Hey there!

Once again I haven't written in ages and I have no reasons or excuses. I just haven't felt like writing anything here. But, I'll try to explain shortly what's happened.

Quite soon after returning from England my life started going down. Like... DOWN.
I was able to do various stuff for a while, but then I started losing that as well. I've had so much trouble and anxiety over various things these past 7 months it's ridiculous.

My medication (anti-depressant and anxiety one) got raised. I managed to get some appointments with a psychiatric nurse, but she wasn't that helpful so when I (completely accidentally) missed one appointment and she didn't call me back (at all), I just decided that I'd rather not see her again.
Then I got diagnosed with anaemia as well.
So pretty much from the beginning of this year, I've been taking 3 kinds of meds. For my mental health problems, hypothyroidism, and anaemia.
SO FUN. (Not.)
The best part? I still don't have an apartment (for NO good reason), no job (I've applied to various), and I'm just... in the point of giving up.

Then yesterday something heartbreaking happened. And in a way it kinda... while it was world-stopping, at the same time I kinda realised that I got to keep trying.
Right now I'm still hurting (mentally and physically) so much, but... I guess I'll survive.

Anywhoo, in order to NOT make this a post about how I dislike life and people, I'll just show you what I bought today to cheer me up from all of what's happened lately. Hehe.

TADAH!

Okay, so in truth I just went to Sokos to get a hair treatment, but ended up getting all that. Whoops.

Lumene: Radiant Touch cleanser and toner

These have been my favourite face products lately. I just really like how they make my skin feel and look like. ( I also have the Radiant Touch face scrub. The whole family! ) And then I saw these two bottles, with +50% extra, and on discount... well... Whoops. I'm hoarding these.

Aussie: 3 Minute Miracle Colour Mate Deep Treatment.

That's a mouthful...

So I did get what I wanted as well. Good thing it was on discount too, because Aussie is ridiculously expensive in Finland. The same bottle is about £5 in England (~6,20€) where as in Finland this is 13-14€ normally. I paid 11,50€. I know, such a huge discount. Not.

You can all bet your asses that I'll be hoarding Aussie stuff when I go to England in July...

We Care Icon: Body Scrub - Love Story

These guys have 3 different body scrubs. Tropical Wind (which I've tried and it smells so good), Love Story (the one I got just now), and Fresh Spirit (which I'm gonna try after Love Story).

Right now I have a feeling that I will prefer Tropical Wind over Love Story, because of the smell, but we'll see. I doubt that they'll feel that different, and the Tropical Wind one was at least gentle, but good. I wasn't meant to get this one either but... discount. Whoops.

Shower cap!

Last but not least (?!) I got myself a shower cap. They weren't on discount, so I got myself the cheapest one. This actually smells like a beach balloon, so I assume it's made out of similar material. But this is gonna make my life so much easier. Yes.

Hmmm. That's about it.

I'll update again when I feel like it, but don't stay on your toes. It might take a while :(

Till then, stay human!

Wow. What is this? Such packetness.

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

Aaanyway, stay human and blog ya later!

SOMEONE EXPLAIN!

...

I get the first one. Easily. It's a search word anyone who knows my blog would/could use.

But...

BUT...

Chihuahua duck?

how do a hair dryer nozzle work?

CHIHUAHUA DUCK!?

And some people found MY blog by searching for those things?

Wow.

Late Night Repairs with Sutina!

So I finally got fed up with my broken lipstick. And when I say broken, I mean BROKEN.

Long story short, I had the lipstick (Sleek -Vixen) with me in Wolf's Bane two week ago, and I carried it with me all day on the Saturday. It was warm, I kept hastily and aggressively applying it before photos and then always threw it back into my bag.
So it wasn't a surprise it kinda just exploded all over me after the long day (and partying!), since I had carried it with me, and hadn't really looked after it that well. Shame on me.

Now, I was just really bored and decided to fix it. Most of you here or who happen to be reading this might've heard of the lighter trick, which Michelle Phan also wrote about on her blog, but what to do when your lipstick looks like this:

Holey lipstick, Batman!

Like I said, it kinda just... exploded :'D And I just hastily tried to put it together with just my hands at the convention so... yeah.

Well, I don't know if there's a quicker and easier way, but this is what I did to fix it properly.
I took out:

• my broken lipstick
• a tablespoon
• a candle
• greaseproof paper
• cling film
• an intact lipstick (optional)

First I took out another Sleek lipstick, which was the same size width-wise:

Sleek - Amped to save the day!

Got out the greaseproof paper:

Aaand the cling wrap:

Then, starting with the greaseproof paper, I wrapped both around the intact lipstick to create a "cast" of a kind.

Oh, hello there!

After you think the cast is good to go, just clip away the excess cling wrap from the top, and gently remove it off the intact lipstick.

The cast is ready!

Okay, so now you have the cast so let's repeat and check that we have all we need:

Candle, check. Spoon, check. Lipstick, check. Cast, check.

What you want to do next, is just rudely pull/break off the lipstick from its tube, and put it on to the spoon to wait for its turn.

Next, put the cast into the tube, like this:

You can remove ALL of the lipstick from the tube, if you want to, I was too lazy for that.

It should sit quite nicely, but I highly suggest to make sure it fits with your fingers. For example I just put my pinky in and wiggled it around until I thought it was okay.

Oh! And make sure the cast is snugly around or partly inside the tube! This helps with the mess and secure a better fit for the lipstick :)

Next up:

Roast it.

