O.P.I Shatter Nail Lacquer for less

I wanted to try a shattering nail polish - and as I wanted to get one of a good quality I went to a local Matas store (a Danish chain reminding of the English chain Boots).

Here I found a really nice one from O.P.I and I got my new nail polish for 129 kr. (17,35 Euro) However I have later found that I could have saved a lot of money by buying one on-line at asos.com here the price is no more than 47 kr. (6,32)!!

O.P.I shatter Nail Lacquer

Matas : 129 kr. (17,35 Euro)

asos.com : 47 kr. (6,32 Euro)

So if you also want to try out a shattering nail polish - which by the way looks really great! - Go and get yours at asos.com!

More Versace coming to HandM

Versace and HandM has made a follow up on the collaboration they made last fall - on the 19 of January Donna Versace new spring collection for the high-street brand is hitting selected HandM shops.  

The collection is called "Cruise" and it really embraces the spring "feeling" with lots of colour, prints of fruits and berries and feminine silhouettes. In the new collection you are going to find clothes for men and women, bikinis, jewellery, bags, accessories and shoes. 

Personally, I was not a big fan of the first collection - it was altogether too much colour, patterns and funny designs - not worth the prices they wanted for it. And as far as I can tell, I am not alone - as many of the items are now awailible on sale on their homepage for a lott less - so if you liked the collection but found it too expensive, now is the time to buy it!

However, the new collection looks much better, I like the colours and the  feminine cuts a lot better and I for one am going to have a look to see the whole collection on the 19.!

Nail polish trend - Winter 2012

Once again a new nail polish trend has been spotted on the streets, in mag´s and in shops.This seasons hip nail colour is jeans-blue - very cool, stylish and it go to all of your jeans! I like it!

I think Dior was the first with the colour followed sharply by CHANEL - however their polishes are not known to be among the cheapest.

Luckily already now you can find similar colours among many high-street brands for prices fitting everyone's budget. I have found a couple of examples of the cheaper bottles of cool blue polishes, all from asos.com :

Barry M Nail Paint Classic Collection 

30 kr. (4 Euro)

Kardashian Kolor By O.P.I Nicole Nail Polish

85 kr. (11,5 Euro)

Goodbye BIK BOK - Hello Levi´s

On December the 12 we got a new Levi´s store in the centre of Aarhus - more precisely on the upper deck of "Bruuns Galleri" - located where the BIK BOK store was.

Its a nice big location selling fashion for both male and female - and if you like Levi´s it is  worth visiting!

Personally, I am going to miss the BIK BOK store as it was the best and biggest store we had in the city.

New shoes from Mango

During the month of December I have a general shopping role; I cannot buy anything for myself only Christmas presents. Firstly, with all the presents, you really can't afford any more shopping and secondly it is just silly to buy clothes in December when everything is going to be on sale in January.

Nevertheless, what I have discovered while doing my X-mas shopping is that many stores have already started with some kind of sales. In many display windows you will see signs of 30%, 40% even 50% of discounts. I guess we don't need to underline how badly the economy is going and how desperate the stores are for people to buy more!

I went to Mango Outlet this weekend and what do I find? They have discounts! When buying from the new collection you got a 30% off when buying one article and a 40% off when buying two articles. I did get one Christmas present and then I found these shoes I could not say no to:



Leather ballerinas with nit bows. Was before being sold in the outlet 45€, then reduced to 20€ and with my 40% discount I only paid 12€. Seriously, I don't think I could have done a better bargain in January...

Custo Pop-up Store

Custo Barcelona is currently opening what they are calling "Pop-up" stores around Spain. The concept is to open a space where they sell Custo clothes with up to 70% of discounts during a limited amount of time.
In Barcelona they opened the Pop-up store on the Shopping Night (the 30/11) at Pg. Gracia 26. Unfortunately, the Pop-up store's last day is today.


The concept was really cool; it was placed in a garage and not only could you buy clothes but there was also a corner serving drinks, a DJ playing music and in the background you could enjoy a Custo catwalk.



Here are the information for the Pop-up stores in the rest of Spain:

MADRID – Tiendas en Fuencarral y Gran Vía – Del 1/12 al 11/12
VALENCIA – Tienda en Jorge Juan – Del 1/12 al 11/12
ZARAGOZA – Centro Comercial Puerta Cinegia (Plaza España) – Del 14/12 al 21/12
LLEIDA – Institut d’Estudis Ilerdencs – Del 29/11 al 3/12
PLATJA D’ARO – Avinguda S’Agaró 4 – Del 3/12 al 10/12




My boyfriend who is actually a bigger fan of Custo than I am visited the store early and found him-self some really nice offers. He also had a gift for me; this nice sporty hoodie jacket.

Most awaited store openings in Psg. de Gracia Barcelona

Paseo de Gracia, the most luxury shopping street in Barcelona, is always in movement. More and more interesting stores have opened or are in the process of opening. According to the newspaper Lavanguardia this is what we can look forward to for the near future:


The second Apple store in Barcelona will be opened just next to Plaza Catalunya (more precisely on the corner of Paseo de Gracia and Plaza Catalunya). The size is of 3200 square meters and they will be distributed on two floors. The construction of the building of the former bank Banesto is ongoing and the store will most probably be opened in the second semester of 2012.




Apparently Abercrombie & Fitch will be opening a store of 2500 square meters distributed on several floors. They will install themselves in the building of the headquarters of the insurance company Generali, located at Paseo de Gracia, 11 (Paseo de Gracia crossing Gran Vía). The construction has not yet started as the brand is waiting for the licensing they have applied for at the city council.



Mango has during quite some time advertised that a new store is opening on Paseo de Gracia (next to Tiffany & Co., between the streets Diputació and Consell de Cent). Nevertheless, all though the signs have been on the facade for almost a year, there is no news to when exactely the store will actually open. To be continued....