As a child born in the 90s, I cannot overstate just how much I love that the 90s fashion trend has made such a big comeback. Especially that I'm now at an age where I can properly enjoy and, more importantly, appreciate it in all its velvety, scrunchie-based glory.
If it's not clear, I really like velvet. In all colours. On any day of the week. So it's really no surprise many of my upcoming outfits for the Christmas season are centred around this little fashion crush of mine. Feeling the same way? Well here are a few of my favourite finds for all things velvet:
As for me, I have a few parties and Christmassy events coming up over the next two weeks and I'm planning on maximal velvet exposure. But if you only want to dip your toe into the velvety pond, then a half up, half down hair style finished with a velvet scrunchie is an easy way to ease yourself in. Alternatively, opt for some velvet flats; these vary in colour and design across all major high street shops (and some, like the ones above, are currently in the sale too!)
If you're bold and want your velvet emblazoned across your body for the whole world to see, try some crushed velvet leggings. I myself bought a pair from H&M about a few months ago but if you're really feeling adventurous, squeeze yourself into this eye-popping pair of blue velvet leggings from Boohoo. Go on, I dare you. If there was ever a time to live by a quote from one of my favourite ever Gossip Girl episodes, it's now. 'You go, baby vamp!' - the perfect seasonal sentiment!
Jade x
It seems I change my nails more often than I change TV channels, not that I'm complaining - what's the point of buying nail varnish if you're not going to use it! Plus it gives me something to blog about since I can't really afford to buy anything new for the indeterminate future. Sob, sob, sob.
It's no secret that pink is far from my favourite colour but my Misstify nail varnish from Missguided, which I think I've blogged about before, is somehow still one of my firm favourites. Of course I couldn't wear a plain pink coat on my fingertips without at least trying to toughen it up a little bit. Cue another of my old faithfuls - Barry M crackle effect, in black.
The idea was to create some sort of Aztec-y style design on my nails. Fabulous idea.. in my head. Somewhat harder to paint on my nails! After a few failed attempts at drawing on a design, I gave up and nearly settled for plain, old pink. That resolution lasted all of three minutes and in a (very poor) attempt to be (somewhat) edgy and alternative, I swiped a quick flick of the crackle varnish across each nail and this was the end result! I actually kind of like it, it's not too try hard and okay, technically it's not nail art but it was super easy to do and a style anyone can achieve!
Happy Jade :)
With Cosmopolitan magazine this week, they were giving away a free Missguided nail varnish which I used for the first time yesterday. I think it came in a couple of colours but I have a bright pink one which I think is called Misstify (if I'm reading the bottle right).
It's really easy to apply and I've used two coats which is pretty standard for any nail varnish I feel. I don't usually stray far from Barry M nail varnishes but so far, this one is holding up pretty well. The colour really pops and is definitely a good colour for summer with all these bright, bold prints coming in to fashion.
I want to see how long it last before it chips or needs re-coating to decide whether or not I'd buy other Missguided nail varnishes in the future but so far, big thumbs up from me.
Also, if you're a fan of athletics/the Olympics/Jessica Ennis - pretty good interview with her in the mag :)
Anyone used Missguided nail varnish before and if so, what are your thoughts on them? And what's your favourite summer nail varnish?
I'll be the first to admit that I'm not a typical girly girl so I'm usually pretty hesitant to buy new skirts/dresses. I have two stable LBDs that I wear
all the time and the oh-so common tight black skirt from H&M that almost every girl has somewhere in their wardrobe. But when I saw this little beauty on
Missguided I couldn't help but buy it.
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| Large variety of colours for a cheeky £14.99 |
I adore the pastel palette that's in fashion this summer and thanks to my name, green is usually top of my choices. I love the material and how floaty it is when you wear it, though I am planning on wearing some of my dance hotpants on underneath for this very reason!
Like I said, I'm not overly girly so I'm planning to potentially pair it with a black lace leo and black heels when I go out on Saturday night. I love the length of the skater skirt in general because it hides the larger parts of my legs which I don't really like and it isn't so tight that it clings to my thighs. I do feel this outfit does give me a slightly shorter body than I actually have so I might change my top half but I love the shoe/skirt combo a lot.
I think I'll definitely be wearing this skirt a lot during these summer months! Anyone else liking the pastels this season?
