Summer Style

Where I am in the big wide world it is boiling at the moment! I am just about to leave to go for a picnic but thought i'd quickly tell you what i'm wearing first!

I'm wearing a green tank top tucked into a brown and white skirt which has been pulled up to make an empire waist, The empire waist (which really suits me more than other waists!) is accentuation by a brown belt, flip flops and of course! Sunglasses!!

Have a great day!!

Em x

Prom- it's all about the dress!

So the prom season is upon us! Or Home coming if you're from America, and so it is time for all the girls to buy their dresses! So here is my Prom fashion and beauty guide!
1) Go for a more evening dinner style than fairy princess, there is nothing worse in a prom dress than fluffy pink sequins and sparkles!
2) It is very easy to want to do everything you can possibly do! Make up, hair, jewelry, bag, dress! The normal rules of less is more still apply! If you're going for a necklace don't wear earrings, if you have a sparkly dress most likely you don't even need much jewelry at all!
3) similar to tip 2, less is more with the makeup as well! If you do want to do something fancier than your usual make up either tone up the lips OR the eyes! Not both!
4) Wear heels but try and find some that aren't absolutely going to murder your feet! If you really love them and you have to put up with them, try putting some Vaseline on the bits that rub on your shoe or get some blister plasters, It is really going to ruin your evening if you can't stand up!
5) Make sure you are wearing the dress, the dress isn't wearing you!

After those tips i thought i'd say what i would wear prom...

DRESS-
If money was no option something from Zuhair Murad, I feel like even prom isn't good enough for those dresses though! they are beautiful <3 So something simple, preferably grey or some sort of elegant colour, not a bright pink or green. (the picture is of the kind of dress i'd like to wear, then dress it up a little with a bold lip.
MAKE-UP-
Good, flawless base makeup, so foundation concealer etc. Then either dramatic eye shadow and a nude lip or not really any eye shadow or a nude colour, then a bold red or pink lip! (or orange is a favorite of mine at the moment! Try the Barry M orange lip gloss its great and smells of peaches!) Personally I would go for a nude lip gloss, and a 60's winged eyeliner.
JEWELRY-
If i was wearing the dress i have put a picture of, I would wear a couple of multi coloured bangles just to add some colour to the outfit, as i haven't done coloured make up.
SHOES AND BAG-
Pale skin coloured pink shoes, or some simple black heels, something thrown together, effortlessly sexy. For the bag, go for a small one because you won't want to be carrying a massive bag around with you, trying to dance. A clutch is small enough and ideal, but see if you can get a clutch that has a little wrist band thing attached to it, so you can have it around your wrist rather than trying to keep hold of it.
HAIR-
Your natural hair is the hair that normally suits you most, so don't do anything too different. I would go for wavy beachy curls, as i have short brown bob cut hair. If you are going to do your hair up, do it slightly loosely or a bit tousled so its doesn't look too 'perfect'.

So i think that's it for my Prom guide, just remember, its Prom HAVE FUN!!

Em x

Vogue

I love music as much as or possibly more than i love fashion, and recently i've been reading NME and Q and those kind of magazines, and NME comes out about every week! So i feel like i've been reading them more than Vogue (which i'm subscribed to) and i feel like i'm enjoying them more...

But my Vogue arrived in the post today and i sat down with my dinner at the table and read the whole thing, every single page. I had almost forgotten how much i love it. After reading it i just want to put together a great outfit, or make something, just do anything creative really!

Its nice to have my passion for fashion back, (that sounds so cheesy!)

Em x

Celebrity Challenge #1 Hayley Williams

On Saturday i did my first celebrity challenge outfit, inspired by the wondeful Hayley Williams (lead singer of Paramore)

I've always loved her style, its unique, quirky and still effortlessly fashionable.

So I wore, Bright red skinny jeans (which i got the other day and adore!!)
Black and White converse (everyone should own a pair of all star converse!)
A plain white tank top
A black cardigan
and a blue peace sign necklace (I also just got, paired with my daisy chain headband i'm turning into a hippy, and i have to say. I rather like it)

Sorry i didn't upload a photo of me with this outfit, I'll try to next time, but i'm sure you get the idea <3

Em x

I don't know what to call this post...

I will be posting later with my first celeb challenge!!
Em x

Celebrity Challenge

The other day i had an idea of something to do. I told my friend and now we're doing it.

And now i'm blogging about it :)

Basically the idea is, I go out every weekend with my friends to go shopping or cinema or watevvverr. So to make getting dressed for the day more interesting and fun. Each weekend we each choose a celebrity and dress inspired by their style. Cool eh?

So this weekend I think i'm going to go for Alexa Chung, i love her fashion sense. So i will post a picture or description of what i wore this weekend :) Its double-y (i know that's not a word...) good because you can also see how to get their style for half the price! 

Em xx

Hi Again.

Once upon a time in a land far far away, i actually updated this blog!!

Sorry for anyone who actually reads these random thoughts i share with the internet but with exams and everything else...i guess i just haven't got round to it :)

But i'm back!! Even writing this now i had forgotten how much i enjoy it! I already have a couple of ideas for posts, so expect some very soon.

Em x

Mix it up!

I really wouldn't know how to describe my fashion sense, it changes every single day! I think in the last week I have worn a flowery dress, black skinny jeans and a Beatles t-shirt, a boho style brown and white dress and a polo shirt with jeans and boots. I love the fact that depending on how I feel I can change my style every day! So all of you reading this, i encourage you to try it! If you can easily label your fashion style right now. Pick the opposite look and rock that for a day, just add a little variety. Trust me its a lot more fun!

Em x

Bright, bold and...awesome!

Many times, i have put on an outfit, with a lot of bright colours that i have then had to change, because it was a bit too 'out there' for the little town i live in. That's why i am in love with the new summer/spring trend of bright clashing colours! I am in no doubt, that i will soon be wearing bright tee's, pink lippy and my skinnies :) Come on fashionistas join me and whip out your bright tops!

Zara has a great summer collection of really colourful clothes, i got a top from their when i was in Germany a month or so ago, so have a browse!
http://www.zara.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/home/uk/en/zara-S2011
(this is the UK Zara website, but you can find the one for your country just by googling Zara)
Em x

THE WOMBATS- This Modern Glitch, New album review (9/10)

As a pretty much die hard wombats fan already, after their last album 'A guide to love, loss and desperation' I knew I was never going to dislike this new one, I do love it and have had it for about a week and already know all the words to the songs, but despite that, i have to say even with this being a 9/10, i still would say the old album was a 10.

Favorite song from album- Really hard to choose this one but after some debating between, anit-d, techno fan and the one i've finally decided on. i'd have to choose Jump Into the Fog.

Favorite lyric from album-
'East Londons not a bomb site, its a treasure chest. we use our penguin costumes more than our evening dress'. From Techno Fan.

Em x

ps. i know this is quite different to my usual posts but i've been loving music at the moment especially this album, so i thought i would share it with you!! :D x