Polished Polyglot

December went too fast for me to be able to share with you the last edition of my "shopping my stash" challenge in 2018. So technically this post still belongs to last year's challenge.  I've been using my old and beautiful Dior "Golden shock #756", a quint with very chic mauve and plums and a touch of gold.

How was your weekend? Have you shopped during "Black Friday"? I have made a couple of great deals, but honestly, I have shopped very wisely and have not bought anything impulsively. Which is so unlike me! I used to be the kind of person to fall for an offer just because "it was an incredible price" but I no longer fall in that kind of trick. I had a list of stuff that my family and I were needing for a while, but we have been putting off the purchases to buy them with discounts. I did not buy anything that wasn't on my original list, I am so proud! Especially because this year I've been bombarded with Black Friday, Cyber Weekend, CyberMonday offers like never before! I mucst have got around 200 emails, without counting the ads on social media, regular media, in the street, it was real marketing madness!! I must say I got just a little bit disgusted by it all.

Seeing the overwhelming amount of imperatives to buy new stuff,  I felt the urge to show some love to my old makeup pieces. So it's time to share with you a new edition of my "shopping my stash" challenge. I've been using my very old and beloved Chanel "Ombres Perlées de Chanel", a quint with the most intriguing pearlescent shades for sexy, yet elegant eye looks. I hope you like it.

How was your week? It was such a crazy busy week for me! And still hasn't finished. We've been renewing our furniture and we wanted to change our bed, but we thought to wait until black Friday and profit of some kind of discount or sale, as beds can be really expensive. Unfortunately, our bed had other plans. We had a little mishap on Sunday night, our 15-year-old bed broke (while my husband was laying on it) and our mattress (and the husband) finished abruptly on the floor! We've been sleeping on our sofa bed since then, which demanded some furniture movements (that's a nice way to say "my house is a total disorder now") LOL. This was could have been the perfect occasion for me to tidy up, sort stuff up, declutter a bit and get new stuff (new bed, new closet). But it's taking me more time than I intended. My house still looks like a mess! The husband had a crazy work week and could not help me, the broken bed is unbelievably heavy for me to even move it around, not to mention get it out of my apartment and three floors downstairs to throw it away (given the fact the bed is actually larger than the door and the staircase)... So the broken bed still lays in its original place. I decided not to stress about this and call for a "transition period", but as I'll be hosting a small Halloween party on Saturday (that's actually TOMORROW, but calling it "Saturday" sounds less stressful right now), I'm thinking to just throw the whole mess into one room and close the door. With a key ;) LOL.

Right now I'm at a store trying to buy a new bed, so if you're curious about how this story will end, you can watch my Instagram Stories!

The month of October comes slowly to an end, so it's time to share with you a new edition of my "shopping my stash" challenge. I've been using my very old and beloved Chanel Quadra Eyeshadow #39 Raffinement, which is a rose & plum toned palette that allows for the softest and more elegant eye looks. Shall we take a closer look at it?

How was your week? I spent a wonderful week myself! It is still so warm for this time of the year I can't believe September is already coming to an end!! That is seriously crazy! Since the children went back to school time has impressively accelerated. Do you have the same impression? 

The month of September flew by, so it's time to share with you a new edition of my "shopping my stash" challenge. I've been playing with my Chanel Quadra Eyeshadow #262 Tissé Beverly Hills, which is a cool toned palette allowing for very sophisticated makeup looks! 

It's been raining, the temperatures have decreased and I can smell Fall in the Air!! Who else out there has a preference for the autumnal season? Well, I know, most people prefer Summer or Spring, I can see why, but for me, there is nothing like Fall. It is more than just the warm golds, oranges and browns of the landscape, it is full of meaning to me. Nature starts to prepare for what will come (rougher times). In fact, when you stop to think about it, Fall reminds us that there is no change without a period of transition and preparation. Nothing happens so abruptly that there are no signs prior to it, we are just maybe not paying attention to those signs, but change is never a surprise. Well, of course, sometimes it is to us, but only when we were incapable of perceiving the signs! Watching around us seems like an obvious thing to do, but we are all so preoccupied with our everyday tasks that sometimes the simplest things are imperceptible to us.

Are you stopping and paying attention to the signs of change in your life?