HOUSE OF HOLLAND INSPIRED NAILS

Today I decided to take some inspiration from the Autumn/Winter 2014 House of Holland show when painting my nails.
The infamous HOH polka dots were back this season and surrounded by neon oranges, bright pinks and emerald greens.

Barry M 'White' | Rimmel 60 Seconds 'Black Taxi' | Models Own 'Beetlejuice'

HOUSE OF HOLLAND RESORT COLLECTION 2014

As you will all be fully aware by now, I am a massive fan of the House of Holland collections. Every season they deliver with their unique prints, clashing colours and they aren't afraid to experiment.
Their resort collection comes out mid season each year and earlier this week the latest one was released and as expected, I love it.

They've taken inspiration from the Sixties and the types of music from that era by focussing on the girlbands of the decade and adding a Glam Rock feel on top. You can completely see these inspirations coming through in the pieces with the big shoulders, flared bottom trousers, garish prints and a bit of sequins and sparkle just for good measure. Each outfit is incredibly colourful and of course the HOH trademark that is denim features in the collection too in a very trendy and unique way. The HOH team have described the print that features heavily throughout the collection as "vintage inspired 'cauliflower' prints" but I think it's very comic book explosion; I particularly love the sparkly bag in the "cauliflower" style!

 

 

 

 

What do you think of the collection? Do you love it too?

HOUSE OF HOLLAND X BOOTS BEAUTY SET

Before Christmas, Henry Holland held a Twitter Q&A session to promote the House of Holland beauty sets that have been released in Boots stores. I asked him a question just on the off chance and he replied! I was shocked enough at that and then just over a week ago I received an email saying that I had won one of the sets because of this! I've been admiring them all since they were released the other month so I was absolutely thrilled.

It's a shame I can't do anything with my hair to get even close to big hair but EEEK!

I was sent the "Grubby to Gorgeous" kit...

First of all have to say how much I love the bag it comes in. It's huge and will be brill for when I'm staying over places and not having to take more than one bag to carry around all my essentials.

On to the products..! They all have one of the infamous House of Holland slogans for their product names, which I love.
"Hey Hey Hey! Hands Off My Soufflé!" is a body cream which I've been using after showers to leave my skin super soft. It smells INCREDIBLE. It makes me use way too much because to smells too nice.
"Oh My Gosh, You Can't Swear On A Body Wash" is, surprise surprise, a body wash. This one doesn't have any scent which I thought was odd as the other products do. Also, it doesn't lather much unless you use loads of squirts.
"Glamour And Glitz All In A Spritz" is a body spray which says to just spray all over the body. I'm not really sure if it's supposed to do anything special but again it smells amazing and so I've just been going to town on the spraying!
It also comes with the body scrubber/thing/I'm not actually sure what they're called, oops!

There was a couple of different ones of these House of Holland sets released and now I really want the haircare one. They're all reduced now too but they're all sold out online so hopefully I can find a store with some left in stock.

HOUSE OF HOLLAND SUPERGA'S

Earlier this year House of Holland teamed up with Superga to put their own spin on the infamous brand. I love Henry Holland and when I saw the shoes I really loved them. Being canvas pump types, they aren't really something I usually wear and the original £72 price tag put them a bit out of my reach. I noticed last week that they were £40 on sale and I knew at that price they wouldn't be available much longer so I bit the bullet and bought them. I ended up getting them off the Superga website because my size were sold out on the HOH website but, if you liked the Superga Facebook page you got a (really random) 3% off. Every penny counts these days! It did suggest getting a size smaller because they're massive so I did and I'm glad because even the size smaller is a teeny bit big but I can handle that.

I am literally in love with them!

(Now apologies for the next photos. There's nowhere at all in my house/room to get decent outfit photos. Especially with bad winter lighting.)

Here's what I have worn today...

 Jumper; H&M | Shirt; Vault | Skirt; Topshop | Tights; Topshop | Bracelet; New Look | Shoes; House of Holland x Superga | Nails; Barry M 'Prickly Pear' + Rimmel nail tip whitener

The shirt is from a little shop that's local to where I work but I'm more than sure there's similar things all over the high street. Or you could get a black collared shirt from Primark and some spike studs off eBay and you're sorted!
Also, the jumper is something I bought at the start of the year. They were only £8 but I could only afford one at the time. I went back after I had been paid to get more colours but they'd all sold out.

They are the most comfy shoes I have ever worn. It's a shame I won't get away with wearing them for work but I'm sure whenever I'm not there, I will be living in these for a very long time.

Sorry for a very photo heavy blog but I needed to share my love.
Hope everyone is fine and dandy!

x

PAYDAY WISHLIST #1

It's payday in 6 days (and counting!) and this month I'm due a bonus in my payslip as I got a little promotion last month so I think that means I'm entitled to treat myself.
Here's what I'm after this month...

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1. Been after a skirt like this for so long and I've tried so many on that just aren't right. Hopefully my local Topshop has this and hopefully it will be perfect. It will go with everything and I'd be able to wear it for work too.

2. I already have a Bowie top but this one from the new Hero & Cape collection is just beautiful.

3. I keep looking at these House of Holland tights and they're reduced on the New Look website. Meaning I'll probably end up buying them.

4. Like I need another lipstick... BUT it's only £1.50 so hardly breaking the bank...

5. This year I really want a good leather jacket and I think this Miss Selfridge one is my favourite that I've come across so far.

6. Seen so many bloggers bang on about this Topshop highlighter and it's got me very intrigued...

7. The only reason I like when it gets cold is because there is knitwear everywhere and I LOVE knitwear. This cardigan looks so cosy!

8. Scarf... gloves... Scloves? Glarf? I don't know but... AWESOME. I had to de-ice my car this morning (in September!!) and it was so frosty walking from where I park to work so this would nicely warm me up on that little journey.

What are you wanting this payday?

LONDON FASHION WEEK S/S13

I've been slightly over excited by this seasons London Fashion Week and I couldn't narrow down my favourite collections anymore than I already have done. I had really high hopes before fashion week started and I certainly wasn't disappointed. My all time favourite designers are Hosue of Holland, Burberry Prorsum, Holly Fulton and Felder Felder and I adored all of their new collections for Spring/Summer 2013.

With it being collections for Spring and Summer it wasn't a huge shock that there were lots of pastel colours and floral prints flying around but this year there has also been prints and embellishment galore! There's been quite obviously a Nineties influence in creating their new collections for a lot of designers, seen predominantly in House of Holland and Moschino Cheap & Chic, and I absolutely love it! Tie dye, dungarees, neon, metallic, crop tops and even crimped hair... (although I won't be going back to the crimped hair look that's for sure!)
Metallic and other embellishments seem to be a big thing amongst the collections too. The trademark trench coat from Burberry got the colourful metallic treatment this time and it is fabulous! The finale of that catwalk show looked amazing.
As well as all of the craziness and colour, monochrome stuck around in some collections with lots of asymmetric lines and structure and effortlessly cool looks.
I'm very excited to see these looks filtered down to the high street next year.
Who were your favourite collections from?

sass & bide

Felder Felder

Kinder Aggugini

Holly Fulton

House of Holland

Moschino Cheap & Chic

Marios Schwab

Matthew Williamson

Philip Treacy

Burberry Prorsum

Simone Rocha

Ashish

Aminaka Wilmont