Red Lips and Beauty Bits: traveling

Saturday, 29 March 2014

TAG: Been there, done that!

Today I'm doing the 'Been there, done that' tag! I saw Chit Chat do it on her blog and loved it so much, that I decided to do it as well. The idea is to take this list (see below) and take a look at how many out of 100 you've already done. Let's get into it!

01. Starting your own blog

02. Sleeping under the stars

03. Playing in a band

04. Going to Hawaï

05. Seeing the tower of Pisa

2010

06. Spending more money than you can afford to a good cause

07. Going to Disneyland

2014

08. Climbing a mountain

09. Holding a mantis

10. Singing a solo

11. Going bungeejumping

12. Visiting Paris

2013

13. Looking at a thunderstorm

14. Taught yourself something from scratch

15. Adopting a child

16. Having food poisoning

17. Standing at the statue of liberty

2011

18. Growing your own vegetables

19. Seeing the Mona Lisa at the Louvre

20. Sleeping on a nighttrain

21. Having a pillow fight

22. Hitchhiking

23. Calling in sick even though you weren't sick

24. Building a snowman

25. Holding a lamb

26. Going skinny dipping

27. Running a marathon

28. Sitting in a gondola in Venice

29. Seeing a total eclipse

30. Seeing a sunrise or a sunset

31. Hitting a homerun

32. Seeing Niagara Falls in real life

33. Going on a cruise

34. Going to the birthplace of your ancestors

35. Seeing an Amish community

36. Learning yourself a new language

37. Having enough money to be totally satisfied

38. Seeing a meteorite shower

39. Going skydiving

40. Seeing Michelangelo's David
41. Singing karaoke
42. Seeing a geiser erupt

43. Paying for a stranger's meal in a restaurant

44. Visiting Africa

45. Walking on the beach in the moonlight

46. Being transported by ambulance

47. Having a portrait painted of yourself

48. Going deepseadiving

49. Seeing the Sistine Chapel in real life

50. Going to the top of the Eiffel Tower
51. Going diving or snorkeling

52. Kissing in the rain

53. Playing in the mud

54. Going to a drive-in cinema

55. Playing in a movie

56. Visiting the Great Wall of China

57. Starting your own company

58. Learning a martial art

59. Visiting Russia

60. Serving food to homeless people

61. Being in a youth movement/scouts

62. Going whale watching

63. Receiving flowers without a reason

64. Donating blood

65. Going rock climbing

66. Visiting a concentration camp

67. Not being able to pay at the cash register

68. Being in a helicopter

69. Saving your favorite childhood toy

70. Visiting the Lincoln Memorial

71. Eating caviar

72. Making a quilt

73. Being at Times Square

74. Traveling through the Everglades

75. Being fired at work

76. Seing the change of the guards in London

77. Going snowboarding

78. Being a passenger on a motorcycle

79. Seeing the Grand Canyon in real life

2011

80. Publishing a book

81. Visiting Vatican City

82. Buying a brand new car

83. Going to Jerusalem

84. Having your photo in a newspaper or magazine

85. Kissing a stranger at midnight

86. Going to London

2008 - 2011 - 2013 (Yes, I love London a lot)

87. Killing an animal to eat it

88. Having the chicken pox

89. Saving someones life

90. Being in a jury

91. Meeting a famous person

92. Being a member of a book club

93. Getting a tattoo
94. Having a baby

95. Having a piercing

96. Swimming in the Great Salt Lake in Utah

97. Being in a court case

98. Having a cell phone

99. Being stung by a bee or wasp

100. Visiting the White House

That's 38 out of 100, at the age of 21, not bad! Now you know what I've done in life so far. Hopefully a lot more stuff on this list will be checked off in the future!

xX Anine

Saturday, 13 July 2013

Personal: Graduating, Paris and internship

This is the first personal update I’ve done on this blog. But since I’ve really loved blogging and taking care of this page, I thought it was about time I shared some personal stories.

The last weeks have been very exciting and busy for me. Two weeks ago I graduated from my college in Belgium. I received my diploma, that tiny piece of paper that cost me three years of blood, sweat and tears and over three years of worrying, studying and taking extra classes before that in high school. To be able to say that I’ve graduated and am ready to go to work, feels better than ever. Especially since I’ve worked so hard to get here and I was always the kind of girl that was made to write as a living.

I’ve only had one job interview so far (for an extremely cool job in the beauty blogging industry), but after calling and e-mailing thousands of times, I’m pretty convinced they’re not interested. Apparently I’m still to young to even be considered? I was pretty bummed out about that.

As you might have noticed, I also went on a trip to Paris with Mr Boyfriend. The trip was amazing and everything we’d been dreaming of. I’ll share some pictures at the end of this post.

Then I went to the Belgian seaside for a week with my family and now, the third week of july, I’m starting my internship. “Wait, didn’t I just read that you’ve graduated already??” Yup, that’s right. I decided I wouldn’t spend my summer lying in bed or partying, since I’m the kind that can’t sit still for too long. I’m having the amazing opportunity to do an internship at a fashion magazine instead! I’m already getting nervous, what should I wear??

Anyways, this was my short personal update. It’ll be a busy summer, but I’m so ready for it! I hope I will be able to maintain this blog as much as I can, since I have no idea how busy I will be with the internship.

Last but not least, you can enjoy these pictures from my trip to Paris!

With much love,

Anine