Betsey Johnson and Sephora for OPI

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Oh my goodness, excuse me for a moment whilst I try and control my excitement enough to write this post but ahhhhh yes my pretties,  Betsey Johnson (aka my fashion idol) is teaming up for a Sephora by OPI nail polish collection. YES! This is the most incredible news and to be honest, and possibly quite sadly, has cheered me up immensely from my little mid week slump. The whole collection consists of seven full sized colours (as pictured above), a six piece mini nail polish set, long lasting trend tips and flashy nail designs. Of this incredible collaboration Betsey says:

“I am Too Too excited for my first nail collection with Sephora by OPI! The collection is just how I like it – loud, outrageous, pretty, pinky, and kickass rock and roll.”

The  seven nail polish colours which from the top row to bottom are:

• It's My Pink! (hot pink, scented nail polish that smells like Betsey's Too Too perfume)
• Sparkling Personality (gleaming silver glitter)
• Forever Wild, (black grape)
• Pushing Your Luck (reddest red)
• Alley Cat (purple-y fuchsia)
• Cartwheels on the Catwalk (sea foam green)
• XOX Betsey (sandy nude shade)

Then there’s the  mini Polish Set  that includes:

• Son of a Gun (metallic charcoal) (mini kit exclusive)
• Yellow My Name is Betsey (yellow) (mini kit exclusive)
• Too Too Turq (turquoise) (mini kit exclusive)
• Pushing Your Luck (red)
• XOX Betsey (sandy nude)
• Alley Cat (fuschia)

Then the trend tip designs in the following patterns:

• Skull
• Cheetah
• Lips

Finally little nail designs with the following decoration:

• Cherries
• Lightning Bolts
• Bow Patterns

Ummmm wow, so wasn’t expecting to randomly come across this news, I’m appalled how late I am with finding it all out to be honest. I’m like the biggest Betsey fan girl, I swear! haha. For anymore information click here but I highly recommend checking out the Beautezine post because it has some wonderful photos of all the packaging and also contains a mini review. I’m going to be completely un-beauty-blogger ish and proclaim I love this collection before it even hits the shelves, I know, I know it’s bad, but I am afraid I am so blinkered because I love Betsey so much! But okay, being sensible now, perhaps some of the shades aren’t the most unique in the world, but I am all over the Too Too fragranced one, that’s such a sweet edge, and the nail trend tips and little nail designs look the main driving force behind this collection to me.

A nail polish collection is perfect for Betsey, and I heard rumours years ago about a beauty range, so I’m more than delighted with this, but would I be pushing it further if I could beg once more for a Betsey Johnson and MAC collaboration? Come on, it NEEDS to happen, imagine the packaging, the colours, the….everything!

This collection is released in March this year in all Sephora stores and Sephora online. Bit gutted at it being Sephora as we no longer have the store in the UK. Sob sob. Does anyone know if Sephora does a decent priced UK delivery? I will get detective on this and find out for you all!

Would love to know what you think of the collection :).

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Brit Awards 2012 Frock-a-thon!

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Whilst writing this post the 2012 Brit Awards will swing into full musical action. I have always loved the Brit Awards, I don’t know why, but something about it really excites me. It’s the one award show I always have to watch from start to finish, but maybe it’s the muso in me! But you know as I’m a girl I get excited about the dresses too! The above photos are literally straight off the red carpet and all from LOOK magazine’s website. So what do you think? I think my favourite is Florence Welch in that exquisite Sarah Burton Mcqueen dress. This is, as far as I know, the second big custom thing Sarah has done since the Royal Wedding. But wow, doesn’t Jessie J also look super amazingly gorgeous and yet so stripped down. I love the neutral lip look. My other favourite is Fearne Cotton. It’s such a simple outfit but I love Fearne’s style so much; she always looks so effortlessly stylish.

Are you a Brit Awards fan too? Leave me your thoughts on the music, the dresses, anything really ;).

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S/S12: New Crafty Creations

Hello my lovelies. I was on such a good blogging role for February wasn’t I? Well, that was me doing my best! Unfortunately for the last week I haven’t been feeling well and  in particular because I have had this annoying nose bleed every.single.blimmin.day. I mean how random is that? haha. Anyway it’s finally stopped now so normal routines can be resumed!

