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…
Lately I feel so ugly that every time someone is coming in my office to ask me a question I feel the urge to hide under my desk. My head lives in a constant bad-hair-day, I have horrible circles under my eyes and it looks like every pore on my face has decided to explode in a horrible pimple. And of course I’ve got nothing to wear. But my boyfriend still tells me that I’m beautiful, my friends still make…
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…