Pagan Lip Tar by OCC

I already showed you Technopagan, and this is its satin sister, Pagan. Worn here with Black Dahlia lip liner. All products are by Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics. Pagan is a deep, dark purple, a stunning shade and really a statement! I wore Pagan with just mascara, but I'm pretty sure it would be gorgeous with a dark smoky eye too. As an added bonus, Pagan makes my skin look very pale, which I like. I have to do a party look with this baby, it's fabulous!!

Achtung Bubblegum Photoshoot!

Here's my favourite pics from the Achtung Bubblegum photoshoot! Two lovely young fashion designers, Liisa Sallinen and Suvi Viita-aho, asked me to model for their upcoming collection. The theme was military clothing but in bright, feminine shades to give it a twist. To find out more, visit the Achtung Bubblegum tumblr-page. All photos by Jyrki Järvinen.

This dress is called Eva B.

Look at that super cute beret!

Zyklon Baby blouse and skirt.

Luftwaffe greatcoat. This one was so warm and soft, I could have spent all day in it :)

I think my lipstick matches the coat perfectly!

I really enjoyed the photoshoot, it was so nice to get to try on wonderfully crafted clothing and meet new people. We made a great team, everything went smooth and fast, so a big thanks to everyone who participated!

Face the Day!

Just a super quick update! Today I did a photoshoot with Kari Vuorio, can't wait to see the results! We went for a dark fashion style, and shot many different outfits. Very simple and graphical looks, and I did my make-up to match.

The first two were taken when I left for the photoshoot. I did my lips at the location so they would be perfect.

And this one was after the shoot! I'm wearing Black Dahlia Lip Tar by Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics. It's the perfect cool dark red, bordering on purple, just my type of shade!

Technopagan Lip Tar by OCC

Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics is a company that specializes in a product called Lip Tar. Lip Tars are basically liquid lipsticks that have very strong pigment and come in all sorts of wonderful colours. On my trip to New York City I visited the OCC Shop and bought a pile of Lip Tars. I had been looking at heir online shop but could never decide what to get, and the shipping is quite expensive, so when I had the opportunity to go and try the products I just had to!

This is one of my favourites of the bunch I got. It's called Technopagan and it's the metallic version of Pagan, a dark purple. I love purple lipsticks, and metallic purples I simply cannot resist. Do you see why? ;D

Here Technopagan is worn over Black Dahlia lip liner, also by OCC. Using a liner is necessary with the Lip Tars, they tend to feather on my lips otherwise. The texture of the Lip Tar is slightly sticky and gloss-like, but the pigmentation is far from gloss. 

I can't wait to try the other colours!

Hard at Work

Sorry for the recent silence! I've been working on my thesis non-stop all time I'm at home, but now I finally feel it's ready to be handed in. Whew! I've put so much work into it, and there's so much other stuff to do also. It's been crazy at work, and this month I have two more trips coming up. Next week I'll be going yo Helsinki to do a presentation and after that there's Ropecon convention at Espoo, so I'll be gone from Monday evening until Sunday.

And being crazy like I am, I booked two photoshoots for the Ropecon Saturday, because I'm donning on my Demon Hunter cosplay and want to get some nice professional photos of it. The week after Ropecon I'm heading out to Germany for Wave Gotik Treffen, yay!

So busy times ahead, I'll be posting about events and get to the pile of make-up I hauled back from the States later. I got a bunch of Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Lip Tars that you will very likely see on the blog soon, I just love them!

Me working on the thesis. Kitties helping out the bets they can.

Twisted Magazine and Finnish Alternative Models

I participated in a group photoshoot some time ago. It was organized by the Finnish Alternative Models community and the main point was to get pictures that represent Finnish alt models well and can be published along with an article at Twisted magazine.

Here's the shot that made it to the magazine! This is Disa, me, Didi Ou and Tiina of Rogue. The photographer is Leena Flinck.

I think we had a great energy at the shoot! We all knew each other beforehand and worked together dynamically. To me it really shows in the shot that we had fun!

The theme was basically Pussycat Dolls like pictures, but with people in alternative clothes. So I chose to wear my shiniest PVC corset and super shiny pants together with very high heeled buckle boots. As a second thought I maybe should have curled the ends of my hair, but it works nicely as is.

Cherry Trees

I love New York! People are friendly, public transportation is easy to use, the museums are great and everyone seems to love my pink hair :)

I still have one day to enhoy this place, then it's back to home and work.

Yesterday I went to Brooklyn to see the transit museum and blooming cherry trees at the botanical garden simply magical!