tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67101825891403975702024-03-14T19:07:23.020+00:00Indigo SilkEmmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01203356693855124344noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6710182589140397570.post-74890772633549137772013-05-16T09:00:00.000+01:002013-05-16T09:00:09.385+01:00Today's Nails<br />
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But I change my nails really quite frequently, because working in retail they chip within days! So I'm gonna start posting them a little more, as I never paint them particularly plainly. I just got a new double-ended dotting/brush tool for my nails, so I'm experimenting with that a bit too, hence the dots!</div>
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At the moment I'm trying to be really good with my money as I'm saving for a new car, but I'm having a little hiccup this evening as I've found a little goldmine of stuff I love on eBay. So i'll post a bit more about new purchases soon (:</div>
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Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01203356693855124344noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6710182589140397570.post-5075378018158621702013-04-06T11:30:00.000+01:002013-04-06T11:30:03.396+01:00Who Wears The Trousers?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">From left: <a href="http://shop.mango.com/GB/p0/mango/clothing/trousers/elastic-tapered-trousers/?id=81312172_BN&n=1&s=prendas.pantalones&ie=0&m=&ts=1365113026622" target="_blank">MANGO Blue Tapered Trouser</a> // <a href="http://shop.mango.com/GB/p0/mango/clothing/trousers/printed-tapered-trousers/?id=81312776_03&n=1&s=prendas.pantalones&ie=0&m=&ts=1365113026622" target="_blank">MANGO Moroccan Print Trouser</a> // <a href="http://www.asos.com/ASOS/ASOS-PASHA-High-Heels/Prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=2722757&WT.ac=rec_viewed" target="_blank">ASOS Coral Heel</a> //</span></div>
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I'm jumping back into blogging folks! Head first, no hard-hat. Sorry for the absence, I had just lost some of the joy that posting on here gave me.. I felt a bit disheartened by how amateur my blog looked to me, compared to others. But I was looking at people who have spent years building their blogs up to thousands of followers & how their blogs <i>currently</i> looked, so I scrolled back to when they first started, and this helped massively, because it made me realise it doesn't happen at once. Blogs rarely start out looking incredible, it takes time and effort and if I stick with it I can make it better gradually, hopefully! I also felt I wasn't posting regularly because my heart wasn't in it & these reasons led to me taking a step back. But alas I've returned!With a much clearer idea of what I want to be posting, lots of ideas in my head and I'm gonna try to only post content that I would want to read myself. </div>
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And right now, I'm very partial to a printed trouser.</div>
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So the above ones are some of my favourites, but I still haven't found a pair that look quite right on me. I am yet to try on the moroccan printed trouser from Mango, which are a personal fave. I also found <a href="http://www.topshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?beginIndex=0&viewAllFlag=&catalogId=33057&storeId=12556&productId=8468458&langId=-1&categoryId=&searchTerm=geo%20ponte&pageSize=200" target="_blank">this</a> beaaaut of a blazer from Topshop today, which is enblazened with the most perfect pattern. I would love to find matching cigarette trousers and I can just imagine they would make the perfect dose of garishness when paired together, with a slouchy, plain white tee underneath. And I'm having trouble deciphering whether these <a href="http://www.asos.com/ASOS/ASOS-SNAPSHOT-Pointed-Heels/Prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=2732742&cid=17168&sh=0&pge=0&pgesize=20&sort=-1&clr=Cobalt" target="_blank">heels</a> from Asos are incredibly beautiful or something the 80's has thrown up! Possibly beautiful?!</div>
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A bit about me, now I've returned from the dark side. I've been super busy at Hobbs, and I'm actually pleasantly surprised by a few of their recent pieces (the blue trousers above being one). I'm also trying to move up within the company if I can. Visual Merchandising is where I wanna be! But a position has opened up elsewhere, within a different store for Assistant Manager & I've been recommended for the role (with training obv), but this was a massive surprise, having only been in retail for less than a year.</div>
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I've also been hitting up London with Oli, where we did the whole touristy thing (London Eye and everything) and then paid a visit to Brick Lane which was super lovely!</div>
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I'm on Instagram now, my name is <a href="http://instagram.com/indigosilkblog/" target="_blank">indigosilkblog</a> so feel free to follow, and my <a href="https://twitter.com/IndigoSilkBlog" target="_blank">Twitter</a> is the same! Click the button at the side to follow. </div>
