• Design & Lifestyle,  Latest Trends

    The Japanese Way to Snap Selfies

    “Different folks, different strokes” and this happens with the “selfie-mania” too. In Japan, where everything has a jolly twist, even taking a self-portrait with your smartphone becomes kawaii. Being cute and innocent is somewhat, somehow something normal and sensual.Gothic lolitas, Decora, maid cafés… if you’re familiar with these terms, then you know what I mean. Don’t surprise if in Japan people snap selfies like suffering from the worst toothache experience ever or showing off a funny duck face, so that the typical and overrated “Starbucks paper cup selfie” won’t be that foregone and boring anymore. Maybe you’re going to laugh but this instructional video and the following quick reportage on the road will explain…

  • Latest Trends

    Latest Trends: 2016 Hottest Instagram Beauty Trends

    What are the hottest 2016 beauty trends? You don’t need to search that far, the answer is at your fingertip! Indeed Instagram is the quickest source for inspiration and latest hypes; it’s a powerful media where everything has the potential to go viral, so beauty trends do there. The top 2016 beauty trends dictated by Instagram, or better, Instagram beauty addicted, bloggers, vloggers and celebrities of many kinds have all something in common… Think about the new Instagram logo: it’s colourful and playful, this is what you can expect for the coming 2016 months! From last year we’ve inherited some dominant make-up trends and techniques like contouring and strobing. These…

  • 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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