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Monar & Clothes X Sam Edelman Pop-up launch

4/28/2014

Monar Antwerp is a big shoe store with several shopping locations. They offer some great brands like:
- Paul Smith
- Ash
- Converse
- Mandarina Duck
- Officine Creative
- New Balance
- See by Chloé
- UGG
- Vans

and of course, SAM EDELMAN :)

This weekend, they officially opened their pop-up store of Sam Edelman, one street away from their big store in the centre of Antwerp. I really love the interior of the store! It's young, fresh and it meets the brand's style.

You can find a few Sam Edelman models in the Monar store, but if you can't find them in the pop-up store, I'm afraid you won't find them anywhere!

To celebrate the opening of the pop-up store, they served some drinks, handed out a goodiebag and you could win a trip to New York! All you had to do is take a picture with a pair of heels and the best picture will be picked next week, exciting! :)

I had a great time & the new pop-up store is DEFINITELY worth a visit!

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Liebster award nomination

4/23/2014

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I got nominated by blogger Mai for the Liebster award :) As a quite "new" blogger, I never thought I would get nominated for any kind of award! So thank you for the nomination Mai!

At first I thought, what kind of funny nomination is this? I'd never heard of it before... So I did a little research and this is how it works:

The rules:

1. If you are tagged/nominated, you have to post 11 facts about yourself

2. Then you answer the 11 questions the tagger has given you & make 11 questions for the people you are going to tag

3. Tag 11 more starting Bloggers

4. Tell the people you tagged that you did

5. No tagging back

11 facts about me:

1. I hate lipgloss, it's sticky and my hair always sticks in it

2. I have a fetish for sausages (dogs included)

3. I love being alone

4. I play the piano since I was 7 years old

5. When I was a kid, I wanted to become a gym teacher

6. I have a shopping addiction :)

7. I am getting married with my fiancé on a SECRET LOCATION

8. I don't like my hair hanging loose, it annoys me

9. I love lazy evening with Haägen Dazs or Ben & Jerry's

10. When I was a teenager, I used to have a lot of piercings

11. I used to dance and sing on the Spice Girls music with my sister. She was Emma, I was Geri

The 11 Questions Mai asked me:

1. What is your biggest dream?

My biggest dream is to stay happy as I am today. Be with the people I love, do the things I want do to and enjoy my life to the fullest.

2. Your fashion inspiration is:

I get my fashion inspiration out of all kinds of sources: I follow different blogs, I follow pages, websites,... And most important of all: I wear what I like, even if it's not "fashionable" for everyone. Fashion is something personal, so make it your own.

3. Why do you have a blog?

Because more and more people started asking my why I didn't have a blog :) So I started when with my own idea of what blogging is supposed to be.

4. What makes your blog different from the other ones?

Every blog is different, because everyone has another view on life. I like to cooperate with friends and other fashionista's to keep it different. I have my bestie taking care of the food section & my friends posting their outfits on Fashion Queens.

5. What is your favorite fashion blog?

A favorite one is hard to tell :) I can give a top 5:

- The blonde salad
- Sincerely Jules
- Ring My Bell
- Song of Style
- Fashionata

6. What are your hobbies?

- Piano
- Gym, running
- Blogging & discovering new fashion
- Entertaining my fiancé & dog
- Skiing

7. What is your favorite color for each season of the year?

Definitely Kobalt Blue :)

8. Your favorite city in the world is:

San Francisco

9. High heels or flats?

No doubt about that, I love wearing sneakers!

10. Your favorite fashion brand is:

Maison Scotch

11. If you could collaborate with a brand, what would you like to design?

My favorite fashion piece is the top, so I would love to design jumpers, sweaters, cardigans, tops, t-shirts and so on. You can design many different items & styles.

