The past few weeks my days have mainly been filled with thinking about the next meal: by now I have to eat something every two hours or else I’ll faint... And when you’re on the road all day, you really have to think ahead about whether you need to bring snacks, because otherwise you’ll find yourself last-minute ordering a cheese stick at a bakery as the moment of fainting approaches (noted). Luckily, I learn from my mistakes and now there’s always a bar and a bottle of water in my bag. Of course, in style, so the size of my handbag is now adjusted to this golden must-have bottle from Corkcicle. Luckily, the diaper bag will be big enough soon!
A mother’s reaction to the fact that her daughter has been applying Weleda baby cream for months because her skin can’t handle anything else: “But sweetheart, that’s really not enough! You have to keep applying for hydration and to prevent early wrinkles!” I don’t think I need to explain to you from whom I learned to always take good care of your skin… And after this statement, I look slightly panicked in the mirror at those fine lines on my forehead. Alright, I’ll still try one more time to find a facial brand that doesn’t give me a rash. A friend swears by Valmont Cosmetics and immediately writes down the number of her beautician. There I was at Zotos Beauty, a little tense about whether I would get through this treatment without a rash.
After an hour and a half of being completely pampered, I get up half-sleepy and my face feels extremely hydrated. And what I see in the mirror is a radiant soft skin. Beautician Sandra gives me an extensive package of samples to test whether my skin really reacts well. Very nice, because normally I would immediately be waving my credit card after such a result and want to buy everything that was used on my skin. Step by step seems wise this time. What I absolutely must take with me is the Valmont Prime Renewing Pack: an extremely nourishing mask that you can also use twice a week as a night cream. The next morning I wake up and with a tense look, I walk to the bathroom mirror: very light spots around my eyes, but not worse than before. Tonight I’ll immediately be ready with the mask!
‘Bare-faced look: fine, but those eyebrows are on fleek every day‘
You can often catch me with a ‘bare-faced look’: just a day cream with some SPF and I’m good to go! Especially if I had shoots the day before, I really look forward to putting zero on my face the next day. Okay, the only thing I might be a little dishonest about are my eyebrows. A few years ago, a small addiction developed for growing the perfect, full eyebrow. With the help of my eyebrow guru Nabila, they are now fantastic in shape and I count down the days after six weeks until I can go back. But to keep the color nice in between, I can no longer do without my eyebrow kit from Anastasia: it even comes with stencils to choose your perfect shape, ideal! Bare-faced look: fine, but those eyebrows are on fleek every day.
When an invite comes in from Vogue, I always get a little panicked: “Can I make it on that date and what do I have to cancel?! And WHAT should I wear?!” Normally, I often think about an outfit only half an hour in advance, but when Vogue organizes something, you know that the crème de la crème of fashion-loving Netherlands will be present, ‘so step up your game’. And this invite was also very special: together with my dear mother, I was invited to celebrate the Vogue Bijoux supplement in the beautiful Swarovski store. So dear mom was already in a panic a week in advance: “Sweetheart, what should I wear?!” Panic for nothing in hindsight, because as always, my mother was the shining center of the afternoon: judge for yourself!
