Erika's World

Hello! How are you today? I am good. I finally ordered a new moisturiser last night. It was so expensive that my wallet is bleeding. Hahaha no but it was over 100kr cheaper online than in store. It was a oil-free moisturiser from Dermatologica. I will give you a review of it when I have tried it. So what's on the agenda for today. Well, I have do some work for on the blog, I am going to order some food from MatHem, I am going to put some things up for sale on blocket, I have to go to ÖoB and buy some things that they only have there and then I am going to see if any of my friends are up for some dinner tonight. What are you're plans? Before I leave you today I have to share this amazing beauty tip. Washing your face should be he last thing that you do when you're taking a shower. Why? Because chemical from your shampoo and conditioner will fall down on your face while you're rising your hair. If you don't wash face afterwards it could be damaging to your skin. T...

The other day I talked about how I don't like to wear a lot of make up. I do like to wear make up but I like to keep it simple. Just mascara and lipgloss. That's it. Instead I try to keep my skin as fresh and naturally beautiful as possible. Today I thought that I would share my beauty routine with you. It's very simple and very easy! 1. I wash my face twice in the morning and twice at night. Two times, right after each other. You know that when you wash your face once it only cleans the surface. The second time that you wash it it deep cleanses your face. 2. I use face masks twice a week. A deep cleaning mud mask twice a week and pore strips once a week and charcoal mask once a week. 3. Exfoliation. I exfoliate twice a week. I put regular white sugar in my regular face wash and wash my face as normal. Me, last night after I washed off my makeup  An other trick is aslo when you find a beauty routine that works, STICK WITH IT! Why change something that works? If...

Hello! How are you today? I am good, just that there are some construction workers fixing something on the house infront of my balcony. There is too much noise going on out there so I can't concentrate, but I think that they're done soon (hopefully). So this post is going to be a very simple one. I am going to share my very easy tip for getting miraculous nails. I say miraculous because I used to have very ugly nails when I worked at Espresso House. They were getting dry and just very blah looking from washing my hands all of the time. You know sanity is very important when your are working at a café or a restaurant. When I was working at Espresso House I wasn't allowed to paint my nails because that's not sanitary. I felt pretty much helpless then. I used to love doing my nails. When I lived in Cali I bought so much nail polish I was like a hoarder. My nails were always pretty then because I had so many different colors to choose from. Then went I quit Espresso Hou...

Hello my friends! You know what guys, yes you are my friends and always will be. For that I am actually sorry for not having been here for the past two days. Just life and other things have gotten in the way. But I am here now to tell you all about what I have been up to. I have actually been up to too much these past few days considering that I am hurt my foot. I don't know what I have done, all I know that it has been hurting for almost a week. I wanted to go to the pharmacy today and buy some cooling cream my foot but since it's Midsummer so everything closed early. Good thing that I looked it up online before I actually went there. Okay so what I have been up to except from screwing up my foot? Well the other day I actually went to an event for a new beauty product. Not just any beauty product, this beauty product is for your bikini area. Whaaat?! That was my first reaction as well but I have tried it and it's actually really good. The brand is called The Perfect V....

Hi, how are you all doing? I am good. I am just sitting in bed right now watching some shows. Hahaha, some things never change. I actually bought a new moisturiser yesterday. An oil free moisturiser with spf 15. Now I don't have do be scared of getting skin cancer in my face. Btw, spf is a really good way of being proactive against wrinkles! your writer, Erika

Hello and good morning everyone! How are you this Monday morning? The US presidential election is tomorrow, exciting! Any of you Europeans that are staying up to see who wins? I don't know I might. It's just that I need my sleep and I have work the next day. Well well. Either way this election is very exciting. So a couple of weeks ago I blogged about the benefits of turmeric (you can read about it here ). One of the things that I mentioned was that turmeric is very good for your skin. How it can increase your skins elasticity and whiten scars. I have tried putting turmeric on my face to see if it really works and IT DOES! I used to have wrinkles under my eyes and they're gone now. Not kidding! My colleague even said the my skin looks more even. I am so happy that it works! This is so amazing. I have nor before and after pictures (which is really bad of me) so you are just going to have to take my word for it. One thing though about turmeric is that it yellow and often us...

