December 22, 2024
Chicago 12, Melborne City, USA
Fashion & Beauty

Buckle Up….

I need new shoes. Don’t get me wrong, I have LOADS of shoes, but very many of them are the sort you can’t actually walk in, and the ones I can walk in I have worn very nearly to death. So, I have been fantasy shopping for shoes. Sort of sensible shoes, ones with mid

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Fashion & Beauty

Retro Chick Reviews: No 7 Beautiful Skin Hot Cloth Cleanser

I’ve been using a variation on a hot cloth cleansing method for many years now. I started using cold cream and a flannel, then just under a year ago I went away without my wash bag and tried Soap & Glory Fab Pore Hot Cloth Cleanser, and I sort of fell in love with it.

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Fashion & Beauty

Winter Wardrobe Blues

I’ve really not been feeling my winter wardrobe this year. I normally love my tweeds, jumpers, smart coats and berets. I love the extra opportunities for co-ordination and accessorising that winter presents, but this year I’ve just really not been feeling the love for any of it. I feel like I’ve spent most of the

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Fashion & Beauty Vintage

Vintage Brooches – The Weird Ones

This is the last in the arbitrary categories I assigned to my brooch collection. I have the blingy ones, and my animal collection. Of course, since I started posting about them in April last year I’ve acquired a load more, so maybe I’ll have to start all over again! The weird ones might be overstating

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Fashion & Beauty

Friday Frock Love – January Blues

Yeah, yeah, so a January blues, blue frocks post in January isn’t exactly original. But I have a cold and I lack inspiration to write anything more original. Besides, these are some lovely, blue, vintage inspired frocks, and best of all, they’re all in the sale, which is even better for cheering you up. Woo!

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Fashion & Beauty

First and Last Frock of the Year

Happy 2014! I woke up yesterday morning with the rottenest cold in the world. I had not inexpensive tickets to the New Years Eve Bo Nanafana, which is always a fabulous night out, so I was determined to drug myself into oblivion and make it out anyway. I dragged myself coughing, spluttering and with my

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Fashion & Beauty

A Festive Fancy

Are you all back at work today? I recommend slipping a bit of tia maria into your coffee to make it fly by a bit quicker! Hic! After last years low key Christmas outfit, I ramped it up a bit this year, thanks to a fabulous Christmas present from Shona at Heyday! who sent me

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Fashion & Beauty

Tartan Skirts and Festive Fun

I’ve spent the weekend having a pre Christmas Christmas with some friends. Oh yes. One Christmas isn’t enough for me, I need a trial run first. This weekend we had booked a cottage in the wilds of Norfolk (ok, a mile outside Cromer) for the weekend with some friends. I used it as an excuse

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Fashion & Beauty

Rookie Skates – Classic Leopard Print Review

It was just 2 days ago I was writing about how I’m now happy to wander round the streets in skin tight lyrcra, and now here I am confusing my neighbours in leopard print shorts and a t shirt outside in the cold. The reason is that I was sent a pair of classic skates

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