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Saturday, December 29, 2012

Obama Orders Pay Raise For Congress, Federal Workers, Joe Biden

by   the huffingtonpos

Obama Pay Raise Congress


President Barack Obama gave a New Year's gift to returning members of Congress, federal workers and Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday, signing an executive order calling for an end to a years-long pay freeze.
As of March 27, 2013, federal employees will see a half-percent to one percent pay increase, marking the end of a pay freeze that has been in place since late 2010. Congress hasn't seen a pay raise since 2009.
According to the order, Biden's pay will increase from $225,521 to $231,900 a year, before taxes. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) will see his salary increased to $224,500 and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will take home an annual pay of $194,400 after his raise.
While Obama's order made no mention of merit for such a raise, HuffPost's Amanda Terkel reported on Friday that the 112th Congress is set to end the session as the most unproductive since the 1940s, with only 219 bills passed by the body becoming law. The raise won't take place until the 113th Congress, meaning that outgoing members will see no effect from the order.
Obama ordered the raise as he continues to negotiate unsuccessfully with congressional leaders to find a deal in order to avoid the fiscal cliff at the end of the year. If no agreement is met, over $500 billion in planned tax increases and spending cuts will be implemented.

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas!


Merry Christmas to all you beautiful readers! I thought I'll share one of my favorite Chrismas campaigns this year and thank you all for reading this little blog of mine. Hope you all are having a loving, happy evening.

Pieni joulutervehdys teille kaikille ihanille lukijoille, toivottavasti vietätte tunnelmallista iltaa/ God Jul till alla mina fina läsare! Hoppas ni har en mysing kväll. xxx

Topshop and Kate Bosworth was also kind enough to send me a little personalized message that was too cute to not share!


Monday, December 24, 2012

A big juicy party


Woah time has just been flying by in the lead up to Christmas, but one night that I managed to slow down a bit, was the night I hosted a little shopping event over at Juicy Couture’s Regent street store. We had Champagne, shoe cookies and lipstick sorbet (!) Whilst welcoming their most recent, and in my opinion - the best, jewellery collection to date.

Was so wonderful meeting many of you again, thanks to everyone that came down. And if you are struggling with some last minute Christmas shopping, you now know where to turn.

I wore a JUICY COUTURE dress and jewellery and JIMMY CHOO heels.


I was obviously hard on Instagram too! you can mind me @5inchandup, naturally.

xxx

Wishing you a Merry Christmas!

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Merry Christmas! I hope you have wonderful warm and cozy days infused with snow, presents and delicious meals!
Love You!
xoxo

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Wishing you a Merry Christmas!

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Merry Christmas! I hope you have wonderful warm and cozy days infused with snow, presents and delicious meals!
Love You!
xoxo

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PITCH PERFECT

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This January Pitch Perfect, a crazy fun movie that will most definitely make you laugh will hit theaters in Europe! The movie gets compared in the line of Bring it On, Mean Girls and even Bridesmaids and that can only be good! To start it all off Club MTV will host an amazing party in Amsterdam and I get to give away 2 tickets! (Read full details after the jump)



The Movie

Arriving at her new college, Beca (Anna Kendrick) finds herself not right for any clique but somehow is muscled into one that she never would have picked on her own: alongside mean girls, sweet girls and weird girls whose only thing in common is how good they sound when they sing together. When Beca leads this a cappella singing group out of their traditional arrangement and perfect harmonies into all-new mash-ups, they fight to climb their way to the top of the college music competitions. Pitch Perfect is an outrageously hilarious laugh-out-loud comedy that also stars Anna Camp (The Help), Brittany Snow (Hairspray), and Rebel Wilson (Bridesmaids).

