Valentines Day Outfit Idea

Dress - ASOS, £95, Shoes - River Island, £50, Bag - Karen Millen, £99, Earrings - Missguided, £4.99, Bracelet - Ottoman Hands, £32, Ring - Ottoman Hands, £47

In the true spirit of St Valentine himself, we have dedicated a whole post to Valentine's day (Val-Day hereafter). We know that in the most comercialised, conventional sense, Val-Day is for the couples, but we prefer to think of it as simply a day of love and celebrations. So just see it as a day to show all the people that matter to you just how much you love them. Now, if you are lucky enough to be being whisked out to a fancy resturant or fun date, we're taken the liberty of putting together this swanky outfit. Alternatively, if you're staying in crying with a pot of Ben&Jerry's, you could still wear it; it's a diverse outfit. And afterrall, staying in is the new going out.

We LOVE this dress which is the main focus of the outfit. The gems placed in a mosaic/geometric type pattern makes it really edgy and current, whilst the shape (flattering for most body shapes) and the colour (we love grey, we all know this) keeps it subtle and adds a hint of grunge. The shoes are a very good colour match, (never mind being GORG) however, you could always exhange for some flats if you've got a hetic day instead of a nice sit down event. The accessories add a more grown up evening feel, by picking out the burgandy in the gems on the dress. Picking any colours out of the embroidered gems for the accessories would work just as well.

Overall, we say get on that lappy and order this outfit next day delivery!

All the love in the world for the day of love people,

LLB x

Benefit Roller Lash Mascara Review

Hi everyone,

This week we're all about the lashes. Benefit's new shindig 'Roller Lash' is claiming big things. For a start it claims to have 12 hour coverage, which you may or may not be suprised to know that it totally does. Those or you who like to stay particularly faithful to a plumpy,volumising mascara may think this won't work for you, but we're here to tell ya, it's a universal delight. It has fab lengthening and liting mascara to still achieve a WOW factor. The other great thing is smudging is not in it's nature, so you end up with a flawless look all day long. This could be a controversial statement so don't hate us, but it could give the 'They're real mascara' a run for it's money...ooooh.

So... we recommend you give it a whirl and see what you think! (It comes out 12/02/15 in the UK!)

Love always,

LLB x

Nail Idea | Hot Pink Stripes

Fellow Blogees,

As we all know, we love a good nail design. To shake things up a bit, and to add some glamour to this bleek month they call January, this week, we're looking at super duper PINK STRIPES. Here's a step by step of how to recreate the look:

1. First up, paint your nails in a metallic/ sparkly nail varnish that takes your fancy. We used 'Blitz' available from Toppy
2. Once your base coat has dried, use tape strips (buy me here) to and stick them where you want the stripes to feature.
3. Finally, paint over the first layer of varnish and the strips in a different contrasting colour. We used a faithful black shade by good ol Barry M.
4. Whilst the second layer of paint is still wet, carefully peel the strips off to reveal the base coat peeking through.

And voilaaa... groovy nails or what?! Have a go yourselves and let us know what you think.

Until Next Time,

LLB x