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P.S If you've read all of this waffle, please give yourself a firm handshake from me, and treat yourself to a Freddo. You deserve it.</div>
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<br />Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01203356693855124344noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6710182589140397570.post-32708002428250358662013-02-26T14:26:00.001+00:002013-02-27T20:19:17.013+00:00What I Wore Today<div style="text-align: center;">
A pretty boring post, but this is what I wore today to pop into town and go and visit Oli :) Had quite an extensive list of things to do today because it's my parents 25th wedding anniversary next week so I've had lots of presents and cards to buy!</div>
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I'll also be wearing this to the cinema tonight to see Life of Pi with Oliver, finally :)</div>
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By the way if you have Instagram, my username is indigosilkblog & as I've been so busy/rubbish at blogging recently, that's getting more of my attention, so go follow me :)</div>
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The shirt is from Forever 21 & I don't wear it enough so I'm showing it some love today, and these are my new jeans from Topshop. Such an apprehensive purchase, but SO pleased with them! Fit like a glove on my stumpy little legs. I've tried Primark, H&M & New look before & none even come close! </div>
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Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01203356693855124344noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6710182589140397570.post-76011280922628980622013-01-23T12:30:00.000+00:002013-01-23T12:30:02.750+00:00DIY: Leather Clutch Bag (for £3, maadness)<div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So if you're all about saving the pennies, then this not only will help, but will give you somewhere to put them too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I've been loving basic-simple items recently, and the beautiful DIY projects from <a href="http://love-aesthetics.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Love Aesthetics</a> (a truly beautiful blog) are really inspiring me to get creative. Have a look at a few of her amaazing ideas:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So I found a nice large piece of black leather in a charity shop whilst I was working in Walton on Thames for £2!! So naturally I had to think up something interesting to do with it & I decided to make myself a clutch bag, and here's how!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">*Apologies for the inconsistent lighting, I made this over the course of a few days at <a href="http://teacupsandtaffeta.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Lil's</a> house as well as mine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sorry if that title is just ridiculously horrendous & tacky, but 10 minutes have passed & it's the best I've got.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As you might have guessed by now, I'm not one to spend huge amounts on clothes, or anything really, so when I buy something, I like to get as much use as possible from it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I bought a watch about a year ago from a car boot sale. I paid £1 for it, and have been completely in love with it ever since. It has a clean, simplistic face and the metal it's set on has turned a nice coppery-rose gold colour from wear.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But upsettingly, the tanned leather watchstrap that came with it has been slowly breaking, and finally last week it dropped off my wrist, having worked it to death. This thing was literally in peices!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But not being one to throw something away in a hurry, I decided to give it a re-vamp. I had a scrap piece of black leather left over from a recent DIY project I've been working on (which I'll post tomorrow). So I snipped off what was left of the old strap & cut a long strip of black leather to thread through the watch. I'm pretty happy with how it's come out!</span></div>
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<br />Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01203356693855124344noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6710182589140397570.post-656594269417193442013-01-17T16:38:00.000+00:002013-01-25T21:35:46.428+00:00Brands I'm Loving: Pied A Terre<div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> It's not everybody's cup of tea as it's a rather striking colour, a bit neon-esque and admittedly it's a trend I'm very fussy about, which in my eyes is quite a good thing, as it's not something I could wear head to toe! It would have to be a statement piece in my eyes, and therefore I actually only like the trend on a garment that looks<i> </i><strike>expensive</strike> well made, because I expect to pay that bit more for a staple item.