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Hey guys,

I'm here with haul updates. Since most of my stuff arrived at the same time, I'm going to section them by the place I bought them from. We're going to start with my H&M haul, since it was the first one I opened and photographed, and I still have to fix some things with my facecare post. Here's a picture of everything I received in mail!

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Most of the things that I bought from H&M were makeup items, so we're going to get the clothes out of the way. I do apologize that my outfit photo isn't good quality, but my trusty outfit photographer didn't have time to be enslaved by my needs. If you want to see what I ordered and have links to them yourself, you can check out this post. 

This shirt is the one I've been dying to get, and it's in the size 40 I think. It turned out to be a pretty big fit honestly, and I'm totally in love with it. Even my mother wants to get one for herself, so I'm greatly anticipating our co-op clothes... *shudder*. And the second thing I got from the clothing side was this oversized knit scarf.

God, the lighting is poor. Anyway, this turned out to be HUGE. Like, seriously, honestly, HUGE. It's a good thing I have a fetish for oversized clothes, because yeah... Well, I put a simple outfit together from these two items, so have a look yourself.

I'm totally in love with both of them, but seriously look at that scarf. Lookaddit. I could fit a second person inside of it.

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Now for the makeups. I'm sorry for the swatch quality too, I'm having a little problem with my camera, and didn't want to deliver pictures from where you can't see a thing. 

Aight, let's start off with my new makeup bag and blush brush! Since I got two new blushers in this whole haul, I really needed a brush, and my latter makeup bag ran out of space, so I got one that was twice as big.

I'm totally in love with this brush, it's so damn cute. The bristles are super soft and the shape of them really gives nice coverage.

Another thing I got that has only a little to do with makeup, is a new scent, coconut and vanilla. Alright, I might've said that I seriously hate both of those scents, but something in me implied me to get this bottle ( the materialist me no doubt ).

I was really sceptical when I tried it, but I got pleasently surprised. It has this kind of a detergent tint to it, or more like a ... soapy scent? I can't really describe it, but it wasn't too overpowering or sweet, which I was scared of. I'm kind of in love with this right about now!

Now, to the makeup and terrifying swatches. Most of what I got were necessities ( I keep telling myself... ) because I'm running out of highlighters and such. First thing on my bucket list was a new blusher, and I got one in the shade bronze.

I really like this shade, I can imagine using it for contouring as well! It first looked a little too orange-y for my liking, but on skin, it gives a nice tan effect.



I have been craving a lipstick in my collection, but I haven't ran into any that I've fancied, but I took a leap of faith with ordering this one.

It's a matte lipstick as it says on the top, and my lips are quite chapped, so on it's own it doesn't look as good as it should, but when applied with vaseline or anything of the sorts, it kind of looks really good. I'm wearing it in the outfit picture above!


Last but not least, my eyekit! I got a primer for my lids, which is a gel-like consistency, and not very oily as most of the primers I've used. Two thumbs up!

..And with it, a new color palette for my lids and brows!

They are really nice shimmery colors, the white I'm probably going to spend aaaaaall on my eyebrow highlighting because why the fudge not, and the two others, well, smokey eyes are smexy and yeah I don't know. I just needed them, for, uh... purposes. Do not question my judgement.


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Alright, that's all for now, I still need to do reviews on all of the skincare products I received ( which I have already tried ) and just.. So much to do. Please hang around, aight? Stay classy, y'all!

-mustardmon

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Hey everybody,

it's been a busy, busy week. Life in a kitchen can be hectic. But damn do I love it. I don't even mind the excessive cleaning! What we've been learning, is thickening sauces and deserts, and I've been on desert duty for the whole week. We've been doing kissels. Milk, and juice ones. The milk one failed a tad with all of us, and it tasted terrible. Like warm, thick, sweet milk. Wasn't really my favorite. 

Either way, since the week has been so rough, I had to pamper myself. As in, I've been shopping. REALLY shopping. I thought about showing you my current order history, and when the stuff arrives, I'll be giving reviews and better pictures! Let's get stuff going, then.

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My first stop was ebay. I've been meaning to buy more skincare products, but have been short of money lately. Now, that I had some to spare, I decided that the first thing that I needed, was some cute bottles of expensive fluids. Most of the things that I ordered are from the brand Tonymoly, which I'll be showing you first.

When I ordered my first ebay skincare items, I got a gift packet of Tonymoly's Tomatox Magic Massage Pack, and I was so damn pleased with it, I decided to buy a whole package of it.

