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PLAY IT AGAIN

11 Mar

VIIVI PUMPANEN IN LOVELY FIFTIES THEMED PICTURES. PHOTOGRAPHER PASI LIESIMAA/IL, REPORTER INKA NURMISTO AND MAKEUP AND HAIR KATJA TEINILÄ.

WINTER GIRLS

7 Mar

PICTURES BY PHOTOGRAPHER SUSA LAHTI, STYLIST ANU LAAPOTTI AND MAKEUP AND HAIR KATJA TEINILÄ.

COCO WAS HERE

6 Mar

I HOPE THIS IS GOING TO BE THE LAST WARM OUTFIT I AM WEARING THIS WINTER…I AM SO READY FOR THE SUMMER…
TODAY´S WORKING OUTFIT : NUDE BEIGE MAXI SWEATER WITH OPEN BACK AND LITTLE BOW DETAILS, COTTON SHIRT WITH FRILL TAIL, GLOSSY BLACK EYEGLASSES AND BLACK ´DIAMOND´ RING, ALL FROM HERE.CLASSIC SOREL BOOTS ARE ALWAYS WARM AND KEEP YOUR TOES DRY….
I LOVE POODLES…THESE DOGS ARE MY ULTIMATE FAVOURITES, THEY ARE SO CLEVER, FUN  AND HAVE SUCH A  GREAT PERSONALITIES…. LET ME INTRODUCE YOU THIS LITTLE POODLE PUPPY CALLED COCO CHANEL….MY ADORABLE FRIENDS ANNI AND  HER PUPPY COCO FINALLY CAME TO VISIT ME ….AND OF COURSE I FELL IN LOVE WITH THIS CHARMING LITTLE CHOCOLATE BROWN FURRY THING….
ALL THE LITTLE DOGS AND KIDS LOVE OUR RAT AND MOUSE TOYS FROM IKEA…COCO DID AS WELL, SO WE PACKED SOME RATS AND MOUSES FOR COCO TO TAKE HOME WITH….
 AFTER ALL THAT PLAYING AND RAVING AROUND IT WAS TIME TO CHILL OUT AND FALL IN SLEEP…I AM GOING TO MISS ANNI AND THIS SLEEPY LITTLE FRIEND OF MINE, SINCE THEY ARE MOVING TO ABU DHABI SOON….♥

SPRING MUST HAVES FOR PREPPY MAN

5 Mar

MEN WITH PREPPY STYLE ARE MY CUP OF TEA. HERE ARE SOME CLASSIC MUST HAVE ITEMS THAT I THINK ALL MEN SHOULD HAVE IN THEIR CLOSET…. RUGBY SHIRTS…../ PHOTO SOURCE: RALPH LAUREN

BOWTIES ARE FUN, SEXY AND PLAYFUL LITTLE ACCESSORIES THAT CHEER UP ANY OUTFIT….MAKE IT A PERFECT ENSEMBLE BY ADDING A MISMATCHING POCKET SQUARE …

PHOTO SOURCE: GUERREISMSCOLOURFUL CHINOS, FRESH COLORED CHECKERED SHIRTS, GRAY COLLEGE SWEATERS CLUB JACKET AND POCKET SQUARE…. / PHOTO SOURCE: GANT

SPORTY,FRESH AND MASCULINE WATCH …../PHOTO SOURCE :MICHAEL KORS NEAT AND STYLISH CLASSIC DESIGNER  WALLET….. / PHOTO SOURCE:LOUIS VUITTONGEEKY EYEGLASSES…. PHOTO SOURCE: MICHAEL BASTIAN SUNGLASSES FOR GANTROUND FRAMED NERDY SUNGLASSES…../ PHOTO SOURCE: ILLESTEVA , LEONARD DARK BLUE NAVY JERSEY AND LIGHT ITALIAN BLUE/WHITE STRIPED SHIRT WITH FUN BOWTIE/NECKTIE AND BRIGHT WILD PANTS …./ PHOTO SOURCE: BROOKS BROTHERS

