#FACETIME / PROJECT SMILE BRILLIANT

You know how white teeth makes me feel? SEXY. It makes me wanna laugh even harder than
I already did, so the full attention are on my teeth and smile! Don't if know that's quite sexy but
that's okay :D

I'm not that "fake it till you make it" kinda girl, but I must confess: I used teeth whitener and
I'm proud of it! I always dreamed of that "semi" Hollywood smile - not that The Bold And The 
Beautiful kinda one, but a little less - but at the dentist it costs around $500,00 which is kinda
expensive, don't you think?

Then I discovered Smile Brilliant. And besides they detoxed me from my coffee addiction - 'cause 
let me tell you honey, it's not doing anythang good to ya teeth - they made my dream come true.
It's cheap, it's easy, it's fast - your teeth are white within a week! - and less scary than at the dentist
because you're doing it yourself at home. I wanted to be the guinea pig for this "Project White Smile"
and share my experience with you.

So let me show you the whole process of my Smile Brilliant teeth whitening experience.
There are actually just 6 steps, 1 week and you're done...

#HOTSPOT / BEAUTY STUDIO NATUREL

Welcome to one of my favorite spots in Amsterdam! The place where you forget all the fuss of the 

city for a moment, a place where you can relax to the max and walk out like a true natural beauty: 

Beauty Studio Naturel. This beauty salon is my hotspot when it comes to organic facials, 

peelings, plucking and dying my brows and to chit chat with the lovely and caring owner; Dona. 

Dona is like the French mom I've never had. She is sweet, truly honest and knows seriously 

everything about your skin and cosmetics. The best quote Dona ever told me, with her cute 

French/Dutch accent: "If you can't eat it, don't put it on your face either". 

She's specialized to work with organic products, therefrom the name of the salon "Beauty Studio 

Naturel" of course ;-) Brands like Jeunesse and Lakshmi are her ultimate favorites to use for facials. 

Besides my office, I can definitely call this place my second home. I had acne, so my skin was 

very bad. And this madame helped me a lot to process and end this journey as good and fast as 

possible. She will always welcome you with open arms, no matter how your skin looks like. 

With her passion for beauty, she will makes your skin looks like a baby skin again.

Visit Beauty Studio Naturel at Cornelis Trooststraat 22, 1072 JE in Amsterdam.

#FACETIME / HANGOVER SKIN CURE

Hej Monday! While festival season is getting to an end, that doesn't mean the party's over in the 

weekends (or weekdays, whatevah)! Since we all hate the day after, or better said: thé hangover 

 (if you like hangovers, I think you need to make a doctors appointment babe), I can help you to 

 solve some aftereffect problems.

I can not help you with all kinds of hangover remedies for your head or stomach, but I do discovered 

 the best hangover skin therapy which I can't wait to tell you about! So may I? Thank you!

#FACETIME / IN BED WITH MÁDARA

As we all know, your bed is an intimate place. There's a selection of things and people who
may enter this area: your boyfriend, your teddy bear and your beauty essentials. So you have to
choose wisely and my decision is BF Bryan, Teddy bear Beertie & the organic Mádara.

Today I make a major exception because I will take you into my a la Bali cabin
and reveal my cosmetic bed time story...

#FACETIME / BYE BYE BANGS BANGS WITH COSMO HAIRSTYLING

And BANG, you've hit the awkward stage with your bangs. At least I have and I can't be the 

only one. Too long to let it hang and too short for an updo. The last one is NOT true, let that be 

clear ladies and gentlemen.

Luckily there's Cosmo Hairstyling! Because I have to be honest, Cosmo hairstylist Lila helped me 

out (a lot!) and gave me a little workshop on these "how to" hairdo's, and now I will pass it on to you. 

Because that's where friends are for, right? ;) 

These updo's are actually quite easy, but you just need to know how to apply and you and your 

bangs can happily ever after. So, are you ready?! Let's start this "6 ways to grow out bangs" 

hairdo's workshop!

#FACETIME / MERMAID SKINCARE

I have to confess something... I had a bad bad skin back in the days. Acne was my main problem.
It was horrible, a nightmare (on Elmstreet kinda nightmare). It made me extremely insecure that I
didn't even dare to pull up my hair or going outside without any make-up on.

So let me spare you these sad stories and let's talk about the solution! Because around 1,5 years ago
some magic happened; I discovered Mádara. A pure and organic skincare brand which seriously
saved my skin. From going to dermatologist to beauticians to antibiotics and sleeping with a new
pillow sheet errrrday - trust me hon, I tried everything - my hope was gone. Until that day when
Mádara and my skin met each other...

...Buh-bye pimples, hello perfect hair updo's! It's time to discover the Mádara Micellar Water.
Which is the perfect all-in-one facial cleanser (especially for travel birds like you and me). I use it
everyday to remove my make-up and for moisturizing my extremely sensitive skin. The Micellar 
Water is based on high quality and natural ingredients, so no plastic fantastic for me! It protects my
skin and makes it as soft and smooth as a babyskin ;)

Do you have skin problems? And did you know Mádara already?

#HAIR / GREY SCALE

HAPPY NEW HAIR PART 3! I'm totally on trend (or fleek? Whatevah.) with my granny grey hair!
Unfortunately my hair is not the easiest one to dye (lots of red pigment, fragile, easily damaged),
so the grey/silver glow lasted for exactly three days... Luckily I took these pics right on time to share
it with you, my dear friend :)

And this all was a preparation for my next hair color... Can you already guess what color it's
 gonna be?! ;) And what do you think of the granny grey hair trend?

#HAIR

Happy New Hair part two! Which was one of my resolutions of 2015; more different hairstyles.

Well this is already number two and we're just in March. So what do you think? Do you see 

any difference?

Some people didn't even noticed because it looks so natural - thanks to the Cosmo Hairstyling pro's - and

other people didn't even recognized me! So when I told them some people didn't noticed, they were 

flabbergasted, haha!

So tell me, did you noticed le grande change? I'M BLONDE, PEOPLE. Hell yes I am! "Blondes have 

more fun", "blondes do it better", yeah yeah... I'm not taking any sides 'cause I faked it til I made it ;)

And now the big Q... Do you like it?!

#HAIR

Finally, there it is! The hair tutorial video for The Chair. And let me be clear, the founder and
talent behind this tutorial is mister Jeffrey Janssen. Also known from Holland's Next Top Model.

We shot this video last Summer and I was their model for this raw ballerina knot tutorial.
Totally loves it! What about you?!

Although Jeffrey always knows how to make your hair look perfect, this is such an easy peasy DIY.
Even I can do it as you can see in the video below. And if I can do it, you can do it. Trust me ;)

Watch the video here below!

#LINSPIRATION

"Bang bang into the room, bang bang all over you!" We all know the song from Jessie J, 

and it fits perfectly with my new "coupe de bangs" ;)

Somehow you feel this strange connection with the fellow bangs people (I just mean people with 

bangs though). Just like gingers have I guess. Your part of a group, a different group. When we see each 

other on the street, we look at each other on a telepathic way like "hey bangs, you're cool, just like me".

Am I crazy or what? I know ;) So here tons of bangs inspiration and the people where
I'm now all connected with. Who's your favorite bangs ganger? ;)

HAIR

The first thing I can write off my "bucketlist"; new hair (do care)! Did I really do this?! Hell yes I did.

 I'm going through life with bangs right now and it kinda feels save. Why? Because I had bangs for 

like 70% of my life.

Since I live in Amsterdam - for over a year by now - I find it hard to choose a good hairdresser. 

 Not because there are none, because there are too many! But I finally found the right one, 

 just before 2015; Cosmo HairStyling. With their beyond ah-mazing interior, the sweetest hairdressers 

and the best treatments I ever had, seriously.

She told me I should go blonde! And to be honest, I think she's right... What about you? Hello, one thing 

at a time, okay ;-)  First I'll leave my hair like this for now. And if I wanna chance it, they're all over Holland 

and they have international plans, so no worries for me. I will be back soon Cosmo :)

By the way, how was your night last night?!

COLLABORATION

When I received this package with purple YSL balloons all over the place I already expected 

a diamond in it; the YSL Manifesto perfume. 

And this bottle is taking over Twitter because today and tomorrow an auction takes place 

and you can win prizes you won't believe. What you need to do to make a chance of winning 

is: tweet your most intense and daring manifest with hashtag #yslmanifesto. 

My most intense manifest is starting my blog. And that's why I did this photoshoot because 

that's where this blog is all about, my stories. So what's your most daring manifest?

Curious about the prizes? Check it right here. I'm in! ;-)

BEAUTY

When it comes to fashion, outfits and personal style, I'm always pretty sure what I 
want (with some exceptions of course). But when it comes to beauty - and this time 
especially hair - I'm clueless at the moment... 

I love the ombre hairdo, but I already had that. Even the reverse ombre! 
I have been a brunette, blonde, brunette and blonde. Even both at the same time. 

Long, short, been there done that. Hair extensions? Check! (in 2008.) Did I forget to 
mention something? Oh yeah, and of course I have had bangs. 

But the big question is; what to do with ma coupe right now?! 

HAIR

After having my blonde dip dye for a while (also known as ombre),

why not trying it the exact opposite way?! And then you have a reverse ombre.

I'm a loser in making decisions and that also counts with my hair.

"Blonde or brunette?" is a question I asked myself a million times. I've been both, liked it

both and know I'm a blondette? My natural color is also in between blond and brown so

I think I like to leave it that way, hurray for the blondettes!

beauty // NAILS

(Photo by me)

I didn't only painted my (fashionable) eggs, as you can see I was also very creative on my nails! 
What do you think? :) Btw, there are outfit posts coming up this week! 
Like I told you yesterday, I got a major flu so I wasn't "photo-material" AT ALL...
And another thing... Wanna know who's the winner of the Guess wedges?! vvvvvv

beauty // SKIN CARE

(Photos by me)

And with god I mean Drs. Hans Schreuder & FUSE communications. I got these two heavenly 

tubes of Mister Schreuder that most of the times is inspired by nature. The reason I wanted 

to share this with you is because I think you should treat your skin like a queen. You have to 

deal with it your whole life.

1. The Scar Treatment Cream (photo 1) - got some little scars from your "puberty years". Or, as 

a heard from a secret source, Hans Schreuder uses this cream as a day and night cream his 

self, so I did too ;)

2. HPO-Refreshing Cream (photo 2) - walked on sky high heels the whole day? Went shopping for a 

couple of hours? Or maybe did some extreme exercising? This HPO cream is perfect! Because 

it's for tired legs. Always useful since you're running from every place to another!

What kinda skin care do you use? Tell me, I'm curious :)

beauty // NAILS

 (Photos by Styloretic)

When I saw these pictures for the first time I thought, WOW! Never ever saw nails like this 

before and it looks SO awesome. So Styloretic really inspired me. I think I'm gonna do my 

nails like this after the winter (because of wearing gloves). What do you think?