Back to basics

All this neon is making me dizzy.
Let's go back to black and white.

white T: H&M
bag: Chanel

boyfriend jeans: Mango

shoes: Uterque
sunglasses: Ray-Ban
collier: Zara

Soundtrack (link!) by Stillekesoen

Say Forever

ME
dress: Missoni
bag: Chanel 22.5
lips: YSL crème de blush n.1

HER
dress: DKNY
cardigan: Monsoon
shoes: Kickers

FACE
foundation: Chanel Vitalumiere B20
bronzer: Benefit Hoola
blush: YSL crème de blush n.1
earrings: art deco, gold and turquoise
hairband: Hema

Easy like a Saturday morning

At least, this is what I'd like a Saturday morning to be.
Truth might be slightly different, involving some snow, an adorable iper-energetic daughter and a gastroenteritis. But hey, dreaming costs nothing.

dress: Art's
stockings: Calzedonia
boots: Zara

record player: vintage
candle: Yankee Candle lemon lavender
face: Bourjois healthy mix serum n.52
Benefit Hoola bronzer
Max Factor Miracle touch creamy blush in soft pink
eyes: Chanel Inimitable intense
lips: Sleek Pout Polish in Pink Cadillac

Good reasons to fall for him

He's far far away.

He doesn't have a proper job.

He can't boil an egg but knows by heart the ml for the perfect gin and tonic.

His tatoos don't match the Christmas tree's decorations.

Dress: vintage
socks: Calzedonia
foundation: Chanel Vitalumière 20
concealer: Bourjois healthy mix 51
blush: Bourjois 16
liquid eye liner: Iq cosmetics 1
mascara: Giorgio Armani Eyes to kill
lipstick: Maybelline 315

Wrap him up and send him over.

...and I say hello.

Bruxelles, 04th December 2011

Bag: Chanel

Week end bag: indian handcraft  Trousers: H&M Boots: GORI

Coat: Max&Co Top: Zara

who doesn't want Perfection AND Lumière?

I have been asked recently about a good foundation. Which is always difficult, because we all have different skins, different problems, different parts to show or hide, different tones, and different wallets.
But we can all do what I do: live with samples.
Now, the ladies at the Chanel's counters are tremendously generous or either very bored so love a bit of chit chat; but what matters is that you can go there and ask away, and they'll fill up your little Chanel bag with mini bottles of everything you mention.
This introduction is just to say that I managed to try the latest foundation of the maison in three different shades: beige rosé 12, beige 20, beige 30, and I still can't make my mind up about it.
First of all, it does have quite  a strong perfume, so bare it in mind. Second, you do need a brush and pretty quick hands, because it does dry fast, at least faster that other foundations. The good thing is that once it has set on you skin there it stays, and there's no need to powder your face, or even your T-Zone, and you are left with that elegant velvety finish that I personally really like. Another big plus, in this camera obsessed time of ours, is that it photographs wonderfully.
Dry skin owners, walk away, this is not for you! Go hug your Vitalumière, you lucky ones! As for the others, go on, there are 20 shades to play with, give those poor samples a new home and those lovely ladies their well deserved chit chat.
Me, off I go to buy an under eye concealer, since my daughter decided to bury mine somewhere for the future generations.

CHANEL Perfection Lumière 12

School uniform

ruffled shirt: New Look

leather shirt: Max&Co

tights: Calzedonia

boots: Sax
watch: vintage, Gioielleria Burnazzi

skin: LANCOME O de l'orangerie
bag: vintage

face: CHANEL Perfection Lumière 20
Benefit Hoola
YSL Crème de Blush 01
lashes: CHANEL Sublime de Chanel
lips: REVLON  Peach 075

The importance of knowing him

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.
Oscar Wilde

hats: Paola V
cylinder hat: vintage
bag: CHANEL
ring: Accessorize

top: MaxMara
face: CHANEL vitalumière aqua 20
CHANEL pressed powder 20
Benefit Hoola bronzer
eyes: Bobby Brown Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner Denim Ink
lashes: Lancome Hypnose Doll Eyes mascara

It don't matter if you're black or white

ME
top: Scarlet Roos from Café Bohème ((link!), Rimini
HER
cylinder hat: Paola V
top: InTrend
lips: CHANEL Rouge Coco 

hats: Paola V
ring: Gioielleria Burnazzi
pendent: haute vintage, Gioilleria Burnazzi