First of all, the packaging, right? RIGHT? You get it? It's cute, god damnit. 80 g of pure facial bliss for your needs, all for 7 euro. It's supposed to clarify your skin, as well as whiten and moisturize it. Just what I needed, obviously. Too bad they don't have bigger sizes available, I would've gladly bought one that would be over 100 g. I got mine from this seller.

Second thing I got, mostly for the looks at first, was a package of Latte art Milk Cacao Pore pack, which, obviously, looks like a god damn swirly coffee mug.

Look addit. Seriously, I'm so easy to fool into buying stuff I might not need. But I honestly needed this. Honestly. This baby will be mixed, and applied to reduce pores and tighten your skin, as well as moisturize it.

( MOISTURIZE ME. ) And really, it has MARSHMALLOW EXTRACT in it. God. Damn. MARSHMALLOWS. How can you not buy this? And it was only 9,50 euro! If I convinced you into wanting this, you can find it from this seller.

Last thing I got from Tonymoly, was a eye-stick. Yes, you heard me. A panda eye-stick.

Thought I was kidding? It's a freaking panda. The products name is Panda's dream So Cool Eye Stick, and it's supposed to get rid of puffiness and moisturize, so it's a kind of a eye serum, on a stick.The cost was 8,19 euro from this seller.

Next off, I found one item from Etude House and one from SKINFOOD. I'll start with SKINFOOD, since the Etude one was a makeup item rather than a facecare one.

The item I got, and which I've been eyeing for a while, is Black egg Pore Serum.

Here's the packaging, which in my honest opinion, should've been a god damn black egg. Sadly, this one does not MOISTURIZE me like everything else, but will tighten up my pores, leave me with a powdery finish and get all the excessive oil out of my skin. I can't honestly think a reason why I lived without this product for so long. The cost was 9,50 euro from this seller.

Last, but not least, my Etude house item, which is a blush. It goes by the name Lovely Cookie Blusher, and I got the Peach Shoo wafer color.

The box is see-through, and the blusher is obviously super cute and fluffy. Can't say much about the product itself, except that I've heard good things about it, and look forward to receiving it. The cost was 4,98 euro from this seller.

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That's my small haul from ebay, but it's honestly not all I got. The next stop that I made, was in, surprise surprise, H&M. And this haul will be big. My mom was kind enough to lend me her wallet, on the sidenote that I'd let her borrow a few things I'd order. I'll try to cut to the chase quite quickly here, since there's a buttload of stuff to show.

Let's start with the clothing items. There's this god damn amazing cotton baby blue collar shirt I've been eyeing ever since the H&M catalogue hit our mailbox, but sadly our local store didn't provide it, and I didn't have any money on my card at the time. Now, thanks to mommy, I was lucky enough to order it.

I like how plain it looks, since I honestly can't be arsed with anything else but layering at this very moment, so this'll do me more than amazingly. It's a little different from the usual ciffon collared shirts I buy, but I ain't complaining, I like a little change.  It cost me 19,99 euro and you can find it here.

The second item I bought was a plain creme white tube scarf, to match my new coat that I'll be reviewing and showing off as soon as I gather up my lazy ass from the bed. This scarf cost me 7,99 euro and you can find it from here.

Moving right along, I got a few makeup items I bought. I find most of the H&M makeups to be quite good quality, and since they are cheap, I don't mind buying them from time to time. What I ordered this time were..

a set of three nude eyeshadows ( 2,99 euro ),

a second blusher in the shade of bronze ( 3,99 euro ),

an eye-makeup primer ( 5,99 e )...

and this lipstick in beige ( 4,99 euro ).

I did get a few makeup appliances as well, which are..

a bigger bag for my stuff, since my last one has ran out of space a long time ago ( 4,99 euro )..

.. and this super cute blush brush for my new blush ( 2,99 euro ). That's quite a lot of items for makeup, but I got a new fragrance as well to go with everything, since I kind of just spotted it, and needed to have it. I have no other explanation. 

Here's the bottle, and as you can see, the scent is coconut and vanilla. Somehow, this sounded very appealing to me, though I usually hate vanilla? I don't know, I just want to seem sweet at this very moment. This cost me 5,99 euro and you can get it from here.

Okay, that's my H&M haul done. But I still got one more place I just ordered stuff from. I know, this is massive, but in my defense I was looking for knitted sweaters, and when I didn't find any, I just went crazy. I just found what I was looking for, maybe an hour back. So let us get to the last part of my massive depression and school stress ridden haul.

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The last place I shopped was The Mart of China, since why not. I was on a knit sweater-crusade, and this was the last place I looked from. And boy, I'm happy that I did. Since it finally concluded my crazed shopping spree. I only got three items, since even though they don't have custom fees, the postals are quite high ( 14+ euro for three items ).

