I got some Heart-Shaped sunglasses for my birthday a few weeks ago. I love them, they are so super duper sweet and I popped them on today to take some photos of them to show y'all. Fingers crossed for some more sunshine so I get to wear them loads and then re-create the dance moves from Taylor's Swift's heart-shaped-sunglasses-wearing video for 22.
My sunglasses are from Vans but they seem to be sold out everywhere but I have found some super similar ones HERE and HERE both under £10
I have always been a converse kinda girl (Some examples of my converse-wearing HERE and HERE) but I think it's time I had some Vans in my life. These are my three favourites. I am torn because I always think you get more wear out of the 'classic' blue but those tie-dye and leopard print one's are just looking too darn pretty to resist. Which one is your favouite?
Buy them here- Classis Blue £44.99 HERE Tie-Dye £54.99 HERE Leopared Print £54.99 HERE
This is my ideal hair colour. A bit of dark blonde at the roots graduating down to a light blonde at the ends topped off with Ashley's perfect tousled waves.
Ahh vintage Olsen. 2007 was a great year for Olsen hair.... Anyone who has been reading my blog for a little while will know what a massive Olsen fan I am, seriously look at my bio at the side! And sometimes I come across such amazing photos of their style and hair'do's that I have to restrain myself from posting an Olsen inspired post everyday...
What do you guys think? Are you a fan of Ashley's hair here?
Some links that have been making me happy this week....
1. How awesome is The Mindy Project? I have been pretty obsessed by it and the wonderfulness of Minday and co. One of my favourites from the show is Morgan and HERE is an interview with him. Did you know he writes the show too?
2. Just can't even describe how amazing THIS is- i don't know who I love more, the guy who's doing 'the pranks' or the guy from the royal mail writing the letter.
4. Remember JoJo, Her first album was my jam for years. I always wondered what happened to her, well HERE is what happened, who knew you couldn't own your voice anymore?
You can check out San Cisco’s awesome new
song Fred Astaire which is out now and you can watch the video HERE. Warning this song will make you wanna dance. I am a
massive fan of this band and cannot wait to get my hands on a copy of the album
which is out July 29th
Follow
them on Twitter HERE and FacebookHERE And order the EP HERE
I was going to do a post
about my skin care routine altogether but then decided it might be a bit too
long to do that, so I have broken it up into 3 parts- Cleanser, moisturiser and
exfoliator. So here is part one... To start I should probably
fill you in a little bit about my skin. I have (touch wood) always
had good skin which more than anything I put down to genetics. I have always
been super interested in skin products though and started using them at quite
an early age. I think I started
moisturising and cleansing in the latter half of primary school so probably
about 11 maybe? Do you remember those awesome
little sets Lancôme used to do for 'young skin' a little foamy cleanser and
creamy moisturiser they were amazing and had such a beautiful smell too, well
that's what I started off using. I have no idea why they stopped making them? My skin has always been
slightly sensitive to things but when I was about 14 I took a really terrible
reaction to facial wipes that I had been using for a couple of days. My face
had swollen up so bad I could barely open my eyes and the pain from the
swelling was just awful. It took a good few weeks or so for the reaction to go down
after taking a lot of Piriton for it. At first I thought it was just a one off
but as I have gotten older and tried out different things on my face, make up,
creams etc I have realised that certain things make me take allergic reactions.
