Random favorites of 2014

Hi my lovely readers! This is my recap of last year :) I have done these kinds of recaps of the past two years also.
2014 was a roller coaster ride for me. overall it was good but my dear grandfather and Luna passed in the summer and that was really hard time for me. But I know they're in a better place now. So let's put those sad memories aside and check out what were the best thing that happened in 2014!


My highlights of 2014

My trip to Dubai
· In February me, my sister, my brother and my father went to Dubai. I just love Dubai  and of course I enjoyed my fifth visit as well :)

A weekend in Tallinn with my boyfriend
· At the end of spring me and my boyfriend spent a weekend in a spa hotel in Tallinn Estonia. It was a nice relaxing weekend and I really enjoyed it.

Welcoming Ässä to our family
· Ever since Luna passed away my family knew it wouldn't be possible to live without a bunny. So, in june we drove for several hours to go get our newest family member Ässä. Ässä is such a charmer but sometimes I'm certain that he has ADHD... We still love him though :)

Ässä enjoying Christmas

Meeting new people 
· I just love meeting new people and making new friends. In 2014 I've been more involved in the Finnish beauty blogger scenario and it's been really nice to meet people who have the same interests as me :)

{Photo by Sonia}

Things I wished I did more (and will try to do more in 2015):
1. Reading - Yeah, I didn't spend nearly enough time reading as I should have had. I love reading and it makes me depressed to think that I only read like five books last year.
2. Baking - I baked a lot  in the autumn and wintertime, but I hope to make baking a regular hobby that I will do all the time. I find baking relaxing and I just love it!
3. Excercising - Ehh. Yeah. Didn't move enough.
4. Going outside (such as walking in the forest) - Finnish nature is so beautiful, so I should spend more time outside.
5.  Following more ice hockey - I really love watching ice hockey but in 2014 I barely watched it at all. In 2015 I hope to be more into ice hockey again.

Top 5 TV-shows of 2014
1. Sherlock (is my all-time fave and I enjoyed it in 2014 as well)
2. Game of Thrones
3. 2 Broke Girls
4.  Pretty Little Liars
5.  Sex and the City


Favourite movie and book of 2014
Gone girl
Bridget Jones -books


Top 5 songs  of 2014
1. Ella Henderson - Ghost
2. Idina Menzel - Let it go
3.  Lorde - Tennis Court
4.  Imagine Dragons - Radioactive
5. Donkeyboy - Crazy something normal



Hope you enjoyed my random favorites of 2014 :)

xoxo Pauliina

My A·B·C

Me and my dear friend Satu wanted to make a collaboration together. Satu came up with the idea of doing a post with our favorite things in life - and incorporating them to the ABC. Please check out Satu's blog, it's awesome! 

Audrey Hepburn - the best (female) actor, a style icon, a wonderful person and an inspiration to me.

Boyfriend. I have one,  hihihi :P

Creativity - I consider myself a creative person. I used to go to an art school and I love painting and drawing (even though I'm not very good at it). I also express myself through makeup, I love to transform myself to someone else (i.e Cleopatra).

Disney movies are still my favorite movies! I LOVE DISNEY and one of my dreams is to visit Disneyland one day. My favorite Disney movie is Hercules and my favorite Disney song is I won't say I'm in love (the Finnish version).

Eating - who doesn't love good food?

Family and Friends are the most important people in my life.

Glow Beauty Salon - my own little beauty salon in the heart of Helsinki :)

Helping people makes me so happy :)

Ikea and all things home decor  <3

Joulu = Chistmas in Finnish. I'm totally a Christmas person! I love giving and receiving gifts, the blinking lights and snow!

Koti = Home (in Finnish) is my favorite place to be at. I love snuggling under a warm blanket and watching tv or youtube.

Luna.  He flew away to heaven but he'll stay in my heart forever.

My darling little loaf <3 I can't express how much I miss him.

Makeup is my passion and one of the ways I can express myself.

Nail polish is a bit of an obsession of mine...

Ornaments are so pretty, I have a christmas ornament collection.

Phildel is one of my favorite musicians. This is my favorite song ever:

Q_Q Couldn't think any words starting with the letter Q (that'd actually make sense in this tag) so there's a smiley for you instead.

Rain is so relaxing to listen to when you're going to sleep. I don't like walking in rain without an umbrella though.

