Someone
might remember my post about living with anxiety and depression.
Well since that's not the only illness I actually battle with daily, I thought
I'd write about something else that affects my life quite a lot. And to
"celebrate" the fact that I had to go for blood tests once again :D
I'm so mad at one of my cousins (or the two of them to be correct) for moving to Cyprus.
Who's gonna cut my hair for free now?!
Nah, I'm actually quite happy for them, because they're getting to live where they want and pretty much live the life they love. (Although I already miss someone who was willing to cut my hair.)
The even have their own eyelash and nail studio that they just started, called Luxury Lashes. Please check their Facebook page out, and like!
And if any of you, my readers are from Ayia Napa, or anywhere close by, don't be afraid to get your nails or lashes done there :3
Anyway, this has been an updated.
More to come soon-ish. Or at least when I get my very first LivBox 8)
I didn't mean to update anything this week after I posted stuff on Monday. But then this happened.
This being another packet from South Korea 8D
So I just want to quickly show you what I got~
I'm excited! Are you excited?
The second I opened the package, I found some pleasant surprises...
Free samples!
I LOVE it when I get some little extra, like samples, in packets. ASDFGHJKL.
Here's what was in (sample-wise):
2 x Etude House - Fresh Cherry Tint (in shades PK001 (the light red) and RD301 (the red))
The Face Shop - The Smim Radiating Moisturizing Cream
Missha - Super Awua Marine Stem Cell Intensive Cerum
Etude House - Sun Prise Water Essence Gel
Etude House - Collagen Moistful cream
Aaaah~ I wanna try them. NOW. Except I might have to wait to try the Sun Prise one, since it's really... grey and cloudy here in Finland now.
Onto the things I (actually) ordered:
Etude House - Pomegranate face mask sheet
Some of you know that I previously ordered the Aloe mask sheets, but I decided I wanted to try these ones this time.
Where as the I Need You, Aloe! sheets are moisturizing and prevent acne and soothe skin at the same time, these Pomegranate ones nourish skin to help it get a healthy complexion.
I kind of want to try all of them, to be honest...
Nail polishes!
Last, but not least, I got three different nail polishes from the Etude House Icecream Nails collection. Shades being (from left to right):
PP501 Fresh Blueberry Burst
GR701 Munchy Green Apple
BL601 Blue Mint
And they look like little ice creams! So cute! :3
I just can't wait to try these. To try EVERYthing that I got :D
Well, my dear readers, this is a post where I dump a stupid amount of photos of nail polishes and nails (amongst some photos of my face) I realised I haven't posted before. And can't remember what I was supposed to write about them...
Barry M. - Teal (334)
I bought this back in... October (at least that's what the photo indicates). I have NO idea why I haven't posted any samples of is before... Anyway, it was love at first sight, what can I say :D
Quite soon after that I went nuts and bought some glitters...
Barry M. - Ruby Glitter (353)
With some, uh... Pearlfashion UK - Pomegranate. I think. No, that might've actually been Anytime - Juicy Fruit. (And this, kids, is why you need to blog about this kind of stuff immediately!)
Barry M. - Aqua Glitter (340)
With some Barry M. - Teal, because asdfghjklölkjhgfd. How good are they together!?
Barry M. - Amethyst Glitter (354)
If I remember correctly I had Barry M. - Silver Foil under all the glitter. That OR the Barry M. - Lilac Foil. I guess it could've worked better with something brighter. Next time!
P.S. If you didn't know by now, I'm a bit obsessed with Barry M. polishes.
My super duper awesome advent calendar.
I got a keyring and a magnet on top of all the chocolate. I was a very happy girl :D Just posting this here, because.
Let's get to my face now, shall we?
Now usually, when I either a) prefer sleep over everything,
b) am being too lazy, or
c) need to do something where I sweat
I go for a light make-up, that looks pretty much likes this:
When my hair was still beautifully orange instead of the mess it is now ;__;
So, in other words (or Jeremy Renner's) I go for brows, eyes, lips. Bit of eyeliner, mascara and some lipbalm. That's it.
