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  • FEATHER PASHLI

    FEATHER PASHLI

    . Phillip Lim 3.1 .

    It’s my Birthday 1 week tomorrow, I get surprisingly excited about Birthdays, I see them as a fab chance to spend quality fun time with friends and family, plus a chance to treat yourself and be treated to all those things you’d love to have but just don’t need. Never a practical present on a birthday. My birthday falls on the Easter bank holiday weekend this year, which theoretically is amazing, although in reality may be spent at work given how much is going on right now, which truly would suck. With a week to go i’m trying to keep upbeat and optimistic that my weekend plans will not be cancelled … brunch at Duck & Waffle, followed by a cheeky dinner chez moi with my family, followed by a trip back to Winchester for a fun BBQ party with my friends (I do it every year) … finished off with Sunday and Monday spent chilling on a beach in Cornwall. Dreamy.
    Anyway, back to the ‘important’ part, the birthday wishlist … the list of all the things i’m dreaming of right now. I’ve created a little Pinterest birthday list which currently includes lots of Spring Summer clothes i’m lusting after as well as some beauty & home bits I love. I always like to add a little something extravagant to my list, partly as a joke & partly in case I decide to use my birthday as an excuse to buy myself a little birthday present too. This year that item is a Phillip Lim 3.1 pashli bag. Whilst it’s a rather extravagant treat, Jase has offered to help put some money into it for my birthday present, and the rest will be a present from me, to me :)

    There’s two designs i’m currently loving, the medium pashli bag in feather (above) as well as the mini pashli in sage. I’m still debating both and I can’t decide which is my absolute favourite!I know one thing for sure, I wish I lived in the USA where it’s £200 cheaper!!

  • TRANSITIONAL SPRING

    TRANSITIONAL SPRING

    . ZARA SUMMER COAT .

    Continuing on my week of transitional dressing and bracing my wardrobe for Spring sunshine, I’m sharing another look today which not only features my new Whistles jeans again but also one of my favourite Spring outerwear garments which delivers transitional dressing to a T,
    .Whistles Jeans £95. Zara Moccasins £79.99 . Topshop Reptile Sweater £48 . Mulberry Satchel .Zara Green Coat (old) .
    When transitioning between seasons it’s always a balance between desperately wantting to wear all your new summer clothes that the high street won’t stop teasing us with and making sure we’re still warm and appropriately attired in the decieving temperatures that April can often throw at us. Glorious blue skies but a cheeky chill to catch us off  guard.
    My new Whistles sknnies are spot on for Spring dressing, jeans are an easy item to style for any weather condition. I styled my new skinnies with my Topshop reptile white jumper and my Zara patent moccasins for a ‘West London’ esque chic work wear look. I finished the outfit with a summer coat, probably one of my favourite types of coats!! This Zara green straight coat was an item I treated myself to last Summer and got SO much wear out of. It’s chic, classy and suitably summary. It’s a great add on to any Spring / Summer outfit and helps keep you a touch more warm than you would otherwise be. The final touch was actually my Mulberry satchel … my first ever Mulberry which I received for my 19th Birthday from my dad. I still love it as much to this day, if not more.
  • SUN SHADOWS

    SUN SHADOWS

    . REISS MINI .

    I love the sunshine, but there’s no denying as we transition into Spring that even when the sun is out and booming, the temperature can still be rather nippy and a little deceiving. This type of look is a go to style of transitional dressing for me, taking my look from Winter to Spring and incorporating some new Spring items too.

    . Reiss Aline Leather Skirt £175 . Marks & Spencer Coat . Topshop Reptile Sweater  £48 . Office Ankle Boots .

    My new Reiss skirt is currently fighting it out for top of the new purchase list, after falling in love with it in the Reiss store I couldn’t help but treat myself. Whilst I spied it up as a Spring garment to be styled with gladiator sandals and a crisp white shirt for a chic summer look, I can’t help but not wait to wear it.  I decided to style the skirt in a more transitional look teamed with simple black tights & ankle boots, an understated white knit jumper and my pinstripe boyfriend coat. The look is totally different to what i’d envisaged wearing the skirt with, but shows how much of a versatile purchase it was … well worth the investment!
    Are you a good transitional dresser? How do you style your Spring Summer wardrobe during the seasons transition?


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  • SPRING GOLDS

    SPRING GOLDS

    . MARC JACOBS & WHISTLES .

