ON MY RADAR | Accessories

Being a 3rd trimester whale is making me want to shop. Alot. Even though I am quite comfortable with my changing body, I do miss being able to put on whatever. So you'd think this would be a clothing OMR, but for some unknown reason my wishlist for the year is mostly accessories. Probably because it feels safer, because they'll always fit. Which is one of the reasons I spend more on accessories than clothes. That's not to say I don't have a few pieces on my radar, but I'm planning on losing weight after having the baby and I don't want to jump the gun and buy tons of cute things that will only fit for a few months.

So today, let's focus on those other bits that I could even wear now. This list could have been a little bit longer (cabin fever has me shopping crazy!), but I edited down to my favourites. I would love to add all of these to my collection this year, but I'll settle for a few.

• Gucci Soho Disco bag (€790) This bag was on top of my wishlist about a year ago, but since I don't feel that the classic colours are for me, and there weren't any exciting seasonal colours, it kind of got lost in my mind. Enter this fuchsia for spring. It's just so vibrant, and so, so me! I love the practicality of this bag. It's a good size for a small everyday bag, and it's not too flashy either. I've seen so many good reviews of this, and I hear that it's a bargian at the current price point.
• kikki.K Textured Leather Travel Wallet ($56) Oh how I love travel gear! A big travel wallet is a must if you're in charge of a whole family worth of papers, passports and boarding passes, but I would recommend one to anyone because they're just so practical. I want to upgrade the one that I have, and these from kikki.K are perfect. They're a great size, leather and not too expensive.
• Truffle Clarity Clutch small ($42) This one goes in the travel gear section for me as well, because that's where I see the biggest use for it in my life. These are so simple and chic, and I think they would be perfect for long haul flights when you need to bring those extra skincare goodies to survive.
• Valentino Rockstud Ballerina ($975) Yes, I'm jumping the rockstud bandwagon. I did hate them at first, but the more I see them the more I love them. The only thing I don't love is the price tag, and I have heard about quality issues with these, so I'm not sure if they're something I would splurge on or not. No matter what though, they are pretty to look at. I think the ballerinas are my best option, even though I love the high heeled version, I just know I wouldn't wear them nearly enough. Since I dress in boring colours I would prefer them in a fun colour like pink, or something neon!
• Hunter Original Tall Gloss Wellington Boots (£95) These however are a bit more practical. I do already own rain boots, but I would love to have options since I live in the wettest city in Norway. Hunter boots are timeless, and I really like the glossy finish, it almost makes them sexy, haha! Not sure what colour I would want, but definetly a fun one to spruce up a grey autumn day.
• Louis Vuitton Neverfull GM (£755) I have had a bit of a love/hate relationship with this bag, and personally I would't use it as a handbag (atleast not in the GM size), but I do luuurve it for travel. It's huge and cavernous, and well, it never gets full. I always carry a mountain of stuff with me when I travel, be it by plane or car, and lately I've found myself using both a handbag and an extra tote, and that just ain't cutting it! I love the simplicity of these, and although I'm not the biggest monogram fan I like it for luggage. And also, since it's made from canvas and not leather you don't have to worry about scratches. I hear they're basically indestructable!
• Louis Vuitton Speedy Bandouliere 25 (£1600) This beautiful Speedy B in empreinte leather has been on top of my wishlist for quite a while. It's simple and classic, but fun, and I think it might just the perfect everyday bag for me (crossbody for life!). Unfortunately, it's being discontinued in this leather, so if you want one try and get one NOW. I think I will snap one up in damier ebene canvas instead, at a fraction of the price and as I said, basically indestructable which is perfect for an everyday bag for someone like me.
• Prada Keyholder (£165) Even though I prefer Chanel or Louis Vuitton for SLGs, I can't stop thinking of this simple keyholder in saffiano leather. It's not super branded or too flashy, but it comes in so many beautiful colours to suit anyones mood. A few years ago I would have though a keyholder was so silly, but if you have an expensive handbag you don't want your keys to destroy the lining! And hey, if you've got to keep your keys safe you might as well look cute doing it.

Looking Towards 2016

Well, we're almost 2.5 months into 2016 already and I think it's time to adress it. It's been about six months since I last updated this blog, and that's basically a travesty. You may remember I had big plans for both this blog and my channel at the beginning of 2015. But as it does, life got in the way when I got pregnant in August. It was something I had dreamed about for a very long time, but those first few months were rough. As much as I love blogging and making videos, my health and my family always comes first, and I hope you understand that. So although my plans for 2015 didn't quite go as I had thought, I ended the year in the best way possible, pregnant with my daughter.