The difference is that now I know what it feels like and I can recognise the
start of a reaction, the tightness under my eyes is always the first giveaway
for me, I stop using the product straight away and start taking piriton for
day to curb the reaction before it gets worse. But there is still times when it
creeps up before you know it and it really is a horrible thing. I know many of
you will have been in the same boat with things like this and you'll probably
agree that most people just think that you over-exaggerating scratchy eyes or
skin but it’s completely different and can be really upsetting as most people don’t
know what will set off a reaction. I would love to get skin
tested but the doctors said you need to start out having a rough idea what
certain ingredients it could be that irritate and I really don’t, I really want to
look into it though as there is so many products I put off trying. I do stay away from any form
of colouring in products, perfumes, overloading of vitamins in them and artificial
chemicals as I know these are triggers even although I don’t know the main trigger
that makes my skin swell these do all contribute to it. So after being able to use
any skin care I liked I was suddenly stuck using baby lotion as at the time
everything I was trying was just not agreeing with my skin. Then a little while
later my sister started usingDermalogica. It wasn’t a brand I was overly familiar
with, it wasn't often featured in magazines at the time and beauty blogs weren’t
even a thing so I didn’t really know what to expect. My sister was really
liking the dermalogica moisturiser that she was using and said that the brand was
really natural and was great for sensitive skin, so I used her's for a few nights
and my skin was totally fine with it so I went straight online to order myself
some. And as the story goes, that
was happily ever after really. It is the only skin care
brand that I have found that every product that I have tried with them is not
only amazing but also so gentle and calming on my super sensitive skin. As they
say on their website they are 'a product line free of common irritants and
ingredients that could cause breakouts including lanolin, SD alcohol, mineral
oil, artificial colours and fragrances, that would improve skin health' So this is my cleanser, its
Dermalogica’s 'Ultra calming cleanser. Dermalogica do a service called
Skin Mapping where one of their experts looks at your face and decides which
products would be best for you. I've never had that done so I always just look
at the product descriptions and choose which I think suits me best. According to Dermalogica’s
website- The cleanser is - An
extremely gentle gel/cream that cleanses while calming sensitivity Its best suited to-
environmentally-sensitized skin.
And it works by - Gentle, non-foaming cleanser glides gently over skin to
minimize agitation. Leaves no irritating residue. Lavender helps soothe;
Coneflower helps calm, and Cucumber helps cool irritation. I apply this to my dry face,
massage it in, then rinse off with water and remove the residue with a cotton
pad. It takes off my entire make
up (although I use a separate make up remover for my eyes) and leaves my skin
with a reallylovely soft
feel. I know it might sound a bit
silly to say considering a cleansers job is to 'clean' your face, but this
really gives you that fresh skin feel, you know that feeling when you have had
make-up on all day and can't wait to get it off and then you use this and it
just makes your skin so soft and clean. Also like everyone else, I am
prone to the out spot breakout now and again and I always feel using this helps
clear and calm the breakouts quicker than any other cleanser I have used. I cannot recommend this
enough especially is you have sensitive skin like me, although everyone’s skin
is different so have a look at the ingredients first. Dermalogica in my opinion is
quite expensive although it is on par with more high-end skin care prices. But
the sizes last me such a long time even though I use them twice daily. And it really
has made such a world of difference to my skin. You can learn more about the
brand and their products HERE and you can buy their products from lots of
different places on line, I just Google to find the cheapest. You can buy this cleanser for £26.30 from HERE Are you a fan of Dermalogica
and this cleanser?
Do you have sensitive skin,
which skin care do you use? Keep an eye out for part 2
and 3 of my skin care diaries.
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"Charles Lewis Tiffany has one thing in stock that you cannot buy of him for as much money as you may offer; he will only give it to you. And that is one of his boxes. The rule of the establishment is ironclad, never to allow a box bearing the name of the firm to be taken out of the building except with an article which has been sold by them and for which they are responsible." -The New York Sun,1906
There is nothing classier than a Little Blue Box, right? I got my mum this little silver locket necklace from Tiffany's for her 60th birthday. I wanted to get her something really special that meant a lot to both of us and also something that wouldn't date over time, a forever piece that she could wear over and over again. She had said (after many, 'Oh no, don't get me anything' protests) that she would like a piece of jewellery and when we spotted this we knew it was the one.
Neither me nor my mum owned anything from Tiffany's (I still don't) so it made it extra special when we first laid eyes on the little blue box tied in the most wonderful white ribbon, seriously we both gasped, haha!
There is no Tiffany's concession in Scotland (That I could find anyway?) so I ordered it online and the customer service was great and it came really quickly too.
It is honestly way more beautiful than these photos can even show. It's tiny, like 'just bigger than a thumb-nail' type small. I tried to capture the shape in the pictures as it is curved at the front and the back which makes it sit beautifully on your skin.
I know £100 is expensive for a teeny tiny necklace but I must admit I had the illusion that everything in Tiffany's started at about £300 so I was blown away to find some necklaces and other beautiful pieces around the £100 mark, which i thought was amazing for what you are getting.
I am so happy I got this for my mum as she really loves it I just have to work on getting my own Little Blue Box now....
Are you a fan of Tiffany's? Do you have your own LBB?
