The Garden Show

Since I was little, the Garden Show has always been a tradition. I remember getting all excited when my mom used to pick me up from school to go to the garden show! For those who never been before, it's an exposition of items for the house and garden mainly. But you can also find personal accessories, little souvenirs and of course food, a lot of food. Oh and an important detail, all prices are reduced exclusively for the Garden Show!

It's always the same, every time I go I have to wait for my mom to finish exploring the garden items (her obsession) to finally get to the food section. You have a large variety of food, sandwiches, seafood, crepes, waffles, Japanese food, local food. And while eating, you get to watch live bands and singers spreading happy vibes. You can also buy aliments from Souk EL Tayeb for example like jam or honey. 

What was different this year is the live interaction with the public. Like in Zaitunay Bay for Designers Week, the Garden Show organized daily workshops including live cooking, planting and so on.

Designers' Week

Once again like every year, Designers' Week give the opportunity for local designers to expose their creations to the public. And what better place than Zaitunay Bay to install the little white tents and celebrate! Beirut Designers' Week started May 27 and will end today just before the beginning of Design Week. The stands are disposed in all Zaitunay Bay from the Yacht club all along until the last restaurants. 

The best hours to visit the stands are between 6pm and 8pm when sunset takes place and the weather is cooler. The exposition includes mainly accessories from head pieces to bracelets, necklaces and rings. You can also find summer clothing like printed tops or colorful shorts. And for those interested in home accessories, some stands sell cool items for the house. 

And besides the small shops, Designers' Week collaborated this year with The Agenda Beirut for daily live workshops. They installed a small stage between the stands where bloggers and media professionals share their experiences and respond to the public's questions. Personally, I attended Roula Nahas and Nadia Mneimne's workshop and I found it very interesting especially when it came to the interaction with the people. 

So if you need some summer shopping or have presents to offer, it's the place to be! Support Lebanese designers and encourage local creations! (Today is the last day).

Cherry on the rooftop

Despite yesterday's hot weather and raindrops, Lebanese social experts managed to create a nice atmosphere on Le Gray's rooftop, and I was lucky to be part of this event thanks to my friend Roula Nahas. The view from the 6th floor was eventually beautiful as we could see Beirut's port and business buildings including An-Nahar. I attended the event with my friend Tiffany Murr who is interested in music so I guess we formed a cool team of music and fashion. 

Tiffany and I rocking on the roof

 But first let me take a selfie

Regarding my outfit, I wore a Helmut Lang skirt that I bought last year from Mykonos and a simple white top from Zara. I matched them with silver heels from Maria Pino and a silver purse Michael Kors. The total look was dressy and casual at the same time, perfect for a chic rooftop sunset! 

And since the event was all about meeting people and socializing, that's what we did. At first it was a bit hard to socialize since Tiff and I didn’t know anyone. Progressively we started talking to some bloggers, PR professionals... I guess if a person really wants to succeed in media or any other domain, contacts and communication are the keys to future achievements. So we met some really cool bloggers, marketing and PR professionals. 

The Sunshine Diary

No Garlic No Onions

L'armoire de Lana

"Fashion for the Face" with H&M

After a long break away from my blog and close to my studies, I am finally back with a lot of new trends, fashion news and delicious food! Today, we are discussing beauty with H&M "Fashion For The Face" new project. Swedish brand is taking its beauty market to a whole new level. Set to launch in September 2015, the new beauty collection will include more than 700 make-up, body, nail and hair products and tools. The project is eco-based using organic ingredients and recycled packaging. 
The H&M Beauty collection will be available in September with prices ranging from $2.99 to $24.99.