Happy Halloween

I'm originally from Portugal and Halloween is not a Portuguese "festivity". Although I've been kinda celebrating Halloween for a few years now, probably like 7, I was still in High School and by celebrating I mean going to Akuma Kanji's house and dress in dark clothes, put some dark make up on, eat eat eat and watch some horror/spooky movies :P.

I don't know when it exactly started but maybe 3/4 years ago in Portugal, people started to celebrate Halloween, not necessarily going door by door and "Trick or Treat" but the grown ups will dress up and go to parties normally at nightclubs. 

Now I don't want to go all hipster over here and say that most people don't even know what Halloween it's all about and how did it started and they only see it as an excuse to dress up a costume and party like we already do during Carnival (in February which is also a massive things in Brazil) because even in the U.K. youngsters just wanna dress up, get drunk and get laid XD... I know... I was there in 2009. 

But I also won't do you a lecture about Halloween over here... that's why someone invented Wikipedia :P.

But what I will tell you is that I prefer Halloween than Carnival... no freaking water balloons involved -_-.

Happy Halloween everyone! / Feliz Dias das Bruxas.

These Boots are made for walking #1

Boots for Fall/Winter 2012/13 by karenussene featuring high heel boots

Alaïa high heels, €1.440 / Miu Miu platform boots, €680 / Shoes / Platform boots, €115 / Leather boots, €140 / Leather shoes, €96 / Black leather boots, €70 / River Island shoes, €94 / Dune wedge booties, €150 / Ankle booties / ASOS high heel boots, €52 / LESILLA on-line boutique / Home page / Dr Martens Union Jack 8 Eye Boot BLACK SMOOTH - Doc Martens Boots and..., €135 / Boots shoescribe / I loved this at Fashiolista! Do you love it?

EN: When Fall/Autumn comes along I just think of BOOTS! I just simply love boots. And one of my main problems is that the boots that I  have eventually water filters in, even if they are from Bershka, Stradivarius, Zara, Seaside whateva, okei I know they aren't necessarily rain boots, they are just boots... but sometimes it really pisses me off. 

Soooo I really need to invest in a good pair of boots. Now on the collage that I made not all of those boots will be good for rainy days, specially the suede ones and some of them are ridiculously expensive but still they look nice hehe. 

One pair of boots that I've been wanting for yeeeaarrsss are the Dr Martens ones and when I say years I mean yeeaarrss, like 10 years already. In a way it's my fault that I end up wanting quantity over quality but also when I have some money it always ends up going for other stuff with a bigger priority. But I haven't given up, one day I will have a pair or two :P.

Which pair is your favourite?

PT: Quando o Outuno chega eu só penso em BOTAS! Eu amo botas. Um dos meus problemas é que a maior parte das minhas botas entra água -_-, sejam elas da Bershka, Stradivarius, Zara, Seaside etc... okei eu sei que elas não são necessariamente botas para a chuva, sõa simplesmente botas... mas ehpah fico P da vida.
Então preciso mesmo de investir no bom par de bota. Agora a collage que eu fiz nem todas as botas são boas para os dias de chuva, principalmente as de camurça e algumas são estupidamente caras mas são giras na mesma hehe.
Um par de botas que eu quero à aaanooooos são umas das Dr Martens e quando digo anos é mesno aannooosss para aí uma década já. De uma maneira a culpa é minha que acabo por querer quantidade sobre qualidade mas também muitas das vezes quando calha ter dinheiro algo acontece e então tenho que estabelecer as minhas prioridades.
Mas ainda não desisti de um dia  comprar um par ou dois :P.
Qual é o vosso par favorito?

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Musical Friday #72

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EN: Hello everyone. There isn't much to tell about this week, other than went to another Doctor's appointment, for some reason for last couple of weeks I've been in a mood to burn candles at night, I still haven't received my package that I talked about on last two Musical Fridays posts -_-, filmed another video aaaanndd yeeeeaaah that's about it really.
Oh and P.S.: Yesterday I received a comment on my Blog on this post from AmberHella say uwwhaaattt? *FEELS*!

Have a good weekend! 

PT: Olá a todos. Não há muito para contar sobre esta semana, fui a mais outra consulta médica (consultas de rotina), por alguma razão nestas últimas semanas apetece-me acender velas à noite, ainda não recebi a minha encomenda de que já falei nos últimos dois posts de Musical Friday -_-, e consegui filmar outro vídeo eeeee ééée tudo.
AH e P.S.: Ontem recebi um comentário no meu Blog por neste post parte da AmberHella o quuuÊÊÊ? *FEELS*!

