tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42918399756780553392024-03-05T16:09:20.398+00:00IDEA, YOU GAVE ME A FRIGHT DEARAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13136823082259522682noreply@blogger.comBlogger111125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291839975678055339.post-41667893772420756802015-12-11T13:16:00.001+00:002015-12-11T13:16:46.749+00:00A VINTAGE CHRISTMAS: SHOP EDIT<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I've been selecting the most festive and party worthy items to sell on my online vintage store <a href="http://stores.ebay.co.uk/saturday-sister-vintage?_rdc=1" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">~ </span></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://stores.ebay.co.uk/saturday-sister-vintage?_rdc=1" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">Saturday Sister Vintage ~</span></a> </span>right now, in preperation for Christmas and New Years Eve. It's all very well buying a brand new Christmas jumper from a highstreet store, but in the 80s they really knew how to do kitsch and sequins, so why buy a reproduction when you could have the real deal!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I've also thrown in some tartan and colour, for good measure. Here is my edit of my favourite vintage Christmas items, save them for Christmas day, or wear them everyday! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">90s Vintage Tartan Pinafore Dress ~ <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-90s-Tartan-Check-PINAFORE-DRESS-Mini-GRUNGE-Plaid-CHRISTMAS-Cute-10-12-/172024217355" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">BUY ME </span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">80s Super Sequin Mini Dress ~ <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-Amazing-Sheer-SEQUIN-Silver-SPARKLY-Shirt-MINI-DRESS-Party-Christmas-80s-/172011146176" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">BUY ME</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">80s Fluffy Roll Neck Christmas Jumper ~ <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-80s-FLUFFY-Roll-Neck-CHRISTMAS-JUMPER-Slouchy-FURRY-Oversized-RED-S-M-L-/172024259818" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">BUY ME</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">80s Winter Floral Print Peter Pan Blouse ~ <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-Winter-FLORAL-Button-Up-BLOUSE-Peter-Pan-COLLAR-Shirt-Cute-80s-90s-S-M-L-/172024285365" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">BUY ME</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">80s Velvet Baroque High Waist Trousers ~ <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-Gold-BAROQUE-Pattern-VELVET-High-Waist-TROUSERS-Harem-Pants-CHRISTMAS-S-/172026314382" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">BUY ME</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">80s Vintage Fluffy Sequin Jumper Dress ~ <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-80s-Fuzzy-BLUE-Wool-Mini-JUMPER-DRESS-Sequin-Motif-CHRISTMAS-Party-S-M-L-/172010231721" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">BUY ME</span></a></span><br />
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MERRY CHRISTMAS! Have a good one x</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> 1 year ago ~ travelling through Goa</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This time last year I was in Bombay, India. Having just set off on a six month trip, I was at the very beginning of a journey I'd been anticipating for years. Now a year on from the adventure and with some retrospect I realise I've been struggling with some severe p<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ost</span>-travel blues.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I had good and bad days whilst travelling, as we all do in everyday life. But by month five I was desperate to be still for a while. So I booked an early flight home, having been on the road for five months and having seen and done so much during that time. Following a disastrous long haul flight in which I had a panic attack and puked several times in the loo, I was at the place I called home again. It's hard to put my finger on how I felt arriving back, it's a nauseous strange blur due to lack of sleep and some virus I carried with me from Thailand. I do know that I was happy to be back, with my boyfriend, family, friends and cat, but that everything was eerily similar to when I'd left (what was I expecting?!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The days rolled on and I began to feel like I'd never been away. I'd missed Christmas and the worst of the winter but England was still chilly. At this point I was running on the self motivation I'd returned with, I was going to get rid of loads of junk I'd been storing needlessly, I was going to get a job I loved and move in with my boyfriend, (surely one of the first most obvious things you notice after returning from long term travel is how many possesions you own). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But I felt empty. I felt like I'd achieved nothing, I knew there was something wrong. I felt lonely and sad a lot, unable to admit these feelings to myself because I wanted so much to enjoy being home. Things weren't working out as planned and even though I didn't see it at first, some of the most important people in my life had changed, and it felt as if there was very little room for me in their lives now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I remember feeling completely numb and devastated at times. To say that being back home was an anti-climax would be an understatement. After getting used to an invigorating lifestyle where I was pushed and challenged; meeting inspiring people and seeing incredible sites every single day, to this life where I was struggling to get a job and isolated from all that I'd experienced, was very hard. To make matters worse I returned home completely broke having used every penny to my name to fund my trip. I had no savings and no current prospects for earning any money, so I made the decision to sign on. </span></div>
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being back home was an anti-climax would be an understatement.''</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The contrast between the life I had lived only weeks earlier and my current life spent indoors, or at the job centre, or on a computer, was too much to bare sometimes. I was well and truly in a rut. I'd definitely say I was depressed, and I don't use that term lightly. I'd lost interest in everything, I was blank and empty. I was sleeping too much and having very negative thoughts about myself and my life. This went on for some time. I felt like I'd failed because I didn't feel more brave and accomplished for what I'd done. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Eventually it took getting a new job in another city and moving in with my boyfriend to start elevating myself out of the black hole I'd fallen in. The job and living situation didn't work out, but I needed that to be able to move on. Only now, seven months later do I finally feel ok. I still have moments where I desperately crave to be on the road again. But now I can look back at my travel photos in amazement at all the things I did and saw. I had an incredible time away and that experience has forged powerful shifts in my opinions and the direction I'd like my life to take. I'm now looking forward to another adventure, I'm not sure where or how yet, but I'm optimistic and excited about where it could lead.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I talked about p<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ost</span>-travel blues with a few regular travellers when I was away. It's a very common thing but I struggled to find much online to help me out when I was in the middle of it. I feel like it's a very specific type of depression which is sometimes brushed off as just acclimatising to home. If you're dealing with p<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ost</span>-travel blues, know that you're not alone, and you'll feel ok again. Here are some things that helped me out:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">- Meeting up with friends, even if they're spread far and wide across the country. Do what you can to see them for a weekend or evening. Seeing old good friends really helps</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">-Go on mini adventures when you return to keep your mind fresh and invigorated, bike rides to unknown places, a bus to another city</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">-If you're in the position to go away again (you lucky thing!), start planning your next trip. I found even the planning of my trip really exciting, and if you're the same, planning your next adventure might help with those blues</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">-Having a routine will stop you from slipping further in to a rut. Maybe you can set you're alarm at an earlier hour, even if you have nothing to get up for, and then try to forge a daily routine for yourself. As soon as I got back I started jogging in the mornings. That helped me for a while</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13136823082259522682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291839975678055339.post-29943525448727964802015-08-23T20:29:00.000+01:002015-08-23T20:29:22.320+01:00CHLOE SEVIGNY x Tavi<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A great interview from 2011. Tavi Gevinson interviews Chloe Sevigny. Two of my favourite gals in one place. . .