The Serial Shopper - Moroccan fashion and photography blog.: beauty

L'Opéra

7/30/2013

theserial shopper at the opera garnier in paris

My sister is skilled for many things but definitely not photography.

Imagine me, all excited to go visit the Opéra Garnier in Paris, not only because the place is beautiful and full of things to discover and learn from, but also because it could work as a perfect backdrop for outfit pictures.

And so, I naturally handed the camera to my sister, already thinking about how beautiful the next pictures on the blog could be...

That was until I came back home and discovered that... half of the pictures are blurry.

Good job sis'!

Anyway, let's stop complaining shall we? I still wanted to show you all the beauty of the place so I tried to use the pictures that were not so bad and fixed them a little bit. I hope you don't mind a slightly blurry post...

costumes and decorations at opera garnier in paris

trompe l'oeil, decorations at the opera garnier in paris

Top, Promod

Skirt, Zara

Flats, André

Jacket, little boutique in Casablanca

costumes and decoration at the opera garnier in paris

Pictures by my sister and me
Editing by me

beauty

DIY: Ombre nails

8/20/2012

Hi guys! I know I've been a little bit missing in action these days and I'm sorry about that but a recent loss in my family made me take a few days off the computer.

Now I feel ready to resume blogging and before I share with you my next outfit post, i just wanted to show you a nice nail design that I've been liking to do lately.

You need:

-colors of your choice
-clear topcoat
-sponge
-piece of plastic (or paper)
-cotton buds
-nail polish remover

put a drop of black naipolish on a piece of plastic or paper

use a sponde to dab the black nailpolish at the root of the nail

use coton swab to remove the nailpolish on your skin

Voila! You can also do it with different color combinations and why not add more colors to the design? I can picture this look in a gradient of deep blues or reds or any other colors that you have in different shades... Get creative!

Nonetheless, i have made a few mistakes while doing this :

-first off, for this particular color combination, I should never have done it on short nails cause it made them look even shorter…

-second thing, and this applies to any color combination, I should have mixed the two colors I chose to create a third one that would work as a bridge color between the two first and make the ombre effect smoother...