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Hiya! Today I'm gonna talk very quickly about a summer playlist I recently created on my Spotify. I can't live without music and I really enjoy making a playlist for every occasion so I obviously had to make one for this summer. I've been listening to the same tunes almost every day (in exception of the days where I just NEED some throwbacks like the old Jonas Brothers) 


In this playlist you can find a different vibe in each song but (at least to me) they're all pretty summer-y. 

If you wanna listen to it you can have it HERE and if for some reason it doesn't work or you want to check out more of my playlist my user name is: Africa Ouass Franco 

I hope you enjoy it! What songs/artists are you listening to at the moment? I'm always up to discover new tunes!


Africa x
July 23, 2019 No comentarios
I finally did it! I finally got the balls to dye my hair dark again! Only the people who've been with me for ages has seen me in my darkest (and real) hair days.
Since I did my first blonde highlights in 2015 I've been blond-ish. But I been wanting to do a change for months now but still never got enough nerve to do it, I don't know why. Maybe I was scared to not like myself or others, but now that I got it... I love it!
Honestly, I still need to get used to it, it's been only a day but I feel like I really needed a change and my sister helped me realise that if I want to do it, I should. Why not? What if people don't like it? If I like it, it's enough.
So, what now?
By getting used to it, also comes new hairstyles (I also got a haircut by the way) and taking care of the new colour because I was SO blonde that this colour is gonna come off sooner than later but (at least for now) I regret nothing.
How did I do it?
It was pretty simple actually, my sister bought two dark brunette dyes and she put them on for half an hour. It looks natural as if I had some highlights but that's because of how blonde I was and how irregular my blonde was!
So the moral of this story of mine is: You should do whatever you want to do with your hair, your body or even your life! Because at the end of the day it's YOURS. Who cares about what anyone says? If you want to do it, do it.

November 08, 2018 No comentarios
Halloween time has already come and because I always end up posting late (even if I have planned and written the post)  I thought about still sharing with you about my nice night in, binge-watching Halloween movies with a friend.

First of all, I bought these table decorations in a store called TEDi, that is just wonderful if you like home decorations, DYI and everything festive! I decored my chest of drawers because I still don't have a table in my room but it worked pretty well. I got plates, glasses, straws, napkins and a spider web thingy to put underneath everything and I'm pretty content with how it looked tbh... You can't really see properly because I'm still quite bad at taking indoor pictures but the cookies where Halloween related (pumpkins, demons and mansions) and they were from LIDL same as the crips that looked like tasty ghosts.

I started this kind of Halloween plan last year, when I decided I didn't want to go out on Halloween for a simple reason:  I don't like partying with people wearing costumes, it scares me. I don't like the fact that people think they can do whatever they want just 'cause they're wearing masks or makeup. So last year, I invited a friend over to watch a movie and eat a lot of junk food and we had a good time, so this year I decided to do the same thing but preparing it in advance.

This time we decided to also make something easy ourselves so looking at Pinterest we found some of this easy appetizers recipes and gave them a go, they might not look that good, but trust me... they were yummy!



These are pizzas that looked like mommies( cheese, tomato and black olives), quesadillas( tortillas, cheese, chicken and different spices), nachos(nachos, cheese, guacamole and chilli with meat) and stuffed eggs( boiled eggs, mayonnaise, tuna and black olives).

We wanted to watch a horror film but we ended watching "Don't Breath" which wasn't scary at all but was very entertaining anyway and we ended up binge watching videos on youtube of a comedian because why not?

How was your Halloween?

TC x
November 01, 2018 No comentarios


My favourite season of the year is here!

Even though sometimes it's still quite hot here, I can smell the crisp air and see the crunchy leaves outside and I'm loving it. It's raining right now and I'm sitting by the window loving the smell of rain and the cold air while I listen to old music and drink a cup of tea, what a cliché I know, but it's perfect.

This season is actually my favourite of the year because it means colder nights and lovely days inside AND outside, 'cause I'm one of those people who like walking around town when it's colder and these are some of my favourite things about autumn:

Spending time outside and in cute cafés



As I just said, I love spending time outside when it's colder and I'm a sucker for a cute café and even though there's not many of them where I live, I love to relax with a warm coffee on my hands and a good friend. Another way I like to enjoy them is by just going there with my laptop and write or study, sometimes the library can be too stressful and at home I just procrastinate, so by going to a café, I am outside but also force myself to do something productive. This takes me to another subject...

Pumpkin spice lattes


I just had my first Pumpkin Spice Latte of the year and even though it may sound like a lie, I love the taste of it! I still have to try some of the new things in Starbucks and Costa 's menus but I can always count on a nice Pumpkin Spice Latte to keep me warm.

Nice and warm sweaters and makeup tones

There's nothing comfier than a warm sweater or hoodie, at least for me. I love wearing them and seeing outfits that include them. This year I want to try and get warmed toned ones because if you have a look at my wardrobe you'll only see black, grey and white sweaters lol so for this year I'm trying to have at least a couple of coloured ones. 

The Smells  and Colours of Autumn

Oh, how much I love my candles! The autumnal ones are so great and cosy! I can't stop looking for the best ones, I would have a lot more candles if they were cheaper tbh... Still, I love the smell of cinnamon apple, pumpkin spice or sandalwood. When you talk about the smell of autumn you don't talk only about candles but also the streets. The main street of where I live smells of cooked chestnuts and sometimes it even smells like chimneys and I love it... there's something about the smell of autumn that I just can't stop loving. 



Another thing  I adore about autumn and being outside is the colours of the trees and the leaves on the floor. This season is one of the best seasons clothing-wise because of the warm tones.

Personal achievements

There's a lot of things I wanted to achieve before the end of the year and now I'm finally making
 some of them happening.

