Tea Please!

Hello everyone! I have quite a few things to tell you about. First of all (for personal reasons) I am back in England for a couple of months, staying with my Mum. I will be back in Helsinki in January and after that who knows where! Second, my new camera arrived and I am in love with it, there really is no better feeling that opening a big parcel you ordered weeks ago.

Also I have some fun stuff lined up. Tomorrow I am going to a Marina and the Diamonds concert in London with Lucinda the designer for Fawn&Faith. Expect a blog post about it, we will be chilling in Camden and Brick Lane being generic London fashion bitches. Also next week is the shoot for Fawn&Faith which I am very excited about! and the following week I have been invited to a special preview of the new bond film Skyfall down in Sussex on the south coast of England, apparently one of the writers will be giving a talk and there will also be a bond girl from the 90's there! I have always been in love with bond girls. Their characters are so beautifully tragic. They are nothing more than  beautiful possessions of rich men always with unfortunate ends. So I shall be sure to blog about that! 

Anyway here are a few photos I took today while walking with my mum and my silly dog.

Typical English country side, bad weather and boring flat fields.

Jumper: Gina Tricot
Long Sleeve Top: Dorothy Perkins
Jeans: Second Hand
Heeled Trainers: River Island

My Dog Herbie <3

A street from the little village where my mum lives

I hope everyone is having a nice autumn and are not too cold. I know Finland is starting to get bloody freezing. Also I am looking forward to Halloween but don't have any plans yet. I hope something comes up soon!

Here are my favourite songs at the moment, Enjoy.

Adele recorded the theme tune to the new bond film and it is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard! It is massive in England at the moment, definitely worth listening to.

Also my all time favourite singer, Loreen has just bought out her Swedish and International singles from her album Heal which is coming out at the end of this month they are "My Heart is Refusing Me" (international) and "Crying Out Your Name" (Swedish.) I have all three of these songs on a repeat playlist on my Ipod I would definitely recommend all of them!

Peace! (as Loreen would say) <3 x

How to find your own style

This might seem ironic, coming from a person whose style is quite generic but I wanted to make a post about finding your own personal style and where to find fashion inspiration. The "journey" to finding your own style can be a very long one and honestly never really ends as your style and likes will always be changing but the following "sources" of inspiration will always apply.

There are several places I get my fashion and style inspiration from, the first place I am going to talk about is Lookbook. I think a lot of people get put off of by this website because they feel that it's only for blogger type people to post their own pictures. It's not! I think everyone interested in fashion should have an account because it is an incredible way to find a wide variety of styles and incredibly talented and stylish people who you would never normally come across. One of my favourite things is seeing how peoples style has changed and progressed throughout their looks.
Here is an example of one of the "looks" that I love.

His Lookbook: Here

So please! all of you go and make lookbook accounts! (and don't forget to follow me here)

The second place I find a lot of my inspiration from is Tumblr. I know this one seems very obvious. After all, everyone has one but I'm sure many of you, like me, are stuck following the same type of blogs that all reblog each other and you never see anything new. Well I have two recommendations for finding fashion inspiration from Tumblr. My first tip is to use Google  It is a much more direct way of finding a certain interest Tumblr rather than searching through tags for hours. So if you are interested in androgynous fashion then Google "androgynous Tumblr"  or "androgyny Tumblr " My second tip is to change the blogs you follow. To do this find the fashion pictures you like that people you follow have re-blogged and look at the people who they re-blogged them from until you find a more fashion orientated Tumblr that you like. I know it sounds like a lot of effort, but isn't looking through lots of crappy pictures what we do on Tumblr anyway? ;)

Here are some of the pics I found from my Tumblr searches that really inspire me!

If any of you would like to follow me on Tumblr it's here: FOLLOW (I put it in bold to make you want to follow me even more)

The next place I find inspiration from is Internet Celebrities/Net Idols. This one crosses over with Tumblr as it is the easiest place to find photos of them. I don't really know how to find these people, I just stumble across them on my searches. The net Idols who inspire me most at the moment are Charles Guislain and An Ming.

