Healthy Living: Diet

Hey lovelies

I'm having a cold and I'm feeling a little miserable lately, but I can say that I've been eating healthy! I'm not really doing a specific diet, because I'm really bad at that, I just made up some rules and guidelines to follow, and so far it has been pretty easy. I'm not on a crash diet or I don't have a weight goal.

My Diet Rules:

• Drink 1,5 liters or 8 glasses of water a day
• No sodas, alcohol, or any kind of very sugared drinks, also no coffee
• Avoid sugar and fat: no cookies, candy, chocolate, potato chips, fries, pizza, premade food,...
• Eat at least 1 piece of fruit a day
• Drink at least 2 cups of tea a day (green or black)
• Think fresh: try as much as possible to eat fresh food
• If you like pasta, like I do, I would suggest to eat it once a week, but you have to eat the whole grain pasta
• I love bread, but always eat brown bread  
• I love chocolate, so as a snack I love to eat a cracker with some light chocolate spread
• Count calories! This will keep make you realize with what you're eating and how much calories there are in a type of food.

I guess these are all my rules, I'll also show you what a menu would look like for a day.

Menu:

• Breakfast: 2 slices of brown bread with Peanut butter, light jam (I need something sweet ;p), 1 glass of fresh orange juice and a cup of tea or a bowl of muesli with chopped bananas or a smoothie,...
• Lunch: 2 slices of brown bread with chicken slices and tomatoes (or another vegetable) with some olive oil and balsamico
• Dinner: Fish with potatoes and spinach or a salad with shrimps or chicken with rice and vegetables, just get creative with vegetables, chicken, fish,...
• Between meals: a cup of tea, water, cracker with light choco

I also would suggest to cheat once a week, Saturday or Sunday, I love oreo's so I would eat that, or I'm going to Titanic 3d so I'll eat popcorn!! (Which is actually a healthy snack if you're making it yourself with a tiny bit of sugar)

These are just some rules and guidelines, but no specefic meals and recipes, I'll post some meals that I eat, like a smoothie or salad, so look forward to that!

So I hope you enjoyed this and let me know below what your favorite rules are to diet/eat healthy and what you favorite healthy meal/snack,... is.

xoxo B.

Glam up your Monday: Bikini season?

Happy Monday Lovelies

My internet has been very slow since Friday, because I used it all up. Wednesday it should be fixed and then I can start with my normal blog routine.

Tomorrow is the 1st of May, can you believe it? School's almost over and almost 50% of 2012 is gone. But for me that means it's June and that means it's MY BIRTHDAY ;) I'm thinking about doing breakfast since it's my favorite meal of the day. But June is (depends on where you love) the start of the Bikini season, and since tomorrow is the 1st of May that means I still have 1 month left to get in shape!

I'm very bad at dieting, because I love food. And since I stopped dancing I'm not getting enough physical exercise anymore. I don't need to lose weight, I just want to get in shape and eat more healthy. So I'm going to write blog posts about it and take you with me on my journey :p











I love the Victoria's Secret bikini's



Have a nice week!
xoxo Blair

Current obsession: Antiques Teacups/ tableware

Hey Princesses

Today I want to stay in the feel of Monday's post. At the moment I'm obsessed with antiques teacups and antiques tableware. It doesn't has to be very expensive, but don't you love the classic and chique feel to china tableware. I' don't like the over decorated ones, with flowers etch. I like the simple ones with tiny details which make it look so classic.

Every time I eat and drink out of china tableware I feel like a princess, or like high class (which I'm not :p). It makes the whole experience of eating so different. Especcially breakfast!

Just think Blair Waldorf, eating her breakfast and Dorotha serving her, or when Kim Kardashian picked out her tableware for her wedding list, Hermès, yes Hermès tableware, isn't that amazing?  Or Marie Antoinette, or any other princess, queen,....

This is my favorite table set, Hermès, It's on my wishlist ;)

Did you know Marie Antoinette followed a Macaroon-Champagne Diet, Oh god it keeps getting better. I'm not really sure If that's really true, but you see it in the movie.

So when I'm eating out of china tableware I just feel royal, it gives me the nicest feeling, instant happiness, you may think it's weird but I love it!

So what do you think about antiques tableware, do  you think it's old fashioned and something that is for your grandmother, or do you see the charm it has? Let me know!

xoxo B.

This is called Royal Doulton, and the gold you see is 22-carat gold, don't put this in the dishwasher! This is also on my wishlist ;)

The flower detail is a bit much, but I adore the shapes en detail!

Twitter!

Hey Beauties

If you didn't already follow me on Twitter, go and follow me here @BendelBlair !