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A brand that is doing this really well for me at the moment is Pied A Terre. They're most recent collections (as seen below) are all quite minimalistic and I absolutely adore this at the moment. Possibly because over the winter 'layering' (although I love it) get's done to death, so come Spring/Summer I can't wait for some clean lines & strong tailoring.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They're clothes, shoes and accessories are equally really good quality (as far as I've seen?) and I've been perusing their <a href="http://www.houseoffraser.co.uk/Pied+a+Terre/BRAND_PIED%20A%20TERRE,default,sc.html?redirectQuery=pied%20a%20terre" target="_blank">range</a>. I've come up with a few key pieces that are my favourites & I wanted to share them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">001 // </span><a href="http://www.houseoffraser.co.uk/Pied+a+Terre+Textured+sparkle+Jacket/171897170,default,pd.html" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">Textured Jacket</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> -Neon Lined with Upturned Cuffs</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">002 // <a href="http://www.houseoffraser.co.uk/Pied+a+Terre+Fluid+Drop+Shoulder+Tee/173551330,default,pd.html" target="_blank">Fluid Drop Shoulder Tee</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">003 // <a href="http://www.houseoffraser.co.uk/Pied+a+Terre+Mannish+cocoon/164520437,default,pd.html" target="_blank">Oversized Cocoon Coat</a> (now 70% off in the sale)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">004 // <a href="http://www.houseoffraser.co.uk/Pied+a+Terre+Resin+clutch+bag/175364179,default,pd.html" target="_blank">Resin Clutch Bag</a> with 2 neon purse inserts</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">005 // <a href="http://www.houseoffraser.co.uk/Pied+a+Terre+Zip+around+purse/169995506,default,pd.html" target="_blank">Zip Around Purse</a> (now 70% off in the sale)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">006 // <a href="http://www.houseoffraser.co.uk/Pied+a+Terre+Lemonbalm+t+bar+block+heel+sandals/169007612,default,pd.html" target="_blank">T Bar Block Heel Sandals</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm soo late boarding the blog-train for this one! The event was on Tuesday, but I'm still playing catch-up at the moment. One of my aims at the moment though, is to become more productive with my day, so getting up earlier & actually getting things done efficiently as opposed to being as easily distractable as I am!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Anyway, (disctracted, oh boy). I apologise for the text/image heavy post, but its long overdue! So me and <a href="http://teacupsandtaffeta.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Lil</a> spent the day in London on Tuesday, initially for the Bloggers Event, but after catching the early train (8am to be precise), we made a proper day of visiting London. We're very lucky that it only takes less than 40 mins on the train into London, but because the train ticket costs more than anything else it's still a rareity that we go! So we started early & headed straight for Oxford St. I bought a few bits at Forever21, Topshop & Primark (<a href="http://indigosilk.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/recent-spends_10.html" target="_blank">see my last post for those</a>), as did <a href="http://teacupsandtaffeta.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/company-magazines-blogging-event.html" target="_blank">Lil</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Then of course we had to pop into Selfridges, only for 5 minutes though because we obviously wern't quite ready to splash out on a Mulberry bag just yet! But on our way out we noticed an amazing little conceptual pop-op shop within Selfridges, that had taken the subject of branding & sort of, rebranded it?! They had jars of Marmite & bottles of Ketchup, minus the logos. And brown paper bags made from suede. Everything was very cool looking and minimalistic. Very nice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Then we headed over to Covent Garden and started with a lovely lunch in a nice restaurant called Maxwells in Covent Garden! Such a good price & really nice food. Well chuffed. And then attempted to walk it off trying to find Somerset House, which we did!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Wasn't too impressed with the Henri Cartier-Bresson exhibition that I'd been looking forward to (contained about 5 of his piccies). But the Tim Walker's Storyteller exhibition everyone's been raving about was amaaazing. And I maintain that me & Lil did infact stand in the same room as Quinn from Glee #claimtofame.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We also visited Chelsea and Kensington and popped into a few amazing/pricey charity shops crammed with Prada and Malano Blahnik shoes. And a fabulous vintage shop called East End Thrift Store, which we'll definitely be going back to next time! Took an age to find, and walking past a bunch of dodgy men in the dark & down an alley, but hey what's London at night without a bit of fear in you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And our FINAL stop, the Company Bloggers Event. <i>Basically a room filled with amazing bloggers and people I wouldn't mind doing a wardrobe swap with! </i>Which btw, I'm well up for.