This holy wool sweater is the Jesus Christ of my life ( I'm sorry if I offended you people, but hey, I offend alot of people ).

I'm so happy I found her. So beautiful, and it had multiple size options too. And it has a 30 % sale on it ! If you want to grab your own, be quick, the sale will conclude in 3 days time! You can order from here. The price was 9,49 euro on sale, so not very expensive at all. Totally worth the order.

The second item I grabbed, was this collared chiffon sleeveless top I found by accident, and the metallic collar tips were the things that drew me in.

This shirt is quite obviously a high-low, and also had multiple options for size. Though you can't see the back from the pictures, I can imagine it'll be open and a button in the top, as you can probably see yourself. The price was 8,80 euro and you can go order it from here.

The last item I got wasn't a clothing item, but a necklace. Since it doesn't need any more introductions, here's a picture.

The price was 5,30 euro and you can get it from here.

Though the items are quite cheap, I do recommend getting the items in small bundles, because the shipping fees will increase by the number of items in the shipment.

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Alright folks, it's done! It is over! You can breathe free now. I won't pester you for long now, since honestly, I'm tired, its 0.49 AM and I'm still writing this post. As I promised, I'll review everything as they arrive, and I will do a showing of a few items I got during this time. Sadly, I doubt I will be doing a favorites post this late into the month, and I apologize for that. But, as always, thanks for reading, stay classy folks <3.

-mustardmon

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Hey y'all,

Sorry for late posting, but my school started. I probably have to postpone my monthly favorites post a tad, since I seriously have absolutely no time to put into my posts. I don't want to give you guys half assed posts, though this one might become just that. I've basically had a decently rough week. School started on the 6th last week, and as I mentioned earlier, I'm attending the chef and waiter side of a close by vocational school. Our kitchen shifts started this week, first one was on Tuesday, and the second one will be on Friday. I'm seriously still recovering from Tuesday. Our menu consisted of smoked salmon salad as the starter, steak and potatoes as main and fruit salad as desert. 

Starter

Main

I was in charge of the starter, and now I officially hate fish. I reeked like salmon for a day or more. Wasn't exactly pleasant. Tomorrow will be our next kitchen day, and we're doing pizza and milkshakes if my memory serves me right. 


This week hasn't been all happiness, food and roses though. I happened to get a horrifying allergic reaction on Monday. I took an allergy med for my itchy ear, and ended up breaking out in hives because of it. Yeah, you heard me. I'm allergic to allergy meds. Oh the irony. I did recover after a heavy dose of cortisone, so no worries. And just today, my freaking bus didn't come, and my puppy started throwing up. She literally threw up like 20 times, I was so damn worried, but she's fine now. Other than that, things have been fine. I'm just a little exhausted.


I'm sorry for not being on time again, and I do hope you keep on reading my little blog. I will point out the obvious, but this blog will be more food orientated in the future, and with that I mean, I will be posting about my creations and whatnot. Of course it will be mainly a fashion slash lifestyle blog, but now I'll be incorporating the food part more deeply in it. As always, stay classy, and thank you for giving me a slice of your time . <3

-mustardmon

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Hey guys,

I'm here again! Missed me? Didn't think so. I had an awesome weekend, starting off with going to Helsinki, for a furious shopping session. It was more of an extempore trip, but I had loads of fun going through the shopping center Kamppi and Foorumi. I even bought something, though I only carried 50 euro with me. The sum-sumthings I bought, were something I feel like I totally needed. Maybe I didn't, but I didn't have that instant regret after buying them, so maybe they were in order. I honestly don't know.

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We started off with driving to the outskirts of our capital, and then taking a bus straight to Kamppi. While we were there, we did visit many stores, not finding anything nice. I tried to hold onto my money, since I wouldn't want to waste it on something I didn't actually desperately need. Then, after we entered Mango, I saw it. The most perfect t-shirt of my dreams. As you all ladies know, Mango isn't cheap, so I was sceptical. But the price was 50 % off! The normal price was 40 something euro, and I bought it for 20. The t-shirt later on turned out to be a dress, with a mesh top, cotton bottom, a zip on the back and small hidden pockets in the sides. I do not regret buying it, though I might shorten it abit, and maybe make it a little more loose for my liking.

Sorry for the brightness, it's impossible to take pictures of black clothes against white surfaces. Though the shirt looks loose in this picture, it's more fitted on the bottom.

