SEIRA BY BARBARA LAYACHI
SEIRA BY BARBARA LAYACHI
This afternoon my friend Barbara (model & photographer from Paris) came to visit me at home.
It took her no more than 15 mn to grab both Seira & my camera, to be taking some pictures of her at my pool. Check it out 
Seira is a pure beautiful, she was born with it. Her angles are beauty, but she does not know it yet.
She is now learning how to feel comfortable in front of a camera, how to pose, as she was never told at MUJ.
It takes million pictures to be fully comfortable in front of someone else lenses.
You will see how much she grows throughout the pictures that we will take of her from now. 
SEIRA WEARS?
Cimarron waxed-pants, Ella Luna silk-top, Numero 3 necklace & hair-piece.
All available at Dream Factory
PHOTOS? Barbara Layachi
SEIRA WEARS?
Cimarron waxed-pants, Ella Luna silk-top, Numero 3 necklace & hair-piece.
All available at Dream Factory
PHOTOS? Barbara Layachi
ANSWERING MY COMMENTS… ABOUT MAKE-UP, MY REPLIES:
ABOUT MAKE-UP/ MY REPLIES:
LUISA: Ines, the idea of not wearing is better for your skin… is that true? Please say no!
ME: Actually Luisa, i think it is healthier for your skin to wear make-up as we live in a very polluted atmosphere and make-up works as a barrier to protect your skin. Some foundations have sunscreen in it. As far as you remove your make-up very carefully before going to bed and that you wear a light foundation that let your skin breath naturally, then you are safe and will look good.
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ERIKO: Does “for sensitive skin means anything at all?
ME: Right now I think that most of the cosmetic creams are formulated for sensitive skins, but if you have a HIGHLY sensitive skin I would recommend you to use Avene from France.
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HELEN: Do we need to worry about what we carry around everyday in our make-up bag? People told me that we need to replace our products every 3 months… is this true?
ME: There will be bacterias on your lip-glosses or lipsticks for sure, also try not to apply directly on your lips. Best is to clean the tip of it and the cap with an alcohol base product, every week and you will be safe. Make-up brushes are a danger as well, as they can can contain nasty bacterias. Treat them like your toothbrush, always clean them after use and you will be safe. No worries about your cosmetics as they are formulated to last much longer than 3 months. But do not leave your make-up bag in a hot place like your car in the summer.
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EMIKO: In your opinion, what do people mess-up most often?
ME: Definitely eyeliner!! (which is the most difficult to do). If you lift your eyelid with your fingers after you’ve applied it (as if you were trying to get under the lid) and push the eyeliner underneath and in between the lashes to make-sure you’ve got color to the root, right on the lash line, that really works. And it can make you look much younger for sure!
Hope it helps
TODAY’S NEWS
Going to my first business meeting now since 2 weeks ago… feeling much better…
you like my Dream Factory look (jeans and top)?
Hiroko is ready to go as well…. (she wears Maison Martin Margela for H&M).
Bye for now, on our way to the bank and meeting.
Seira is attending an Indian Fashion Show.
I just bought a nice luggage cart!!
Meet my children in Cambodia, we need your help, also any idea to raise money would be great!
Meet my children in Cambodia, we need your help, also any idea to raise money would be great!
I HAVE DENGUE FEVER…. MY STORY TO HELP OTHERS
What to expect if it happens to you. I wish I had known when I got it….
I was finally diagnosed yesterday with Dengue Fever. Thank you to everyone who sent me a message by email or via Facebook.
Dengue is one of the most painful virus that you can get. Your feet and hands are on fire, you cannot stop scratching like if you are possessed, your legs and arms are electrified, your liver is being attacked and the high-fever crashes your bones.
Only thing to do is to check you red blood cell count everyday so that you don;t bleed internally, take Panadol and drink lots of water. Amen, nothing else you can do to survive… Singapore has an outbreak of Dengue Fever right now. Be careful….
Symptoms:
it started with a huge back pain….then the tremendous fever and body ache. When the fever goes away you get a couple of days of respite, but this is actually the more worrisome stage when your blood vessels become weak and you need to watch carefully for signs that the dengue will become Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (e.g. severe bruising, going into shock). Most people develop some kind of rash after the brief break. I had a rash on my hands, arms, and feet. My legs, especially my calves, developed a really nasty red rash that looked like tons of really tiny bruises. I was all by myself in my hotel in Paris airport, transiting between the South of France and Singapore), and I was horrified and all alone.
And then during the night, a new form of torture sets in with the rash: it itches and the tingling in your extremities is getting you crazy!!! Especially my hands and feet were itchy, although they did not appeared to have as much of a rash on them. It feels like ants are crawling all over my hands and feet and biting me. It’s not an itch that you can ignore and eventually it will pass; the more I ignore it the more it physically hurts. I had two nights without sleep because of the itchiness.
There’s no vaccine for dengue and no specific treatment. Taking Paracetamol helped me a lot with the muscle pain (do not take ibuprofen or aspirin – these pain killers can cause complications if you have the hemorrhagic form of dengue!). And I try to drink as many fluids as I can, which helped with the fever and is also supposed to be good for the rash and itchiness. But the vomiting was making it hard to stay hydrated. I ran cold water on my hands and feet as much I could. If you have hemorrhagic dengue you need to get to a hospital quickly so they can give you fluid replacement therapy and keep an eye on your red blood cells count.
After your first bout with dengue you’re pretty resistant to getting infected with that strain again, but if you are infected with a different strain you have a higher risk of developing hemorrhagic dengue. Best to avoid multiple rounds of dengue!
