I have been desperately looking for some time to write a blog post in the last days after my holidays, but time is incredibly short lately. The adorable Belgian highway network is so crammed these days that my usual commute takes 4 hours a day (FOUR.HOURS.SERIOUSLY) instead of 2. Moreover, the managers of the project I’m working on had the brilliant idea of making me a team leader, so now the job is even busier than usual (goodbye lunch break…
I thought I wouldn’t say a word about what happened in Paris on Friday. Honestly, I didn’t think there was much to say. Just silence and respect. And I couldn’t talk about it. I didn’t have an opinion about it. I was just feeling sad, and sick. I spent my Sunday trying to process it all on my couch, with my cat on my lap and a heavy feeling of inertia. Shell shocked, I thought that there was nothing meaningful…
Every make-up addict has her own quasi-OCD beauty obsessions. I know girls who have drawers full of lipstick and lipglosses and still have to find the “perfect shade”, others who do their nails perfectly every two days and own a closet full of nail polishes, others have every possible formulation of foundation from every brand (think of: “I’ve got the one for when it’s hot outside, the one for dry and cold weather, I have the high-coverage for evenings and…
Léa Seydoux portrait I’ve always been crap at making portraits. Really. In theory, you could really make a portrait with astonishing similarities in 2 or 3 lines or brush strokes. Ever seen the work of David Downton? He’s the master of portraits. It’s all a matter of catching the right particular that makes that face unique. And nope, I can’t. I start correcting and correcting the sketch so many times in order to make it better and I end…
I bought this polka dot shirt a few days ago and I liked it so much that I wanted to draw it. I love it because of the bow, the polka dots that are not perfectly round but rather look like they are painted with a brush, the side buttons… It has a little bit of a French vibe and when I wear it with a nice lipstick I feel très chic (one day I’ll tell you about my love…