PANAMA HAT WORKS EVERYWHERE…/ PHOTO SOURCE:GUCCI, NEIMAN MARCUSCLASSIC DESIGNER  BELT …./ PHOTO SOURCE: GUCCI

CLUB JACKET …../PHOTO SOURCE : SANDPHOTO SOURCE: GANTBRIGHT COLOURED CANVAS BELT AND CLASSIC WHITE CONVERSE ALL STAR SNEAKERS…… / PHOTO SOURCE: TOMMY HILFIGER AND CONVERSE

FLOWERY HAIR

1 Mar

I MISS SUMMER….BEHIND THE SCENES PICS FROM OUR PHOTOSHOOT IN SAMOS. BUBBLY AND FRESH VIIVI PUMPANEN  WITH FLOWERY HAIR. MAKEUP AND HAIR BY ME.

PASTEL DREAMS

20 Feb

THE SPRING IS COMING…AT LEAST IN MY THOUGHTS….. I AM TOTALLY BORED WITH ALL THE HEAVY AND DARK WINTER CLOTHING….SO HERE ARE SOME INSPIRATION PICTURES AND LOVELY SPRING / SUMMER PIECES I AM DREAMING OF….(VOGUE JAPAN )COOL NUDE TONED CHANEL CLASSIC 2.55 PURSE….. (CHANEL)

LOVELY PASTELS SPICED WITH ORANDE AND GOLD….(VOGUE JAPAN)

PERFECT PAIR OF PEACHY JEANS AND CANDY MINT PUMPS…AND LOVELY LOUIS VUITTON 2010 COLLECTION PURSE…LOVELY  BUT PROPABLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND….(VOGUE CHINA)THIS IS A SERIOUS MUST HAVE…. AN AMERICAN APPAREL LARGE OR MEDIUM LEATHER CARRY ALL POUCH IN CREME…. WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ALSO PINK, BLACK AND TANGERINE. TOO BAD IT´S SOLD OUT AT THE MOMENT…ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT, AND WILL DO EVERYTHING TO FIND IT ….( AMERICAN APPAREL)

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MISSONI INSPIRED MAKEOVER

18 Feb

MY DEAR FRIEND MOVED TO A NEW APARTMENT AND ASKED ME A LITTLE ADVICE WITH FRESHING UP HIS NEW ALL BLACK AND RED HOME…I WAS VERY EXCITED AND HAPPY, SINCE I LOVE HOME DECORATION…I NEVER HAD SEEN THE APARTMENT BEFORE,BUT KNEW THAT HIS SOFA AND THE FLOOR WAS BLACK, WALLS WHITE AND LOTS OF RED DETAILS.  I THINK TOO MUCH RED MAKES CHRISTMAS, SO I WAS INSPIRED WITH FRESH AND COLOURFUL MISSONI HOME STYLE. NEW HM HOME PRODUCTS ARE ACTUALLY VERY SIMILAR TO MISSONI PATTERNS.

YOU WILL SEE BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES FROM MY FRIENDS LIVING ROOM LATER IN THIS POST, SORRY FOR THE POOR QUALITY OF THE PICS THAT I TOOK WITH MY BROKEN IPHONE….

MISSONI HOME PATTERNS….HM HOME PATTERNS…..ALL THE PILLOW CASES THAT I USED TO FRESHEN UP MY FRIENDS LIVING ROOM….MY FRIENDS LIVING ROOM BEFORE……DARK AND RED CHRISTMAS FEELING, ALL THE DARKNESS AND WEIGHT ON THE LOWER PART OF THE ROOM MAKES THE LIVING ROOM FEEL HEAVY AND DULL….MY FRIENDS LIVING ROOM AFTER…..LOVELY JUGEND WINDOWS ARE POPPING OUT BY KEEPING FULL AND LAYERED CURTAINS ON THE SIDE, BRIGHT COLOURED PILLOWCASES SPICED WITH BEIGE AND WHITE FRESHEN UP THE ROOM, BRING BALANCE AND MAKES A LIGHTER AS WELL AS MORE TRENDY MODERN IMPRESSION.IT NEEDED JUST LITTLE MORE MODERN TOUCH FOR THE CURTAINS THAT HE HAD, 14 OF FRESH MISSONI INSPIRED PILLOWCASES FROM HM HOME….AND WHEN HE GET´S THESE ITEMS BELOW FROM IKEA , IT WILL BE SO LOVELY…I THINK I MADE A GOOD JOB IN JUST TWO HOURS!!!I ADVICED HIM TO BALANCE EVEN MORE  THE LIGHT AND BLACK COLOURS, BY GIVING SOME LIGHT DOWN TO THE FLOOR BY GETTING THIS BIG LIGHT BEIGE ÅRUM RUG FROM IKEA…AND SINCE HE HAD ALREADY TWO OF THESE IKEA SOLMYRA WALL PICTURES, I TOLD HIM TO GET TWO MORE  AND PLACE THEM AS A COLLAGE OF FOUR ABOVE THE SOFA…..AND BRINGING SOME BLACK  TO THE UPPER SIDE OF THE ROOM BY GETTING TWO OF THESE BIG BLACK LAMPSHADES WITH MODERN AND SIMPLE TABLE LAMP BASES….

