Lifestyle | The Liebster Award

Hi guys !

Yesterday I have been told that I was nominated for a very special award, the Liebster Award :) I have been nominated by Remi from A Peachy Keen Day, whose blog is so pretty and amazing !

So what is this award? 

To be awarded the Liebster your blog has to have less than 200 followers. The award helps spread the knowledge of great bloggers. Answer the 11 questions asked by the blogger awarding you the award. Choose 11 more blogs for the award, you cannot give the award to the person awarding you. The people you award must have under 200 followers and you must give the person awarding you the award a shout out in your post. Ask a set of 11 new questions. Contact the 11 bloggers to let them know they have been nominated.

(Copied from Remi's blog)

First of the questions and my answers ;)

1) Last song you listened too?

Best Song Ever by One Direction, uhu, this happens a lot these last few weeks, haha ! Oh well, guess I'm a bit of a (not so) secret directioner ;)

2) The last thing that made you laugh?

Hmmm, probably the fact that Zoella and Tyler Oakley did a Boyfriend Tag together, while everyone thought it would be Alfie haha. (If you have no idea what I'm talking about, watch the video here :))

3) If you had to change your name, what would you pick?

I would go for Elle, because I think it is such a feminine and beautiful name !

4) Your favorite thing about yourself?

The fact that I have quite a lot of discipline to achieve the things I want so much :)

5) If you were a cookie, what flavor would you be and why?

I would be a regular vanilla cookie with chocolate, because I love vanilla but I'm obsessed with chocolate, haha :p

6) The most exciting part of your day today?

Probably the moment when I got home from my summer job and could finally start wandering around the internet ;)

7) What did you want to be when you were little?

I wanted to be a veterinarian for a long time, then I wanted to be an air hostess (*air hostess I like the way you dress* Does anyone remember that song? haha) and since high school I have a huge desire to become a journalist :)

8) Last book you read?

I'm currently reading Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory.

9) Two words that best describe you?

Fragile and Emotional. (or drama and queen, hehe)

10) Favorite thing about the place you live?

My awesome room and the fact that we are surrounded by so much nature :)

11) Last thing that made you cry?

The movie Now is Good, I cried like a baby !

The questions for my lovely nominees :)

1. What is your favourite season?

2. Appetiser or dessert?

3.What is the one make up item that you can't live without?

4. Movies or books?

5. What is the first thing you will look at when you meet someone new?

6. What is your little guilty pleasure?

7. Do you have a signature scent?

8. Twitter or facebook?

9. If you were an ice cream flavour, which one would you be?

10. What is the most important thing you look for in a blog?

11. What song are you listening to right now?

Okay, so this is where my part of the award fails a little bit, I'm sorry ! I don't know a lot of bloggers with less than 200 followers and so I won't be able to nominate 11 blogs, unfortunately ...

I only came up with two bloggers to tag and that's my chummy Hannah from hstandsforhappiness and Eline from Elinecountssheep. But to make up for that I ask all of you guys with a small blog to comment on this post and you'll be added to the list ;)

I hope you liked this kind of post and I'll talk to you soon ;)

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Lifestyle | Giveaway

Hi there !

I already told you guys that I was accepted to write a piece for the Antwerp Fashion Festival magazine, but I haven't told you that I was gifted some tickets to the launch party to give to you !

I gifted some of them to friends of mine that I wanted to be there really badly, but I saved five of them for my lovely readers :D

I'm still waiting to get a little more information about the party, but since the party is not that long ahead of us I thought I'd already get a giveaway going !

So what do you have to do? The piece that I wrote is about my top five fashion items for this fall and so I want you to comment your top five on this post. The best five will be gifted a ticket for the party :)

When and where is the party you ask? It's on the 17th of august in Magic club in Antwerp.

I will send the winners an invite to which they will have to RSVP to get on the guest list.

If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask ;)

I'm looking forward to your answers (and I do hope that at least one person will enter, haha ;))

Love,

♥

Favourites | July

July is over, so it is time for my favourites of the past month. 

Beauty 

Rimmel Scandal Eye's Mascara | This one comes with a very long story, maybe not that long but anyways. I bought the waterproof version first and really liked it, but removing it with Bioderma wasn't the best idea. My eyes ended up being super red and achy, so I thought that I was allergic to waterproof make up. BUT a few weeks ago I bought and oil based make up remover and I haven't had a single problem with this mascara ever since. I really like it, it leaves no clumps, separates every lash beautifully and really opens up your eyes :) (Review and pictures coming soon ;))

L'oréal Professionnel Absolut Repair Cellular serum | I was really scared that ever since I got my hair ombre-ed, it would be super dry so I immediately bought a serum and leave in conditioner (here below) and I'm so pleased with them. The serum really moisturises my ends and makes them shine so prettily.

Kinactif Hydrator Nutri Moisturising treatment for dry hair | This leave in conditioner makes my hair so easy to comb through, it's like magic ! I don't really like the smell though, but it works perfectly.

My hair donut | We have had quite a heatwave here in Belgium and my go to hairstyle on these extremely hot days (especially when I was babysitting) was a classic donut bun. A very quick, fresh and classy hairstyle ;)

Fashion

My new white converses | If you follow me on Tumblr, you know that I've been eyeing these for quite a while. But since I already did a full blogpost on them, I won't get any further into it now ;)

Basic black and white t-shirts | I bought these at H&M and they weren't expensive at all. Just those basic pieces that can help you even out and balance an outfit.

Fake glasses | I bought my fake glasses at Rock Werchter and I love them. I've been wanting these for a while and I really like to pair them with otherwise basic outfits, just making it a bit more interesting :)

WE Earrings | These earrings were on sale at WE and I decided that I could just go ahead and buy them, because it had been quite a while since I bought some earrings. I threw away all of my earrings last year, because they were really childish and they looked so cheap, so now I'm letting myself buy more expensive pieces once in a while to get my collection going again.

Lifestyle

YouTube : Bethany Mota a.k.a. Macbarbie07 | For those who don't know her, she makes beauty and fashion videos (and vlogs) :) aaaand I love her ! She is so funny and sweet :) Her videos are so good, I never disliked even one. Definitely go check out her channel, you won't regret it ;)

Music : Ben Howard and Bon Iver | I'm currently changing my taste in music, I believe (I was really into hipster music the past six months, but I'm going back to quiet folky music and popular music) These two though have never left my iTunes. These guys are amazing, their music is so soothing and calming. I actually saw them both live and that was even better than their albums, just per-fect. Especially in summer, I tend to blast these a lot ;)

Series : The White Queen | This new series started recently on BBC One and I'm obsessed ! Read more about it in my full blogpost :)

Book : The Great Gatsby | I finally finished this book and though I liked it, I think I'll need to read it another time to really understand and appreciate it. I must admit that I often read this when I was tired and fell asleep while reading, so some parts of the book are quite blurry :p It definitely deserves a second read !

Have a great august ! ^^

♥

Lifestyle | It's August !

It's august, loves !

Even with this extremely hot weather that we're having in Belgium, I find myself longing for fall already ! So that explains the more autumn-ish moodboard for the month of august.

On to the quote ! I love this one by Emma Watson, because I think of myself a lot as kind of an outsider. I have these weird tastes in music, movies and then there are my extremely big dreams. I chose this quote to encourage myself to be just me and to be happy with the person that I am and the things that I truly like :)

Have a wonderful august !

Love,

♥