March 2011 - Fashionicide // Fashion, Makeup and Beauty

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Spring spree!

Hihihi!

Today I headed into town after work in search of a new perfume, as it seems like most of mine are close to running out. And why on earth do they all start running out at the same time? Do perfumes have some sort of competition to see who can run out first? URGH.

It's been a while since I last went on the lookout for some perfume, and I was asking for suggestions on Twitter. I was kinda feeling Tom Ford Black Orchid would be something I would like. Rhamnousia reckoned it smelt of roast beef with an afterkick of bleach! Makes you wonder what kind of fare is served up in her household(!)

Needless to say, I avoided the Roast Beef & Bleach and ended up buying Chloe instead..

Pretty!

This smells gorgeous! If you love your sweet florals but want something that smells totally unique, this is the one for you. When I had a quick whiff of this, it smelt slightly of Shake & Vac? You know, the carpet sprinkler that you'd hoover up? Haha :)

Once I picked up the perfume, the buying didn't stop there. I headed down to Selfridges and bought NARS' "Red Square" on Zara's recommendation. There's a bit of a tale behind the purchase too!

I went to the counter and asked if they had any Red Square, the sales assistant must have been gone a good ten minutes when it hit me: I was at the Bobbi Brown counter!! WTF?! So barely seconds after realising this, the sales assistant comes back and says: "I'm sorry, but we've ran out of Red Square." I didn't have the heart to tell her that the reason she couldn't find it was because your company don't make it!

Now, feeling slightly embarrassed, I walked towards the NARS counter with tail firmly between legs and bought it. And check out how awesome it looks:

The clue should have been the big NARS stamped on it!

Just recently I've been feeling a bit bored of my current crop of eyeshadows. After trawling through blog after blog of shadow after shadow I felt that these three colours are the essentials that all women (and some men) really must possess. I was pretty shocked then to find that I didn't own any of them. Not a single one. Only thing to do then, was to bob over to MAC and rectify that, like now!

From L - R: Antiqued, Naked & Woodwinked. All from MAC

And here they are with their clothes off...

Antiqued. Up close and personal.

Woodwinked ;)

Naked Lunch. Reminds me of sandwiches. Looks nothing like sandwiches though!

Les Derriéres

Following from my mini-splurge at MAC I developed a bit of a taste for some nail polishes. I have quite literally hundreds of nail polishes, but a lot of them have gone a bit gloopy :(

So I wandered into Urban Outfitters..

Urban Outfitters Milky Matte 1 - Milky and Matte

Will there be a Matte Milk 2?

I'd tried a few of the polishes from Urban Outfitters before and really loved the colours, they certainly can't be accused of churning out the same old dull colours. I saw Matte Milk, which is just a Matte white. That looks like Milk. And I love milk, so I thought I'd own it :) I'm seriously digging the pale colours at the minute, white may be a bit extreme, but hey ho...

This is not the end of it. I craved more sweet smelling nail polishes. Yes, I like the smell of the fumes... but I'm not addicted... Haha! I fancied a bit of a change of scenery though. It can be a bit tedious routinely hunting down slight variations in colour at Boots and Superdrugs with the usual high street brands. I saw that American Apparel was only a few feet away, so I thought: "Why not?"

And here's what I ended up with:

American Apparel (From L - R): Butter, Rouge & Summer Peach

They look like those Mini Milk ice lollies from my childhood... mmmm Milky

So last but by no means least we have the wonderfully pastelly pale looking colours of American Apparel, I know the Rouge isn't exactly pastel but I didn't fancy going home with four pastel nail polishes. Three is acceptable, but four is just overboard, obvs.

This concludes my mammoth haul, now if you'll excuse me I'm skint so I need to go list some old junk on eBay. Well, either that or sit in my room rocking back and forth waiting for pay day...

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Monday, March 28, 2011

OOTD - Check it out!

Bonjour ma petites.

Hope you've all had a good weekend! I was gutted with the fact it was super sunny during the week, but in the weekend the sun decided to play hide and seek with the clouds, evil, evil sun! :@

At the weekend I was living in hope that the sun would come out to play. So I dressed kind of summery. I got out my brand spanking new Topshop Check shirt. It's turquoise, with a bit of pink and white. One word = belle. (Yes, that's 2 french words so far, please note I am not fluent in french. Obvs). I do love me a bit of check shirts. Although most of the check shirts that I've come across haven't really jumped out at me. But this, THIS is definitely incomparable. It must be the the blend of turquoise & pink, which is very distinctive. Topshop call it the "Ice Cream Shirt", can you see why? :s

Ice Cream Check Skinny Western Shirt - TOPSHOP (Current Season)

Gold plaited Belt - TOPSHOP

Black Basic Bodycon Skirt - H & M

Black Basic Vest - H & M

Gold Retro Cassette Necklace - Galibardy

I am seriously infatuated with the shirt. I can see me wearing this out in the summer. They had this in petite as well. I bought the standard one in a size 10, I do like my shirts oversized :)

And I ADORE the gold plaited belt. It goes with absolutely everything! And it looks exceptional over black.

