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Hello, sweeties! Happy Friday!

I arrived yesterday to my parent's home in Argentina after 24 hours travel. I didn't have time to share on Social media because I was too busy living the moment. I haven't been to my home country in two years and the reunion with my parents, my brother and nephews and my sister in law was full of emotion and we had so much to talk about!!

We have a lot of plans for this weekend and for the upcoming holidays, but I also have a lot of content to share with you, I just don't know when I will find the time haha! Given the fact that we have also 4 hours difference. My plan for the blog schedule for the next three weeks, is to post on Mondays and Fridays evenings, maybe once more on Wednesday if I have the time. Let's see if I will make it ;)

Today the  "Nail Stamping Sisterhood" Facebook Group proposed us to make a manicure with "Ugly Sweater" theme, which is a very popular theme in this season, especially in the northern hemisphere! LOL Dusing my childhood and youth I lived in Argentina where is a very torrid summer during Christmas and New Years' festivities. Those festivities never included "ugly sweaters" or any other sweater, so this is something I learned when I moved to Switzerland 15 years ago. What about you? Is it cold or warm during Holiday Season where you live?
I hope you will like my manicure :)

Hello, lovelies! Happy Monday!

Hello, sweeties! Happy Weekend!

I hope you all had a great week and that you're planning and even better weekend! We'll be celebrating hubby's birthday this evening (in fact his b-day was last Wednesday). But this evening he'll take us to one of the best Swiss restaurants, where the Michelin starred Chef Soldati prepares the most delicious gastronomic versions of traditional Swiss cuisine!! I can't tell you how excited I am, but I'm not the only one, everyone in our family is a foodie, and my children keep asking me (ever hour or so for the past three days...) "when we go to the restaurant!?" LOL.

Today the  "Nail Stamping Sisterhood" Facebook Group proposed us to make a manicure with a "No Shave November"to raise awareness on male cancer.  If you didn't know about this, please visit the web https://no-shave.org/ !! The "Mo-vember" consists in male growing a moustache or a beard, to raise awareness on prostate cancer or other types of male cancer. This is obviously not a "male-only"  matter, and we at the nail art group, as most of us can't grow a moustache (lol) we show solidarity and help raise awareness with our nail art! I hope you like it!!

Do you suffer from reactive hair loss? Fall started and the trees are not the only thing shedding? I hear you. Since the mild temperatures ended in October I have been suffering an important hair loss with no other apparent reason for me. Why? I've been digging in the reasons for hair loss, and "Hair starts imitating tree leaves, hence they fall in Autumn" does not appear on the list. So why I'm suddenly losing so much hair? And what do I do about it?
There are many reasons for hair loss in women, it is important that you identify the cause and then you can fight back! Keep reading to learn what are the possible causes and also what to do to revert that hair loss.

Hello, lovelies! How are you today? I hope you had a great weekend, mine was quite nice!
Friday night hubby and I went to the theatre to see a very original play based on a comic novella by Georges Perec, written in 1966: "Which Moped with Chrome-plated Handlebars at the Back of the Yard?". We had a good time! It was hilarious and enriching, a neat little masterpiece of word-play, so sparkling of humour and nonsense, mixing the everyday life of the Paris of the day and the literary legacy of the moment. Something totally unprecedentedthat leaves no trace, no moral, written for the pleasure of writing. I am reading the novel now and if you know French I suggest you read the original as well.

Now, it's time for a new manicure! The "Nail Crazies Unite" nail art Challenge prompted us to create "Foliage" themed manicures, so I created this design using red and gold hues. I hope you like it!

Hello, lovelies! Happy weekend!
I hope you are having/planning a great one. Last night we went to Bern, the capital of Switzerland, to enjoy a light show they make every year called "Rendez-vous Bundesplatz" (check my Instagram Story for a glimpse!). This lovely event takes place in the "Federal Square", where a light and music show is projected on the facade of the Federal Palace. This year the theme was "The little prince"! My all time favourite book! (I have already talked about how much I love this book here.) So we packed our dinner, rush to the train with our two little ones, who were super excited to have a "train pic-nic" LOL. Children were so happy, it was really nice and we had much fun! My girl (3) didn't catch much of the story, my boy (6) thought the story is not a good one because it is too sad. We came back home and both of them were super interested in knowing more about the story, so we added "The Little Prince" to our reading appointments before bed.
I don't think I'll be able to explain to which point this experience has been satisfying for me. I went to bed thinking "one of my dreams is being accomplished". While reading The little Prince many years ago, I couldn't help to hope one day I'll be able to transmit the wisdom enclosed in those pages to my children. If I eventually had children. All the pieces of that puzzle are coming together now, and when my children will be old enough to understand that "what is essential is invisible to the eyes" this will be an accomplished mama.

