I was born and raised in Thessaloniki where I still live and share my life with an exceptional man, my husband Alexandros and our little star Stella. I believe that style is a way of life and it should not be anything less. Style is not expensive  but smart and beauty is not the eye shadow or lipstick but something beyond all that. I don't like to follow the trends, but I loyally follow what makes you beautiful or gives you grace.  For years now, very honestly, I share through the press of Thessaloniki and my blog www.mariapagonaki.com, my technique, my work and the best that's out there.To chart this course, I have to say that I have been chosen by luck. But I chose hard work, in order to turn my hobby into a profession. I have never regretted it! I write articles for many years now! I like to share my experience, not my secrets, as many tell me, because I don't like "secrets". Everything out in the open and believe me that the thing that makes all the difference is the "hand"... Anything I write about, is  exclusively object of personal experience, does not aspire to any commercial exploitation and I personally do not benefit from it. Because I  like elegance and I live with it every minute of my life, I tell and spread the word around about what can make us feel beautifully.The right makeup, for me, is the one that looks simple but is not naïve. The one that you can not really tell what has been done, like magic!! I appreciate people with personality, authentic style and sagacity.That which characterizes me are the particular principals I have towards consistency, honesty and order, in all aspects...

 Jazz music takes me away and if I have with me the people I love and a sushi platter, I ....surrender!!!!