And finally, this is going to be cheesy I'm sorry but one of the biggest sources of inspiration for me is my friends! I know most people don't have friends who are as fashion conscious as mine (when you are waiting for three hours for everyone to turn up to a party because they are all busy doing their hair it is not always a good thing!!!) but we all know people who dress well, even if they are only online acquaintances. Sharing brands, talking about inspiration etc. are all perks of having friends who are interested in fashion and style, whether they are gyaru friends, Goth friends or just friends that always seem to be wearing the latest must have item! Talk with your friends about the things you like, ask them questions and share tips :) that way we will all live in a more beautiful world! (God knows, I was a state before I came to Finland, not that I am much better now)

(I'm sure I am going to be told off for posting pictures of them but I don't care!)

The stunning Marinka

Heikki (who has very nice arms)

The always gorgeous Viivi

"Always doing his bloody hair" Alex

The beautiful (and clinically insane) Sini

Niklas whose wardrobe I would steal if it wasn't a million sizes too big!

And all of these crazy, eclectic sources of inspiration have come together in the form of this ...

 ... and that is just the beginning. 

I hope you found this blog posts helpful! If you have any questions or want to tell me what your biggest sources of inspiration are please feel free to leave a comment on this post! <3 x 

In other news, I have been asked to model for Fawn&Faith who are launching their menswear collection next month. There stuff is Nu Goth meets young british designer. I am so excited!!! The shoot will be some time in the next two weeks.

New Place!

Oona and my place is currently being renovated for the next three and a half months so recently I have had a bit of a housing crisis. Luckily for me the  gorgeous Sini is not using her apartment in Vantaa and offered to let me stay there. Yesterday she came over and we hung out together and did our usual blogger life stuff.

Coat: Deepstyle
Top: Camden
Jeans: H&M
Shoes: Vans
(miracle! for once I know where my clothes come from)

I also got a new pair of shoes and this lovely bag!

Pink vans

Vintage leather bag from Marc O'Polo

Cruella Deville Sini looking fabulous in her faux coat

People often wonder how we have the time and money to be out all the time doing fun things well ... our lives really aren't that special. For example the real reason why Sini and I were out together was because she had to pick up her post and I needed to go food shopping! (fabulous life)

Me with my shopping

Also as my mum has been complaining that I never put anything in my blog about my new life, here is a photo of the building where I live now.

I'm in the building on the right!

A random photo of the area

I am also flying home for a visit on the 8th of October to celebrate my mums birthday and see my family and my doggy. I have missed everyone so much! This gif is what our reunion will be like. 

Ab Fab makes everything better!

 P.S. I just bought a camera so I will be able to blog more about my life rather than rely on my friends to take photos for me.

Bye for now. Tobi x 

Fashion and Makeup

About two weeks ago I did some "modelling" for my friend Heikki who needed to test out a new lens. Unfortunately I had the flu really badly so I looked dead in all the photos. I took my own outfit and also bought some of Heikkis clothes from him which I wore as a second outfit. Here are the best photos.

Shirt: All Saints
Jeans: Topman
The Rest: Oona of course

Tracksuit: Jeremy Scott
Fur gloves: Fur stall in Paris
The rest: No idea!

I have also been trying out the kpop inspired eye makeup and a website that makes gifs. The first look was from last week, I got incredibly drunk and threw up on a bus after being kicked out of DTM. Embarrassing for me but a proud moment for my friends as it is part of the "becoming Finnish"  initiation. 

That is a killer eye spasm I have going on! <3

The second look is for tonight's party celebrating Davy and Ralf's birthdays. I was inspired by Nu-Goth fashion, Key from shinee and TOP from Bigbang. We will probably all have blog posts about tonight's party so stay tuned.

Awkward posing.

I hope you are all having a nice autumn, it's bloody freezing in this country already! I never thought I would consider England warm but the world (particularly Finland) is full of surprises. Tobi x

(p.s. to my family and friends who read this, I promise I will start blogging more about my life here and not just fashiony stuff, as my mum has already told me off for being boring!)

Lazy Helsinki Days

Moi! I have spent the last few days hanging out in Central with friends. Last Thursday Sini, Oona and I went to wrong noodle and did some window shopping.

