*Still Beauty

This selfie is taken directly from Lindsay's Instagram and you might have seen it a couple of days ago. As the caption goes, she wears shoes by Chanel, a Givenchy jacket and Gucci pants. What I love about this look, apart from the total black, is the sexiness. Lindsay is a grown up woman and contrary to many child stars she grew up to be pretty hot herself. And what I like about her is that she's not hiding her appeal. Too many women today choose comfort over style, and I won't be judging this as I think we all have had our lazy days, or weeks. But there is something appealing to a woman dressed to the nines, it shows that she likes fashion, likes to play with it and it's a woman hard to get, as she is the first one to put an effort for herself.

Obviously everything is styled to perfection, but hey, what did we expect from a style queen like Lindsay Lohan?

What do you think? Do you like this look?

We all have that one friend, the one that reads loads of books, goes to theater but what we really love about her is her free, outsider spirit. Now, how many times have we wondered what to get her for Christmas/birthdays/any occasion that requires a present? Let's face it, she's not the simplest gift-receiver, so here's a roundup of some presents she might want. (And if you are that girl, then here are some gifts for yourself, because you deserve it!)

1) Art work, it can be a Rene Gruau poster, an abstract painting or a famous picture, but she sure appreciates some good room decor, and we never have enough pictures for our homes.

2) A theatre membership, better if for two! She'll really appreciate that and you can expand your bonding moments not limiting them to pre-drinks or the gym. This is a gift for yourself too really, going to the theatre never did anyone any bad!

3) Organic skincare. She probably is already a fan of it, but try to find a good, little known brand and give her one of those non-essentials, but still nice to have products. She probably already has a day cream or a face mask, but what about a face mist or eyelash conditioner? That's right, she probably doesn't own one, but she'll be thankful and feel spoilt every time she uses it.

4) A diary, better if leather covered. this again might seem as a useless piece, but to be fair we all have the useful stuff in the first place, and in today's world, where everything is written down on your phone it's nice to have a little diary where to note down little things. It just gives you a special and nostalgic feeling. Moleskine does some great ones!

5) A beautiful set of towels, or a beach towel. Ok you have to go on the luxury ones for this one. A towel is a very bland thing to give to a friend, but if you check out the Missoni ones, they're lux, quite cheap and precious, she'll love those ones!

As it always happens to me, you probably will end up buying these for yourself!

Do you like this list, would you add anything on it? Let me know x

Barbie, the toy almost every girl played with, sometimes to the cringe of her parents, but she didn't know the meaning of big words such as feminism and sexism, she just played with her doll. Barbie was our fashion and beauty icon then (hello poreless skin and lustrous hair!) and she represents pretty well the beauty and fashion icons that we admire today, i.e. always perfect.

We could write sociological essays about Barbie and still not come up with the fascination she has on girls, but I chose her as this week's representative outfit because she is an it girl, graced with eternal elegance and some pretty good fashion eye, as we can see in this Rykiel look. Love love love the fringed skirt that perfectly matches the top, and the colours although being quite dark and understated are nicely contrasted by the bright red shopper.

Well done Barbie, and whoever is the genious behind her Istagram account (@barbiestyle)!

What do you think, is this a good outfit or not? And what do you think of my choice of Barbie as a it girl? I wellcome any kind of comment, be it praise or criticism, I think a nice discussion could come up from this post! Let me know x

I think we all need to make life easier on ourselves. We spend so much time working and worrying about trivilities, or actually important things, that at the end of the day it is like we were drained of our energy. Here are some little things that can be done daily to improve our life perception.

1) Buy yourself flowers. They are beautiful, smell nice and great decor items. There is nothing more cheerful than a bunch of flowers welcoming you home after a day out. Flowers look chic and give to the house a je-ne-sais-quoi. They show that you care.

2) Spend some times outdoors, go to the countryside on weekends. You probably already have this temptation, to get away from the city during weekends, you want so time to relax and unwind, but what you end up doing is staying in bed or maximum going to a spa. Don't get me wrong, spas are great, but intead of getting drained by their fees for a full body massage, why don't you spend the same money for a cheap weekend in the countryside. You can find a room in a bed and breakfast made from a cottage and have long walks outside. Don't Instagram every four steps you take, try to enjoy the real thing and remember it with the mind, not pictures.

3) Go to a bar and have some coffee and cake. We all have our sweet tooth, why not transform it into an occasion to sit with a friend and chat a bit. Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter and all social networks makes us forget the importance of real human contact, but you'll see how it will feel better when you'll see your friends in person and hear them saying things rather than reading them.

4) Turn off your phone for a while. Of course don't do this while at work, you actually need to answer it. But every day, for a while try to turn it off and for example sit on a bench in the park, letting your mind rest and unwind. Phones are great distractors from ourselves. It seems like we cannot spend even some minutes without checking if we have any messages or trying a new game. It's almost like we are scared of our own company, but we shouldn't, we should embrace it. After all, we are the only person we'll spend our entire life with.

5) Pick up a book. But not a manual on how to be happy, or some guide to be a successful woman. Take an old classic, Dostoevsky, Hemingway, you name it, and let it take you. Some of the most peaceful and rewarding hours can be spent reading.

Hair is probably one of our biggest beauty obsessions (not in a good way!) and source of eternal unsatisfaction. All of us, since we were girls would long for our friend's shade of blonde, or the little curl at the tips, while she probably wanted the volume of our hair and that roll-out-of-bed texture (that we dreaded).

As a consequence finding hair products that would satisfy our needs and desires it has always been difficult, and let's face it: we were always let down buy the results of that shampoo or the conditioner.

Myself I have bought many different styling products, gone for cut changes, perms and lastly highlights. I am in a place right now where I am quite satisfied with what I have, but I want to tell you how I got here. Three years ago I had a pixie cut, not short, masculine. I soon got bored of not being able to style my hair and vary it a bit and decided to let it grow. When it got to a short bob length I started highlighting it, and since then it went through four bleachings and was never cut as I want my hair to grow decently long. You can imagine in what state the tips of my hair are now, super stressed out. I tied in all this time many different shampoos and conditioners, but as said they all kind of let me down, until I bought the Aussie Moist shampoo and 3 Minute Miracle conditioner, and they were PERFECT.

My hair has never been so soft after using these products together and the scent is amazing, you feel it all day. The only product better than this is argan oil, that I sometimes use as a mask, but it is always quite a pain as it has to soak in at least half an hour, and washing it out takes quite a long time. While these two little miracles in a bottle take 5 minutes together to work their magic.

Another pro point is that the conditioner doesn't leave my hair flat (which was the problem with all the other conditioners before), and oh that smell! Who needs hair perfume when you can use this? I also think that my highlights got more visible after I started using them.

The fact that Aussie products are also so cheap makes me love them even more. Of course I would like to treat my tresses with Kerastase, but that would mean not paying the bills, so bottom line I'd rather have electricity than Kate Middleton's hair.

So if you are looking for cheap shampoo and conditioner combo, that will make your hair supermodel like, look no further and walk in to Boots, Aussie it there waiting to work its magic.

Do you like Aussie's hair products? What are your other favorite drugstore hair care brands? x

The Chanel Fashion show, from today can be fully watched online here, no extensive prep and anxiety due to street style photographers needed.