I nominate these 11 bloggers:

1. Style & Sundry
2. Tu Nuevo Look
3. Smiles Avenue
4. All about the style
5. Century Lifestyle
6. Fashion with DNA
7. We call it fashion
8. Linas' Style
9. Window on my wardrobe
10. Bibi goes chic
11. Tiffani Quang

These are my 11 questions to them:

1. What is your dream vacation?

2. What do you love so much about blogging?

3. What's your favorite designer bag?

4. What's your favorite snack?

5. Which color is your favorite one for summertime?

6. What do you do next to blogging?

7. What do you prefer: dresses/skirts or jeans/pants?

8.Name the 3 most important things you really can't miss in your life

9. What's your favorite movie?

10. What's your favorite low budget brand/store?

11.With which designer would you want to collaborate?

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10 summer fragrances you can't miss!

4/17/2014

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One thing I love about summer is the fragrances that come along with it! It always makes me feel like I'm on vacation :) Find out about my favorite classics and new ones you should definitely try out :)

(All prices are based on Ici Paris XL prices because it's my favorite cosmetics & perfume store! (except for Jo Malone and étoile de Rem)

Reminiscence - Étoile de rem

This was the first real summer fragrance I ever bought. I am still madly in love with this scent! It's so fresh and really makes you feel like you're on vacation :)

It's an aquatic scent with a touch of vanilla and coconut. It's a very special scent, when someone is wearing it, you will notice it immediately.

You can find it in local stores that sell the Reminiscence jewellery or at the Reminiscence store.

PRICE: € 69 (100 ml)

Estée Lauder - Bronze Goddess

A few of my friends always wear Bronze Goddess during the summer and I always love the scent :) It's a bit more "heavy" than the étoile de rem, but it really smells like you've been at the beach with a cocktail in the sun!

Sometimes, you can smell a little touch of coconut between the orangy and lemon scents, it really makes the scent complete.

PRICE: € 63 (100 ml)

Sisley - Eau tropicale

Of course, this perfume has a tropical touch. It has a creamy, floral scent with a touch of violet.

Next to the flowery touch, I can also recognise a fruity touch. At first I smelled banana :D but it fades very fast afterwards.

It does smell a lot like other spring/summer fragrances though...

PRICE: € 106 (100 ml)

Jo Malone - Rain & Angelica

I totally fell in love with the Jo Malone fragrances when I received my english pear & freesia cologne :) It's such a fresh scent and it really stays all day long! So this summer scent is a good variation on that one.

Jo Malone has so many good fragrances that can be used during summertime, so it really depends on what fragrances you prefer.

PRICE: € 97 (100 ml)

Prada - Infusion d'Iris

Infusion d'Iris is my favorite scent. I've been using it for years now and I wear it all year long. So this is sort of my "basic" perfume, though it really suits the best during summer.

It's really a different scent and I don't know many people using it (and that's what I like about it :) )
It's soft though strong, has a sweet character though it is adventurous... Woody, powdery scent.

PRICE: € 90 (100 ml)

Balenciaga - Rosabotanica

This perfume really smells like a garden full of flowers/roses. This fragrance is woody (spicy) at first with a citrus touch and roses/flowers.

You can also recognise a touch of fig scent. It's a very deep and heavy scent.

It smells A LOT like the "un jardin en mediterrannée" from Hermès!

PRICE: € 98 (100 ml)

Marc Jacobs - Oh Lola!

I do love the original Lola fragrance by Marc Jacobs. My sister always uses it, so when I bought some mini-bottles at the airport, there were 2 mini Oh-Lola! bottles included in the package :)

Although you do recognise the Lola fragrance, the Oh Lola is totally different! This fragrance is very sweet, it makes me think of candy. After the candy part, I smell fruit and a little bit of flowers.

I do love this fragrance, though I'm not a huge fan of sweet fragrances for myself.

PRICE: € 94 (100 ml)

Hermes - Un jardin en méditerranée

This perfume is my second summer perfume next to the étoile de rem from Reminiscence. When I first tried it out, I thought it had something mysterious.

It really makes me think of a lake somewhere abroad in Tunesia or Morocco where the birds are relaxing and fuchsia flowers are blooming :) It also stays very long.