No. Don't roast it. Just put the spoon (with the lipstick) over the candle and wait. Move it around a bit.

It's melting!

If you have as much lipstick on the spoon,  like I did, it will take a while and it will probably start to... bubble a bit. So just move it around and shake it gently every now and then. AVOID SPILLING.

When it's all melted, just take your lipstick tube (the one with the cast) and pour the melted lipstick carefully back into the tube:

Mine was quite bubbly at this point, but as soon as I had scraped everything I could off the spoon and into the tube, I tapped it onto the table a few times to eliminate the bubbles and to set the liquidy lipstick more evenly.

After this, into the fridge it goes!

Bye, bye. Go and... chill :D

As soon as the lipstick's in the fridge, you can go and do whatever you want. I decided to clean the mess I had made.

Timewise, 15 minutes should be enough, but I left mine for 30 minutes, just in case. And because I kinda forgot it there.

After the chosen time has passed, go back to the fridge, take your lipstick out and gently unravel it.

I should've obviously tapped a bit harder.

So there IS a high chance the lipstick will cling to the edges of the cast, like mine did, but this is relatively easily fixed.

I don't have photos of this process, but it's basically the same as fixing a smaller damage on a lipstick. I just heated the spoon up, and gently ran it over and around to smooth edges and to shape the lipstick.

Then back to the fridge!

I took the last photos before I put it into the fridge to cool off once again, but here it is:

Done!

Not perfect, actually it's quite freaking speacial, but at least it's intact :D 

So yeah, this was how I decided to fix the whole lipstick, and I will probably reshape it a bit at some point, but now it's usable once again!
Have you fixed any of your make-up lately? If yes, what and how? Share in the comments!

Stay human and blog ya later~

/EDIT
Oh yeah, I changed the outlook of my blog! Opinions? Yay? Nay?

Packets from South Korea and England!!!

Hello!

I'm slowly working on my "Good Skin 101" post, and it's coming along. Slowly.
Anyhow, to other businesses!

The other day (week) I decided that I have enough money to order some beauty products I've really wanted to try lately, and so I logged into my nearly ignored eBay account, and hunted down two of the products.

I got the packets today, since I popped in to the post after I had gotten my tetanus booster (my arm still hurts, btw :'D) and hurried home so I could open and admire them.
First one was sent from England, the other one all the way from South korea.

Both packets opened :3

Korean products, ahoy!

Surprisingly enough (not), I haven't tried either of the products yet, but I'll probably post some opinions and photos as soon as I try them.

Diamond V Fit Mask.

This product is made by Mask House, which I don't know much about, except that they produce different face masks, serums and these slimming fit masks. This packet, though the brand is Korean, came from England :D

Since my Korean SUCKS I was happy to find out that they have English directions as well :D

Basically these Diamond V Fit Masks come in two different packets, as far as I know. This "trial pack", which includes the slimming band and one V Fit Mask sheet, and a 5 piece packet of sheets + slimming band.

I decided to get the trial pack, because I want to also try Bijinsenmon's (Japanese brand this time) V-Face Slimming Mask to compare the two. Except I haven't ordered the Bijin one yet... oops.

I don't have particularly... round face, but I do feel like my chin/neck area is a bit... bloaty sometimes :'D And I do have a beautiful double chin.

So I kind of just decided: "why the hell not go and try this?"

I'll make a post about the process of trying one as soon as I do it :D

Surprise sample in the packet?!

So this pore minimizer came with the Diamond V packet. A nice surprise I guess, but I've never tried any pore minimizers and I've heard varying opinions on the topic so... anyone here have any opinions? Has anyone tried this MéthodeSwiss' Absolue Pore Minimizer? :D

I Need You, Aloe!

Last but not least I got Etude House's Aloe mask sheets. 

Now Etude House has a GREAT amount of varying beauty products from mask sheets to mascara and whatnot. There are quiiite a few Etude House products that I'd love to try, but I decided to start with these mask sheets so I can include it in my Good Skin 101 post if I feel like it.

But yeah, these are the packets I got, and I'll be writing about them more someday! :3

Until then stay human and blog ya later~!

Back to Finland, but so lost

Time to get my blog (and life!?) in shape.

I just deleted a bunch of blogs I used to follow, since they haven't updated in AGES.
Next I'll start to envision a new look for my blog, which is something I was supposed to do AGES ago.

I really need to get a hold of my life blog, this is getting ridiculous :'D

Moving!

Hey you all beautiful and gorgeous people!

I am going to make a "Good Skin 101" post soon-ish, but definitely not this week, and probably not next week, since, as some of you know, I'm moving back to Finland this week, which means next week is pretty much me running around Helsinki, trying to sort stuff out and get some money, maybe apply for a job or two.

And not this week, because I'm supposed to be packing and cleaning, but my room looks like this at the moment:

Messy room is messy. Whoops?

Part of the kitchen 

I'm supposed to get those boxes to Finland somehow, and that's not even all the boxes! :'D
I might ask my friend, if I can leave everything that I can't fit at hers, and then just ask her to send stuff to me whenever I get some money.

I'm taking only two bags into the plane with me (plus hand baggage of course); the blue one you see in the lower photo and a smaller one, which is FULL of clothes at the moment (and still weighs only 11 kg or so, but can't fit much more).

The rest I'll hopefully be able to get when I come back for graduation.

But yeah, I'm gonna go melt now, because it's 28C outside, and at least 30C inside, and I am just NOT created for over 20C temperatures.

Stay human and blog ya later~