Fashion Blog

Tuesday, 12 April 2011

Katy Perry GHD advertisement campaign

Hey all these pics are courtesy of http://www.sugarscape.com/ so all rights reserved. Ok so i discovered that Katy Perry has done this GHD campaign and i wanted to know what you think. I personally think her hair is awesme but they have over done the photoshop. I dont know i just think it looks really fake, and shes super pretty anyway so i dont know why they neeeded to edit them so much. But hey its up to them i guess.

Right, this is the first out of the 3. I personally think she looks very fake. Dont get me wrong i like katy perry its the editers and what not. Her makeup is very 80's inspired. Keeping in trend with this seasons aray of rainbow makeup.The outfit is your average super tight lycra ensamble. I think its a cool picture and i want to ump into those doughnut thing behind her but i can't... sooo next pic.

This one is my least favourite. I quite like the dress which is a 40's inspired, chiffon, beige/pink number. Its very elegant and ruffley and cute. I dont know why i dont like it i just i dont know. Mabye the way its been taken? the hair is for 1930's house wife kinda style.

This one is probably my favourite. I dont understand the whole plastic wrapped chaise lounge but then thats life i guess. But its random like me which can only be a good thing. I love her hair on this one and she looks more natural. The whoile braid across the head thing is in fashion, i personally can't pul them off but she totally can . I like the soft lighting, and the blend of nudes and browns for the outfit.

OH! i totally understand the hair now. i just got it. there are like different styles, curly, super curly and wavy because its GHD'S isn't it. so its like shwoing you what you can do. oooooh i get it. sorry just wanted to add this bit onto the end.

xxLove Pixie xx

Thursday, 7 April 2011

Royal Wedding perfume

haha yh you heard me apparently Kim Weisswange says she was asked to create official royal wedding fragrances. This has yet to be confermed by the couple but yh. The perfumes ideally represent their personalities, The perfume titled William is a sporty, direct, manly scented fragrance wheras Catherine is a soft, rose and mognolia perfume. I thought this was really funny but um yh you probably think its great. It just seems so cheesy, dont get me wrong im happy their getting married, happy i get a day off school and looking forward to seeing the dress (which by the way is being designed by alexander mcqueens brand, not him because he commited suicide...). But to wear the scent? does it smell like a wedding? by wearing that do i smell like the next queen of england. im not sure. what do you think? But to seal the deal, each perfume bottle comes with its own heart shaped locket and inside it you will find a picture of the couple. (LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL) calm thats actually quite sweet if they gave it to each other, but on a perfume bottle it all seems very commercial.

All i can say is lol and i hope they dont let me down with the dress. i shall look forward to reveiwing the wedding and the couture. xx

Photo from: http://www.bellasugar.com/Official-Royal-Wedding-Perfumes-Prince-William-Kate-Middleton-15480571

xx Love Pixie xx

Wednesday, 30 March 2011

Book of the year/month/eternity/your whole life.....ever

from amazon al rights reserved!

OMG gok wan is the collest person ever. If you dont agree i think you should turn around, there shall be no gok wan haters on this blog EVER. OK so the book i have chosen is Gok Wan's autobiography "Through thick and thin" its an amazing book. Its so sosos worth it, he wrote it and you really feel liek you know him and what hes been through once you have read it. It is called through thick and thin because he was obese then annorexic which is sever sad times. because he is PERFECT but we shall not go into that.