Well, let's get to the nail art part now! Today's challenge for the "When Colors Collide" Facebook group consists in using "Blue, Black and silver" colours to create a nail design. This is what I came up with, I hope you like it!

Hello, lovelies! Happy Friday!
Ihope you had a great week, mine was awesome but very busy. In fact, hubby was away for business trip, so I had a little more to do than usual, but to be honest, our kids behave much better when they know I'm alone! haha, they make it a point to help mommy while dad is away. I'm curious, do your kids do the same? I mean, are they more prone to help out when one of the parents is away?

Now, it's time for a new manicure! The "Nail Crazies Unite" nail art Challenge prompted us to create "Plaid" themed manicures, so I created this design using the new colours from the OPI holiday Collection 2018.

Hello, lovelies! Happy weekend!
It's time for a New Halloween Manicure! The  "StampingSisterhood" nail art Challenge prompted us to create "Halloween" themed manicures, and I had come up with a very simple and wearable "Vampy" look. I hope you like it!

Hello, lovelies! Happy Friday!

Hello, lovelies! Happy weekend!

It's time for a New Halloween Manicure! The  "Nail Crazies Unite" nail art Challenge prompted us to create "Ghosts" themed manicures using matte nail polishes.  This is a simple design I came up with, I hope you like it!

Hello, lovelies! Happy weekend!
October is International Breast Cancer Awareness month and the perfect  occasion to remind one another to have your annual mammography and control periodically your breasts because any woman could be victim of this disease. There are simple techniques that anyone can practice at home, but the most reliable and which ensures the earliest detection is really the mammography test! Don't be slacking!!  I know it's not a pleasant thing, but it is really necessary and important!

To raise awareness people wear the pink ribbon, so we have teamed up with the ladies of the"Nail Stamping Sisterhood" to create manicures with the pink ribbon! Here is my take on it, I hope you like it!

Hello, lovelies! Happy weekend!
We are staying the weekend in a lovely town in France called Colmar. This is in Alsace region where we plan to relax, enjoy some local restoration and see different things for a change! If you want to follow our family adventures, be sure to catch up with my Instagram Stories!

NOW, it's time for NAIL ART! October is such a fun month for nail art because with Halloween approaching every kind of crazy and spooky nail art is allowed, so creativity gets pumped up. Hereafter I declare Halloween nail art season officially opened! You have a license to go crazy with your nails!
 This week for the "Nail Stamping Sisterhood" nail art Challenge we were encouraged to create a manicure with "Pumpkins"!  Is there anything more representative of the month of October? I don't think so. Keep reading to find out how I created this manicure which seems quite chic seen from afar and spooky seen from up close!

Hello, lovelies! Happy Saturday!

Hello, lovelies! Happy weekend!
This week for the "Nail Crazies Unite" nail art Challenge we ought to create a manicure related to "Food or drink".
If you've been following on Instagram you might know this week I've been travelling, I went to Paris! It was awesome, I could have a glimpse of some new skincare launches for this Fall and I will be reporting it all to you very soon. That being said, my Parisian adventure left me with very little time to play with my nail colours. I wore a beautiful purple nail polish during my trip to pair with my blue dress, I found the colour so perfect that I didn't feel like doing many different coloured designs on top, so I decided to decorate it with only one colour stamping. Which also had the advantage to be super quick. I chose to represent FOOD, because I'm a foodie, and among all foods I chose cupcakes, because truly there isn't much cuter food than cupcakes! Is there? I hope you'll like it!

Hello, sweeties! I hope you had a great weekend!
I've been feeling a little under the weather these past days, I caught a flu (the first of the season) but I didn't want to miss this appointment for the "Nail Crazies Unite" nail art Challenge because this week's theme is Fall Fashion Inspired nails. As we've seen in the catwalks, the upcoming season is very rich combining different trends but I'd say the most prominent ones are the heavy layering of different pieces and the strong reminiscence of the 1980's fashion.
I'm a child of the 1980' and I hated the fashion of those days with a passion, hahaha. I wasn't very happy in the 90's either so following these reminiscent trends is not really my cup of tea. However, for the nail art challenge purpose, I thought it could be fun to create a manicure combining the excess of colours and patterns that marked that decade. I hope you like it!