And here we are in 2016. I feel like the first two months have just flown by, and I'm currently 33 weeks pregnant. In just a few months I'll be a mother of two! I don't want to make too many plans for the blog this year, because who knows what life will be like in a few months. Crazy, I'm sure.

But I will post here once in a while, and I promise it won't just be video links. I'm hoping that if you're interested in my videos you're already subscribed to my YouTube channel, if not then you totally should! And if you want to be in the know every time I update this blog, you should follow me on BlogLovin' as well.

Sephora Haul

Yes, I'm still alive! I'm so sorry for my long absence, it wasn't planned. I actually filmed this video almost two weeks ago, and I finally got around to editing it. Alot of stuff has been going on as of late, and I can't wait to tell you about it very soon!

But isn't a Sephora haul a pretty good comeback? My very sweet dad picked up these things for me at The Mall at Green Hills in Nashville, TN. I also added two face makeup items that I picked up at home, but you can get them at Sephora, so I thought why not just talk about them here.

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ColourPop Haul

Yet another haul has hit my channel. This time it's exclusively a ColourPop haul, a brand I had never tried before. I was really excited about trying some of their products since I've been hearing both gurus and friends rave about them for a long time now. And what makes them even more interesting is that they're a pretty cheap range, with products ranging from $5-$8.You guys know I'm not huge on beauty from that price range, because I feel that you usually get what you pay for, but I was just too curious! Watch the video to check out what I got and hear my first impressions on all my new goodies.

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2015 Makeup Collection & Storage

It's finally here! Before we left for our summer holiday I managed to get my vanity in order and film my updated makeup collection for you. I doubt I'll keep it like this forever, because there are a few bits I'm not super happy with, but for the foreseeable future this is what I'm working with. It's basically an IKEA overload, like the rest of our home! Which I don't love, but we don't have Pottery Barn, so it is what it is.

So let's go through the stats. My vanity is actually a desk from our old home, the short version of Bestå Burs. The little stool is Ingolf, you all know the Alex drawers and my mirrors are Skogsvåg and Trensum. I got the acrylic display for my nailpolishes off eBay, I got mine from this seller but you can just search 'acrylic nailpolish display' and you'll find loads in all different sizes. Other than that, most things are from Muji.

Luxury Accessories Haul

You know me, I love a little haul, and this is a really special one. Over the past few months I've picked up three little designer goodies that make me very excited, and I felt that they deserved their own video. If I can, I will probably do more fashion/designer type of videos, because these are things that I love. Those type of videos do get a lot of hate though (haters gonna hate), but I don't care, I do this for the people that love it as much as I do!
But enough rambling, why don't you watch the video? And then you should totally subscribe to my channel as well. I'm so close to hitting 400 subscribers, which is pretty darn awesome! 

June Favourites 2015

Time for favourites! I had a bunch of favourites in June, so this is a bit of a long one. I don't think I've ever had so many different things to share in one month before, but I've just been so excited about so many things. Why don't you just dig in without having to read too much of my crap beforehand. As always, I hope you like it!

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Updated what's in my travel makeup bag

Two weeks ago I went on a little trip to Oslo, the capitol of Norway, for a bachelorette party. I realised it had been so long since I last filmed a what's in my makeup bag video, I thought, why not film a new one? The last one I filmed in September, and nine months is basically a lifetime in the YouTube world. As you will soon see I brought alot with me, because we had some many different things on the agenda, from just shopping to going out in the evening. I just managed to fit everything in my Charlotte Tilbury canvas makeup bag that I hauled from Net-a-Porter a few weeks ago.

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Q&A | The Answers

We are getting more and more settled in at home, and earlier this week I finally had time and space to film a few videos. It's not exactly gorgeous yet, but as I'm writing this it's already better, as you'll see in next weeks videos.

But in this video, I FINALLY sit down to answers all of your questions. I was having a bit of doubt about even filming this, since there weren't that many questions, but here it is. I feel incredibly guilty about taking forever to finally film it though, and I hope you guys know that it was not my intention. Please don't hate me! I do explain a bit of what's been going on at home in the video, it's not like I've just been lazy.

