Grey

Mmm, yes I know, French Sampler has turned a lighter shade of grey, this is what happens when on a whim, you start faffing about with design settings.  I am not sure if I like it yet, It may go back to how it was, I will suck it and see...

  

Rianna At The Last Doll Standing

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I would like to introduce you to the lovely Rianna at The Last Doll Standing, (if you are not already aware of her). I simply adore her blog, Rianna unearths the most amazing thing's and she is a darn good writer.  Her stunning blog is a wonderful voyage of discovery.  

 About Rianna:

Fashion and Art writer. Freelance Makeup Artist. Dancer/Performer and Dance Teacher. Jewellery maker. Would-be film maker. Bad guitarist. Refuge of eccentrics. Seeker. Prayer. Lover of a cacophonous collection of people, places and things. Viva la resistance.

Here are some of the wonderful images I have found over at Rianna's...

This post about Rianna's mission to Bacolod, in the Philippines, is particularly moving.

All these images are via Rianna's blog, to find out more about them and put them into context, go pay her a visit, you will be glad you did.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.

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French Pouts

"Just as Mick Jagger, for me, was the creature of the sixties, Bardot was the creature of the fifties. She prepared the way for the sixties, and made the sixties alluring rather than just ugly.  Her lips, made Mick Jagger's lips possible".

Diana Vreeland

 Full, pouting lips did not come into their own until the fifties, when Bardot exploded onto the scene, creating new boundaries in perceptions of beauty.  Prior to that, lips had usually been red and followed the lines of a cupids bow shape.  Sensuality comes naturally to the French, and, full pouting lips are a major feature in a lot of French faces, including, I state rather enviously a lot of my French friends.  I think it has a lot to do with the French language, the lips are used a lot in speech!  Most French women are also very adept in the application of lip products.

  Collagen injections to make lips fuller seem to have become very popular, sometimes with disastrous results, not naming names, especially since the arrival of Angelina Jolie (her lips are so full, naturally, they have a cleavage) and her predecessor Kim Basinger.

Below are some fabulous examples of the French pout...

Brigitte Bardot

 Beatrice Dalle

Emmanuelle Beart

Arielle Dombasle

Vanessa Paradis

Leslie Caron