The end of 2014 saw me welcome black in to my wardrobe. No, not the gothic style but more the sophisticated, understated type of black. I’ve always been the type of person who has embraced colour and never shied away from all the bright hues. But, as I’m growing older I felt I needed to accept a little more sophistication in the style area. Getting to 25 seemed to be a difficult one for me, but it saw me take the plunge and cut my hair to a mid bob which was a million miles away from my long tresses pre quarter life century mark. I realised that I am ready to bring an air of class in to what I wear & this dress from the Oh My Love Range from Topshop was going to be one of my first experiments. Have you hit a landmark age & realised you needed to do something drastic?
I like to pretend I’m Mary Berry or Peggy Porschen, but if you tasted what I had baked you wouldn’t believe me. So, until I get one of those super fancy Kenwood Mixer’s I won’t be baking for a while, is it too early to start a Christmas 2015 wishlist? Instead I thought I’d best focus my efforts on another hobby. With the blustery winds it has forced us to stay inside (unless we wanted to be blasted across the Atlantic at 50mph) so I turned my attention this rather cute set from the Kirsty Allsopp range at HobbyCraft. With this beautiful, rose-scented bath creamer kit I can create a number of little homemade gifts shaped like little cupcakes for the ones I love, so that’s exactly what I set to doing. It’s super simple & I used our microwave to create them. The fanstastic smells of rose, almond, shea and cocoa have left our house smelling divine. I hand delivered these to my Mum, Sister & Nana and they were all delighted. A lazy afternoon making these, was an afternoon well-spent to see their faces light up with an impromptu, handmade gift! Have you tried any of the kits from Kirsty Allsopp’s range, if so which ones?
Sometimes, and I mean sometimes, I just want to rock a super casual look. Pale blue & patterned trousers are possibly two of my favourite looks at the moment and will be firmly coming in to the spring time with me. I tend to go oversized on most of my top garments, purely to cover up the ever growing lumps that I can graciously call my breasts. You laugh, but they can be a pain in the bottom. The loafers are a bargain buy that I found in Aldi (yes, you did hear me right. Aldi.) and they are really comfy. I just adore my bracelets and despite being two different metals, rose gold and silver, respectively, they just add to any outfit. It’s all about the details. Have you picked up any pieces that you were surprised of the quality recently?
Sometimes before I put on an outfit I look at it & I automatically pull one of those ‘’distressed emoji’’ faces. You know the ones I’m talking about, right? Will it fit me in the right places? Will I look like an ‘’Oompa Loompa’’? But then, then you put it on and all those fears are completely quashed because you have fallen on to an absolute winner. You also know that feeling, right? This is that outfit. I teamed this fabulous co-ord from Blue Vanilla with my brand new boots from the New Look Sale & clutch from the John Lewis sale, respectively. This is clearly going to be one of those staple, go-to outfits in the blustery, winter months we are having! I hope you are all wrapping up warm & keeping safe in these treacherous winds. I’m very much looking forward to the spring time, are you?
I never really feel compelled to write beauty posts. I’m no good at beauty so there is no point in preaching about a subject that I have absolutely zero clue about! However, after my loving Mr C purchased me my new favourite fragrance, Reveal by Calvin Klein ( you must go & have a spray as it is just deliciously good!) he also bought me a new hairdryer as mine went KAPUT! After hours of scouring the internet he fell upon the Babyliss Diamond HairDryer which had a substantial saving on the Boots website. For me, a hairdryer is a hairdryer but this, is so much more!
My hair is fine & thick, that is a fact & espite having quite a lot chopped off in November it still requires a lot of maintenance. Normally my hair would take a good twenty minutes to half an hour to dry & that wasn’t before I even started styling it! I never thought there would be a solution to creating a chic look without too much effort. But alas, with my new hairdryer my hair now only takes 5 minutes or so to dry and not only that it styles fabulously well just by brushing my ends under to create a cute long bob. A look that I’m trying to channel which is reminiscent of Olivia Palermo’s gorgeous style, TOTAL BABE!
Now, I’m not going to go super techy & explain all the scientific information – I’m just going to read it off the box!Because of the diamond infused ceramic technology it means your hair is silky smooth and requires very little products to style it, it does all the work for you! My hair is so prone to frizz & now it is a thing of the past (I so totally sounded like I was on an advert there!) I most definitely would give this hairdryer a glowing 5 star review and by the looks of things, I’m not the only one! My straighteners are currently on the backburner, they are that good! Have you recently invested in a new product that makes your life much easier?
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