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MAC Haul!

To say that life has been chaotic over the past few weeks would be and understatement, but after a week in our new home I finally found some time to edit this MAC haul that I filmed just before we moved out of our last apartment. There's been so much going on lately it's absolutely crazy, BUT  I've finally gotten round to filming the answers for my Q&A that I talked about in early May. Hopefully that will be up later today, tomorrow at the very least. I'm actually getting ready to visit my mom because I lost my grandfather earlier this week.

I hope you enjoy my MAC craziness, and I hope you're ready for tons more videos coming up over the past few weeks, I'm just bursting with fresh ideas!

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An overview of my collection before the move

Time flies so fast, and suddenly it's less than a week until we finally move! I've been packing for weeks already, and before I pack up the rest of my make-up collection, I thought I would give you a little overview, since you guys have been so patient in the wait of my updated collection video. I promise that I will film it as soon as I have everything set up in my new apartment, and this time I don't have to wait for this or that to arrive in the post.

So as you may guess from the first photo, my old setup is pretty darn cramped. Our old apartment is filled to the brim, and this didn't make it any better. It's in our bedroom, and on the left you see a Hemnes dresser, and on the right an Alex unit, both from IKEA. The Alex is faced so that the drawers open underneath the table, because that was the only way it would work. Back when I filmed my first collection video in 2013 this is where I kept almost my entire collection. The tabletop itself we got from a building supply store, and cut it to our liking, before adding on two legs (also IKEA). It was ugly, and super cheap, but it worked. The lamp is so old I don't even know where it from (but probably IKEA, of course), and the mirror is, you guessed it, from IKEA. I didn't feel like haning a bigger mirror since we were hoping on moving, which was obviously a good decision.

On the right side I have my two sets of Muji drawers. These are quite expensive, but easily worth it.  I have one with five drawers and one with two. The drawers are arranged by type of product, I do love order! On top I have an array of products that don't fit inside, things I want to keep handy and an old glass full of anything in pencil form, plus mascaras. On the right side I have a small towel, which I lay down before doing my makeup for two reasons, because the table doesn't get too dirty and you'll also have something to wipe things on. On the other side I have my main MAC-palette, which contains all of my most used shadows from MAC.

On the other side of the table I keep my make-up brushes (I'm right handed). I keep them in small drinking glasses, categorized by cream products, face powder brushes and then eye brushes. I also have my brand new acrylic nailpolish display which I ordered off eBay. It has six shelves and is suppost to fit about 48 polishes. It looks super sad in this photo because it came just a few days after I packed most of my polishes, but I promise you will see it in all it's glory in the upcoming video.

And there you have it. It's not very impressive, and I never loved it, I just ended up with this solution because I was absolutely desperate for a place to sit down and do my makeup in peace and quiet, instead of having to do it in a bathroom. This was seriously all I could fit. So if you're in a tight spot (literally), consider just DIY-ing your own vanity instead of buying one.

Net-a-Porter Luxury Beauty Haul

   

It's time for another haul! I feel like I just did a haul video, but I guess it's actually been over a month. Today I have my first ever Net-a-Porter beauty haul, with makeup and skincare from Charlotte Tilbury, SK-II, Lancer and Hourglass. I absolutely love NAPs beauty department, and I'm so glad I finally placed an order. They even had free express shipping at that time, which was great. I've given my first impressions of the products in the video, but you will probably be hearing more of them in the near future as well. I have to admit I have been on a bit of a cheeky shopping bender as of late, and there may or may not be a haul coming your way next week as well!

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Get Ready With Me | Simple Everyday Look/My Current Look

'Get ready with me' videos seem to be growing on me. I'm not a very big fan of doing tutorials, but after watching tons of GRWMs over the past months I felt inspired to make one myself. Plus, it's been almost six months since my last one! I've really been loving this look, it looks polished without taking forever, and it's not a million products either. As you may notice I did change my outfit before heading out, but never really caught it on camera. When I stepped out it finally felt like summer (for the first time this year), and I had to run in and change. I absolutely love this green jacket from Zara, that I finally got to wear. It's simply, but such a fun pop of colour, and it really made me stand out against the typical black Norwegian uniform. Which I love!

For anyone wondering, yes I did speed up the video quite a bit. Watching it in realtime would be incredibly boring, and I felt it was unnecessary. Hair and make-up took 10 minutes each, which I definetly consider quick and fit for an everyday routine.

