New Blogpost coming soon!

Hey guys! Apologies for the lack of posts! I am planning a Moonrise Kingdom themed blogpost to go up in the next couple of days :)

I want to include clothes & home decor...(Daring) what do you guys think?

LOOOOOOOOOOVE

Dusk

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Ps Here's a hint on the colour palette: 

How To - TRENDS S/S 2013

Hey Guys,

Todays post is a 'How To', a series I'm going to be starting about the trends of the season and how to style outfits so that they look cool and on trend but still feel individual and easy to wear! 

This post is all about S/S 2013!

STRIPES

Linear patterns took over the catwalk this season (See Marc Jacobs, Tommy Hilfiger and Oscar de la Renta). A stand out contender for best pattern was the trusty old STRIPE. When it comes to patterned fabric my motto is GO BOLD or GO HOME, and so I have taken the stripe on with full vigour. Hitting another trend (MONOCHROME MADNESS) I stuck with black and white stripes.

When styling a striped outfit I like to mix vertical and horizontal to create a sort of optical illusion and really make a statement. When your patterns are so bold its best to go for simple shapes to create a clean silhouette and only add a pop of colour on the lips, maybe try a neon pink lipstick if you're wearing this out at night? Keep accessories simple and black and leave your stripes to do all the talking! 

ASOS Cropped Polo Neck - http://bit.ly/116XPtc

ASOS Stripe Maxi Skirt - http://bit.ly/15lJXAT

RIVER ISLAND Stripe Jumper - http://bit.ly/ZBAM8r

MOTEL - Stripe Dress - http://bit.ly/10mAU21

CANDY CRUSH

Pastel candy colours are back in full swing this Spring-Summer and I like to style mine with a bit of kitsch girlyness, like a tongue in cheek park avenue princess! Take Spearmint greens, frosty blues and pretty blush pinks and make a 'Marina and the Diamonds' style statement of your pastels. Collars and bows make the look sugar sweet and plastic style finishes bring up images of barbie! Another top trend seen everywhere on the catwalk were these embellished sunglasses, be it pearls or plastic flowers these are sure to top off your outfit with pastel perfect pizazz!

BOOHOO Heart Lazer Cut Shirt - http://bit.ly/17v7g80

ASOS Flower Embellished Sunglasses - http://bit.ly/12rSUpy

BOOHOO Perspex Bow Bangle - http://bit.ly/15lWMes

BOOHOO Pink Strappy Platorm Heels - http://bit.ly/15lWVhT

BOOHOO Pretty Blue Dress - http://bit.ly/14BclQk

Boohoo Pearl Embellished Sunglasses - http://bit.ly/11q6Z2H

ASOS Mint Leather Jacket - http://bit.ly/14BcyTr

90's Grunge

Philip Lim's s/s 2013 collection spurred on a 90's grunge comeback which I absolutely love! For this look, the best advice is just to throw it together from what you have! Lacy and silk pyjama style tops or floral prints make a stark contrast against your boyfriends ripped jeans, tie a plaid shirt round your hips and you're ready to go! Clashing prints is encouraged and lazy knit jumpers are a must! All in all just have fun with it and make sure to mess up your hair a bit - this look is all about being easy going and careless! 

TOPSHOP Lace Crop cami - http://bit.ly/14Bhxn7

TOPSHOP Vintage Silk Pyjama Shorts - http://bit.ly/11kxqd1

RIVER ISLAND Ripped Jeans - http://bit.ly/17KRF7f

TOPSHOP Floral Print Top - http://bit.ly/Z4mSjq

TOPSHOP Denim & Aztec Backpack - http://bit.ly/ZBKjw5

That's all for now folks! Hope you liked this post, if you did make sure to comment and I'll definitely do a follow up with more of my favourite TRENDS of S/S 2013! 

