Marble nails

No water required just a blunt pencil and a couple of nail polishes that look good together:

I just found this on the beauty lab blog, unfortunately its in Dutch so I watched the video and thought I could give it a go ...

Here are the results ...

For my first attempt and trying many colours, I don't think it went too badly

Suggestions and comments welcome <3

Love Love Love these Jeans

http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/170868?cm_mmc=ProductSearch-_-UK-_-Jeans-_-Renell

I have to say I am in complete and utter love with these jeans by Isabel Marant, I have seen them on so many blogs and now found that I can buy them on net-a-porter, however, I really cannot afford them :(

These!!! :

But they are £395 

So I'm looking for alternatives to arise within the market and I'm keeping my fingers crossed so far I've found a couple taking on the jean patterns:

#1 River Island £40

Asos: Karen Millen £105

Topshop Moto £50:

Definitely some alternatives out there, but not quite the same as the Isabel Marant beauties <3

Ciate nail polishes

After receiving the two pots that I won on a facebook competition. I have to say I am pretty pleased with the colours. I was given plastic fantastic 016 and ghetto black 017. Plastic fantastic is not as bright as it seems so is much more of a fuchsia pink than hot pink! Ghetto black comes out nicely and not too  thin as far as black polishes go. I might try this out as a leopard print design, check below. They paint very smoothly onto the nail and dont come out watery or patchy even though a couple of layers is still needed. The bottles are beautifully designed and a good size :) Any more suggestions on patterns I could do?

Here they are:

Excuse my terrible painting :S

My attempt at leopard:

and finally : 

Please comment below with any other suggestions for designs :)

Barry M and Nails inc LFW

After leaving a comment on my other blog : tiatheicecreamaddict.blogspot.com about my new Barry M polishes (which I love!!) I found a blog post by Nails Inc and discovered that they have two very similar colours which have been picked up during LFW S/S '12 collections.

The Barry M Peach Melba and Berry Ice-Cream :

Nails Inc Wellington Square and Bruton Street:

Coincidence ? I'm even happy with my purchases!

'Phillip Lim stood out from the crowd delivering a show that was drawn from his childhood of flying kits, subtle and classy it reminded us of cult classics like Klein and Lang. Get ahead of the trend with soft peach Nails inc shadeWellington Square and lilac on trend polish Bruton Street. The look is not girly it's cool and minimalist so tone in with white.' 

London Fashion Week #3

Cooperative Designs - Annalisa Dunn & Dorothee Hagemann

Trademark piece: “For SS11, it would have to be our Black & White Cropped Zebra Jumper.  We specialise in graphic knits, oversized modern shapes and textural yarns. This piece has everything.”

• Annalisa - London Brighton Uni then onto CSM for her MA
• Dorothee - Germany FHTW, Berlin then onto CSM for her MA

This collection looks fantastic and actually wearable! Some the knitwear with its brilliant bold stripes is really striking (and comfy looking!!) Having already got stockists in ASOS, I'm sure this collection will be flying off the shelves for S/S '12. Their accessorising is so perfect to fall right into the fashion forward and innovators market trend. The bright pop cable knits are so versatile and could also be carried on into the following seasons. The look is fresh but yet stays true to the brand and is so original. I love it! 

I want to get me some of that!!

London Fashion Week #2

Erdem - Erdem Moralioglu

“Color, optimism and oddities.”

• Montreal Canada
• Royal College of Art

I am completely in love with the gorgeous silhouettes that Erdem has been able to achieve, with the typical 1950's shapes. The blue floral print that is used throughout the whole S/S '12 is so pretty and it can compliment any sort of skin tone. With hints of coral running through the print it also keeps it fresh and alive allowing for different accessories. The normal mary-janes have had an update in a sand and cream colour to keep it bright for the summer. 

I <3 all of these shoes, 

not being a massive fan of peep toes, these look fantastic!

London Fashion Week #1

Mary Katrantzou

“A hyperrealist aesthetic, bold graphics and industrial jewellery."

• Greek origin
• BA and MA at CSM London

I can certainly say that I agree with how her designs are described. When looking through her S/S '12 collection its a fabulous selection of brights. The prints on the soft silk fabrics fall and drape corressing the bodies shape. It is such a hit with the essential summer colours. The prints are all original with lovely pop colour flowers, which were also used along the sides of the catwalk show to emphasise on the spring summer theme. The long drapes gave a really feminine feel to the dresses and stopped them from looking boxy or too clean cut giving them an edge across all of the designs. 

Gorgeous <3

First Post

This is the new sister blog that will be exclusively about fashion!!

-Make-up
-Fashion Weeks
-Look Books

and much more!! ...

Tia

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