30 Day Clothes and Accessories Challenge: Day 5

Post a picture of YOUR FAVORITE PAIR OF JEANS

These are by Twenty8Twelve by S. Miller. I just love them :)

Alisa

30 Day Clothes and Accessories Challenge: Day 4

Post a picture of A SHIRT THAT YOU HAVEN'T WORN YET

This one is by H&M. It's a very pretty cream color oversized shirt with some gold sparkles going through the fabric. I'm sure it will look nice with black blazers and jeans. 

Hope you are having a good weekend :)

Alisa

30 Day Clothes and Accessories Challenge: Day 3

Post a picture of A PIECE OF CLOTHING OR JEWELRY THAT WAS A GIFT

So this is probably my favorite bracelet combination of the moment! The large beaded one was a gift from my husband and my Pandora bracelet was given to me by my parents for my birthday, some of the beads are also gifts from my husband. My Pandora bracelet is not full yet, so I probably do a post on some new charms when I get them :)

Hope you enjoyed!

Alisa

30 Day Clothes and Accessories Challenge: Day 2

Hey, guys! My next post of the challenge!

Post a picture of YOUR FAVORITE SHIRT

This one is by Lacoste. My husband gave it to me as one of the gifts for my birthday last year. It fits so nicely!

xoxo

Alisa

30 Day Clothes and Accessories Challenge: Day 1

Hey, everyone! Lately I've been enjoying these "30 day challenge" posts, so I decided to do one myself! Hopefully, it will motivate me post more often. So here is day 1 of my 30-Day Clothes and Accessories Challenge. Hope you love it...

Post a picture of YOUR CLOSET

The main part of my closet... I love to keep everything organized!

See you soon, 

Alisa

Berlin!

Hello, everyone! This September me, my husband and our daughter spent our family vacation in Berlin. We really enjoyed it! Here are just some pictures from our trip, hope you like them...

I love your comments! Bye!

Everyday Fall Makeup

Hey, guys! Hope you are having a great week! Just wanted to update you on some of my favorite makeup items that I use pretty much everyday with a few variations. It's a very fast and simple look that I wear to work. So these are the products:

1. MAC fix+ (I spray my Body Shop kabuki brush with it and then apply my loose mineral foundation - it turns out to be very natural looking)

2. MAC mineralize SPF15 foundation loose in "Extra Light"

3. MAC mineralize SPF15 foundation in NW30 (I contour my face with this darker cream foundation using my MAC 128 brush)

4. Chanel's soleil tan de chanel (add a little bit of this with the same 128 brush by MAC)

5. MAC "Soft Ochre" paint pot as an eye base

6. Giorgio Armani eye shadow in №25 all over the lid (with MAC 252 brush)

7. Bourjois white eye shadow in the corners (same 252 brush)

8. Nars black glitter pencil (it has a little bit of glitter in it, but it actually turns out just black on your eyes) smudged with MAC 219 brush

9. MAC studio fix lash mascara in "Black Fix"

10. Lately I've been loving these lip products - Maybelline color sensational lipgloss in "Freshly Sliced" №150, Nars lipstick in "Roman Holiday" (gorgeous pink), MAC sheen supreme lipstick in "Gotta Dash!" (very nice coral)

xoxo
Alisa

NOTD: Stranger Tides

Hello, everyone!!! Just a quick NOTD post! Enjoy! I love this color for everyday wear!

OPI in Stranger Tides:

Hope you are having a nice day!

My Ring Collection

Hey, guys! Recently I was looking through my rings - just trying to find some new cool combinations to wear. You know how sometimes you rediscover something from your closet, or makeup collection or jewelry, so I'm really into trying to wear a different ring from my jewelry box every day. And also I decided to share this with you :)

Here they are:

 

My well-loved diamonds from my collection: my engagement and wedding rings and a pavé diamond ring (birthday gift from my husband). I wear those every single day:

Hope you are having a great weekend! :)

What's in My Purse?

Hey, everyone! Here it is: my Louis Vuitton Damier Ebene canvas Speedy 30 and everything it contains!

As you all probably know, I'm a teacher at the St. Petersburg State University. This school year my classes start in October, so I will definitely need a larger bag for all of my teaching materials and my laptop, something like my Longchamp tote:

...but for now my Speedy works just fine!
Usually I also take my Sony Nex-5 with me everywhere, I love that camera!

Hope you liked it! Looking forward to your comments! Bye!

Get to Know Me

Hey, everyone! Recently I came across these life questions and decided to answer them so that you can get to know me a little bit better. Some of them are kinda strange, but still... Here we go...

