New styles, New hair, New lifes........

Well Christmas is now officially over everyone and of course I hope every single one of you lovelies had a great Christmas? did you all get what you wanted? stuff yourself silly and realise that your bank account has suddenly become really small? Yeah me too....but overall it was a lovely Christmas. Such an excellent family time I think. Well now that Christmas is over, I know it's time to get back to business for a few of us. I am still of college for a little while but I have now decided to start work on presentation boards, design sourcebooks etc, and yes that is how I spent my boxing day, with tons and tons of work, so no I never got to go to the boxing day sales this year :( Made me extremely sad. However while I catch up with my work that I had been procrastinating on, I realised that when it hit Christmas eve it has been exactly a year since I had to cut all of my hair off. Long story short, I used to dye my hair to much and then when I went to get it fixed a certain hairdresser bleached my hair even more and my hair was completely destroyed. Like beyond repair!. To all the girls out there you will know just how much our hair means to us. But I did grow to love my short hair and even kept it that way for a little while, when the new year came around I felt like a new person and had started a brand new chapter of my life. The year before had never actually been that great, and I felt like my life was in need of a change. i just had to go in a new direction. In a way, you could say I felt as though a weight had been lifted off of my shoulders. Well I have grown so accustomed to my short hair that I don't know if I want to continue growing it long or cut it again? Such a tough, tough decision. Which is why I have decided to call on all you guys to help me with my decision. What do you think I should do?
                                                               Natural Hair (Long time ago!)

Current Hair 

Long/Short style

Pixie Cut

Short bob and Black/blue

Long red with sidefringe

So what do you think I should do guys? 

                               

It's the most wonderful time of the year....

Yes Christmas time is almost upon us! after just 2 more sleeps one of my favourite times of the years will arrive and pass in the blink of an eye! but I must not get too ahead of myself right now because right now it is at that time of the year where I am staring at all the stacked up presents that I have bought for my family that are nowhere near wrapped or even sorted at all!. Now usually I would be wrapping all my presents on Christmas eve, however this year I am a little booked to even have the time to wrap my presents this year tomorrow night. So right now I am sitting in my room with a cup of hot chocolate ( a necessity for this time if year!) as I wrap my christmas presents with the Santa Clause films on in the background to get me a little more into the festive spirit. Like most of you guys, this time of the year is exceptionally hectic and I feel as though there is a lot I have not done. Don't you just hate that feeling? especially at Christmas time! I must admit though that this Christmas eve shall be rather exciting and eventful. First I shall be doing some last minute shopping, then off to see the Hobbit with the family and then I'm getting my party shoes and frock on and heading out for a night on the town with some of the best girls that I know!. Yes, I feel as though this Christmas season shall be a good one!. I hope the rest of you lovely, wonderful people are having a good time during this wonderful holiday season and I truly hope each and everyone of you will have a merry Christmas!. As for now I am off to go wrap the rest of my presents. That is if the Santa Clause films don't distract me first!. Actually, I'll end this blog post with a questions for you guys. What's your favourite christmas film? and what are you up to this festive season?

Winter Fashion and trends

Baby it's cold outside.....and it feels as though this winter is just about to get even colder meaning that we all might have to wrap up a lot more than we already are which can sometimes leave you feeling bulky and over dressed. However, I personally love the winter season and winter fashion certainly makes me feel all warm and fuzzy, literally and metaphorically. So if you feel as though the winter season can make you inner fashionista, here are some winter fashion trends that might help you feel less bulky and more fashionable.

Casual Blazers

 Casual blazers are tailored to fit your shoulders and waist and won't leave you feeling to bulky. In fact, a blazer can sometimes feel more comfortable than a huge oversized coat.

Skinny Jeans
Skinny jeans are known as the "Perfect staple" for any wardrobe during the winter. You can team a pair of yours with an over sized think knit jumper for warmth and style.

Over sized Scarves. 
Yes, Yes. I know I said these are trends that are supposed to feel like you aren't dressed so bulky. But come on, who can resist an over sized scarf? They always look so great and not to mention, they keep you so toasty warm.

Large Comfy Sweaters 
Personally, Large comfy sweaters are my favorite staple winter wardrobe piece. Like I mentioned above they can be teamed with an ever flattering pair of skinny jeans. But the best part about a large comfy sweater? is that they are warm enough so you don't have to wear a large coat at all and not to mention they are just super stylish.