Jacket: From Heikki
Scarf: Oona stole it from her mum
T-shirt: Present from Oona
Jeans: Deepstyle
Shoes: No idea (im so helpful)

 My look on this day was a lot more casual than normal and I didn't do my hair or makeup. Sometimes it's nice to just relax and not make as much of an effort as long as it looks okay and isn't too boring. I love the new top that Oona bought for me in Italy, anything with Gaga is always good <3

Sini snapped this cute photo of Oona when we were testing the camera settings <3

Soy, udon in a sesame sauce.

Wrong noodle is one of my favourite places to hang out in Helsinki. With portions so big you often have to take the rest home and a well organised and easy to use menu. For less than 10 euros it's definitely worth going to some time. Not to mention it tastes so good! (but the satay sauce could be better)

Helsinki keskusta
Yliopistonkatu 5, 00100 Helsinki
Tel.             020 1555 623      
Auki: ma-pe 11-21, la 12-21, su 13-19

On Friday I met up with my friend Eemil (Pin) and we went shopping and ate McDonalds. Here is my outfit. 

I wanted to try out wearing some more eye makeup again because I feel too dull without it. I had an image of Key from Shinee in my head when coming up with this look and makeup. I think it is a little too heavy but I will try it again and find a style that I am happy with. The top is second hand from Heikki and the jeans are my favourite pair from H&M. The whole look was meant to be based on "Korean Idols"

Key makeup inspiration.

This is just a little update and I have more things to post soon. Let me know what you think of the makeup and outfits. 

Also if any of you have a lookbook please fan me:  http://lookbook.nu/thelittleprince

P.S. I want to change my hair colour, any suggestions?

Fabulous day with Sini

Sorry for not updating earlier but I don't own a camera and not much has been going on. Today I spent the day with my hilarious and very fabulous partner in public singing crime Sini. (her blog is in Finnish but totally worth checking out) We went window shopping, trying to find things for her autumn/winter wardrobe and then we had lunch together.

Jumper: Gina Tricot
Jeans: H&M womens
Shoes: They belong to Oona, I stole them.
Accessories: H&M

I know it seems silly, but I wasn't too sure about my first outfit so I bought another top to change into which I did halfway during the day as I felt uncomfortable. Here is the second look.

 While we were walking back towards the city centre some crazy man handed us both a bible each. Here was my reaction. Sini's was just as severe.

 After the religious onslaught some nice but probably drunk old man asked us if we wanted our photo taken together. Not the best photographer but he gave it a good go :)

 After the obligatory blogging we went for lunch to the best salad place in Helsinki. I had tuna and artichokes with a lemon dressing. Sini had chicken and parmesan with a vinegar dressing.

I also bought some cute kpop socks before I came to Finland. Here are my TOP ones I wore today :) 

Oh just in case anyone was wondering what I have been doing with my free time, here is a picture. Lets just say there was a lot of vomit to be cleaned up that night, in true suomi style!

I hope you are all enjoying autumn and not feeling too depressed about the oncoming winter. Just think of all the hot chocolate you will have!

See you soon, Tobi x

Grown up and back in Finland!

It's official! I am now old. This month has been full of big changes and scary decisions but I feel like things are now on the right track and I am growing up. When I turned 18 I thought it was time for a bit of a change so I cut my hair and stopped wearing eye make-up like I used to. Let me know what you all think! I think it makes me look older and suits me better.

I had a very emotional last few days in England and I am already missing home and missing English things. My mum cried for four hours when I left and I had to stop myself crying at the airport but what I miss most right now is proper fish and chips and English tea!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mummy if you are reading this can you send me some tea :D 

On my last day in England my sister and I took these photos as our goodbye photos x

When I arrived Alex and Tuomas were waiting for me and we went out for a drink phone shopping. As you can see it went well but unfortunately Golden Flake bar didn't have any phones.

I'm sorry that Alex was too lazy to send me his photos without the watermark!

Oona and I getting ready to go out x

and then the end result, hangover pizza in the park! That was the quickest I have ever eaten a whole pizza. Olen laski!

Okay this was just a quick post to say that I am in Finland, I promise I will post some more interesting stuff soon. I hope the bad weather and start of school isn't making everyone depressed!

Tobi x