PHILIPS MOISTUREPROTECT AUTO-CURLER X

Hello my little beauties! Hope you are doing well. Today’s blog post is about my experience while testing Philips MoistureProtect technologies; Hair Straightener + Philips MoistureProctect Auto-Curler + Philips Lumea Advanced IPLavailable at MediaMarkt. It’s a pretty exciting new beauty post because it is all about our hair; whether it’s our lovely locks of hair or our annoying other kind of hair, which we always struggle to make disappear…

For those of you who are impatient (head to the bottom of this post for the GIVEAWAY) and if you are interested in using my discount code, you can get:

20% OFF at MediaMarkt with discount code: cocorebe20

Important: This code is available only until June 2, 2019, both online and in stores, on all the Philips Beauty products at MediaMarkt, so there you go!

Now, it’s time for you to discover my review!

Philips MoistureProtect Auto-curler

Picture credits: Diana Kottmann / www.dianakottmann.com / Instagram @diana_kottmann

Last week, I got the chance to discover and test for you the Philips MoistureProtect Auto-curler, while attending Philips X Mediamarkt event in Dietlikon, Zürich. I had asked you if you were more into straight hair or curly hair… to which you at 66% answered: CURLY hairstyle. As many of you saw on Instagram, I have shared Instagram Stories with you to show you the “in the making – tutorial process” during the event and the least I can say, is that I fell in LOVE with this Philips auto-curler and apparently many of you girls loved the results too. Thanks for your sweet messages and feedback on my stories.

Is Philips MoistureProtect Auto-curler easy, efficient and secure?

It’s super easy to use and although I have a lot of hair and it’s really long (lion style as you know… hihi), the hairstylist managed to do my hair in only 5 minutes, while using the MoistureProtect Auto-curler! A true time record on my hair, trust me! What truly convinced me with the Philips MoistureProtect Auto-curler is obviously the stunning beach wave’s result we achieved in such a short period of time, as well as the fact that this auto-curler did not “hurt” my curls at all.Actually, I would even say the opposite, it is as it moisturized my hair, while getting stunning wavy hair. This to me, is a first, as I usually could feel my hair burning and feeling really dry after using any other basic hair curler. One of the reasons why I only occasionally styled my hair in the past. Pretty sad, knowing how much I love curls and the beach waves hair effect.

What is this MoistureProtect technology all about?

On top of that, the way this technology aspires your hair is really cool and it’s quick as it only lasts 8 to 12 seconds per impressively think strands of hair. Now, from a little bit more technical perspective, here are more statements I discovered and can confirm you, while testing the Philips MoistureProtect 

• Glamorous curls twice as fast (Definitely also due to the fact you can do thick strands of hair! Which in my case is really great)
• Strengthens the shine and preserves the natural moisture of your hair (Which truly works and made my hair wavy yet super soft and shiny!)
• MoistureProtect Technology
• Automatic beep when the loop is ready
• Easy to use vertical handle
• The ceramic heating body is enriched with keratin for more glide and protection during shaping.
• Ionic care for shiny, smooth and frizz-free hair
• Intelligent looping system for effortless styling
• MoistureProtect technology controls and adjusts the temperature to preserve the natural moisture of your hair
• It prevents your hair from overheating by maintaining an optimal temperature permanently, for beautiful hair protected in depth

How long will my curls last?

I am impressed with the fact that Philips MoistureProtect Auto-curler left me with glamorous yet quite natural curls that lasted for 3 days and could have lasted much longer. I am telling you 3 days here, because I washed my hair after the 3^rd day).

Does Philips MoistureProtect Auto-curler also work on short hair?

I have the feeling that this technology is perfect for you if you have long hair but I am not sure it would be your perfect match on shorter hair (shoulder length or shorter), in regards to the very soft results I saw on girls with shorter hair. I would suggest you to go to your closest Mediamarkt and ask if you can test it first to see if this works well also on short hair.