FOR THE SERIOUS MISSONI LOVERS, THERE IS A HOTEL MISSONI IN EDINBURGH…

ALL THE PICS FROM: MISSONI HOME, HM HOME, MISSONI HOTEL.

LET´S SKI

16 Feb

ANNE KUKKOHOVI SKI STYLED PICTURES BY PHOTOGRAPHER FABIAN BJÖRK/ ALLER MEDIA AND MAKEUP AND HAIR KATJA TEINILÄ.

SNOW QUEEN HAIRDO

10 Feb

I LOVE THIS KIND OF CREATIVE FANTASY MISSIONS….THIS TIME I WAS ASKED TO CREATE A SNOW QUEEN HAIRDO FOR THE PHOTOSHOOT….DECORATION FOR THE CHRISTMAS TREE WORKS PERFECTLY AS HAIR DECORATION…


HOUSEWIFE WITH A LITTLE LEOPARD

9 Feb

I AM ONE HAPPY LITTLE HOUSEWIFE …. MY LOVE CAME HOME FROM HIS WORK TRIP FROM THE STATES AND SURPRISED ME WITH SUPER- LOVELY AND USEFUL  THINGS THAT I HAD DREAMED OF…

SEXY AND CUTE  MICHAEL KORS LEOPARD PURSE….PERFECT LITTLE THING TO SPICE UP  MY WINTER OUTFITS LIKE TODAY ; VINTAGE FUR COAT, BELT I BOUGHT YEARS AGO FROM H&M AND WOOLLY HAT FROM HERE


 HAPPY HOUSEWIFE TOES, HE GOT ME A NEW BLACK PAIR OF BAILEY BUTTON UGG BOOTS….

MY LOVE KNOWS HOW MUCH I LOVE VINTAGE ACCESSORIES, SO HE HAD BOUGHT ME TWO BEAUTIFUL VINTAGE BROOCHES FROM LITTLE FLEA MARKET IN SAN FRANSISCO. I REALLY APPRECIATE THESE PIECES THE MOST, SINCE I KNOW MY LOVE HATES FLEA MARKETS MORE THAN ANYTHING, SUPER- ROMANTIC AND THOUGHTFUL GIFT !!!!I LOVE NIKE FREE SNEAKERS, AND I WAS DELIGHTED TO GET BLACK AND WHITE ONES….THOSE ARE PERFECT,  EXTRA LIGHT AND FEEL LIKE A SOCK, AND THE BEST THING IS THAT YOU DON´T NEED TO WEAR SOCKS AT ALL…FOR GOOD NIGHT SLEEPS, RALPH LAUREN BEDSHEETS, IN PRETTY PINK AND WHITE STRIPES….

PERFECT HOUSEWIFE´S MUST HAVES, BOUNCE FABRIC SOFTENER SHEETS FOR THE DRYER.THOSE NOT ONLY SOFTENS YOUR FAVOURITE CLOTHES, BUT CONTROLS STATIC AND FRESHENS CLOTHES WITH WONDERFUL SCENTS.

…AND SHOUT COLOR CATCHER SHEETS FOR THE LAUNDRY MACHINE WHICH ALLOW MIXED COLOUR WASHES AND PREVENTS COLOR RUNS.

MY LOVE IS THE BEST!!!!!