a vintage fairy tale (mini haul)

What: Vintage Fair
Where:  TT Hall, Assen
When: 09-04-2017

Karen and I started looking for apartments recently and we've started looking for furniture, accessoires and everything else a home needs (and doesn't) long before that. Last weekend I went to a vintage fair with my mum and it was quite successful. I love vintage furniture, clothing and homeware and the fact that they have probably lived several lives before they came to me. We've learned that good vintage is quite hard to find though and it's even harder to find nice things where I live in the middle of nowhere. So I was extra excited when today turned out to be quite a good day for thrifting.

March Favourites (Valentino, MAC, Anastasia and more)

March turned out to be a good month for rediscovering old favourites and finding new ones. I happened to come across a perfume that quickly became one of my favourites ever, found a cute little bag during a disappointing trip to Amsterdams new Primark and finally managed to get a new spring coat. Read about all of it below.

the unexpected/a long time coming

The Kelly Family. I've always said it, if they ever do the unexpected and reunite, I'm going to enjoy it to the fullest and as often as I can. For my younger self, for my current me and for everything in between. Never ever did I expect that it would truly happen though. The reunion of the band I grew up with. The band that taught me so much about daring to be myself and that it is absolutely okay to not fit in.

Kat von D beauty haul from London

Kat von D Beauty came to London at exactly the right time. Her collection launched at Debenhams only a couple of days before Bon Jovi brought us to town and I couldn't have been more excited. Kat von D beauty is my favourite make-up brand by far. They are the company that makes the one foundation that matches my skin tone perfectly, they are the best at eyeliners, contour powders, eye shadows and do amazing lip products as well. Needless to say that we made the most of the opportunity and spent a little too much money while we were at it. So here is, a little later than expected, a closer look at everything I bought at the (then) brand-new KvD counter in London.

Bon Jovi at the London Palladium - 10/10/16

It's a little after eight when the lights go dim and I sit with a racing heart and the kind of knot in my stomach that I haven't felt for 3,5 years. I am about to see Bon Jovi again, in the heart of London, only a couple of blocks down from where it all ended on the last European tour. I feel excited, I feel overwhelmed and maybe I even feel a tiny bit sceptical of what is about to come. My expectations are high but I decided to go in with as little knowledge as possible. I've heard the four songs that have been officially released so far and only loved one of them. The other three I thought were alright.

Is that a good place to start? I don't know, but there is no time to think about it. Tico takes his position behind the drums, David grins as he steps behind the keys, our saviour Phil and our cool-guy Hugh take their places, Shanks is there too. Jon comes walking on, steady and slow, head to toe in black, big smile on. I smile back at no-one in particular and everyone all at once, thinking I'm home and realising I'm already getting sentimental. So here's what happened next...

London Calling

I can't come up with a sentence to start this blogpost. I keep trying and erasing and nothing feels good enough so I think I'm just going to cut to the chase. I am seeing Bon Jovi in London on Monday. That is right, it looks like the tour-side of this blog is going to be kick-started earlier than I thought.

things I want to happen next tour that probably won't

Jon in London 2013 by me
(the hand representing how I feel when I reach for these wishes)

Now that the new Backstage JBJ went live and with Matt constantly dropping hints about te tour announcement coming soon I found myself thinking about the things that I want to happen on (the European) tour. So that is what this is. An unrealistic list of wishes for the upcoming tour in no particular order.