Tweet Tweet!

Recently I have noticed myself becoming so obsessed with Twitter, I just love it and I can't work out what makes it so good. None of my friends are on Twitter so I can't talk to people I know but I find myself checking my tweets at least every hour. I think part of what makes it so good is how it makes you feel you can get to know celebrities and really know everything about them. I must have wasted so many hours tweeting away trying to get a reply from some of my favourite celebrities, and when they do reply its amazing, you feel like you have won the lottery! Someone famous actually took the time to send a message to you, that has to mean something, right? I don't think Twitter is a bad thing, I would never have done this blog without it, but it makes you wonder what technology and communication is going to be like in ten years time. Babies will be born clutching Blackberrys, and why learn to play sport when you could just play X Box Kinect! Oh no, i'm beginning to sound like my mum so this is going to stop here! byeeeee!

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Top Fashion Reading

I like to read so many different fashion magazines and books, so I thought i'd share some of my favourites with you:

Well there's really only one contender for my top spot! Its got to be Vogue, the best fashion bible there is. If you don't have it on subscription yet then I suggest you hurry up and order it! I find I always feel guilty if I tak cutting from Vogue- its just too expensive for that! I considered getting two subscriptions- one to keep and one to cut!- but I couldn't afford that so all my Vogue magazines are lined up in date order! 

I also love OK Magazine, it really is the best for celebrity gossip and they have a great Twitter page going on!

The other fashion magazine I read is Look Magazine, its like the High Street and affordable clothes version of Vogue magazine- it doesn't make you depressed because you can't afford anything!

So they are my favourite magazines and now for some of the best books i've found:

Sophie Kinsella- The Shopaholic series. These books will make you laugh out loud! The film 'Confessions of a Shopaholic' was based on them.

Alison Kervin- The Wag series. We should all just admit it, everyone is jealous of the WAG lifestyle!

Carmen Reid- the 'Shopper' series. These books are so inspirational and show how normal women can be succesful in fashion.

Hope these books help you enjoy some cosy winter evenings curled up on the sofa! Thanks to anyone reading my blog and i'd love to hear from you about any fashion books or magazines you like. Follow me on Twitter and let me know what you think of my blog!

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My Desert Island Fashion Items

So we've probably all been asked the question, what 5 things would you take on a desert island? Now i'm going to decide what 5 fashion items I would take on a desert island

1. My first item would have to be my Loreal Volume Million Lashes mascara, I don't go anywhere without this mascara, its perfect for day or night, thickness or length, and the shiny gold looks quite posh in your handbag! If I could only wear one item of make-up it would always be this mascara, the difference once i've applied it is incredible, it makes me look wide awake, even if i'm feeling half asleep, and my eyes look so much bigger!

2. My second item would be my Topshop body con skirt. I've talked about this skirt before and as most of my clothes are blue and white it goes with anything whatever time of year it is. I think every wardrobe needs to have one of these pieces of clothing that you can just pull on if you are having a bit of a fashion crisis!

3. My third item would be my new Paul's Boutique handbag. It is a perfect size to work for day or night and I just love this bag! I had it for Christmas this year and it has had so much use already. I think I can see why Cher Lloyd loves Paul's Boutique so much now, its just amazing!

4. My fourth item would be a pearl necklace. You might have seen the pearl necklaces I always wear in some of my posts so far, I just wear them all the time with any outfit I can. I like how they just make an outfit look much more fashiony and styled but you can still look relaxed with them. I even wore pearls with a tracksuit playing tennis in the summer!



My final item would be a white t-shirt because they go well with pearls, blue skirts and a paul's boutique bag. You just can't go wrong with a well fitting clean white t-shirt. I guess desert islands would be quite hot so white wouldn't make you too sticky, see I can even be practical!

Anyway so they are my items and I did this post today to cheer myself up really, apparently today is officialy Blue Monday, the most depressing day of 2011, well its nearly over so byeeee Blue Monday see you next year!

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Today I'm Wearing...

Hiiii, so this was me getting ready this morning and I thought i'd share my outfit with you.

• My skirt- well you're not going to believe this, my skirt is a denim body con skirt, and I bought it yesterday from Sainsburys for just £4.50!!!. It has to be the best bargain I have ever found. It fits perfectly and looks like the ones in Topshop that are way more expensive. I do shop in Topshop as well, not just supermarkets incase you're thinking i'm wierd! Anyway, I love this skirt and I will be able to wear it through the winter with jumpers, cardigans and wooly tights, like I am today, but I will also be able to wear it in the summer with bare legs and vest tops or t-shirts. This skirt is a very versatile and wearable item, I could't believe my luck when I found it!

