Hello, sweeties! How are you?

We are almost halfway in August (there is no need to point out how this summer flew by right before our eyes, right?) and I finally found time to gather my ish and write this recap for you. July was a lovely month! My boy finished his first year of kindergarten, he has grown so much! We've been out for dinner a bit more than usual (it was so hot for cooking right? ;) ).



I'd say July was a typical "vacation month", which in our family is not always a positive thing. My hubby had loads of work to do before leaving on vacation, the children had no school, I wanted to prepare stuff in advance for the blog... all of which is anything but relaxing. But we finally left to Italy after the first 3 stressful weeks of July in Switzerland, to spend another stressful week in the countryside of Abruzzo... yes, we weren't there on vacation really, but to solve a series of administrative problems we had.
After which, the real vacation started, we went to the seaside in Emilia Romagna, and started on the right foot with a couple of spritz aperitifs! We stayed in a family-friendly hotel with tons of activities for the children, a terrific swimming pool, a large and comfortable suite, wonderful food, amazing weather, we actually couldn't ask for anything more... although we all wished it lasted a bit longer.
(As most of it happened during the first week of August, I'm leaving those pictures for the next recap!)
                     

Although we were on vacation, it was quite a aproductive month for the blog. I've come up with 5 new nail art designs, created 6 colorful makeup looks, written 4 new reviews and hosted a guest post. I have chosen to leave for later the nail art reviews (I have 8 new items to review!) my hauls (ehmm, there are three of them... hihi), and some other novelties. So there is a lot coming up in the next few weeks!


This month nail related posts:



This month's makeup looks:


 This month's reviews and beauty posts:





There are always some moments and details I only share on Instagram, especially on Instagram stories, so be sure to follow me there! In July I did 3 different makeup tags on my Instagram Stories, and shared what skincare I took with me on vacation on my feed. I've also shared some family moments, food, shopping and random stuff.



I've written 16 new blogposts in July, I think you have some reading to catch up with! LOL Worry not, because my articles average 3 minutes of reading :)

What was your month of July like? Where there hard moments? What about the happy ones? Did you do something new? Don't hesitate to share your thoughts in the comments!!

Love,
Nati