Remember the eye gel trend of a few years ago, when silky powders were replaced by pots and tubes of slick and shiny eye paint? Not only was it hard to apply, it was a hard look to pull off. To top it off, I couldn’t escape the thought that I may as well have applied my lip gloss to my eyelids for the same gummy, gunky effect. Fortunately, this trend is over. So...

Japanese street fashion has always been somewhat of a fascination; it’s fearless and experimental in way that is hard to find in other fashion capitals. Bursting with over 200 amazing photographs, The Tokyo Look Book explores the city’s burgeoning fashion scene. Written by anthropologist, Philomena Keet - who boasts a PHD in Tokyo Fashion – the book does a great...

I have real issues with facial creams, too greasy and I break out in spots, too light and my skin feels uncomfortable and dry. Elemis Absolute Night Cream, is the only moisturizer my skin has welcomed with open arms, but being that its a tad pricey, I prefer to buy a bottle when my skin is in bad shape and instead use Boots Cleansing lotion, day to day. It does the job...

Have you ever wondered why black is always in style? Valerie Strivers provides an answer to this age old question in her spirited debut novel, Blood is the New Black Main character, Kate McAlliston has mixed feelings about her internship at the glossy women’s mag Tasty - the atmosphere is cold, the work menial, and her co-workers are a little strange, to say the...

When you buy a fragrance what do you look for? Do you make that purchase solely for the smell or does packaging also play a part? If packaging is an important factor then you’ll automatically be sold on Diesel’s new fragrance - Fuel for Life. The bottle is covered in a cream pouch with a vintage feel. It is in a word “fabulous”. But it’s no use having a perfume...

Gina Velasco describes her Spring 2008 Ready-to-Wear collection “Bolero Breve” as being inspired by the 1920s and the work of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. In theory this may seem like a strange converging point, but Velasco managed to pull it off flawlessly. The twenty-nine piece collection was presented on Wednesday to an intimate crowd who seemed to receive...

The Collection by Gioia Diliberto tells the story of Isabelle Varlet, a provincial French seamstress who heads to Paris in the aftermath of WWI to start a new life for herself at the fledgling fashion house of Coco Chanel. The true magic of the story lies in the character of the Mademoiselle herself, the one and only Coco Chanel. At turns both rude and charming, the...

Moving from the On to the Off shows one thing has been most evident, while the On schedule designers have been successful in pulling in well known faces, influential editors and top writers the Off shows have definitely had a creative edge over their On counterparts. Yesterday morning the British Institute that is Betty Jackson had Alexandra Shulman, Colin McDowell and...

There’s a certain familiar formula that’s become de rigueur in the rarified niche of roman a chefs about the fashion industry. You’ve seen it before: the long suffering assistant is forced to toil over the nefarious editor in chief, running errands to find the perfect python headband and making emergency trips to Marc Jacobs when all she really wants...

Day one of London fashion week started on Saturday and by the end of the day my feet were killing me. Unfortunately I did not take my own advice but it was all worth it. Highlight of the day aside from the shows was meeting fellow bloggers Gemma from Catwalk Queen, Susie from Style Bubble, and Ronke from Musings of an Ondo Lady! So….it all kicked of for me at Caroline...