Paradoxe.

Hello Dear Loves !

Here's a little post (maybe one of the last because hey it's autumn now!) all shiny with a bright and colorful dress.

I loved the way we popped into this wonderful place with Gabrielle for the shoot because we were supposed to go to another place else and really WEIRD it disappeared ! Haha.

Things change so fast in Paris, one day you find a nice desert place and the other day there is some asian restaurant which grown there.

But there is still some lovely secret place that I love to find. 

I called the post Paradoxe because if you have seen my lasts grams on IG then you know that I want to experiment new stuff. Of course it goes with my new job (ah just admit I haven't talked about it yet, but anyway it will be more sharp -okay private joke there- to speak of it on the next one); yes indeed I want to wear some jeans what I never use to do, then I want to be more natural. My make up changed also.

I know I am already tattooed, pierced, and that I have a strong personality. I don't want my clothes to speak for me first? I want to be natural and then you get to know and they you'll see what's hidden.

It is a new motto.

I still ADORE this dress though! And pretty much of all my vintage clothes eh! haha

Dress: Kasia from Her Name is Rita (vintage thrift not one of her creation)
Shoes : Stansmith, Adidas
Socks : Topshop

Photo by Gabrielle Malewski
Hairstyle: Cherry Crown

That's all for now folks :)
I'll be contacting soon the previous giveaway winner ...

Love,
Lorna

I'm coming out of my cage, And I've been doing just fine.

Hello Dears;
Today 's a little and severely cute fascinator is among us, and of course it is one from Jazzafine !
What she creates is pure beauty that I couldn't refuse this collaboration.
I only indicated her, what I love, colors, fruits, stuff like that and she created one just for me , how lucky and glad I was when I received it.
So go on she is so kind she will listen to your desires!
I paired it with a Collectif clothing dress, a brooch from LadyBirdLikes; and my Dior soulier that I love so much.

It was cool meeting the photographer she sent; Dennis, we had a great time in this so touristic area of Paris, and I hope you guys like this series as much as I do!

 GIVEAWAY!

This lovely pair of earrings! really girly and end of 60s I would say.

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Love, Peace and Smile buddies xxx

We called me Alice, but I don't wear blue at all; about my eyes.

Hello Dears !

So sorry I have been quite invisible these days on the blogging web !

well that means I reached a stage where I'm that implied in my blog that I'm feeling guilty not to post too often on what's in and new for me.

Indeed there is a LOADS of new stuff coming in my life now!

I have a new job, I will explain more in details on a specific post I think, but clearly I am taking this new vision of life that I thought I would never cross this path.

I've entered the big family of this brand called H&M! Yes , yes , it's me talking the vintage lover and you're still on the right blog.

But why, when, how and everything I would detail with pleasure all of this.

Because I realized that the more mixity you can bring to your life the more open and wise you get.

So, sorry living-only-for-vintage lovers I might disappoint you on this one. But I'm really happy about what it brings me and I believe it's what only counts.

My summer, wasn't really for the best: because of what you know and also because (even if I reckoned I'm mature enough) I've grown up really quick again this summer,  assuming this new home by myself (that I believe it would be cool to show you a bit , but you can see some lifestyle images on my Instagram though; aka @cherrycrown ) it's a different life.

And my cat is now home ! I'm so glad.

It's weird cause sometimes I thought she didn't like me so I wanted the best for her and kept thinking she has to stay with her other mommy hihi, but well she did really great adapting here it's great.

What I'm wearing?

Dress: from Erin on Etsy

Shoes: old platforms from Zara

Tiki bambou Bag: by Born Bad Retro Clothing

Brooch: Six

Shades from UO

Photo by Izabela Sawicka

Hairstyle by Cherry Crown

Leaving you with a smile xxx

Love,

Lorna

A female-male business.

I had now too much time to think, too many holes and a lack of something intense, to wonder again.

I had too many things to do, last few weeks, a new house, my cat coming home... Some sort of stuff that keeps your head in an "ersatz" of intensity. But when those stops, then you realize. You realize you're alone and even if you speak with the 1000 friends you think have on the network then , you're only more alone.

Because I start to build a new life , it is like a whole brand new creation that I'm feeling and it is hard to think "hey I'm going well today ! Yes but where am I going anyway"

We used to pose together as we were both models, but at the end it was just me.

This is the last shoot I've done linked to her. When I wanted her to style me up.

But when you think of those things twice, then separated it seems like everything was different in real.

At the end, it was just me.

Jacket: Zara

Shirt: Zara

Trousers: Urban Outfitters

Bag: Topshop

Shoes : Zara

I Wish you have some better August than we do here in Paris !

It is clearly raining cats and dogs here.

Love,

Lorna

Photo by Leeloo Do

http://fr-fr.facebook.com/pages/Leeloo-Do-Photographie/291952087517639

Reviewing Benefit and Co.

Hi Dears.

I used this short studio series to show you the importance of "little". No I wont be speaking of something as political as the Save the Bees action haha. Only wanted to démonstrateur that sometimes make up and face clearing could be be efficient with tiny products as long as they're the best!

These are all the little bees who worked on my face ! 

Three brands remains:

-Benefit 
-Kiehl's 
-Sieshiedo
I will describe each product to give you more instructions.

To shoot this make up, I am also wearing a dress from:
Collectif Clothing
Which I highly recommend when you wish to buy your first Neo-retro style item!

And a lovely brooch from my friend Jessica Cangiano's etsy platform :
ChronicallyVintage 

Starting from the left:

Really important to start with this one !

On the evening of a shoot, when I clean up my face I then add some little dots of It's Potent, 

Right on my black ring. And I leave it for all night long to pose. Then , I feel the ring formed is way less deeper.

You can also find some alternative of the cleaning and leaving-in of the night, by using the Benefiance,

From Shiesiedo as a cleaner and then, leaving the Oil from Kiehl's below, by small touches on the face.

So when you have a cleaned face in the morning it is always easier to put some make up on.

Stay Flawless: Brilliant idea. I am definitely not a fan of CC and BB cream. I found them useless.

But this, this is great. It is soft and not really tainted just enough to put straightly on after applying your everyday moisture cream.

It prepares your skin to receive the foundation, without having a big contrast between the two colours (of course.  You know you have to stay close to your skin natural colour, but sometimes we have such fade natural colour than there is obviously a difference.)

The PoreFessional: okay now, this is clearly Brilliant again. When you wish to have a doll skin this is what you should use BEFORE putting on the foundation. I always feel like my skin had already some digital retouching on !

Both products are from Benefit.

Stay Don't Stray: I was mentioning my rings earlier, well this is perfect for them. I don't know if you lived this trauma like me before, but my rings under my eyes always wanted to ruin my make up by straying it and 3 hours later you could see it was a bit "old" already. Now this is perfectly smooth and won't stray but stay ;)

To add before the foundation of course.

They're Real: I started to wear mascara really late, I always thought I didn't have the need to wear some. But this. This changed my opinion on it! It really makes my lashes pop off it is incredible.

Et voilà !
I don't often do tutorial or reviewing make up lines, but if you enjoyed it please tell me :)

Hope you're all spending a great summer...

I've been in the South of France to catch a bit of sun rays and it seems like being on a detox cure to heal my broken heart. No wifi, nor TV, nor sometimes phone net working either I've been walking and resting most of the Time.

& you ?

Xxx

Love,

Lorna

Studio Photoshoot by Miss Lucile Perron

Chinese Metaphore.

Hello Dears.

This outfit may have nothing to do With China in a way but the elegance of the yellow and black color together and the mix of prints and fabrics I just don't know why but it made me think of some kind of old travel to China in the late 50s.

Naming a circa is always hard not because I don't have any idea, but because I have too many of them ! Haha.

And sometimes people don't see the world as I basically split it in terms of fashion generation. Of course, fashion is something so intense that it is like a circle, but a creative cycle.

You can mix the eras and this is what I love.

Here I really wanted to mix not only eras, but also origins.

We are in Paris, but it is like a lost building owned by China itself. A museum perhaps, I don't know it was closed at the time. But I find it incredible. It is like finding a dinner in Germany !

Which is now, most pretty likely to find I believe.

Dress: collectif clothing

Hat: Cindy From the Vintage Hat Shop

      Bag: Vintage found on Ebay

Platform shoes : Zara

Tights (old!) but Topshop.

Time after time, I am recovering from my pain, thank you all for your sweet sweet support...

I felt a bit picky and sharp these last days... It matches the last pic ;)

Love,

Lorna 

Xxx

All pictures from Gabrielle Malewski