Transition ss13 to aw13

Ok so, I always think this time of year is tricky. Trends are becoming last season, and the new collections are beginning to emerge. No one wants to look last season! 

The problem arises from wanting to look bang on trend in the new collections, but it's still summer and to wear black, leather and layers is well... just too much! We want to make the most of summer (and our tan). So I thought I'd do a post on how to combine spring summer styles with fall winter styles. I styled my beautiful sister to demonstrate!

Keep the styling simple. Denim was a massive part of ss13 and is constantly growing in momentum for aw13. Ok, I guarantee it won't be light and bleached, but while the sun is still shinning, the denim is still light! 

Now by pairing this with a thin knit jumper, you are straight away combining trends. Especially this little example with patched elbows.

Now add a pair of tights for "chillier" days or get the tanned pins out. Heather (My sister) did both! No outfits complete without some chunky boots, brogues or caged sandals, whatever your style is. My sister loves the whole vintage feel, so brogues worked great and matched her vintage shoulder pull string satchel.

Have fun mix matching the new and old trends, but keep it simple and you will definitely pull it off. If you want an edgier feel, just add hats, chunky jewellery, layered bracelets and rings. Fashion is all about interpretation... so get experimenting. 

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It's a walk in the park

A lazy sunny Sunday afternoon... perfect for a walk in the gardens.

Baggy crop top: Topshop £10

Skater Skirt: Tammy £12

Leather Jacket: Topshop £55

Necklace: Primark £3

This is my favourite casual outfit. It's a pretty standard look, but dressed with the right accessories can look quite cool and edgy. As you can see, my lil skater skirt is from Tammy. Yes the little girl's shop... the one we all LOVED as children, but when I took my cousin in there, I saw this for £12 and was an absolute bargain considering everywhere else I'd seen it was at least £20.  

Gold cross ring: River Island £3
Cross midi ring: Adirning Ava £3
Chain rings: River Island £3
Black plait bracelets: Primark £2.50

My bargain necklace for £3 from primarni! Sometimes it
pays to shop around, as Topshop, french connection and Oasis
were selling very similar chains.

My well loved converse, paired with my pink frilly socks. I love this combination and will be sad when I won't get to wear them as much in winter. For an edgier look, wear your frilly socks with boots and chunky sandals. I know its the fashion faux wearing socks and sandals, but in this instance it's a fashion must. 

I'm still wearing my purple beaded dolphin anklet. I'm used to wearing that much now, I feel naked without it. 


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Safari Style

Style diaries 4:

While I was in Kenya, I went on an adventure. It was a 5 day drive into the Massai Mara national park, on bumpy dirt tracks, no toilets and a desert like heat. Luckily for us, we took a propeller plane, which was only a cheeky 2 hour flight straight past mount Kilimanjaro! WOW!

Mount Kili from the plane. 

Anyway, the massai village lodge was my home for the next couple of days and as you can imagine... there wasn't exactly a wardrobe, well for that matter, there wasn't even electric at some points of the day! But I improvised and all was good.

Our little house in the country (without eleccy)

I went all out with my outfit choices. Just because I was on a safari in the middle of what looks like the Lion King set doesn't mean I had to look like a carcass. If there was any a time to wear animal prints, large rimmed tribys and camouflage accessories... this was it! 

Rhino Top: River Island £7

Shorts: All saints £45

Bracelets: Primark £2.50

Aviators: Primark £1.50

This was 7am and it was FREEZING hence the shirt buttoned up.

Shirt: H&M £7.99

Hareem pants: Topshop £32

Converse: £45

Frilly Socks: Topshop 3 for £8

Converse and frilly socks are my saviour! 

As I mentioned in my other blogs, I wore my hair in a loose braid or a messy bun. It worked a treat with the wind and heat and even better, it was quick and easy to do at 4am in the morning with no eleccy and only my little torch on my iphone as light. Hardcore!

Loose Hunger games style braid

!!!!Bun Mania!!!!

Keep tuned for my next blogs on my style choices during my evening stay at the Massai village and the adventures we got up to. 

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New Goodies

Hi, Just a quick post...