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://twitter.com/companyedvic" target="_blank">Victoria White</a> (Company Editor) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://twitter.com/Alexxsia" target="_blank">Alexxsia Elizabeth</a> of <a href="http://mylabyrinthblog.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">My Labyrinth</a> (Blogger & Fashion Writer/Stylist at Company)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://twitter.com/gemfatale" target="_blank">Gem Royston-Claire</a> of <a href="http://gemfatale.co.uk/" target="_blank">Gem Fatale</a> (Blogger & Web Assistant at Company)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">All the girls were incredibly lovely, and just had some really inspiring things to say about how to get the most out of blogging, how to put everything we can into it and to enjoy it of course. The @Companymagazine twitter feed went wild on the night & you can see all the inspirational quotes from the panel <a href="http://www.company.co.uk/magazine-hq/company-blogging-forum-hashtag-highlights" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We had time to mingle afterwards & met some lovely girls, including Carrie and Shini from the panel</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> it was lovely to see Gem again. Met some really wonderful bloggers aswell, including Megan from </span><a href="http://www.thebriarroseblog.com/" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">The Briar Rose</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> who I literally accosted as she was leaving, and Charlotte from </span><a href="http://www.plastichorsess.blogspot.co.uk/" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">PlasticHorsess</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">, and so many other lovely girls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The little bag of goodies we got was incredible, and I can't wait to use everything in it.</span></div>
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<br />Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01203356693855124344noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6710182589140397570.post-29357565157569945402013-01-10T16:34:00.000+00:002013-01-10T16:41:16.667+00:00Recent Spends<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now I've been shopping, as you might've guessed, or investing because that sounds less like I'm actually spending all my money. I hit the sales on Boxing Day (Just so you know, I'm NOT 'one of those girls', and I'm categorically, <i>definitely not </i>a Next boxing day shopper). I was working in town in the afternoon, so popped in early to see what I could find. Also, me and <a href="http://www.teacupsandtaffeta.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Lil</a> went to London very recently for the Company Magazine Blogging Forum (seperate post to follow soon), and so we spent the day prior gallivanting around London, hence another delicious opportunity to spend money I dont have (:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">001// <a href="http://www.topshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?beginIndex=0&viewAllFlag=&catalogId=33057&storeId=12556&productId=8639574&langId=-1&categoryId=&searchTerm=sweatshirt%20dress&pageSize=20" target="_blank">Topshop Plain Sweat Dress</a> from their New collection which I fell in love with a few weeks ago but managed to pick up on my recent trip to Oxford St. SO happy with it (: can't wait to wear it with tights, chunky heeled ankle boots & a big statement necklace. It's such a simple basic, you can't go wrong dressing it up or down!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">002// UO Grey & Burgandy Winter Floppy Hat. Wanted one for aaaages! Saw this in the Urban Outfitters sale with 50% off & I had to have it. Been wearing it with my fave lipstick (also featured below).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So these are a few of my favourite recent purchases. Sadly not all of them still available, but the lipstick shade you can buy instore, and the other stuff possibly aswell. I also bought a black, pleated midi skirt from Republic in the sale & a galaxy print midi dress (that I forgot to photograph), which I wore to the #companybloggersevent. So you can see pictures of that in my next post.. Oooh cliffhanger?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I studied fashion illustration whilst at college, and really loved it. I was studying art & have always loved fine art, but mixing the two genres of art & fashion was wonderful. I drew particular inspiration from <a href="http://www.daviddownton.com/" target="_blank">David Downton</a>, and read his book cover to cover. I produced copies, and started doing my own work drawing on use of simplicity and bold colour. Okay this is all getting a bit arty now, but basically, he's a lad & I really really liked his work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I've come across a few illustration blogs recently, ones I love particularly being Malia at <a href="http://deepfriedfreckles.