Aug
15

My trusty make up

by Sofia   -   in Random

This is a blog post I have been asked for over and over again. I don´t know why it has taken me so long to write. But here it is! What´s in my make up bag?  Let me start of by telling you I´m absolutely not a make up guru. I do not follow up on trends here so much and neither am I a pro at adding it on my face. Do I love make up? Yes! Do I wear it every day? No. But when I do I often go for a natural enhancing look rather than changing my face completely. I basically have three looks mastered. One is with a lighter eye maybe with a little golden sheen to it and black mascara, then red lips. The other is with a brown/ greige eye shadow and a lighter lip with perhaps a coral or a blush colour. Last one is a smoky eye for a night out ( although I don´t have so many nights out and even when I do I don´t go for a smoky eye so often even then). But I used to do both so I know how to make it.

I have learned most of my make up products and tricks from make-up artist as I used to be a professional model ( seems like many moons ago). They obviously know what looks best on everyone and can give you little hints and tricks on how to enhance your face. Lift up your assets and cover your flaws ( like I have any, ha!).

My go to blush is from Nars and it´s called orgasm, I use a duo with a darker shade called Laguna for contouring a little ( I´m not really a contouring pro with different colours for different parts of my face).

I love Bobbi Brown´s make up. I use their eye shadow palette Warm Glow Eye Palette at the moment but also Urban Decays´s Naked  palettes have really good basic brown/ beige/ grey shades that I have used.

The shimmer brick compact from the same brand is one of my favourite beauty products ( it gives a great sun kissed glow on your face) and I use their creamy concealer when I put an extra effort in to my face. One make up artist raved about the eco tool concealer brush and it´s fantastic!

Aug
12

Happy thoughts

by Sofia   -   in Random

Obviously my happy thought number one is the fact that school started this week and we lived to tell the ( very happy) tale! I´m somehow very excited about this and feel like it´s a great new time in our lives in many ways. Cotton Candy is loving school so far and her teacher is the sweetest. We obviously got her all geared up for the school year with a new backpack and pencils and such. She got to choose her “inside” shoes herself as the same style her little sister wears for nursery is obviously not acceptable ( add a winking smily face here). We also made the desk her designated workspace her little sister is not allowed to clutter with her stickers and such ( which is not such a big change as Bubble Gum is more the “playing with her dolls”-type where Cotton Candy has always been the ” crafting and drawing”-kid in our house so the table was basically always her domain). But now it´s to be kept empty and clean at all times for her to have a calm spot to concentrate on. So cute, especially as her homework so far has taken her about 5 minutes every day. But she is very proud to be a first grader so I´m very very happy for her.

Aug
10

Strawberry & Lime Cheesecake

by Sofia   -   in Cooking

Tein saaressa heinäkuun lopulla anopin syntymäpäiville todella hyvää lime-mansikka juustokakkua. Kakku ei vaadi lainkaan uunia, eikä niin hirmuisesti jauhopeukaloakaan joten tätä uskaltaa vähän vähemmänkin kokenut leipuri kokeilla. Leivoin myös rusina-kaurakeksejä joista tuli tosi hyviä. Juustokakun reseptin löydät täältä ja sopivasti sitkeiden keksien resepti on täällä.

This no bake cheesecake I made on the island for my mother in law´s birthday at the end of July was really good and fairly easy to prepare ( easy enough for all the “non bakers” too!). You can find the recipe for it here. I also made really good ( even if I seem to be bragging here they both were…) oatmeal and raisin cookies. The soft and chewy kind. Find the recipe here.