    Spring is an exciting time of the year, as much as I love all seasons, particularly a glorious summer, there’s something about Spring that boosts everyones mood and stirs in a bout of excitement for whats about to come … sunshine, BBQ’s, longer days and light nights, picnics, festivals, flowers and tans. Spring for me is the month of hope … no matter how much I love winter and all it has to offer, when Spring comes I feel hopeful of the months ahead and excited of everything that comes with warmer climates. Not just fun with friends and family … the sartorial side of things too.
    . Whistles Jeans £95 . Marc Jacobs Watch £209 ℅ . Topshop Blazer, Tee & Sandals (old) . Mulberry Holly Bag .
    Whilst i’m not a seasonal shopper, I shop as and when I feel the need or spy some goodies I like, but this month I’ve not been able to help myself from shopping. Getting sight of all the Spring Summer collections on the high street has made it rather impossible not to get carried away and indulge in some serious retail therapy. I’ve already shared a number of my new purchases already, but today I have two more newbies to share (Ironically styled with some golden oldies – that’s the best way I feel).
    These jeans were an impromptu splurge before going on holiday a week or so ago. I popped into Whistles for a little browse after finding some fab bits already in their SS14 collection. Jase very quickly spotted these jeans and so I gave them a little try on. I could not believe how perfectly they fitted me, no squeezing in, or lumps and bumps, quite literally the most perfect fitting pair of jeans I’ve ever tried. There was no debate, these were going to be mine. I’ve already been thinking up a million and one ways to style them, I think they’re fab for a laid back weekend look with loafers and a cute sweater (cue my outfit on Sunday) or styled in a  slightly more sophisticated look with heels & a smart blazer for work or an evening out. I styled them here with a seriously old (yet still loved) white blazer from Topshop, my Mulberry Holly & two Topshop finds from SS13, my heeled sandals and cropped breton tee. 
    The finishing touch to this look, and another Spring addition to my wardrobe is this gorgeous gold Marc Jacobs watch which is a newbie in Selfridges watch collection. I’m a big fan of Marc Jacobs, I have a white rubber watch which I got for my birthday a few years back and more recently my Valentines sunnies which I just adore. This mini gold watch is perfect for spring, adding a subtle touch of glam and sophistication to my spring outfits. The gold is perfect tone for Spring Summer! I’ve been browsing Selfridges on a daily basis lately, with my birthday fast approaching i’m creating a wish list & also dreaming of the Phillip Lim 3.1 Pashli (medium or mini) in the colour sage or cloud … fingers crossed they get it stocked soon so I can gift myself a little designer treat, from me love me.
    What do you think of my new Spring finds? Have you tried Whistles Jeans before? What do you think of my pretty new Marc Jacobs Watch?

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  • TICKING ALL THE BOXES

    TICKING ALL THE BOXES

    . HELLO FLAWLESS .

    For my birthday last year I was given a Benefit beauty kit (the complexion set) which wasn’t only a fab gift because I love all things Benefit, but it was also fab because It introduced me to an incredible foundation which seems to tick all my boxes. Hello Flawless Oxygen WOW.

     

    Within the kit was a mini bottle of this foundation. At the time i’d given up using foundation, completely swapping to my Laura Mercier oil free tinted moisturiser & Dermalogica primer or Clinique primer as a base. This was largely due to my skin breaking out in spots for the first time in my life & my complexion getting increasingly dry. Whilst I loved the immediate coverage a foundation gave my skin, thoughougt the day my skin would seem to dry out and the foundation appear cakey, flakey and just not so good on my skin. I converted to tinted moisturiser (which I still use and love now) as I found it helped hydrate my skin more but also give enough coverage to give my skin an all over tint and cover. Teamed with my primer it covered flaws enough for me to ditch foundation all together, my change in beauty regime mixed with some specialised cream for my breakouts, my skin cleared up and so I stuck to this routine daily.
    However in more recent months I decided to give the foundation in my set a little test. I’d actually bought myself the Hello Flawless powder before Christmas which I find absolutely brilliant, and on using this daily as a finishing touch to my beauty regime and realising how well it worked on my skin, I thought it was only fair I gave the foundation a chance too.
    And boy I’m glad I did. This Benefit foundation actually does what it says on the tin .. Hydrates. Gives Flawless Coverage. And Brightens my complexion. After giving my mini bottle a whirl I ended up using it almost daily, either for days when I wanted a more flawless beauty look or for evenings out when I wanted to look a little more glammed up and less ‘au natural’. I now rotate between either my tinted moisturiser or my Hello Flawless foundation. With either of these routes my skin stays hydrated and gone are the days of flakey cakey looking skin.
    Having travelled to France last week on a little ski trip, I decided to treat myself to some duty free and top of my list was the full size version of this product. The product’s usual RRP is £26.50 (worth it) but I managed to pick it up for around £21.50 at the airport, which clearly made the decision even more of a no brainer. I have a more ‘fair’ complexion and was recommended the colour Honey which is the same colour I have in my Hello Flawless powder too, it’s marginally darker than my actual skin tone so it helps give my skin a bit of healthy colour boost as well as a flawless all over tone.
    I’m seriously impressed with this foundation, and having tried a lot over the years I have to say that this has suited my needs the most of any foundation i’ve tried. It’s not heavy, it is hydrating which is really important to me, but it still gives an all over quite natural looking cover. I haven’t shared pictures of it on my face, but in all my latest outfit posts I’ve been wearing the product if you fancy a little nosy.
    Have you tried Hello Flawless Oxygen Foundation? What did you think? What’s your favourite foundation?
  • DOWN TIME

    DOWN TIME

    . MAGAZINES & CUPPA TEA .

