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My Travel Makeup Essentials
As a makeup enthusiast who prefers to wear makeup even on her travels, I know how hard it can be to carry all the items around. I have been a victim of broken eyeshadows, cracked blushes, tubes getting dirty from other makeup powders, the works. Moreover, it’s hard to carry heavy makeup! My main kit is 2 kilos in itself (about 4.4 lbs). That’s impractical to lug around when you’re hauling luggage onto buses and trying to keep your bags as light as possible. In this post, I highlight all the makeup holy grail items I take with me on my travels. The best part is, it fits into a…
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How to be a local in Paris in 4 steps
So, I was in Paris for not even a whole year, but all of seven months. In this post, I talk about how I carried myself like a local in such a short amount of time. Know the language I can’t stress this enough. One of the key ways of assimilating yourself in Paris in no time at all is knowing French. The reason this is a sure-fire way to get you used to being a local is because no matter where you are from, if you know French, you will feel like one of the French. I am a brown girl, but not once was I an outsider, since…