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Deep Fried Freckles</a>. Her illustrations are beautiful! And perhaps not quite so fashion related, but some amazing work nevertheless is Phillippa over at <a href="http://phillippalolasdiary.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">phillippalola</a>. I particularly love her little owl design, so cute!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In the future I'd love to be able to create custom illustrations for bloggers and such, once I've got back in the swing of things. What do you think? Something you'd like to see more of? And send me some links of some lovely illustration blogs if you know of any (:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">#And GOOD NEWS, my wonderful friend <a href="http://www.teacupsandtaffetta.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Lil</a> (who I'll refer to constantly on this blog cos she's a babe), gave me her old iPhone! So soon I'll be on Instagram, don't know how I've lasted this long without it!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My make-up always seems to run out at once, resulting in a few days of surviving almost solely on testers, before I can get to Boots. Does this just happen to me, or is this something all girls find? So I got all excited in Boots and took advantage of Max Factor's promotion, of a free gift if you spend over £15. So my essentials were: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> So it was my first time trying Max Factor's Facefinity Foundation, but I'd heard good things about it from <a href="http://www.teacupsandtaffetta.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Lil</a> and some good reviews on Twitter. I previously went from Rimmel Foundation to Garnier BB Cream, both of which I hated (went from too thick a coverage, to far too thin). This thankfully, sits blissfully in the middle!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Yet to try these products, but I don't think I can go far wrong with them. And being free, they're already on a winner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">MY WORD I have been a terrible blogger these past few weeks. Life has just been travelling at 100mph, but I've got a few bits to tell you about & show you now, so blog-absence has ended! So here's something I've wanted to share with you because like me, hopefully, you can't resist a gooey, minty, chocolatey treat. And this is just perfect, and so cheap/easy to make!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Now this recipe caught my attention from 'Macmillan Cancer Support's Recipe Book' and I knew I had to make it immediately! This, combined with my lovely friend Elizabeth wanting to start her own 'craft, cooking & cosmetics' inspired blog </span><a href="http://teacupsandtaffeta.blogspot.co.uk/" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">'Teacups & Taffeta'</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. So I decided to take the ingredients to her house & surprise her with everything she'd need for her 1st blog post!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So tonight I used my new No.17 'Holographic' nail polish, courtesy of Company magazine, as it was in my goodie bag from the Fashion Career Event last week, along with these fab nail glitters!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ideally I would've liked the glitter to be a bit more built up, but I had to use my finger so it didn't go absolutely everywhere- as glitter usually does! Perhaps it needs a few gems & bits stuck in there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And exciting for me, I sent off for some free samples of a business card I designed & I'm dead chuffed with how they came out! Took them to the Fashion Career Event last week and I'm so glad I had them to hand. I felt a bit pretentious directing people to a blog that has less than 10 posts on, but I'm so eager & excited about this blog, I know I'm going to build it up quite quickly & as sad as it sounds I'm actually quite dedicated to doing that!</span></div>
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<br />Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01203356693855124344noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6710182589140397570.post-49282565000371647462012-11-19T22:16:00.000+00:002012-11-19T23:32:11.358+00:00Company Magazine's 'Fashion Career Event'<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What a night it was! For those of you who don't know, I went to the #companyfashionforum on Wednesday night with Georgia. She's only 15 and she dresses impeccably, as you'll see from the photos. I had a fantastic time, and I thought a blog post was definitely needed so I could share the evening!