Mix and Match

I recently bought this off the shoulder crop top online from Boohoo I often wear shirts, or tops that are quite high in the neck so I really wanted to try this as it would be quite a new look for me. I think it makes the black crop top look a lot more feminine without being too exposed! I am seeing this style more often in dress,etc. and I really like it. The top only cost around 9euro (perks of being a student) and the shipping was free! It fits perfectly and sits really comfortably off the shoulder. 

When I purchased, I also bought a sort of tie dye print midi skirt from Missguided I loved the skirt when I seen it online and loved the sort of grunge look. Online, the skirt has more of a warmer tone, like a deepish grey mixed with black however, in real life, it is a lot more white than grey. I do still love the skirt, and plan on keeping it, I was just slightly disappointed.

Anyways I bought this top with the intention of just wearing it with this skirt. Turned out, I had a lot more in my wardrobe already to wear it with. I love when this happens! I had recently bought a bright cobalt blue skirt from Topshop. The two blocks of colour looks really well with some gold jewellery to finish it off! The skirt is very vibrant so it really stands out next to the black top. This shade of blue is my favourite colour to wear at the minute so I am looking forward to wearing this statement skirt quite often through summer.

I also had a another skirt, a deep green pleated skater skirt which was also from Missguided I was planning to wear this skirt with a plain, little white shirt for a simple, daytime look. When I tried it with the top I loved it! I imagine it with a lot of statement gold jewellery and bright lip for a sort of festival look!

The last item, I have decided to match my top with is a white and black polka dot skirt from River Island. I bought this skirt last year and wore it with a cropped denim shirt. I loved it when I got it, but I haven't really got much wear out of it since so I am really happy that I will now get the chance to wear it! It's quite a statement skirt so I found it best to keep the top quite simple. The material of this skirt allows it to sit so well, it sort of flows out so next to the tight top it looks great. I plan to wear this with a brightly coloured lip, possibly a fuchsia or even a bright red, to add a bit of colour coming into the summertime!

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LOTD - Mini In The Box

Just another little love of the day. 

Been looking for a new phone cover for awhile now, seemed everywhere I looked they were really expensive or the shipping was really expensive! A friend (fellow blogger -http://www.missladysee.blogspot.ie/) brought me onto this site that she had recently ordered from called Mini in the Box There was so many nice covers, all really reasonably priced, and the shipping was free! The only downside, is the usual wait for delivery which is around 10-20 days. It is quite a wait but I wasn't in any real hurry for them and they were being shipped the whole way from Hong Kong so I didn't really mind! They just came today (7 days later) and I really love them! Such pretty patterns, the owl printed one cost 2.93euro and the striped one cost 3.39euro. So altogether only spending 6.33 on two phone covers, a week doesn't seem like too much of a wait!

♥

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Met Ball 2013

I love these celebrity events, looking at who wore what. I'm sure we all do it, and not just to admire either, probably more so to criticize than anything else. The red carpet fashion seems to have some of the best/worst dresses seen! This year, at the Met Gala I genuinely loved some of the dresses worn! It seemed to be monochrome colours that came out on top, in my eyes anyways, with a lot of celebrities opting for blacks and whites. 

Topshops own custom made dresses featured quite heavily at this years event. I love how a high street fashion is finally being brought onto the red carpet! I am sure, they will be pretty pricey once they hit the high-street however it is still a step in the right direction! 

Jourdan Dunn, Ashley Madekwe, Nicole Richie and Chloe
Green all wearing Topshop.

Nicole Richies custom made Topshop dress was definitely one of my favorites from the whole event! The dress itself is very feminine with the floral design throughout, not an obvious choice for the 'Punk: Chaos to Couture' theme however her hair and makeup completed that look! I'll admit, I didn't really love her hair at first but I think, in keeping with the whole idea of the night it suited really well and I loved the dark lip matched with the subtle toned dress.

Nicole Richie's take on
'Chaos to Couture' theme

Cara Delevingne, Emma Watson and Miranda Kerr were another three of my favorite dresses from the Gala. Cara's Burberry dress suited the whole event perfectly. The super-plunge front and the tiny gold spikes  completed the punk look to a tee! The theme itself, it would of been difficult for Cara to actually get it wrong, her usual style with dark eyebrows and heavy eye makeup was appropriate! 

Cut-Out was another favorite amongst the celebs this year. Emma Watsons Prabal Gurung gown suited her petite frame flawlessly! The strappy detail at the top, showing her stomach was evened out appropriately with the long train flowing behind. Mullet dresses and skirts were very popular in Summer 2012 so they could possibly be making a comeback for this year!

