November 23, 2024
Chicago 12, Melborne City, USA
Fashion & Beauty

Following My Own Advice – Warm & Toasty Layers

We’ve had quite a bit of snow here in the East of England over the last couple of days. It looks beautiful, especially when the snow starts falling in the dark, but it’s incredibly cold! Tempting as it was to wrap up in ugly puffy jackets and clumpy boots I decided to follow my own

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Fashion & Beauty

Luscious Lingerie – Myla

Ahh, Myla. I remember them as purveyors of sex toys aimed at Women rather than Men. Toys that look like they ought to be arranged artfully on the dressing table rather than hidden in a drawer. Lingerie wise they are the makers of the pearl thong featured on Sex and the City as well as

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Fashion & Beauty

Staying Stylish and Warm

It appears despite weather forecasts going on about it all week I under estimated how cold it was going to be today. This morning I WAS wearing this. It felt quite chic. the dress is a shift and I belted the cardigan in over the top for a fitted look. Dress - Pilot about 8

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Fashion & Beauty

Are False Eyelashes Worth the Effort?

I have never bothered with false eyelashes in my life. I was blessed with relatively long, thick eyelashes (though very fair) so I pretty much figured that all I needed was a few coats of mascara to get enough definition. Plus I was always a little afraid of looking like a WAG (Have you see

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Fashion & Beauty

Can You Go Out In Your Dressing Gown?

All the way back at the end of November Idiosyncratic Style wrote a post called Fashion Dare: Pajama Possibilities. I included it in my Links à la Mode round up that week and I also though “hmmm” Hanging on the back of my bedroom door for about 3 years has been a beautiful printed satin

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Fashion & Beauty

Where Do Your Outfits Start?

Well?   Do you see a whole outfit on someone else and want to recreate the look? Do you have a “theme” in mind and build from there? Or do you build your outfits around one piece? I think I probably use all of these at times, but most commonly I start with one thing

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Fashion & Beauty

Step by Step to 40s Style Party Hair

As promised here is a quick step by step tutorial to a 40s style hair do. It’s really dead easy to do, though you will find it gets easier to do with practice. One day I’ll do some tutorials on video, but right now I don’t have anything that videos for longer than 30 seconds,

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Fashion & Beauty

Ethical Design Spotlight – Beautiful Soul

I came across Beautiful Soul at the estEthica exhibition at London Fashion Week and got another look at the press day a couple of weeks ago. Designer Nicola Woods only graduated from the London College of Fashion in 2008 and, after spending her summer designing for a Charity in South Africa, returned to the UK

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Fashion & Beauty

Little Black Dress and A BIG Thank You.

Well, mostly black. This Laura Ashley dress has a block of coral colour and great wide shoulder straps that meet in the centre back. I’m in love with it, but as it’s slightly too small (you can probably see it pulling a bit on my hips, if you can’t then don’t look…) I’m letting it

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