Valentine’s Day: Show some love to small shops!

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and whether you participate in it or not, you won’t be able to ignore it.

So let’s just make V-Day about love and gifts for your partner, best friend, pet, mom, yourself,… I think we can all get behind that idea, right?

I’ve wanted to do a post about my favourite (online) shops for a while and there’s no time like the present. The 3 shops I’m talking about today are all small Belgian shops founded by young women, and that’s a lovely coincidence! I have absolutely no problem with shopping at big multinationals like H&M, Zara and the like, but sometimes it’s just great to get personal service and to get your hands on items that are just a little more unique.

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A trip to London

If I could go to London every month or so, I would. The shopping, the food, the sights,… I just can’t get enough. Unfortunately a monthly visit is not a possibility, so any chance to hop on that Eurostar is one I’ll gladly take!
My sister feels (kind of) the same way (she’s more a NYC girl, I think, but that’s even less of a possibility!) so we took a 3 day trip in October.
We shopped, a lot, so I’ll be blogging about my hauls the next few weeks. Today I just want to share some general, non beauty related, information about our trip and some past trips to beautiful London.

 

London - view from London Bridge

London – view from London Bridge

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