And when I have time/am not lazy/am not going to sweat, I might do something more "showy", like this:
I have NO idea what's wrong with my face. I can be totally attractive when I want to be....
See?
First I thought the make-up above was for our dance society's christmas show where I might've or might've not danced a k-pop mash-up, but then I saw photos from the show and realised that my make-up was nowhere near that...
Photo by Paul Beard.
So I assume that the make-up was just for some random night out...
Quite soon after our dance show and everything I fudged off to Finland, about which you'll read more soon-ish as soon as I sort out THOSE photos.
Make-up for friends' housewarming get together in Finland.
Hello once again. This time I’ll shortly tell you about Freshers’ Week, when I volunteered for SU’s Freshers’ Crew once again, and spent a lot of time meeting new people and partying. I'll be back to "serious" blogging soon.
It started on 15th and finished on 22nd of September. During this time I went out every night, apart from that last Saturday. I also volunteered/worked on most of the days, so you can bet your sweet ass I was a tired, emotional mess by the end of that. But it was SO much fun.
The first night out that I actually have photo proof of, was on Sunday (16th) when there was an event called Circus Sunday. Now, I had done a make-up design quite some time ago inspired by Kid Cudi’s The Ruler and the Killer.
Here’s the design in question.
And since it was a Circus Sunday, and my costume was darkly coloured anyway, I thought it’d be a perfect opportunity for me to try the design in question for the first time.
This is what it turned out like:
Eyes open.
Eyes (nearly) closed.
And here you can see my costume for the night:
I look... funny x)
The second night out was... A RAVE. Well, an UV Party on Monday to which I boringly enough wore a white top, short orange shorts (these ones), and slapped yellow, orange and blue make-up accompanied with bright pink lips. There is ONE picture of me from that night, but I look ridiculous in it so I’m NOT showing it to you x)
Tuesday was my day off from volunteering, but I still couldn’t stay away from the party, and so I joined my friends at the Bavariafest in the evening. I don’t even drink alcohol, but singing drinking songs along the band and watching others taking part in drinking games was fun. The band was a Bavarian Oompah Band and they really got everyone going :D It was great fun, although I didn’t stay too long since I had a morning shift the next day.
On Wednesday we had the very first social night, where all the societies welcomed their new members. We (the dancers aka Saints) had a “scribble social” where everyone took an ordinary, blank, white t-shirt or top, some markers and asked people to write on them. I gotta say that my t-shirt didn’t survive from the rude comments, and a lot of people were trying to claim their ownership over me on my t-shirt... Someone wrote “Isaac was here 2012”, but I gotta admit that I don’t even know this Isaac. But once again, I had fun and it was a great night with the new puppies of the dance society.
I wasn’t supposed to work on Thursday, BUT I somehow ended up going to the Uni and helping out by standing there in my Freshers’ Crew t-shirt.
Me with Louise, another Freshers’ Crewster that was ACTUALLY working that day x) Photo by Paul Beard, our awesome SU photographer.
That night I went to the Foam Party. I went to one last year as well, but this time I decided to take part in it. The foam was all the way to my knees, my friend Josie and I were SOAKED, our hairs were a mess, but we had fun. We even met two non-students and I named one of them Chin, because he looked part Hawaiian and refused to be called Kono or Keahu.
Josie and I BEFORE the foam attacked us. Photo by Donston Powell at Tramps.
Getting soaked and getting my ballerina flats horrendously smelly (they smelled of alcohol, cigarettes, soap and all kinds of things)? WORTH IT. Who knew foam parties could be so much fun!?
Friday... Friday, Friday, Friday. I did not have a shift on Friday. But I spent the day getting ready for the night and Freshers’ Premier (which is always supposed to be a bit fancier with champagne etc. involved). At this point, I have to back up a bit in time.
