NELLAND FAERY - NEW MINI COLLECTION

  My artistic, sabbat based, fashion collection is my way to let loose my creativity in one way. The clothes are unique and quite bold for the everyday work wear. I love every single outfit, forty all together, and I feel great wearing them. But they all require certain levels of energy to carry. They stand out from the crowd, and draw attention. Mostly that´s all nice and fun, but sometimes it feels comfortable to blend more in.

  For those occasions, I now begin to build a whole new mini-collection, which is also based on the wheel-of-the-year and it´s sabbats, but with only two outfits per season.
  I call it Nelland Faery.
  The idea is to wear more ordinary, but cool and neat, clothes that will go for any occasion. The key words to describe this new garderobe could be: fresh, girly, fun, and ethereal.
  For years I´ve dreamed of slipping in one faery-like outfit to every sabbat´s collection, but failed to do so because of my such strong visions of the looks each sabbat represents. So here´s my chance to express this more feminine and frail side of me, in form of faery-like everyday clothes.

  Here is the first ever outfit from my new Nelland Faery- collection:

An ordinary-shaped t-shirt with pants (not jeans). No gimmicks, nothing extraordinary, but neat enough to go anywhere in. The base is then accessorized rather heavily, with mostly matching-colored, jewelry to give it "faery dust". I just love using these terms here! How about that, an outfit sprinkled with faery dust?! Cool, girly, and fun.

Making a slight statement by writing "imbolc" at the chest... Pagan fashion is really hard to find anywhere, and often my searches lead to black cloaks and witches´ hats. Nobody wears that for real! Luckily I´ve learned to make my own clothes to express my own personal beliefs and style.

Makeup is very light and natural. Apart from my artistic collection, in Faery fashion makeup does not repeat the colors of the clothes. Here I wear natural shades to enhance me, not the clothes. Both styles are great, but I want to create a difference between the two collections, and it is fun to do this too. So here I wear grey eyeshadow, warm pink blush, and pink lip gloss. Also I left the eyebrows undefined, to achieve a lighter and more fresh look.

   Although I find this outfit and style rather young, I wish to have the guts to wear it in my fifties, sixties, and beyond (okay, perhaps this particular shirt may have worn out by then, but a new, similar one that is). I see no reason why an older woman could not wear this now. Heck, if I saw a senior citizen in this outfit now, I´d find her more stylish than myself in it! Age is no reason to let go of pretty! We are all gorgeous in our own way, and have stunning features we ought to accentuate and be proud of!
 

LINGERIE SHOOT PICTURES

 It is finally here, the photos of the lingerie and evening wear shoot I did in August. The very reason that forced me to start exercising (even a bit =).

First some of the usual, a.k.a. with clothes on.

And then the picture I was so scared of! But it turned out okay, considering I had not done any exercising for ten years, and I´m pictured next to a fitness model seven years younger than me who has no kids. =)

  Thanks to this photo shoot I now do some exercising and feel more confident with only lingerie on!

SO THIS IS 37

  Happy 37th birthday to me!

  They say that a maiden is at her most beautiful at age 17. When I was 17 I was sure I would look my best in my thirties. Can´t say I was wrong... =) 

  Now that I´ve lived a good while in my thirties, I think my prime time will last still for the next twenty years to come. There are so many super-gorgeous women out there in their forties and fifties, who prove my point. Obvious examples like Cate Blanchett, Mimi Kirk, Madonna, and Meryl Streep. Why should I be any different?!

How awesome is it to live in a time when they say that forty is the new twenty, and fifty the new thirty?!

  My husband likes to joke about my looks, saying that now at 37 I don´t look a day older than 73. Ha-ha, funny...

  I have never had an age crisis, not even now, when pushing forty. I welcome every upcoming year with joy. Hopefully there´ll be many!

P.S. If you think this picture is daring, think again after seeing selfies celebs post of themselves.