk a little bit about modelling again since I didn't tell you yet what's going on in London about work so far.
These days I'm most of all doing castings for upcoming jobs. There are magazines among them or even photographers, very various things.
But also I'm having a couple of test shoots to get a variety of pictures for my book. It's fun and I like getting to know different photographers, cause their work is really different all the time.
Also I love getting around by foot in London. I mean, I didn't reckon it was SUCH a huge city at first, but you get used to it. It's basically all about organizing your day properly because it can take you up to 1 hour to get to your destination sometimes.
So today was a weird day. I had a couple of castings and actually quite a lot of time in between.
I could take long walks today to get to know some areas a little bit better.
However, suddenly I noticed that my bag was starting to break on the handle as you can see it in the picture. :-/
So I was scared that it would completely break and I wouldn't have anything to put my stuff into, so I decided to buy a cute backpack. :) BUT: Then the woman in the shop helped me to pack everything from the old to the new bag after I payed, but (silly me) I forgot my wallet because I put it on the desk after paying. Thank god I recognized it in time and could go back to the shop to get it. :-) Clumsy, clumsy sometimes.
Oh and by the way, I had a casting in a real rich area today. Since I was early I could do a little window shopping haha. That's why I love doing castings by foot. You really get to see something of the city.
And here comes a photo of my coffee break :-P
gingerbread latte :)
2 days ago I tried these magnicifant twix cake slices!
If you are in the UK --> GO GET THEM!!
Enjoy your evening, xoxo
Hey ya ;)
First I was a bit sceptical about going back to London as it was a reeeaaallly tough time during the fashion week even if it was only 3 days.
However, now that it's not THAT busy, I'm actually glad to be back. London during pre-xmas is lovely. All the decoration in the city is already on.
After my appointments today I went to a nice Vintage Store in Islington. I have to see I'm kind of into that stuff at the moment. But after this little trip I decided to do a little shopping in Oxford street cause I haven't been there in ages.
And I have to admit that I forgot that London is a shopping paradise!!
Moreover I have to tell you something about the cliché with English food. Actually I LOVE the supermarkets here. Compared to Germany they have a much bigger variety and also I really like the Indian food. So for me it's easy to enjoy my veggie lifestyle here haha.
Some impressions from London so far for you:
usually it's either left or right haha
Hello you ;)
I just wanted to let you know that I arrived safely here in London.
The event last night was really nice but as it was a really short night too I'm kind of exhausted now. Moreover I'm still a bit sick but I already went to the supermarket and bought loads of veggies and fruits to get my vitamines. :)
Even after a couple of hours back in Great Britain I already figured out some funny language differences to American English. Maybe you know that I'm speaking rather American than British. So at the supermarket it was funny to see the area for "buiscuits" instead of "cookies". Or imagine all the words for the subway: underground, metro, tube, subway.
I know I'm talking a bit of nonsense right now but to me it was funny :-P
Yeah however, I'm gonna go to bed early tonight, go to the agency in the morning and see what's coming up next week. :)
Xoxo
Hello hello :)
It's time to get the suitcase ready again!
So tomorrow I will be in Cologne where my mother agency "SMC Model Management" annually has an event going on. It is the finale of the "Super Models Contest" to find new faces.
Don't worry guys, I will only be part of the fashion shows not the contest haha.
However, on Sunday I will fly straight to London from Cologne so I need to get everything packed today!
As it is getting winter, it's a little bit harder to pack. Especially when you have a luggage limit of 20kg !
Moreover I really figured out that winter is coming as we already had snow a couple of days ago and as I am getting an infection. :-(
However, I bought medicine this morning and trust me, I will be fit soon. :)
I wish you all a nice weekend and I will be back with news from London.
Xoxo
Hello everyone, I hope you are all okay (especially in NY due to the storm).
I really want to apologize that I didn't post anything for so long, but there were several changes going on in my life.
So during my time at home I enjoyed baking and the time with my family and my cat (as you know).
For example playing hide and seek with my cat haha.
Then I made "Russischer Zupfkuchen" (one of my favorites) for the first time of my life.
Furthermore I had a job in Düsseldorf here in Germany where we made a fashion movie, and here is a backstage photo for you guys.
The job in Düsseldorf was on Saturday, so after I went back home. However on Sunday I went to Paris to visit someone because my private life changed a little bit (if you know what I'm talking about). ;) I spent 3 days in Paris and returned yesterday.
Last night I went to the cinema with my sister and after (at night) I made another decision changing my life a little bit.
I decided to be a vegetarian now. I was already thinking about it for a long time but the reason I really made the decision last night was that I nearly hit a deer on the street when driving home from the cinema. It was really close and that was the moment where I knew my decision was right!
So far, these are the news of my private life and on Sunday my model life will go on haha.
Enjoy Halloween everyone! Xoxo
Hello everyone,
as I promised to keep you posted, here a little update:
To my surprise this time my stay at home was extended haha. So the plan for now is that I'm going to an event of my mother agency in Cologne on the 3rd of November and after fly straight to London on the 4th. ;)
So I'm able to go to the gym, bake a couple of things, meet friends again and this weekend my aunt, uncle and cousin are coming to visit us.
Also I'm planning on visiting a friend so I guess there are still plenty of things to do during these 2 weeks.
Keep it up ;) Xoxo
Hello everyone,
as you already know, I returned home last night and it feels good to be with my beloved family again. :-)
I've never considered home so much as holidays as now! After 55 days of traveling and never really settling anywhere, you learn to appreciate home.
This morning it felt SO good to be able to sleep as long as you want and just turned around one more time in your bed if you wake up. No duties, no appointments, nothing than being lazy haha.
However, most of all I missed my little cat called Tipsy. Last night she was lying on my belly cuddling up to me :-)
So I will really enjoy this week at home now, meeting family and friends, going to the gym, making music and relax! :-)
Have a nice Sunday everyone! Xoxo
Ok this is really the last post from Paris now! And YES you read the title correctly, I couldn't believe it either until I was holding the ticket in my hands!
However I have to say I really like Paris. It is a beautiful city, the people are nicer than I expected ( many people expect that all french persons are snobbish and only focused on their own business ).
And today I even received a little present when I was at work hihi.
So I'm already looking forward to my next stay in Paris :-)
Bon week-end tout le monde! Bisous and take care! <3
Xoxo