LOVE

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Tsesay store - Kings Road, Chelsea

It's exciting to see the new Tsesay store open in Kings Road, Chelsea. Inspired by the vibrant city of New York the brand is upbeat, youthful and undeniably cool. The shop has an 'urban' loft feel to it, with exposed white brick, bare metal and brushed wood it has some really nice little features, such as a letter magnet wall where customers are invited to leave little notes. Extra treats to buy are scented soy candles crafted in Brooklyn and candy coloured silk notebooks with cover prints of Manhattan.

But now the bit I'm really interested in - the collection! I love the new spring summer line, it really represents that 'effortless cool' New York vibe, from laid back denim to slouchy silk in a print of city lights this collection really makes me swoon! I picked out my favourite pieces to show you:

The dungarees are adorable and, like many of the Tsesay designs, you can unbutton sections to make it into a top or trousers. So versatile! Haha.

I love this khaki and grey knit tee, a quirky cut for the normally quite classic form of textile! It is also amazingly soft.

Next is this coral jumper, it's just a really nice summery colour haha.

Last fav is this city lights printed silk top and maxi skirt a really nice night time outfit but would also look cool with biker boots and a denim jacket thrown on top for day time :)

The new Tsesay store is at 141 kings road and is defo worth a look if you're looking for something special for when the sun finally comes out in London.. Hopefully that's soon!! Fingers crossed!

LOVEEE

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Heres some outfits I put together for the cold spring days!

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Dusk darling | Valentine's Day Lookbook

Hey there guys!! Here's my Valentine's day lookbook! Hope you like! :)

LOTS OF VALENTINES LOVEEEE

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Happy New Year!

Hey everyone! Happy New Year! To mark to end of 2012 I've put together a selection of my favourite OOTDS from the year :) Hope you like!

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I've had a really lovely 2012 and am looking forward to what will hopefully be an even better 2013! Hope you had a SPECTACULAR festive season and I send all my love and good wishes for the year to come!

Watch out for more VIDEOS and BLOG POSTS soon!

LOVEEEEEEEEEEE

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Two more ootds!

Hey guys!

here are two more outfit of the day pics for you! I've been wearing my new maroon top from Primark! I looooove this top so much, the colour is amazing for autumn/winter and the drapey shape really dresses up a casual look! :)

Here I'm wearing my top with plain black skinny jeans, a robin snood and my spiky jewelry/hair band! This was my Halloween-daytime look so I thought I would goth it up a bit on the accessories front! 

In This Outfit (basically all Primark!) :

Maroon top - Primark 

Snood - Primark

Gold brogues - Primark

Hair band - Primark!

Spiked braclet - Forever 21

Skull bracelet - Kukee.co.uk

This is more of an evening-y look I wore to dinner with a friend, I did my nails especially for the occasion but ruined them just after this photo was taken :'( 

Aaanyway, hope you like :)

In This Outfit:

Maroon top -Primark

Black leggings - H&M

Leather biker jacket - Miss Selfridge

Brown flats- Topshop

Black vest top - H&M

Makeup:

Lips - Revlon lip stain in 'Lovesick' & Jelly pong pong lip frosting in 'Irish cream pavlova'

Nails- Essie 'Bahama Mama' & OPI 'Uh oh roll down the window'

Hope you're all having a lovely autumn, I will be putting up my Halloween costume post tomorrow so look out for it! :)

LOVEEEEE
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Autumnal outfit of the day!

Just a quick post to show my ootd today! Autumn is fully here and I got a cute new Aran knit jumper! :)

In This Outfit:

Aran knit jumper - Primark

Brown quilted coat - local boutique

Brown wool boots - New look

Sand denim jeans - Primark

Tarted scarf - Barbour

Grey beret - Primark

Hope you're all well, look out for my Halloween costume post!

LOVEEE
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 Autumn Leaves
  This is my 'autumnal lookbook'! :)

Just a few OOTD's to show you how I style autumnal colours and styles! I love autumn! Halloween! Colourful leaves! Bonfires! Woolly Scarves! YAY!