</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13136823082259522682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291839975678055339.post-70411653518167579812015-08-21T16:08:00.000+01:002015-08-21T16:09:53.329+01:00BONES LINGERIE<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I found Bones Lingerie through Etsy. It's the kind of underwear you'd design in your dreams and then wear everyday, and it's so amazing that you'd want to show it to people, anyone. It's underwear that's so beautiful and cool that it should be outerwear. And you know, with the right styling, that's completely do-able. Find some opaque tights and a Peaches t-shirt, and you're away!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Bones Lingerie is made in Los Angeles by April Kristna Garcia. A one woman dream team, she sources all the fabrics, designs and manufactures each piece herself. April says ''I started up Bones Lingerie because I am obsessed with pin up girls and skulls and want to create beautiful lingerie''. What a babe! So go support this independent business and pick up some incredible and unique underwear while you're there...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1 PIZZA LOVERS. BRALETTE</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">2 LIA. HIGH WAISTED PANTIES</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">3 METALLIC PINK. BRALETTE</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">4 INNER FAITH HIGH WAISTED PANTS</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">5 BATS AND STARS BLACK AND GREY BRALETTE/PANTS</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13136823082259522682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291839975678055339.post-1214130912388770932015-08-04T23:16:00.000+01:002015-08-04T23:23:19.433+01:00MINIMALIST<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I love the minimalist trend; and whilst I'm a huge sucker for busy prints and clashing colour, I know minimalism also has a lot to offer. Minimalism, known for using simple, large forms, in fashion relies on details, shapes, cuts and texture to give interest. There is a chic Japanese subtlety to it which appeals when in certain moods and can give you a clean canvas on which to apply ideas. Minimalism goes hand in hand with modern - but in the 50s and 60s, as trend makers looked to an imagined future for inspiration, art, architecture and fashion got a minimal makeover. It's a wearable trend that inspires a million BA fashion students experimenting with fabrics and tailoring to take their dreams to extremes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">1 Bikramjit Bose, THE MINIMALIST Editorial for Grazia, India, www.behance.net</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">2 & OtherStories COLOUR BLOCK SHIRT DRESS, www.stories.com</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">3 Stella McCartney, SPRING 2014, www.thefashionspot.com</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">4 TOPSHOP Boutique Duster Coat, www.topshop.co.uk</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">5 60s Minimalism, Andre Courreges, via www.tonbogirl.blogspot.co.uk & www.emu-memu.net</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">6 Minimalist ARCHITECTURE House Design, www.minimalisti.com</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">7 & OtherStories PLATFORMS, www.stories.com</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">8 Haruki Murakami/ Kafka on the Shore, design by Danielle Corporon, wwwiainclaridge.co.uk</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">9 ASSEMBLY Spring 2013, www.thecoolhour.com</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">10 Kenzo, S/S 14, www.amazine.com</span></span><br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13136823082259522682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291839975678055339.post-46334507926494966952015-07-30T14:06:00.001+01:002015-07-30T14:18:09.935+01:00EBAY SELLING TIPS<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Ever dabbled in selling on Ebay, but made a dissapointing amount of cash? Maybe I can help. I've been using Ebay as my fallback for about 7 years now. During periods of unemployment or when I've been saving up for something special, I've relied on it to supply me with a little extra money, or sometimes if I'm lucky a nice healthy pay cheque. I now use Ebay to sell vintage clothes, shoes and accessories, and it's going well. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'd like to share with you some tips I've learnt whilst dealing with all kinds of people and selling all kinds of things (nothing too weird) on Ebay. From requests to wear an item of clothing for a few days before sending, to the girl who ripped me off really bad when she reported to Ebay something I'd sent her smelt like fish and demanded a refund (I launder all my garments before sending, <i>and</i> I'm a vegetarian thankyou = still bitter). I've experienced quite a chunk of the Ebay buying population by now, and I hope to be of help to you, the Ebay curious.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">During each stage of selling an item I try to think like a buyer. Does this picture make the item look cool? Does this description sound appealing? And ultimately, would I buy this? I know you're getting rid of said item and so no, you probably wouldn't. But I always feel my job is done when, having listed the item, I've sold it so well I think 'why am I selling this? I want it!' If you don't look at the listing and want to buy it, then chances are other people won't either.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A classic. Ebay can bang on about how buyers love pictures until they go blue in the face, but I still see so many listings (yep, some of my winnings get spent on Ebay) featuring a dark dank living room, curtains drawn, with a sorry old M&S top hanging, or worse, laid out on a carpet. It's such an unappealing scene. You can't see the item, you don't want the item. Give me beautiful white backgrounds and well lit pictures any day</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">''I wouldn't pay £20 for this shitty cardigan, but someone will! There's so many people using Ebay that I will no doubt get the attention of the one person who will think it's worthy of £20 and buy it from me!'' This is the thinking of an amateur. No such person exists. Look at the item realistically, how much would <i>you</i> pay for it? Don't rip yourself off, but don't have your standards set so high that it won't sell</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The girl who emails you saying she wants you to hold a buy it now item until next week when she gets paid? Or the guy who insists he'll be paying for the jeans soon so don't open a case against him yet PURLEASEEE! They speak only lies. I don't know why they bothered to bid on it, or send that email, but my theory is people get a thrill out of the bidding process, or from leading you on. They will most likely not pay so the best thing you can do is stay professional throughout, don't get emotionally involved and remember it's only money. You don't have to indulge them, just be polite and firm (a lesson for life too, perhaps?) What it comes down to is they're a loser who has missed out and you're a winner </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">On the very odd occasion, I do give in to people. I have a heart after all! I can't remember the exact situation, but there was a girl who bought a dress from me and then couldn't pay. She told me some story about losing all her money and I felt sorry for her. I held that item for weeks, missing out on other potential sales, not reporting her to ebay, and eventually she paid. She was extremely grateful and sweet. You have to trust your instincts. Some people are nice. I also like to add a little extra thing in with a parcel now and again for really good customers, maybe a scarf or necklace, and that always gives you the good feelings</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Use a great title, always be honest, include the brand name if it's exciting and highlight all the best bits about the product. For example, a pair of neon 80s shorts (which admittedly already sounds pretty great), becomes 'VINTAGE 80s High Waist PASTEL Rainbow NEON Festival Summer Shorts'! Whoa, I want them now! Also, don't be afraid to use whole capital letter words in your title, some say it's the equivalent of shouting the word, but in a marketplace so saturated with things for sale, a little shout might not do any harm</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have other tips about start prices and postage, buy it now vs. auction, but that's all pretty boring, so for now I'll conclude</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13136823082259522682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291839975678055339.post-49417561184429227202015-07-24T18:09:00.000+01:002015-07-24T18:15:58.373+01:00REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL: Lusts<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I subscribe to Elle magazine, so I get a regular window in to high fashion trends and highstreet substitutes. I like Elle because I feel it has a slightly alternative edge, despite being a mainstream fashion magazine. I would love to write for Elle one day, but now I'm really going off topic. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Via Elle I have seen a few key pieces recently which I would buy if I had cash to burn (not just regular wages, I'm talking lottery win). These are items I'll probably never be able to afford, items which rich kids might even think twice about. But it's nice to look at them, think about them, and not buy them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This isn't even for sale yet, it's from A/W15 Paris Fashion Week. Whoa. I predict it will be in the £1000's when it's finally released to the masses via something nice like NET-A-PORTER or the Miu Miu website. I love the colour, the kitschy texture, the slightly short sleeves, the collar which nods to the 60s, the fact it looks like a 1970s kids coat which has been made a bit bigger for a woman. . .</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Celia Birtwell for Valentino Pre Fall 2015 Collection - Dress</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I would wear this amazing see through nudey embroidered dress to get married in! Again, the price is very elusive (either it's not for sale yet, or I'm not wealthy enough to even <i>know</i> the price). The grey makes it a tad ugly, which I like. It's a striking choice when juxtapositioned with the bright sunny references that are splashed all over it. It's transparency stops it from being twee.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'm a big fan of the off-kilter tailoring of this piece, the subversive use of underwear as outerwear and the Star Trek costume gone wrong look. I'm not joking - I think it's cool. 430 (US Dollars). </span><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13136823082259522682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291839975678055339.post-58020924306384005082015-07-09T22:36:00.000+01:002015-07-09T22:36:38.452+01:00VINTAGE PRINTS & TEXTILES <div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I've just added a few pieces featuring beautiful prints to my vintage clothing shop on ebay! Prints are the ideal way to instantly freshen up and brighten your outfit, a printed shirt under dungarees is a great festival look, a statement printed dress for weddings or summer parties is always a winner, and an interesting print on a blouse tucked in to shorts is fantastic for summer. A great print adds a splash of colour and interest to your wardrobe, whether it's tropical, gingham, abstract, painterly, polka dot, there are so many brilliant ones out there!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Vintage prints are the most quirky, kitsch and fun of them all. Here are a few:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Tropical Palm Leaf and Parrot Print, circa 80s/90s on cotton festival sun dress, Size M, £18 & free postage</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Safari Lion, Deer & Tree Print in a painterly watercolour style, circa 80s on a slouchy button up shirt, Size M, £12 & free postage</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This amazing hair styling tool was only £10 from Boots and it really is the ticket. You know those days where your hair looks MEH, maybe you have roots coming through or you just can't find the inspiration to do much more than a top knot. Well, plug this in and within minutes you'll have a subtle wave to your hair with added volume, no more stupid hat hair. I've found taking large sections of hair and twisting it with my fingers, then clipping the end of that section on to the tong and curling it round, holding it for around 20 seconds and then ruffling it gently once released, acheives great subtely curly hair. Just don't forget heat protecion spray kids</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I've given an awful lot of stuff away to charity shops, friends and strangers via Ebay recently, and this will continue. I almost breathe a sigh of relief each time I get rid of more stuff. Ofcourse, there are things I would never get rid of... favourite jeans, albums, the dress I wore on the first date with my boyfriend, (the word date used loosely). But increasingly I'm finding it more liberating to give things away then buy things</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Super trashy. But smart enough to keep me interested for already 2 series (each series houses around 20 - 1 hour long episodes), and to spur me through another 3 series yet to come. I actually started watching this show when I was in India a few years ago. It was the only western show on TV and me and a friend became kind of obsessed with it, as a little thread to something more familiar. Now every episode is on Netflix, and I'm smitten </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here are a few of my favourite pieces taken from my brand new vintage clothing shop, Saturday Sister Vintage. All items are handpicked by me, because I love them and I'd wear them. Each item is on trend and priced fairly and affordably. I've sourced each piece from across the UK and across the world, some of them have come all the way from Asia! I'm passionate about vintage clothing, I believe it's better for the environment, better quality and more special and unique than any mass produced garments could ever be, plus it's often much cheaper to buy vintage too - a no brainer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Beautiful and unique dress cut in a 1950s style, with a cute food ingredients print. Absolutely perfect for summer!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Fantastic vintage shorts in a muted burgundy/maroon pallette with a super flattering high waist. Perfect with a band tee and Dr Martens. I really love the colours and stripe design on these</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Gorgeous vintage classic, perfect pinned on to the collar of a blouse or attached to a chain as a pendant </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It's my first time selling on Etsy and the shop is still in it's beggining stages. I get the strong impression that people don't just find you on Etsy, you have to work hard to get traffic towards your shop using Instagram, Twitter, Facebook etc. I also feel that people who craft their own products do very well as Etsy kind of has that boutique high class feel, people shopping on Etsy are willing to spend money, but only on something they feel is entirely unique and worth it. On one hand I like this about Etsy, it means that if you become a succesful seller you're able to command a fair price, but you just have to work doubley hard initially to do so</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Have a peek at my new Etsy store <span style="color: magenta;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/SaturdaySister?ref=search_shop_redirect" target="_blank">here</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I've been using Ebay as a buyer and seller for many years now, and whilst it has it's annoyances (some buyers, the fees), it's still proven to be a good source of income for me when I've needed a bit of extra cash. I've also found some great stuff on there for much less then I probably should have paid for it. I maintain that Ebay is great if you're a buyer in the market for a bargain, and if you do it right, it can be great for sellers too - albeit the high selling fees </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">See my Ebay store<span style="color: magenta;"> <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/saturday_sister_vintage" target="_blank">here </a></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I've found Instagram to be a fantastic tool in getting my business name and images out in to the world, bringing in a new audience and getting people who wouldn't even have known about my new business to take note. I love composing shots of my items for Instagram, you can be really creative. The likes and comments are encouraging, and I've found a handful of other vintage sellers via Instagram who take amazing photos. I also like to look at large brands for inspiration. Topshop's Tokyo Instagram page is great, American Apparel display their merch nicely and <span style="background-color: magenta;"><a href="https://instagram.com/kokopie_shop/" target="_blank">KoKopie Shop</a> </span>put Kawaii outfits together really well</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Check out my Instagram<span style="color: magenta;"> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" target="_blank">here </a></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13136823082259522682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291839975678055339.post-49022349932073291832015-06-25T22:19:00.000+01:002015-06-25T22:38:04.581+01:00MY STYLE PEEVES<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Peevus, I have a few. I've been saving them up so I could produce this post, the greatest rant of all time. I guess I'm quite easily irritated which is a trait I don't emplore, yet I can't deny it's there. I try to see the best in all people, but sometimes seeing the best is just so hard when all you can smell is a guy's aftershave (see peeve no.1) or all you can see is a girl's bum cheeks (see peeve no.2). I'm hoping that writing this will allow me to let go of some of these peeves, a kind of therapy in writing if you will.