Mari-liis, the extremely kind person she is, had forced me to order this specific dress from Forever Unique. Fine, she didn’t FORCE me, but she did show it to me and I bet she KNEW I would feel the need to order it, so that’s the same as forcing, right? Anyway, it was one of the most prettiest and cutest dresses I had ever seen and apparently “so me” that I couldn’t resist ordering it EVEN if the last size was 8 (I’m usually a 10 or a 12). And it was the last dress of that colour they had. So I ordered it, and waited for it to arrive so I could check if it actually fits. The dress had actually arrived on Tuesday, and of course I opened the packet immediately to see if it was as beautiful live as it was in pictures.
I screamed when I saw the packet.
Then I screamed a bit more.
Then I actually opened it:
And screamed even more because OF THE COLOURS AND EVERYTHING.
Then I took it out and found these on the bottom:
Extra tulle and sparkles!!!
And then I FINALLY put it on (and screamed some more):
Front (duh?).
Back.
Because it fit me!!!
So that was my dress for Friday sorted. When Friday arrived, I felt like a princess so I made myself look like one:
My boobs look small...
I think two pictures were taken of me at the Premier before I got just too emotional about stuff and started crying in the VIP area just before my friends dragged me into a photo with the Loveable Rogues. Thankfully enough, in that photo there is this random, pink effect on my face and over one of the band members, so no one can see my red eyes.
Otherwise it was quite a good night and a great finish to the long week. I slept like a baby on Saturday and Sunday, gathering my energy for the following week, which meant lecturers, dance rehearsals, and all kinds of exciting things.
Now, here’s the last nail polish sample!. Well, the last before I show you the NEW polishes I got:
Flormar Supershine Miracle Colors U09.
U09 with Flormar Matifying top-coat.
And that’s it about my extremely interesting life this time. Stay human, and blog ya later!
Oh! Here’s the song that inspired my eye make-up design:
PS. YOU SHOULD MOST PROBABLY VOTE FOR OBAMA IF YOU CAN.
So a bit more about my summer break, because I’m starting to
get busy with third year and I’d like to remind myself about some of the
cool/silly things that happened during the break...
Ropecon
Preeetty much the highlight of each year. One weekend of barely sleeping (and
sleeping on hard floors), eating whatever, playing games, meeting new people,
LARPing, hanging out... it’s just SO much fun and I love doing it.
This year I participated as a performer (for a second year in row)... well,
only thing I did was some Bujinkan (Japanese martial art):
Once again we played games, swam, and ate a lot:
Granted, it was more of a... showy show than pure demonstration x)
Otherwise it was our little gang hanging, playing and
enjoying the gala...:
Awesome costumes from a LARP at the gala~
And some other happenings. It was AWESOME.
Our same little group also spent a weekend at our friend
Anna’s house in Mikkeli (the five of us have this nickname Rafiki).
This is not all the food we had...
We actually bought so much food that the four of us who had travelled
to Mikkeli, ended up dragging some of the food back to Helsinki with us. But
once again, it was one super awesome weekend~
I also went to meet my girls with Mari-liis at our friend
Heini’s place. I missed them so, and it was really good to see them. They also
enjoyed their presents:
Bella and Tara ♥
Don’t worry. Tara’s eyes are ALWAYS red. And Bella always
looks like that. Shocked x)
They also got a cucumber from me, so I guess they were fat and content after my visit... I spoil them.
The day after I had been at Heini’s to see Bella and Tara, I
went to get a tattoo:
The day after getting the tattoo done.
It’s from a photo my dad took YEARS ago. It was quite of an
impromptu decision to take this tattoo, but I had been visiting my relatives
earlier in the summer and had gotten a bunch of my dad’s photos he had taken
when he was still alive, and for some reason this one just stuck with me:
This is not the full photo, but you see the bird and the clouds.
It was a family friend who did my tattoo, so I was in safe hands and felt relaxed and happy even though I was going through bad
withdrawal symptoms from my depression/anxiety medication (NEVER again).