• My top- this top is a long sleeved. nautical style striped top. As I do more posts you will notice that I wear a lot of stripey clothes- so does my mum, its like a family trademark! The top i'm wearing today was from Topshop, it was quite a long time ago so I can't remember how much it was. I tried to keep the nautical theme going by wearing these pearls with the top. I love pearl necklaces, they just go with anything and make an outfit look much more fashiony (I don't even know if that's a word!).  

• The cardigan- This cardigan is a long granny style cardigan. If you don't have a granny cardigan then you absolutely must get one! They are so comfortable and you can wear them over anything to keep cosy! Mine was from Marks and Spencer and I think I bought it in a sale back in the summer. I like this beige colour because even though its a wintery cardigan it isn't too dark and dull like lots of winter cardigans are. Other places where you can get good cardigans like these are: Topshop, Miss Selfridge and Dorothy Perkins. 

• The bottom right photo is closer up, so you may be able to see my make-up easier. I am wearing Rimmel Match Perfection foundation, I would recommend this foundation, it blends in well and adapts to your skintone. I love wearing smudgy black eyeliner and I usually use pencil, the one i'm wearing today is the Natural Collection Soft pencil. These pencils are only £1.99 and I have found they are much better than most more expensive brands. I am also wearing mascara, you might have seen my earlier post about mascara, and today I am wearing the Loreal Millionize mascara. I think this is the best all rounder mascara it makes my lashes thicker, longer and darker, I never leave the house without my mascara. Finally, today I am wearing my new MAC lipstick, the colour is called 'Pink Noveau' and I think it suits my skintone well. I had this lipstick for Chrismas, it was the perfect stocking filler!

Hope you like my outfit, keep reading my blog and there will be more posts to come!

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These Boots Were Made For Walking!

Hi to whoever is reading this, and if you are then I love you! I just want to share these pictures of my amazing new ankle boots I had for my birthday. They are from Marks and Spencer (I don't normally shop there!) they are still availiable online for £35, pretty good value don't you think? Mine are grey but they also come in black if thats more your thing!

I've found that these boots will go with just about any winter outfit, making it look much more stylish, i'll be posting pictures of my more recent outfits soon, so keep checking back for them!

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The Bare Faced Truth

 

If I questioned young British women about their morning routines and the lengths they go to in order to prepare themselves to face the world each  morning, I think putting make-up on would feature in the majority of daily routines. Make-up is like our war-paint, when you wear it you feel safe, protected from the feeling of inadequacy to other women. The best feeling is when you have spent ages applying the perfect make-up, you look in the mirror and think, yeah I actually do look good today, you are instantly ready to face the world and whatever it throws at you.

There is nothing worse than beginning your day by glancing around the street and thinking, ‘they all look better than me’ if you start the day like this then you might as well just go home and sleep for the rest of the day becasue, lets face it, you will be in that mood when everything irritates you! We don’t like to admit it, but to us women, competition in our image is just about as fierce as what the FA Cup final is to men! (don't get me wrong I know women like football too, its just an example!) I have no doubt that almost every fellow female we come into contact with, will be subject to a brutal 10 second once-over observation, from the shine on her patent peep-toes to the curl on those mascara coated lashes, just to check she doesn’t look better than we do. We don't even make this observation subtle, if someone is giving you the once over then you know about it, an instant reaction to this is a quick hair flick or chaging your posture to make yourself look taller. If she does look better than you, honestly, we take an instant dislike to her, it doesn’t matter who she is but for those 10 seconds we resent her. If on the other hand we know she looks nowhere near as good as we do then we can thank her for brightening up our day! Harsh, but very true!

 

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Now These I Recommend!

Recently I bought the best false lashes I have ever found before.



These Eyelure Naturalites Double Lashes. They are layered to mkae it look like you are wearing two pairs of false lashes but there is only actually one pair to stick on, which makes them much easier to apply. They are £7.10 from Boots, more expensive than most pairs but they are completely worth it your look will be transformed! There's no need to spend forever applying individual fake lashes anymore- think of the time you'll save!

This picture shows how much extra volume the lashes added to my eyelashes, they even stand out through my glasses, I wore them to a party recently and everyone wanted to know where I got them.