Bom fim de semana!

Nicki Minaj feat. Cassie -  The Boys [Explicit]- New Single - I just can't stop looking at Cassie's legs... that last for days >.<

Rihanna on the cover of Vogue USA - November 2012

Rihanna for the November issue of Vogue USA. Now sporting a black short hair.
This woman is a true chameleon when it comes to her hair and she is able to rock every style.

My Nail Polish Collection #1

EN: Hi everyone. Last year while I was in Prague I did a post on my Blog [here] about the nail polishes that I had with me while I was in Prague. Now while in Portugal I've uploaded a new video on Youtube about my (updated) nail polish collection although unfortunately this time around I decided to do the video in Portuguese for a change. I decided that sometimes I will do videos in Portuguese and other in English it will depend not only on my mood but also on the topic. But in any case I hope you do enjoy and Subscribe for more upcoming videos! :)

On this video I show how I store my nail polishes and then I show them one by one giving a little review about them. This video is the first of three parts.

PT: Olá a todos. No ano passado enquanto estava em Praga eu escrevi um post no meu Blog [aqui] sobre a minha colecção de vernizes que tinha levado comigo para Praga. Agora em Portugal eu fiz um  vídeo sobre a minha colecção (actualizada e completa) de vernizes, desta vez para variar decidi filmar o vídeo em português. Decidi que de vez em quando irei filmar em português outras vezes em inglês, dependendo do meu estado de espírito e do tópico, não dá para satisfazer toda gente e confesso que não tenho muita paciência para fazer legendas.

De qualquer forma espero que gostem e subscrevam lá no canal para mais! :)

Neste vídeo mostro como guardo os meus vernizes e depois vou mostrando os meus vernizes um a um dando uma breve review a alguns. Este vídeo é o primeiro de três partes.

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New: Earrings #1

EN: Hello everyone here are some new earrings of mine that I bought a few months ago but I never shared with you guys. 

PT: Olá a todos aqui mostro-vos alguns brincos que já comprei à alguns meses mas não cheguei a partilhar convosco.

Blue Skulls with feathers earrings from H&M. / Brincos azuis com caveiras e penas da H&M.

Musical Friday #71

Hello everyone! How was your week?

Mine was alright yesterday I went to a clinic to do an X-Ray because of my occasional painful wrist, quickest things ever, in like 10 minutes I was done! Got in, presented myself, after like barely four minutes of waiting I went to another place, waited another two minutes I went in did the X-Ray and I was good to go.

Other than that do you know that other subject that I talked to you about last Friday? [here] Well there has been some updates... two days later I received an email it didn't feel like a personal email like replying to my previous emails, it felt like a general email to warn people what happened, so long story shorts I guess there was some technological issues and another girl told me that the owner of the website has been sick... okay... I'm human, I have a heart, and I understand that people go through some hard times... but was it really necessary to wait a month and a half for this information? Then on Monday I got an email warning me that my package has been expedited... and now this is another sucky detail, even though it has been a month and a half that I've been waiting for much package I probably still have to wait the 10 to 30 days for the delivery -_- *sigh*, when I say me, I say every other client in the same situation. Not I just pray that I FINALLY get my stuff and that the post people don't F it up.

OH and yeaaahh I created a Tumblr page >.<. I known Tumblr for years now, but I never quite got it what was the purpose of it. Since I follow a lot of Youtubers some of them have Tumblrs, so I started checking out their pages and I decided in order to keep up with their pages it was best to create my own. And so I did. So far what I can say about Tumblr (in my opinion) is a fusion of Blogger+Pinterest in a away. I think Tumblr is best described a place where people share photos, GIFs and quotes. I'm quite enjoy it. Is there any Tumblrs out there? If yes join me :). My page is ku-openingmymind (can you believe that just OpeningMyMind was taken? -_- so that's why I had to put the KU (my name's initials) on the front).

Alright now enjoy the music.

Trey Songz - Simply Amazing

Things that make you go huuummm! #2

Source: javacupcake.com via Karen on Pinterest

Today's edition of Things that make me go huuummm is abooouuuuut CUPCAKES! NOM NOM NOM.

OMG they are so cute I don't even one touch them.....SIKED HAHA of course I'm gonna touch them and eat them, they look so freaking delicious!