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Peeve 1) Too Much Aftershave</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There's probably a fine line between wearing enough and too much scent. I don't have this problem as I find two light sprays of perfume does the job without knocking people out, but maybe some men think more is more. When you're on the tube, or walking down the street you may pass a man - and if you can absolutely smell his aftershave for a minute or two before and after he's passed you, that's what I'm refering to. It's that heady alcohol smell that gets right up your nose and makes you want to spew in the guys mouth as an ode to how groase he is for doing this. I think these guys must believe some of the hilarious advertisements for the aftershaves, a promise that women will be jumping them in the street if they spray themselves with this expensive 'love juice'. It has the opposite effect, men, and it's never a nice scent either (though nice scents are frankly few and far between with men's fragrance). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Peeve 2) Bum Shorts</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hey grrls, I can see your whole ass. Bum shorts, if you don't know, are shorts that are so tiny, they aren't shorts at all, they're more like a little denim knicker. Some of the girls that wear these are kids, and they really shouldn't be wearing these for all kinds of reasons, but I get they think it's a rad fashion thing. A message to you kids: please don't wear them again and when you look back at yourself growing up, have a big old laugh at this particular phase. For older girls aka teenagers and WOMEN who sport them...you should know better! I've never seen a girl wearing these who doesn't look self concious. It's actually pretty sad. And such a bad idea to reveal your ass flaps to anyone with eye holes. What happened to being sexy and mysterious? Also, what happened to comfort is king? These guys must feel like a permanent front and back wedgie with the added misery of denim</span>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Peeve 3) Leggings as Trousers</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">On the subject of bootys...leggings are like tights without foot pockets. Maybe if you're extremely cool and hot like Edie Sedgewick, you could wear some tights on their own as a fashion statement and totally own that look. But I doubt the average gal is going for this rather specific, niche idea when dressing in leggings and then just throwing a shirt on. You know, you're basically naked as I can see your bum and your tiny pants. It's all there to see, plain as daylight, with only a very thin and feeble stretch of lycra/nylon covering it. This is a heavily discussed fashion faux pas, but I think it deserves a mention nevertheless. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Peeve 4) Skiing Sunglasses</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There are so many cool sunglasses out there...round ones, tinted ones, heart shaped ones, there's really no excuse to be wearing sports 'ski' style glasses especially when you're no where near any kind of recreational ground and no where near snow. They. Look. Weird. So this is a personal taste thing, but come on guys, get with the progamme. No one looks good in these disgusting pseudo masculine glasses and I get the impression that guys wear them just because they don't know what other options they have, and they're scared of going for anything that looks too feminine. There friends will laugh at them. So they go for these. Because they look like they're about to do sports with them. And men like sports.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Peeve 5) Ballet Pumps</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This was a trend that resurfaced in a big way in the early 2000's. That was ok for a bit, then Winehouse championed a certain beige pair that were basically so lived in they looked like a second skin, that was fine because she was a hot mess and she didn't give a hoot what shoes she was wearing. However, I take issue with the fact the sorry trend still continues to thrive to this day in 'New Looks' and other highstreet giants everywhere. These are grown women wearing what is essentialy a babies' shoe. They may be your go-to because they're comfy and they remind you of being a kid/ballet dancer, or maybe they're so plain and inoffensive, giving off no real statement, that they're your favourite. But they do make a statement, which is ''I need to find a new shoe style to live in''. A Dr Marten's Mary Jane perhaps? Or a chunky brogue? An ankle boot? Anything else but a feeble and long overdue to be binned ballet pump. </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13136823082259522682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291839975678055339.post-33108375093928418472015-06-15T16:29:00.000+01:002015-06-25T16:59:24.582+01:00MOVING IN WITH YOUR BOYFRIEND... is it that big of a deal?<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Whilst I'm really excited to be starting 'a new chapter' and I fully acknowledge that I need to get out of the rut-like position I've found myself in and take a step forward in my life, there are a few elements to the move that I've been pondering. I'm lucky in that my boyfriend already lives in London, at a commutable distance from where my new job will be, and so I have a place to live without the stress of finding cash for a deposit - great. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But money is a lot more simple than human relationships, if you have a money problem you more or less know what you need to do to fix it (make more money, spend less etc.) With human relationships, sometimes there seems to be no answer. Perhaps you're too close to the problem to see for yourself what your next move should be. My problem lies in the fact that I don't know if my boyfriend really wants me to move in, maybe he prefers and has become accustomed to living alone. Where will I fit? Both physically (it's a small flat - it's London) and also in to his life. Where will I fit in to his life?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'm not a lone ranger. We've spoken about this. He's worried he won't have enough quiet time. I'm guessing he thinks I'll rampage drunk around the flat listening to L7 and stuff. It happens. But not every night. He needs plenty of downtime, he needs his own space, he needs an office where he can do his own work. That more or less mirrors what I need. I'm an introvert who, if around people for too long, gets lethargic and needs to take a nap. I can't concentrate and listen to music at the same time, so I'll be working in complete silence when I'm writing etc. Just like him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Therefore there really shouldn't be a problem, but one thing he said struck me: ''I'm worried that if living together doesn't work out, it will mean the end of our relationship''. If we find ourselves in a position where we simply can't live together for one reason or another, I'll move out (it's technically his flat), we will be living apart, and we will know that, at least right now, we can't live together. A little background - we've been together for coming up to six years and the majority of that has been spent as a long distance relationship, visiting on weekends. Maybe that's why this feels like such a big step - we've never before been in close proximity for what will be such a long amount of time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">On the other hand couples successfully move in together all the time. And we will both be at work for at least five days a week. We certainly will have our own time. The conclusion I've come to is give it a go, how else will I know. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">What do you think? Have you ever moved in with a boyfriend/girlfriend and wish you hadn't? How does it change a relationship? </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13136823082259522682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291839975678055339.post-70242351385274577302015-06-13T23:12:00.000+01:002015-06-25T16:59:11.158+01:00Bunny Bissoux, I Love You<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I've loved artist/writer/costume maker/general all round cool gal Bunny Bissoux for a good 8 or more years now. I imagine I found out about her via some strange coincidence - I think it involved discovering her details in a toy machine plastic dispender container, as part of an art show in Brighton.