And here's a crappy picture of the shirt on me. Even here you can't see how fitting it is from the bottom, but trust me, it is. The mesh makes me crazy in love though! ( Internet shoppers can get it here. )

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After painfully scourging through Kamppi, we decided to switch malls, and go to Foorumi that was quite near us. There, I immediately headed for Monki, one of my more recent favorite shops. Even though they didn't have a consistent sale going on, I found the last two pieces I spent my money on there. First when we entered, I saw a cute hat, I felt like I had to have. Though after two steps further in, I spotted a beanie. I do love my beanies very much, and this one was so damn awesome I didn't even spend a moment to hesitate.

Here we are! Pretty basic, and quite tight on your head, which is exactly what I want from a beanie.

And here it is on my great, big head. I do love it, I seriously do. The price was 8 euro, not on sale. Not too expensive either! ( Internet shoppers can get it here. )

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Near the beanie, I found a bunch of shoes on sale, and I fell in love with them. Since they were on sale, there were only a limited number of sizes, and most of them were around 39, when mine is 37 or 38. I was frantic while looking through the sizes, until I found the last pair of 38s around. I almost shed a tear, you guys. 

Here they are, my little babies. They were on heavy sale, they used to be 55 euro but I paid 10 euro for them! Was totally worth it. You can buy them online for 15 euro here.

Here I am wearing them. They are really comfy on your feet, they don't rub off at any places and you can wear them without socks. They also make me feel tall. 

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Okay guys, that's it again for today, I'm leaving you with a ootd pic and my face from today, behave yourselves and have a great week of school/work/laziness! Stay classy <3.

-mustardmon

43

Hey guys,

how are things? I've had a break from writing, since in all honesty, I haven't had what to write about. The weather has been crazy, including torrentual rains, above +30 celcius heat and a few thunder storms. I, for one, am sick of this weather already. I'd give my left kidney away for a chance to wear long sleeved shirts, pants and leggings. I'm not awfully comfortable with showing off skin. 

What's other, that I've been preparing for the start of my new school. I'm excited, it's the first time I've ever gone to school beyond a walking distance. Ever since pre-school, my educational hotspots have been located fairly close to me. The farthest I had to walk took me 15 minutes if I was slow. Now, it's a 30 min bus ride to the heart of Nummela city. Tomorrow I'll be picking up my new school books for the first semester, together with a pocket calculator and a lock for my school cabinet. It feels overwhelming, starting at a new school after more than four years. I didn't have the best motivation throughout high school, since I seriously had no reason to be there, but now that I actually found something I'm interested in, the following two or more years should be great. Oh, and my new books include a cooking vocabulary one, I'm pondering whether I should read it before the first day of school.

What just hit our mailbox, was the new catalog for H&M, the place all my readers must know by now. I've had no inspiration on the clothing side of my life for a while, but now I decided to pick up my exceedingly light wallet and go browse what I could find. I saw a few things in the catalog I'd want, but none were available in the shop near us. I'm not so keen on ordering anything just now. I'm just sad I missed a great peter pan collared pale blue shirt, and an awesome jacket. Oh well, maybe next time.

I swept through the store rather quickly, since it was too hot to live inside of the building. I thought I'd get great summery, light shirts, or maybe a peplum top... But no. Of course not. I caved in, and bought two sets of woolen sweaters. I think I've said it before, and I'll say it now, I utterly hate summer clothing-wise. One of the sweaters I bought, was on sale. Other one wasn't, but since it was just a bit over 10 euro, I didn't mind. I saw a cute pink pleather bow there too, and pondered about buying it.. Then I remembered I'm nearly bald.

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Here's the first shirt I bought. It was on sale, for 7 euro. It looked pretty raggedy, since it's completely woolen and the stitching is inverted, so it seems like it had been flipped inside out. I however, love my wool, so I bought it. 

And here's a swift coordi done by using it. I really love how it has clipped sleeves and some bat wing effect on it, and its as great on its own as it is with collared shirts. Many thanks to my dad for bothering to do this with me.

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Here's the second shirt, that cost 12,99 euro. I only found one remaining piece of it left, and it was in the size large. It don' matter to me though, I love my clothes loose and hanging on me. It's also got a little zipper on the back, if I want to let it hang off my shoulders some more.

And here's the coordi for the shirt. God, I actually really like this one. The cuffs fit perfectly for this shirt. Also, naked feet for all you feet fetishers out there.


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Here's the shirt I picked out next. This one is from Vero Moda, since H&M didn't bear anything in this specific pale blue color. I've been itching to get my fingers on something similar. This top cost me 12,99.

And here's the last coordi of the day. I dunno if it's too blue, but I quite like it. 


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Alright guys, that's it for this time, see you next in my July favorites post! Stay classy y'all!

-mustardmon