– 20% on all Philips Beauty products at MediaMarkt

Talking about all this, I still have -20% discount for you on all the Philips Beauty products (both for ladies and gentlemen!) at MediaMarkt, both in shops and/or online.

This special discount code will only be available until June 2, so do not hesitate to treat yourself with it, while it’s still time.

Een gids voor Nederlandse supermarkten en supermarkten

Wennen aan het Nederlandse leven? Lees meer over boodschappen doen in Nederland met onze gids over Nederlandse supermarkten en supermarkten.

Het verkennen van nieuwe supermarkten is ongetwijfeld een van de onderschatte hoogtepunten van het leven als expat. Er zijn gangpaden en gangpaden met nieuw voedsel om te proeven, te kopen en verliefd op te worden terwijl je je aanpast aan je nieuwe leven. Het is veilig om te zeggen dat het absoluut een stuk minder vervelend is dan thuis.

Als u naar Nederland verhuist, zult u blij zijn te weten dat Nederlandse supermarkten u niet teleurstellen. Met veel verse producten, internationale gerechten en handige locaties zorgen Nederlandse supermarkten ervoor dat u en uw gezin terug blijven komen voor meer.

Om u te helpen meer uit uw boodschappen in Nederland te halen, vindt u hier onze gids met alles wat u moet weten over Nederlandse supermarkten en supermarkten. Dit omvat informatie over het volgende:

Boodschappen doen in Nederland

De lokale supermarkt is waarschijnlijk een van de eerste plaatsen die u bezoekt wanneer u voor het eerst naar Nederland verhuist. Als je die eerste keer door de deuren stapt, merk je al snel dat Nederlandse supermarkten misschien niet hetzelfde zijn als thuis. Maar laat dat je er niet van weerhouden om los te gaan in de gangpaden.

Houd je niet van winkelen in de supermarkt? Er zijn tal van andere opties voor uw boodschappen. Deze omvatten lokale markten voor verse etenswaren, online boodschappen die rechtstreeks aan uw deur worden bezorgd en speciaalzaken. Als je helemaal niet van koken houdt, vind je in alle grote Nederlandse steden een scala aan restaurants, cafés en snackbars.

Supermarkten in Nederland

Het eerste dat je waarschijnlijk opvalt aan Nederlandse supermarkten is hun grootte, zeker als je uit Noord-Amerika of Australië komt. Nederlandse supermarkten in de grote steden zijn vaak compact, maar het zal je snel verbazen hoeveel ze in hun schappen kunnen proppen.

Vanwege hun grootte kunt u mogelijk niet alles vinden wat u zoekt. Supermarkten hebben echter de neiging om hun assortiment te variëren, dus wat u niet kunt vinden in de ene supermarkt, vindt u misschien in een andere om de hoek. In grotere supermarkten in meer buitenwijken of buiten de stad zou je alles moeten kunnen vinden wat je nodig hebt.

Nederlandse supermarkten lijken misschien duurder dan je gewend bent, zeker voor producten als vers vlees en producten. De kwaliteit en versheid van het eten zijn echter over het algemeen goed en ze hebben meestal veel aanbiedingen in de winkel waar u van kunt profiteren om uw geld verder te brengen.

Nederlandse supermarktketens

De supermarkt. Ik vond het alleen maar eerlijk om hier te beginnen - dus wat doen ze goed? Ze hebben een zeer goede sectie met melk, yoghurt en room, goede keuze en kwaliteit. Conserven en conserven zijn prima, al kan het assortiment beperkt zijn. Dingen zoals suiker, meel en andere basisbakingrediënten zijn hier gemakkelijk te vinden. In sommige supermarkten die zich in een gebied bevinden waarvan bekend is dat groepen niet-Nederlanders er wonen, zult u zelfs merken dat ze een fatsoenlijke voedselafdeling hebben voor die groep. Je kunt pasta en rijst, noedels vinden, die zijn allemaal prima. Als het om de supermarkt gaat, is het de kunst om uw verwachtingen te beheren en te weten wat ze goed doen. Over het algemeen hebben Nederlandse supermarkten een kleiner assortiment en keuze dan supermarkten in andere landen.

