Every little chance I have to get myself all dolled up is welcome during a period of almost constant harbour work - I spend most of the day there in boots and workwear. So even though knowing it would get all painful the day after, as I have early mornings going on, I put on one of my new dresses and joined Ina (who now has a blog btw): & her Mr.T to Storyville's Billy Rock Station Club to see the Go Getters. A great night indeed, but one does get punished for dancing to that sinful rock n'roll music all night long if one has to get up at five the next morning. (And furthermore in not-yet-worn-shoes. Well, at least I've worn them in now:)
Here I am showing off my new dress. The pattern is very strong, I'm not sure about what I think of it but I like it all-in-all anyway. (Well of course since I bought it.)
And showing it off a bit more; yes, it has a big hem.
The shoes are these ones and the bag is vintage from my gran.
What do you do when a coworker forwards you a flyer for a GWAR art show? You drop all of your other plans and go go go!!
The majority of the show was small paintings and prints, neatly arranged in a small gallery. When I first walked in, I thought that the space was slightly over-hygienic and a strange match for the band in the spotlight. But the later it got, the longer the metal hair in the crowd. And once the "musical" acts started to play, the entire vibe changed. Opening up was a GWAR spin-off performer named "Chippy the Chipopotomus" (see photos below) followed by Dethrace. Certainly not a typical Saturday night, but the show yielded much more than I could have ever anticipated, and I left with the reaffirmation that spike headbands really are a good thing.
The spiked headpieces are really on trend, no? Chippy the Chippopotamus, fighting for homeless animal rights I need a pentagram star jacket ASAP DETHRACE This was my favorite painting. Crawling fleshface and spike headband! Later we had beer & whiskey shots accompanied by popcorn.
Roasted wholegrain bread with butter, banana, honey and sunflower seeds and a huge cup of cherry tea. And (almost) all of my Soft Sunday songs so far: Soft Sunday
(If you don't have Spotify you'll just have to do with the posted videos. Or without :)
Some time ago I said that you could ask questions if there was something you were wondering about. So here's the answers. And some soft Sunday music to go along:
(I always like the Lee parts better in all Lee and Nancy songs).
At some point earlier I got the question of how I decided where to live? -Well, apart from a couple of student exchanges abroad I've always lived in the Helsinki capitol area, the past eight years rather central. I joke that I'm slightly geographically discriminative in terms that I could not really consider myself to live elsewhere in Finland than around Helsinki. (It would probably be different if I'd have grown up somewhere else I guess...) When it comes to part of town I've lived in the same area the past five years, I originally moved there since the prices are more affordable. This summer however we'll move west of the city to a bigger home.
What computer do I have? -I used to have an 22" iMac, now I have a MacBook Pro 17". ALso dreaming about the 27-inch iMac, but I guess one computer at a time is enough...
Do I work with photoshop to get my pictures so white or is it just the natural vibe of the cold north? -It depends on the picture, when and where taken. If there's good light I use manual settings for a slightly overexposed effect, with long shutter speed. Otherwise I adjust the curves and/or add some white to faint out the edges for a more dreamy look in the pictures (like here, also with added lens flare).
Then I get a lot of questions about make up: -A tutorial? Noup, I don't think I'll ever do one but I have promised some sort of make up post forever. Now I'm really going to try and do it soon!
-The blusher I use is GOSH; the peach and the dark pink shades.
-If I change my skin routine in winter? Yes. My skin gets both flakier and fatter in the beginning of winter but evens up after some time. When cold I try to avoid too much water on my face; I wash it in the evening just before going to sleep but not in the morning, perhaps only wipe it off with tonic. I put a lot of moisturizer on at night but none in the morning, except for some eye serum. I use a serum for my lashes and lots of hand creme in winter too.
Could I post about how I tie my scarves around my head? -Yes, not that I really tie them in any special way but I'll give it a go at some point!
Is it possible to buy a IttyBitty Tease Cabaret Shake! patch anywhere? -Yup, we sell them at some gigs of ours but you'll be able to get them trough my blog soon too :)
Here I am showing off my new dress. The pattern is very strong, I'm not sure about what I think of it but I like it all-in-all anyway. (Well of course since I bought it.)
And showing it off a bit more; yes, it has a big hem.