Topshop unveil first ever Christmas Advert with Kate Bosworth

One of my favourite British High street stores, Topshop, has officially unveiled their first ever Christmas campaign advert featuring American Actress Kate Bosworth, who I think is a huge fashion icon right now!.
The short film entitled "Winter Wonderland" sees the stunning actress wear a customer made Topshop evening dress, that Kate herself helped design in a co - partnership, as she stands on a grand piano in an old fashioned Jazz club as she sings her own version of the hit christmas song "Winter Wonderland", which will be available to download on itunes, Shazam and spotify.
It has also been said that Topshop are hoping to become the christmas number 1 this year and in true Topshop style, the fashion chain has been promoting this ad for various weeks now releasing teaser trailers without actually revealing who the face of christmas campaign was, but instead encouraging viewers and the public to try and guess using the hashtag on twitter #whosthatgirl.
Being a huge fan of Topshop, I am never left dissapointed and finally seeing the video for the first time sparked the christmas spirit in me. In particular I am a huge fan of the setting of the short film, it reminded me off an old classic movie and Kate Bosworth was like the old fashioned film actress playing the lead role. There's something about old classics that gets me everytime.
So has anyone else seen the "Winter Wonderland" short film yet? and if so what was your thoughts on it?

Hysteric Glamour

 

So just today, on my way home from College, I decided to pick up my latest issue of the Dazed and Confused magazine and like usual the issue is always filled with amazing fashion, images and I am always introduced to something or someone new. From the moment I saw this issue on the magazine stands, I think I knew I was going to fall in love, soley for the reason that I have an absolute fascination with Japanese fashion and culture. There is just something so magnificent and unique when it comes to their style, espiecally their youth culture. I must admit it, that once I graduate college it is one of the countries I want to travel to and learn more about.
After reading this issue I have been introduced to a new fashion brand that I have fallen head over heels for. What is the name of this brand you ask? Well, ladies and gents, the name is Hysteric Glamour. A brand founded by Nobuhiko Kitamura that is inspired by mixing fashion and culture together to create a new - wave spunk styled empire that is quite frankly, amazing!
The main themes of this brand are, comics, pop art, automobiles and neon designs mixed with the influences of famous faces such as Andy Warhol, Patti Smith, Debbie Harry and the Sex Pistols, gives of a sense of grunge styles mixed with the main influence from music.
Mixing fashion with culture, espiecally music, is a smart move. The teenagers of today are heavily influenced by the music scene, being part of the youth scene I know, Music has influenced me in many ways.
So here are a few images of Hysteric Glamour's work, Let me know what you think about the brand

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Winter Woes!

Well the winter weather is now nearly upon us and Yes I am really excited! I absolutely love winter, wearing huge chunky knits, snuggling up by the fire with a cup of hot chocolate oh and not to mention it's nearly christmas time!. `However my only problem is the damages this weather does to my skin!. No matter how much I wrap up to protect myself from the chilly breeze I still get really sore and dry skin. It's progressively started to get a little worse over the years, I get dry patches and my skin becomes very irritated. It sometimes gets to the stage where I cant even wear make up for a long time because I have to let my skin breathe and try and retain itself. Being a long suffered of Dermatitis doesn't seem to help much either.
However just this year my sister told me to start making home made face masks to try and soothe my skin. I have been told by a few people that one of the best masks for dry/irrititated skin is the Banana,oatmeal and milk mask. So just the other day there I went and got the ingrediants and decided to give it a try!. And I must admit, it has worked wonders for my skin at the moment, my face doesn't feel so inflammed at all or irritated. Here's my recipe for this particulr face mask.

 

Ingrediants.
1/4 cup of finely ground oats
1/2 banana chopped up
1 cup of milk
Teaspoon of honey.

• first of all pour the pint of milk into the finely ground oats and mix into a paste that isn't too thick or thin.
• Then add in your chopped up banana and max into the mixture with a fork, Completely mix all in until there is no banana visible and it is all one paste.
• If it is to thick you can always add more milk. Or if is too thin you can add more oats.
• Stir in the Teaspoon of honey into the mixture completely.
• Then you can put your face mask on, sit back and relax for about 15-20 minutes before washing off with warm water and a face cloth.

Simple, easy and very effective! I do reccomend this face mask to anyone who suffers from very irrititated skin like me, when it comes to this weather.
If any of you guys have any other recipes you would like to share that would be great! I am always in need of new recipes for the skin and not to mention my hands will be needing some new moisturiser when my dermatitis starts to play up. If anyone has any tips to help I would love to hear!. So have fun trying this face mask and remember to relax and take it easy!!

Gwen Stefani: style Icon

Gwen stefani is known for her unique fashion sense just as much as she is known for her music and has been turning heads since her early No Doubt days. Over the years she has become known for her fearless sense of style and being leading the fashion pack rather than being a follower and has pulled of retro punk, effortless tomboy, cute quirky styles and ladylike glam but Gwen's styles always have that certain edge that lets her stand out from the crowd.
I myself have been a huge fan of Gwen for many years now and seriously look up to her as a person and her fashion sense because she always seems to be one step ahead of the crowd and she can pull off any look in her own unique way. I personally believe she doesn't get enough credit for her much she has influenced the fashion industry before the likes of Lady Gaga, Audrey Kitching (Another icon of mine), Rita Ora and madonna Gwen Stefani was the first woman to showcase her wacky/unique sense of style and she sported blue and pink hair long before it was "Cool". So I have decided to put together a little lookbook of Gwen rocking her unique styles throughout the years. What's your favourite Gwen Style?