December 21, 2024
Chicago 12, Melborne City, USA
Fashion & Beauty Vintage

Iconic Styles: The Breton Stripe Top

Although it’s actually snowed this week, I am still sticking to my insistence that it’s Spring. Sunnier days can only be around the corner, so I thought I’d look a bit closer at an iconic piece of clothing for this time of year. The Breton striped top. Actually I think this style of top is

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Fashion & Beauty

Retro Chick Reviews: John Frieda Full Repair

I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but I faff around with my hair a lot. It’s heavily coloured, I use an alcohol based setting lotion, lots of hair spray and back combing. Pretty much the only thing I don’t subject my poor barnet to is much heat styling. Though I do occasionally whip out the

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Fashion & Beauty

Friday Frock Love: Spring Spots

I have daffodils in my house. That means it’s definitely spring, huzzah! There’s certain things that seem appropriate when spring starts to creep into the air, and polka dots are one of them. I have a love hate relationship with polka dots. Much like cupcakes they are at times disturbingly and inexplicably linked to the

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Vanity Sizing

Vanity Sizing – What Shops Fit You Best.

This website has been doing the rounds for a while now. Someone on Twitter bought it to my attention back at the end of January I think, but I’m only just getting around to telling you about it now. I do apologise! The website it called “What Size Am I” and in theory allows you

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Fashion & Beauty

Miss L Fire Spring Feet

This weekend there was definitely blue sky. I heard birds singing and saw flowers attempting to grow and I really felt like Spring was on its way. I even went out in a jacket rather than a big old winter coat. This has made me rather keen to write about something I first saw back

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The Lazy Girls Guide

The Lazy Girls Guide to Being Ill with Style

It appears to be cold and flu season. Everyone I know is coughing, spluttering and feeling incredibly sorry for themselves. Including me today. The problem with something like a cold is that unless you work in a medical high dependency unit a bit of a cough is really not an excuse for a day off.

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Red Lipsticks

Retro Chick Reviews: Revlon Fire & Ice

Revlon Fire and Ice is a proper Vintage Lipstick. By which I don’t mean that it’s a 30 year old lipstick. I meant that the shade has proper vintage pedigree, being introduced in 1952. I will, as ever, start with the lipstick chart. Revlon Super Lustrous in Fire & Ice is £7.49, so falls into

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Fashion & Beauty

What Are You Wearing? Love is in the Air….

If all has gone according to plan this post will be publishing itself. I am taking a day off to go on a mini boat trip on the Norfolk Broads after a very long and busy weekend! I’ve got a new Simone Myers book packed – and am excited to do some reading and relaxing,

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Fashion & Beauty Vintage

Retro Chick Review: Astral Original and Astral Light & Creamy

A few weeks ago I was sent a couple of pots of Astral Cream to try. Astral has been around since 1950, my Mum used to have pots of that and Nivea around when I was younger, but I’ll confess I’ve never used it myself. I always found the formulations of these products too heavy

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