Markten. Ik vertrouw veel op markten voor seizoensgroenten die goed smaken en waar voor uw geld bieden. Ik vind dat markten ook geweldig zijn voor vis. Op enkele uitzonderingen na van een paar visspecialisten ga ik voor al mijn vissen naar de markt. Ze hebben de neiging om meer variatie te hebben dan veel winkels, hebben veel kennis en zijn altijd erg behulpzaam.

Etnische winkels. Dit is een andere geweldige manier om te winkelen. Als je begrijpt wie er in jouw omgeving woont, zul je bijna altijd winkels vinden die inspelen op de buurtculturen. Ik zou niet kunnen leven zonder de geweldige Turkse winkels in Amsterdam waar ik specerijen, kruiden en allerlei geweldige smaakmakers koop. Dit geldt ook voor Chinese, Indonesische en Japanse winkels. Ook al ben je misschien niet bekend met die keuken of hoe je hem moet koken, het zal je misschien verbazen dat ze precies het ingrediënt / de ingrediënten hebben waarnaar je al die jaren op zoek was.

Kaaswinkels. Nederlanders zijn trots op hun kaas. Ga naar uw lokale leverancier en vraag of u wat Boerenkaas of boerenkaas kunt proeven. Dit is het echte werk. Als je eenmaal weet wat je koopt, is een goede tip om het op de markt te brengen, omdat het vaak veel goedkoper zal zijn. Als ex-eigenaar van een kaaswinkel weet ik dat de markten vaak precies dezelfde kaas verkopen als in de speciaalzaken. Het verschil is dat de marktkraamhouder 'opportunistisch' kan kopen. Hiermee bedoel ik dat ze kopen wat in bulk beschikbaar is om de kosten laag te houden. Dit is prima, maar het betekent dat u mogelijk niet elke week hetzelfde product op de markt kunt krijgen. Een goede gespecialiseerde kaaswinkel biedt consistentie en een groter assortiment.

Vlees. De enige aanbeveling die ik kan geven, is om je slager te leren kennen, een paar dingen uit te proberen met verschillende slagers en te kijken wat je het leukst vindt. Er is een enorm kwaliteitsverschil tussen slagers, dus wees niet bang om te vragen of je dingen kunt proeven.

Maak kennis met uw lokale winkeliers. Hoe meer ze je herkennen, hoe meer ze je zullen helpen vinden wat je zoekt. Vaak zijn ze zelfs bereid om producten voor je te bestellen.

Stop met zoeken naar dingen die gewoon niet beschikbaar zijn. Ik ben in de val gelopen van het zoeken naar typisch Britse producten. Het gevaar is dat ze er zijn, maar meestal van inferieure kwaliteit en tegen sterk opgeblazen prijzen. Werk met wat je hebt.

Maak kennis met de seizoenen en lokale specialiteiten. Toegegeven, dit is wat makkelijker als je wat Nederlands spreekt. Volg de lokale kranten, ze hebben vaak geweldige tips over restaurants en winkels, vaak zullen expatsites zoals Expatica ook relevante evenementen en nieuws over eten oppikken, dus dit kan helpen als je Nederlands niet goed is. Ook als u uw lokale winkeliers kent, zullen zij u hierbij helpen. Of, als je Nederlandse collega's hebt, vraag hen waar ze het beste kunnen vinden. Het is geweldig als je op deze manier een juweel vindt, zoals een oude familiefavoriet van hen.

Vraag de winkeliers bij jou in de buurt of de standhouders op de markt. Laat je niet afschrikken als je denkt dat je Nederlands niet goed genoeg of niet bestaat. Elke goede winkelier legt u graag hun producten uit. Als ze goed zijn, willen ze hun passie delen. Maak je geen zorgen over het proeven; dit maakt deel uit van de cultuur hier, probeer het voordat je het koopt! Onthoud gewoon dat u een klant bent en hen geld wilt geven - nietwaar? Je bent belangrijk voor ze.