1. Name: Alisa Guk

2. Birthday: August 10, 1985

3. Current Location: St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

4. Eye/Hair Color: green-grey/blond

5. Which Hand do You Write with: I'm right-handed

6. Do You Drive: of course, I do

7. Fav Color: pink

8. Fav Band: Brainstorm, Hurts

9. Fav Music Genre: electropop, trance

10. Fav TV Show: Lost, True Blood

11. Fav Movie: Cruel Intentions

12. Fav Cartoon: Moomins

13. Fav Actor/Actress: Christian Bale (even though I have many favorite actors), Sarah Michelle Gellar (Prinze) 

14. Fav Restaurant: Pater Marcus restaurant in Budapest, I love Hungarian food

15. Fav Icecream/Candy: I'm not a big fan of sweets, but I like marzipan

16. Do You Have Any Siblings: nope

17. Do You Have a Job: I'm an English teacher at the St. Petersburg State University

18. Any Special Talents or Skills: people say I'm good at painting; I love swimming, does that count for a skill?

19. Do You Have Any Fears: it's really weird but I'm afraid of stairs :)

20. Do You Have a Bedtime: no, I don't :)

21. Do You Wanna Go to College: I already went to college, I graduated from St. Petersburg State University, my major is linguistics and intercultural communication. Now I work as a teacher there 

22. Do You Have Any Piercings/Tattoos: one piercing in each ear (I used to have more in each ear when I was younger), I also have my belly-botton pierced. No tattoos

23. Do You Swear: sometimes

24. Do You Smoke/Drink: I don't smoke, I drink occasionally

25. Have You Ever been in Love: yes, still am, with my husband

26. Are You Single: no, I'm not. I've been married for almost 4 years now and we've been together for more than 7 years!

27. Have You Ever been Dumped/Dumped Someone: yes and yes

28. Fruit or Vegetable: I really enjoy salads, so I'm going to choose vegetable

29. Black or White: black

30. Lights on or off: um, it depends

31. Rock or Rap: rock

32. Chocolate or Vanilla: vanilla

33. Strawberries or Blueberries: I like both a lot

34. Hugs or Kisses: kisses

35. Have You Ever Danced in a Public Place: yes, I have

36. How Many Languages do You Speak: I speak Russian, English, a little bit of German and a little bit of Arabic. I also understand a little bit of Estonian :)

37. Who do You Compare Yourself to: I really like Sarah Michelle Gellar 

Hope you liked it! See you!

Tallinn/Helsinki Trip and Haul

Hello, everyone! As many of you probably know, I was born in Tallinn, Estonia. I have a lot of friends and relatives there. So a couple of months ago me, my husband and our daughter had a nice trip to Tallinn again. Just wanted to share this fun experience with you. Here are some pictures of our trip and also of some things that I purchased there. 

Colors: "Extra-Va-Vaganza!" and "Black Shatter"

We were also planning to go to Helsinki for a couple of days and we've made a very exciting purchase there. That bag has been on my wishlist literally forever! Love it!

From Tallinn to Helsinki...

Hope you enjoyed! Would you like me to do a what's in my purse post? I think it's a great time to do it :)

Thanks for all of your kind comments!

xoxo 

Alisa

OOTD: LBD

Hey, everyone! I'm back :) I finally found some time to write again and to share my life with you! So here is this quick outfit of the day post. Me and my husband attended our friends' wedding last month. It was so much fun! This is what I wore:

Dress - Zara
Shoes - Michael Kors

Happy moment...

More posts to come, see you, guys!!!

A Little Bit of Everything

Hey, everyone! Hope you all are having a great weekend! Just wanted to make a quick post on some things that I've been loving lately :)

FOTD/HOTD: This is the makeup look that I've been wearing a lot! It is super easy and fast! I hope you like it. 

Almost forgot to tell you about my hair do: I usually don't like braids, but I got some compliments on this hair style and it's so easy and fast as well. I actually am into braids now!

This is what I used:

FACE - pro longwear foundation, studio finish concealer, msf natural, "tenderling" blush (all MAC)

EYES - brow wax by MAC, "bamboom" paint by MAC, shiseido cream shadow in "lemon sugar", "fascinating" eye kohl by MAC, white shadow by bourjois, loreal liquid liner, kiss lashes №026

LIPS - MAC lip gelee (don't know the name, sorry!)

HAUL: I wanted to share with some beauty things that I got and really like

MAC mineralize all-over lotion - love it! use it all the time! this is my third tube!
MAC eyeshadow in "crystal" - pretty light silvery purple
OPI exfoliating cuticle treatment - keeps your cuticles neat and healthy

Duo lash adhesive - it's the best
And I love my new mirror from Stockmann :)

I also wanted to show you my beloved MAC palette. I've been using it a lot lately, I feel like I have to give it a break and use other shadows that I own. It's really cool, because it has colors literally from MAC stores all over Europe, they were like little souvenirs to me :) some of the shadows I depotted myself, some are limited edition. It's not full yet, but I like that I still have some free spots in it. I only have one large palette, because most of my MAC shadows are in a pot form. 

Top row (left to right) - star violet, sushi flower, jest, paradisco, coquette

Middle row - graphology, green-smoke, stately black, electra

Bottom row - crystal, sumptuous olive, too dolly, white frost

RECIPE: I enjoy cooking Chinese lately! Check out these shrimp pot stickers http://www.marthastewart.com/334077/shrimp-pot-stickers-with-sriracha-ginger

I actually made wontons myself too :)

Until the next time, everyone!