5 easy braids Parisians love !!!

1. Classical French Braid…

Well, obviously ;) This is my all time favorite. I have to admit, sometimes when I am too lazy to wash (or even brush) my hair and this hairstyle is the best solution in this case. That’s the best thing about the French braid! You can do it on neat, brushed hair for a classy look or on messy hair for a stylish bohemian look!

So if you still don’t know how to make this easy and practical braid, here is a small tutorial for you!

This one is really good for a nice neat style:

Basically if you do the same with wavy non brushed hair you can get the following look…

One tip: Braids look the best on highlighted hair. Check this out!!!

I’ll post more on highlights and how Parisians prefer them very soon…

2. French braid along hairline

This is a really easy and quick solution. It happens very often that the hair in general look good but you have no clue what to do with the front side. Voilà! Best solution ever J

Really love this look, it is so easy and quick!

For even lazier people (just like me J )

Just couple of messy braids and it your hair look so lively J

3. Fishtail braid

This is a very popular braid today and its not difficult to do. If you have a bit time and want to try something new…

This is a must-do of this summer!!!

4. Dutch braid

Dutch braid (or inverted French braid) – for more sophisticated braiders J

Cool look for this summer…

5. Upside Down French Braid & a Donut Bun

Well after you master the four previous braids, you can move on to this absolutely fabulous, beautiful hairstyle based on French braid and a doughnut bun. 

Follow the videos to get this wonderful look!!! 

For our sophisticated professional braiders: 

For the rest of us: Let's first learn more about the donut bun…

Same with a sock…

Now you can scroll up and do the fabulous Upside Down French Braid with a Donut Bun...

Voilà!! Quick and easy!! Hope you enjoyed the braids…

PS: As I mentioned before, braids look soooo much cooler with highlights in the hair. More on highlights – coming soon…

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90-day diet

What is the first thing we notice about gorgeous Parisian women? Of course we can say charm, elegance, something unexplainable… but what is the first thing that strikes everyone who visits this town and sees the Parisian women…

Ok, I won’t let you guess any longer… They are all very very slim…

Indeed, the slim body of the vast majority of Parisian women is the first thing one can notice…

So no wonder that my first post will be about an effective diet.

Generally in this part of the blog I will suggest different diets and workout programs that me or my friends tried and that actually work…

90-day diet

90-day diet is system based on separate food diet. It has a very easy concept:

The food is divided into 4 categories:

1. Proteins

2. Starchy

3. Carbs

4. Vitamins (fruits)

So how does it work?

The diet is simple, it lasts 90 days, but you will feel the result after the first week. With this diet you can lose about 5-10 kgs (depends on your body) and it is long enough to fix the target weight for a long time.

The diet

As we already saw, the food is divided into 4 categories.

Now what we need to do is to separate our 90 days into 4 day phases. It goes as follows:

1st day – eating only Protein food

2nd day – eating only Starchy food

3rd day – eating only Carbs

4th day – eating only Fruit & Veggies

What is the obvious advantage of this diet?

Personally for me the best advantage is to be able to eat ANYTHING!!! As you might understand you can put any food into one of the 4 categories mentioned above. So imagine if today you start a diet and you feel like eating a cake – you know that in 2 days you will have your Carbs day and you can eat a small piece of a delicious cake. When you know that you don’t need to give up on your favorite food the temptation to break the rules is less… it works!! … at least for me and my friends…

When does it work best?

If you want to get the best results, combine this food principle with a simple rule of eating your last meal at least 4-5 hours before you go to bed.

If you are up for some hard core dieting – it is also advised to set up a fasting day on every 29^th day of the diet – this day you can not eat anything and are only allowed to drink water.

What else…

You can eat green veggies EVERY DAY!!! They go with everything (careful, did I mention green…?)

PS: Don’t forget about drinking 2 liters of water every day (this is a beauty rule number one). I usually buy a classy 1 or 2 liter bottle with water (I adore Perrier, but if you are an Evian fan – go for it). Of course buying an Evian bottle every day is expensive (even if you leave in Paris, not even talking about those out of France), but you can always buy one classy bottle and refill it every day with usual water you drink ;)

List of the products

In order to get a general clue of what I mean by Starchy, Carbs etc…

On Protein days you can eat

- meat (better not fat thought)

- fish

- eggs

- cheese

- dairy products (again, watch the fat level)

- (as already mentioned green veggies go with this kind of food)

You can also allow yourself a small piece of dark wholegrain bread (a small one) !!!

On Starchy days

- legumes (beans)

- rice, wheat (other grains)

- any veggies (even potatoes, oh la laaaaa…)

- starchy fruits such as bananas

- same as for Proteins you can also allow yourself a small piece of dark wholegrain bread

On Carbs days

- cookies (yuhuuuuuuuuuu!!!)

- any bakery not containing eggs and milk (those are Proteins – don’t forget and don’t mix)

- pasta & co. (no meat/cheese containing sauces involved!!)

- ice cream (it only gets better on this day ahaha)

On Vitamin days

- fruits

- veggies

- dry fruits

- nuts

- fruit and veggie juices

That’s it for today… Stay in touch and I will soon add some typical daily menus for this diet as well as a calendar to download with daily reminders on the food type of the day (and some nice extras)!!!

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Salut!

I am Elle… I has been (quite) some time that I have moved to Paris. It didn’t take me too long to realize… Parisians do it better… 

When it comes to style, luxury, fashion and lifestyle this city and its people are simply unbeatable! 

C’est la vie ;)

Long story short, I am a huge fan of Paris, French lifestyle and everything beautiful, fun and stylish and this is my guide on how to become a chic French chick J

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Daily updates on style, fashion and luxury lifestyle affordable to every smart girl! Voila!!!

Moreover, a huge mix of different videos and articles about makeup, cosmetics, hairstyles, fashion trends, diets, fitness, manners, lifestyle and every single thing that will help you get to the top and turn into a Parisian fashionista!!