Bag Addiction #1

Bag Addiction #1 by karenussene featuring a satchel bag

3.1 Phillip Lim satchel bag / Versace handbag / Zara bag / Zara leather bag / CÉLINE handbag / Alexander Wang suede handbag, $560 / 3.1 Phillip Lim leather bag / Proenza Schouler satchel handbag / Givenchy / Givenchy handbag, $2,010 / 3.1 Phillip Lim / Marni leather shoulder bag / The Downing The Cambridge Satchel Company, $210 / Shop online Supertrash, $205

EN: Hi everyone! How don't know about you guys but I'm obsessed with bags. If money was no obstacle I would probably spent it most on shoes, accessories, technologic stuff and BAGS! 

As you can see bellow the picture there is the information regarding the price of these bags and most of them are no cheap >.<. I think the cheapest is the one on the bottom left from Zara it's like close to 30€.

You can see an old post of mine [here] regarding my Bags collection, none of them are Designer bags, it's all from random affordable shops, Primark, River Island, H&M, Aldo, Stradivarius, etc... but still I like them... well duh that's why I bought them haha.
Whisch one is your favourite?

PT: Olá a todos! Eu não sei como é para vocês mas eu sou obcecada por malas. Se o dinheiro não fosse problema eu provavelmente gastaria a maior parte em sapatos, acessórios, cenas tecnologicas e MALAS!

Como podem ver por baixo da imagem tem a informação dos preços de algumas das malas e a maior parte delas não são baratas >.<. Eu acho que a mais barata é a última do lado esquerdo que é da Zara e ronda os 30€.

Vocês podem ver um post antigo meu [aqui] sobre a minha colecção de malas, nenhuma delas é de grande Designers, é tudo de lojas mais que conhecidas, Primark, River Island, H&M, Aldo, Stradivarius, etc... mas mesmo assim eu gosto delas... duh fui por isso que as comprei ora essa haha.
Qual delas é a vossa favorita?

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Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model Cycle 8

Hello Everyone! A show that I like to watch is Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model, the eight season finished a few weeks ago (I'm no 100% because I saw the episodes on Youtube). 

For this season there were some changes. With the judges they substituted two of them for Tyson Beckford - model/actor/singer - and Whitney Port - Reality TV Star from The The Hills and The City now Fashion Designer - and they maintained Fashion Designer Julien MacDonald and the Super Model aka The Body Elle MacPherson. The final prize is still the same shenanigans, money, model contract, cover of the COMPANY Magazine, Revlon contract and a house for a year bla bla bla. But they way that the first episode was filmed was different, meaning, we are normally used to see the castings going from city to city searching for the girls, and this case they were already selected, 20 girls and all of them flew to DUBAI! Some of them got eliminated while in Dubai and then the rest of the girls moved in to the Model's House in London and the show continues as normal.

Overall I liked this cycle but it wasn't my favourite, specially because my favourite models didn't stay almost till the end, plus some that were really annoying stayed longer (not fair). You know every season there is always a few bitches and sometimes I think that the judges keep those girls on purpose in order to exist some DRAMA in the house, or else "it wouldn't be fun".

I will leave some videos below and also the link for other videos. If you want to watch it, please do so, because these videos weren't uploaded on the Official Youtube channel of the program it was a random person that upload them, and you never know when the episodes can be deleted due to copyrights infringement.

Episode 1

Musical Friday #70

 EN: Hello everyone there is not much to say about this week, so I will take this opportunity to give you a warning. As you know my Blog is affiliated to 3 shops - you can see them on the right side bar - Caxuxa, Pó de Arroz and The Original Skin. My problems and concerns lie on the shop Pó de Arroz. 

I've been partners with them for a few month and by the end of the August I decided to do my first purchase with them, I wanted to buy a bunch of stuff but I decided to just select 2 and see how things went... So I selected a bracelet and a ring, did the payment a few days later and they confirmed to me on the same day that they received the money. Okay, cool, fine. Now I know that with National orders we have to wait from 10 to 30 days, it has been 1 month and 2 weeks and still nothing...on my file it says "In process". I have tried to contact the shop now 3 times to get an answer in what is going on? Are they on vacation? Are they having problems with their personal lives? Are they waiting for the items? 

During this week I started noticing other girls complaining about the same situation on their Official Facebook Page. This is not good! Now like I said to another dear fellow Blogger of mine, I might not be the biggest Blogger out there but I don't have to subject myself to this, it's not like I'm earning any money with this, this is "bad publicity" for me and my Blog. And I don't want that. 

So from today I consider my partnership with Pó de Arroz suspended! And the Banner of the shop will be removed and it will continue like that till the day I can receive an answer from the shop in what the hell happened to the items that I payed for. 

I'm very sorry to any inconvenient that you might have had. If there is anyone that is having the same problem, please share there stories in the comment section below.

