Tea for Two

I like tea. I think I've hoarded over twenty different types in the kitchen cupboards and drink at least one cup a day. Still, I couldn't resist when I came across tea flowers; green and white tea leaves tied together with a dried flower. The leaves and the flower open up in hot water and you have a wonderful flower in your cup while the tea brews.

I set out cups for me and my other half, and some milk chocolate covered
banana flakes to go just because they are so delicious!

I can take this opportunity to also show off the cute PiP Studio bowls I got a few weeks back! I've had their cups for some time and found these new, smaller bowl with pretty flower motifs. I've got both pink and light blue versions, but skipped the beige ones because they looked boring. I'm also happy about the ceramic kettle that my other half bought when our last one broke down. It's pretty goth ;P

This is probably not the pretties of tea flowers, but I was still excited!

The taste wasn't anything special, but still good. I'm a visual person and like to have pretty things around me, so the tea flowers are like made for me :) I might get some with different flowers once I've gone through these.

Outfit of the Day and a Party Look

This is from Saturday! Me and my other half went to a friend's birthday party. The weather was horrible, raining all night long, but the trip to the party was worthwhile. Many friends and some new acquaintances, good music and delicious food. I hope the party boy liked our present, we gave him a bottle of organic red wine and two bags of hand-picked frozen yellow foot mushrooms.

Dress - H&M

Body jewellery - GinaTricot

Pantyhose - Sokos, maybe? Can't remember!

Boots - New Rock

And here's the make-up look I wore, it's done with the stuff I gushed about in the previous post, sent by Meeow from Germany!

I used:
P2 stay colored! eye cream in 060 polar white
P2 stay colored! eye cream in 080 dramatic moon
Scaredy cat eyeshadow in Arctic Royale
Madd Style Cosmetics eyeshadow in Fabby Lala
P2 100% Black gel eyeliner
P2 eye catcher 2in1 mascara + eyeliner in 030 bamboo garden

I applied the cream shadow just a bit too thickly, so the shadow flaked a bit during the evening and looks uneven in the pic, but nothing dramatic. The cream intensified the colours very nicely and I just love the turquoise mascara and eyeliner!

Package from Germany

Meeow, who won the 200 readers giveaway a while back, contacted me a while ago and suggested she could get me a few things I missed during my last trip to Germany. Naturally I was very happy for the offer and instantly took it! I got her some cosmetics that were only available in Finland and got this awesome package in return :)

It came wrapped in very pretty paper, golden leopard spots are über cool!

And with a lovely note!

This is what was inside, almost like Christmas ripping those packages open ;P

All the stuff!

Meeow sent me a P2 Stay colored! cream eyeshadow in 060 Polar White (I got the purple one last time I visited Germany and was surprised I liked it), a P2 Eye Catcher 2in1 mascara+eyeliner in 030 Bamboo Garden and a P2 100% Black waterproof gel eyeliner. And as a surprise I got some orange-vanilla black tea and little heart-shaped raspberry and vanilla candy, so delicious! I ate the candy already and even tried the tea, I'm so happy with everything :)

Here's a small picture of the cosmetics in action!

I naturally wanted to try everything instantly, so I did a look to wear at the birthday party we were heading for in the evening. There's Polar White on the inner corners of my eyes and just a touch on the brow bone (I put some Scaredy Cat Arctic Royale on top), some of the purple cream shadow on the outer parts of lids topped with Fabby Lala from Madd Style Cosmetics. I first put some black mascara on and then added Bamboo Garden on top, and used the eyeliner too. It's a gorgeous colour! I put a hint of the 100% Black liner below my lower lashes and put some Bamboo Garden liner on top to bring out the colour. The turquoise mascara is my absolute favourite!

Thank again, Meeow, I love everything! Meeow not only packs awesome packets, but has a gorgeous blog too, check it out :)

Outfit of the Day

This is my outfit from yesterday, when visiting the Ateneum art museum! The exhibition was great, I really enjoyed it, and it was so nice to be able to meet an old friend while there. Thanks for the company, Sirkku!

I took pictures in a different room, but Möttönen still felt obliged to join me. Too bad I had to cut her to keep the picture small enough, but she looked kinda fat anyway ;D

Poncho - Second hand

Bolero - Queen of Darkness

Belt - Only

Dress - H&M

Leggings - ReStyle

Boots - New Rock

On the Train

Helsinki is the place where I was born, and today I'm heading back for a super short visit to check out the Schjerfbeck exhibition in Ateneum. Riding a train is fun with a good book and just painted nails!

Samhain Party!

A short commercial break! I'm so excited about this upcoming Samhain party, I co-organize club Underworld and this year we teamed up with club Bella Morte to organize a classic Halloween party with a cool costume competition and pretty surroundings :) Here's the flyer with detailed information for anyone interested!

Mainostauko! Olen tosi innoissani tulevista Samhain-bileistä, järjestän club Underworldia ja tänä vuonna löimme hynttyyt yhteen club Bella Morten kanssa järjestääksemme upeat Halloween-bileet! Paikkana on klassinen ravintola Laterna Tampereella, sama mesta missä Schattenin iki-ihanat Samhain-pippalot aikoinaan olivat. Tarjolla on upeiden puitteiden lisäksi mm. pukukilpailu hienoilla palkinnoilla!

Tässä vielä linkki Facebook-tapahtumaan josta löytyvät aina tuoreimmat tiedot.

Cat Skull Ring

Today I got a packet I've waited for a while! It contained a gorgeous ring for me and a necklace for my other half. I rarely click ads, but there was one that caught my eye on Facebook. Fab.de was advertising their newest deal, cool animal skull rings. Well, I'm fond of skulls, so off I went to explore what was available and set my eyes on a nice purple ring. It looked like made for me!

Fab offers deals from selected shops and designers. The ring is by The Rogue And The Wolf, who also have a well-stocked Etsy shop! It's actually a 3D print made out of nylon. Looks very delicate but it's actually a bit flexible and seems sturdy.

Sorry about the black and white pictures,
I didn't remember to turn my flash on and the
colours were horrible!

The cardboard from the package the ring came in, pretty!

And the ring in action!

The surface looks velvety, but it's not soft.

Fits perfectly!