ALSO

Last week, the new Friendly Fires song "Live Those Days Tonight" was premiered on Radio 1 and I was so hyped up about it. After hearing it, I thought, "Hmmm.. this is okay.." but it's grown on me since. SO happy they're back! And the song just screams SUMMER!

I remember hearing the song "Paris" for the first time in 2009 on the BBC's coverage of Glastonbury and instantly getting hooked on it, it just seemed so epic! Straight away I was on iTunes downloading the album, and that's where the love affair started.

So, Friendly Fires fans or for those of you interested in hearing sweet melodies, this is for you!:

Roll on May the 16th. BOOM.

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Saturday, March 26, 2011

NAILS: Gosh - Hot Coral

Yes, I am coral crazy. First it was the lipsticks and now onto the nail polish. I bought GOSH's Hot Coral a couple of months back but didn't really wear it until a couple of weeks ago. I do own a fair amount of red nail colours, but when ever I wear them, I feel as if it's too grown up for me. Such as OPI Vodka & Caviar. Don't get me wrong, it's stunning, but a bit too 'old lady' for me if you catch my drift?

GOSH Hot Coral is probably the only red colour I feel comfortable wearing. It's red, but also has a fair amount of coral in it too, it's slap bang in the middle between red and coral. And I think it's the perfect red without losing it's sense of fun.

My only bone to pick with this is that it chips like crazy! AND you need to apply 3 bloody coats to make it completely opaque. I found this with GOSH Holographic as well. It applies like a dream but as for longevity? Absolute PANTS. It chips the very next day. GAH.

However..

I have discovered an amazing product that makes it last a lot more longer than it should. And yes, I have yet again jumped late onto the bandwagon:

Oh, hello you

GOSH's hot coral has a pretty shiny finish, but it's not as glossy as I would like it to be. But one slick of Seche Vite and Voila! I instantly have a glass-like finish and chip resistant nails. Although, it will start to chip away on day 3, which is not bad, considering GOSH's poor longevity. It makes me wonder, how on earth did I live without it? Hurray for Seche Vite!

Which nail colours have you been sporting lately?

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P.S - I hope you will all join me in wishing Ben Duffy from Fenech-Soler a speedy and succesful recovery from Testicular Cancer. If you don't know who Fenech-Soler are, then do check out their latest single "Demons":

I was supposed to be seeing them playing at Manchester Academy 3 on Wednesday, but unfortunately, the news came out as a bit of a shock and they had to cancel their UK tour, naturally of course. Get well soon, Ben! Love. Love. Love.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Lady Danger in Istanbul Haulage

Hey hey!

On the way to Istanbul, I managed to get in some quality time with the duty free shops, any womans dream come true!

Usually I would go through just to browse and look for some tax-free bargains, but this time I already had an inkling as to what I was looking for:

LADY DANGER.

Isn't she bright?!

MAC describe this as a "Vivid Bright coral-red". I think it's more of a red shade as opposed to coral although there is definitely an orange-coral hue in it. And in different lighting, it can look like a variety of different shades ranging from coral-ish through to an intense red.

It's vivid. It's bright. It's stunning. Comes in a matte formula which is a bonus for me as it's way more longer lasting than any other other MAC formula I've come across. And what I mostly love about it is that it's one FIERCE colour.

In the sunshine, it looks more orangey and looks a bit similar to So Chaud just with more of a red tint to it.

I've been sporting this baby all week, yes, even at work. I can't remember the last time I wore a toned down, natural looking, nude lipstick? Haha. I blame my sister. She got me hooked to MAC's Impassioned and that's when the cravings for brighter lipsticks began. :D

Also, at duty free, I picked up Lancome's Hypnose Drama mascara as my L'oreal Voluminous had ran out.

I've tried the original Lancome Hypnose mascara and remember hearting it, too much. The only difference I've spotted between the two is that this has a tendency to clump! Don't get me wrong, I do love it, but what is up with those clumps?! Although, I do feel this gives you that false lash effect. It makes my lashes look thick and makes them crazy long, so long that it touches above the crease of my eyelids! Yay!

ISTANBUL SHOPPING

I didn't manage to do much shopping for myself in Istanbul. I did buy lots and lots of turkish delight :D Also, small gifts for friends and family.

In my last post I showed a photo of the grand bazaar. The word grand doesn't do it justice. It's MAD. It's just street, after street, after street of indoor shopping. I'm telling you now, haggling is not easy in there! It was nothing like Egypt's souks, the sellers were not really up for bargaining. And some of the prices were pretty steep! Although, I did manage to nab some bargains!

This bag is a beaut. I'm now using this as a make up bag and have popped it into my handbag. Loves it!

I love this ring! I've been asked by some if it's a mood stone. It looks like it, doesn't it? But naay. They had tons of rings from the old and battered to the brand spanking new, flashier ones. I got this from the old and battered section, haha! But after a little polish, it doesn't look too bad :)

Have you picked up any gems on your travels? Are you much of a haggler?

Hope you guys have had a great week so far and enjoyed the lovely sunshine. I bloody hope it lasts, but knowing Manchester, rain is just around the corner, haha!

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