Friday, 19 August 2011

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E




Blouse thing - wholesale-dress.net
Mickey vest - Primark
Half stud shorts - IRIDESCENT
Leopard platforms - eBay
Drawstring bag - River Island
Fox Tail - IRIDESCENT
Necklace: Accessorise
Rings: Primark, wholesale-dress.net & Accessorise

This is what I would have worn to a friends house tonight (maybe with some more comfy shoes) but my mum had to be taken into hospital.  She has to spend the night, so I'm pretty worried about her.  My stepdad is annoyed at me and my boyfriend also got his cast off today but I won't be able to see him for another two days as he's busy tomorrow, which I don't want to get too into so I'll shut up.  So altogether I've had a really bad day, but whatever, trying to keep my chin up.
love amy x
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Thursday, 18 August 2011

I'm Not Your Ghost Anymore



This isn't much of a proper post really, just some random photos of the rain today.  I've not done any proper photography in a while and although this isn't amazing it's a start. I've been playing around with the bottom photo, trying to figure out what I could do to make it more interesting but in the end left it as it first was.  I hope that college will spark up my love for photography again so you will see a lot more posts like this (but hopefully better).  Unfortunately, the weather this summer has been so disappointing, and I haven't done the things I hoped I could, but I'm hoping that it's sunny for Reading Festival and that makes up for the wasted days where I'm sat in bed listening to monsoon-style rain.
love amy x
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Haul/Review




So a while ago (about 2/3 months or so) I ordered a load of clothes from Wholesale-dress.net.  I chose the cheapest, slowest shipping, so I'm not surprised that it took so long, as it did come from China.  I do already own some items from them, as they sent me some stuff a few months back so I knew that the quality isn't the best, but this lot really took the biscuit.  I'll admit that it's excellent value for money, but the quality of some of the items really is pretty bad.  This isn't necessarily a post slagging everything off, but I prefer being honest about items rather than advertise all the time.

Item 1 - French style lace blouse

This is probably the item I am least satisfied with.  In the picture on the website, it looks like a really great item, with it being pretty long, with a nice fit and full length sleeves.  When I tried it on, I was very disappointed.  It's really short, the sleeves are only 3/4 length and it's basically transparent.  The model must be extremely tiny, as I haven't got a particularly large frame.  It's more of a children's size than women's.

Item 2 - Half sleeve leopard blazer/blouse
From the listing, you can tell that the arms are supposed to be 3/4 length which I don't mind, but the listing also shows this item with a collar.  I'm not too disappointed with this item, I'll probably wear it, but the product photos and descriptions are not detailed enough.  This item is also quite a small size.

Item 3: Black bodycon cocktail dress
This item isn't the best of quality but it's still wearable.  It fits me well and I've already worn it out once.  the chest sectioning isn't done well, but it's  not noticeable when worn.

Item 4 - Layered lace pantskirt (apricot)
I actually bought this item after seeing it featured on the blog Greer & Rose.  She made the item look really good, but I don't have a clue as to how to wear it.  The item is relatively good quality, but there are so many stray cotton strands all over them.  Of course it's simple to just cut them all off, but it's not good unpackaging an item to see all that. I'll probably end up selling this as it's taken so long to arrive that my taste has changed.

Item 5 - Crochet Vest
This item is pretty good quality actually.  The detailing is good and it's a nice fit.  It's just a shame that in the time it took to arrive I bought another one almost identical!

Item 6 - Faux fox tail
This is definitely my favourite item of the lot, as it's so soft and really good quality, feeling just like a real fox tail.  I've already worn it out and got a few compliments, although compared to other items on wholesale-dress.net it is one of the more expensive items.

Item 7 - Pearl/gold layered necklace
This item is average quality, and again, because it took so long to arrive my tastes have changed.  I bought it because it is almost identical to the Topshop one stocked not so long ago.  When I opened it, one of the charms had already fallen off, but this isn't a problem as I had all the tools I needed to fix it with.


Sorry to have rambled a lot, and for the messy post, but a few people asked me for reviews so here it is!  To sum it up, I wouldn't say that I'm disappointed with all of the stuff I bought, as there are some good things among it, so I would recommend it to others, purely because of the amazing prices!
love amy x
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Tuesday, 16 August 2011

Marble Nails Tutorial

Heya! So a little while ago I posted about my nude nails, with a marbled ring finger on each hand.  This is the post where I'll show you how to do it for yourself!  Now may I remind you, I'm no expert at this, only having done it twice so mine didn't turn out perfect, it's just really guidelines so you know how to do it!

YOU WILL NEED:
- glass of filtered water  (bottled water) filled nearly to the top.
- Orange stick/toothpick (I used a golf tee!)
- Top coat
- Sellotape
- Kitchen roll
- Nail varnishes you want to marble (at least two)


STEP ONE: Cover the skin surrounding your nails in sellotape, so you don't get nail varnish all over your fingers.


STEP TWO: Drip your nail varnish onto the top the water.  They should spread out quite quickly when they hit the surface.  Alternate dripping between the colours, building up a bullseye, as shown below.  (Doesn't the third picture look like a crazy guinea pig??) Make sure you do this quickly, so that the nail varnish doesn't dry, in which case the nail varnish will not swirl.


STEP THREE: Use your orange stick (golf tee in my situation) to marble the nail varnish.  To do this, draw simple lines very lightly across the surface.  If the nail varnish is not dry, it will obey.  In this situation, just take off the existing layer and try again.

STEP FOUR: Dunk your nail(s) in to the water, making sure your nails hit the surface flat.  Make them go quite deep under the surface so that none of the excess nail varnish sticks too.

STEP FIVE:  Let the nails set for a bit, then gently peel off the sellotape, using an ear bud and nail varnish remover to get rid of any varnish on the skin.  Lastly, paint on a layer of top coat and voila! Marbled nails!
Hope you liked my feeble attempt at a tutorial, thanks for reading!
love amy x
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Sunday, 14 August 2011

Sunday Summary Week 14

1/ My order from Wholesale-dress.net arrived.
2/ The large drink at the cinema really is huge!
3/ Helped Mum create a workshop room.
4/ Disposeable cameras for Reading festival came in the post.
5/ Bought some lilac hair dye for dip-dying!
6/ Got some House of Holland suspender tights, can't make my mind up about them though!

Things I Loved this week:
1/ I've always loved Katie's blog, Daydreaming is Heaven
2/ This song by Skrillex
3/ The Vinyl Riot Online Magazine here

Pretty rushed summary today, sorry guys!  I was at a party last night so I'm absolutely knackered and this is a scheduled post so I'm currently at my new work, helping with stock etc at The Snowboard Shop!  Reading Festival and my exam results are only 10 days away and I'm both excited and nervous at the same time, hope I do well, then my dad will give me some money towards a car as it's my 17th birthday in October.  Anyway I'm rambling, I'll post soon!
love amy x
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