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French Friday ~ “Forever Chic” (Chapter 5)

June 13, 2014 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

  Chapter Five Le Régime  The Art of Eating Well Ask most anyone what aspect of the stereotypical “French woman” is most envied and I would wager the #1 response is the ability to stay slim despite all that delicious French food and wine. Or is that just me? Non, I’m sure it’s not.  In…

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French Friday ~”Forever Chic” (chapter three)

January 18, 2014 By Deanna Piercy 1 Comment

Chapter Three Le Maquillage More Than Ever, Less Is More The overall goal for the Frenchwoman is to appear natural. Hair, skin, style, makeup…a lot of effort may go into achieving it but the goal is a natural, effortless appearance. Tish Jett discusses makeup (maquillage) in Chapter Three, breaking it down into the following categories:…

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French Friday ~ “Forever Chic” (chapter two)

January 4, 2014 By Deanna Piercy 8 Comments

I am finally getting around to reviewing chapter Chapter Two of “Forever Chic”. Chapter One was way back in October! Well, better late than never, right? Chapter Two  More Than Skin Deep A Celebration of La Toilette Française In this rather lengthy chapter, the author details the methods and various products used by French woman…

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French Friday ~ “Forever Chic” (Chapter One)

October 25, 2013 By Deanna Piercy 4 Comments

Today is the first “meeting” of the French Chic book club. We are reading Tish Jett’s new book, “Forever Chic: Frenchwomen’s Secrets for Timeless Beauty, Style and Substance”.     Tish Jett moved to France “for two years” for her job and more than 25 years later, she’s still there. “Forever Chic” is dedicated to…

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French Friday – Book Club

October 18, 2013 By Deanna Piercy 1 Comment

Forever Chic by Tish Jett The French Chic group I belong to decided it would be fun to do an online book club. As we were discussing which book to read first one of our members humbly mentioned that she had a book coming out. Parfait! Several of us pre-ordered and it began shipping this…

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French Friday…Parlez-Vous Français?

August 14, 2010 By Deanna Piercy 2 Comments

For as long as I can remember I have loved the sound of the French language.  Because of that, and because I’ve long nurtured a dream of going to Paris, I ignored everyone who told me to take Spanish (I grew up in Southern California so that would seem to be a reasonable suggestion) and…

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French Friday

June 26, 2010 By Deanna Piercy 3 Comments

  “When I was growing up in the suburbs of Paris in the 60s and trying to figure out who I wanted to be, the essence of what it was to be a French woman seemed both obvious and elusive.  It was not something you could buy via the right pair of shoes or pants…

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