Monday 22 October 2012

Today was rainy, foggy and generally really autumnal and I loved it. Sure, I love spring and summer too, but there's a nice melancholy beauty in autumn and winter. There's nothing better but snuggling up under the duvet with a cup of tea and a good book and listening to the raindrops beating against the window.
As you can see, I also managed to sweet talk my husband into taking a few shots of my outfit for today's blog post after a rather long wait.
The outfit is quite casual and comfortable, but it also has an added bonus in shape of sparkly shoes. There really is nothing like an amazing pair of killer heels to lift up a whole outfit taking it from casual to dressy. My outfit and today's post were inspired by Stuart Weitzman's video "Walking After Midnight" featuring Petra Nemcova in not a lot of an outfit, but in an awful lot of amazeball shoe. ;)

I wore:
Shoes: Christian Louboutin
Jeans: Zara
Blouse: Zara
Necklace: Zara
Clutch: Accesorize
Nails: OPI Take The Stage

Tuesday 16 October 2012

Vintage Flowers...



I really wanted to do an outfit post, but my husband got stuck at the business meeting, so you're just gonna have to marvel at my photography skills yet again. These are old, but I'm planning to start selling them as prints in my Etsy shop (not yet opened) so I thought I'll resurrect them and show them to the blogging world.


Saturday 13 October 2012

Ashish Sequined Skirt



This skirt is old and it's from one of Ashish's early collection. However, it aged really well and I think it will look good in years to come. With hand stitched sequins all over and colourful stars, it's definitely a show stopper. Not that my husband would agree: "What's this? OMG, you look like a clown. I hope you're not going out dressed like that." Well, I am.
Skirt: Ashish
Shirt: Asos
Clutch: Forever 21
Shoes: Zara
Necklace: Zara

Thursday 11 October 2012

In my everyday life, I do photography. And since today was a horrible day weather wise, and neither I nor my husband felt like taking any photos of my outfit, I bring you instead a small selection of photos from the shoot I did recently in Epping Forest here in London. The wardrobe on the model is part vintage, part current a/w collections. I hope you like it.
Photography: me
Stylist: Georgina Regan
MUA and Hair: Victoria Leanne
Model: Astolat

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Sunday 7 October 2012

70s Style...Again



After the excitement of going to Paris last week, the weekend was boring by comparison. With the exception of going out for a coffee in the neighbourhood and running some errands, I pretty much stayed in all weekend long... My time was spent editing photos, taming stray kittens that adopted me and watching TV. The joys of suburban life with the outfit to match. Stepford Wives, anyone...?
I wore:
Blouse: Mango
Jeans: Pepe Jeans
Canvas Bag: WILL
Shoes: Kurt Geiger
My blog also has a new header. Do you like it? It was illustrated by lovely Akiko from Style Imported blog.
You can see some of her illustrations (of bloggers and other things...) here . So if you're needing a new header, I cannot recommend Akiko enough.

Friday 5 October 2012

10 Beauty Items I Would Repurchase



Now I don't normally like to do tagged posts, but this one seemed like an interesting one and it's in keeping with my blog content so I thought why not. The person who tagged me was lovely Purity of Pure Enlightened Beauty blog.
I'm a bit of a product fiend and love to try out new creams, make up, lotions, potions, snake oils...khm, but there are some things that are a staple on my bathroom shelves and I repurchase them over and over again.

1) Stila natural eyes eye shadow pallette: This pallette is gorgeous, it has 10 eyeshadows from the pale creams to the darkest black in both matte and shimmering finish. I don't wear eyeshadow all that much, but when I do it's these ones I turn to. They're nicely pigmented and just glide on.
2) Diptyque candles: Yes, I know this is not a beauty product, but these candles keep me calm. Plus, they just smell so gorgeous. They're pricey but so worth it. My favourite scent is Cypress
3) MAC lipglass clear gloss: This instantly turns any lipstick into mirror shiny loveliness. I've been using it for years and no other lipglosses come even close.
4) NARS lipstick in Schiap: I love my lipsticks very pink and very creamy. This one fits the bill.
5) Body Shop body butter: Any "flavour" will do. They're gorgeous and turn dry skin into silky smoothness. I tried a lot of creams and butters for my body, but Body Shop ones are still the best.
6) Steam Cream: A no fuss moisturizing cream infused by steam. No rocket science or miracle ingredients here, just simple, plain, old fashioned goodness. Super hydrating without being greasy and the creams come in the bestest (yes, I am aware that's not a word) array of cute tin designs.
7) Neutrogena hand cream: I tried many creams. Nothing beats Neutrogena. It's mega hydrating, lasts for ages as it's concentrated so you only need a tiniest drop of cream, it's cheap and widely available in supermarkets and chemists.
8) Batiste dry shampoo in XXL volume: I don't use this so much in between the washes to keep my hair clean(ish) as I use it as a volume booster. I hate flat hair on me and this lifts my roots somehow and gives a bit of bounce. Cheap as chips and available in supermarkets.
9) Hei Poa oil: Monoi oil from Tahiti. There's a whole range of products with variety of added scents and I pretty much love them all. It's the first oil I ever bough, I use it both on skin and hair and it smell amazing. No, really, go smell it somewhere, the smell alone will make you buy this.
10) Bio oil: It helps with stretch marks, scars and all sorts of other skin sins. I use this on my face (together with other 923674637 products) and it's one product that my husband consistently stea...khm..borrows from my bathroom cabinet (that means it's good).

I'm interested to know what are your repeat beauty buys? Please share.

Tuesday 2 October 2012

Postcards From Paris II



Yes, yes...I know...this is a somewhat boring outfit. But, it was perfect for walking around the city as frankly, I could not be bothered to traipse around with stilettos on my feet and I wanted to feel COMFORTABLE.
Obviously, if I had a chauffeur...well...it would be a different story...I'd be swanning around in haute couture.  (Because...if I had the money for chauffeur, I would have the money for haute couture, right?).
One thing I have the money for are macarons. Yay! I love them. They're hiding in that paper bag in the photo above. Nomnomnom!
I bought them from Pierre Herme and they're even better than Laduree ones (and I didn't think that possible); just the right amount of unusual flavours  (olive oil macaron, anyone?) and subtle sweetness.
Oh, the padlocks? They're so called Love Locks. Annoying, if you ask me, but they make a pretty picture. ;)
I wore:
 Sweater: ASOS
Jeans: Zara
Vest top: Splendid
Ballet flats: Sam Edelman

Edit (in Croatian :D):
Za one (a prepoznat ce se...; )) koji su pitali di sam jela pitu od kestena, evo di...cajandzinica (LOL...dal se tako zove mjesto koje servira caj?) se zove Le Loir Dans La Theiere i nalazi se u Le Marais distriktu.
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Osim izvrsne pite od kestena, imaju i odlicne cajeve (preporucam onaj od jasmina), kave i druge kolace.
A imaju i udobne naslonjace i fotelje. :D

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