My very Chanel Valentine's

I don't know where to start with this, but apparently I discovered I'm a Chanel girl! To be exact, even a Chanel No5 girl. To my great surprise, as I've always considered this scent to be something that belongs to an old lady or long-dead Marilyn :) Well, accidentally I discovered I love-love-love it!

It all started when we (me & hubby & kid) went to pay a visit a friend who was house sitting for her mother-in law. We made some Tom Kha soup, chatted a lot and went to sauna. And there it was on the edge of the bathroom sink: Chanel No5Velvet Body Cream.

Of course I ogled it right from the moment I noticed it. Come on, a serious beauty addict can't miss it for the lovely glossy black Chanel logo-ed pot alone!

I have a confession to make: I'm the biggest beauty addict within my circle of friends. Of course my friend suggested that her mom-in-law won't mind if I try the cream on my wrists and I did. Oh, boy! It smelt it on my skin even next morning and the smell was divine!

I decided there and then that I'm going to get it. But in my mind it was somewhere in very far future, as a Chanel product is not something you get for your spare change exactly.

My side of the bed with a lady figure.

Big was my surprise when hubby went to get some groceries a day before Valentine's and stayed away for 3 (three!) whole hours. Turned out later, he went to the I.L.U. store and wanted to buy this cream. Well, it was an epic fail, because he didn't remember the packaging exactly and just asked for “a good smelling Chanel cream”. Haha! 

The sales lady was not too fascinated at all at this message and suggested a series of Chanel fragrances, sampling them on HIM. Which of course didn't make any sense at all for hubz and so they agreed that this mysterious “good smelling Chanel cream” is an unicorn pee nowhere to be found.

Dear hubby even texted my friend, trying to find out what's the exact product I liked so much. My friend replied with just one word: Chanel, which of course was not very helpful :)

So my hubby pulled his tail between his legs and came home with a big bunch of roses and smelling of strange mixture of ladies fragrances :)

But he was SO-OO destined to present me with this unicorn pee. So back we went at Valentine's day to another I.L.U store. Of course I located my new love from far-far away and in matter of minutes that heavenly jar was handed to me. A more in-depth review of the cream to come, but so far I can only say it was one of the best presents I have ever had in my life. Mostly because it was given with so much love.

I just had to share this story :) On the pictures you can see my precious Chanel cream on the bedside table of a room in Kuressaare Grand Rose Spa, alongside with my precious watch, a mock chocolate box with Chocomania goodies from The Body Shop and a glass of Chianti. Pure luxury!

Hubby's side of the bed. Notice how the lampstand is  headless :P

I must say, Grand Rose Spa & Saaremaa were the most perfect spot for a Valentine's mini break. I'm a bit sorry we didn't take more pictures of our room and the spa as a whole, but then again, that's not what we went there for, so I hope you understand :)

Yours Truly,

Tolmu Rull

For my lovely Estonian ladies:

Ma lihtsalt pidin siia kirja panema loo, kuidas minust vahetult enne valentinipäeva Chanel number viie austaja sai. Poleks kunagi uskunud, olen seda lõhna alati pidanud vanatädikeste ja ammusurnud Marilyn Monroe tunnuslõhnaks. Aga näedsa, nüüd on Chaneli klassik kehakreemi kujul kolinud minu lõhnagarderoobi ja rõõmsam selle kingituse üle enam ei anna olla :) Naiselikkus ikkagi on ajatu, nagu Chanel kuulutab.

Siiralt teie,

Tolmu Rull

Saaremaa's nature just before a snowstorm.

My Versatile Blog Awards

I was very happy when I learned I have received the Versatile Blog Award from G. Thank you so much! Although you seem very young (at least compared to the old lady aka me who's saying this :) ), you have such a great blog and it's an honour to be awarded by you.

Actually, this is not my first Versatile Blogger Award. I received the first one from MissL (another of my favourite bloggers), but I didn't notice it right away and it seemed embarrassing to do the post so much later. Sorry, MissL :(

But on to the award!

There are three basic rules to that award:
1. Thank and link back to the person who gave you the award.
2. Share 7 things about yourself.
3. Send it along to 10 other bloggers.

My 7 facts:

1. I am a Chanel ( a post to come!) and MAC girl, although for many years I thought I was not.

2. I was called "an ogre" at high school because my hair was temporarily dyed green  (click the link and read more about it!). That was right before I shaved my head. The Sinead O'Connor look suited me, but I'm afraid I won't do it again. 

3. I am very much afraid of heights and weirdly, staircases too. But I don't mind flying at all.

4. During my uni years I used to weight 45 kg. I thought that was fat and tried desperately to get rid of my "extra weight" :)

5. One of my first jobs was as a nude model at an art college. It was really hard to stay motionless for 3 hours plus. At wintertime in very cold classroom. FYI, I wore swimsuit at all times.

