Every Day Is A Fashion Show

They say that fashion fades, but that style is eternal.

I for one, agree. Fashion trends do come and go but the 

ones that make hat ever lasting impression on a woman

help aid the growth of personal style. Anything can leave 

an impression on you, I bet Christian Louboutin didn't 

realise the effect a simple red sole would have on woman

globally? Personally, my music taste and Vivianne Westwood

of the 60's were a huge factor when I was growing up.

But what influences style?

Everything. Movies, art, pop culture, hollywood, trends.

Life. It all counts. You can find inspiration from what I like

to call 'The Greats' i.e mothers and grandmothers alike,

and you can find it by walking down a busy street. 

For me, style is something that is always evolving. If you

asked my friends I can only imagine what they would call

me.. a hippie most likely. Most days is a colourful wardrobe,

messy hair, too much eyeliner and an abundance of tattoo's.

To be honest, I prefer boho chic, but hey. I'm the type of 

girl who loves anything bright, textured and I am not afraid

of mixing thing's or looking 'odd'. Fashion is a way of expressing

my creativity, as well as writing, obviously.

I graduated Uni in November 2013 with a degree in Marketing

with PR & Event's Management, and I'm now an intern in a 

newspaper house, which I love. However, working in an office

means working with a dress code. A dress code, me? The girl

who wears band shirts and flowers in her hair? I don't think so.

That's just life though, and my style has undergone a revamp

the last few months to fit into this aspect of my life. Taking

inspiration from Alexa Chung and Kelly Osbourne, and mixing 

it with street style, and other bloggers such as BeautyCrush

and SoSueMe. After a few months it's crazy looking back

and seeing how style changes. That's the fun in it though,

right?

My point is that although style is eternal, it is not set in stone

what that style must be. It's always changing, always evolving

and that's okay. I will argue that confidence is key. Ever

heard the term fake it till you make it? Well, it works. If you

want to wear something that may be slightly 'out there' and

your afraid too? Fake it. Pop on your lipstick, fake a smile and

own it! Soon enough, you won't be faking it anymore. You 

will have the confidence and you'll love it.

I'm excited to see what I'll be drawn to next.....

Bumble & Bumble Thickening Spray

I realise I am super late on the bandwagon on this one, but I didn't want to talk about something that I wasn't in love with and that I hadn't taken the time to try out. However, now is the time. Like everyone else who mentions this product on the interwebs, I too love it! What's the product you ask? Well my loves, I'm talking about the Bumble & Bumble Thickening Spray. 

Bumble & Bumble is a brand that has a place in many bloggers hearts these day's, and after trying this out for a while I really like it. I use it after washing my hair, towel dry it and add a few sprays of it into my roots and shake it up a little. It's adds a lovely bit of volume to my hair after I blow dry it, and usually it can be quite limp, which is annoying. Flat hair, bleugh. The only thing I don't like about it is the smell, it's a bit too strong for my liking but as it works so well that I'm willing to overlook!

I only have the mini bottle as I wasn't willing to splash out on the full size as it's €26 and I didn't know if I'd like it, but after using it for a few months now I can safely say I would have no problem buying the full size. I'm also eyeing up the surf shampoo too, it looks amazing!

You can get this Bumble & Bumble product on the Boots website here.

Let me know what you think of this product if you've tried it, and what else I should look out for from the range?

Rose Gold

It's short & sweet today, but I just anted to show you something that I have been loving these last few weeks. I am a big fan of chunky gold chains anyway, so when I spotted one in rose gold it had to join my little family. I picked this up in Claire's a while back, I think it around €7 but don't quote me on that!

It's a very simple piece but I think because it's rose gold it's quite versatile, I feel you can wear it with mixed metals and it's still pretty stylish. I love the statement it makes too, I love wearing this with really simple tops to make it pop, and with collars too as I think it sits really well.

What do you think?

24 hours to go, I wanna be sedated

Foundation Rimmel Lasting Finish in '100 ivory'

Concealer 17 Phwoarr Paint in 'fair'

Setting Powder Calvin Klein 'tawny'

Brows Catrice Lash Brow Designer, 17 brow kit, Essence brow pencil

Blush MAC Melba

Contour Natural Collection 'Rosey Glow'

Lips Catrice lip liner 060 Very Berry & Wet'N'Wild lipstick in 'Cherry Blossom'

Eye's MAC Naked lunch and 17 Peep Show Palette, 17 All dolled up mascara and Essence black khol liner on the waterline

Girl Crushin'

This is a new kind of post for me, although I don't know why I never have done it before. Instagram and Twitter are always full of people's inspiration, and girl crushes, style idol etc. So today I thought I would share one of, if not, my biggest style crush. Alexa Chung.

I absolutley love Alexa's style, everything from her hair to those cheek bone's. She always looks flawless, and she has an edgy, tomboy yet cool style that I love and that I can very much relate too. She's not afraid to mix staple items like a plain grey tee with more 'out there' items and when she wear's a red lip she really rock it! Have you read her book? It's fabulous!

Could she be a wildflower?

I love love love this jacket. It's from Penny's/Primark

I saw Milly wearing it ages ago, and it confirmed to me that I had to have it.

I'd been eyeing it up for a while before hand but was unsure as to how I would wear it, but when I went to actually buy it it had been reduced down to €9! Talk about faith...

It's colourful, floral but yet smart and it's the type of jacket you can dress up, or dress down depending on what take's your fancy. I love pieces that are versatile like this and now I want more. Isn't that always the way?

I plan to do some OOTD's soon, it's just a bit hard to get nice picture's this time of year, did I mention it snowed this week?

Anyway, maybe I should keep the floral's for Spring!

Wet'N'Wild comes to Ireland

YES - you read that title correct. 

After years of seeing Wet'N'Wild product raves and reviews over YouTube and across blogs they have finally decided to come to Ireland!

They landed in Dunne's Store's a few week's ago, and myself and Aislinn literally screamed when we saw they had been stocked up.

First thing I picked up? Lipsticks obviously......

I picked up four colours, and my most loved is the dark red/purple called 'Cherry Blossom', apparently it's a great dupe for MAC's Diva (Can anyone confirm?) either way, I love it. I love dark lipstick so much so it was kind of obvious that this would be a fave!

The others I picked up we're 'Mauve Outta Here' 'Think Pink' and 'Just Peachy'.

The lipsticks themselves are really nice on consistency, they are quite creamy and long lasting for a lipstick that is only €3.99 you can't really go wrong!

I'm excited to try more from the range, I have my eye on the blushes next......

Have you tried anything from Wet'N'Wild?