Entries by TATIANA

I do not know if I have the energy this year again, I didn't last year, to dig out all my Christmas stuff from storage just to put it up for a couple of weeks only to take it all down and stove everything back into storage again. The effort! I might just have a few items out.
Like the wreath, the Swedish angel chimes and hang some ornaments in the tree outside my apartment. I am leaning towards doing that.
I have a ton of other stuff I want to accomplish instead before this year ends. I am glad I do not have to compete with the Instagrammers for the most perfect Holiday IG feed.
Got some cupcakes today. This little snowman was my first and only Christmas decoration in my place so far this Christmas.

I spent last night watching the newly released Pinocchio by Guillermo Del Toro (I really like his movies). It was filmed here in Portland at the animation studio ShadowMachine. You can watch it at Netflix.
I HIGHLY recommend it.
I loved it.....and it is a bit sad (I cried a little). I think you should bundle up one of these evenings with some hot tea and cake or maybe some ice cream and watch Pinocchio. Take it in. It is quite a beautiful film. The story about Pinocchio was written by Italian writer Carlo Collodi.
And there is a reason for the pinecone.....
"What happens, happens. And then, we are gone."

I've done many photo shoots but today was the first glitter shoot that I participated in. I got covered in gold glitter, besides my face except for some flecks here and there. Looking back now I think we should had put more on my face....anyhow I hope we got some good shots. You just never know. It was fun and the photographer was super nice. These couple of snaps I took at the end and the glitter had started to come off.





To get the glitter off I stood on a large plastic sheet, rubbed my body with micro fiber rags (takes off the glitter kind of easy if there is such a thing as easy glitter removal) before getting dressed. Took a shower when I got home.

Today I got some more skin care stuff. I have not tried Mario Badescu yet but there was a sale at Ulta today so I decided to get the oil cleanser and the Vitamin C serum. I could not pass up this forehead skin patch by The Cream Shop. I have not tried any of this yet but I will in a bit after I take a shower.



Next on my list to get is the Triple Lipid Restore 2:4:2 by SkinCeuticals. That face creme is amazing. I tried a sample of it a while back and decided that one day I will get the full size creme.
I waxed my legs this evening and I am about to wash my hair in a bit.
I have the glitter photo shoot tomorrow.

Woke up to snow but that has all melted by now.



Decided to go shopping this afternoon. I think I am halfway done with this year's Christmas gifts. I also wanted to get a cleansing oil for my face. So I got the DHC Deep Cleansing Oil, a first time for me. Hopefully it works well. I want something that doesn't dry out my face when I wash it.
I also wanted to get La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Baume B5, I went to two Ulta locations and they were out and had none in stock. I also went to Target to look for it and they did not have it. So I will try to find it somewhere else. It is supposedly very moisturizing.
I got the La Roche-Posay Lipikar AP+M Triple Repair Moisturizing Cream (a body cream basically). I will slather it on tonight after I take a bath.
And two lip glosses by BUXOM, colors Sophia and Clair. I got a gloss for a friend as well (BUXOM Sophia).



And that was that. Came home. Made the Jennifer Aniston salad again. Decided to finally hand wash some clothes instead of just looking at them laying in a pile. Soon I will take a bath and force myself to send some work emails so I don't have to do it tomorrow. What kind of work emails? I have another job besides dancing but it is not as "exciting" as dancing so I rarely talk about it......Sometimes I am busy with that other job, other times not.

Well here we are....the last month of the year has arrived. December 1 today. It IS true, time goes faster the older you get.
Sometimes (often actually to be honest) I think that death will be a reward. No more suffering here on earth. The only thing I am worried about is to die suddenly and leave behind pets. Yes....I think that life is "suffering" in different forms. Just like the Buddhist do.
I had a photo shoot today with professional lights and all. I did a shoot with Ann last year and we were so excited and thought we looked great. Then when we saw the pictures we could not believe how terrible both of us looked, like two haggard broads that seen better days. And Ann is 27 (now) and very pretty. I could understand if I looked like an old hag in the pictures but not Ann, she has a baby face still. We did not pick out a single picture from that shoot.
There were a few OK ones but only OK. Lighting is key. Bad lighting can make even a beautiful person look haggard unless you are a teenager.
Anyhow.....I have another shoot next weekend and supposedly they will paint my whole (?) body with glitter.
Today's shoot was about off the shoulder sweaters, drinking a hot beverage by the fire and being wrapped in white fabric. I hope I managed to get a few good ones. The people that took the pictures want to take more pictures of me and they paid well.



Afterwards I went grocery shopping. I felt cute cause I had mascara on today. See for yourself.



It was cold so I put my mössa on (Swedish for hat) and one of the guy's working at Trader Joe's saw it and started talking perfect Swedish with me. He spent 15 years in Sweden, he even pronounced Stockholm (my city) just like a Swede. Impressive!



I decided to make a new salad today, the Jennifer Aniston's Salad. Yeah....a bit of a weird name for a salad but it was absolutely delicious. So if you are in the mood for a delicious salad I highly recommend it! SO GOOD.





Of course I did not put any meat in the salad. And I did not use mint, not because I don't like mint. I was too lazy to look for it when I was grocery shopping. I used everything else.....quinoa, English cucumber, pistachios, garbanzo beans, red onion, feta cheese, parsley. The salad dressing was olive oil and lemon juice. I am planning on making this salad again on Saturday. I am already looking forward to it.