favourite things

1) this amazing nail polish : "A woman's Prague-ative" by OPI

2) autumn & its colours!

“It was those 3 words that saved my life.

It wasn't complicated, wasn't pre-meditated.
To you I'm dedicated,
Lets just go ahead and say it...
I love you...”                                                   > Cheryl Cole & Will.I.Am 

Essie-ntial

I really like pastels shades, especially those from Essie. Those two combined are beautiful together!

"Cause I've been around two times and found that you're the only thing I need..."    > Foals






* nail polishes = Essie 'Eternal Oprimism' & 'Boat'

last hint of summer

last summer nails before fall...

“Don't be scared,
Who cares if we lose again
I'll be there,
I'll be there with you 'til the end
And you know I'll be
Holding onto you for dear life,
Holding onto you for dear life, I will…”  > Lewis Watson 






* nail polishes = 'Pistacchio' Mavala, Sephora

Dream, but don’t sleep!

I'm living in a dream......

"My strange desire
I waiting here
To be my light
My shadow, my storm
This is all and
This is you
Turning into
Another dream
Please don't be
Another dream...."   > INXS






* nail polishes = Pupa.

daisy....

Seeing that pattern on one of my best friend's nails made me wnat to do the same on mine!

“Oh
What can I do
Life is beautiful
But you don't have a clue
Sun and eye shade blue
The magnificence
it don't make sense to you…”   > Lana del Rey

professio-nails

sun on my nails because we don't see it much in the sky....(except the day I've made photographs)

“I fell in love with a ghost
Oh, under the moonlight
You took my hand and held me close
For once I was alright

…
And I swear I could feel you in my arms
But there was no one there at all
…
And I swear, I could hear your voice in my ear
But there was no one there at all”                               > Owl City





* nail polishes = 'Selena' Nicole by OPI

camaïeu

Today's Swiss national day! All red :)

 

 

“And it’s wonderful to be giving with my whole heart
As my heart receives your love
Oh, ain’t it nice tonight we got each other
I am right beside you
More than just a partner or a lover,
I’m your friend
When you love someone
Your heartbeat beats so loud
When you love someone
Your feet can’t feel the ground
Shining stars all seem to congregate around your face
When you love someone….”                         > Jason Mraz 

I wish I was your favourite girl

Here's summer! and every outfit I 'd like to wear in those (summerly holiday) situations.....

 

 

“You got the tenderness that I've been searching for
Oh, I want some more
You got the sweet lips like I did never taste before
Oh, I want some more…”                                         > Dan Auerbach

 

when you’re not here…

nails, plus stripes, minus stars...

“I wanted love, i needed love
Most of all, most of all...
Someone said "true love are dead"
But i'm bound to fall for you.
Oh what can i do?”                      > The Black Keys

 

 

 

 

 

 

* shorts = H&M/ nail polishes = Sephora & Kiko / bracelets = vintage.

american pastels

 My aunt (who lives in Florida) offered me for Christmas lots of polishes that I cannot find in my hometown!! Here, some of them...

“When I need you, you can't be found

I want someone who's around for me
Does it have to be so complicated?
…
Love long distance
Is testing me trying my patients
I need more of your assistance now…”         > Gossip







*nail polishes = Nicole by OPI :  'stars at night', 'Am I making myself Claire?', 'Selena' / OPI : 'short story'.

don’t forget to smile

Though a smile is little work, its effects are long lasting. That's the same with summer patterns...

“Say what you need to say

Have no fear
For giving in
Have no fear
For giving over
You better know that in the end
It's better to say too much
Then never to say what you need to say again…”  > John Mayer





* tight =  Primark / skirt = LaRedoute/ dresses = H&M, LaReoute, LaRedoute

'apocalypstick'

Is tomorrow the end of the world?
I don't believe it..., but so, here are my latest drawings...

 

"Wherever you go I'm crawlin
Either way you're breaking my heart
Wherever you go I'm crawlin
Even when we're falling
Even when we're falling apart..."   > The All-American Rejects





* lipstick = Revlon

I don't need a wax

Movember.
Yes, you read well, Movember, not November...if you don't know about it, you can check my last year post about it.
As girls, it is difficult (and probably better if we don't) to have a moustache. So I'm wearing those earrings my mum found for me (aren't they so cute?). Or you can have a moustache-mug (from Urban Outfitters).