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">She makes really amazing costumes, she illustrates stuff, she makes zines, she has a super bitchin' Big Cartel shop selling deadstock playing cards. She moved to Japan from the UK. All this scores large points on my 'you're so cool I love you' radar.</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.bunnybissouxart.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">http://www.bunnybissouxart.com/</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And check out her Big Cartel shoppe:</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13136823082259522682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291839975678055339.post-84078353157044299272015-06-13T00:49:00.001+01:002015-06-13T02:19:56.917+01:00Dork DISASTER Clothes and Shoes!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Some clothes look bad on some people, don't they. That's why fashion (or rather, the generally more small minded category of women's lifestyle magazines) has developed a list of rules which you may feel inclined to follow. The whole thing about curvy girls needing to avoid horizontal stripes is one example of a rule turned holy grail which isn't <i>really</i> true, but many people follow religiously. Another old chestnut is 'never wear brown and black together', oh how deadfully passe! In Februray 2014 Michael Kors dressed his models in brown, black, and grey. No one died, no realities collapsed. So hey ho, rules are there to be broken right?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But whilst I'm a firm believer that anyone should be able to wear anything they want to, I do think knowing what suits you is a powerful skill to posses. I've been dressing myself for about 16 years now (if 5 yrs old is when you start putting your own clothes on?), and so I've had plenty of time to perfect my wardrobe. During those 16 years I've journeyed through many sartorial phases, ofcourse not all great, noteably the Courtney Love phase and the nu-rave phase. The nu-punk-rocker phase had to be the worst of the bunch, but that happened when I was only 13, so ok. As I always say, experimentation is king - it allows you to establish what you like and don't like.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here's some stuff I now KNOW doesn't suit me, and I must be reminded of this frequently as I sometimes forget and try to buy some of the below items because I think they're cool. They always look shit on me because I always feel like a dork in them, so I should never buy them. Let's begin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Because of my abnormally knobbly knees and general kid's physique, these guys make me look so ridiculous. They elongate my feet, emphasising the funny knees. They shorten my legs and make me walk like a fool. I've tripped up in these loads too, from the front - so imagine scuffing the fronts of the shoes on the pavement and then doing a sort of forward trip.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A cinched in high waist, great - I love a high waist. The problem with this shape on my kid like body lies in the puffed out skirt, the length of the skirt, the whole upper, the fact that it looks like a kid's dress. It's just really bad on me. I've owned a few of these in the past, beautiful crushed velvet, ladylike grey, casual cotton, all were wrong. You have to feel nice in the clothes you wear, they are transformative. Skater dresses make me feel like an awkward teen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This can probably look great on some people. But I tried the combo of a midi skirt i.e. falling below the knee, with a knee high boot once, and boy did I feel like a middle aged mum. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The super tight kind that outlines the shape of your skull. Yep, those. I'm weird about the shape of my skull in that I think I have quite a flat head from the side (!), so as far as I'm concerned these just accentuate that. They also look like an idiot condom and make my forehead itch. I go for a nice slouchy hat knitted by a gran, a polite beret or a hood instead.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I hate the word 'brogue' for starters. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I bought some black patent brogues from Topshop a month ago. I've now sold them on Ebay - an example of me forgetting something looks dorkey on me and only remembering after it's too late. What's my problem with this 'classic' shoe? Well, I feel overdressed in them, I don't feel cool in them, I don't feel laid back in them, I feel like a pristine loser going on a countryside walk, in a city, and also like a twee Cath Kidston man boy. These are things I don't want to feel like. I love feeling like a boy. I have a pair of vans that I live in, and when I wear them I sure don't feel like a girly girl, it's just that the brogue, also being a manly shoe, suggests another world entirely, and it's a world I don't like. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">-Waterfall skirts</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">-New Converse</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13136823082259522682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291839975678055339.post-53427259926157347882015-06-04T23:34:00.000+01:002015-06-09T12:12:35.989+01:00WHY YOU SHOULDN'T BE FRIENDS WITH EX LOVERS<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You've broken up with the person who has seen you cry/pee/spew/drunk poo/do it etc etc. They've seen you in your worst moods, the moods you would never dream of revealing to friends, but somehow it was ok for your partner to take regular peeps at your monster within. Now you're no longer lovers. Technically you're nothing much. But the memories of all that stuff you've done, seen and shared together remain and you've really seen the most fucked up sides of each other's personalities. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So then, to be expected to make nice with that person after a break up and go on like it's all cool is a joke. I talk from personal experience(s). Ofcourse, if you're lucky enough to want to be friends with an ex, I guess that means it didn't end so horribley that you just want to die. But maybe you're thinking you <i>should </i>be friends, because you've met a few cute people who talk about how they're currently great friends with all their exes (''I don't know how you couldn't be!'') and it would make you a better person to try and be friends. Maybe on a practical level you're thinking it would make bumping in to them less awkward if that's likely to happy, and maybe you just think it's the 'right' thing to do, you know, being an adult and all. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Well, forget all that. I'm here to tell you it's completely fine not to want to be friends with any of your exes, I would actually encourage you not to. For the serious bit...I know everyone is different and some people just do manage to be friends after they've split up. If this is you, reader, do tell me how. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But for the sake of my point, I'd like to tell you about a couple of attempts I've made at staying friends with exes. I've done this twice in the past when I used to be a positive, naive kid. I'm now older and wiser and cynical. I'm a realist, man. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My first long term boyfriend. I was too young to be in a relationship of this nature, which started when I was only 14. Three years in and I'd cheated on him numerous times, too young to take on the responsibility of a serious relationship, I just wanted fun. So, when things finally ended we both had a clean break and didn't see each other for a year or more. Great. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But then I must have thought it would be good idea to contact him and see how he was getting on. Bearing in mind I'd never broken up with anyone before, so it was like a sick experiment. We ended up meeting in a kitsch, 1970's themed cafe and afterwards going on to a pub (WHY!!) I remember I was really nervous and the whole thing was unpleasent and awkward. Yet we continued to meet up over the next few months all in the name of friendship. Eventually, and I think completely inevitabley he tried to sleep with me when we ended up sleeping in the same bed after a drunken night out. I've no idea why I let it go so far and allowed myself to get in to such a stupid predicament - let's call it youthful naivety. Needless to say I never saw him again. To this day it still makes me feel sick thinking about the prospect that I nearly 'went there' again when it was so clear that the break up was right, just because I was seeking a friendship that could never have been </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The next serious relationship I had only lasted a year, but boy did I fall for this one. If the last relationship had been a testing ground, this was the one where I fell in love. It was a bad break up (see previous post, my top five break up songs). He cheated on me, he accused me of cheating on him, no one knew what was going on. But ultimately I