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2016-05-11 Lifestyle, Makeup Post a Comment

Girls, girls girls

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I did a lot of makeup while I was in Kuopio. Actually I did makeup from breakfeast to dinner. I had some of my favourites with me since I couldn’t carry all my makeup with me. I did beautiful and quite different makeup looks with same products. Too Faced’s palette suits anyone and Rimmel’s new brow kit turned out to be quite nice too.

For Salla this was the first time when a professional did her makeup. Still she trusted me and even let me use green in her eyes which she actually loved and would have wanted even more. Maybe next time I’ll go full green-crazy with her!

But this is a good example of colour-use in a daily basis. It’s nothing too crazy but it’s there and it looks great. Right?

Salla’s makeup

Too Faced Semi Sweet Chocolate Bar Palette
Isadora Eyeshadow Quartet in Tropical Garden*
Rimmel Brow This Way in Medium Brown*

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Ansu hoped for brown eye shadow and I achieved that with warm colours that really bring out her beautiful brown eyes. I added some colour with pink blush and lipstick. IsaDora’s lipstick was another new product that I wanted to test and I asked Ansu to tell me her thoughts on that. She said it was easy to apply, it lasted quite well and it felt nice and moisturising on the lips. A great lip product that is!

Ansu’s makeup

IsaDora Twist Up Gloss Stick in Tropical Fuchsia*
Too Faced Semi Sweet Chocolate Bar Palette
Ardell Demi Wispies
Rimmel Brow This Way in Medium Brown*
KikoMilano Desert Dunes Trio baked Blush in Gypsy Pink

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Nappu was the birthday girl. I did this beautiful golden halo eyemakeup on her which really complimented her huge blue eyes. Also I bough her one of my favourite products as a gift and used it as a blush. Zuii’s sparkling powder in the shade Berry really looked pretty with her flawless and glowing complexion.

Nappu’s makeup

Rimmel Lasting Finish Nude 25hr in Light Ivory
Too Faced Semi Sweet Chocolate Bar Palette
Urban Decay Naked 3
Rimmel Brow This Way in Medium Brown*
Benefit Hoola Bronzer
Zuii Organic Sparkling Powder in Berry

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An extra behind the scenes -photo. Love my posture and my focused face!

*gifted

2016-05-06 Lifestyle, Wellbeing 2 Comments

I am not perfect

.. But I’m just as good.

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Photos Inka Lähteenaro

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I wrote about giving up on birth control pills earlier. Now I’m back on the subject and what I’ve noticed after not taking excess hormones. I mentioned the pms then and I’m afraid that’s still an issue. I’m quite shocked of how long it can take for me to get normal again. I’m also shocked to see how sad or depressed I can feel all of a sudden now. Well at least I know it will pass and I’m just fighting the hormones to take off.

I have noticed two big  differences after stopping and they’re quite horrible both. My hair gets greasy and so does my face. Even if I wash my hair in the morning, it’s already somewhat greasy in the day. Still my scalp feels dry and itchy. Like what?! I don’t know what to do, really. I’ve tried coconut oil and not using as much dry shampoo.

My face has gone worse and worse very quickly. Actually you could talk about acne when it comes to my cheeks. You never realize how good your skin was until you get acne. I used to have smooth cheeks and now they’re covered in spots. My decollete and neck and back also gets acne. I promised to be prepared for this when I quit the birth control pills but I wasn’t. How could I prepare for this? I feel like I’m back at high school with my acne and low self esteem. Then again I can deal with this better than I could at the age of fourteen. Still it’s sad to look in the mirror and see your face and not recognise it as your own. I can’t hide from it. Makeup doesn’t apply as smoothly as before, makeup powders don’t cover enough and powders don’t last on me. I’m terrified of taking “today’s makeup” photos.

Writing this down and accepting that I’m not perfect isn’t easy. But maybe this is the first step. I’m gonna with this and get rid of it. But now I’m not gonna take the fast train – pills – but I will try organic cosmetics first instead.

I feel inspired by Em Ford who has made this beautiful short film about acne and how it affects you. I love those last sentences: “You are beautiful. Don’t let anyone tell you differently. Not even yourself.”

My Pale Skin on Youtube & blog.

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