We also had a small photoshoot with Rafiki on that day, so I one of our
pictures has all our legs, with my right ankle wrapped in cream and cling film
:D
This is what the tattoo looks nowadays (healed):
Not as brutally red and bruised anymore :'D
Soon enough after that (and I had gotten emergency
medication for my withdrawal) I had to leave Mari-liis’ comfortable couch
behind me and head back to England to Danni’s spare room x)
And then it was just the matter of derping around and
dressing like a wannabe-hipster-something:
Featuring Danni's living room.
Also, decorating my backpack for
the coming university year:
Few inside jokes and then quotes from two TV shows. But which TV shows? ;D
And most importantly moving to our new flat and going out
until Freshers’ Week started, and I was actually expected to do something...
So yeah, that’s my summer break in a nutshell... I guess it
was more eventful than I remembered x)
Now, have another nail polish sample that I promised:
OPI Teal the Cows Come Home.
Two layers of Teal the Cows Come Home alone. If I use only one layer, the colour's not deep enough for my liking.
Left hand.
With Silver Shatter. I accidentally used too much on my middle finger and pinkie and it didn't shatter as well as I would've liked :I
Right hand.
I managed to do this hand better... well, the two fingers x)
That’s it for this time, once again I ask you to stay human,
and I’ll blog ya later!
P.S.
If you are an American and CAN vote, I suggest you really vote for Obama. Just btw. Especially if you are an American woman. I could elaborate WHY, but that post would be too long.
Hello, once again! This time I’ll be telling you about some
of my shoes...
I don’t usually go buying shoes like crazy, since I rarely see anything that I
like or want, but that DOES happen every now and then. During the summer break
I actually managed to buy 2 new pairs, got one pair from Mari-liis and dug out
few old favourites.
Let us start with the pair I got from Mari-liis (who bought
them from Japan):
Bonita.
Surprisingly comfortable even though they may look a bit
painful, I wore these for three nights in a row once and only my calves were
complaining by the end of the third night.
Plus they make me so tall~
Now to the pairs I bought:
Jumex (not the juice)
I don’t know WHY, but these make me think of Lydia
Martin/Holland Roden. Anyway, I will forever say that Mari-liis forced me to
buy these. They are cute and adorable and I love them but she forced me to buy
them. End of story.
Nike Lunar Forever
Got my first proper running shoes! They feel heavenly~
Now I just need to find the time, and energy, to actually go
for runs... I’m just too lazy x)
Couple old favourites:
Dea Dia. Cute shoe shop I accidentally bumped into while visiting Shibuya.
Bought these in February 2008 when I was visiting Japan.
They were WAY cool not to buy, and so I awkwardly asked for a bigger size than
what was on display (Japanese people have smaller feet), and the store
assistant even put the shoe on for me and tightened the straps. It love at
first sight. I mean with the shoe and I.
Friis&Co.
I had been drooling at these for a while some years ago, but
they were always a bit too expensive for me. Until that one day when I stepped
to the same store once again and noticed that they had a discount on these
shoes... which also happened to be my size. Needless to say I left the store with
a smile on my face.
Not the comfiest shoes to wear for hours, but they look damn
good.
I also may have bought some new shoes in England... after
the summer break.
My defence is, that I had the best excuse to buy the first
pair, and- DAMN. I don’t have a good excuse for the other pair.
Converse! with cute squirrels and reindeer (?)!
These babies I bought because I had been rather upset the
night before and hence wanted something to cheer me up. So cute AND I got them
with a nice discount~
Schutz. A brand I've never heard of, but the original price had been R$320...
Now these... I basically just bought because they went well
with my new jacket and made my legs look amazing. I have no other excuse.
All in all, I now have WAY too many shoes, and don’t know
what to do with all of them! I don’t know how some people can live happily with
15+ pair of shoes, when I’m already going crazy with less than that!
Oh, btw, this (what you see above) is my new awesome jacket that I got from
London (Forever 21~) on my hunt for Victoria’s Secret (from where I bought a
new bra and underwear ♥) And you can't deny that my legs look really good in those shoes, despite the bruises on my knees (which are from DANCING, just FYI)!
Before I go, I remember I promised samples from the nail
polishes I posted pictures of, so here we go with the first one~