                                    

This outfit shows me sporting the 'berry' trend for the season, I wore this berry coloured jumper/top  I bought in H&M last year.. I love the draping on the back, I think it gives this basic outfit a bit of a fashionable edge! I really like the colours in this outfit, this is exactly the colour palette I think of when I think of autumn clothes! 

In this Outfit:

berry draped top - H&M

Black disco pants - American Apparel

Green Woolly cardigan - local boutique

brown belt & shoes - Topshop

Mulberry lipstick - Russian red by MAC and Mulberry by SLEEK

PLEASE also take a look at my latest lookbook outfit! :

http://lookbook.nu/look/4105790-chocolate-milkshake

In this outfit:

Red beret - Primark

Black top - Topshop

Floral skirt -Spitalfields Market

Black long socks - Topshop

Red coat - New Look

Last of all, this is a casual autumnal look with a more 'rocker' 'biker' vibe, its a great way to reuse your summer clothes too, just put a pair of black tights with your denim shorts and chuck a leather jacket over your jersey vest! I wore this look to walk around East London on a Sunday and it was perfect for the 'sunny but a bit chilly' weather that London is having at the moment.. I tend to wear more girlie/cutsy outfits in Autumn/Winter but this is a nice change from that!

In This Outfit:

White Jersey Tank - H&M

Black leather jacket- Miss Selfridge 

Denim cut off shorts - Beyond Retro

Sunnies - Topshop

necklaces - a gift and a charity shop

hope you're all well and excited for halloween/autumn in general!

LOVE

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Moroccan Holiday- Part One!

This post is a bit long! Be warned!

Oh Hi! I'm back from Morocco and I had an absolutely amazing time and I thought I would share my holiday outfit choices with you guys! How fun! 

I did have to cover up a bit when I was walking around but I didn't want to dress dowdily (is dowdily a word? I don't think so.. it's not coming up on spell check so.. Well it is now) 

So.. here's what I chose to wear on the first half of my holiday..hope you enjoy! 

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Outfit One-

Black tank top - h&m

Peach silk skirt - Charity Shop

Pastel scarf - Market

Necklace - Topshop

This was an evening outfit in Essaouira I wore this peach silk skirt I bought in a charity shop a week before for  around £3-£4 (bargain) I paired it with a simple vest top and the pastel scarf I bought in the markets of Marrakesh. 

I also wore it with this necklace - I bought this at topshop and it had lots of gold dangley bits hanging off it but I decided I didn't like them anymore so I broke them all off! ..I like it now!)

        

Outfit Two -

Peach Jersey shirt - River Island

Floral trousers - Primark

Blue plimsoles - Primark

Brown belt - River Island

Sunnies - Beyond Retro

This is an outfit I wore to walk around the Souks in Marrakesh.. I love these flower print cotton trousers I bought from Primark those paired with the blue plimsoles I'm wearing were some of my star holiday shopping buys! 

Outfit Three-

Nude jersey long sleeve top - Topshop

Peach silk skirt - Charity shop

White/Grey reversible belt - Charity Shop

Sunglasses - Beyond Retro

Hand of fatima earrings - Essaouira Souk

This is another outfit from Essaouira wearing the same peach skirt but this time with a long sleeve nude top for the  daytime, so that I could be a bit more covered up when I was walking around the Souks.

I wore it with this belt I bought in a charity shop that my boyfriend actually pointed out is reversible and I never realised before! I have always worn it the other way (as a grey belt) but I spent a lot of the holiday wearing it the white way and it felt like a whole new belt :) (it's the little things!)

Outfit Four -

Black and White stripe bikini - Primark

White chiffon Caftan - (Mum's wardrobe - I dunno, I can find out if you really want to know)

Sunnies- Beyond Retro

This is on the rooftop of our Riad in Essaouira where I was free to wear some more revealing - 'holiday-ish' clothes. 

This is actually a sheer white Caftan my mum lent me for the trip! It looked super chic with my classic black and white striped bikini and new Russian Red lipstick by MAC, I am a happy bunny.

