bring on 2011

* HAPPY NEW YEAR! *

I hope that everyone has an amazing new year. 2010 has been amazing for me. I've met lots of wonderful people, had an amazing trip to New York, found new interests, finally decided what I want to do with my life :D, got in contact with relatives I haven't spoken to in over 10 years, and so much more. 

I hope that 2011 is going to be just as amazing!  

define good

(ring by Burberry Prorsum, flats from Lanvin, Ray-Ban Clubmasters, fragrance by Chanel, chain cuff from Marni and bag from Miu Miu)

silver bells

 I love Christmas! for so many reasons but most of all because I get to be creative. I spend more time planning how to wrap a gift rather than thinking what the gift should be. It has always been a tradition in my family that I make the Christmas cards rather than buying them from a store. Sure they aren't "Martha Stewart perfect" but I just think it's so much more thoughtful making them yourself even if it means that I have to sit at my desk surrounded by piles of glitter and glue for hours. Speaking of Martha Stewart I think I spent a total of 3 hours on her website today going through and downloading recipes, templates etc. I started under the category Christmas but later ended up in the wedding section. I now have an entire folder dedicated to wedding favors, place cards, decorations and different templates for everything and anything :)
It's independence day tomorrow here in Finland which means no school. I miss 4th of July in the States in Finland independence day is a lot more peaceful and it's more about remembering those who fought for this country (no fireworks, BBQs etc.)


(pictures from marthastewart.com) 

taking my time

It's been a long time since I last wrote, but there are so many other important things I need to take care of and I just don't have time to blog. Test week starts tomorrow, my courses for next spring are a mess, trying to figure out how to get a scholarship, figuring out how to apply to universities outside of Finland (yes, I want to study abroad)..... 
I'll start blogging again when I get everything under control. <3 

empire state of mind

 We had lunch by the boathouse with the upper east side crowd. 

imagine mosaic in central park (there was a group tour when we arrived so I couldn't get a picture from another angel) 

tall iced caramel macchiato 

10th ave. and 46th street

Outside the MET

The Dior store was closed hence the giant Lady Dior bag

Loved the Miu Miu store

Here are a few photos from my trip to New York. I don't really have pictures of any tourist attractions since I've been to pretty much all of them before. I'll show you some of the stuff that I got later. I've been trying to take pictures but I can't get enough natural light since it's been gray and rainy all week and the pictures just don't turnout nicely. I'll get back to you soon.

Pazza Notte

So sorry for not posting in a week. Here are a few pictures from one of my favorite places in New York. Pazza Notte on 6th ave. and 55th st. They have the most amazing pizza and their molten chocolate cake (above) is amazing.

back to reality

After an amazing week in New York I'm now back in Helsinki. I'll post photos asap but now I just need to get some sleep.

concrete jungle

I'm going to New York for a week. I'll post lots of pictures when I get back.

packing

So I'm packing for tomorrow and decided to show you some of the makeup and skin care stuff I'm taking with me.

 Eyes: eye shadows by Clinique (one of those bonus gifts), MAC fluid line in blitz & glitz, Lancome liner designer in 01 Noir Sensuel and Colossal volum' express mascara

 I like to go pretty light on my face all I use is Maybelline pure cover mineral concealer and MAC mineralize skinfinish natural in medium (applied with a sponge, it gives a bit more coverage)

 Miss Dior Chérie 

skincare: Clinique 7 day scrum cream, 3-step skincare system, all about eyes eye cream and Clarins Hydra Matte Lotion (for combination skin) that I use in the morning before makeup.

Other things I'll be taking with me are brushes (MAC 188 and 116, 2 eyeshadow brushes, an angle brush and eyelash curler), blush and eyebrow pencil by IsaDora.

fall colors

I know that my last few updates have been lacking text but I just haven't had time to write because of test week. Anyways this is pretty much all I've done today:

8:00 wake up, had a late morning but got up early for some reason 

11:10 ran to the bus (can't understand how it's possible to be late when you have 3 hours on you) 

12:20 biology lesson 

14:10 back on the bus on my way home

14:45 home, quick snack

15:00 running for 15min + 45min of zumba

16:00 studied for biology quiz 

16:30 clean room

16:45 decided what to pack for an upcoming trip

17:00 studied for biology quiz

have a nice day <3 

details

boot camp

what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas

My favorite nail polish color for this fall is going to be Las Vegas (33) by Mavala

delicate

oh so pure and innocent

This has nothing to do with fashion or beauty but it was just so adorable I had to tell you. The innocent fruit smoothies are pretty new here in Finland I think they became available about a year ago. Anyways this is the first time I've found them in these bigger bottles rather than in the small serving size bottles, but look at the adorable little details on the packaging. 

                                            (I'm not advertising this company, I just wanted to show you since I thought it was cute)

for no reason

I stopped by a few stores yesterday after school. We had this "field trip" thing where we went to the Helsingin Sanomat offices (local newspaper).  

Stopped by Zara...

and bought the navy blue blazer that I was obsessing over. 

Stopped by H&M and bought a set of 6 golden rings

I picked up the september issue of Vogue and the october issue of Swedish Glamour

The September issue is the size of a brick, as usual 

pistol boots

Nilson for 159€

Acne for 370€

falling in love

NYC fashion week starts today!

always room for one more

Navy blue Zara blazer available online for the lucky you out there who live in one of the countries that zara now ships to and in stores for the rest of us. Keeping my fingers crossed that they'll add more shipping destinations to the online store soon.

(pictures: carolines mode and zara.com)