25/01/2012

Wednesday Envy: Mint Magic

Following on from my obsession of springs pastel hues, my favourite outfit of the week is Jessica's dreamy mint ensemble. 


I used to wear a lot of  all black outfits (out of pure laziness and being rushed to get ready) but this is a great example of how to get away with wearing an outfit of one colour. The slight tonal differences give it enough variation and the black adds a nice bit of contrast. I would maybe feel a bit cold wearing this at the moment (considering most of last week was minus something) but i'm definitely bookmarking this look for summer!





24/01/2012

National peanut butter day

In honour of peanut butter day I thought I would post a recipe I tried around christmas time that went down a treat!
I personally love peanut butter and chocolate (especially Nutella and peanut butter) and Reeses Peanut Butter Cups are a firm favourite. 
As they are quite difficult to find here I decided to make my own. 

I got the recipe from here but also found a UK friendly conversion here.
I would of taken pictures myself but it does tend to get really messy and I think I would of got more on my camera then in the cases. 


They taste exactly like the original Reeses cups and they didn't last long so I will assume they were awesome!
Unfortunately the one time I don't have peanut butter in the house would be on national peanut butter day (but to be honest who needs an excuse to eat peanut butter?)

22/01/2012

Trends: S/S 12 - Pastel



I feel already this may be my favourite trend for summer this year. I love the sugary shades of lemon and lilac and even though it's technically still winter just looking at these shades makes it feel like it could already be summer (until you look out the window).
Louis Vuitton's S/S12 show looked stunning with models (including Kate Moss) displaying a confectionary of sugary shades on a carousel no less!


There are some gorgeous pastel pieces already appearing on the high street. I was going to do a round up of my favourites until I found far too many that I wanted to share with you but then ran out of time to actually upload them (so this week may be an influx of pastel focused posts).


I'm glad these shades are back for summer though as I have a spring wedding and I bought a lemon Warehouse dress last year which I now know will be bang on trend. :) 
Just call me mystic meg (or maybe i'm just obsessed with yellow?)

19/01/2012

Review: Dresses

I got a bit carried away recently and bought a load of dresses in a particular style. I can't explain why but at the moment I really love skirts or dresses with a drape front skirt but I have found it almost impossible to find one to suit me.



I originally bought these two from inlovewithfashion.com. 

I've seen them featured and look amazing on other fashion bloggers and liked the style and colours they were available in, it was almost too difficult to choose one (or two). I'd also previously bought a wine coloured dress from their range which I talked about here (that I am still absolutely in love with) so had no qualm ordering with them online.
And though they are beautiful, they were incredibly short, so much so if I were to move even a whisper you would see more than you would at Stringfellows.
So I then tried a similar version from Topshop, which fit amazingly but I had the same problem, far too short (and also turned me into a ball of friction, literally any time I touched anything I would get a massive electric shock).
I'd almost given up on finding anything in this style until I was perusing the ASOS Sale and found this number which was reduced to half price. But yet again. Same problem (also the material looked really cheap and shiny)


Maybe its just me? I'm 5'6 so i'm not short but probably shorter than any of the models or some of the bloggers that have worn it and none of them look like they're in danger of a 'oh nice underwear by the way' moment. so I either have too big a bum, making it look shorter or I have become a prude?

Either way the hunt continues. Any recommendations welcomed. 

16/01/2012

Pretty Purchase: Shoes!



I got these back in December and wasn't a hundred percent sure I was going to wear them as I wasn't completely sold by the block heel but they actually look really nice on and are mega comfortable.

They're from Forever21.co.uk and cost me about £16 which I think is a complete bargain as they look way more expensive than that (well I think so anyway). They are a deep berry purple in (faux) suede which is literally my favourite colour at the moment, so much so I have a blazer (from Forever 21) and small satchel in a matching colour.

Just wish I could find more occasions to wear them as there just a tad (way too) high for me to drive in or wear everyday.

13/01/2012

Photo Friday: New york


Promise no more pictures from New York (though I took thousands).

I can't believe how long ago it feels since we went. Actually can't believe how quickly the month of December came and went and how we're now firmly in January. 
I'm quite excited though as a week friday i'm off to Paris for a couple of days (a late birthday present) so even more opportunity to take zillions of pictures and hopefully buy loads of vintage wear which I don't need or have the space for but whatever, it's unique (little justification to myself).

So for now farewell lady liberty hopefully it won't be too long before i'm back again….

08/01/2012

Beauty: Remove Glitter nail polish

This is such a good idea. I don't know why I've never seen this before. 
I always ruin my nails after wearing Glitter nail polish because as it flakes off, it seems to take a fair amount of my nail with it leaving them rather chipped and un even.
This video shows you how to take your nail polish off without damaging your nails which means I now can wear glitter nail polish all the time. Well as often as I want. :)

06/01/2012

Photo Friday - More New York




Here's a few more pictures from my recent trip to New York where we visited Radio city to watch the Rockettes.  I've seen the Rockettes mentioned in movies and on TV and the show always looked spectacular and this year we finally got to go watch them in action.


Radio City is amazing and perfectly retro (which suits me to a tee). It reminds me of some vintage cinema with its neon lights and Art Deco interior.
The show itself consisted of 32 female dancers who pretty much dance non stop through an hour and a half of festive themed songs.


This year was the first year to introduce 3D elements and I would say overall they worked pretty well.
For me though my favourite bit besides the awesome dancing would be the costumes.


If you happen to live or visit New York around Christmas I would definitely recommend going to Radio City to get you in the festive mood.