Outfit Five -

Peach jersey shirt -River Island 

Turquoise cotton trousers - Primark

Polka dot flip flops - Primark

Sunnies - Beyond Retro

Another star buy here from Primark - these green/turquoise cotton trousers were fantastic on this holiday - they kept me cool but also covered up and also led to some much more colourful outfit choices from me too! I was glad to step of my pinky\nude or black\grey shell and into this coral and turquoise ensemble :) great for covering up on the beach too!

Look!.. It also looks good on a camel! :)

More to come!

LOVE

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The Rooftops of London

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the chimneys on the roof!

my lookbook pic :http://lookbook.nu/look/3885198-The-Rooftops-of-London

full look and a pout.. why not?

This is just an Outfit Of The Day (ootd) post,

I spent the weekend at my brothers flat in East London and it has an amazing roof terrace where I sunbathed all day! I went to a few shops and stuff during the day so I wore this brown maxi but tied it to the side because it was so sunny! I just wore a bandeau as a top which meant no tan lines on my shoulders! I think you can get away with wearing just a bandeau as long as you are wearing something *very* high waisted and it's really hot! haha

anyway hope the sun is shining where you are!

LOVE

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In This Outfit:

Brown Jersey Maxi Skirt - River Island

Brown belt - Charity shop

Bandeau - River Island

Sandals - Primark

Sunnys - Topshop

Jewels - Kukke.co.uk

Little Boxes

Round specs

Jewelry shot

Lookbook Pic

Hello!

I wore this outfit for a bbq this weekend. It's a really cute jumpsuit I got from a charity shop ages ago and haven't worn much but have fallen back in love with. Often clothes from charity shops can be a bit big so a tip from me is to roll the sleeves and legs up to a bit further then needed to make it look like it's meant to be like that! This jumpsuit was a bit baggy on the waist too but I just chucked a skinny belt round it and VOILA it works really well I think!

So as to make sure I don't look too 'Vintage'd up' I threw on some black and shiny gold accessories to toughen up the look and make it a bit more modern  :)

When I shop in Charity shops I tend to go in with an open mind, think what you could do with what they have.. It might be a really cute dress but its just a little long, or baggy.. little changes like cutting and re-sewing hems and darts don't take long and it means you have spent very little money on an item that you won't see anyone else in! I also like to buy studs and spikes that I can stud into old denim or clothes I've bought in charity shops.. you can buy the studs on ebay for pretty cheap and once again you've got an original piece in no time at all! It's totally worth it, so next time you are in a Charity shop think about the changes you could make to make something to make it extra special!

In Other News

Nails did

I did some quick pastel coloured nail art the other day and thought I'd post it. This was so quick and easy and can be done with just a thin paint brush or even a toothpick! 

LOVE

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In This Outfit:

Floral Jumpsuit - Charity shop

Black and gold belt - River Island

Black bow pumps - Primark

Round Shades - Topshop

Rings - Topshop

Bangle - Kukee.co.uk

On My Face

Lips - Revlon 'Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain' in 'Lovesick'

Signed, Sealed, Delivered

Full outfit

cross back

rings from Topshop and bracelet from Kukee.co.uk

ear/hair piece - Kukee.co.uk

I'm wearing a maxi dress again! Surprise Surprise! I added a jersey tank top tied at the middle, keeping the outfit casual. However, the main reason for this outfit post is to show this amazing jewelry from Kukee.co.uk, I got two bangles - one gold one silver and they are amazing to just throw on with an outfit to make it look a bit more fashion-y and special, plus they are sooo shiny!

Best of all is this ear/hair cuff which has a comb piece on the end of the chains to put into your hair! It's so great because it makes a plain,boring bun into something cool and punky! I'm obsessed, plus they are selling similar ones on ASOS.com for much more money. I strongly recommend you have a look on Kukee.co.uk for cheap, fashion forward and amazing jewlery!

