Denim is always in fashion but .. not the boring one! Ksenia Schnaider knows how to make it interesting and attractive! This time I made my look with the dress from her reworked denim line!
Rainbow denim dress mixed with my accessories looks great! #Love
Im wearing:
Ksenia Schnaider – dress
Balenciaga – shoes
Ruslan Baginskiy – hat
Lanvin – necklace
Kenzo – bag
answering Marianna Yermakova
1. Your brand is “made in…?”
In Paris – the heart of France! (in the heart of high jewelry)
2. Who is the designer of @Makovajewelry brand?
Well, I’m proud to say that it’s ME!
3. How many years your brand already exists?
I’m creating jewelry items for more than 4 years. I was making a lot of exclusive products for private clients according to individual sketches.
Not long time ago I did rebranding and now I’m working a little bit more on my own line but I still take individual orders. Many clients ask to redesign their jewelry and I do a full “recycling”. I create a new fashion thing from the old one.
4. How did the idea of such jewelry appear? Who or what was the inspirer of this style?
Before I had more classical style. I passed such schools as famous jewelry houses Cartier and Van Cleef& Arpels and it leaves a trail. But over time my style began to change and now I like something more innovative. I think the jewelry has to be more “for time” but not for lifetime and go hand in hand with fashion industry.
5. Which kind of fabric do you use for producing?
Gold, precious stones (brilliants, sapphires..) I like semiprecious stones (tourmalines, peridots, tsavorites, sitrines). Some of them have fabulous colors and it gives a possibility to do something interesting and brilliants always add brilliance and brightness to the jewelry item.
6. The most important facts that people should know about your brand?
First – it is a quality! These items are created by the best jewelers of Paris who also produced high jewelry pieces for big jewelry houses.
Second – I use only natural stones!
And third – my jewelry pieces are multifunctional. They are transformers. I working on now on two directions of my line : cocktail line (brooches-transformers for clutches) and the casino line (rings like chips-cubes (which are transformed in earrings) and cards). Probably it is an impact of life in Monaco.
7. Which result you’d prefer to achieve? – to see your product on almost every girl and be popular as much as Zara/H&M is or to be more niche brand?
Im moving towards the luxury niche brand which will be presented only in the top boutiques of Paris, London, New York, Tokyo.
8. Do you collaborate with bloggers?
Yes! With you 🙂 Actually I would like to cooperate more as now online is much more popular than print press / advertising! My jewelry pieces are often taken for shootings and celebrities (for example Victoria Silverstad) love to wear it. I also try to cooperate with people person, for example Chantal Thomas.
9. Which social networks are you using to promote your brand?
Instagram @makovajewelry, Facebook.
10. Your Instagram page is amazing! Do you have any special strategy in Instagram posting, some precise system?
Oooh spontaneity is not about me 🙂!
I am a very organized person and my husband often says that I don’t have enough spontaneity!
I went through many different Instagram profiles to understand how I want to manage @makovajewelry profile. So there is a system: I try to adhere to a beautiful visualization (vertical and horizontal photo) and alternate the subject photo of the jewelry items with the photos where the person wears it.
11. Do you use your Instagram as sales channel or only to show the product?!
For sure, it is a platform for image/ presentation. This is my catalogue, which always with me and everyone has it as well.
12. Who is the customer of your dream?
Not branded Self-made-woman… something like this..
A stylish, fashionable woman who does not pursue only brands and wants to wear something special and individual.
13. Where is possible to buy your pieces? (Offline and on-line stores or showrooms)
Now it is more about private sells but soon the line will be represented in the boutique of Paris, Cannes (to the Cannes Film Festival) and Monaco.
14. Do customers buy more online or offline?
Offline! Jewelry is emotions! Everyone wants to try and touch it. I buy online a lot but not a jewelry items.
15. How do you see your brands in 5 years?
5 years is already tomorrow))
I want my jewelry to be wanted. Wanted by boutiques and by clients. I want @Makovajewelry be represented in the biggest cities. I want it to be recognizable and I want people to wait for something new.