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As for the night itself, we arrived in London for about 6:15. The event was held in Hackney's Picturehouse, which is actually a lovely, old cinema so a perfect venue really. We met a delightful girl, Rhea (her blog is <a href="http://leather-clouds.blogspot.co.uk/">leather-clouds</a>). I had to pap her outfit literally seconds after meeting! (Sadly my Canon ran out of battery there & then, so we had to use Georgia's digital.) Unfortunately couldn't remember where eeverything was from, but she looked lovely( seeeee below)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Once inside the building we had some free drinks and the chance to mingle with the editor of Company magazine, Victoria White and other lovely people who work for the mag. The room was filled with fashionable bloggers and fashion enthusiasts, and there was a really friendly vibe of just go-up-and-introduce-yourself. So I did.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Met Gem from <a href="http://gemfatale.blogspot.co.uk/">gemfatale.blogspot.co.uk</a> which was extra lovely, because it was from watching Gem on Superscrimpers, then finding her blog and falling in love with it that I decided to start my own. So talking to her and getting tips was definitely a highlight for me, especially as she now works for Company mag! And lets face it, that chick has great hair. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So we were ushered into the hall, where the amaazing goody bags awaited us. Spent a good 10 minutes rummaging through those, couldn't believe the amount of product we recieved. You can see it all on <a href="http://www.leather-clouds.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/company-fashion-forum.html" target="_blank">leather-clouds's</a> post from the evening! And I'll also be trial-ing just a few bits & pieces (mainly the nail polishes and things).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We also met the two lovely girls below, Heather and Sam, both dressed astoundingly well of course. Heather had her photo taken for the 'street style' part of Company's website <a href="http://www.company.co.uk/fashion/street/street-style-company-fashion-forum" target="_blank">here</a>. And I loved everything about Sam's outfit. Her skirt, she made herself, of course! And she was wearing a gorgeous 'bar' necklace which unfortunately you can't see in the photo.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">I also met and chatted with Emma, the Fashion Editor at Company Magazine. Once the confusion of both introducing ourselves as Emma had passed, we had a lovely chat & she kindly let me take her photo </span><span style="text-align: center;">(in front of this giant chicken portrait, perfect backdrop). S</span><span style="text-align: center;">he still looked great!</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">So Wednesday night was actually amazing, Thursday morning however, I was a zombie! It was lovely meeting so many incredibly talented people. The advice about getting a career in fashion was invaluable, and everyone was so helpful! It answered alot of my questions and I'm definitely more inspired now than before.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">If you've had the patience to not only, wait for this picture-heavy page to load, but to read through it all then thanks very much (: I'm using my new nail products tomorrow, so I'll be posting again very soon! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is definitely my favourite time of year. It's not too cold, so you can still go for long walks and do things outside (: Yet, it's just cold enough to wear lots of lovely hats, scarves and coats! I've seen so many gorgeous coats this year, and although I've got enough coats to not justify buying another, I thought I'd compile a few of my faves into a post. I've put a mix of macs and full-on coats in here, because Autumn lends to both! So if you're looking for a coat as it's getting a bit chilly, do read on..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. <a href="http://www.hobbs.co.uk/product/display?productID=0212-3739-3756L00&productvarid=0212-3739-3756L00-BOTTLE%20GREEN-10&refpage=search/results" target="_blank"> </a><a href="http://www.hobbs.co.uk/product/display?productID=0212-3739-3756L00&productvarid=0212-3739-3756L00-BOTTLE%20GREEN-10&refpage=search/results" target="_blank">Hobbs - Bottle Green Mac</a> // 2. <a href="http://www.next.co.uk/x5020s4#784127x50" target="_blank">Next - Berry Mac</a> // 3. <a href="http://www.topshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?beginIndex=1&viewAllFlag=&catalogId=33057&storeId=12556&productId=6348661&langId=-1&sort_field=Relevance&categoryId=674425&parent_categoryId=203984&pageSize=200" target="_blank">Topshop Boyfriend Coat</a> // </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I recently spent the day working at Hobbs in Walton on Thames, which was obviously lovely but a very long day. So naturally, on my hour-long lunch break, I did a spot of shopping (: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I also bought these boots from H&M. So in love with them, and they're super comfy. I've had them about a week now so they're not completely clean & new-looking anymore. But I'm dead chuffed with them. There's a few versions knocking like these from <a href="http://www.topshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?beginIndex=1&viewAllFlag=&catalogId=33057&storeId=12556&productId=5934280&langId=-1&sort_field=Relevance&categoryId=208544&parent_categoryId=208492&pageSize=20" target="_blank">like