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!

first sunday of advent

I hope you had a lovely first Sunday of Advent. I just started the morning with opening the first door of my Advent calendar (this year I bought the cheaper and more traditional one, because I think the chocolate is still the best and brings back good old childhood memories), drunk some hot Christmas tea, decorated the flat and started reading my new books. Both books are so amazing. I read the first half of Cecelia Ahern's newest book already and I think the story is very cute by far.

Ich hoffe Ihr hattet einen schönen ersten Advent. Ich habe gleich am Morgen die erste Tür meines Adventskalenders geöffnet und mich wieder in meine Kindheit zurückversetzt gefühlt. Dieses Jahr gab's nur die günstige Variante einfach aus dem Grunde, weil meiner Meinung nach darin die Schokolade am Besten, es eher traditionell ist und immer die guten alten Kindheitserinnerungen weckt. Über den Tag hab ich dann die Wohnung weihnachtslich dekoriert (jetzt ist es ja erlaubt), Weihnachtstee getrunken und meine neuen Bücher gelesen. Ich bin schon bei der Hälfte von Cecelia Ahern's neuen Buch und finde die Geschichte bislang wirklich süß und toll geschrieben.

Coat - Zara, Dress - Primark, Cardigan - H&M, Boots - Limelight via Roland, Tights - Tightsplease, Bag - Tyoulip Sisters, Scarf - Acne

The outfit I wore was a bit Christmassy yet it looks like a cute school uniform as well. haha I roughed it up with a pair of studded boots from Limelight, statement necklace and tons of layers, because it was so so cold when we spontaneously decided to walk over the Christmas market. 

Das Outfit ist passend ein wenig weihnachtlich und irgendwie erinnert es mich sogar an eine englischen Schuluniform aus. haha Die Limelight Biker-Boots mit Nieten haben aber dem ganzen Look dennoch einen rockigen und derben Touch verliehen. So ist's nicht mehr ganz so süß und dennoch einigermaßen wintertauglich und haben mich vor nassen Füßen beim Spaziergang über den Weihnachtsmarkt bewahrt. Die Boots wurden mir übrigens freundlicherweise wegen des Roland Bootie Battle's zur Verfügung gestellt also Daumen drücken! :)

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INA AND LIPSTICK

From a set of pics I took of and for my friend Ina.

feeling a bit christmassy already

Coat - Choies, Shirt - Weekday, Jeans and hat - Topshop, Boots - Buffalo via Mirapodo, Scarf - Acne

It's feeling a bit Christmassy in Berlin already! Well, not only in Berlin but literally in every big city right now and I'm loving it. I totally got into the spirit of Christmas, making lists with all the possible gifts I'm giving away this year already. 

We spontaneously visited Berlin last Saturday and every time when I'm there my personal highlight is always the beautiful  decorated windows at KaDeWe and the divine Christmas section with the huuuuggge Christmas tree. Can I just be there till Christmas is over? 

Anyway I just wore a new tartan coat I found on sale at Choies and combined it with my new booties from Buffalo. Love those, because they're quite comfortable to walk in and they're still giving me enough height even though the heel isn't that high.

Now I'm off watching a bit "I'm a Celebrity... get me out of here!" (British version) but only because of Joey from "All The Way Is Essex". So excited! :D

Es ist bereits sehr weihnachtlich in Berlin! Nun gut, nicht nur in Berlin sondern fast in jeder größeren Stadt momentan und ich liebe es. Ich bin schon richtig in Weihnachtsstimmung und bereite schon etliche Listen mit möglichen Weihnachtsgeschenken, die ich verschenken werde, vor.

Falls Ihr Euch wundert warum auf einmal Berlin: Wir sind am Samstag spontan mal dort hingefahren und jedes Mal wenn wir während der Vorweihnachtszeit da sind ist definitiv das KaDeWe unser Highlight. Ich könnte Stunden vor den  Schaufenstern verbringen und die traumhafte Weihnachtsabteilung mit dem riesen Weihnachtsbaum ist unglaublich. Kann ich nicht mein Weihnachten einfach dort verbringen? Eingeschlossen im Kaufhaus! :D

Übrigens getragen hab ich meinen neuen Mantel, den ich bei Choies zum Glück im Sale gefunden habe und dazu meine neuen Boots von Buffalo. Ich war schon lange auf der Suchen ach den richtigen Boots für den Herbst/Winter und hab sie nun endlich bei Mirapodo gefunden. Weil der Absatz relativ flach ist, ist's dennoch gemütlich in Ihnen zu laufen aber auf der anderen Seite trotzdem noch hoch genug, um mir die ausreichende Höhe zu verleihen, die ich brauche. Bin ja so klein und deswegen High Heel Fan, aber im Winter sind sie halt nicht unbedingt praktisch!