3 januari in de bioscoop
www.pitchperfect.nl





Club MTV/Amsterdam Pitch Perfect Party
 

There will be an amazing  Pitch Perfect Party in Amsterdam and I get to give 1x2 tickets away! Would you love to go? Simply leave a comment below or email me at cocoheartsfashion@gmail.com


Zaterdag 19 Januari AIR Amsterdam
23.00 uur – 05.00 uur
Tickets: 10 euro, presale via www.mtv.nl/clubmtv
Door: 15 euro
Line-Up: Pitch Perfect
AIR1: The Partysquad, Jaziah, Tjoller Inc., $OHO, Geza Weisz
Host: Dan Stezo
AIR 2: Kimberlee Ramirez & Friends



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PITCH PERFECT

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This January Pitch Perfect, a crazy fun movie that will most definitely make you laugh will hit theaters in Europe! The movie gets compared in the line of Bring it On, Mean Girls and even Bridesmaids and that can only be good! To start it all off Club MTV will host an amazing party in Amsterdam and I get to give away 2 tickets! (Read full details after the jump)



The Movie

Arriving at her new college, Beca (Anna Kendrick) finds herself not right for any clique but somehow is muscled into one that she never would have picked on her own: alongside mean girls, sweet girls and weird girls whose only thing in common is how good they sound when they sing together. When Beca leads this a cappella singing group out of their traditional arrangement and perfect harmonies into all-new mash-ups, they fight to climb their way to the top of the college music competitions. Pitch Perfect is an outrageously hilarious laugh-out-loud comedy that also stars Anna Camp (The Help), Brittany Snow (Hairspray), and Rebel Wilson (Bridesmaids).

3 januari in de bioscoop
www.pitchperfect.nl





Club MTV/Amsterdam Pitch Perfect Party
 

There will be an amazing  Pitch Perfect Party in Amsterdam and I get to give 1x2 tickets away! Would you love to go? Simply leave a comment below or email me at cocoheartsfashion@gmail.com


Zaterdag 19 Januari AIR Amsterdam
23.00 uur – 05.00 uur
Tickets: 10 euro, presale via www.mtv.nl/clubmtv
Door: 15 euro
Line-Up: Pitch Perfect
AIR1: The Partysquad, Jaziah, Tjoller Inc., $OHO, Geza Weisz
Host: Dan Stezo
AIR 2: Kimberlee Ramirez & Friends



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Saturday, December 22, 2012

Favorite Glitter and Glam Tutorials

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photos via makeupbox, ybs Beauty, katOsu (youtube channel), whimsicalwonderlandweddings and dearfriend

A few more days before Christmas (and New Years Eve) so it's the perfect time to share my 10 favorite Glitter and Glam tutorials! I just love Whimsical Sparkles in these cold winter days and love to give my apartment that perfect glittery touch! Hope you love these beauty and home decor tutorials as much as I do!
xoxo

1) Scarlet Slippers: Red Glitter Eyeshadow Tutorial

Totally bold but oh so good!


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2) '50s Glam Waves

Although not a full tutorial, just a simple how-to description these '50s Glam waves would make such a perfect Holiday-do! I still need to learn how to work with rollers.


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3) Glitter and Glam Eyes

This Polish girl really knows her eye-make-up! The video's are (sadly) in Polish but I'm glued to them anyway just to figure how how to get those perfect eyes! (I kind of skip back and forth in the video's towards the steps)

http://www.youtube.com/user/katOsu/

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4) DIY Glitter Jam Jar Snow Globe

A beautiful Whimsical tutorial and finally something to do with those jam jars!

http://whimsicalwonderlandweddings.com/2012/12/diy-glitter-jam-jar-wedding-snow-globes-tutorial.html

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5) DIY Glitter Garland

This is just such a fantastic home decor tutorial and you really have to go and check out how the final result came how to see how brilliant it is!

http://dearfriendblog.com/2012/11/diy-glitter-garland/

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6) Watercolor Glitter Illustrations

Another brilliant glitter tutorial, this one by Paper Fashion for those of us who love to draw! I also really love this tutorial because its not only perfect for illustrators and artists but for applying this to notes, cards and letters as well!

http://paperfashion.net/2012/02/24/paper-tutorial-3-glitter/
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7) DIY Glittered Wine Bottles

Not only jam jars can be transformed into glittery pieces, wine bottles too! Just such a spark of pleasure and no need to say; a good reason to finish off that bottle of wine ;)

http://www.jennyonthespot.com/crafty/tutorial-for-awesome-diy-glittered-wine-bottles/

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8) DIY Magic Bottle

Swirling, twirling and sparkling indeed plus this tutorial gives us that feeling of whimsical snow!