Reasons why i lvoe Gok Wan:

He helps so many people
Hes been through so much to be where he is
Hes living the dream
Hes living my dream
He is amazing at fashion
He is my idol
He is fricking awesome and jsut looks so cool
He has funny names for everything including himself, my faves are "auntie Gok", "Fairy gok mother", "Bangers"
He is genuine
He writes books which are fabdidddleytastic. (that made my spell checker go crazy not that i use it anyway as you can tell... i only found i had one like yesterday meh who needs one anyway you guys understand me right?) RIGHT?
He has his own glasses range
He helps kids
He has cool tv shows
He designes clothes
He can draw

Ok the glasses thing brings me to my next point. GOK WAN HAS HIS OWN GLASSES RANGE AT SPECSAVERS!!!!!!!!! did you know that? if so why did you not tell me? it is like my life ambition to meet gok wan (and hug him of course) and wearing his glasses would bring me one crucial step closer. No i am not a stalker...... as such. But yh i saw them and went crazy 9 more so than usual) they are amazing i want them but they cost £100 so i dont see that happening any time soon. Anyhoo but they show his typical style like the big frames and funky styles and ahhh focus pixie!

No but if you go on the specsavers website you can try them on! oh my days total cool-german- i know girl of many talents. As you can see right. Alright i know i look ridiculous but in my defence this is a very old photo and i look ridiculous wearing and doing most things so...... but try it es ist total cool. again some more german for you there woop.

OK the book
Seriously i learnt so much from reading this like he was kicked out of school and that he originally wanted to be an actor. He turned to working at a beauty counter with no experience as a last result and worked form there. He managed to blag his way to the top doing portfolios and telling all sorts of fibs lol. He is known for his sensitvity and that really shines through. It gives even more depth to his personality if you get me? you learn how and why he ened up where he is with the attitude that he is. It is amazing.

Where
You can buy his book on amazon for a great price, it is also available in all good book shops such as WH'S and Waterstones. I am madly in love with it.
book
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0091938392?tag=thebookbag-21&camp=1406&creative=6394&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0091938392&adid=161KE2XNXVFE6QYKFGWH&
glasses
http://www.specsavers.co.uk/glasses/designer-glasses/gok-wan/
Me
I have laods of Gok Wan books:

How to look good naked
How to work your wardrobe
Through thick and thin x2

they are so good. I want more and i want his glasses but one thing at a time right? ok so this is just a small teeny weeny insight into my feelings towards gok wan lamoe and there wil be plenty more to come. Probably starting with a factfile or seomthing. oki doki Pixie signing off before i ramble any more

XX Love Pixie XX

The o'natural beauty look

This o'natural look was featured in the Greena constantine show. It was inspired by winter, you know what im talking about-red faces, flushed, excited. Its supposed to be natural. Later on in the post i will show you how to get this look. By show i mean tell. The products used are mac and i got the information from the site below.Photography by : Jenna Marie Wakani
and picture from http://www.fashionmagazine.com/ so all rights reserved. Check out the webiste its a good one.
I think it gives a pure appearance to the face, delciate beauty.
Eyes
Although this model is wearing quite a reddy eyeshadow do not be worried about "not being able to pull it off" red eye shadow is extremley hard. Rather than going for a solid red go for a close alternative like rust, dark orange or a neutral pastel. It will give the same effect xxx This particular model is wearing:

M.A.C eye shadow in "coral"
M.A.C eye shadow in "orange"
M.A.C eye shadow "sushi flower"
M.A.C mineralize skin.

Lashes are left bare to again give it that soft, "fleshy", natural look.

Hair
The hair has been tyed into a low pigtail to give a "bob" appearance from the front. It is tucked under and then a scarf has been wrapped around to make it look like the models are wearing lots of layers. Really capturing the winter essence of bundling up and getting cosy.

Nails

Filed into a soft almond shape
Black nail varnish
Top coat of see-through nail varnish

The black has been blended so that it fades up the nail. It starts as a dark black at the cuticles and then turns to see-through/soft white at the tip of the nail. This was intended to give the nail " a flowy look" to match the outfits.

xx Love Pixie xx

Chandler

Ok so a pretty boring post just to ease myself back into the regime. Some pictures i took of my not too willing hamster. Yes hes named Chandler after Chandler from friends. If you have seen it you will see the resemblence. or that might just be me.. i dont know anyway. Yh some pictures and there should be mroe posts coming along shortly. Thanks for asking yes i am infact eating a cheese and ham toastie at this moment in time.