Boxing Day Blooms

Dress - 'Madam Butterfly' - Gorgeously named Bullring Boutique
Shoes - Debenhams (Sale 2 years ago)
Bag - EBAY
Jewellery - Sparkly Christmas prezzies <3
Nails - Chanel 'Corramandel'
Lippy - MUA

Hello my beauties. Happy Christmas! The last couple of days have been a haze of eating too much, drinking too much and generally anything that ends in 'too much'. I very much feel like an overstuffed Christmas Turkey - Waddling is so in Vogue, no? For the annual Boxing Day outing I stuck to what I know best - Short, Floral and with a slash of red lippe. The dress is curtesy of my lovely little sister -apparently she aw it and immediately declared it a 'Sarah Dress' my she knows me well! Show me anything with an olde worle pattern and a little bit of lace and I'm putty in your hands. Think I went a little Doll house chic with my patent shoes and matchy nails. Ah well - Indulge me - It is Christmas afterall!

Todays plans include a Winter Walk with the gorgeous boyfriend and new camera - match made in heaven (I hope). Then a festive 'Blitz' of my room. Lots of selling coming up as I attempt to tackle the wardrobe of doom once and for all.

I hope you've all had a beautifl time and are fat and happy as cats right now.

Oh and yes, I cut my fringe. Two minutes before going out - with my sister in the bathroom. Thankfully it worked ;)
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What I wore Wednesday - 21/09/11

Hi my loves, hope you're all well! Finally Wednesday so the weekend is half way here - thank the lord?! Today I've been getting back into the swing of working and whilst I've had a great time my brain has now degenerated into a pile of sleepy mush (yeah even more mushy than normal - shocking huh?!) 

I've got a cool little OOTD for you today that I wore sometime last week (saturday I think but uh... mushy brain syndrome) to see my best friend for a good old catch up. A lovely night was had and it was the perfect opp to try out my new favourite hairstyle...

1. Dress - H&M basic piece that I've worn 999 times in about 3 weeks

2. Tights - Primark absolute bargain £2.99

3. Headband - Actually a vintage Scarf (oh my creativismn knows no bounds... or my power at making up words)

4. Mary Jane shoes - New look about 100 years ago
5. Lipstick - Maxfactor Lipstain in '5' (can't remember the colour)

6. Earrings - Vintage

7. Nails - Chanel 'Corramandel'

Oh and for my regulars just a little note ;) I'm not pregnant or post boob-job I've just invested in the most wonderful padded bra from Primark. Currently walking into a room 10 minutes ahead of myself for the first time in my life and absolutely LOVING it ;)

 

OOTD 'A retro way of life'

Hello beauties I hope this post finds you well. Morbid Monday is almost over (rejoice rejoice) 

 

Today I have for you an OOTD that is a little bit pin-up a little bit kitsch a little rock n roll and that was a whole lot of fun to rock (like seriously - I now think I'm actualllly addicted to my patterned tights)  

Here we are, please ignore any strange posing I think I've been watching too much ANTM:

What I wore -
Black sheeth dress seen previously here - New Look
Tights (addictedaddictedaddicted) - New Look
Peep Toes - Curtesy of my sister
Nails - Chanel
Bracelet - ASOS
Necklace - ASOS
Crazy posing - TYRAAAAA 

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Steal her Style - Gwen Stefani!

Today’s  ‘Steal her style’ comes curtesy of a gorgeous casual Gwen Stefani look that I stumbled across last week and couldn’t ignore. With her effortless glamour Gwen Stefani is one of my ultimate style icons - she manages to be both original and classic at the same time and mixes high-end glamour with casual chic like no other. 

Here she is in LA looking fabulous as always: 

Completely obsessed with her chic baggy jeans especially the distressed effect and also her gorgeous shoes!

And so here, my lovelies is how you can get her look without being a 'Rich Girl':

Classic basic White Tank

Next £4.50

Gorgeous Distressed 'Boyfriend' jeans 

ASOS £35.00

Rock chic style Waist-coat 

ASOS £13.00

Stunning heels - Which I seriously want myself
Topshop £55.00

Funky belt
ASOS £6.00

Gorgeous Cross- Body bag 

New Look £10.99

And to top it all of these glamourous sunglasses
New Look £4.99

Also today I'm lucky enough to be able to bring you the perfect finishing touch to this outfit post - A way to achieve Gwen's stunning make-up look. I'm able to add this thanks to the gorgeous Chyaz Samuel who is the go to girl for amazing make-up tutorials. If you visit her You-tube profile here  you can feast your eyes on a massive range of videos that she's created to give her viewers the opportunity to recreate their favourite make-up looks - trust me when I say they're some of the best I've seen!

So here we are if you want the chance to top of your Gwen Stefani style with her glamorous make-up look click here : 

Gwen Tutorial - Chyaz Samuel

The look Chyaz can help you achieve!

Massive  thank you to the lovely Chyaz and I hope you enjoy your Gwen style!
I really wanted to add "I have No Doubt you will" but I refrained ... Kind of...

Red Lips

As we head into Winter one of my favourite things to dig out is my bright red Lipstick- I'm obsessed with the stuff, I think it adds such an edge to an outfit and brightens up a face.

Here's a couple of my favourite Red Lipsticks :

Rimmel London - Indulgence 004

And of course

Chanel - Rough Allure 

And here's me with my red lips :)

Also here's a great tutorial on how to apply lipstick

What about you fellow bloggers? Red lips - Hot or not?