In Other News 

I found these two LIFE magazine specials in a book shop in Golders Green the other day and I love them. They are full of amazing behind the scene and Iconic pictures of the two beautiful stars and make great coffee table books,plus I got them for £3.99 each! Bargain! :)

LOVE

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In This Outfit:

Jersey tank top - H&M

Plain cross back maxi dress - ASOS

jeweled sandals - Primark

bangle and ear/haircuff- Kukee.co.uk

rings -Topshop

Sunnies - Topshop

Rosy Days

See this on lookbook :)  http://lookbook.nu/look/3814859-Rosy-Days

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my pink bbq!

Hello :)

Just wanted to show my way of styling bralets, I got this little denim number from Topshop this summer and  it makes me feel like RiRi haha. I always style my bralets with something high waisted because otherwise I would be showing off way too much skin! I am wearing it with this chiffon midi skirt again and it works really well at keeping the outfit looking classy and cool in the sunshine.

Midi's and maxis are great with bralets because you are showing a bit more skin ontop. I also love to style bralets with my American Apparel disco pants, but any high waisted trousers would look good with them, and give the bralet a bit more of a casual look. I love this denim bralet because the fabric instantly dresses the outfit down and makes it more wearable.

In Other News

my nail art with Essie mint candy apple and a white nail art pen

the boyfriend and the bbq :)

I got given this cute mini pink barbecue for Christmas last year and have only just had the chance to get it out and use it and I love it so much :) it's the perfect size for an impromptu bbq for two! Plus I found it entertaining watching my boyfriend being manly and bbqing on a lovely little pink barbecue haha.


Also, I did this nail art with a new white nail art pen I bought and it was so quick and cute I thought I should defo post it on here :) hope you like!


LOVE
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IN THIS OUTFIT
Denim bralet - Topshop
Chiffon midi skirt - ASOS
Brown belt - Vintage

 Dreamy Days

My ootd

shades shot

sorting my hair out shot

Hello,I'm still enjoying the summer sun and I put together this little ensemble 

I did get a little sunburnt yesterday (silly Dusk) and so I've had to cover up a bit more today,however, it's still boiling hot so I decided on this cropped long sleeve T-shirt from Forever 21 which is a lovely blush/nude colour and makes me feel like a ballerina when I wear it!

 In keeping with the ballerina theme I wore this chiffon Midi length skirt which is a beautiful skirt to wear on a summers day because its thin but still makes you look rather sophisticated! I used to hate Midi length skirts on me but I've grown to really like the length, I think it adds a 'grown up' feeling to an outfit.

In Other News

How huge is this strawberry? It was delicious!

Our Picnic

I had an amazing picnic with my sister and mother and I thought I'd share some pictures from that (look how huge that strawberry was!) It was a really lovely way to spend an afternoon in the garden.

LOVE

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In This Outfit

Blush cropped top - Forever 21

Chiffon midi skirt - ASOS

Brown belt - Vintage

Brown and Gold sandals - Primark

Hot Summer Days in White

At last British summer has arrived! It's so hot here in London and I found it the perfect opportunity to pull out this white see through Jersey maxi dress from Forever 21. I've mentioned before how this waterfall shape skirt is so over popular in High Street shops at the moment but its a great way for shorter people to wear a maxi skirt without looking swamped. I love this one as its made of a really cool textured Jersey, however, as it is see through I hadn't found anything to wear it with.. In the end I chucked it over a long simple jersey vest top from H&M and it worked a charm. Just add a belt and sandals and you're ready to face the hot summer sun. PERFECT.

In Other News

I finally bought Essie nail polish in Mint Candy Apple and I haven't regretted it a bit - it's such a pretty colour! As soon as I went out with it on a waitress in a restaurant fawned over its prettiness, therefore leaving me to believe the £7.99 price tag was in fact worth it...hm. 

Hope it's sunny where you are too!

LOVE

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In This Outfit:

White Jersey Waterfall Maxi Dress - Forever 21

Plain Long Jersey Vest - H&M

Brown and Gold Belt - River Island

Brown and Gold Sandals - Primark

Tortoise shell shades - Tiger