I really want and Im trying to make it done! But wait and see.
Last May, Lancôme introduced three new products from the Monsieur Big line: Monsieur Big Volume Mascara, Monsieur Big Marker eyeliner and Monsieur Big Brow eyebrow pencil.
But I decided to write about them in September just at the beginning of fashion weeks and stylish fashion events! This set is just made for fall-winter 2017 make-up! Black eyeliner, thick black eyelashes are the features of a dramatic make-up this season.
I’ll start with Monsieur Big Volume Mascara. I liked this mascara a lot! It makes my eye makeup easier and give me a possibility to do it more often! Everything that Lancôme promises in theory turned out to be true in practice! Instant volume, length, separated and fully colored eyelashes plus a beautiful black shade. I really love the natural make-up and it’s very nice when someone looks at your eyes and asks “Do you color your eyelashes or it is their natural beauty?! #Love
Now let’s move on to the second product and it’s the Monsieur Big Marker eye-liner pen.
I really love eye flicks but my hand could not always make them perfect with a brush so I did it with the help of the Monsieur Big Marker eye-liner! The width of the flicks can be controlled and the shade does not melt off and smudge. I know that many people who are used to use brush-eyeliner do not feel comfortable with the marker eyeliner. But I’m almost sure that you will change your mind if you try it couple of times.
But with the pencil for the eyebrow I had to work a little to understand how to apply it correctly. It is wide so it is not possible to fill the space between the hairs gently but on the other side there is a brush that makes an ideal feathering! So everything depends on your skill and Lancôme guarantees a stubborn.
The summer ended only yesterday but already today I’m watching the shows for summer 2018! Fashion weeks season just started! And I already choose my new favorite dress!
Aylin Grushovenko had her show just few days ago at MBKFD. It was her first show and she did it great! So from now I’ll dream about my next summer wearing this new pink silk dress! #Love
I’m wearing:
Aylin Grushovenko – dress
Loro Piana – bag
Ruslan Baginskiy – hat
Valentino – sneakers
Today I will introduce you to natural cosmetics brand “2211 cosmetics”!
The first thing that will catch your eyes is packing! Metal tubes of pastel colors on which you can find complete information about the product. And how photogenic are they! :), even when you start to use them!
Today this brand has only 6 products but new ones appearing with a certain periodicity! Organics cosmetics do not tolerate speed in creating but each product turns out to be special and “working”!
Purifying Facial Cream Cleanser 2 in 1 | Dandelion root & White clay is the first product I tried! Not foaming, very mild cleansing cream which can simply be rinsed off with water or left for 10 minutes on the face as a mask. After use my skin is never dry! It’s perfect to use in the morning and in the evening.
Detox Serum Antioxidant Gene Sir 1 activator – is the next step of after cleansing cream mask. It has so pleasant natural odor which reminds me something from my childhood .. just need to remember what exactly :)) Light in texture, quick in absorbing, does not leave a greasy sheen – in summer it is simply irreplaceable. Suitable for daily use in the morning and evening!
Since my skin reacts so fast to any cosmetics I can make a conclusion about it just after few weeks and evaluate the result. These two products are ideal to unload your skin and allow it to relax from all creams, tonics and masks! Organic detox ❤️
Hair and body oil | Peonies & Bergamot
This is an unusual product so I really wanted to understand it! Although the tube says “oil”, but it looks more like a cream and the sensations are something in between oil and cream 🙂
The composition here is even pleasant to read: water, shea butter, jojoba, coconut; Peony and bergamot extract; Interdum triticum.
Apply it to dry hair and then rinse it with a lukewarm water. On the hair you can leave it from 5 minutes to 10 hours (overnight). I tried the second option and left it for whole night. Conclusion: nourishes and moisturizes perfectly!
Also this oil can be used for the body only the size of the tube is not the most suitable, so I will wait for the packaging in large volumes!
I am glad that all these products are organic, natural cosmetics that have not been tested on animals, have pleasant smells and bring results!