these from Topshop</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'd be lusting after the leather biker with a fur collar from Topshop for a while, but with my car MOT next week I've had to compromise and make my own cheapskate version! Which I actually kinda like (:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On my little lunchbreak shopping spree in h&m I also bought <a href="http://www.hm.com/gb/product/03832?article=03832-A" target="_blank">chunky knit socks</a> to wear with my boots, and some lovely little bits in the sale including a white pencil skirt and a pair of sunglasses for summer & some cosy grey wool shorts for winter. I'll do a few outfit posts soon I hope, having a chap around pays off when you need someone to snap what you're wearing! Taking these photo's of myself today was a nightmare, I'm awful at it, and today I look like I should be living under a bridge hence minimal snaps of the face.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Had a nice day yesterday with the boy doing a charity shop crawl in our local town. Oli got a Kooks album which he purchased for £1.99 & then we spent ages in the cute little record shop eyeing up the vinyls. Good weekend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">xx</span>Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01203356693855124344noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6710182589140397570.post-36174747909818832302012-10-08T20:50:00.000+01:002012-10-08T20:57:05.388+01:00Product Review: Garnier BB Cream<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Before buying this product, I was using <a href="http://rimmel.rimmellondon.com/products/lasting-finish-25-hour-foundation" target="_blank">Rimmel's 'Lasting Finish 25 Hour'</a> foundation in Ivory, because it's their lightest shade (I'm pale as a sheet) & I've had it before, just got comfortable & didn't have time/money to experiment with anything else. But when my last bottle ran out, I decided I would, because although it was quite a good & reasonably priced foundation, I found it slightly too thick and heavy for me. My skin always felt quite clogged up by the end of the day!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'd heard quite a bit about BB cream before & I had been sent a tester of this in the post, so I thought I'd give it a go. It was on offer at the time, and I liked the idea of it combining a few products into one :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I went with the 'Light' shade, and I've been using it for about </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">a month now. It definitely does have a much lighter coverage, and my skin definitely feels a lot healthier, more moisturised than plastered :) So I would recommend this product for that, but the downside for me, is that its just a little toooo light, I really like the idea of a BB cream, I think I just want one with slightly more coverage because I feel like I'm using far too much of it in some places! And it does leave my skin a little more shiny than I'd hope, so powder is needed as I prefer my skin to have more of a matte finish!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If anyone can suggest a really good BB cream that'd be so helpful :) Just gotta wait for this one to run out now.</span><br />
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Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01203356693855124344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6710182589140397570.post-85421141061959263632012-10-02T17:31:00.001+01:002012-10-15T21:44:45.486+01:00DIY: Marble Effect Nails!<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> You will need</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">a mug of room temperature water (preferably not in your mums best china)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">cotton buds</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">nail varnish remover</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">a cocktail stick or sewing needle</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Okay prepare for it to be veryy messy! You'll need to do each of these steps quite quickly so that the nail varnish doesn't dry in the water. And don't give up too quickly, it may take a few tries before you get it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">So start by painting each of your nails white. This leaves a nice background base colour for the marble effect & it </span><i>does</i> <span style="font-size: x-small;">look better.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Get your mug of room temperature water & hold the brush above it, allowing a drop of nail varnish to fall in. This should spread out across the water. Inside each colour, add another drop until it starts to look like this. Do this about 5 or 6 times!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Next, using the cocktail stick/sewing needle/other pointy apparatus, carefully swirl the drops to make a pattern. Keep it simple, and remember don't rush, but be quite quick as it will dry!