70 Years of Johnson & Johnson in India

Johnson & Johnson spread its root into India 70 years ago. Since then, the company has brought many innovative ideas, products and services to improve the health and well-being of people in India. The company today employs more than 3,500 people and is organized into three business segments: Consumer Healthcare, Medical Devices and Pharmaceuticals.

Consumer Healthcare
The consumer division of Johnson & Johnson India has a portfolio of iconic brands that are #1 or #2 in their categories. Our products, across baby care, feminine hygiene, face care, OTC, oral care and wound care, feature brands such as Johnson's Baby®, Stayfree®, Clean & Clear®, Benadryl®, Listerine®, BAND-AID® and ORSL™ that are trusted by consumers and healthcare professionals in India and around the world. By anticipating needs and creating solutions and experiences, we help people live healthy, vibrant lives.

Medical Devices
Having made significant contributions to surgery for more than 60 years in India, the medical division of Johnson & Johnson India is the largest medical devices company in India with products dedicated to addressing unmet needs in the fields of orthopaedics, cardiovascular disease, coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular and obstructive disease, neurovascular disease, arrhythmias, diabetes care, bariatric and metabolic surgery, cancer surgery, vision care, general surgery, urologic surgery, hernia surgery and infection prevention. We touch the lives of around 40 million patients every year.

Pharmaceuticals
Janssen India, the pharmaceutical division of Johnson & Johnson India, is dedicated to addressing and solving some of the most important unmet medical needs of our time in India, in oncology, immunology, neuroscience and analgesia, dermatology, infectious diseases and metabolic diseases. At Johnson & Johnson India, we continue to be driven by a vision of caring for the people by anticipating their needs, creating solutions and experiences that help them and those that they care for living live healthy, vibrant lives.

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  1947
  

  Johnson & Johnson Spreads Its Roots to India

  In 1947, Johnson & Johnson expands into India, marketing Johnson’s® Baby Powder. Today, Johnson’s® remains a trusted brand by mothers and doctors.
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  1957
  

  Johnson & Johnson Is Incorporated in India

  In September 1957, Johnson & Johnson incorporated a separate legal entity in India with 12 employees. Today, the company employs 6,040 people across three business segments: consumer products, medical devices and pharmaceuticals.

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  1959
  

  The First Manufacturing Facility for Consumer Products Is Established in Mumbai

  Production began in 1959 at the Johnson & Johnson India plant in Mulund, Mumbai, for Johnson’s® Baby Powder, BAND-AID® and specialized products.
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  1962
  

  The First Medical Devices (Sutures) Manufacturing Facility Is Established

  In 1962, the first Ethicon suture manufacturing facility was set up in Mumbai for catgut sutures. Suture manufacturing was expanded with full-fledged state-of-the-art plants in Aurangabad (1991) and Baddi (2007), respectively.

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  1968
  

  Johnson & Johnson Begins Manufacturing Sanitary Napkins

  In 1968, the company introduces the Stayfree® brand to India. Prior to this, women had to rely on homemade methods that were often ineffective
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  1975
  

  A Pharmaceutical and Ethical Products Manufacturing Facility Is Established

  Ethnor Ltd (merged with Johnson & Johnson in 1994) set up a plant for manufacturing pharmaceutical and ethical products of Ortho McNeil Laboratories and Cilag Chemie (members of the Johnson & Johnson family of companies).

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  1975
  

  Vicryl® Sutures Enter the Market

  The Vicryl® Suture, a synthetic absorbable suture that can be naturally absorbed into the skin, was launched in India. In 2008, a triclosan-coated version of the Vicryl® Plus Antibacterial Suture was introduced. Today, in the field of synthetic absorbable sutures, the company also offers PDS® and Monocryl® sutures.

