Two faced

Hi!

I was catching up on blog posts last night and saw that my friend Laura had done a blog post with a little challenge she had found. The challenge is to only do your makeup for half of your face, show the difference and discuss makeup a little bit. I actually found a few other people's posts about this and it's interesting to see how much makeup changes how you look.

Makeup is a big part of my morning routine. I usually play some feel good music from my laptop while I do my makeup before I leave for school or whatever I'm doing that day. What I use really depends on how much time I have and what I feel like doing that day. Lately I've been using foundation, concealer (mostly only under my eyes), powder, bronzer, blush, mascara, eyebrow pen, lipstick and lipgloss. Some days I also put on some eyeshadow if I feel like it.

I don't wear makeup to feel confident or for anyone else but myself. It's just something I enjoy doing and I love trying out new products. I feel like taking some time for myself in the morning while I put on makeup is pretty relaxing. Even though I would rather leave the house with makeup on, it's not the end of the world if that doesn't happen.

See you soon!
~Susanna

Lion King and too much food

Hi!

I had a house-warming party this weekend with a few of my friends from school. The plan was to watch all of the Lion King movies and eat way too much junk food. We started around 3 pm on Saturday and the last guests left around 4 pm on Sunday,

We went to get some pizza after the first movie. I haven't had pizza from an actual pizzeria since I moved here and I've been craving it for weeks so that was great.

After the movies we decided to play some Mario Party. I've never played it with 3 other people and it was so much fun. I even came in the 2nd place :D

I had heard that morning that they were going to show A Mother's Nightmare on tv at midnight so we watched that with the two of my friends who decided to stay for the night. After that we just chatted for a while and went to sleep.

We ended up sleeping pretty late and I started talking about how I have eggs in my fridge because I had made cookies for the party but I don't really like eggs so we made pancakes for breakfast/lunch/dinner (it was like 4 pm). They turned out good even though they took forever to make.

I feel pretty exhausted but really happy about the weekend. I'm so happy I've met such amazing people here in Rovaniemi. And just to think about that I was so so so scared that I wouldn't make any friends here when I moved.

See you soon!
~Susanna

Boxing gloves and yoga mats

Hi!

I'm not gonna write too much this time but I had a few pictures in my phone and I thought I'd post them here. I had an idea for another long post but I'll save you this time :P Here's some stuff that has happened this week:

We had self defense classes all Friday last week and all Monday this week. I think it was one of my favorite courses we've had so far. We learned some basic stuff like what to do if someone grabs your wrist, hits you or strangles you and how to handle aggressive customers.

This school week has been so exhausting and it's only Thursday. We had two 10 hours long days, an exam and another exam tomorrow. I feel like we've had more homework than we usually do too. I'm so happy tomorrow is Friday.

My calendar looked fuller than it usually is too. I'm really excited for the weekend because I'm finally having a housewarming party. Five of my school friends are coming over and we're planning on watching all the Lion King movies, get some pizza and other yummy food. I'm probably going to make some chocolate chip cookies too. I haven't really had much to do on the weekends here so I'm just really excited to have plans with some amazing people :)

And lastly, yoga classes finally started today. It was really relaxing and I had fun. I'm so excited to have a new hobby this year especially because I've been interested in yoga for a while now but never got around or had time to sign up for classes.

See you soon!
~Susanna

September Livbox

Hi!

I didn't have the best day today after oversleeping in the morning and missing the first class. I absolutely HATE being late so I felt awful about it all school day. I also knew that I had to go to the store after school and I wasn't really in the mood to do that but what inspired me to get off my butt and go outside was a package waiting for me in the post office. This month's LivBox had arrived!

September's theme was transforming into fall and all the new products released in fall. Once again, this box had a few products I've been meaning to get new ones of for a while now but never got around. It's like they know me and my cosmetic needs hahaha. I loved the box and I've been so so so pleased with the last two boxes especially. Now let's take a look what was in my box:

L'Occitaine - Shea Butter Hand Cream I've heard about these hand creams A LOT but never got myself one. The tube is pretty small so I put it in my backpack to take with me to school so I can try it out there.
L'oréal Paris - Elnett Satin Volum Excess (hair spray) I actually just needed a new hairspray.
L'oréal Paris - Skin Perfection Unifying Day Moisturizer ...and I needed a new moisturizer too :D Pretty excited about this one.
Nivea - Lip Butter Blueberry Blush I actually had to hold back a scream when I saw this in the box. Nivea's lip butters are my favorite and I had no idea they had a new one. I absolutely love anything that is blueberry scented too and this smelled just wonderful.
Katy Perry - Royal Revolution (perfume) I've been a fan of Katy's previous perfumes but this one was a bit too strong for me. I will probably give it to a friend or something.
Lumene - Clear it up! (face wash) I just tried this out in a shower and liked it. I can't really form a good enough opinion after using it for few days other than it smells pretty good :D

See you soon!
~Susanna