This post is a little sneak peak to my latest Spring/Sumer 2012 for my shop which has also been taking up a lot of my time, hence limited blog activity lately. The pastel bows are already listed but everything else will not be available to buy until my new website launches. I’m getting all serious and grown up with a proper place to sell my creations. It’s the least big thing in the world to some, but is the biggest step for me! I have a fabulous lot of people making this happen for me, with the talents of in particular Fressia who has designed everything for me, and my gorgeous friend Kirsty at the Leopard Anchor who is helping me with the photography. Don’t worry I won’t be getting rid of my Etsy at.all. I adore Etsy and it is wonderful, but the fees are becoming a little too much for me right now in terms of having a lot of stock on there, so I will keep about 50 items on there, and then hopefully 100 plus, so consequently the main range will be on my main shop.

I have a few questions however, if you don’t mind!

1. Hair scarf wise, do you like long scarves so you can make a bow, or short to just make a knot?
2. What kind of things do you plan to wear this spring and summer hair wise? I make pretty much everything hair wise but I’m wondering what I need to make more of, and what I can make less of. So, do you prefer floral garlands or fabric stuff, bows or clips?

Huge thank you if you can help me with the above and it would also mean the world to me if you showed some love for my little shop on both Facebook and Twitter. Stay tuned to both because I will be holding a giveaway on both of them when I have finally launched the website (can you do giveaways on Facebook?!).

OH and wow, okay so I can't end this post without a thank you...but a HUGE thank you because I recently hit 1000 followers on my blog and I cannot believe it. It truly amazes me that you all took the time to hit the follow button, and I so, so appreciate it. ♥♥♥♥♥♥

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New York Fashion Week: Betsey Johnson 2012

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An iconic Beatles riff is played to a black and white video backdrop of screaming girls as they await the arrival of the fab four: This is 60s Beatlemania, but for the Fall 2012 season and this night in New York, it transforms into the ever so aptly named 'Betseymania'. Yes that's right, Betseymania is of course Betsey Johnson, who takes her fun eccentric self back to the swinging sixties.

Models strut down the runaway revitalizing the 60s feel in skinny herringbone suits, boyish coats, miniskirts, hounds tooth print, psychedelic prints, maxi dresses, floppy boho hats, fluffy faux fur trims, hot fuchsia pink tights, berets and John Lennon style glasses to a soundtrack of music from The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Dusty Springfield. So from the outset it's like literally stepping back onto the streets of Liverpool and Carnaby Street, but look closely and you'll see true stamps of Betseymania quite literally all over this collection. From the very opening ultra tight flirty suit fitting, the eye-watering splash of neon mini skirts, a very Elsa Schiaparelli Surrealist esque skeleton mini dress (glittering printed too, to make even more of a catwalk impact!), to the whole soundtrack which yes is of course of its time, but with an updated dupstep remix!

And this is of course why I love Betsey. It's that tongue-in-cheek approach that makes a Betsey show like a party, and illustrates time and time again that fashion really is fun. She of course asserts this furthermore at the end of all her shows with her infamous catwalk cartwheel (this lady is 69 people, 69...I kid you not!) and the obligatory finale of scantily clad models in silver miniskirts sayashing down the runway with poms poms. I think I warm to this collection more than last season because Betsey Johnson totally embodies the Sixties to me, and also I am literally still living Beatlemania! I mean, she was at the heart of the Youthquake (1960s fashion, musical and cultural movement) fashion movement and Andy Warhol's underground scene, along with The Velvet Underground, Edie Sedgwick, Lou Reed and Mary Quant. So whereas a lot of it may not be 'textbook' Sixties-ish, it's Betsey's Sixties, and if anyone knows how to rock this period of fashion history it's her, it's Betseymania!

You can check out the whole show above, but I have also included some image highlights. I haven’t talked much about the make up but I’m so impressed at the eye make up! Normally Betsey shows aren’t about the make up but wow, this is a something worthy of a re-create for sure! So now I'd love to know what you think of the collection, and are you a Betsey Johnson fan?
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Youtube Experience my shop!

