The Everyday Girl Blog

Recently I travelled for the first time during Covid in the last 2.5 years! It was the longest since I haven't taken a flight. I couldn't contain my excitement when the flights were finally booked to fly home after postponing the trips for few times due to covid. I feel as excited for fly-time as much I am for my vacation itself. This time I realized how much I missed airports - from baggage check-ins, struggling with liquids at security, shopping during transits, airplane watching, to watching movies and the food on-board. Don't judge me on the last part. I see those good times are slowly coming back, I missed flying! What part during travel do you enjoy the most? These pictures are a throwback to when transit times were non-covid and you are free to roll around at the airports.. and maybe do a photoshoot.😉

The last weekend trip that was cancelled was a plan to go to the quiet mountains for skiing. This time I missed most of the winter days due to travel and other priorities. It's almost spring in most parts of the world, but I am still looking forward to ski in the coming weeks - you know the desire when you live in Norway.  While the plan didn't materialize, reminiscing some snow pictures from the past.  There's a funny story behind these pictures.  One of the last summers, we actually been on a hike trip to Preikestolen and stayed at a cabin. In the next days, the plan was to make another hike, this time to Kjerag and one of my most favorite hikes. While we rested after our first hike at the cabin and tried enquiring officials about the weather on top of Kjerag so we could dress up accordingly, we were surprised with an answer that there is still snow everywhere but the hike was open. Which basically meant we needed winter hiking gear. Though we didn't dare to do a snow...

In collaboration with Buzzador and Lumene, Lumene came right on time when I needed it the most during this winter in Norway. I have VERY dry skin, and always look for heavy moisturizers. I started using Lumene's Arctic Berry Oil-Cocktail that has been great on my skin so far. It's a light face oil that is rich in Vitamins C, E (and others) and omega fatty acids that I was ken on using with. It isn't greasy, and i could combine it with my regular moisturizers to be hydrated and bear the harsh winter. It feels pleasant on my acne prone skin and smells good as well. The fun part is that it looks like a cocktail that needs to be mixed/shaken well before usage. If you have oily or combination skin, you might need to check out their other products . Overall, I love this product and would give it a rating of 4.5 out of 5. Disclaimer: I am writing this review only from personal experience. Skin care works differently on different skins, hence I recommend you to check the Lumene ing...

Writing this post on the way to India. Finally it's happening, guys! It has been a long journey so far, but going to make it all worth it, hopefully. Times have been so strange again with Omicron sneaking in. It was not expected when these travel plans were made back in October. It's a different experience this time traveling internationally after 3 long years, following the COVID regulations. I can't wait to write a post on my travel experience this time, I would really like to share it with others that might help at least one person. At the end of the day, I am only thankful to travel when there are no lockdowns (yet) in India or Norway, and excited to see my family soon, especially my oldie goldie doggie Resham, who is now 18.5years old 🧡 - it has never been this long not seeing her. While I am stopping over to do a bit of shopping in Doha (life should move on regardless of Covid or Omicron, right? 😉), leaving you with these pictures from my last trip. Love wearing Ind...

Now that we are back to "physical" work locations, dressing up normal like we used to is essential. Switching from   working in comfort clothing from home for around 18 months (!) to working from a physical office, showing up in good attire can be overwhelming. Though we have been working periodically from office here in Stavanger Norway during last fall and this spring and fall, first thing that shocked me recently was that I am not fitting anymore in my formal wear! Blame the lazy weather and the mindless snacking.. Did this happen to you as well?  Here I am bringing in some florals that you can flaunt at work. This comfortable floral dress fitting well on me before COVID.. miss those times :/ Outfit details: Dress:  Express Shoes:  Siren Bag:  Fostelo Shades:  Ray-Ban Photography:  Maria

OK! So this is a post I never thought I would do, but here I go.. Since the time I bought this chevron skirt, I have been wanting to do some kind of funky style look, which of course I've never tried before. I was totally skeptical with questions like 'Am I the right age to style funky?', 'Do I have the right body for street style kinda look?', 'Is this a comfort style for mel?', 'What if my friends make fun of it?'. So on and so forth. Hence after careful consideration (haha), I didn't give second thought on if it fits my size and shape well and decided to go ahead, cause.. bloggers gotta show what they gotta show, ain't it?! ;) I was a little careful here to keep it simple and started to style it with a plain white tee, but decided to load with some jewelry. Of course, couldn't go wrong with my Reebok shoes and ended the look with a high pony to keep it casual. I like how it turned out simple and being comfortable for me. What do you t...

Few days ago, we had an announcement from the Government office about Norway being fully open now, celebrating with fireworks in the city center. It was a good celebration with crowds gathering, which turned out into police having trouble to control them. This sounds good to me as its been a while hearing about crowds.. haha.. More than 90% of the population has been vaccinated.. without much hassle like in other countries (you know which one I am talking about!). We are very glad that Norway has such smooth and extra cautious procedures that make our lives pretty easy. Personally, I did not have any side effects from vaccines, and none of our families and friends either. *touch wood* Though we did not have major lockdowns or mask rules in Norway like other countries, we did have a low death rate, and people falling sick quite often during the last few months. Now it's the kid's turn due to the flu season arriving soon. Anyway, we are in a much better shape now, which means we ...