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Because the world really needed another La La Land review

February 6, 2017
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Major spoiler alert, keep reading at your own risk (seriously, just go watch the movie first) OK to be honest, this is not a proper movie review. This is more like me needing to tell you how much and why I freaking loved La La Land. I am writing this post mesmerized and deeply touched by this movie, but I have to say I didn’t have great expectations before I watched it. First of all it’s a musical. And I…

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The Lipstick Quest

January 31, 2017
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I have recently entered a new beauty monomania phase: lipstick. It became an obsession because a good lipstick can actually make you look very cool with a tiny effort, but I just can’t find the “right colour”. It pisses me off like crazy. Somehow I never feel 100% comfortable when I wear lipstick. Either I feel too slutty, or too flashy, or one day my mouth is too big, one day my lips are too thin… What would I like?…

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Just an expat

January 24, 2017
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I come from a town nestled between Florence North hills and the Appenin mountains and it’s not an exaggeration to say I used to hate living there. I used to hate living in Italy in general. I spent my adolescence and young adulthood wishing to leave and at 25 I packed my bags and moved to Belgium: the official reason was to do my PhD, but deep inside I knew I was kind of running away. Most of my Italian…

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A scent

January 9, 2017
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A few weeks ago, my boyfriend asked me if he could buy me a new perfume for Christmas. “Why?” I replied “I have so many of them already”. Note: I was already freaking out “OMG he doesn’t like my smell does it mean he hated smelling my skin for 3 years and a half – TRAGEDY” He said “Well, you change them constantly and I have the feeling none of them is really you. I was thinking about it when…

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In my skin

January 5, 2017
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I have been on a diet most of my life. When I was a kid, because I was a bit chubby and my mom was trying to keep me healthy by keeping all sorts of snacks (the more unhealthy the more I loved them. Of course) out of the house to avoid I would reach for the Nutella jar while doing my homeworks. When I was a teenager, because I was desperately trying to look like all my skinny, pimple-free…

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