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My Blogging Goals for 2021.
I am not a believer in “resolutions” and I am not even sure I love “goals” in the trendy meaning of the term. However, I have a direction in mind for my blog and I thought it would be cool to share it with you guys, so let’s do that! I have already told you…
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Couture Confessions – Chanel, Dior, YSL &c. ♡ Pamela Golbin
As someone who loves talking about elegance so much, I just could not take this book when I saw it at the library! This book is basically a memento of all of the important ideas of the most prominent personalities of the Parisian Haute Couture. Gabrielle Chanel, Christian Dior, Schiap: everyone has they own part…
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The Reason Why French Women Seem To Be On The “Slimmer Side”: what my French mom taught me
As a French woman, I often find it kind of funny when I see posts such as ‘the secrets of French women to…” & most of the time, these posts talk about berets, baguettes and weight. What, weight? Yes Ladies, most people picture us wearing berets with a baguette in our hand, and being really…
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![[ARC] Dizzy Lizzie ♡ Kat E. Erikson (Children’s lit.)](https://theenglishspeakingfrenchie.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/img_0917.jpg?w=1024)
[ARC] Dizzy Lizzie ♡ Kat E. Erikson (Children’s lit.)
ARC // As a student currently writing a Master’s thesis about Children’s literature, I just absolutely had to choose to review that book when it got recommended to me on Booksirens.com! When I saw the cover, I melted: can we take a moment to appreciate how wholesome the illustrations are and how cute the font…
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Defining self-esteem & self-confidence + improving our lives.
I have always mistaken two concepts: self-esteem & self-confidence. As the self-help industry doe s not alway define these two, thinking it is “commonsense”, let’s take five minutes and make sure we know what these words really mean. Ready? Go!
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Beautiful Blogger Award & 7 Random Facts About Me.
I am so happy to announce that I have been nominated by the gorgeous Tia from the blog tallblondetales.com to do the Beautiful Blogger Award. It took me several months to sit down and write that post (shame on me lol) but we are finally here, so let’s celebrate with a cup of coffee *grabs…
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Big Life Update ♡ Learn How To Slow Down With Me in 2021.
I never really do “life updates” over here, simply because I love my private life to remain… well, private. Nonetheless, & as you guys are so supportive, I feel the need to share with you a little bit about my personal life sometimes. How could I be trustworthy if I never share anything personal ?…
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5 Ways To Find Balance As a Workaholic.
We live in a society that tends to glorify workaholics and their lifestyle, but contrary to popular belief, being a workaholic is far from being glamorous. It sucks happiness & balance away from you and you never can seem to feel proud or accomplished, even though you are doing your absolute best. Usually, you are…
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The Outstanding Blogger Award
Lately, I have been nominated for the Outstanding Blogger Award by the lovely Jess from the blog Comfort Reads. Her questions are mainly about my bookish habits and goals for 2021 so I will be very happy to share it all with you right now, right before the start of the new year. If you…
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Persuasion ♡ Jane Austen.
Reading Persuasion took me the longest time. Literally, over six months, which is quite crazy! I really wanted to make sure I read it well. When I read Emma (by Jane Austen again), I read it too fast and now, I am left with a desire, almost a need to read it again given the…
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