Miranda Kerr, I believe, would look amazing in a bin bag! Her super toned slender figure was shown off amazingly in this Michael Kors gown! It is quite a revealing dress but suited her toned mid riff perfectly! The deep red lip also set off the black floor length dress.

Cara Delevingne

Emma Watson

Miranda Kerr

There was so many admirable dresses at this years Met Ball. I also loved Blake Livelys Gucci dress and Carey Mulligans simple Lavin black cut-out dress but my personal favorite was definitely Rooney Maras Givenchy dress! I think both her and Nicole Richie took quite a similar approach to Punk with a more glamorous side adding, small more subtle hints to the theme. Rooney Mara also wore a dark lip. The plunging front and zip detail added that edge to the lace gown. I absolutely loved the style of this dress, with so much detail in the shoulders and the perfectly flowing mullet design. 

Rooney Mara

So that's just a few of the dresses I loved. Of course like any of these red carpet events, not everyone seems to get it right ha

Madonna, Miley Cyrus and Kim Kardashian

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Love Of The Day

Quick love of the day for you guys! Recently bought this little candle holder in a local department store. Absolutely love the little doily/lace pattern. It only cost around 10euros and I currently have 4 little raspberry and papaya scented candles in it that Anna bought me as a little gift. These are sold in Primark for around 2euro and the smell is beautiful! Loving it! 

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Review - Real Techniques Expert Face Brush

So I have seen this brush being used by a lot of bloggers (such as http://www.missladysee.blogspot.ie/, http://www.zoella.co.uk/, http://www.tanyaburr.co.uk/) and I really wanted to try it!

 I have never really used this type of brush before, I usually stick to the typical makeup brushes. I have wanted to try a stippling brush, but when I seen this being mentioned quite often I was curious to try. 

I have only used this a few times but I, so far, am really happy with it! It buffs the foundation into my skin giving me a more flawless finish. It is so easy to blend liquid foundation with this brush! I find with regular brushes, it takes a lot more building up to create that flawless look. It is very reasonably priced at £9.99. I have only tried this with my Rimmel Wake Me Up foundation so far (this is my usual everyday makeup as I love the lightweight feel for daytime) I am interested to try this with some other foundations I have to see the result (such as MAC studio fix and Esteé Lauder Double Wear) 

So I will keep you updated ♥

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Summer Shades - Nails

Summer is the main time for bright colours. There is so much more variety of colour at this time of year and one thing we love is bright nail polishes! There is such selection which fluorescent shades, pastel, etc. Here is just a few of the colours we are loving at the minute ♥

Gosh 'Lavender Love'

Rimmel 'Tangy Tangerine'

Models Own 'Banana Split'

Gosh 'Miss Minty'

Gosh 'Wild Lilac'

Kelly Brook collection at New Look (seem to have misplaced
the sticker with colour name, oops...)

Essie 'Butler Please'

That is just a few of the shades we have been loving. We will hopefully be adding to these as the summer goes on.

We are planning on doing a similar post to show our favourite summer shades in lipsticks so look out for that over the next few days!

L&A

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London Street Gallery - Opening Night

Recently we attended an opening of a new gallery in Derry. The gallery, for the first couple of months was exhibiting pieces which were entered into the Off the Cuff fashion show which also took place in Derry. Anna had entered her own jumpsuit in this fashion show so it was interesting to see it exhibited in a gallery. 

You can read more about how Anna made her jumpsuit on her other blog where she features a lot of her college work (http://annaduffydesigns.wordpress.com/)

It was great to see also some of the other pieces that were entered into the Off the Cuff fashion show. Everyones work was unique and they took a different approach to the given project. 

This was made from broken bits of glass

This was made completely from paper!

This won 'Best Accessory' at the show

This piece won 'Best in Show'

Also at the gallery where different pieces from professional artists. The work was so creative and out of the ordinary. A particular one that stood out was an artist, Bernie Murphy, who made collars completely from zips. We thought this was so unique and the finished product looked so well!

There was also collars made by artist Anne Patterson who created individual collars, which a lot were very wearable and detailed. Her attention to detail is what made her work so eyecatching.

 Just a little bit on what we wore to the exhibition.

Anna (left)

White Shirt - Topshop

Blue Trousers - Primark

Black Wedges - New Look

Lauren (Right)

Polka Dot Shirt - Topshop

Red Skirt - Boohoo.com

Black Booties - New Look

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