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Consider yourself warned, this Chit Chat is going to be a rant.  It is a lesson that I´ve recently learned the hard way.

For this summer I wanted to get my feet done at a nail salon. I hate doing my feet and it never looks good. It is not something I am good at and also don't enjoy doing as well.
I found a nail salon close to my home and decided to go for a dark purple shellac. My first shellac and it was looking good! 

After two weeks I wanted to try a new color. I get bored quickly and wanted something brighter than the usual dark colors I normally go for. 

This time I also wanted to get a gel manicure as well. I was already thinking about how much time I would save by not having to do my nails every 3 days. My nail polish never lasts long, because I am always washing dishes, dirty little hands and all the other motherly things. 

My first thought was to go for a nice nude. It is all I’ve been wearing on my hands, except when I have an Epic show. It just goes with everything and looks classy and sophisticated.
They didn't have any nice nude colors available, so I went for white. 

A friend of mine that you might already know, Aleen, has done my nails many times. We did gell many times. I know the way she works and I was kind of expecting the same.
The lady at the salon took her torture device ( I have no clue how it is actually called) and started to drill my nails to ‘rough’ them up. They looked horrible! Alleen always treats them with alcohol to make sure there is no more oil residue on my nails.

I was shocked! My nails looked awful. 

The worst part is still to come. After the manicure I wasn't sure I liked the result. I didn’t like the way my nails looked. It didn’t feel like me. After a couple of days the ends were already chipping. Time to take it off. Since I couldn’t get it off myself, I had to go back to the salon. 

There was the drill again. First to take off the nailpolish. It hurt like hell! It burned and I started to let her know that I was in pain.
After she was done, there were still some small traces of the white nailpolish. She took another drill and went over my complete nails again a couple of times!

I am left with horrible looking nails that are paper thin. They keep bending if only the slightest pressure is applied. As you can see on some of the photos, I have tears underneath the nail as well. 

What a horrible experience! I now have to let the damaged nails grow out. That will probably take a couple of months, maybe even half a year, maybe even longer. 

I went back to doing my own nails and won’t go back to that salon anymore. It was a waste of money, time and healthy nails.

Do any of you have had bad experiences at nail salons?












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Hello beauties!

In May I was spend a couple of days in beautiful France with L'Oréal to attend a workshop with Val Garland and explore a world of new products from the 'Wake up and Glow' collection.

When I saw they organised a workshop with Val Garland, I was delighted! She is one of my favourite make up artists. Meeting her was definitely one of my highlights of that weekend.


After we arrived in Antibes, Karin and I went out to get some lunch. We found a lovely Lebanese restaurant. On our way back to our hotel, we found an ice cream shop. Both of us are great fans of the mint chocolate chip. We enjoyed our ice cream while looking at the sea. It's the little things that make me happy. Ice cream any time of the day!

Time to freshen up a bit and go out with Johanna and Meggy for cocktails and a little spontaneous photoshoot. The majority of these pictures are already up on the blog. I am still glad that I put on that dress and posed for the camera.




Fun fact, I have never slept in the Martinez Hotel, I only used the restroom once a couple years back.
Shortly after this photo was taken, we ran in to Aishwarya Rai who was on her way to the L'Oréal studios. She is drop dead gorgeous!



Val Garland in action.


Val showing off her head banging skills. She nailed it!


Meeting Val was a dream come true. She is an icon in the make up industry and very down to earth.
She created a beautiful make up look on a lovely model, using new products that are not on the market yet.

At the end of the demonstration there was still time to ask her some questions. One of my questions was how she applies mascara and uses the eyelash curler. Something I still find rather challenging when I am applying make up on clients.
Her answer was: just get in there and do it. Be confident and just do it.

She gave two helpful tips:

1- Apply lavender perfume (or any perfume of your choice) on your wrist.
This will 'distract' the client and put them at ease. This is something that I always do when I apply make up on clients. I myself don't like lavender, but I know that it does have calming effect.

2- Put your hand on the model/client's shoulder.
When you are applying make up, you are very much in each others space. If you don't know the client, it immediately creates a sort of trust and takes away the 'awkwardness' of being literally in someones face.


From left to right: Olesja, Johanna and Nadine




After my bath with lipstick photo session it was time to go to the L'Oréal Villa for more workshops.
The first workshop was at the Glow Station with make up artist Philipp Verheyen. He told us how to achieve the best glow for the skin and his favourite way to do make up.
After his workshop I had to go online to purchase an item from Net a Porter. What this item is, I will show in another future blogpost.

Time for the second workshop. This time with photographer Philipp von Rohr. We had the chance to play around with a cool gadget that would turn your the camera lens on your phone into an instant macro lens. I own a couple of these at home, but these are very tricky to work with. I prefer to use my  dslr when I have to take product pictures.

This little face chart is what I came up with in the end. Nothing special, but I liked the idea of using the highlighting drops to create the hair.





A big thanks to the L'Oréal family for inviting me again! I got to know some new lovely people and got to meet Val Garland!!!




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Hello beauties!

Time for an old fashioned 'Look of the Day'.
I am wearing a mix out of my old holy grail and some new found ones.
If you are curios to find out, then have a look at the list below. Apologies beforehand for including a Limited  Edition item. I rediscovered it and fell in love. Vincent gave me a compliment and said that my eyeshadow was so sparkly.



Face

Revlon Colorstay in 180 and 330 (I mix them)
Tarte shape tape concealer in Light Medium
Stila Cosmetics Convertible Camelia
Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Filter 01 used as an highlighter 
It Cosmetics Bye Bye Pores Poreless Finish Airbrush Powder*


Eyes

Top Shop 'Shuffle the Cards' duo chrome eyeshadow Limited Edition (sorry)
Maybelline 'The Rocket' waterproof mascara
Kat von D Trooper liner
Anastasia Beverly Hills Eyebrow Pomade 'Auburn'
Charlotte Tilbury Legendary Eyebrow gel 'Clear'


Lips

Clinique Chubby Stick in Whole Lotta Honey 


Hair

The 5P Golden Curl 19 mm hair curling wand*
My messy hands and a hair clip ;)



*Pr Sample


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