BRIGHTON DREAM'S FIRST CHRISTMAS!

I feel like I've been in the beauty blogging world for my whole life so it's really hard to believe that it's my first Christmas here! But it's not the only "first" this Christmas. I'm also, for the first time in my life, spending Christmas away from my family, not in my home town but here, in Ireland. It's going to be quite an experience, especially as I have to do all the cooking alone! I hope it all won't turn into a disaster...

So, as it's Brighton Dream's first Christmas here, I want to wish you the merriest of Christmases! I wish you the world of happiness and joy. I hope this Christmas is filled with love and you get to spend this time with your beloved ones. May this Christmas be the best and the most magical Christmas so far!

And now it's time for me to go and try all the food I prepared... Keep your fingers crossed!

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CHRISTMAS NON-BEAUTY WISHLIST

As I promised, here's my another Christmas wishlist, this time - a non-beauty one. There are far too many beauty things on my ultimate Chritmas wishlist and that's why I couldn't fit it all in just one post. You can read my beauty Christmas wishlist by clicking here.

So the first non-beauty thing I would love to see under my Christmas tree is the Fujifilm Instax Mini 8 Instant Film Camera. But not just any one, it definitely has to be pink! As one of my New Year's resolutions is to take more pictures (I think it's my resolution every year...) I would definitely use it a lot!

I would also really like to have Angel Western Ankle Boots. Aren't they the most perfect ankle shoes? They're black, simple and just amazing! And they would also be perfect to keep my another New Year's resolution, which is to wear heels more often!

As everybody seems to love Yankee Candles and I have never had one, I think that Christmas is a great opportunity to get it. Santa, take a note. The one I would love to find under my Christmas tree is called Celebrate Christmas. If it smells like food, I'm sold.

Now the geeky stuff. As I am Rick Riordan's biggest fan it would be just amazing to get his newest book The House of Hades which is the 4th book of the series called Heroes Of Olympus. I totally love the series and can't wait to read the next part of it when I come back to Poland. Talking about Rick Riordan, I would also really like to read the series called The Kane Chronicles so getting this box set this Christmas would be even more than awesome, especially as it would help to keep my another New Year's resolutions which is to read more books.

Talking about box sets, wouldn't it be great to have your favourite TV series on DVD? My two favourite series are definitely Supernatural and Glee so it would be great to have the Supernatural Season 1-8 Complete Box Set and Glee Complete Season 1-3 Box Set. Now thinking about TV series it would also be amazing to get all seasons of Gilmore Girls on DVD, don't you think? It's so great!

Last two things I decided to include on my Christmas wishlist are both bags. The first one is a Brit Stitch Half Pint Chintz Rose bag. It's a great small daytime bag that can be carried pretty everywhere. The next one is a SOS Satchel Bag With Scallop Bar Detail in Mint. As you can see by my blog, I really do love mint and this bag in this colour looks so cute that I just couldn't resist!

What's on your Christmas wishlist this year?

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FOCUS ON: CHRISTMAS DINNER

I can't believe Christmas Eve is exactly one week away! I mean... December has started about three days ago, hasn't it? No? Well... Time goes by far too fast, that's for damn sure. Anyway, I think Christmas is a very special time which you spend with your family (or not, like me this year) celebrating. It's also a great possibility to dress nice. I love dressing up for this occasion! In my country the most important meal is in the evening of Christmas Eve so I've searched the most amazing thing in the world called the Internet and found what I could wear during this special meal.

I really love dresses and I think a chic and classic dress would be the first choice for me. My favourite is the Kitana Baroque Mesh Panel Velvet Skater Dress found on Missguided. Velvet fabric is so in this season and the baroque mesh panel makes this dress look very elegant. I think it's perfect for the occasion. As for dresses I also chose: Cameo Rose Dark Red Necklace Trim Skater Dress and Belle Heart Black Baroque Print Contrast Skater Dress.

If not a dress I would choose high waisted shorts (or a skort) as I'm really into them lately. The skort I chose and absolutely love is from Miss Selfridge and is called Black Ponte Skort. I also really like Miss Selfridge's Petites Black Jacquard Shorts.

During the research I came across two pieces that I'm totally in love with but not really sure what to pair them with. The first one is the Sequin Open Back Crop Top from Topshop. It would probably look best with a classic black high-waisted skirt, a skater or a pencil one. The other thing is a Rosie Cracked Foil Geometric Mini Skirt. I guess I'm really into gold this year!

These are my choices for my special Christmas Eve supper. What would you wear for yours?

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GETTING IN THE CHRISTMAS MOOD: THE CHRISTMAS TAG

I've said this before but I am going to say it one more time - I love Christmas time. And I love getting into the Christmas mood, buying decorations, eating Christmas food and listening to Christmas songs. I just love it! What I also love is buying socks (really, I think I even might be an addict, a sockaholic) so when I saw these Christmas socks in Primark I just couldn't resist! Aren't they the cutest?

I saw this Christmas tag some time ago over on Amy's blog (srslylou) and as she tagged all readers I thought "why not?" It's also the first tag I've ever done on this blog so let's see how it goes:

DO YOU PREFER A REAL CHRISTMAS TREE OR SYNTHETIC?

I definitely prefer real Christmas tree. Even though a synthetic one almost always looks better and there's far less vacuuming under it (and I'm always the one at home that has to do it), I still love having a real tree. It gives Christmas this magical something, something a synthetic Christmas tree would never give.

YOU'RE IN A COFFEE SHOP, IT'S DECEMBER, WHAT DO YOU PICK?

Well, I don't really drink coffee (shocker, I know!) but I can see myself picking a coffee during Christmastime, I'd even drink one right now! So, in December I would either pick a classic hot chocolate (with marshmallows if possible) or one of those ginger-flavoured coffees.

WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE COLOUR SCHEME FOR DECORATING THE TREE?

Red, red, red! For couple of years now we've been decorating our tree red. I just love how it looks like! Well, it's mostly red... we always go a little crazy and add some different colours, we have those pretty pink, purple, green and blue baubles and even though they don't really fit the whole colour scheme, they somehow always end up on the tree... Oh well.

GIVING OR RECEIVING?

For me, giving gifts is very stressful, I never know what to give and I worry if the receiver will like the gift or not. So I know it might sound a little bit selfish, but I do prefer receiving gifts! 

TO MINCE PIE OR NOT TO? 

It might be hard to believe but I've actually never tried a mince pie, after all I'm not British. But as I would really love to try it one day (even though after reading what it really is, it doesn't sound very delicious) so I'd go for "to mince pie"!

WHAT'S YOUR TRADITIONAL SUNDAY LUNCH?

The most important meal in Poland is on Christmas eve, so I'll write about that. I always start the dinner with some fish soup, then I eat salmon with mashed potatoes and cabbage with mushrooms. It is the most delicious meal in the whole world!

CHRISTMAS DAY FASHION

I always wear something nice and chic during Christmas eve dinner, probably a skirt or a dress. The same happens when I go to my grandmother's the next day or the day after. But "nice and chic" isn't the best way to describe my Christmas fashion, because mostly I just wear my comfy sweatshirt, some pants and thick warm socks. That's the way I roll!

WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE CHRISTMAS SONG?

I've actually been asked this question today and I'm sorry but I don't know the answer. I love them all so much that I just can't choose one! So my favourite Christmas songS are: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (I especially love the Glee version of it), All I Want For Christmas (of course), Let It Snow, Winter Wonderland and Christmas (Baby Please Come Home). Oh and Jingle Bell Rock! Yes, I think that's all (probably not). 

WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE CHRISTMAS FILM?

Now that, as a matter of fact, is a very easy question. "Love Actually", there's no arguing about that. It does count as a Christmas movie, doesn't it? 

OPEN PRESENTS BEFORE OR AFTER LUNCH?

We always open presents after Christmas eve dinner, so even though we get them quite early comparing to other countries the answer to that question would be - after. 

If any of you'd like to do this tag, fell free to do it, I tag you all! Don't forget to leave the link to it below, I would really love to read them! Also, I tag my sister Martyna form Neon Mizzle because I would love to read her answers!

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POSSESSION OBSESSION: CHRISTMAS JUMPERS

I love this period before Christmas when all suddenly becomes red and green and magical and Christmasy... I just love it. Sometimes even more than actual Christmas time. So every time I step into any clothing store my heart skips a bit when it feels there's a Christmas jumper near. If I could I would wear such jumpers all year long. So I hit the Internet in order to find the cutest and funniest Christmas jumpers and these six jumpers won the competition. 

At first I've found a Red Snowflake Christmas Jumper. OK, I know it's a jumper for men but who cares, it's Christmas! It's just the most classic Christmas jumper ever, it's red and it has "Christmas jumper" written on it. What more can you expect from a Christmas jumper? (WOW, I've written "Christmas jumper" far too many times) The next one is a Black Reindeer Light Up Christmas Jumper which is really awesome as I think it could be worn for the whole winter. Do you watch "Home Alone" (almost) every Christmas like me? Well, then I think you're going to like the Hiba Merry Christmas Ya Filthy Animal Jumper I found on boohoo.com. It's just the funniest! The Cream Light Up Tree Christmas Jumper is another one from New Look, I think it's very girly and cute and it looks very very soft, so soft I wish I could wear it right now! But my favourite Christmas jumpers this year are from Primark. The Christmas Pudding and Nice Baubles are just the best Christmas jumpers ever! 

What do you think of Christmas jumpers? Will you be wearing one of them this year?

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