• Nail Care & Manicure,  Tested by me (reviews & swatches)

    Roaring 20s-Inspired Nail Art with Gold and Stamping Plates

    A nice idea for short nails: a bold but sophisticated stamped manicure in burgundy and golden 20’s art deco design. Wine becomes a simple background while playing with this golden stamping nail polish by Born Pretty Store; the result is stunning and grabs all the attentions.  For this manicure I used one coat of protective nail treatment, a wine/bordeaux nail lacquer, which is Avon Color Trend in Icon, Born Pretty stamping polish in gold, a stamping kit and a plate (it’s the BP21, also from Born Pretty Store), a telephone card as a flexible scraper and a clear top coat. After prepping my nails, I applied two coats of my…

  • Editorials,  Fashion & Accessories

    What to Steal from the Oscar 2016 Red Carpet Looks

    Style is a seductive game played with colour and fabric combinations and small details, this is the lesson from any big event, but especially from the Academy Awards aka Oscar. This isn’t going to be a full examination, it’s all about was is worth a consideration… Indeed, cinema events represent a great source of inspiration for daily life and night time looks.  Find your favourite detail, build your own style or copy the look and play like a diva. One has seen a lot of nude make-up looks on the red carpet as the winter trend dictates: flesh tones and browns paired with nude lip colours (Jessica Alba), pearly pink…

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