Color Block

Make sure to check out Jcrew's new arrivals including these candylicious color block cardigans! 

Don't you just want them all? I personally MUST have #1,2 & 4!

What's your favorite one?

Spring is in the air

It's getting warmer, sunnier, the air gets clearer...Time to embrace the fact that spring is coming!

Is there anything more precious than to welcome it with a couple of girly, flirty dresses?!

I find these ladies quite fabulous!

Check them out HERE. 

Bow love on the beach

Just when I thought my bow love collection has reached its limits, I discovered Princesse Tam Tam's new bathing suits and bikinis! I am smitten with all three color combinations and am struggling to choose the best one to suit my pale skin. Aaah, choices, choices!

Winter remedy

I don't know about you, but I seem to enjoy winter temperatures up until the holiday season ONLY. I love , when it gets a bit frosty and windy and the first snow of the year is always so exciting and often a bit melancholic. There is some sort of peacefullness and sadness about a snowy paysage - don't you find it just so calm and still?

Well, on another note, if it were for me, I would prefer the spring to welcome us with mild temperatures right after the New Year's. Unfortunately, the climate I live in does not allow for that. Instead, it's rainy, windy and just uncomfortable. The implications of this meteorologic condition are numerous - especially in the beauty department.

This is why I am sharing my current three favorites, when it comes to some of the most common symptoms, among us, girls.

1) Dry & sensitive hand skin.

I personally hate dry hands - they just make you so uncomfortable and wearing all those gloves does not help. My recent salvation is this rich yet surprisingly rapidly absorbing Resurrection Aromatique Hand Balm of Aesop - helps my hands in a very efficient way!

2) Dry & chapped lips.

Another classic one. Who does not suffer from that during winter months? Being a big lover of Diptique, my most favorite Parisian brand, I was thrilled to find this new Soothing lip balm during a recent stroll in Brussels. It makes your lips all soft and velvety! Yummy!

3) Finally - the hair.

Let's be honest, those cute little hats do help our hair to deal with damage from cold temperatures, but they do not make it pretty underneath. To prevent your hair from those frustrating moments of being statically charged or volume- and gloss-less, I highly recommend this newly discovered styling product from Shu Uemura - Liquid Fabric Mineral Texture Spray, which gives even my fine hair plenty of volume!

Winter, we are ready!

Shoegirl

It's New Year, ladies. Time to conquer it with new accomplishments - in style, naturally.These charming little ballerinas are not only comfortable - they come in two color combinations which are both hard to resist!

Taupe/beige and black is an absolute classic - perfect with a pair of black skinny jeans and a blouse. The coral and grey alternative, however, is just as darling and can be a perfect match to a plain grey summer dress!

Well, for 36 Euro, I can only imagine that this choice is not such a tough one, after all. I want them both.

For all you, heel-lovers, they come in a more dressed up version as a pump. Just as lovely!

Spotted in shoe heaven :)

Shoe of the Day

Isn't this just the perfect, elegant most festive shoe for a New Year's night out?!... 

Pair it with black stockings and a simple dress. Ready, steady, go. Spotted at www.zara.com

Cape time

As it gets chillier and windier and it is time to pack away dresses and sandals, I am looking forward to turn to one of my favorite pieces of clothing - a coat, or jacket, or blazer or trench. There are so many ways to keep warm these days - and I am loving them all! This year, however, another alternative is available to us, ladies.  The elegant, classy, flirty little cape.

Capes go back to medieval times and have made multiple entrances into the world of fashion throughout the history ever since. If you ask me, I think there is something extremely mysterious and romantic about them!

www.asos.com

www.coach.com

The loafer

Although I love high-heels on other people - let's be honest, they make you look so chic! - I rarely wear them myself, except on really special occassions. As a consequence, I prefer following trends around flat shoes rather than chasing another pair of glittery Loubutins or Manolos - which, as a matter of fact, I would not really know where to wear. 

I work in an office, so pretty, practical, comfy and flat shoes is more my-kinda-world. Sooo, as an alternative to the always-beloved ballerinas, I collected a number of preppy loafers which I had recently found on Asos and Topshop. I think most producers are offering these nowadays, so they are just examples. I love how they can be combined with  jeans; cropped pants; and even skirts and dresses!

See for yourself!

www.asos.com

www.topshop.com

Bowed beauties

So this year summer wedding season is slowly coming to an end - BHLDN is nonetheless surprising us with a new collection of beautiful bridal attire and accessories - among which the impeccable Paramount D'Orsays - pretty much the reason this blogs exists. Oh my!!!!

www.bhldn.com

                        

Hansel from Basel

Where I reside, nature has not been too generous this year and gave us a mere couple of really sunny, friendly, warm weeks. This is why I have been longing to write this post for quite a while now. However, having readers from very different parts of the globe, I resisted the urge and waited until a more apropriate time of the year to report about this particular piece of clothing.

So now September has finally arrived, it has been getting chilly and I figured it is finally that time of the year when you start considering wearing tights or socks. So, I am thrilled to write about these ultra-stylish legwear I found online!

Hansel from Basel is a company from California and produces the cutest, uniquely detailed socks, tights and leggings!Check them out!

www.hanselfrombasel.com

Instagram colors

Ever since I started to work, I have the feeling that my summer has pretty much schrunk to a couple of weeks of vacation, which does not happen until Mid or even End of August, usually.

When you work every day, you do not really benefit from summer days as much as you do when you are free as a student as a bird and actually have the time to do so. As a consequence, these precious 14 days are always longed for badly, especially since our yearly tradition to head off to Southern France.

Although it might seem somewhat boring to go to the same place every year (which believe me, is not when this place is Côte d'Azur, but I admit that some may think so), there is just something comforting about going to familiar cafés, markets and shops and finding the lovely things you missed the whole year because you can't get them home.

Like these.

Delicious Amorino ice-cream: they use organic eggs and fresh milk. My personal favorite is chocolate, vanilla, mango and raspberry.
www.amorino.com

Home Made ice tea with different herbs. The perfect refreshment at  a beautiful family-owned place called Volupté Anytime in Cannes.
www.volupte-cannes.com

Having already confessed my love for Compagnie de Provence products, I simply had to visit their beautiful boutique in   Rue St Francois de Paule in Nice.

Lenôtre is a very French place and offer great food for breakfast and lunch along with  a range AMAZING  desserts.
These are raspberry, chocolate, coffee eclairs. I did not eat them all. Well, almost. They also offer cooking classes which I wanted to attend, but which were unfortunately on vacation during the month of August. This did not stop me from consuming many of their sweets.
www.lenotre.fr

And these are simple candies. I love returning home and unpacking stuff bought on vacation - and these bring special colorful memories from yet another fabulous 2 weeks.

Paul & Joe

Paul & Joe - a brand most commonly known for its sophisticated fashion - is also a producer of an exclusively distributed cosmetic line under the same name. 

If you asked me, I think these products are a perfect complement to the elegant and playful world created by the beautiful Sophie Albou - the designer behind this ultra-successful brand. 

What may sound as a British brand name, is actually a tribute to her two sons - Paul & Joe. Each and every shop is a perfection in itself - pure elegance combined with tasteful kitsch. The same applies to the beauty line - see for yourself:

www.paulandjoe.com