I'm finally starting to do some car practices so hopefully, for the end of the year, I'll finally have my car license. I'm already planning exciting things for Halloween and Christmas and MY TRIP TO AMSTERDAM. Oh, I just cannot wait!

What's your favourite thing about autumn? let me know!


TC x

October 29, 2018 No comentarios


It feels like years since I wrote but the last time I posted, was about how fast the year ends and here we are HAPPY NEW YEAR!



Some things changed since my last post folks, I said I wanted to move to London but I'm still in Barcelona because my summer job called me and honestly that saved me and my economy lol. So right now I'm still studying and working, there's no plan in London but I have some plans to travel as much as I can so at least there's that! There's always time for everything, right?

As I said in my last post, I'm one of those people who love a good old list (i even write them on paper lol). This year I'm gonna try to do a lot of new stuff, and change some of the things I always did, so here's another post about my purposes:

1. Healthy LIFESTYLE. I always said I wanted to get healthy because I wanted to lose weight, now what I want is to change my lifestyle. It's not about going on a diet, it's about being always healthy. Obviously, once you're in a good place with yourself, you can eat some junk food, but only from time to time. For me to be there, first I have to be healthy. I already joined a GYM and been eating healthy since the end of the celebrations (Monday). 

2. Re-decorate my bedroom. This year (hopefully) it's when my sister finally moves out, it's not that I don't love her (ofc) but the time has come. We've always shared a bedroom, so for me to have a room for myself it's gonna feel kind of weird. Having a room for myself only means one thing: DECORATION, oh boy I love a good home decor. I already planned some things, saw some inspiration on Pinterest (again) and made myself a couple of list of things I have to do and buy. 

3. Take care of myself. By taking care I don't only mean of my skin and, as I said before, my body, but I also mean going more to the doctors and dentists. I've always been scared of going to the dentist and that's paying off now. So this year (as weird as this may sound) I HAVE TO go. 

4. Travel, A LOT. Ok, maybe a lot will not be possible but hey, anything will do, to be honest. One of the visits I'm already planning in Amsterdam with some friends (hopefully some post will be done about it) but I'm thinking about some other visit, even if it's in my country. 

5. Get my car license & a car. I've been in my driving school for two years now, but I made a mistake, I joined the worst one in my town. This year I'm changing to another driving school and this time it's for good. I'm gonna get my car license, promise (to myself) and with that, I have to think about a car I want to buy 

6.. Save Money. Even though all of the things I said before costs some money, I also wanna start saving money. First, i'm gonna start saving money for the things in this lists with some DIY jars and saving pots and then, gonna just try to spend less and less by each month that passes.


I'm gonna end the list here, even though I know that if I keep thinking I'm gonna end with a lot more, but these are the important ones, for sure. 

Honestly, this year feels weird. It doesn't feel like purposes I make myself to make me feel better but like things, I'm actually willing to do. I'm excited to do everything and get to the path I want. 


Babes, take care and do more of what makes you happy.


Africa xx
January 11, 2018 No comentarios

I can't believe the year is almost ending. Even though this is my favourite time of the year I can't help but feel that time is flying by and I still haven't made half of the things I wanted to do this year.

This year has been the year of realizing a lot of stuff like who my friends actually are, what Io i want to do for the rest of my life (still not sure yet on that one), where I want to be... but still I have so many things to do and think about yet like how do I make my dreams possible. 

I am one of those girls that are obsessed with making lists about anything, so to make sure I have clear what do I want to accomplish by the end of this year (so little time) here's my little list for you to see:

1. Eat healthy/take care of myself. So this one is one I always have on my list and even though I have times where I'm doing it I never see to get it stay on me. I always end up messing it up. So by the end of the year, I want to be healthy (lose some weight) and take care of my skin and body. Pinterest is helping me with that because I have pinned a lot of different nice recipes and smoothies that I gonna 100% make soon. You can follow me and/or my little folders here.

2. Move to London. Ok, this one is difficult to make true, I know. I've been trying really hard to find a host family and move as an Aupair first with a friend (she's already there now...) but I don't have any luck with that and even though I'm going to keep trying and wish for the best (wish me luck babes). Anyway, even if I don't find a host family, at least I would like to find a job here and start saving money to then next summer move for sure.

3. Write more + Study more. You may not know this but I'm studying in an online University at the moment (it's my second year) but recently I have been feeling down and with no will to do ANYTHING, I was feeling really good and with a big amount of energy to do everything I want and have to do but they fade away and I don't know why. So writing this (I actually should be studying...) I'm trying to get my energy up again and write more and study more.


4. Read more. This may sound weird but I always loved a good book. Now, I feel like I've been leaving them because of my phone and laptop and I want to get back to them and the cosiness they give me. I will always love a good book with some music and a candle plus I have so many books to read! I recently bought the Richard Castle ones and I only read one of 4, I still have one or two John Green books to read as well and I also have a list of books I want to buy/read. So by the end of this year, I want to read the ones I already have so next year I will be able to buy new ones and read even more. 



So this has been some of the "serious things" but I also have some things I want to do this time of the year so I thought "why not share them as well?"


  • Learn some pumpkin related recipes.
  • Learn some festive recipes.
  • Write on my recipes notebook.
  • Go to Barcelona and take some nice autumnal pictures.
  • Learn some festive make-up (mostly eyeshadow) tutorials.
  • Save money but also start to buy Christmas gifts.
  • Watch more of my "movies to see" list.
  • DIY more.
  • Hang out with friends more.
  • Make/buy my "secret Santa" gift early.



Here are some of my lists, as you have seen I have so many lists is starting to get scary haha. What're some of the things you like to do this autumn/end of the year?
October 20, 2017 No comentarios
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