Hello Kiko

Hi Guys,

I'm in Spain and as my family know about my nail addiction, my auntie thoughtfully showed me this Italian cosmetics brand Kiko. They have thousands of colours for only £1.50! Not only that, they have loads of make up and cosmetics for really good prices too! 

They have everything from concealer to blue mascara and their moto is 'be who you want' which is quite nice.

Below are a few of my favourites from them and the colours that I bought. 

Something I've never seen before to test nail varnishes is putting out cellotape for the customers to tear off, put on their arm or hands and paint some of the colours on to it to see what they look like, really good idea.

I've seen crackle before but not in wacky colours, so I got two to try out.

This says magnetic but its metallic pink, a cool shiny silver affect mixed with the colour.

And these three bold colours. I got some shades that I'm missing from my collection at the moment to make it a bit more complete. I really love the orange.

And here are a few of my favourite make up bits. 

Glossy Eye Pencil  

£5.20

Soft Focus Compact Wet & Dry Mineral Foundation

£3.00

Sunproof Powder Foundation 

£5.50

Blooming Eyeshadow Palette

£3.00

Super Colour Mascara 

£5.90

Lip Glaze

£1.50

Smart Lipstick 

£2.00

Skin Evolution Concealer

£3.80

They always have special offers going on but the only shop they have in the UK is in London Westfield. They have a UK website but I'm not sure about the delivery charges. 

Anyway I think its a great international brand and I hope they bring more stores to the UK soon!

Daphne Groenveld is 16?!

Ok, I was originally going to do a post about Daph because basically she's my new girl crush after seeing her in the Dior Addict advert. 

After that I kept seeing her face everywhereee, obviously in magazines or blogs, not the street.

Then when I did a bit of research and found out she was SIXTEEN?! I not only now hate her (jealousy) for being absolutely stunning and successful at such a young age but also a bit disgusted with myself.

How can someone look like that at 16? HOW?! 

When I was 16 I had acne, a missing tooth, and no sense of how tall I was so I hunched over, a lot.

This Dutch gem has such unique features she's caught the eyes of Vogue Korea, Vogue Russia, American Vogue and Vogue Italia. Dior, Roberto Cavalli, Calvin Klein, Anna Sui, to name a few! 

She's been nicknamed the mini Bardot, understandably.

She doesn't even need to pout, its just there all the time.

I am in awe of her, and although this post may sound a tad bitter (over-exaggeration is a weakness) this girls looks are inspiring to the fashion world.

So here are some photos of her to make you all feel as bad about yourself as I do, 

THANKS DAPHNE.

Julian Hakes Mojito Heels

This is my love of the week, strangely found by my mum, a wacky one off design which was never even meant for the fashion world.

Julian Hakes has been kicking up a storm in the blogger network recently and if you don't already know who he is or what 'mojito heels' are, here is a little bio. 

He started out as an architect, but posted a rough draft picture of these heels on a design blog, where they went viral. 

After millions of views, plenty of baffled stylists, fashionistas and bloggers were scratching their heads over these futuristic pumps. 

Agencies got in contact and a model wanted a few pairs for a fashion show.

It soon dawned on Hakes that he might actually have to manifest these shoes into reality, and fast. Fashion waits for no one.

After 2 years, the design has been tested and perfected to create the sleek, elegant and light heels and his first collection was born!

Definitely designed for the fashion bold, I think these would be a pair that even Carrie Bradshaw was weary of, however they are an innovation into a new shoe generation and I think I speak for most of us when I say I wouldn't mind trying on a pair!

To find out more visit hakes.co.uk.

Marc Jacobs Nails

So I've recently had a bit of 'Nail Block' (like writers block, but with nails). Nothing has inspired me at all, and if I'm planning on starting to sell these nails, the designs need to be innovative and different. 

We've all seen the tribal nails and dotty nails, they're just not cutting it anymore!

So like any fashion student, I turned to Vogue for help.

I have absolutely no clue why I didnt do this before!

Prints are so big in this upcoming season, so by looking at all the pre ready to wear collections, the inspiration for nail designs was screaming at me!

I started with these, inspired by Marc Jacobs Pre Ready to Wear collection, of which there were many other interesting patterns, these ones stood out and they were simple to put onto nails. 

I know I havent got quite the right green colour, but I still love the contrasting bright colours.

I even put it onto a fake nail and loved the result, contemplating putting this design on my etsy shop when its up and running, what do you guys think? please comment below if you like it!

Its pretty obvious which one is the fake nail here.

 So if you too are stuck for a bit of design inspiration, turn to the people who do it best!

I'm currently working on more designs from 3.1 Phillip Lim and ALICE by Temperley.

Photos taken from vogue.co.uk

Missguided Galaxy Tunic

If you like Missguided, you'll know about this dress, and you'll know it has now sold out, twice, in a matter of hours, which is why I'm so pleased to have snapped it up whilst recently in stock!

I'm planning on wearing it to a local festival next weekend and below are a few accessories I would add to this unique dress.

I've only opted for a few different bits and bobs because I dont want to over-do it and its summer so theres not much else that needs adding!

I've loved this dress ever since I saw it on the website so I cant wait to play around with jewellery and add ons which I will hopefully pick up in Spain next week visiting my family (and zara, of course!)

The cut out style as well as the galaxy print are really on trend at the moment and I will definitely be attempting some matching nails for the festival to finish off the look.

At only £14.99 its well within my budget so I'm a happy camper, literally!

Untitled #18 by emilyrodgers18 featuring a quilted leather jacket

Stray Nails

So I'm in the process of launching Stray Nails, selling my own designs from my little etsy shop.

I'm really excited about this, I've ordered a ton of stuff to get it started and I hope you will all take a look when its up and running. 

I have recently been asked to do some of my friends nails, using them as my guinea pigs, it is great practise for future designs!

Two of them are going to America next week and have asked me to do some themed nails for them, here is my test run!

The Versatile Blogger Award

Thank you very much to Bel et Bien for nominating me for the 'Versatile Blogger Award'!

This is my first nomination and its very exciting. I follow this blog and its always interesting and I'm proud to have even done a guest post for them! So Thanks again Edel.

 

So here are the rules for the award:

1) Thank the blogger (s) that have nominated you

2) Share 7 random facts about yourself

3) Nominate 15 fellow bloggers that you recently discovered or follow regularly

4) Let them know you nominated them

5) Add the versatile blogger to your blog

Ok, number 1, check.

Number 2:

7 random facts!

- I knit, yet I have never actually completed a piece of knitting as of yet.

- I live in Jersey, a small island near france. 

-I should be starting my dissertation instead of doing this.

-I'm heavily into nail art and hope to start selling my designs soon.

-I don't like orange m&ms.

-I have a mannequin head called gwen who comes on road trips with us.

-I often say random things which confuse people. Being normal is boring!

And here are my 15 nominations!

6 Pins in a Shoe

A Little Bird Told Me

Amberlee Tea

Boom Nails

Chambray and Curls

Cherry Fashion

Empty Rack

Honey and Silk

Legit Fashion

Logans Runway

Mad For Fashion For Less

Melissa's Sweet Style

Nikychik

Scarlet Red

The Fashion Moodboard