maintain the feeling that I loved him and he broke my heart. He treated me badly at the end. He was neglectful, untrustworthy, and unreliable. However this didn't stop me! Low and behold a few months after our unsavioury break up one of us got back in touch and we decided to meet. We chose a pub (I learnt nothing from last time), and proceeded to get drunk and then fight about our now long ago finished relationship, which resulted in me telling him 'I'll never see you again, I hope you miss me!'' So sassy! Despite this we stayed in touch as 'friends' and continued to see each other and sleep with each other. Now I know what you're thinking...we weren't friends, we were still lovers and so this doesn't count. But believe me, I had every intention of just being friends. It was all too safe, easy and familiar to let it lie</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Moral of the story - If there's even the tiniest bit of lust left there, you can't be friends. If you're kind of repulsed by your ex, you can't be friends. Even if you're kind of ok with them, you have other friends who haven't witnessed the things your ex has, so why not just hang out with them instead? Put this friends with your ex fantasy to bed. I think there will always be a competitive nature to your 'friendship' with an ex, i.e. who gets a new partner first, who seems happier, who is over the other one first. This will NOT bring happiness. Your friends are meant to love you whole heartedly, want the best for you and always be there for you, within reason, no matter what. Could an ex lover really be that person for you? I truly don't believe so.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13136823082259522682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291839975678055339.post-79281743558125551142015-06-03T23:54:00.000+01:002015-06-13T02:22:10.009+01:00MY EVERYDAY MAKEUP KIT inc Lush, Topshop, Sleek & The Body Shop<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have a fair amount of makeup but I don't A) store it nicely or B) look after it correctly. I'm not proud of this - it's just, I think, that makeup is by nature messy. Coloured liquids, glosses, powders all spilling out and getting trashed. I wish I had a beautifully arranged area for makeup with draws and units or sections, just like Zoella the YouTube star. But I keep my makeup like I keep art equipment, all crammed in to one box with no order, just waiting for the happy day when I decide to try a different shade of eyeshadow (I get stuck on one product which I keep in my everyday beauty bag, and call me lazy, but it takes me months to change the contents, despite a multitude of choices only feet away in a draw).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">That's not to say I don't have some great makeup which I could be using in some kind of display in my bedroom (?) or featuring in countless 'favourite' YouTube videos. It's the kind of makeup that I love and have a lot to say about, it's makeup that's so pretty it deserves some attention. But, no, it is destined to remain in the dark top draw.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">However, since I came back from travelling just over a month ago, I quickly began experimenting with makeup again. This may have been down to my makeup collection being absent from my life for months, and therefore it was a novelty having all this 'new' makeup to try when I returned. It could also be down to the fact I've come back with a bit of a tan and so different products/colours suit me now. A few days in to coming back, I'd found a range of products which I was very happy with - a quick, easy and effective morning makeup routine using a miminal amount of products, but good quality ones that I love. Here it is...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">1) <u>The Body Shop Brow Definer in 03 Dark Brown</u>: I like this guy. It's a soft kohl pencil so it goes on nicely and the shade doesn't contain any red tones so it's a more natural colour. Nowadays I get my brows tinted at a salon otherwise they'd be two barely there lines, but this pencil is great when I want extra definition, or the brows are due a tint</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">2) <u>Topshop Kohl Pencil in Black</u>: What do you think about Topshop makeup? I like it, a lot. This one is a great eyeliner pencil with a lovely soft formula that goes on easily, great for creating a flick, which then stays put</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">3) <u>MAC Pearlglide Intense Eye Liner in Black Swan</u>: I found this in my makeup box after I came back from travelling. Thanks Becky, I think? I use this alongside the Topshop pencil on goth days, it works like a thick smudgey colour, perfect for filling in the outer corner of the eye. I then use the Topshop pencil to create a small flick. I love this eyeliner</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">4) <u>CARGO OneBase Concealer and Foundation in 02</u>: A makeup artist friend gave me this, it gives great coverage, suiting my more tanned complexion to a T right now. I use another coverage product alongside this so I wouldn't say it's an all in one product, but it's great under the eyes and on blemishes as a light but effective liquid concealer</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">5)<u> L'OREAL The Minerals True Match Mineral Powder Foundation</u>: I'm crazy about this! I took one travelling and used it for the duration (it contains SPF too don't you know). The powder offers a light foundation like coverage which really does disguise flaws. I used this on its own whilst away, but now I sweep a tiny bit over the Cargo concealer and that's my base (almost) done. The one criticism is, if you have oily skin like I do, it doesn't mattify the skin, so I now sweep a tiny bit of translucent powder over the top to finish</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">6) <u>N07 Stay Perfect Eyeshadow in Starry Lights</u>: A great cheap (ish) eyeshadow that has just the right amount of shimmer, opens up your eyes and makes a fantastic base for other shadows or eyeliner, my go to for a basic fuss free day face</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">7) <u>Maybelline Great Lash Mascara in Blackest Black</u>: A good standard. It's reasonably cheap, doesn't gloop and kinda just does the job. Excuse my lack of enthusiasm - I'll come clean. Since taking this photo of my makeup bag, I've started using Benefit's Roller Lash Mascara - a free sample I got from a magazine, and it's INCREDIBLE. I'm not normally one to be bothered about mascaras as I could never notice a significant difference between one and another, but the Benefit one is totally different and amazing, I will blog about it soon</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">8) <u>CARGO Cheek Activator</u>: A subtle shimmery liquid blush/highlighter, again given to me by my makeup artist friend. I dab a little along my cheek bone after applying foundation and powder, and it gives a slight glow, not overally noticeable, but nice if you just want a little glimmer or if used as a highlighter alongside a blusher or bronzer</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">9) <u>Lush Eyeliner in Control</u>: I'm a BIG fan of Lush's makeup range. I love the concept of colours to suit moods, and colour therapy applied to makeup. Makeup is transformative after all, therefore the psychology of colour fits nicely with it. This liquid eyeliner is a beautiful mermaid sea blue, and swept over your eyelid it looks fantastic. I particularly love this colour right now because my hair is a peachy pink, and the two colours just work together. Also, the name, 'Control' appeals too. Yep, I think I'd like some more control in my life at the mo</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">10) <u>Sleek Lipstick in Mystic</u>: I LOVE LOVE LOVE this lipstick. It's one of my favourites of all time! It's a beatiful purpley pink - not my normal lip colour palette of choice, but it also has quite a dark, deep rich plum tone to it which makes it a goth 90s dream. The formula is matte and it stays on for ages. People got really obsessed with it for a while. There was a time not so long ago when this lipstick had sold out in all Boots and Superdrugs. I tried to buy it online and the only one I could find was selling for £65 on Amazon! This baby normally only retails for £5</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">11) <u>The Body Shop Mango Lip Butter</u>: Nice, standard lip balm which does the job. Try their Shea lip butter instead, it smells like toffee popcorn. I kind of like the mango one but it's a but sickly sweet</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">12) <u>The Body Shop Eyeliner Pencil in White</u>: I worked at The Body Shop for a while. My old boss who is a makeup extraordinaire taught me how to make my eyes look bigger by lining the lower water line with white. It really does work</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There you have it. I love writing about makeup, I should do it more</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13136823082259522682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291839975678055339.post-14288113419055668432015-06-02T18:28:00.000+01:002015-06-04T23:43:25.704+01:00GOOGLEidiot+?