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[1 May 2008 | 3 Comments | ]

Unable to take the plunge and actually chop my hair, I have found a less permanent way to have a spring fling with my ‘do. When you are known for your scruffy ‘bird’s nest’ locks like I am, it is amazing the difference it makes when you scrape your hair off your face into a neat top knot.
Scattered all over the S/S runways from Lanvin to Rodarte, it is a severe look which contrasts beautifully with all that femininity and flowers for Spring.

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[25 Apr 2008 | 16 Comments | ]

***UPDATE***: This giveaway is now closed. Congratulation to the winner - Meredith. Thanks to EVERYONE that entered!

To celebrate the release of the new book, “

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[8 Apr 2008 | One Comment | ]

If the cover of May’s British Vogue is anything to go by, my much ridiculed but determined quest to grow out my eyebrows has been totally and absolutely validated. Ha! There is Natalia Vodianova, poster girl for the beauty of a bushy brow, peering out from florals and frills as if to say, “LOOK AT MY OVERGROWN EYEBROWS DON’T THEY ADD TO MY INTOXICATING CHARM?” Why yes, Natalia, they do.
And while her extraordinary beauty might have something to do with the allure, I reserve the right to add her …

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[2 Apr 2008 | One Comment | ]

As a lifelong (well, so far) devotee to the endless joy that a good lipstick can bring, I am predictably enamoured with Spring’s paintbox lips (see Louis Vuitton S/S for best examples). Favourite hue of the week has to be all members of the orange family - coral, tangerine, peach…I love you all.
In keeping with my current, accidental, obsession with orange (which already comprises of a butternut sqash swing coat, rusty copper eyeshadow and and babushka floral scarf), sunny coral lips are fresher than red, cooler than pink …

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[31 Mar 2008 | No Comment | ]

Nars have recently added some new shades/colours for Spring 08, to their existing line of products which I was lucky enough to test out. For the past month or so I’ve been using the

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[25 Mar 2008 | 3 Comments | ]

A trendy haircut often cements your fashion status, so where better to look than to