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Saturday, 19 April 2014

Review - Tanya Burr Lip gloss in 'Aurora'

Recently, Tanya Burr has released a make-up collection of nail polishes and lip glosses. They have been available online for sometime, but they have only been available in Superdrug stores for a few days! I really wanted to try at least one of the products, and seeing as I have a lot of nail polish already, I decided to pick up a lip gloss.

I chose the colour 'Aurora', as I loved the girly pink colour, and I also thought the name was adorable - the colour does have a very princessy feel to it! It is a mid-toned pink, and is very wearable. It is not overly cool toned or warm toned, so I think it would suit most skin tones. It has a slight shimmer to it, but it isn't glittery, so it still has quite a natural feel to it. The gloss wears beautifully, as the colour will remain on your lips even after the glossy sheen has faded. This is really useful if you often don't have time to touch up during the day, as you don't need to worry about it looking patchy.

The gloss has quite a thick consistency, which I love as it means it stays on your lips for a long time, rather than wearing off quickly. It is not overly sticky, but is sticky enough that is stays in place. The applicator is slightly flexible making it easy to apply the gloss neatly, and unlike other lip glosses I have used, only a small amount comes out on the applicator, meaning that you don't end up using too much or wasting product. The packaging is very chic and simple, which I like.

The packaging is very simple yet chic. I am in love with this lip gloss, and hope to purchase more from the collection! If you don't know who Tanya is, she is a popular beauty guru on youtube, and she also has a blog. Her nail polishes and lip glosses were made in collaboration with Eye Candy. There are 12 lip glosses and 10 nail polishes. All the colours are really pretty, so I can't wait to try more!

If you would like to see swatches of all the lip gloss colours, she did a post on her blog including them all HERE. You can buy the products HERE, as well as on a few other websites!

- L x

Tuesday, 15 April 2014

Formal Floral

Black cardigan

£14.99, H&M

Floral halter playsuit

£40, Topshop

Stone ankle strap heels

£19.99, Newlook

Blue leather backpack

£100, Topshop

Gemstone flower earrings

£3.99, Newlook

Irish Love Bracelet

£8, asos.com

Tanya Burr lip gloss

£6.99, Superdrug ~ (Shade = Chic)

Essie pastel nail polish

£10.95, thehut.com

- L x

Sunday, 13 April 2014

50s/60s Fashion

After watching Hairspray and The Help within the same week, I feel obliged to do a late 50s/

early 60s fashion post!

The 60s tea/swing dresses in all their glory // Hairspray

Modcloth is an amazing clothing website which sells an array of different vintage styled

clothing. Sometimes with vintage clothing it looks a little out of place if you are going out
in it, however I think Modcloth’s clothing is very wearable and easy to incorporate into
your wardrobe. Also, you can find lots of vintage dresses on Etsy – some are even tailored
to your measurements! I found a website called Gin and Sin through Etsy, which I haven’t
ordered anything from but the dresses look beautiful.

From left to right: Modcloth, Gin and Sin, Modcloth, Gin and Sin, Modcloth

A celebrity I spotted wearing this style of dress was Emma Stone on the Ellen Show. Not only
do I have fashion inspiration from her on Ellen, she’s actually in The Help so vintage fashion
inspiration came from there too!

Emma Stone on Ellen in a beautiful yellow tea dress

I think when wearing your vintage dress, it's best to keep everything else simple - especially if your dress has a bright colour/pattern like Emma Stones.

Thanks for reading, let me know in the comments if you know any good places to find vintage dresses!

-A x