style icon - emma stone

Emma Stone’s transformation from the sweet and innocent girl that moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career to Hollywood’s latest it girl it incredible. She is one of few people that can pull off being a blonde, brunette and a redhead. She’s even got Andrew Garfield on her arm. Things can’t get any better for Emma Stone. I’m not sure she can put a foot wrong. &nbs...

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item of the week - earrings

Recently I have had a bit of an obsession with earrings. Etsy has become a new favourite of mine because you can buy so many unique and good quality pairs of there! There are so many cute studs and dangly earrings that can tie an outfit together that I thought I would share some of my favourites. 1. Deer Studs - $4.74 - https://www.etsy.com/nz/listing/94711435/cute-small-deer-post-stud-earrings?ref=br_feed_30&br_feed_tlp=jewelry 2. Eiffel Towers Studs - $15.19 - https://www.etsy.com/nz/listing/156337308/gold-silver-pink-gold-dainty-eiffel?ref=br_feed_41&br_feed_tlp=jewelry 3....

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style icon - emma watson

In the past 5 years since Emma Watson finished filming the Harry Potter series, she has gone through a huge change in her fashion choices. She made dramatic choices like cutting her hair into that cut pixie cut and wearing bold red lipsticks on the red carpet. She has become a Hollywood star, only emphasised by her appearance at the Oscars this year. She is the same age as me and possibly because of this and the fact that we are both from the south of England has meant that in recent years she has become my biggest fashion icon. I draw...

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trends - aztec fashion

A few years ago clothing and accessories with Aztec patterns became oh so fashionable. I presumed it would be a trend that died out quickly despite the beautiful patterns, amazing colours and the feeling of being in a foreign place every time I wore an item of clothing with an Aztec print on. A few years later I still love Aztec prints. These are some of my favourite high street items this season.  1. Dress - $78.69 - http://www.asos.com/Band-of-Gypsies/Band-of-Gypsies-Smock-Dress-in-Bright-Aztec-Print/Prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=3768032&SearchQuery=aztec&Rf-700=1000&sh=0&pge=0&pgesize=204&sort=-1&clr=Pinkmulti 2....

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work wear

Sometimes it can be difficult to balance out chic and fashionable with the business attire dress code that most people in office jobs have to wear to work. I have just recently started a new job in insurance and was told that I had to wear business attire to work. So I went on a hunt for fashionable business clothes. This is what I wore to work this week. Monday On Monday I wore a black skirt with thick tights, (got to stay warm) and a white high necked shirt. I paired this with a statement necklace to make it a bit more chic and...

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mac makeup tutorial

Over the past few years there have been makeup trends that I have been dying to try but somehow I’ve just never got the hang of it. The smokey eye, the bright red lip, liquid eyeliner with the flick, all trends for some reason look amazing on my favourite stars but I just can’t replicate that look. Recently I have also been considering a career in makeup artistry, but I can’t commit to going back to study at the moment. So I booked myself into one of the makeup tutorials at the MAC counter at my local department store so that I could...

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oscar fashion

With the awards season well and truly over, it’s time to look back at some of my favourite outfits from the past few months. 1.                  Emma Watson It will be no surprise to some of you that Emma Watson has been my absolute favourite this year. From her amazing Dior Couture dress-trouser combo at the Golden Globes through to the black Vera Wang dress she wore to the Oscars. Emma Watson has proved that she is no longer Hermione Granger in...

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men's winter fashion

With winter here in New Zealand fast approaching its time to start thinking about coats and hats and jumpers and scarves. I’m doing a rare post on men’s fashion here because there has been so much that I have seen here recently that is awesome for guys and its very rare for me to find good boyfriend buys or presents! 1.       DC Shirt $90.58 http://www.surfstitch.com/product/dc-shoes-chozen-ls-shirt-marooned-plaid 2. Globe Skate Shoes $90.63 http://www.surfstitch.com/product/globe-motley-shoe-black-acid-tan 3....

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harmful beauty revisited

In July last year, I discovered that most beauty products, particularly the affordable ones you can buy on the high street, contain harmful chemicals such as formaldehyde, sodium sulphate and parabens that can cause all kinds of horrible illness’ and diseases. So I started a quest, to discover homemade substitutes for each beauty product I used. I must admit that at this point I was quite lazy with my beauty routine. I didn’t take great care of my hair and I hadn’t used toner or moisturiser on my skin in years. But I thought I would...

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harmful beauty

Did you know that your skin, just like your heart, your lungs and your kidneys is an organ? It is your bodies biggest organ and it protects us from all kinds of things. But it also absorbs everything that you put on it. You know when you do the washing up without gloves on, your skin absorbs the ingredients that are in the washing up liquid. When you cleaned the floor barefoot with some chemical, your skin absorbed the chemical through the bottom of your feet. These are just a couple of examples of things that we don't mean to be putting...

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