Deauville - the legendary beginning

In 1913 Gabrille Chanel designs and launches her first collection in her very first boutique. 

Biarritz

Only two years after her first collection, Gabrielle opened her second store in Biarritz, a city known for its art galleries and high society.

Venice

The first years of success fell behind due to the loss of her all time friend and love Boy Capel. To cope with her sadness, she was invited by friends to spend time discovering the beauty of Venice. She got inspired by mosaic, leaf gold and gems that adorn the San Marco Basilica. 

Just after short period of time; Chanel launched the three scents in a luxurious body lotion and shower gel. Besides the newness of the perfumes, the packaging got a make over as well. 

1) Mango, 2) & Other Stories, 3) Mango, 4) Asos

Images  taken by Liesanne de Beenhouwer

Love,

J

Lately I've been looking into some home interior inspiration and after making several mood boards and collecting images of furniture I decided to make a final mood board and start redecorating bits of my living room. It's a really bright and white space, but the total surface isn't that big and it has some cut off corners. Until now, I've always liked the combination of white and grey. I have this big dark grey sofa combined with the typical white industrial IKEA rack combined with a same style table and tv stand. But ever since my plant family started to expand I noticed that you can't put plants in a full room. I'm inspired by living rooms that are super light and airy and just have some space where there's empty corners.

While still being so impressed and living a bit in the Chanel haze, I'm so happy to share this special experience with you. Last week I got invited by Chanel to go to Paris and get introduced into the world of the Hydra Beauty range, skincare products that have an incredible hydrating power. I've been struggling a bit with the heath in Belgium lately to keep my skin glowy and moist so to be honest this trip couldn't be a coincidence.

So the day started with driving to le Pantin from the center of Paris, being accompanied by the lovely ladies of Chanel and two fellow bloggers from Belgium/France and The Netherlands. I'm an early bird so I was stoked to get there and to be honest a little bit nervous. Upon arrival we were guided all the way up to a meeting room where the first presentation was given. 

Did you know Chanel has a scientific research team of more than 250 people in three laboratories around the world? There are three steps that they take care of:

We did a workshop on how to apply the products, which basically comes down to the basic techniques of massaging the product outwards with your hands. I tend to get a greasy skin quite easily so for me, I do this routine twice a week. I'm working on a vlog of the trip so keep an eye on my youtube channel.

I hope you enjoyed this post as much as I enjoyed the trip!

Love,

Julie