So nun werd ich mir noch "Ich bin ein Star... holt mich hier raus!" anschauen. Eigentlich schau ich sowas nicht, aber die britische Version ist um einiges besser dieses Mal.

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MY SON AND I

Dag and I out on a muddy walk while in the countryside, by Ina.

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.

YULETIDE APPROACHING...

Because we only have about one thousand other projects and gigs running right now Tinker Bell and I are also producing an event in the middle of December. But it will be worth all the blood, glittery sweat and tears as it will be the craziest, funniest, most sparkly and fab (and also, only) Christmas Burlesque revue in town!  We have a lot of surprises and new acts up our sleeves. (Sleeveless sleeves, that is. )

At Diana, Saturday December 14! Get your tickets from Tiketti. And do go get them.
You can find the link to our Facebook event HERE.

Asko Rantanen took the photo for our poster.

SHOPPING, CASH BACK AND CHOCOLATE / OSTOHYVITYS.FI

I have a new affiliate which I am going to present here to you. It is for the Finnish market, but we'll do the talking in English anyway, as we are used to over here.

(To illustrate this post we have a totally not-staged photo moment of me -happy and internetting about- and my son in scarily matching at home-outfits.)

The site I am adding to my affiliate list is Ostohyvitys.fi. It's the first cash back site in Finland. What that literally means is that you get part of your cash back when shopping online;  a certain percentage (or, in some cases, a fixed sum) from a purchase you have made via the cash back site. This service is possible as Ostohyvitys kind of works as an affiliate for online stores, being a portal to shop trout,h directing customers forward and giving part of it's affiliate commission to the shopper itself (from some sites a percentage even higher than 10% of a purchase). By logging in and visiting stores trough the site you collect your bonus which will then be paid back to your bank account. (Which happens when you have collected 15euros in returns, or more). A small forever ongoing sale, sort of.

I originally signed up to get a free chocolate bar (chocolate, you know, always works as a bribe for me ;) without thinking too much about it. But then I looked into the system and now I am totally hooked. I try to remember to always check with Ostohyvitys.fi first if there is something I need to get online - it would be stupid not to. There are over 450 stores  and service providers to choose from -so many it's almost surprising- both Finnish stores as well as international ones. Not the most niched ones of course, but still a crazy lot; several hotels and hotel booking sites (for example 5% off a hotel booking at hotels.com), virtual malls and fashion stores like Asos, Ellos, Zalando and Nelly, flight companies and travel agencies, Akateeminen Kirjakauppa, Apple Store, lots of magazines, etc.
Well, you can see more on the site yourself.

Många bäckar små… as we say in Swedish; a buck or two here and there turns into quite a lot in the end. For example, I buy some of my eco makeup via Nelly as they have a 11,5% bonus percentage. So my mascara (Une Green Pride btw, it is very good) which is 20,50 at Nelly is then18,40 for me! So I can't really see any reason for anyone not to sig up, hence the affiliation.

And I did mention chocolate earlier… There is a campaign going on giving you a complimentary Fazer's Blue after you sign up  via me and do your first purchase.
You can join Ostohyvitys.fi HERE!

BEFORE THE SNOW

November is generally considered the dullest, ugliest time of the year. Everything outside is dying if not already dead, the colours are gone, it's dark. But it wasn't until I started spending more time out in the countryside that I noticed it is not that bad after all; I have actually started finding this something of a more quiet, calm time of year, soothing almost*;  like everything is just waiting for what is to come. It is clearly the end of a cycle, the time before nature goes to sleep until it gets the chance to wake up and again. The circle of life you know, bla bladi-blah. But it really is like that, still, faded, waiting.




*(Well, weather- and nature wise that is. Otherwise the hullabaloo of everything is on; the high season for showtime and new acts and Christmas and work and Whoa! Wake me up when the sun is back please.)