Big U Part II

You know what they say: "If something is successful, repeat it!"

Just fooling with you, don't know if they really say that, but it's kind of logical, isn't it?

After a fun and successful first edition of The Big U, UPR treated us to a second edition. That day was one of the hottest these year. Probably of all the hot girls combined together in one room.

Sweaty and sweet, two words to describe the event. Here're some pictures of my favorite activities of the day.

Illy gave some master classes to teach how to be a barista. The thing I learned is it's possible to write draw almost anything on coffee when you have the skills down. YSL anyone? Luckily the logo is not outdated anymore!

Lavand made us design a shirt for their upcoming collection. Best three of them are going to go production.

Camper made us choose a dream destination on the world map. Without a doubt, I chose my place of birth, Uzbekistan. I left almost 11 years ago and didn't had a chance to visit it yet. I hope that day comes someday, I still miss the sun and the nature so much.

L'Occitane introduced us a new spin to their Verbena fragrance. Verbena products have a fresh smell and are perfect for such hot summer days. I'm not always a fan of citrus smells, but this combination of citrus and verbena is great! Especially love their cooling lip gloss. It smells and tastes delicious and makes your lips tingle. A funny fact is, verbena is also known as vervain. The fans of the Vampire Diaries know that vervain protects against vampires and their spells :D I don't want any protection against Damon, though!

My favorite activity of the day, besides joking around with friends, was the MAC session. There we created a face chart with the latest A/W12 trends. I love make-up and drawing so I let my creativity flow! I didn't start out with an idea and ended up with warrior look. I'm quite proud of it and wish I could take it home with me. Hanging around on the wall between other face charts mine clearly stood out because of the extravaganza. I called it 'Welcome to the Jungle', Guns 'N Roses wink.

We ended the day with a barbecue/barbequoi/BBBQ (Bloggers Barbeque) outside.

Drinks, food and friends, that's all you need to have a great time!

Hot gurls!

Coachella and some other dreams

Here I am again, at last. Not much has changed except the fact that I've been working my ass off the last few weeks. The weather is horrible and I'm sick again, the usual. The last week of my internship is kicking in tomorrow. It was an intense, but a pleasant ride which'll stay with me for a long time.

But back to blogging here, I'm not gonna lie, I didn't have the time to snap new pictures and the weather wasn't much helpful too. Hoping to post some new stuff next weekend. 

For now a dose of escapism. Daydreaming is an inexpensive, but a frustrating hobby at times.

I'm sunny person, even if you can't tell at first, I love warm temperatures, the summer with ice cream and it's warm nights. Summer also means festivals. Luckily we have some great festivals in Belgium that combine a lot of different genres for every music lover. But in festival land there's something known as Coachella.

Over the years it has become more than a festival, but the place to spot some of the biggest celebrities (I'm screaming DITA here) or being spotted yourself. Not a lot of festivals around here are as trendy (/hipster like) as Coachella. A desert as a setting is pretty neat too, you don't have to fear you'll be hit by pouring rain and pools of mud as a result.

The most important thing is still music, though! What I like about Coachella is that it combines a lot of different artists and genres. Perfect for musical omnivores such as myself. 

There's only one minor detail here, it's located on another continent, but nothing that a plane and a fat bank account can't cross these days. So while I wait for a winning ticket or an inheritance from a distant millionaire relative, I go through this celebrities snap shots and dream away once more.

Dreaming about the sun burning on my skin, the smell of grass and some great music blazing from every corner. That's what freedom looks like to me.

My beloved Dita, 39 and stunning!

Best hair ever!!

We'd be total besties, I can feel it!

NIAN

Peace and swag and studs and Chanel!

Kitty goes Crafting

OMG moments of Coachella 2012:

TUPAC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Beloved Dita kissing (and dating, DUH) beloved Theo! What an unexpected but pleasant surprise!

God bless the interwebz! 

While we're still freezing here, somewhere far away it's still summer.

All we can do is just dream away and hope for warmer days to come soon.

The internet is the ultimate place of escapism these days, white beaches and palm trees are just a click away.

This 'one click' often takes away precious hours of sleep, but still...

To bring a summer a little closer, let's escape to Dubai. There, the tiny, but oh so beautiful Miroslava Duma posed before the lens of Tommy Ton from Jak & Jil. The reason of this 'get together' is the spring -summer campaign for a Dubai boutique called Symphony. 

When I saw these images of the Russian fashion princess, I couldn't help but imagine myself in her place,

running in the sun in a lime dress...

Enjoy these behind the scenes images. 

(source Buro)