A tour of Tours

I told you in my previous post that I was going on holiday to Tours, to visit a friend. I had an amazing time, both my friend and her family were exeptionnaly nice.

Fanny, if you stumble apon my post, thank you so much for a lovely week.

 On my first day there we visited the city of Tours (which has many more shops than Angoulême, surprisingly). We popped into a café (typical me), a few shops, a creperie (had an eggy crepe, no pictures, too hungry, sorry...), a shop selling mangas in which I made my little purchase (para-para-paradise) aaaand H&M (and now I'm hattyyyy). Unfortunately, we were too short of time for me to make a mess in sephora, 'still can't decide whether this is a good thing or not.

I'm now on a mission to take my family to Tours, because I feel like I need to taste a bagel from one of the numerous bagel restaurants of the city... plus they have a Sushi Shop !

The region of Touraine is known for its castles, another reason I want to go back with my family. On day two of my trip, my friend and I went to visit « Le clos Lucé », which used to be Leonardo Da Vinci's and Marguerite de Valois's castle. We had a sneeky peek into the genius's beautiful home, in which were exposed miniatures of his many, many inventions. This guy managed to be a painter, sculpter, biologist, inventor, event organizer... in only one life. I couldn't help but being impressed by his ingenuosity and the precocity of his ideas. He was a truly inspiring person, and the inventions reproduced on a bigger scale in the giant (wet) park of the castle, weren't there to prove the contrary.

Day three consisted of visiting the medieval village of Loches, since I didn't want to spend my entire holiday shoving my camera in my hosts' faces,I didn't take any pictures of the place. It was beautiful nonetheless, with its castle and dungeon, its paved streets, its market and its Yves Rocher...wait, what ? Yup' that happened, now my hands smell like a fruit pie.

These were the main « going out » parts of my trip but I spent at least as good a time chatting with a good friend (pianist, which made violin/piano duets possible), discovering the highly intellectual TV show « friends» (come on, I'm just 20 years late to the party!) and listening to her brilliant collection of CD (how can one have such perfect music tastes?).

So that was a little resumé of my vacation, I hope you enjoyed it and if you went on holiday recently and wrote a post about it, feel free to link it in the comments, I promise I'll give it a look.

See you soon,

Maddy

Ce n'est qu’un au revoir...

Hi guys,

I just wanted to let you know that I'll be going on a four day holiday on sunday. I'm going to visit a friend who lives at a couple of hours train ride from my home. An adventure for the wuss I am!

I haven't scheduled any post for the follwing four days but I should come back to you with nice pictures and entertaining things to blog about (spoiler alert : some castle visits and shopping are going to happen ).

Have a lovely week,

Maddy

Wanderlust part 2: Overseas

Welcome to the second installment of my wanderlust series, this time I'm going to stop being reasonable and share with you all of the places I would go to...If I won the lottery. As a big daydreamer, I had a look at the plain tickets for each of these destinations (come on, who doesn't do that?) and spent the rest of my day crying from despair (well...five minuts, realistically). Here are a few places I would kill to visit :

New York City, USA:

Obvious, I know... Who doesn't want to go to NYC ? I think I wouldn't know exactly what to look at in the big apple. The fashion ? Central park ? Bagels ? Ulta (hum...) ? A friend of mine is going to see the statue of liberty at the end of the year. She didn't invite me. She is no longer my friend.

Tokyo, Japan :

I've been a fan of japanese culture for as long as I can remember. I think I would have an absolute blast in Japan, as I love just about everything out there : the mangas, the food, the karaoke... In fact, one of my life goals is to get my hand on a green tea kitkat, in its natural habitat.

Sydney, Australia :

I don't know much about Sydney, but why not ? My cousin just went to Australia on holiday. He's not planning on coming back. I guess he enjoyed himself out there ! My secret love for the australian accent is slowly pushing me to a flight overseas.

Marrakech, Morocco :

This one isn't as inacessible, that doesn't mean it's not as attractive. The colors of Morrocco blow me away in every picture I see of the country. The people seem as nice as the traditionnal pastries are tasty... and that says a lot.

Montreal/Quebec, Canada :

Both of these cities look very active, full of parties and cultural stimulation. The french canadian accent is absolutely hilarious, and I love their humour.

Cape Town, South Africa :

Look at this picture and tell me you don't want to visit Cape Town. 'Nough said.

Singapore:

I have to blame Jenn from Clothesincounter for giving me an itch to visit Singapore. You can watch her vlogs here. Doesn't it look gorgeous ?

Here you go ! Hopefully I'll be able to visit these beautiful cities one day. Did you go to any of these corners of the world? Which countries do you want to visit ?

Have a lovely day,

Maddy

Glowing bargain

When I started doing my makeup a couple of years ago, I used to dislike glowing skin. The reason for that was that my skin was pretty oily at the time, and I couldn't wear dewy foundation or highliter, as I would look like an greasy disco ball. Now, don't ask me why but my skin type recently changed, it became normal/nearly dry. I now have fewer spots and with that comes the possibility to indulge in some extremely dewy/light coverage foudations (again, Rimmel « Wake Me Up » is one of my favourites), as well as in some highliters.

In my hunt for the perfect touch of shimmer, I stumbled upon the H&M cosmetics highliter when I was sale shopping on their website without having many expectations. Needless to say I was wrong.

This baby gives a gorgeous shimmery glow, very much on the pink side. The texture is slightly powdery (for 5€, what did you expect ?) but totally « workable ». It has the perfect amout of pigmentation, far from being invisible, but not so pigmented you go overboard with it. I think it would look gorgeous on light/normal skintones, as it might be too pink for olive skins, and too light for black skin . 

I tend to reach over for it when I want a more subtil glow than the one given by the Mary-Lou Manizer, I amittedly don't like it as much, but for a quater of the price, it's absolutely worth the shot.

If you ever stumble upon this bargain buy, I recommend you to give it a go, you can't go wrong. If you did so, please tell me what your thoughs are about it.

See you next time ,

Maddy

How much's my face worth?

Hi,

I came across, this post by Keep Dreaming, really enjoyed it and decided I would shamelessly steel her idea and make myself very depressed too. I decided to start it slow though, with this primarely drugstore makeup look:

Base

Maybelline dream pure BB cream (9,80€)

Rimmel wake me up concealer (7,80€)

Rimmel stay matte powder (5,50€)

Benefit Hoola bronzer (33,50 €)

Bourjois blush in healthy mix (12,60€)

H&M highliter (5€)

Eyes/Eyebrows

Maybelline color tatoo in On and On bronze (9,40€)

Naked 1 Palette (49,90 €)

L'oréal SuperLiner Perfect Slim (14€)

Rimmel khôl kajal in 001 black (4€)

Rimmel waterproof khôl kajal in nude (5,50€)

Maybelline The falsies mascara (10€)

Soap and Glory archery brow pencil (9,36€)

Lips

Rimmel kate Moss lipstick in n°19 (8€)

Total : 184,36€

Ouch...and I didn't even count the brushes/tools. This is absolutely insane! I guess I can't complain about being broke anymore... I would love to make the « how much is my face worth » into a series, please tell me if it interests you.

See you next time,

Maddy