Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still...

I love how a picture can say more then a thousand words...

But sometimes, just a few words are all you really need to say...
Words like I love you, or you hurt me, words of wisdom, words of emotion.

Sometimes a single word has so many meanings that you cant find the right words to express your emotion.

So I just say, I love you..

Belgium Wafels and give away winners...

I just had a lovely weekend in Antwerpen with my girlfriends. We went all out looking hot and sexy like omg. Check out the picture below where I am wearing an asos dress and some crazy neonpink h&m pumps. Dont you love them!

The next day we had some delicious belgium wafels in a place called "Desire de lille" so since my name is Desiree I just had to take some pictures :)

And of course I did not forget! The because I am a girl blog-give-away-winner is..........

VALENCIA ;)

( email me your address girl and I will send you the ribbon :) )

Awesome blogger award...

I received an Awesome Blogger Award! yay! Its like winning a blog oscar haha

First of all I would like to thank my girl GIKO. Check out her blog too, she has lots of photography-stuff on there it is awesome..

The rules for this award are as followed:

1. Thank whoever gave this to you and describe their blog.
2. Copy the award
3. Repost it in your blog
4. Tell us seven things that your readers don't know about you
5. Nominate 5 new bloggers for this award
6. Notify the winners of the award with a comment on their blog

Seven things you might not know about me...

1. Everybody knows I love fashion and sexy platform heels, but secretly I am a sneakerhead too. I have dozens of nike's.  Right now I have my eye on these Nike Air Jordan Spizike “mars blackmon”

2. I wear glasses to work. I really love my ray bans they make me look really smart lol.

3. I used to be a hairdresser. I have worked in several salons for about 4 years. So if you ever need hairadvice, let me know :) lol

4. Im a natural blonde but I have been dying my hair brown for years.

5. As a child I have lived on a little caribbean island called aruba, its about 20 km from venezuela. I lived there for about 4 years and I actually went to school there.

6. I was raised bilangual...

7. I am a neatfreak. I actually LIKE to clean. I feel its very satisfying.

My top 5 bloggers are: ratatatataaaa

make sure you check out these blogs!

rollupyoursleeve

mendy's

Fashion-nerdic

disco-science

djennatalk

PS.

This sunday my blog-give-away winner will be revealed!

Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood in its defense....

Some time ago I wanted to do a "favorite model post" again but I never got around to it so lets do it today. In my eyes Lily Cole is one of the most beautiful girls in the world. She looks like a doll, its just crazy!

 AND she is known to date Jude Law ( my future husband lol, life is soo not fair :S) Lily has done anything from Voque to Numero to Moshino commercials to Chanel...  Dont you just love her angelic face!?

You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

So I havent blogged in a loonggg while, I was so busy studying! But here I am again...
I was cleaning out my Blackberry and I found so many pictures! Some old outfit pictures which I have taken in the elevator at my job lol, some miscellaneous. The quality isn't the best but what the heck...

me wearing:

oversized sweater h&m, black leggings and black leather boots

wearing:

vintage denim jacket, h&m seguin top, vintage skirt, black leggings and boxer pumps as seen in this post.

Me and my nephew when we were babies, aren't we cute!!!

Be careful what you wear to bed at night, you never know who you'll meet in your dreams...

For the first time I ordered something from the H&M Home line and I must say I love it. And is was soo cheap! I paid only €15 for the beddings and an additional €8 for the extra pillow covers! Dont you love it!

It makes me wanna lay in bed all day lol. There is nothing better freshly made bed, a good book and some hot coco with whipped cream now the days are getting shorter, colder and darker...

H&M beddings €15 in sale and pillow covers €8

I have always wanted my colours to sing....

After my latest "heavy posts" I wanted to blog something more light and back to my roots fashion lol.

A couple of days I went to a "theatreshop" called Backstage where they sell amazing make up, wigs, and my love NAILPOLISH!

I looovee nailpolish so much. You will rarely see me without it.

I think a funky colour on your nails can really bring that little extra to an outfit.

An all black look can be topped of and pimped out with an fluorescent yellow to break the black.

My latest conquest are these two colours called Star Gazers, isnt the name fab in its own lol. I especially loovee the yellow one, it is so bright it almost hurts your eyes lol. I love to wear it with grey sequin and mettalics.

What is your favorite brand or colour? And with what colours do you mix it?

Star Gazer Nailpolish €4,95 from "Backstage"

It is not the body's posture, but the heart's attitude that counts when we pray. It is the mind that makes the body....

I was going to post some pictures of Gemma Ward an Lilly Cole, two of my favorite models when I stumbled upon this dark website by accident. It was a pro-ana website. I had never heard of such a thing, or saw something like it, and I was shocked.