<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Am I the only who doesn't understand Google+ and has no desire to learn to understand it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I can't recall the first time it appeared in my life, all I know is I was perfectly happy with this blog, my other blog, and YouTube, when all of a sudden out of nowhere stupid Google+ appeared and made everything go weird. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Maybe I'm a techno-phob. I just can't be arsed to get my head around new technology, IT programmes and Google's strange social media ephiany when I'm fine with the way things are. Whoa, I'm starting to sound 88 years old. I have an i-pod, but I only bought it when I literally couldn't bear the thought of lugging round a CD walkman and a case full of CD's on another trip. I had an old Nokia phone that cost me a tenner in Tesco. It was <i>fine</i> for what I needed. But then I was given an old smartphone and that opened up a whole new world (don't you dare close your eyes). My friend had to slowly and patiently talk me through Instagram, the concept of apps, how to just even use the thing etc. She was like my grandaughter that day, bless her, she did a good job. I now enjoy Instagram very much, and the smartphone, though not used to its full potential, has become a thing I rely on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">These examples illustrate how I will not accept new tech stuff in to my life, unless it's forced on me, or I have to. So when Google+ appeared I tried not to pay any attention to it. What's this 'sharing cloud'? What so you follow people on it, and your blog is on it and then all the comments you've made on YouTube appear on it like a horrible reminder of all the naff shit you've said on other people's videos (don't worry, I'm not a troll, it's more like gushy comments on vlogger's videos who I love. Helen Melon, Keira Rose, JingleHeartArt, I'm talking about you). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It looks clumsy too, there's boxes everywhere. I have no clue what is what and where I'm meant to do anything. So, I decided a couple of days ago to get rid of the bugger. I found out how to completely delete it and the feeling of satisfaction and smugness I felt clicking through to the final confirmation screen ''do you REALLY want to delete your account?' was almost as good as when I recently deleted my Facebook (I'm embarking on a bit of social media cull right now).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But that smugness only lasted a little while after I realised that oh, now no one looks at my blog. Rather then feel sad, I laughed when I saw the numbers of views on my recent posts. Good quality stuff (ah hem) that would have attracted at least 10 views by now, with one view? This isn't right! I'm used to not having a large following, and I'm ok with that because I know that if I worked really really hard at it, like some people do, I probably could get more followers. I've also accepted that I do this for myself, because I love writing and taking photos, I love looking back at the blog and I hope to one day write a column for a magazine, like ELLE. So I see all writing as practice. But one view! It's comically bad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I've decided therefore to go back on Google+ and try to work out WTF is going on with it so I don't hate it as much. Actually I probably will still hate it, judging by the popular opinions of my friends and family. But you know, you've got to get those views.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So here I go, back in to the world of Googleidiot+. Now how do I re-join?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">1) Cobain </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">2) Lolita</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">3) Reading glasses (I've meant to get the lenses of these replaced with prescription ones for about 5 years)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">4) My Reality Bites phase</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">5) Glam rock from Amsterdam</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Music is the perfect medicine, maybe taking a little bit of the pain away, just for a moment. Many 'Best Break Up Song' lists have been compiled over time just as many hearts have been broken. Jeez sometimes you even find whole break up song double albums (don't buy these). I find the notion of a good break up song strangely intriguing, what is it about certain songs that make you feel things you need to feel during a break up? What is the artist saying that makes you relate or allows you some peace?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Following a nasty break up I went through six years ago, which took me a long time to get over, one of my BFs Steven made a mix cd for me with some excellent tracks on it, to sooth the blues. He also came round to my house every night for a month (or so?) and simply kept me company whilst I drank a bottle of wine and just cried and stuff. I will never forget that, thanks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In the spirit of trying to help and also simply looking at which songs score highly on my emo register, I've compiled my top five break up songs to match the five phases psychologists say we all go through during a break up. I hope that if you have a broken heart, even just one of these guys might be a friend whilst you're in a dark place. And just remeber... a) you WILL be ok, I promise and b) as it was before it will be again - there was a time before you met your ex partner, when you were fine without them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Phase 1: Denial</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Elliot Smith - Somebody That I Used To Know</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This should gently ease you in to the realisation that it's over, perfect for the denial phase. ''Now that you're big enough to run your own show, you're just somebody that I used to know''</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Phase 2: Confusion/Mania</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A beautiful song packed with distortion which will match feelings of confusion and mania. Bitter sweet, melancholy, dark and amazing</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Phase 3: Anger</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Peaches - I Don't Give A Damn</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">''I don't give a fuuuuuuuucccckk''. You do give a fuck, otherwise you wouldn't be heartbroken, but it's nice to feel like maybe you don't for a minute, and just FUCK. THEM </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Phase 4: Extreme Sadness </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hate it or love it, this song IS the extreme sadness phase.The title says it all. You know, you have to listen to it. Go on a cry marathon alongside Sinead and watch the video for extra cry cues </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Dresden Dolls - Truce</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You would never want to choose The M People - ''Movin On Up'' for this phase. No way. Instead listen to eight minutes of beautifully crafted lyrics alongside some delicate vs. angry piano. For me this is the ultimate break up song. In the first part Amanda talks about dividing countries up between her and her ex, so they never have to bump in to each other. A novel idea and something you wish you could really do...''you can have Washington, I'll take New Jersey, you can have London but I want New York City''. But, screw the niceties. Shit gets real at 5:07 so be sure to keep listening, because it's a long one but worth it...''my place may be taken, but make no mistake, from a little black box you can say without shame, that you've lost, do you know what you've lost?'' This song perfectly expresses all emotions surrounding a break up, thankyou Dresden Dolls</span></div>
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What I used:<br />
Directions Silver Toner<br />
x2 bottles of Bleach Washed Up Mermaid Hair Dye<br />
Bleach Silver Shampoo<br />
Aussie Three Minute Miracle Conditioner<br />
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Aussie Miracle Dry Shampoo - Mega Instant<br />
John Frieda Intensive Hair Mask Satchet<br />
Pro:voke Touch of Silver Shampoo<br />
Organix Coconut Milk Hair Serum <br />
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I will just mention now that I'm not a professional hairdreser (disclaimer time), so I'm not telling you how you should dye your hair, I'm only explaining how I did mine. Ok...here goes!<br />
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1) This is how my hair started. On the morning of dying it, I washed it with Bleach Silver Shampoo to help tone out any yellow but I put no conditioner or other products on it. Ideally you shouldn't wash your hair on the same day because dye doesn't take as well to super clean hair, but my hair was disgustingly greasy so I just had to wash it. I then waited until later to dye it<br />