“I've been around the way

Been around but not ok
Ah whoaaa
Cos I missed you so
I'm coming home
Just to let you know
That I missed you…”        > Joshua Radin

Let’s drive to the sunset again…

Here's the end of holidays...

" At the end of summers love will find lovers..."      > The Corrs

* nail polishes (randomly) = OPI / Kiko / Catrice / Pupa / Essence

Bright Brighton

 I went to Brighton for few days.
I've never been there before and I really liked this town with The Lanes, The Pier and the seaside, parcs, buildings and very friendly people (and handsome guys)! Besides that, I saw the sun (and even got a little more tan)!
Ah, and I bought a new pair of shoes too...they are...hum...brighton!!!
So, here a selection of my pictures...

 

"Do you want to go to the seaside?
I'm not trying to say that everybody wants to go
I fell in love at the seaside
She handled her charm with time and sleight of hand, and oh

But I'm just trying to love you
Any kind of way
But I find it hard to love you girl
When you're far away
Away..."                                          > The Kooks

*shoes = Schuh

Rock'n'Rain

Blue sky doesn't exist since my last post and it is still raining... Nevertheless I am lucky for 2 things :
1) there are at least 50 shades of grey (haha, I didn't mean to) in the clouds. That's so beautiful, I think!
2) I still live in my parents' house and my dad has a huge collection of CDs and vinyls and I completely enjoy listening to them during the whole afternoon, with a cup of chai tea, some raspberry chocolate and a book (If you could see me now by Cecelia Ahern, for example)!!!

This is the list of tracks that combines songs I've discovered and really like and the favourite ones of my dad(OK, there are so many more for him ( I didn't have time to listen to everything...), but I choose one per artist that we really appreciate)

"We get the dreams that we deserve
The magazines that we deserve
Page one and three that we deserve
The joy and the pain that we deserve
The sun and the rain that we deserve
The material gain that we deserve
We get what we deserve
...
We get what we want if we really want it
We get what we want if we're really honest
You know what you are
You know what you want
You know what you deserve..."   > Marillion




* nail polish = H&M

ciao bella!

Holidays are almost finished...but these are some  Italian souvenirs  from this summer.

Toscany is a very beautiful place with a lots of lovely towns (Pisa, Sienna, Lucca, Firenze, ...), weather is warm and food is so delicious (pasta, ice-cream, pizze and olive oil... yum!)!

“I go crazy ‘cause here isn't where I wanna be

And satisfaction feels like a distant memory

And I can't help myself,

All I wanna hear her say is "Are you mine?"

Are you mine?”                                                   > Arctic Monkeys

* nail polishes = Kiko

my cloudy nails

I wanted to try something new...I looked at the sky and found an idea.
I chose three colours and superimposed them with a little sponge.

“Waited for your call, for the moon

To release me from the longest afternoon
I've re-arranged parts of my living room
But time is hard to kill since I met you
[…]
Woo-oh, oh-oh, all the pretty things that we could do
Woo-oh, oh-oh, I feel you in every heart beat
Woo-oh, oh-oh, were you ever in a dream that could come true
These numbers could be lucky for you
[…]
Watch the sky change to a darkened blue
I can't think of another thing to do
And every song just makes me think of you
Because the singers sounds as if she was longing,
As if she was longing, too
[…]
I read your name on every wall, on every wall - tell me
Is there a cure for me at all, for me at all…”                                                   > Boy





* nail polishes: first one = Sephora ("oh my chérie!")/grey = OPI (can see it here! or there!)/ white = H&M

"Noeud" me quitte pas

Nodes, nodes, nodes...I'm just mad about them! I collect lots of items with this ornament...here, some of them, but I have more J (one appears here!)

“Hey soul sister,

I don't wanna miss a single thing you do tonight…”     > Train

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Plus, this is spring, I have lots of lovely songs to share with you! (check my playlist or my favourite music website)

*necklace = Accessorize / belt = LaRedoute / ring = Dorothy Perkins / belt = TopShop / shoes = ???

Upside-Down (like the life...)

Songs sometimes reflect exactly what you feel... this is the case with this one. I tried to make pictures that illustrate my state of mind (a bit convoluted, I confess J).



“I was looking for a way to get close to you, but I got inside,

I got inside,

nothing in the world can pull me back again,

I’m inside, I’m inside,

You,

You turn me upside down,

whenever you’re around,

you turn me upside dow-ow-own,

You,

You turn me upside down,

whenever you’re around,

you turn me upside dow-ow-own,

All I want to do is to do something with you…”      > Alphabeat