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  1989
  

  The Ethicon Plant Receives the President’s Safety Award

  The Ethicon catgut manufacturing facility was awarded the prestigious President's Safety Award in 1989, a recognition of the company’s high manufacturing safety and quality standards.
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  1993
  

  The First Professional Education Institute for Healthcare Professionals Is Established

  To help improve access to quality healthcare and accelerate the building of a skilled India, Johnson & Johnson India took a pioneering step in 1993 by establishing its first professional education institute–the Ethicon Institute of Surgical Education (EISE) in Mumbai. Since then, the company has trained more than 250,000 healthcare professionals through its owned institutes and via partnerships with government and educational institutions.

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  1998
  

  DePuy Joins the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies

  In 1998, Johnson & Johnson acquired DePuy followed by Synthes in 2012 to tackle some of the toughest problems in the orthopaedics industry. Today, their joint reconstruction, sports medicine and facial fracture repair technologies can be found in hospitals, clinics, and sports arenas across the world.

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  1999
  

  An Analytical and Pharmaceutical Development R&D Center Opens

  A commercial drug stability testing center was set up in Mulund, Mumbai, in 1999. Today, it is a full-fledged Analytical Centre of Excellence and plays a critical role in the development of new medicines for patients around the world, delivering cutting-edge development through open innovation that connects experts, researchers and partner organizations and firms. Johnson & Johnson India is one of the few multinational pharmaceutical companies with an analytical development center in the country.

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  2009
  

  The Company Begins Partnering With the Indian Academy of Pediatrics to Support Child Survival

  Johnson & Johnson India’s Neonatal Resuscitation Program was founded in 2009 and is the largest child survival project to be implemented in India. Over seven years, Johnson & Johnson India, along with the Indian Academy of Pediatrics, has trained more than 180,000 healthcare professionals and infant caregivers on resuscitation skills to reduce infant mortality in India.

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  2013
  

  Construction Begins on a New Manufacturing Facility for Consumer Products

  The foundation laid stone for Johnson & Johnson India’s largest consumer products greenfield facility in Telangana to manufacture personal hygiene and skincare products.
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  2015
  

  The Company Launches a New Class of Type 2 Diabetes Medicine in India

  In 2015, Janssen India, the pharmaceutical division of Johnson & Johnson India, introduced canagliflozin, a new class of medication called sodium glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.

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  2015
  

  The Company Partners With NIPER for a Medical Device Postgraduate Program

  Johnson & Johnson India entered a unique public-private partnership with the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) in Ahmedabad for a postgraduate training program for future medical devices industry regulators.

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  2016
  

  Global Clinical Operations Are Established in India

  Johnson & Johnson India establishes global clinical operations in India helping patients access and participate in global clinical trials for the company’s innovative therapies.
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  2016
  

  The Company Establishes an Innovative Partnership With the Government of India on MDR-TB

  In 2016, Janssen India donated 600 courses of bedaquiline to the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program (RNTCP) of India for use as part of a conditional access program for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Discovered by Janssen researchers, bedaquiline is a therapy with a novel mechanism of action against TB, and addresses a significant unmet need for patients with MDR-TB.

  Since then, the program is due to be expanded, with an additional 10,000 courses of treatment to be received by RNTCP through the Johnson & Johnson USAID donation program.

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  2017
  

  The Company Supports the Humana People to People Project, Designed to Save and Improve the Lives of Women and Children

  Johnson & Johnson began supporting the “Raising Healthy & Educated Community” project, which aims to improve the quality of life, basic and preventive healthcare and the quality of education for six villages in the Mahbubnagar district of Telangana, with its main focus on women and children. This project has successfully organized static clinic and health camps to reach out to approximately 15,000 direct beneficiaries. It also focuses on strengthening preschool education for 3- to 6-year-old children, thereby improving health as well as the quality of education in the community.

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  2018
  

  Johnson & Johnson India Joins Forces with the Government of Maharashtra to Boost Public Health in the State

  Johnson & Johnson India announced a strategic

US online retail giant Amazon to build new logistics center in Spain

The hub will be located in the Toledo town of Illescas and is likely to create 900 jobsAmazon announced on Thursday that it will be opening a new logistics center in Illescas, Toledo, from where it will be able to serve customers all over Europe. The American online retailing giant’s new project in Spain is expected to create 900 jobs in its first three years of operation.