Have a good weekend!

PT: Olá a todos, não há muito a dizer sobre a minha semana por isso decidi fazer-vos um aviso! Como devem saber o meu Blog está afiliado a três lojas - podem ver na barra da direita - Caxuxa, Pó de Arroz e The Original Skin. Os meus problemas e preocupações são sobre a loja Pó de Arroz.

A minha parceria com a loja já tem alguns mesinhos e no final de Agosto decidi fazer a minha primeira encomenda, eu até queria comprar uma data de coisas mas como eu nunca confio nestas cenas de compras online+correios, decide só escolher duas coisas, uma pulseira e um anel. Fiz o pagamento alguns dias depois e no mesmo dia confirmaram que receberam o pagamento. Okei, fixe, bacano. Agora eu sei que com as encomendas Nacionais devemos esperar entre 10 a 30 dias, já passou 1 mês e 2 semanas e ainda nada. Na minha ficha diz "Em processamento". Eu já tentei entrar em contacto com a loja 3 vezes para receber uma resposta do que se passa. Mas o pessoal está de férias? Problemas nas vidas pessoais? Será que estão à espera dos itens? 

Durante esta semana comecei a notar outras meninas a queixarem-se do mesmo problema na página Oficial do Facebook deles. Isto não é bom! Agora como eu disse a outra Blogger com quem já conversei sobre o assunto, eu posso não ser uma grande Blogger, mas não me vou rebaixar para manter uma parceria só porque sim, eu não ganho nada com isto e para além do mais isto é má publicidade para mim e para o Blog. E eu não quero isso. 

Por isso a partir de hoje a minha parceria com a loja Pó de Arroz ficará suspensa! E o Banner da loja será retirado e continuará assim até ao dia que me derem uma resposta o que é que aconteceu aos itens que eu paguei!

Peço imensas desculpas se tiveram algum inconveniente. Se houver mais alguém que tenham o mesmo problema por favor deixem um comentário em baixo.

Bom fim de semana!

Lana Del Rey - Ride - New Single - So Miss Del Rey a few months ago on UK Vogue magazine she says that she wouldn't be releasing any more albums, she doesn't know what else to write about, she already said all she needed to say... ssooooo what's this then? I smell a marketing expert! XD

Lana will release a new album, well sort of, it will includes the songs of the first album "Born to die" plus a few new songs including "Ride" and "Blue Velvet" among others. I really enjoy this song! OH P.S.: the video is freaking long.

D.I.Y. #2 When a Paper Towel stand becomes a Bracelet Holder

Yeah that's right, you read it right! So basically Pinterest is AWESOME! Have I ever told you how much I love Pinterest? I think I have!

So I have this board named How to organize/ideas on Pinterest and I love collecting pictures, whether to transform something, or how to do something, etc... One time I saw this picture here, which is basically like a Kitchen/Toilet Paper Towel stand and someone put a bunch of bracelet on it. BRILLIANT!

So the other day I was at a Chinese shop with my mother, spotted a metallic Kitchen Towel stand and decided to buy it.

 As soon as I arrived home over course I took all of my bracelets out of the boxes and OMG .... I have so many bracelets I never thought about it >.<

And I managed to fit about 90% of my Bracelets on there, some of them still have to live in boxes, but it's okay.

So what do you think about it?

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Dream House #6

Source: homedsgn.com via Karen on Pinterest

EN: Hello everyone! Now, I'm not the greatest cook but for some reason I always wanted a big kitchen. Maybe because that is also my mother's dream, to have a house with a big massive kitchen or is just simply the fact that I have a big family and when everybody gets together it's chaotic so I would love to have as much space as possible for family's get-togethers meals.

PT: Olá a todos! Eu não sou das maiores e melhores cozinheiras mas por alguma razão eu sempre quiz uma cozinha grande. Talvez porque também sempre foi o sonho da minha mãe ou simplesmente é pelo facto de que eu tenho uma grande família e quando o pessoal se junta é o caos, por isso eu adoraria ter o máximo de espaço possível para as refeições em família.

Musical Friday #69

Source: google.com via Lauren on Pinterest

Hello everyone, how was your week?

Today is the 5th of the October, which for Portugal means, Independence Day - in a few words it means that in 1910 we stopped being a Monarchic and became a Republic. And we normally have a ceremony and raise the country's flag bla bla bla aaand something happened, has our President rose the flag.... it was upside-down -.- *sigh*. You can see the picture here.