Thank you

xoxo Blair

Glam up your Monday: Kate Moss Vogue US inspiration

OMG lovelies

Look at this gorgeous photo shoot with Kate Moss in Vogue US April issue. The photo shoot took place in the Ritz hotel in Paris, I know right ;) It just looks so enchanting and princess like. Like a modern Marie Antoinette, I visited the Versailles Castle in February and it was absolutely gorgeous and inspiring. So on this grey, boring, fun, sunny, sleepy, whatever Monday you have let these photos inspire you, and live your week like a princess, like a modern Marie Antoinette.

This looks just like the end of a perfect day for me!

  

Fragrance Friday: Miss Dior Eau Fraîche

Hey Beauties

Today is time for the first Fragrance Friday! I chose for the newest exciting (and not) fragrance release from this spring, the new Miss Dior: Eau Fraîche.

My all time favorite perfume is Miss Dior (Chérie) L'eau since it's release in Spring 2009. I bought it and it became my signature scent since then.  I'm that type of person that has a very strong nose, and I've been obsessed with perfumes since I was little, I always wanted to be a perfume maker ;) So that means that scents bring back memories for me, and the L'eau one, has a lot of memories.

A couple of weeks ago I wanted to repurchase the Miss Dior L'eau, I wanted to have the big bottle now ;) But when I came in the store I saw the new Miss Dior and no L'eau. I was so devastated, the girl of the store said that Miss Dior L'eau has been discontinued and that they have the new Miss Dior Eau Fraîche as a replacement. Dior did this because they wanted that all the fragrances from the Miss Dior line become one family, not the same, but similar with some twists. They also changed the name Miss Dior Chérie into Miss Dior (as a tribute to the first one in 1947).

Luckily they had 1 bottle of Miss Dior L'eau left but I also tried out the new one. I really like the new scent, because it is in the same family, and all the notes they use in the Miss Dior family are my favorite scents. The 2 scents are similar but the new one is more powdery and they added patchouli to be more sensual and to become one family with the eau de parfum and eau de toilette. What I miss in the new one is the fresh orangy touch to it. What is similar are the Gardenia flowers. And what I really love is the Bergamot.

If you love the Miss Dior family, if you love powdery scents and very important if you like patchouli then you will definitely love the perfume, but if you're not a big fan of patchouli then you won't like it that much because after a while you smell the patchouli pretty good (since it's the base note)

Top Notes: Citruses, Galbanum, Bergamot

Middle Notes: Jasmine and Gardenia (I really like Jasmine too)

Base Notes: Patchouli

This is how Dior describe it: A youthful fragrance created for a stylish, audacious and subtly seductive woman, Miss Dior Eau Fraîche is a dazzling display of lightness and elegance. 

Created by François Demachy, Miss Dior Eau Fraîche is a chic veil of freshness with a chypre signature underscored by the addition of Indonesian Patchouli.

A delicate blend of Calabrian Bergamot and vibrant Gardenia highlighted by fresh and luminous Indonesian Patchouli, Miss Dior Eau Fraiche is a sunny, springlike and eternally elegant scent.

I really like this fragrance, although L'eau is my favorite one. It's very similar to the L'eau one but it's deeper, more powdery and more sensual but still fresh and sunny! This is definitely on my wishlist!

So what do you guys think? Don't you think it sounds delicious? Will you try it out! Let me know in the comments below and let me also know what your favorite notes are in perfumes!

The fragrance is available as 50 ml and 100 ml.

Have a beautiful and fun weekend and don't forget to smell delicious ;)

xoxo Blair

Spread the love: "Tell Me About Yourself Award"

First of all I want to thank Jojo from Jojo's secret fashion diary for giving me the "Tell Me About Yourself Award" Thank you very much for thinking about me, and awarding me with this blog award!

The rules of accepting the award are:

1. Thank and link back to the person who awarded you.

2. Write 7 random things about yourself.

3. Spread the love to more bloggers!

7 random things about myself:

1. My dream is to live in New York on the Upper East Side or in Paris

2.  I used to be a dancer for more than 10 years, but I stopped 2 years ago

3. I'm obsessed with Gossip Girl

4. I love desserts, especially anything with chocolate and Ice Cream and Macarons

5. I've loved Audrey Hepburn since I was little

6. My family is the most important thing in my life

7. My all time favorite movie, since I was a kid is the Aristocats :)

Oh and I'm born in 1993 ;)

I award the following bloggers with the "Tell Me About Yourself Award":

Amy from CupcakesnCouture

Astrid from PoiseandVogue

Essie from PinkScriptBlog

Have a beautiful day!!!

xoxo

photo is from here !