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9) Christmas lyrics banner tutorial

This is exactly what my apartment needs and not only for Christmas but all year round!


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10) Glitter Gradient Nails

And as finishing glitter touch today I will close this post with 2 Gradient Nail tutorials I love!



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Favorite Glitter and Glam Tutorials

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photos via makeupbox, ybs Beauty, katOsu (youtube channel), whimsicalwonderlandweddings and dearfriend

A few more days before Christmas (and New Years Eve) so it's the perfect time to share my 10 favorite Glitter and Glam tutorials! I just love Whimsical Sparkles in these cold winter days and love to give my apartment that perfect glittery touch! Hope you love these beauty and home decor tutorials as much as I do!
xoxo

1) Scarlet Slippers: Red Glitter Eyeshadow Tutorial

Totally bold but oh so good!


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2) '50s Glam Waves

Although not a full tutorial, just a simple how-to description these '50s Glam waves would make such a perfect Holiday-do! I still need to learn how to work with rollers.


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3) Glitter and Glam Eyes

This Polish girl really knows her eye-make-up! The video's are (sadly) in Polish but I'm glued to them anyway just to figure how how to get those perfect eyes! (I kind of skip back and forth in the video's towards the steps)

http://www.youtube.com/user/katOsu/

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4) DIY Glitter Jam Jar Snow Globe

A beautiful Whimsical tutorial and finally something to do with those jam jars!

http://whimsicalwonderlandweddings.com/2012/12/diy-glitter-jam-jar-wedding-snow-globes-tutorial.html

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5) DIY Glitter Garland

This is just such a fantastic home decor tutorial and you really have to go and check out how the final result came how to see how brilliant it is!

http://dearfriendblog.com/2012/11/diy-glitter-garland/

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6) Watercolor Glitter Illustrations

Another brilliant glitter tutorial, this one by Paper Fashion for those of us who love to draw! I also really love this tutorial because its not only perfect for illustrators and artists but for applying this to notes, cards and letters as well!

http://paperfashion.net/2012/02/24/paper-tutorial-3-glitter/
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7) DIY Glittered Wine Bottles

Not only jam jars can be transformed into glittery pieces, wine bottles too! Just such a spark of pleasure and no need to say; a good reason to finish off that bottle of wine ;)

http://www.jennyonthespot.com/crafty/tutorial-for-awesome-diy-glittered-wine-bottles/

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8) DIY Magic Bottle

Swirling, twirling and sparkling indeed plus this tutorial gives us that feeling of whimsical snow!


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9) Christmas lyrics banner tutorial

This is exactly what my apartment needs and not only for Christmas but all year round!


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10) Glitter Gradient Nails

And as finishing glitter touch today I will close this post with 2 Gradient Nail tutorials I love!



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That dress


J.W ANDERSON x ALDO heels
KAREN LONDON jewellery

I guess we’ll call this week my little blog break for Christmas.. I was not planning to go MIA but the last week before I managed to fly home to Finland, there was a million things to do. Luckily I am here now but not unfortunately in Spain like I was a few weeks ago, where I wore my Three Floor dress for the first time. A good red dress must one of the best investments as it was the first thing I folded in my Christmas holiday suitcase.

Hope you all are doing well and making the most of the festive season, more in season stuff coming up soon.

xxx

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Miista x Muubaa video



ph. by Aida Nizankovska , edited by Belletette

A month ago I took part in a very cool project for Miista and Muubaa. Together with my lovely blogger friends Chantal, Camille & Shini we had to select our favourite Muubaa jacket and Miista shoes for the video shoot. I have spent an amazing day with the girls and the lovely Miista and Muubaa team. Hope you guys like the final result :) / video by Tom Haines 




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