Shopping is the best activity ever :D

Me in Dubai mall, the biggest shopping center in the planet

Travelling is the best thing to waste your  money on. I have been traveling ever since I was a little kid so I can't imagine a life without traveling. I've been to around 20 different countries.

Dubai's my favorite place ;)

Unique items. I can't help but love anything unique.

Vintage - I love everything vintage! Flea markets are one of my favorite places to browse around and find some treasures.

Winter is absolutely my favorite season. I love christmas and my birthday is in December too. I love snow and cold weather!

A photo I took in January couple of years ago.

Xylitol is good for your teeth. I love chewing gum that has xylitol in it.

Youtube is my most visited website, I am constantly watching videos. I also have my own channel.

Zzz - I'd consider sleeping as one of my favorite hobbies xD


Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed! :) I tag Katariina to do this tag!

xoxo Pauliina

Beauty Blogger meet in Tampere & a goodie bag haul!

Just a little excited to go to the meet...

Hi my lovely readers!

 Greetings from Tampere! :) I was invited to a meet for Finnish beauty bloggers hosted by the lovely Sanni and Elisa. I absolutely love these meets, because I get to meet all of my awesome blogger friends in one place! I also got to meet some new people, too bad there was 35 of us and I didn't have time to chat with everyone. Maybe next time!

We met at Plevna, a cozy brewery  restaurant. Most of us ate something, but I only drank coffee, since I had already eaten before I got there.

Me before the meet

Sini & me. 

The restaurant we had the meet in. Plevna was super cozy and nice!

Loved the atmosphere!

Thanks for the photo, Eiko from Kahvia ja Kosmetiikkaa-blog! :)

After dining we moved to a different room and listened to three awesome presentations. The kickoff to the presentations was by Lumene, the famous Finnish cosmetic brand (which I personally love). After Lumene, we had a little break and got incredible goodie bags! 

We returned to the room, and got to enjoy of Mikko Vainio's hair demo and Zuii Organic's presentation. 

Lumene's presentation by Tarja Gallacheria

New goodies to be released in couple of months ;)

Mikko Vainio.  Warehouse's representative who has the coolest beard ever.

Mikko doing jumbo curls

A couple of curling wands

Jumbo curls. Loved them!!

Zuii's presentation and demo

Lovely brown smokey eye

A draw. Check out that cute MLP purse ;)

The sea of goodie bags

All the stuff I got *__*

Iiiiiik!

#excited

Wow, such makeup, such freebies

Some hair stuff I can't wait to try!

Body & face products

Lumene's new makeup. I was just about to buy the eyeliner, it was awesome to get it for free! Also, it has the same tube as Urban Decay!

Awesome hair products from Tigi & other brands.

Overall the day was just pure awesomeness! I am so thankful for the opportunity to meet all these lovely bloggers and so amazed by all the goodies we got! Thanks for the hosts!!! 

Reviews of some of this stuff coming soon, comment down below what products you want to see reviewed! Thanks for reading, have a magical day!

xoxo Pauliina

Finnish Beauty Bloggers' meet

Me, Shiny, Virve and Sini ♥ I just love those girls

Hi my lovely readers! 

Me and 27 other Finnish beauty bloggers decided to have a gathering last Saturday. Our host was the beautiful Sensaisti. The gathering was just AWESOME! It was so much fun to meet my blogger friends I rarely get to see. The food was absolutely delicious and the place so pretty! 

All this food *___* Nomnomnom

I'm still drooling after Ilona's mocha bites (which are not shown in the pic though xD)

Guess who joined to the  Lyyli-fanclub? Isn't she just the cutest little chihuahua ever?

Thanks for taking this pic, Sini!

Ooh-la-laa! Wonder what's inside?

Our host had such a nice surprise for us - a huge gift bag full of amazing cosmetic items! I was in cloud nine! I'm so looking forward to testing all these wonderful products! :)

That was just crazy, huh?! I feel so lucky and blessed for receiving all that amazing stuff, thanks again Sensaisti and the companies who were so generous to us!

Now, here are just a few pics from the memorable night...

Me, Sonia , Virve and Sini 

(Photo taken by Panda with Sonia's camera )

Shiny,  Virve, me and Sini 

This and the next three photos by Sonia :) Thanks so much for having the patience with this ridiculous photoshoot xD

Photo taken by Panda with Sonia's camera :*

And this is just a random awkward selfie I decided to upload for the heck of it xD

Thanks so much for reading! Have a magical day! 

xoxo Pauliina