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2) Skip to the evening...I brushed it through thoroughly. Make sure you don't skip this step otherwise the colour will not be applied evenly. I also took note of the most brassy coloured areas of hair - which were the roots and some of the strands at the back, these would need the most toner<br />
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3) I applied Directions Silver Toner (this cost £3.99 from a local store and is the cheapest and best toner I've found). The instructions suggest to put it on wet hair, but I applied it to dry hair because it's more effective. My hair is naturally dark blonde but having already treated it with bleach, it was only the darker areas I needed to focus on. I rubbed the product through the roots thoroughly, waited for an hour and then rinsed it out. To get the best, most vivid result you need to start with the lightest hair colour that you can achieve. I would ALWAYS advise getting the lightening process done at a hairdressers, following an incident a few years ago where I tried to lighten my own hair from black back to blonde at home and it started to break and fall out<br />
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4) After rinsing the toner out, I towl dried my hair gently, brushed it
through and hair dryed it so it was completely dry. The toner
didn't actually lighten the roots, it just removed some of the
brassiness and gave my hair a slight lilac hue which was actually quite interesting as a colour. But, onwards and upwards. Also, I think I timed the
whole dying process pretty badly. By the time it came to actually dying my hair, it was late at night,
having started mid-evening, and I was tiiii-red<br />
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5) Next I poured a whole bottle of Bleach Washed Up Mermaid hair colour in to a bowl, and mixed with it a small-ish blob of Aussie Three Minute Miracle Conditioner, as a treat for my hair and to make the dye go further (tip: if you have medium length or thick hair buy two bottles of dye in case you run out, it's always better to have too much rather then too little). I applied this all over my hair, starting at the right front, taking a small section and working the product through and then clipping it up. I found that rubbing the product it in to the hair helped the dye penetrate better. I did this all the way around paying special attention to the roots and trying my best to reach those pesky areas at the back that usually always get missed out. I ended up using half the second bottle of dye to cover all of my hair, so I was happy I bought two.<br />
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I didn't wear gloves which was really really stupid, just wear gloves, or prepare to have dyed hands for the foreseeable future. Bleach dye isn't like Directions - it's stronger and definitely stains surfaces/skin more<br />
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6) I left the dye on for around an hour, against the advice on the bottle - which instructs to apply to wet hair and leave for 15 mins, but you know, go wild, and those in the know, know the longer the better with this dye. As I'd mixed conditioner in and the dye doesn't contain bleach I knew it would be ok to leave it for a longer amount of time. After the hour was up I rinsed it all out and applied the conditioning hair mask to make my hair extra shiny. I left this mask on for a further 45 minutes<br />
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7) After 45 minutes I rinsed my hair through, finishing with cold water because this makes your hair extra shiny. I towl dried it and rubbed a small amount of the Organix coconut serum through it, I then left it to dry naturally. Et voila! The colour was super super bright when it dried, which is kind of what I wanted. The Washed Up Mermaid colour is supposed to be a pastel turquoise, but knowing this would fade quickly I wanted it to be darker and brighter at first. If you're going to use this method be prepared for it not to be pastel but then for it to fade out to a more muted tone after a few washes. It took me and my wardrobe some adjusting to get used to the radical new colour (I always need a few days to learn how to dress accordingly to any hair colour change)<br />
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Maintaining:<br />
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The upkeep has been a bit of work...I've been using Pro:voke Touch of Silver shampoo when I do wash my hair, but I've been trying not to wash it as much and using Aussie's dry shampoo (which I accidentally missed out of the photo with all the products!) instead to keep it looking fresh. Admittedly it feels a bit grose after a few days of not washing it and the dry shampoo builds up in your hair so it needs a good wash now and again. The Aussie dry shampoo is a new thing they've brought out which I tried because I love their shampoos and conditioners - but I wouldn't really rate this to be any better or worse then the Batiste ones, and it's more expensive. <br />
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I've also been using the Bleach Silver Shampoo for the occasional wash too. I find the Bleach shampoo is a lot stronger then the Pro:voke one, it adds colour to your hair and is a thick consistency which is strong enough to stain the bath/shower if you don't rinse it off in time, where as the Pro:voke Touch Of Silver Shampoo is better for daily maintenance, it's lighter in colour and consistency and it's great for preventing colour fade rather then maintaining the colour<br />
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I hope this is helpful! If so let me know and I'll do a hair update ;-)<br />
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Peace out
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13136823082259522682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291839975678055339.post-56947577041774436162014-06-08T14:20:00.000+01:002014-06-08T14:28:03.557+01:00Something NEW<div style="text-align: justify;">
I like making lists and filing things away. It's really sad but it's just the way it is. Therefore, imagine my delight when one morning a couple of weeks ago I conceived the idea of starting a new blog, seperate to Idea, You Gave Me A Fright Dear, with an aim to record what outfit I wear every single day, for a year. </div>
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Why a year you ask? Because it's hard. I've started jogging and going to yoga classes recently, the jogging partly inspired by an article I read in a magazine about a woman who ran a mile everyday for a year. This goal of doing something everyday for a set amount of time appeals to my somewhat obsessive nature. But I can't commit to running everyday. Mayyybe every other day. It's JUST. TOO. SPORTY and EFFICIENT. </div>
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What I do do every day is get dressed. And what I do love is the art of constructing outfits. The shapes, colours, patterns of an outfit and how this balances the look out, how it makes you feel, how it makes you act. How your outfit is read by society, how it fits in with current trends, or doesn't. I find it all fascinating. </div>
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This paired with a desire to 'dress up' more (as Vivienne Westwood said ''when in doubt, overdress'') lead me to start 'On Getting Dressed'. My brand new blog detailing every outfit I wear, everyday. And you now know how I like to file stuff? Well that's not limited to physical paper files. No. </div>
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I will continue to write in this blog, when I feel like it. It will be like my bit on the side. My yucky secret casual blog where I write about dumb stuff like the top five men I fancy who are aged over 60... (Robert Redford etc). And the posts won't come thick and fast. They will continue to saunter in as and when they feel like it. </div>
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In this way I've got a blog for fashion/my career and a hobby blog; which feels a lot like filing, and suits me well.</div>
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To finish, I'd like to breifly explain why I called this blog 'Idea, You Gave Me A Fright Dear'. I started it whilst I was at university studying fine art. Me and my friends were, let's be honest, not the most prolific bunch. It was more common to spot us in the pub then in any kind of environment that would be deemed useful (gallery, studio, exhibition). We could have tried harder, but we were too busy having fun. Therefore, when I did get down to some work and managed to sprout an idea about some performance art piece, it was frankly a shock. A surprise you could say. Therefore this name was born, fitting for a blog which ambles along doing what it wants, when it wants. </div>
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If you'd like to see me try harder, check out On Getting Dressed <a href="http://ongettingdressed.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;"><u>HERE</u></span></a></div>
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