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this pastel obsession

July 7, 2013 By Julianne

They’re a regular spring trend, but this year I was obsessed with pastels like never before. I mostly stuck to lilac, because I get bored of other pastels too easily, and as I don’t think it suits me that well, I balanced it out with lots of black and bright pink. A couple of times I went for petrol green instead. I love purple and green together.

I wore this pale pink badge and brooch on my grey jacket almost all the time, and chose that lilac shirt to wear to work almost once a week.

I wore Aromaleigh’s Penelope eyeshadow so many times I lost count. Often several times in a week. It’s rare for me to become that devoted to one product.

I got out all my nail polish, picked out all the pastel shades, and put them in front of the box in my cupboard, for easy browsing, but mostly I wore the Colour Collection lilac from a Christmas set, sometimes with L.A. Colors’ Flurry on the top for some sparkle.

I have been choosing to wear brighter shades lately, as it is now definitely summer, and I’m sure I’ll go back to jewel tones as soon as soon as I feel the first chills of winter, but pastels have won a place in my heart and my imagination. I’ve spent a lot of time lusting after long floaty lilac skirts. I have yet to find the perfect one, even after a lot of eBay trawling, but I’m still hoping that it will materialise.

How do you feel about pastels? Did you follow the floral trend instead? I picked up a really cute dress that’s pink with blue flowers in a charity shop, and had a few floral favourites already.

Filed Under: Fashion and Style, Makeup and Skincare, Obsessions Tagged With: clothes, cosmetics, customising, fashion, lilac, make-up, pastels, purple, style

Monday Amusements 11

June 24, 2013 By Julianne

I hope your Monday is treating you well! Mine has me ill for the second week in a row so I apologise for the shortness of this list!

As Google Reader is about to load its last I’ve been spring cleaning my RSS subscriptions and finding some new blogs to follow. It’s been a while since I’ve subscribed to any new (at least to me) fashion blogs and it’s been a lot of fun exploring new sites. I’ve scrolled through several pages of Undercover Dress-Up Lover, and my favourite post so far is Lolita without online shopping, even though I am too tall for a lolita dress, there are some amazing boots in that post that are actually still available in my size! I am doing all the online surveys the internet sends with the goal of being able to afford them.

I’ve also been catching up on The Girl Who Looks Like a Cake, I’ve loved her DIY: Make your own collar and A Guide to Fabric Shopping In London posts.

I’m obsessed with eyeliner tutorial videos. Here are my current favourites, which show how to achieve three quite different effects:


Cat-Eye Tutorial from Rookie on Vimeo.

A tip for the last one – if you find it impossible to do this with an eyeliner brush and eyeshadow – ie if you’re a contact lens wearer and can’t risk getting powder in your eye – try it with a pen eyeliner instead, I did today and it looks great!

Finally, Mad About Dachshunds is the Facebook page to like if you want your news feed to be filled with all manner of cute sausage dog things.

Filed Under: Fashion and Style, Makeup and Skincare, Monday Amusements Tagged With: cosmetics, crafting, fashion, hyperlinks, links, make-up, Monday Amusements, style

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