Good morning and Happy Monday! Today my favorite French Californian is here to tell you more about the relaunch of her amazing blog, Ma Nouvelle Mode! Take it away, Natalia…

Hello Oaxacaborn readers!

Can I tell you how happy I am to be here today?  Super happy.  I met Gina somehow through this crazy blogger world and I cannot even begin to describe what a blessing she has been to me.  I know that might sound crazy, seeing as though we have never met in real life and all, but sometimes you can find your kindred spirit even though oceans away!

So you might be wondering who I am and why I am here.  Well my name is Natalia and I blog over at Ma Nouvelle Mode with my friend Christie.  I live in France (yes, the country) and Christie is in Southern California and we come together to blog about beauty, fashion, travel, and more.  Don’t you love the internet?  This week over at our place, we are re-launching our blog with a new design, move to WordPress (from blogger), and we are making a big deal about it!  So if you don’t mind, I am gonna take a few minutes to tell you a bit about our blog!

Our mission at Ma Nouvelle Mode is to encourage, motivate and inspire women of all walks of life to discover {or rediscover} their own fabulous panache.  We want to see women build the confidence to embrace who they are through the modes of fashion, beauty, home décor, travel and other creative passions.  Here we are building a community of supportive women who cheer each other on throughout it all.

How do we work our magic?  With fashion we share ideas of how to shop your closet, build a wardrobe on a limited budget, and find new ways to style old items.  We like to have photo shoots featuring different styles and eras so there is something for everyone.  In the beauty department we have a plethora of tutorials from smoky eyes to red lips to help our readers gain the confidence to be able to create these looks themselves.  We love sharing do-it-yourself techniques for the home to inspire to create a space that fits the style and feel of our readers.  We both have traveled quite a bit, with and without our kids and we love to share our stories and photos.  We also include plenty of recipes for the culinary inclined.

We hope you are able to stop by and say hi, we truly love meeting new people in this wonderful world of blogging!  Thank you for reading and thank you Gina for letting us stop by!

- Natalia & Christie