lana del ray

I'm in love with her music at the moment, also i think she is gorgeous! I loved her single video games and love her new song born to die even more. I literally seem to have it on repeat in my bedroom. She is an American singer/songwriter and her real name is Elizabeth Woolridge Grant, she has also been described as a 'self-styled gangsta'.
I think she is just so naturally pretty and her copper glossy hair is stunning!

Here's the link to the official video of Lana Del Rays 'born to die'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bag1gUxuU0g&ob=av2e

Also here is a link to one of my favourite youtube make up gurus/artists  pixi2woo (Tanya Burr)
who has recreated one of Lana's make up looks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TQolVbF3kI&feature=relmfu


I just love her and her music!

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a few of my favrouite recent purchases

Above you can see a few of the most recent things I've bought.

The first picture shows three pairs of earring, two i got from new look which are the two on the outside.

The first ones attracted me because they look really summery and remind me a bit  of authentic jerwlery.  I really like the blue and gold in these earings and so glad i bought them.

The other newlook earings on the right are aztec studs that have gorgeous turquise, black, gold and pink diamond/arrows? Hard to describe sorry but you can tell what there like by the picture. I really like these earings as the aztec print is very on trend and i personally love it!

Both of the newlook earings were £4.99 however, it was buy one get one free so this was even better.

The middle black feather hope earings are from primark and were only £3. I really love the colour black, my friends call me a goth but i just think the colour is really classy and is always in fashion.

The second picture shows my new lion t-shirt and i think this is so cool! The print is so eye catching and i would probably wear this to dance class as just a easy top to throw on when im in a rush. It was only £5 from primark and i just love it.

The purple dress is from topshop and i got it in the sale a couple of weeks ago. The neckline is a low cut V neck, i might have top find a purple vest top to go under this as its a bit reveling for a family event which im planning to wear it too! I still really like it though, i think it was about £18? cant remember exacly but it was still a good deal.

The bag is also from primark and was only £9. I love brown leather bags and thought i would just get this for a spare to take to school. It quite big, well big enough to fit my essintals in and think its really nice.

ps. sorry the second picture is a bit blurred

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glitter waterfall nails

So i thought i would experiment with my nails this week, as i'm on half-term and don't have to go to school. I'm not allowed to wear nail varnish in school which is really annoying. I find it so frustrating that i cant wear it because what difference is it going to make with my school work? I work really hard in class and a bit of nail polish isn't going to change that. Also the fact i have tons of nail varnishes that hardly get used is also a bit wasteful, haha. Anyway, i saw a video on youtube of glitter waterfall type nails ages ago, i cant remember who it was that posted it but i really liked the nails so i thought i would try and put my own take on the design and try it my self.

I used two barryM polishes that i really like to create this look. The first one being number 297 called blue glitter and the second number 317 blue moon.

This was the finished look:

How i did it... 

1.Firstly i filed and shaped my nails, i just did this how i normally do it and you should do this step the way you like too.

2. Then i  painted my nails with two coats of blue moon (317) waiting for my nails to dry in between coats.

3. Wait until your nails are fully dry form the blue moon colour.

Now here's the tricky part..

4. Open the blue glitter polish and wipe off excess polish, so there is almost none left on the brush.

5. Paint your nail 3/4 of the way down from the top so that its a thin spread out layer of glitter.

6. Next re-dip your brush into the blue glitter polish so there is normall amount of polish on the brush.

7. Next paint the tip of your nail so its a well pigmented part of glitter on the nail.

8. Wait for your glitter to dry and apply any top coat to your nails.

9.Then wait for this to dry and you have your glitter waterfall nails.

You can buy barryM nail varnishes from any high-street shop, but i purchased mine from superdrug for £2.99 each. Maybe you could try this effect with other colours or shades. I'm deffinatly going to, and also i think this nail look would be quite fun for summer as a way to brighten up and give a bit of sparkle to your nails!



Inspiration

My favourite magazine has defiantly got to be company.


..not quite the shorts but i do
like this dress!

Yesterday i bought the latest edition to my collection which happened to be the march 2012 one. I love reading all the fashion articles in here and I'm defiantly swinging toward purchasing something fondant,  apparently its the new colour blocking. I'm also loving the floral patterns and the tribal Aztec patterns that have come on trend. The aztec print shorts that are shown in the magazine are gorgeous and i am defiantly going to look around for some that are like them bad boys!


Bip ling^

Anyway, i was reading the article on page 64 about Bip Ling who is a no.1 style blogger and face of forever 21. Not to mention also a model, DJ, writer and artist. She started writing a 'online jornal' and now suddenly the whole worlds got interest! She only started in august 2009 and now has been on the front row at London fashion week! Most probably also got something to do withe the fact that her mother is fashion illustrator Tanya Ling, who has worked for Vogue and designers such as Christian Lacroix. and her father, William Ling, owns the Fashion Illustration Gallery. But anyway its great for her that she has been so successful!


The article goes on to say about that "social networking can put you in front of thousands of people" and what some whopdy doo fancy marketing expert suggests to making "brand you" on the Internet.

So i thought i might give it a go? I'm only 14 and trying to decide what my career choice in life should be. I love fashion and English so i thought i was just start blogging and she what the future holds:)