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January 22, 2012#

Snow day

Before I officially start this post I want to say HI to my new followers! Link love from the lovely Sukkerspinneriet gave me some new followers on Bloglovin´ over the weekend, which made me so so happy. I have been at a standstill for a while, so this was a wonderful surprise :)

Today was a Sunday with exceptionally pleasant weather, and when this occurs there is only one thing to do – put on the thermal underwear (sexy and I know it) and go outside. There is no snow in the city at the moment, but once we got higher up in the hills above Bergen there was ice, and then ice and a little bit of snow, and then some more snow…

There hasn´t been a whole lot of snow this winter, so I´m making sure to photograph snow like a madwoman whenever I get the chance. Despite the seemingly solitary mood of the photos I can tell you that we were basically walking in queue on the whole way there – dogs, kids, parents, grandparents, tourists – everyone loves a snow day, I suppose. The last time we walked up there we saw someone walking their cat on a leash. Cat on a leash on a mountain! I much prefer the tiny dogs in silly sweaters, but I´m too much of a wuss to photograph them. Next time I´m photographing the dogs in sweaters, I promise!

 

January 19, 2012#

Skanky legs

Today I thought I would tell you the story of my legs. You see, they are magic. Amazing magic legs! But let us start at the beginning, which is one day a long time ago when I hung out with my friend Maren.

Maren and I are pretty similar, body-wise. We´re both 5´11, we are roughly the same shape and we both have mouths shaped like giant Ds. Peas in a pod, you could call us.

Let me illustrate by showing you this awkward drawing I made of us in our underwear. Now, let me clarify – we do not hang out in our underwear. At least not with each other. What she does on her own I can not be held accountable for. My point is, we still look similar, and most importantly, our legs look pretty much the same.

But one day Maren and I happened to realize that we had bought the same mini skirt. Now, two girls with the same legs in the same mini skirt – you would assume that they would look the same wearing it, would you not?

WRONG. It appears I have skanky legs syndrome. We can wear exactly the same skirt, and in theory we should look the same, but we don´t. You know the eternal tale of the two friends who wear the same top, where one of them has giant breasts and one has small breasts and how they are perceived differently even though they are wearing the exact same thing? I have come to the conclusion that I have giant breast-legs.

That´s right. Giant. Breast. Legs.

I blame the skank fairy.

January 15, 2012#

Going Granola: Skin care

I have been getting a bit experimental skin care lately. I have worn moisturizer since I was just a little girl and I have always made sure to cleanse my skin properly, but I have never really found The Perfect Products. They´re always a little itchy, a little drying, a little too greasy or just not doing what they are supposed to do. I was converted to the Clarisonic face brush in September last year and have fallen completely head over heels for it, which made me wonder – what other amazing products are there out there that I just haven´t discovered yet?

After frequenting a certain number of skin care websites you will after a while come across something called the Oil Cleansing Method, or OCM for short. I think first heard about it about a year ago, and thought it sounded waaay to Granola for me. Cooking oils? ..For your face? I have always thought that oils = acne, and acne I did not want. My skin has always been dry and sensitive so acne has never been my biggest worry, but there are areas that have a few too many black spots for my liking, and no store-bought cleanser that I have tried so far has made them budge. However, over the last year I have been hearing more and more rave reviews about the oil cleansing method, and one evening a few weeks ago I found myself browsing iHerb.com and thought, well, what the hell. So I ordered the products you can see in the photo, and a week later they arrived to my post office.

Now, the basic summary of the method goes like this – cleanse your face with a mix of castor oil and a carrier oil. The carrier oil could be olive, jojoba, avocado, sunflower or a few others. The ratio depends on your skin type – less castor oil for dry skin types, more for oily skin types. Rinse your face with water, massage your face with your oil mix for a few minutes, then let it sit for half a minute. Then you soak a wash cloth in hot water, let it sit on your face for 10-15 seconds, and slowly wipe of the oils. Rinse your washcloth and repeat until you’ve wiped all the oil off your skin. Simple enough – probably a little more time-consuming than your usual cleansing routine – but I´m curious enough to give it a try.

Now, my face wasn´t completely unaccustomed to oils, because I´ve been mixing extra virgin olive oil into my moisturizer for a while already to combat winter dryness. However, the oil cleansing method requires you to abandon all other kinds of cleansers completely so that your skin can adjust itself to your oily new regime, so all I´m keeping is my trusted Vichy Neutrologie 2 moisturizer. I´ve been on the oil cleansing method for about a week now, and so far it is going well. It is definitely is not as scary as it sounds, my makeup is removed just as thoroughly as with my old cleansers, and it feels good to know that I am steering clear of a lot of scary chemicals. But will it have a dramatic effect on my skin at all? That will remain to be seen.

If you want to read more about the oil cleansing method you could start by visiting theoilcleansingmethod.com or Crunchy Betty.

Have any of you tried anything like this before? Do you have any secret skin care weapons? Please share! :)

January 10, 2012#

Sunday’s hike in photos

When Marius and I went hiking on Sunday I brought my brand new Canon s100 with me, and I can tell that this baby and I are going to have a long and happy relationship. Of course, it will never quite measure up to my DSLR, but as far as point-and-shoots go? It is fantastic.  I’m in love. She’s going to live in my pocket, handbag, backpack, wherever. She will never leave my side. There is something so magical about being able to capture the world exactly how it is that you see it, and I really want to get even better at it.

January 9, 2012#

New Facebook page

Hello there! Just a quick post to let you know that I have made a new Facebook page for MajaHuse.com. I am no longer going to update the one I made for the old blog :)

Up until now I have mostly only updated with links to new posts, but if any of you have any suggestions for other things I can do with this page then they will be greatly welcomed. I am a little bit afraid of spamming your Facebook feeds, you see. If you want to follow me on Facebook, this is the place!

 

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