The new warehouse will be located in the Plataforma Central Iberum industrial park in the municipality, which is located around 40 kilometers south of Madrid, and will count on usable space of more than 100,000 square meters (around the size of 12 soccer fields), according to a press release from the company.

The firm has already begun the hiring process for a number of positions, from engineers to specialists in human resources, information technology and warehouse management. Jobseekers can apply at the website www.trabajaenamazon.es.

The Toledo center will allow Amazon to scale up its European logistics network, which is currently made up of more than 30 centers in seven countries, with the aim of continuing to increase its catalogue of products and satisfy the rising demand of customers, the operations director for Spain and Italy, Fred Pattje, explained.

expansion of external vendors, many of them small local businesses. “The installation of the multinational Amazon is an investment in the future and the development of our municipality,” said the mayor of Illescas, José Manuel Tofiño. “It’s an opportunity to create jobs and to create an industrial fabric that will make us a reference point for local, provincial and regional development.”

Amazon launched in Spain in 2011, and its first logistical center, located in San Fernando de Henares in Madrid, began operations in 2012.

Silly Susan – Sweden’s best kept herring recipe

The story about eggs

In Sweden we love our eggs at Easter. We eat them, we paint them and we fill them with lollies. The history of eating eggs at Easter goes all the way back to the Middle Age. When the long fast finally came to an end, the storage of eggs was overloaded from all the hatching chickens. And now when people could finally eat again, eggs became a big part of their food intake during Easter.

PAINTING EGGS

In modern time we started to decorate our eggs. A lot of people paint their boiled eggs with water colouring or pens. It can be any kind of motive, whatever your creativity feels for. A little more advanced technique is to make a tiny hole in a raw egg and blow out the egg. And just keep the shell for painting.

EASTER CANDY EGGS

Easter is the time of the year when Swede’s go absolutely crazy about lollies. Up to 6 000 tons of lollies are sold during Easter week. One of the reasons is that we love giving away eggs filled with lollies and chocolate. The eggs can be in different sizes and made out of cardboard, jam-packed with sweets. They get hidden in the garden for kids to search. Having say that, doesn't mean adults are not included in the eggs giveaway. Anyone love a egg filled with lollies for Easter.

Silly Susan – Sweden’s best kept herring recipe

The little pickled fish called Sill (herring) is the heart of Swedish traditional food. And of course a must over Easter.

At Fika we have our own pickled Sill called Silly Susan. A recipe shop owner Sophie’s mum came up with. Her name is Susan and she is an expert in pickling Sill. Every year she tries out new recipes but Silly Susan never gets replaced. She comes back year after year because she is that good.

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3 TIPS HOW TO MAKE A SWEDISH EASTER AT HOME

1. Make your own Silly Susan

As we love to share our Swedish joy’s and want you to get a bite of Sweden this Easter. Here is the recipe of famous Silly Susan:

I N G R E D I E N T S
250 g pickled herring
40 ml mayo
80 ml sour cream
3 sprigs of chives
3 sprigs of parsley
3 sprigs of dill
1/2 punnet tarragon
1 small clove of garlic
1/4 lemon
Pepper to season

M E T H O D
Drain the herring
Finely chop the fresh herbs
Crush the garlic
Squeeze lemon juice
Mix together all the ingredients in a bowl

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2. Get your Swedish Easter Egg Candy Box

Choose from 4 beautifully crafted Easter Eggs and fill them with your favourite candy.

ORDER EASTER EGG

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3. Colour your eggs

An easy trick to get a fun colour on your eggs is to boil them with different vegetables or spices.

Y E L L O W
For a yellow colour – boil eggs with 1 teaspoon of turmeric.

B L U E
For a blue colour – boil with blueberries or red cabbage.

Add 1 tablespoon of vinegar in the boiling water, to make the colour stick better to the eggs. And leave the boiled eggs in the water for at least 1 hour.