Goodmorning my little darlings! How are you today? I am good. You know what I have discovered something that has revolutionized me! I am dead serious here! I mean it. I have discovered nigth cream! Boys and girls, not just boys and girls everyone reading this need to try night cream. Maybe you don't have the skin problems that I do. I have atopic eczema on my face and during the winter it gets worse. For two years now it has been really bad. A few years back when I first got it I used body lotion on my face because it was the only thing to keep my face form being completely dry. Then it stopped and I went back to my regular moisturizer. Two years ago when it started to get really bad I didn't know what to do at first. The skin around my left eye was so dry and red because it was irretated. As soon as I put lotion on it it calmed down. But that is no way to live, waking up looking like you've been sunburned. It doesn't feel nice either because when my face is that dry ...

I just thought of another beauty tip that I wanted to share with you guys. Coffee grinds! Yes it's an amazing body scrub. I wouldn't use it for my face since it's kind of rough. Sugar is better to use then. But coffee grinds is an amazing body scrub. I used to use it all of the time before I switched to sugar. The reason I switched to sugar is that I rarely drink coffee at home anymore. Whichever you choose is up to you. All you do is take the left over coffee grinds after you brewed some coffee and save it for the next time you take a shower. I would not save it longer than over the night. your writer, Erika

Hi guys! How is everyone? I am good. Just sitting here drinking my tea on a Sunday afternoon. Just some me time you know. You should ALWAYS put yourself first. I know it is hard but it is really important to take care you physical and mental health. I think that I am doing a pretty good job at taking care of myself. I am stressed out af all of the time but other than that, I am doing just fine. I am good. I am 22 (turing 23). I am a grown ass woman. You bet I can take care of myself. Hey, I "left" my family and friends and moved half across the world. During that time I had no one. I mean I had friends but not friends who were like family. Since it's such a chill day (at least in the house of Erika Eklund) I thought that I would share some of my favorite home beauty treatments. When I say "home" I mean using stuff that you can find in your fridge or your pantry. Sundays are for relaxing and why not treat yourself to a spa day at home! 'Cause you know somet...

Hi. How are you all? Sorry that I don't update as much as I used to but it is that I actually don't know what to write. But... I don't know what to blog about tonight! Yeah! I don't remember if actually told you guys about this but back in like November I started moisturising mu hair with olive oil. I have tried aragon oils that's especially for the hair on your head but I kind of found the to just make my hair greasy instead of moisturising it. I never liked using hair oils because of that. My hair is very dry and sensitive so I wanted something to help with that. I know that olive oil is amazing for a lot of things. But before I decided to try it in my hair googled it to see what the internet had to say about it. The internet and mixed reactions to it. I decided to try it anyway. I mean it didn't say anywhere that it was harmful. I mean so why not?! I actually got to say that it has had a positive affect! A really positive affect. My hair is shiner and softe...

Hi! So I just thought that I would tell you about a little beauty thing that I recently started doing to my hair. As you have noticed in pictures that I have posted that my hair is very thick. I mean it's an afro. It's just that I never wear my hear like that. I usually braid it or put it up in a bun (happens very rarely). My hair is also very dry, or it used to be until I started doing this magical thing. Since my hair was so dry I need/ wanted something that would make it more soft. I heard about olive oil as hair mask and I have tried it. So thought why not use it in my hair daily and see what happens? First I googled just to see what the internet had to say about it. The internet had mixed opinions so I decided to try it. My conclusion is that, for me and my hair it has absolutely done wonders. It is way more soft and it has become shiny. I recommend you to try it... unless you have blonde hair. The internet said that your hair might become a little green. Idk, but the inte...