Champêtre-Chic...Country Chic

Although I live in Texas and am surrounded by country-country life, country style, country music, "country" is not a word that I would usually use to describe my style. However, every now and then a little bit of country emerges in my speech, cooking, and once in a great blue moon, my wardrobe.
This is about as country as I get.

This outfit is a bit retro, American country, and domestic.
I kind of felt like I should have been on the front of a Quaker Oats box, but it was perfect for a casual day at the grocery store, and I had fun trying out le chignon!


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_{Obviously my camera doesn't know where to focus when I use the timer-Amelia and me or le jardin. It chose the garden. (So there's a little peek!)}

Quelques Chignons Romantiques

Are you lazy when it comes to styling your hair?
As a stay at home mother, I find myself mindlessly throwing my hair into a queue de cheval {ponytail} many times a day. I think there's a more glamorous yet simple way to sweep my long hair out of the way, even it's for a day at home.

Chignons make such beautiful, simple coiffures. It will be my new goal this summer to work on a few of these styles. Anyone what to join me?
un chignon flou {a soft chignon}

un chignon rétro

un chignon bas {a low chignon}

un chignon de côté {a side chignon}

un chignon décontracté {a relaxed, casual chignon}

un chignon tressé {a braided chignon}

un chignon simple {a simple chignon}


Here are a few Chignon Video Tutorials on YouTube by lavieenblonde.fr







Lesquels préférez-vous? {Which ones do you prefer?}

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