Vanille

Hello darlings! Since there has been a teacher strike in Chicago I've just had too much time on my hands so I was able to stumble upon this wonderful place called Vanille. I fell in love and became obsessed! It all happened on a Thursday. I was on my way to the movies when I happened to notice a tiny window which said, " Vanille Patisserie". I knew I had to try it, so I took a detour and entered the door. I'm not even exaggerating, I found paradise in that little pastry shop. They specialized in making macarons! Macarons of every flavor you could wish at a very reasonable price. I tried one of each, including pb&j, lavender and rose. It felt like angels waltzing in my mouth! In my crazy excitement with the macarons I didn't pay close attention to the other cakes but I'm sure they were just as delicious. Needless to say I didn't go to the movies anymore , as my friend and I took forever to taste all the macarons.

Summer Favorites

               Hey lovelies! So I`ve been in denial for a while thinking that summer will last forever and fall just won`t happen, but as the weather has been getting colder and colder I have come to accept the departure of summer. However, in honor of the glory of summer I decided to do a top of the things I loved most this summer. I got this idea from my friend Raluca at http://fashionandcupcakeslove.blogger.com

Most Worn Perfume: Burberry Brit

Favorite Lipstick: YSL Rouge Volupte (Red Muse)

Most Worn Nail Polish: Dior Garden Party

Most Worn Accessory: Skull Bracelet

Most Worn Handbag: Dooney and Bourke The Sack

Most Worn Sandals: MICHAEL Michael Kors

Most Worn Clothing Item: The Crystal Bra

Most Worn Foundation: MAC Matchmaster

Most Worn Blush : Clarins Prodige Illuminating

Favorite Book: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

Favorite TV Show: Flight Of The Conchords 

Favorite Movie : Arizona Dream

Favorite Internet Picture:

Favorite Song: The Lost Song by Cat Empire

It's Done!

This has been the most amazing, eye-opening summer! I can say I've been back it the loving arms of my
motherland , Romania. I realized and learned so much about life and also about my own self. The past weeks I've been saying goodbye to way too many people and it's been much more. difficult than i thought it would be. I do feel at home here and I am not ready to leave it all behind for an entire year again.

Pastel Means Love

Chanel

Chloe

        There is something about pastels that never become outdated. All the soft shades of pink, blue, lilac bring class and elegance to any outfit. Honestly, to me pastels remind me of my childhood when my mother would dress me in pale pink dresses making me feel like a princess. These colors just create a fairytale like ambiance. Although many would consider the trend of pastel mostly suitable for summer, it can vey easily be a winter sensation. Combined with the very popular trend of vivd designs and prints it becomes a very versatile and fun style.

Karlie Kloss for Dior



     

Miranda Kerr

1. Dropped Back Sleeveless Shirt
Stradivarius

2. ASOS VERA Pointed Flatform Shoes
Flatform shoes featuring a suede effect with a low cut vamp, pointed toe and chunky flatform sole.ASOS

3. Knitted Tweedy Pastel Cardi
Top Shop

4. Moto Floral Leigh Jean 
Leigh jean with 5 pocket detail and authentic trims. 98% Cotton,2% Elastane.

Top Shop

Vanity

    We have become so vain and egocentric. We strive for perfection and assume that everything is possible, and when we realize everything can`t be ideal we become upset. I have recently had a revelation about why it`s so hard to be genuinely happy. I've realized that we are too caught up in our own personas, not necessarily in a narcissistic, snobbish way, but in some way or another, we are always focused on ourselves more than on anything else. We can try to deny it, but we all care too much about our image, constantly being in a darwinian competition. We always want to be preeminent among our peers in every aspect. We all feel that if we have the most extravagant clothes, lifestyles or the highest intellect, we will be superior to the rest and therefore envied. This envy gives us a feeling of supremacy, making us feel worshiped. We invest so much in our image because we want to be adored!
I guess this is a mix between our primary instincts of "survival of the fittest" and what society tells us we should be. I`m not trying to be cliche talking about how it`s society`s fault that we are obsessed with perfection, but I do believe that we are instigated by society to be in this competition.
We try so hard to be outstanding that we become unhappy. Perfection can never be attained, nature was not meant to be perfect, there will always be someone better than us. Nobody ever realizes, but living a seemingly average life is the way to be truly happy. Being pleased with what you have and not trying to live an utopian lifestyle means having` a fulfilled existence.

Sprinkles On My Nails

Hi my lovelies! So I have recently purchased the Ciate Caviar Manicure set from Sephora and it finally arrived! I've heard so much about this and I've always thought the idea of having your nails look like tiny cupcakes is pretty amazing.
I chose the pastel pink set. It came with a pink, sticky nail polish and a bottle of "sprinkles". It was pretty easy to apply. However, I had to wait an hour for it to dry which was the hardest, most impossible thing because this part is usually when I remember I haven't scratched in a while and so on. Nevertheless, once my nails dries I was thrilled with the outcome and I couldn't believe how appetizing my nails looked!

Rainbow cupcakes!

 

A few days ago my friends and I had a small get-together which turned out to be a cooking party, and as you can deduce from the title, we made rainbow cupcakes. Yes, i tasted the rainbow and it was heavenly( not trying to brag or anything). I don`t know if they were really that great or we just liked to believe they were scrumptious because we made them, but I really liked them. The whole process was not even that hard. We prepared the dough using a recipe found on: 

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/gale-gand/the-perfect-yellow-cupcakerecipe/index.html

 Then we spread it into 4 bowls and added food colorants to each of them. We put about a TBSP of random colors in each individual cupcake shape on the tray. Finally the baking began!
 So much lusciousness!