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">If it dries to much it won't swirl very well & might look like this. If so, dont worry, get your finger in there & if it doesnt work, try again. To clear the mug & start a new finger, use the cotton bud to gather it all to the edge & it will lift out easily.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Haven't got a picture for the next part, but once you've made your swirly, marble effect in the water, rest your finger nail upside-down over the pattern, slightly submerged in the water & lightly blow at the excess (to make it dry|). Take your finger out and allow it to dry. Do all 10 nails, allowing enough time for them all to dry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Next is the clean-up operation. Once you've done the above steps to all your nails, and allowed them enough time to dry, you need to wipe the nail polish off of your fingers. Do this using cotton wool pads/tissue and cotton buds coated with nail varnish remover. The cotton buds are especially effective at cleaning around the nail, so that you don't take any of the design off the nail! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">And here's the finished product! Comment if you have any questions or anything. Go <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9A_9FH7e-A" target="_blank">here</a> if you wanna watch a video that breaks it down a bit slower!</span></div>
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I was actually meant to have this post up a few days ago, but works been hectic & I've been out & about with friends and the chap :) But I'm on top of things, and been brainstorming for the blog & scouting magazines and shops n' stuff for inspiration. So there's plenty of posts comin' your way!<br />
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P.S Thanks Mevans for helping me out with this one :) utter babe.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So these are a few items I've been lusting after as we come into Autumn/Winter. Most are pretty purse friendly too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I'm loving a few hints of leather here & there, which is perfect on one of these khaki jackets (best of both trends). And I've wanted a red berry-coloured bowler/cloche hat for a while & after finding this steal on eBay, I think I might just have to get it. The green Reiss jacket above is definitely one JUST for the wishlist. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The leather jacket is a pretty staple item for me, as I have a black denim biker but not a leather one, and the detachable fur collar sells it for me :) The boots are much like the <a href="http://www.topshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=12556&catalogId=33057&productId=2483446&categoryId=209967&parent_category_rn=208544" target="_blank">Ambush </a>ones from Topshop, but a bit kinder on the bank balance (winner). And these gorgeouuuus leggings from <a href="http://www.lovelysally.com/" target="_blank">LovelySally</a> are literally the most beautiful leggings I've ever seen! Check out all their designs, you'll fall in love with them I guarantee it.</span></div>
Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01203356693855124344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6710182589140397570.post-89813777587148885712012-09-20T16:57:00.000+01:002012-11-21T19:48:06.340+00:00Fash Without Cash! DIY: Studded shirt for a fiver!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You'll need some studs. These were 99p from Ebay, you can find them <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170880004031?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649" target="_blank">here</a>. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I was a bit safe with the collar, but if you order a couple or packets & have alot of<br />
patience, you could stud the whole collar!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My stud-buddy Lil doing her shirt.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The studs are quite easy to push into the fabric, as the prongs are fairly sharp <br />
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Took just over an hour, and cost me £5.99. I used about 70 studs on this one!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">So here's my first proper blog post! Still getting used to everything though, so be patient with me. Expect me to be posting quite regularly though. I've been trying out quite a lot of DIY 'post worthy creativeness lately, and I'm getting all excited for Autumn/Winter because I'm seeing lots of <i>beautiful</i> things to blog about.</span></div>
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<br />Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01203356693855124344noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6710182589140397570.post-50655900654217225732012-09-17T18:09:00.001+01:002012-09-17T18:09:42.114+01:00I'm new!So, I should probably start by introducing myself. I'm Emma. I won't bore you with the details but I'm a fashion-lover, and very much obsessed with art and illustration. So this blog will be a mixture of things: you'll see fashion posts, lifestyle, beauty, product reviews, illustrations done by myself, a variety really!<div>
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