PRICE: € 83 (100 ml)

Dolce & Gabbana - Dolce

Dolce is a more floral and musky scent. I do prefer this fragrance during spring. It's just not summer-ish enough :) Though I do love the scent! It's fresh and new.

I would call it "the new Light Blue" from Dolce & Gabbana. I always loved that scent, but this one is fresher and trendier.

I am not the kind of person that would buy the perfume because of the cute bottle, but this bottle could do the trick :)

PRICE: € 96 (75ml)

Lancaster - Sol Da Bahia

This is my newest summer spray, I totally love it!
At first, it really smells like melons :) after that you get the coconut, fruity scent every summer spray has. I do love it because it's different from the Hermès and Reminiscence summer perfume.

It would recommend this spray because it's worth its price. It's very cheap for a summer fragrance compared to all the other scents and it offers the same qualities!

PRICE: € 32 (100 ml)

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Must visit store: Gossip Schilde

4/6/2014

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Gossip Schilde is a store where I love to go shopping! It all started when I was looking for a jacket I saw on the By Danie website and I didn't know where to find the collection. So I started googleing a bit and that's how I found the store :)

The best thing about this cute boutique, is that they offer a very wide range of brands and a wide range of price categories! You can find fashion t-shirts from € 19 to € 95 depending on whether you're a brand lover or a fashion lover on a budget :)

These are some of the brands sold at Gossip:
- It Hippie
- By Danie
- Supertrash
- Relish
- B-Loved
- K-Way
- Colors of California
- Bibilou
- Jott
- Lofty Manner
- Cimmaron
- By Zoé
AND MANY MORE

It's really a boutique, which I love more than department stores or store chains... You get helped by one shop assistant so it's more personally.

Enough talking, let's show you some pictures! This way, you can get to know the store a bit more.

I made a selection of my favorite clothes in the store and took some pictures of those outfits :) I really love how I can combine everything in this store so easily!

Top: Rosemunde
Maxi Skirt: Fine Collection
Wedges: Bibi Lou

T-shirt: By Zoé
Shorts: Mavi Jeans Co.
Sneakers: Colors of California
Sunglasses: Spektre

Top: It Hippie
Pants: Cimmaron
Sneakers: Colors of California

Top: It Hippie
Sleeveless vest: By Danie
Pants: Cimmaron
Sneakers: Colors of California

Top: By Danie
Shorts: By Danie
Espadrilles: Colors of California
Sunglasses: Spektre

Dress: By Danie
Sandals: Bibi Lou

Poncho: B-Loved
Skirt: By Danie

Top: It Hippie
Skirt: By Danie

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A little DIY-ing

4/1/2014

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While I was cleaning the house, I accidentally spilled some bleach product on my new pair of jeans :( I didn't know what to do with it and I knew I wasn't going to wear it anymore...

So I got the idea of spilling some more bleach product on it... And this is the result :)

I actually was going to try and make little spots on it, but they got bigger with time, even when I already put them in the washing machine... So if you're planning on doing this with one of your old jeans, be careful with your doses!

Before

After

Though I did expect a more sophisticated result :p, I am happy with my "new" pair of jeans!

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Monar & Clothes X Sam Edelman Pop-up launch

Liebster award nomination

The rules:

11 facts about me:

The 11 Questions Mai asked me:

I nominate these 11 bloggers:

These are my 11 questions to them:

10 summer fragrances you can't miss!

Reminiscence - Étoile de rem

Estée Lauder - Bronze Goddess

Sisley - Eau tropicale

Jo Malone - Rain & Angelica

Prada - Infusion d'Iris

Balenciaga - Rosabotanica

Marc Jacobs - Oh Lola!

Hermes - Un jardin en méditerranée

Dolce & Gabbana - Dolce

Lancaster - Sol Da Bahia

Must visit store: Gossip Schilde

A little DIY-ing

Before

After

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