Being raised in a mostly black and latin community I grew up believing womanly curves are sexy. Skinny girls were never populair or considered desirable in my neighborhood so this is, although I know of its existence, totally new to me, and it made quite an impression. It felt like I was entering some dark, secret world as I was reading forum posts from anorexic girls on how to suppress hunger and tips on how to loose weight.

I do think terrible disease is fueled by using super skinny girls in all fashionmagazines and commercials. Girls like Gemma Ward and Lilly cole. There are so many young, and insecure girls in the world who feel unpretty because of having to stand at the busstop next to a lifesize pictures of Victoria Beckhams and Nicole Richies. I would like to use this blog as a channel to your livingroom and maybe make you stop for a second and raise awareness for this cause, just as that website made me aware. If you suspect someone you know to have any form of an eating disorder please check out this website. It informs you on how to identify  eating disorders and gives tips on how to help approach someone who you feel is suffering from this disease. "Thinspiration" is not a fase!

Music is what feelings sound like. Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul...

I usually do not post a lot of musicvideos, I mostly stick to the whole fashion and shopping theme, but this is an exception...
This is for the women, the single women, the strong women, the hurt women, the working mama's, the weary women, as a matter of fact I think all women can relate to these lyrics...
Amel Larrieux, I can honestly say she is my favorite artist. I use the word artist because the way she uses poetry as lyrics, does unusual things with her voice and her sound, she always seem to amaze me. For the record, no, this song isn't about how I feel now lol.
If you like it, listen to my favorite Amel Larrieux songs "Sweet Misery" and especcially "We can be new"  because of the beautifull songtekst..

What is your favorite song??? Let me know!!

Lyrics to Weary :

This woman is growing weary

Of having to be so strong

Of having to pretend I’m made of stone

So I won’t end up with no broken bones

I can’t fight every battle alone

I want someone to lift me

Heal my wounds and give me kisses on my head

Say words that should be said

Fear is not the matter

I would so much rather open up my heart

And lay down my guard

Chorus:

If I could trust someone

To have my back and never do me wrong

Then I would give my love up

Just like that stop singing this soldier song

whomever said love was overrated

must not be getting’ none

my independent days have had their fun

but when the parties over

and the workin’ day is done

I just want to come home to someone

I want a love to take me

As I am not make me compromise myself

Or be like no one else

Fear is not the matter

I would so much rather open up my heart

And just lay down my guard

How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours....

Today, while driving home, I saw this bag laying on the streets. So I stopped the car, looked around if I saw anyone whom it could belong to, but I saw nobody and decided to take it home with me. When I got home I checked it out en found a wallet with some cards in it and a mobile phone. While snooping around in the phone trying to find out who it belonged to, I found a contact called mom in the adressebook. So I sent a sms to "mom" where I tell her I found the bag and it could be collected. She immediately called me back to let me know how happy she was I found the bag and that she felt blessed that I was honest enough to contact the owner because there were some very important papers in that purse. Altough it was just the right thing to do, I felt like I had done a good deed and I loved the feeling it gave me!

I try to do good deeds regularly because I do believe al it takes is one good deed to change a life and change the world. You may never know when you touch peoples hearts, but you allways do... You never know how badly that compliment was needed or how much your criticism affected somebody.

A couple of years ago I found this website which gives me lots of inspiration to help people. Have a look at it! http://www.helpother.org/ There are some beautiful stories on there and though I havent posted a lot of stories I did do a few, and THIS is one of them.

What is your lastest "good deed", or how did you touch a heart?

When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you....

It's funny how an outfit can shape your attitude.. This outfit for example made me feel really though, and still feminine! And it is real comfortable, which means, no soar feet. And I don't know about you, but Iove comfy streetwear...

Me wearing;
H&M pilot glasses
Run DMC amplified t-shirt
Bershka oversized colbert
Blue Blood jeans
grey All Stars

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment...

So I am not very reliable when it come to outfit pictures...I do not take pictures everyday like some bloggers... Respect to them, because I love readings these blogs.

But sometimes I just feel like it...and today was one of those.

I love sunsets because of the long shades that appear on the streets, and overall a midsummerevening always has some magic in it. You just know that somewhere people are falling in love in this very moment..

So with this romantic attitude I decided to put up some pictures of me and my romantic summerday outfit.. Let me know what you think!

H&M Sunnglasses, Vintage brown leather shoulder-bag, Vintage flowerprint sleeveless blouse, cut up America Today denim shorts, H&M high heel booties...

Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art....

One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching...