You know how sometimes you have so many things to say but you can't find where to begin, how to put words to your thoughts and how to share them with other people? 

Why so surprised? Is it bad for a woman to enjoy both beauty products AND geekery? Allow me to explain with the help of some lyrics from one of Gretchen Wilson's songs:

"...You gotta dig down deep to see what lies beneath, 

on the other side, other side.

There's a whole another world and I'm a complicated girl,

there's a lot more to see on the other side of me."

Hope that was somewhat enlightening. Yeap, there is that side of me who not just enjoys geeky things but can't imagine her life without them. So when I stumbled upon this monthly subscription during a casual browsing internet afternoon, I decided to go and buy a one-off box to give it a try. So here it is, my very first Geek Box! 

Tell me, is it too soon to say that I'm really falling in love with this beauty subscription box and thinking of renewing my sub from a monthly basis one to a 6-month one at least?

August 2014 signifies the third anniversary of Glossybox worldwide, which is important news since many subscription boxes related to beauty came and were gone in lesser time. So Happy Birthday Glossybox and Well Done!

The last month of the summer is almost over (although based on the temperatures we're experiencing here I believe summer ended before August arrived) and the last Birchbox of the season's is one that urges us to go away on some late summer holidays. "Away we Go!" then.

Are there people out there in this modern world we're living that don't enjoy gaming? Seriously, are there? I know, I know, my question is rhetorical and obviously the answer is yes, but I'm NOT one of them! I personally love gaming and that's why I'm starting this style of blog posts, to share my favourite games with you!

I was having such a hard time deciding which game I wanted to share with you first, so I went for the one I played last and loved. Here is L.A. Noire!

I normally avoid writing posts in the memory of famous people that died recently, but Robin Williams's death took me by surprise, not so much the fact that he died but the way he did and the reasons behind it. That man filled so many of my childhood hours with laughter and joy through his comedies, but he also starred in this one movie that seriously rocked my world. No, not in a nonsensical or "cool" way, but in the "what the hell am I doing" way. I'll explain myself further later in the post, but the movie I'm talking about is "Dead Poets Society".

Have you ever been away from home for so long that when you finally manage to visit, everything looks way more beautiful that you remembered? Well, that's more or less what happened to me when I went back.

Before I start rambling I wanted to mention that I decided not to write this post specifically for my hometown Edessa as I had previously said. It will be a narration of my holidays back home in general, along with a patchwork of photos for your eyes to feast upon. So what do you think, shall we begin?

"Sun, Sea and Sand", what an idyllic setting, right? It's also the theme of July's Birchbox. 

To begin with, I love the question they posed on the postcard. "Remember when summer holidays used to stretch on for-ev-er?!" They had me reminisce of my childhood years when all I could think of were summer camp, icecreams and sandy beaches. Did the contents of the box help take me further down the memory lane? Keep reading if you want to find out!

It's a little bit late comparatively to other blogs, vlogs and the like for my presentation of July's Glossybox (alright, it's a lot late) but you'll have to excuse me, I was away on my summer holidays for most of July and I only got to receive the box the first day of August. Nonetheless, let's get started!

There is a certain ritual I follow when I read a book. 

First of all, I make some form of ambiance. Nothing can compare to the smell of a vanilla or cinnamon scented candle slowly burning away but when all else fails a simple candle does the trick adequately enough. Then I need a beverage, hot or cold depends on the time of the year, usually coffee if hot and tea if cold (the opposite happens rarely), with the occasional glass of wine here and there. The day when I'll spend hours reading and not get even a little bit hungry hasn't yet come, so snacks within reach are a must. Biscuits, preferably of the dunking kind, are frequent visitors, along with many different sorts of cakes and pastries (Such a sweet tooth!). 

When everything is done, then I'm ready to dive into a sea of stories, characters, settings. In this particular case, I dove into The Ocean at the End of the Lane, by my most beloved author Neil Gaiman.