    Todays post is rather a non post, it’s Saturday afternoon and i’m still nursing a lingering hangover as a result of a rather excellent lunch at Balthazar which continued into a cocktail tasting tour of central london … Radio Rooftop bar at ME hotel, Christophers Martini Bar & ending on a rather drunken stumble into N0.5 Cavendish Square. Not a bad Friday i’d say, it’s not something that happens often, but every now and then the ‘perks’ of media do play trumps & help excuse the late nights and stress that surround my job for the bulk of time. Needless to say after a few too many bottles of French Red, a debatable volume of Gin & the array of Martini’s that passed my lips, i’m feeling a little bit worn today.  Not to mention slightly concerned by the memory of being filmed for a pilot TV show at 5pm at the Radio Bar (A kind of incredible astrologer who completely analysed me by my name and birthday … his points were spookily spot on).  That’ll be interesting if it ever makes it on air?
    So what better way to spend my day than eating naughty food (Mac N Cheese at Bills hit the spot perfectly) dedicating hours to my favourite magazines and blogs & consuming a gallon of sugary tea!! Tonight calls for a movie & Mexican and tomorrow will be dedicated to blogging.
    So for now, excuse my lack of inspiration, and do dedicate your 10 minutes of ‘mediamarmalade time’ to reviewing this weeks looks. Which was your favourite?
  • LEATHER TEE

    LEATHER TEE

    . TOPSHOP LEATHER TEE .

    In the spirit of me debuting all my new purchases in outfit posts this week, todays is another of the same and this time featuring my new Topshop leather top. This was another impromptu purchase which I picked up at the same time as my cigarette trousers and something that I instantly knew I had to have.

    . Topshop Leather Top £38 . Citizens of Humanity Jeans £225 . Kurt Geiger Serpent Boots £150 .
    The top is nothing overly special, a simple leather top with a high neck front and V drop back, but for me this is the perfect summer tee which will give an otherwise simple jean look a bit of an edgy touch. I styled the top post purchase with my Citizens of Humanity jeans and KG boots for a really casual weekend look. I think this top will also look great with a pair of pastel cigarette trousers & sandals for a more summer affair.


    How would you wear a leather tee like this? Are you a fan of the leather obsession that is gracing our highstreet (and my wardrobe)?

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  • PINK SUEDE BOOTIES

    PINK SUEDE BOOTIES

    . ZARA ANKLE BOOTS .

    Often when I splurge some dollar on a new pair of booties I dedicate a little blog post to the newbies. For some reason, I totally forgot to do it with these incredible suede pastel pink boots from Zara which I picked up a few months ago in a post Christmas spree. I was so eager to wear them that I forgot to snap some pics before sporting them on a day out in East London and now they’re slightly worn and scuffed (I clearly walk in a slightly unusual way). Anyway, in the spirit of sharing a good find, today I thought i’d dedicate a little post to these spring perfect boots … I’ll be sporting them (scuffs N’ all) with a floaty acid wash shift dresses & crisp white leather jackets for the perfect spring look.

    Are you a fan of the pastel trend for SS14? What do you think of these pink suede boots?

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  • SPRING WHITE

    SPRING WHITE

    . CLASSIC SATIN TROUSERS .

    So I mentioned in my post last week that I’ve finally embraced cigarette trousers after finding the perfect pair for me in Topshop prior to my holiday. The relief of finding a beautiful pair that fitted well was unnecessarily pleasing, and it’s actually spurred me on to increase my collection and keep hunting for more pairs. I’ve seen a few colourful versions in Zara which I think i’ll be adding to my birthday list (April 18th incase you’re interested).
    I made the most of the spring sunshine and debuted my new trousers immediately, styled with my new Topshop reptile leather front knit jumper, which I also featured in yesterday’s outfit;. The double white outfit was utterly dreamy and not something I’ve attempted before, I think I subconsciously took inspiration from my mum who sported an uncannily similar look when she was my age check it out here). Double white seems to be a hot new spring trend, I’ve seen many a blogger rocking it in some form or another, I personally think the satin trousers create quite a unique twist on the look.
    I finished the white on white look with some harsh black accessories, nothing like adding a bit of contrast! My Marks & Spencers pinstripe coat and Zara patent moccasins actually went perfectly transforming an otherwise standout look into something a little more understated (even if I do say so myself) rather sophisticated.
    This has to be one of my favourite outfit’s in a while!
    Are you a fan of the white on white seasonal trend? How would you style a pair of white cigarette trousers?