I was sorting out a few images for my shop today and decided to collate them for a video on Youtube.  I’ve actually been really surprised by the welcome I’ve had on Youtube, and I don’t mean that in a bad way it’s just it’s notorious lately for surrounding itself in a bit of a hater bubble. I have so many more DIY tutorials coming up including something hopefully very soon which I’m ridiculously excited for you all to see! So if you haven’t, it would mean the world to me if you could subscribe to my channel. If you have any requests for any DIYs then please let me know. I love Youtube obviously for make up, hair and fashion, but I kind of feel like I have nothing to offer in that field that someone hasn’t already done, so it’s just going to be DIYs at the moment :).
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REVIEW: Real Techniques Stippling Brush

So this year the one thing everyone seemed to want to get their hands on at IMATS was a Real Techniques brush. Now you may not have heard of the brush line itself, but I bet you you have heard of the mastermind behind it, Samantha Chapman from make up superstar duo Pixiwoo (her sister, Nicola, is also a make up artist). Like so many I love Pixiwoo and have followed their channel over the years and I whilst I don’t watch many of their basic or natural tutorials, I simply adore their theatrical and more themed work, and I think out of everyone on Youtube they strike the perfect balance between being perfect for the make up newbie and make up enthusiast.

That above description kind of sums up the whole brush range. They are fantastic for beginners but also wonderful for the professional. Out of all the brushes the stippling brush stood out to me the most because it seemed the most versatile and like something I didn’t already have. The brushes are divided into different colours for different areas of the face. So yellow is for the face, blue for eyes and pink for the perfect finish.
To save this review from becoming too long, then in a nutshell I adore this brush, and I can wholeheartedly say that it is the best brush I have ever, ever used for foundation! As an experiment, like Sam explains in the video, I put this brush to the test with foundation, blusher, highlight and powder. Nothing is a challenge for this little thing! It literally makes foundation application a breeze and I love the way you literally ‘stipple’ it onto the skin because so many foundation brushes need to be dragged across the face and you all know that’s not the kindest thing to do to! It so effortlessly gives you that airbrushed finish. I then applied blusher with it and usually I swear by the MAC 187 as I love a huge brush for blusher (big of a mouthful!) but I’m totally converted! This makes everything that more precise, and the same goes for highlighting.

If you’re looking to get just one of these brushes then I think this would be the perfect one to go for just because we all want something that multitasks for our money, don’t we? I can’t speak for the other brushes as I haven’t tried them. Oh, and I will just mention at this point that this was only £8 or so, which to me is an absolute complete bargain, and secondly due to the taklon bristle these brushes are completely cruelty free. Huge yay for that! In comparison to the MAC 188 it’s a lot stubbier and compact if that makes sense?!
Not sure what else to add but if you click here you’ll reach the page dedicated to the brush itself, and I would also recommend checking the above video out. If you’re UK based you’ll be pleased to know that you can purchases these brushes from Boots and you can check to see if your local Boots store stocks them here.

Have you tried Real Techniques, and if so, what did you think?

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REVIEW: Bomb Cosmetics ‘Birds of a Feather’ Bath Buttercup

If you’re a bath product fan then it’s quite likely you have already heard of Bomb Cosmetics but if not, then it is a lovely local company that sell absolutely adorable little bath melts, bath bombs, candles and a whole bunch of other gorgeous smelling goods. I have tried quite a few things from the company over the years and I can’t think why I haven’t mentioned them before. This little post is a dedication to the loveliness of their new product called 'Birds Of A Feather', which I presume is a Valentine’s Day special edition product. To me their bath melts are what Bomb Cosmetics excel and you will be spoilt for choice at not only the amazing array of fragrance combinations, but just simply picking the nicest design as they are all utterly adorable! Here is a description of the scent and how you use it:

Description

This is one for the lovers out there! They say birds of a feather flock together, we say "bathe together" with sensual Ylang Ylang and Patchouli essential oils to soothe and comfort.

Directions for Use

Drop your Bomb Cosmetics Buttercup into a warm bath and it will quickly melt releasing moisturising Cocoa Butter in to the bath water. Rub well into your skin for best effects. Due to the very high oil content, you may need to rinse the bath after use. Particularly recommended for people with dry skin.

It literally smells like a ready to bottle fragrance and I love that because the scent really does linger on you. Additionally they leave your skin feeling so, so soft, and all winter beaten skin could do with a bit of TLC at the moment, right? Yes!

I definitely need to get more of these as I am so fortunate to have stockists all around me and that’s the great thing about the company. I actually picked up one of these up in my local card shop but I’m not far from somewhere else that sells the whole range. Pricing wise this was £1.99 which isn’t cheap but then isn’t that expensive for a hand made bath product full of gorgeous ingredients and not synthetic rubbish! You definitely get what you pay for. If you’re looking to try something from them then go straight for the bath melt buttercups or the bath melt creamers. It will come as no surprise to you all that this cute Bunny one is something I’m lusting after! haha.

Has anyone else tried Bomb Cosmetics?

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