6. I prefer a boyshort over a thong.

7. OK, back to normal stuff :)  I am a foodie. I love cooking and eating delicacies. I love to cook soups, salads and meat dishes, but not to bake or make cakes. Actually, I don't even eat cakes, I despise them. That's a family tradition :)

Now I'm in trouble! I don't know who to send this award along, as probably many of my favourites have received it already many times :S So, I am naming some of my favourites and if you have already done it or are too busy to go along with the game, don't feel like participating or so on,  just take this as a compliment, OK? 

Here we go:

http://www.funnyfacebeauty.com/

http://beautyfromliz.blogspot.com/

http://bubblegarm.blogspot.com/

http://beautybymari.blogspot.com/

http://bigpinkbow.blogspot.com/

http://bycelina.com/

http://www.beautyandmakeupboudoir.co.uk/

http://iluelu.blogspot.com/

http://www.nihrida.com/

http://mesluxes.blogspot.com/

Yours Truly,

Tolmu Rull 

For my lovely Estonian ladies: 

G andis mulle The Versatile Blogger auhinna:) Täh-täh!

Auhinna mõte on selles, et kui tunned tunnustuse üle rõõmu, siis avaldad seitse (põnevat) fakti iseenda kohta ja annad auhinna edasi kümnele inimesele. 

Minu seitse paljastust:

1) Ma ikkagi olen Chanel'i ja MAC'i tüdruk, kuigi ma ise arvasin, et ei ole.

2) Kooliajal kutsuti mind roheliste juuste pärast mõnda aega sookolliks. Sel ajal polnud Shrekist ja Fionast keegi veel kuulnudki.

3)  Ma kardan väga kõrgust ja veidral kombel ka treppe (eriti neid, mille astmete vahelt saab läbi vaadata!), aga mitte lennukiga lennata. Seda ma hoopis naudin!

4) Ülikooliajal kaalusin ma 45 kilo ja arvasin, et olen hirmus paks :)

5) Olen töötanud kunstikoolis aktimodellina. Üle kolme tunni ühes asendis püsida: ütleme nii, et see on tervistkahjustav töö! Päris alasti ma siiski polnud, ujumistrikoo jäi ikka selga.

6) Mulle ei meeldi eriti stringid, ma eelistan shortside lõikega allareid.

7) Ma olen foodie ehk söögisõltlane. Mulle meeldib süüa teha, eriti salateid, suppe ja liharoogi. Küpsetada ja kooke teha eriti ei meeldi, sest ise ma magusaid küpsetisi ei söö.

Kellele auhind edasi antud sai, on ülal kirjas :)

Siiralt teie,

Tolmu Rull

Bye-bye Essie ehk hüvasti Essie!

This post is mostly in Estonian again, because it's about Essie's nail polishes sale being discontinued in Estonia.

For my lovely Estonian ladies:

Nojah, nagu lugesite, siis lõpetab BeautyPro Essie küünelakkide maaletoomise. Täna kinnitati mulle BeautyPro'st, et hetkel on käimas lõpumüük, kus iga lakk maksab 3.50 EUR ( muidu poodides 8-9 EUR). Soodusmüügis - 40 % on veel kõik Essie alus- ja pealislakid (neid on võimalik osta ka nn. hulgikoguses suurtes pudelites). 

 Vähemalt Tallinna esindustesse on jäänud müügile valdavalt küll “igavad” roosad, tumepunased ja valged/läbipaistvad lakid, aga näiteks osad sügiskollektsiooni 2010 lakid olid täna veel olemas. Kes toona ilma jäi, siis nüüd on veel võimalus. Soovitan kindlasti tšekkida ka alus- ja pealislakke! Näiteks To Dry For kiirkuivataja-pealislaki kombo tundub mulle väga hea ja praegu imelise hinnaga 3.50 EUR.

Hetkel ei osatud BeautyPro-st öelda, kaua lõpumüük jätkub ning kas edaspidi keegi hakkab Essie't Eestisse maale tooma või ei. See selguvat, kui neil on leping Essie'ga täiesti lõpetatud.

Minul on sellest muutusest kahju, sest Essie lakid meeldisid mulle. Aga nagu klassikud juba ütlesid – we'll always have eBay!

Siiralt teie,

Tolmu Rull

* Palun taas vabandust nõmeda pressipildi pärast, aga tahtsin uudise kiiresti teieni tuua ja pilti teha täna õhtul tõesti enam ei jõudnud. 

** BeautyPro'l on hetkel sünnipäevanädal, seega ka palju muid soodustusi. Vaadake soodukaid ja lahtiolekuaegu siit.