FOUR THINGS RIGHT NOW - GLITTER AND SUCH

Started taking out some Christmas decorations - gotta glitz things up. (Yes, the pom-poms are making a comeback to delight our two neighbours and the occasional mailman at the door!) Quite funny, Lulu decided her resting place for tonight was next to the lit up soon-to-be balcony lights.


Managed to go via the post office to pick up a parcel with some skin care products I'd run out of just just in time for our sauna night. I got myself some Black African soap and shea butter from Akoma, all natural, Fair Trade and ecological. Can be used for everything on everyone!

Most old buildings have a shared sauna (in newer flats they usually build them in each apartment, aslo in small ones), and our shift is every Tuesday night. We seldom make it, but it's just  a few coins per months so it's not the end of the world. Tonight however I did. And I just grab my can of coconut oil and the black liquid soap and I'm good to go; that's all I need for far body and hair. Easy.

Eddi is with the boys at the farm with the lambs for the evening so I had a late dinner by myself, a bucket of salad and the newest interior mag (lots of grey and white and veneer in this one too...)


I didn't go out to the farm tonight because I had my nails done. I wanted them Christmas crazy. So they got glitter and Christmas roses and all. Originally I had thought of something a bit different with other kind of glitter and roses and such but I've noticed there is always this small language barrier at the salon. Well, they're fun (even though monsieur thought they look "a bit messy")! And they are very Mistle Tease, and that's what they are for.

And oh did I say Mistle Tease? Well why yes, and go get your tickets in time because they are -wohoo- selling rather well!

Soins mains et ongles… Parée pour l'hiver #1

Les soins des mains ce n'est pas vraiment un sujet récurrent sur le blog. Surtout parce que d'ordinaire, je ne m'occupe pas tellement de mes mains, j'essaye de toujours d'appliquer une base sous mon vernis et de la crème pour les mains de temps en temps mais grosso modo ça s'arrête là. 

Par contre en hiver, je suis obligée de redoubler d'attention, sinon j'ai rapidement les mains rugueuses  comme du papier de verre! Pas hyper sexy on en conviendra...

Un truc que j'ai ramené de Londres et que j'adore, c'est le dissolvant Remove + de Zoya. Un bon compromis pour moi car j'ai horreur des dissolvants dis "doux" pour vos ongles mais avec lesquels on galère comme c'est pas permis pour enlever un vernis (et s'il est rouge ou noir, je vous souhaite bonne chance!). Là l'efficacité est bien présente, mais les ongles ne sont pas asséchés. Et petit plus l'odeur d'acétone passerait presque inaperçue.  

Pour mes cuticules je crois que je n'ai pas trouvé mieux que le Sérum nourrissant à l'huile d'abricot de Dior. La crème cuticule de la même gamme est également hyper efficace mais vraiment plus galère à appliquer et à laisser poser, la texture colle tellement que ça me décourage très vite. Le sérum en revanche est beaucoup plus facile d'utilisation et selon moi tout aussi efficace. 

En tant que base j'utilise en ce moment la Miracle Cure de Sally Hansen qui a des propriétés fortifiantes, en plus elle sèche ultra-vite ce qui permet de poser son vernis rapidement après. 

Autre découverte, la lime pour les ongles en verre, je n'en avais jamais compris l'intérêt, mais j'ai ressorti ma Dior récemment (que j'avais reçu dans un kit) et je la trouve vraiment plus douce, malgré tout elle lime efficacement et s'abîme moins vite. 

Enfin, parlons crème pour les mains. J'essaye en ce moment la Delivrance d'Antipodes (shopé sur Oh My Cream évidement!). Elle me fait beaucoup penser au Baume résurrection d'Aesop que j'avais adoré, à cause de sa légère odeur de plantes médicinales. Hormis cela elle est vraiment top car elle ne laisse pas de film gras et rend la peau toute douce! Petit bémol, j'espère que le packaging en métal ne va pas se perforer dans mon sac, mais a priori ça à l'air costaud. 

Et vous, vos remèdes anti-froid pour mains et les ongles? 

STREET STYLE: CHARLIE NEWMAN | WINTER BLUES

Photo via: Vogue UK

Model Charlie Newman bundled up in London wearing a navy coat and light blue cowl neck sweater. How gorgeous is her hair and those delicate beaded hoop earrings?

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ps- Shopbop sale time! Get up to 25% off... Shop it here.

THE FIRST TO THE TWENTIETH

Sometimes I tend to be a little over-employed and -occupied and thus spend rather little time with my dear old friend Internet (or Nemesis, depends in how you relate to the Hello-three-o-clock-am-I-should-work--or-at-least-sleep-not-look-at-the-most-hilarious-faces-in-places-and-more-internet...). Breaks in blogging happen every now and then but when I'm really busy you can see it in my Instagram feed which becomes less frequent; sometimes even my smartphone gets something of a short vacation. (Or then not. Compare to ten ears back when I did not check my mail daily and not certainly via my phone. Or even five. Quite the change already there too).

well,, here's some of what I've been up to lately, as seen in Instagram.

Been in Turku.

For Eddi's PhD thesis he is defending here behind a flower pot.

And then got to take out my long velvet dress for his dinner. 

Then he was off to Bolivia for two weeks working and Dag and I were by ourselves.

Went back and forth from the city to the farm a couple of times. Hung lanterns in the tree in the yard over there.

Got a new manicure. The next one I'm going to do will be totally crazy because: Mistle Tease.

Sew lots of blingy thingies. 

 Hanged around with some samba queens.

Went on some adventures with Dag and his animals.

Made myself various versions of pink smoothies. 

And pink breakfasts.

And then Eddi came home and Dag got a tiny little mini poncho which he has been walking happily around in.

christmas special nails

{Nailed It} L'Oreal Press-On Nails

For the sake of nostalgia, I decided to put my feelings about press-on nails aside (junior high flashbacks, anyone?) just long enough to test out L'Oreal's Colour Riche Press-On Nails in 'Midnight French.' The finish caught my eye immediately (cute, right?), and it reminded me of this manicure I never quite was able to replicate. Fun finger effects aside, here's the low down on the kit:



The nails were quite easy to apply, but since they skewed a little larger, it was hard to find matches for some of my nails. And even though I followed the directions to a t, one fell off mere hours later. All in all, they felt fake and frumpy, and my stance on press-ons has forever been reaffirmed — no matter how cute the finish. xx

GRUNGE-INSPIRED HAIR + BEAUTY | CAMILLE ROWE FOR ELLE FRANCE

Photo via: ELLE France

Get grunge-inspired with these hair and beauty looks on model Camille Rowe.

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To get red highlights like the ones above, give Sultra Color Hair Mascara in 'Capri Coral' a try .

MINIMAL LUXE

Can't get enough of minimal luxe looks lately. Love a good mix of clean basics, buttery leathers and leopard print with a touch of edgy jewelry. Here are some of the pieces I’ve been coveting from eBay to create a look with this feel...

1. Equipment Signature Silk Shirt
2. Elizabeth and James Lafayette Sunglasses
3. Deborah Lippmann Nail Polish in Billionaire
4. Vince Cropped Suede Leather Pants
5. Saint Laurent Sac de Jour Leather Tote Bag
6. Hermès Collier De Chien Bracelet
7. Laurence Dacade Valskia Leopard Print Bootie

Be sure to follow me on eBay to check out more of the goodies from my collections.

My eBay Collections were curated as part of my collaboration with eBay. The opinions, as always, are my own.