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May Faves

We're at the end of another month, and I'm back with my May favourites. I went a bit quiet there for a while, but I was too sick for anything last week. But I still have a few items to show you, some make-up I've been wearing alot, my latest nail obsession and the shampoo and conditioner duo that's been my favourite for a long while now, it's just never come up before.

I don't know how much I'll be able to post in June, because of the move, so if it gets too boring just know that I'll be back when we get settled in and I have more time to film. And hopefully in a better setting!

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Moving House!

Big news my friends, we're moving! We've been wanting a bigger apartment for a long time, but over the years it just ended up being the smart choice staying here. But all of a sudden, a few weeks ago I came across a perfect apartment. We went to see it the next day, and the owner chose us over tons of other people that wanted it! It's much bigger (finally room for all of us!), it's newer and nicer and it's in a better neighbourhood closer to where my husband works and Eddie goes to kindergarten.

Moving is less than four weeks ahead! I'm mostly excited right now, but I'm sure I'll be super stressed with packing any day now. I actually started packing the first two boxes today, and then I got a little bit anxious when I realized how little actually goes into those boxes, and we'll probably need about 50.

So you probably won't be hearing that much from me in the middle of June, but once it's good and done I'll have so many things to show you! I may do a room tour or two once those rooms are done. Just wait and see!

Our moving does include some semi-sad news though, because I've decided to postpone my updated make-up collection video until we're there. I was waiting and waiting on the last item I needed to film (it's still not here though, I obvi chose a bad seller on eBay), and suddenly we got our new place, and it just didn't seem right to film it here for two reasons. One, because it's just temporary, and I would rather show you how I want it to be when we're there and it's perfect, and two, because I'm not super happy with my current setup anyway. I hope you agree it's the right decision. As a peace offering I might post a few photos of my current setup here on the blog, just so the wait won't feel as eternal.

It's all very exciting!

Spring Empties | What Would I Repurchase?

It's time to take out the trash, but before I recycle I show it all to you! This is what I've finished over the past few months, so I thought we'd call them spring empties even though there's still a few weeks left of May. It's not like I could have fit more products into that bag even if I wanted to. I definetly need to get a bigger bag! And in the future I probably won't include as many of the products that I always go through, just to try and make these videos a little bit shorter.

And of course I want to apologize again for the fact that my winter empties never made it onto the internet. Total rookie mistake on my part (what actually happened was hat I saved the wrong files onto my computer).

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Laura Mercier Silk Crème Oil Free Photo Edition Foundation Review + Demo

The first video offering of May is a requested review of my new favourite foundation, Silk Crème from Laura Mercier. It was repackaged after I bought it, and it's new name is Silk Crème Oil Free Photo Edition foundation ($48/£35).They claim it is the exact same formula though, which is why I decided to go through with the review. You've probably seen me mention it before, because I've been loving it and using it so much, but for an in-depth review and a demo, make sure you check out this video.

And as always, if there are any other products you would like me to review, let me know!

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Q&A?

Hi guys. I was thinking of doing a Q&A video next week if I get enough questions. If you have any questions you would like me to answer, leave them in a comment down below, or tweet them to me @kajahytland, and use #AskKaja. 

April Favourites

We're almost ready to enter May, but first, April favourites! Lots of MAC and other new items, throw in a pair of new sneakers and my favourite reality TV-show.

Now I'm just hoping May brings some warm weather, because I am ready to pack up my UGGs and down jacket!

But while I'm waiting for a little more sunshine, I hope you enjoy this video, and let me know what your favourites were this month. If you want to subscribe to my channel, you can do that HERE.

Huge Spring Haul!

Another month, another haul, amirite? Ehm, something like that. I've got some new things here and there over the past month or so, so I thought it would be fun to do another haul video. I've been running out of half my essentials, so I thought I would start the video off by showing you repurchases of my holy grails and favourites.

I've also picked up some spring clothing and shoes, plus a few things from Bath & Body Works and Victoria's Secret, and I thought it would be perfect to combine it all and make it into a huge spring haul.

Now I'm all ready for all spring has to offer, but knowing the Norwegian west coast I know it will be cold, and mostly rainy, so I don't know why I think big hair and short sleeves are a good idea. I guess that's just the Norwegian spirit, no matter what, we're always hoping for warmer weather.

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