I've been on a little shopping spree today to top up my makeup essentials, as they're running low. I usually use a collection of Estee Lauder, YSL, and MAC. But as I'm not exactly a millionaire after my recent extravagant travels, soooo I thought I would test and review some other cheaper products and give you the low down!

New Goodies

Blusher: Max Factor, colour 223 natural glow. aka Rose pink! £5.99

Transluscent eyebrow highlighte: Rimmel, colour 100 glam ice. aka white £3.99

Bronzer: seventeen, colour light bronze £4.99

Concealer: 17, colour medium dark. £3.99

Eye brow pencil: Maybeline, colour soft brown. £2.99

After spending a good hour testing different brands, colours and prices in boots, I came out with these products. I'm gonna give them a try over the next week and see how they measure up. 

Follow me to hear the next instalment next week about the quality of these products, how they look and how they cpmpare to my other expensive brands I normally use!

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These are a few of my favourites things....

No matter how many new pieces of clothing we try or how much we experiment with the current trends, we all have those few key pieces we cannot live without. When it comes to my outfits, I absolutely love love love my black suede gladiator style sandals. They are quite old now and were really cheap from Primark, but they're so comfy and I always get complimented on them. If truth be told, they belong in the trash. I actually bought a new pair from River Island, which are gorgeous, but I still wear my old ones and can't bring myself to get rid!

My hair might be long and thick, but it's straight as straw and sticks flat to my head. I've back combed it for years to try and get a bit of volume, which actually turned my hair to straw... until I found my salt spray, my hair's best friend. I don't go anywhere without it and is a quick fix for flat, dull hair!

L'Oreal salt spray: £4.00 from Boots

I'm a bit of a make up fiend and even on holiday, around the pool, I still wear it. But my life saver for the summer seasons is a tinted moisturizer. I literally take it everywhere with me. It's just enough to bring you back from the dead. It's also waterproof and contains spf, so no danger of patchy, sunburnt skin... which is never a good look, even if you look like Cara Delevigne. I use MAC tinted moisturizer, but if you don't want to spend that much, there are cheaper alternatives, which I have tried in the past, which work well too. The MAC studio moisturiser tint is £21, but I go to a makeup outlet and get it for £13 - bargain!!!!  Or you can go online to get these quality products. Try some of these:

http://www.lovecosmetics.com/index.php

http://www.thecosmetichouse.co.uk/

    

Here's the Low Down...

Urban Decay: £12

Clinique: £22

Rimmel: £6.99

Nivea: £9.99

No7: £9

After trying these tinted moisturizers, my fav (apart from MAC) was the urban decay. It's not badly priced and left my skin looking natural, but even and smooth, hiding all blemishes.

I don't have a bad word to say about Clinique. This product actually won best tinted moisturizer of the year, but isn't compatible with a budget. If you want to pay a little more... go for this!

Rimmel's moisturizer worked ok. It was thin and light, but I found it didn't cover any blemishes and went patchy quite quickly.

Like all Nivea products, this was no different. It was quite thick and felt lovely on my skin. It definitely held the moisturizing part of the deal, but as a tinted moisturizer? No. I felt it made my skin a little bit greasy looking.

Annnnnd in last place is No7. The consistency was thin and translucent and when applied to the skin, went very shiny and wet looking.

Of course everyone has different skin and what works for me, may not necessarily work for you. The reason I use MAC is that I find it works well with my skin... it doesn't clog, goes on matte and best of all leaves my skin feeling soft. 

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Just another day in Paradise

Diary Entry 2:

 

The first day in Kenya, it was hot and humid! And I mean HOT!!! So with that in mind, I wanted something loose and pretty. I kept it quite simple with a baggy cami and swing skater, with my fav haviannas flip flops.

 

 

CAMI: H&M £3.99

SKIRT: Zara £19.99

BAG: Ralph Lauren (TKMAXX) £25.99

SUNNIES: Primark £2.50

 

 



    Haviannas: Selfridges £20.00         Messy Knots and Buns

 

 

I tied my hair into a loose knot on top of my head to keep it out of my face and to help with the tanning process of course. This is a really quick and easy way to do your hair - the messier, the better!

 

 

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