In the Portuguese Bloggers community, during this week the Anna Dello Russo collection for H&M arrived to Portugal, there was like a small event thing in Lisbon at night in order for some Portuguese Bloggers to appear and you know the deal, they take pictures, drink and eat some stuff and sometimes are able to buy things before everybody else.... but apparently things didn't go so well. I read like at least 5 Blogs about this event and all of them in a way said the same... EVERYTHING WAS GONE! I guess by the time some Bloggers arrived to the H&M shop, some of them arrived 10 minutes after the event had started others 20 minutes, and basically everything was gone, there were other people there and they bought everyyything... there was barely anything left... And they say this country is in a crisis ppfffff -.- lol. Some of the pieces, like a necklace and a belt they cost about 99€, NINETY NINE EUROS! I'm hoping that they're pure gold... either that or at least that the colour doesn't come out with time.

Other than that... I got rid of some more clothes that I don't use and some other papers shenanigans... this is an ongoing process for me till like forever haha.

Have a nice weekend and I hope the new followers (as well as the previous) enjoy the music selection.

Azealia Banks - 1991 - New Single - I can not tell you how much I enjoy Azealia's songs. The beat of the songs remind me of the 90's, so the title of the song fits perfectly hehe, and I guess it was when Azealia was born. I am a child from the late 80's but I looove the music from the 90's hehe.

Tag | Most Worn Summer Things - 2012 Edition

EN: A few weeks ago I uploaded a video on my Youtube channel, this time it was a Tag. It's the "Most Worn Summer Things - 2012 Edition".

Basically this tag is to share the things that you most used during this last Summer. And here is the list.

1 - Most worn nail polish: Ciaté - Jelly Bean; E.L.F. - Mango; Leighton Denny - Coral Reef

2 - Most worn hair product: Tresemmé - Argan Oil; Aussie: Dual Personality - Coloured Hair Protection + Shine Serum; Organic Tropical Fruit - Anti-Frizz Serum; Olive Oil - Oil Moisturising Hair Lotion

3 - Most worn bag: H&M Messenger Bag

4 - Most worn shoes: Seaside Sneakers

5 - Most worn accessories: Bershka, H&M, Chinese Shop, Forever 21, New Look, Bijou Brigitte, QVC, Spanish Shop

6 - Most worn clothing item: D.I.Y. Shorts

7 - Most worn foundation: Garnier BB cream for Oily to Mixed Skin

8 - Most worn blush and/or bronzer: YSL Blush (*)

9 - Most worn lip product: Sleek MakeUp Pout Polish in Perfect Plum; Clinique in Grapefruit

10 - Most worn mascara: Maybelline N.Y. The Colossal Volum' Express Cat Eyes

11 - Most worn eyeshadow: Sephora in Universal Beige (*)

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PT: À algumas semanas atrás eu fiz o upload de um vídeo no meu canal do Youtube, desta vez foi um Tag. O tag chama-se "As coisas mais usadas durante o Verão : Edição 2012".

Basicamente o tag consiste em partilhar as coisas que mais usaram durante este último Verão. E aqui fica a lista:

1 - Vernizes mais usados: Ciaté - Jelly Bean; E.L.F. - Mango; Leighton Denny - Coral Reef

2 - Produtos de cabelos mais usados: Tresemmé - Argan Oil; Aussie: Dual Personality - Coloured Hair Protection + Shine Serum; Organic Tropical Fruit - Anti-Frizz Serum; Olive Oil - Oil Moisturising Hair Lotion

3 - Mala mais usada: H&M Messenger Bag

4 - Sapatos mais usados: Seaside Sneakers

5 - Acessórios mais usados: Bershka, H&M, Chinese Shop, Forever 21, New Look, Bijou Brigitte, QVC, Spanish Shop

6 - Peças de roupas mais usadas: D.I.Y. Shorts

7 - Bases mais usadas: Garnier BB cream for Oily to Mixed Skin

8 -Blush e/ou Bronzer mais usados: YSL Blush (*)

9 - Produtos para os lábios mais usados: Sleek MakeUp Pout Polish in Perfect Plum; Clinique in Grapefruit

10 - Rimel mais usado: Maybelline N.Y. The Colossal Volum' Express Cat Eyes

11 - Sombras mais usadas: Sephora in Universal Beige (*)

EN: So what were your most worn things during this last Summer of 2012?

PT: Então quais foram as coisas que mais usaram neste Verão de 2012?

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Hello October!

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Hello everyone. Can you believe we are in October already? Time freakin' flies!

As much as I like Summer and warm weather, I also really like Autumn/Fall, mainly because of the colours of the trees, the shades of brown and burned orange, reddish burgundy  aaawww love it!

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