How to stud a leather jacket! ( The simple way )

After a while of searching shops and the internet, I finally found a leather jacket which I love, and wasn't £100+. I paid £52 ( including p+p ). It is a soft leather, which was what I was looking for, as in the summer I wanted to still be able to wear it without sweating buckets! ( Then again, not like England is having a summer this year ). I got mine from Very.co.uk- I had some troubles at first with the item being delivered, but after the problems were solved it came straight away.  Once it arrived I knew I just had to add some studs to it! Not many, as I didn't want it to look overkill. But just a few to make it my own piece. I had some left over studs/spikes left from when I did my shoes, So I figured i'd use them. If you have any questions just leave a comment below!



This is the jacket as it came. It has the nice outward collar, and some quilting on the shoulders. I decided to add 1 single stud to each side of the collar, on the top section where I felt it was a bit plain.













I used the same technique I did with my studded shoes ( if you are not aware of what technique this is, scroll down and you will see my customising using studs post ). So I got sharp scissors (Mine are designed for hairdressing) and gently pushed and twisted it through the leather in the designated area I wanted the stud. Make sure you don't make the hole too big!!











Then I pushed through the base screw carefully so I didn't rip any of the material.

















And then simply screwed on the top of my stud tightly so it was secure.














Here it is! It isn't a lot, I know. But I felt it added a bit of personal touch to the jacket.

If you have any questions about the jacket, where I got it from, or if you want to know how to do this with a different type of stud/spike, then just leave a comment and I shall reply as soon as possible!

How I dye my roots!

Lilac/Silver/blonde hair is a nightmare to keep looking good- the biggest problem? Roots. Although my hair is a medium/dark blonde naturally, it is still VERY obvious when my roots come through. I touch them up once a month. I haven't quite found a dye which doesn't leave my roots orange... until now.  I picked up Garnier Nutrisse Truly Blonde Pre-Lightener from a local shop, and it worked great!  I have used this product before on my already dyed hair, and it didn't work so well. But if you use it on 'Virgin Hair', it will lighten it perfectly! My roots were left a yellow colour after, so I then used Touch Of Silver Twice A Week Brightening Shampoo, and left that on for an hour, which toned the yellow out of it. Then I re-did the lilac on my hair after as usual.  Obviously the dyes I use on my hair, may not work as well for others, its just trial and error for what works for your hair and what doesn't. But I do recommend giving this product a go if your doing roots... not so much to strip colour out of your hair though!  

- My very attractive roots after a month. The yellow ginger colour on the outter bits are the dye I tried to use last time to lighten them... it didn't work so good.

- The box dye!

- Colour chart on the side of the box!

















I left the dye on for the maximum time suggested: 45 mins. This lightened them as much as I needed to be able to tone the yellow out.

And this is the finished result! No awful roots showing anymore! Like I said I toned the roots after I had washed the dye off. Even though I re-applied my lilac colour, you can still see the massive difference in my roots from the first photo!












If you have any questions, leave a comment and I shall reply as soon as I can! :)

5 Products I ALWAYS have in my bag!

Just like most women, I take my bag everywhere, even if it isn't really needed!  Obviously you have the necessary things like your purse, phone and keys... but what about the other stuff?  I carry around 5 other main products, and they are ALWAYS in my bag. None of the products are expensive as I keep my main pricey products at home. Most of you probably keep similar items in your bag, but I thought i'd enlighten you as to what 5 main ones I keep in mine! If you want to know anything about any of the products just leave a comment and I'll reply as soon as I can. ( Once again sorry for the pictures, quality is good, just won't let me rotate them! Hopefully the pictures will sort themselves out for my next post! )

   Number 1: Rimmel Kohl black pencil  
Eyeliner! well its obvious as to why I keep this in my bag. We all know eyeliner never ever stays put. Even these 24 hour, or long lasting ones never actually last! So I keep my Rimmel eyeliner in my bag so I can top up different points in the day. As you can see by the picture I am getting low, so I'm going to have to buy a new one soon!

                                                                         

                                                                                  Number 2: hand cream

Hand cream, another obvious!  The one I keep in my bag is really handy as its quite small so fits nicely rather than a tub. My hands get quite dry throughout the days and so I find it really great to just have that in my bag incase I need to use it. I use to have 'Lush handy guru-gu' but if you know the product you know its a tub and in the past i've had the lid come off in my bag and cause a huge mess! So I had to change to this one now which is amazing! You use to smallest amount and it makes your hands soooo soft! Smells good too, which is an added bonus.

    Number 3: hand sanitiser 

I'm not a germ-free crazy mess at all, but I do like having hand sanitiser in my bag just for them cases where ( to say the obvious ) you go in to a un-hygenic looking place.  I never use to carry hand sanitiser with me at all, but when I was in boots about a month ago they were on deal for £1 so I grabbed one. I really do like having it with me to be honest. And i've had it a month and there is still so much left in it. A little goes a long way. It smells so nice too as I got a scented one... I can't stand the ones which smell like hospitals! So    
mine smells of Grapefruit and Lime! yum!

                                                                            Number 4: Benefit get even no.2

Most women I know carry around a powder in their bags to top themselves up through the day. My chosen one is Benefits Get Even in the shade 02 which is a medium colour. It is a powder to cover blemishes and redness, but I use it all over as a top up during the day and it works perfectly. Once again a little lasts a long time! I've just hit pan on mine this week, and I got it september 2011. So it has lasted so long! This is a product I have always re-purchased once I've ran out. Its on the pricey side for powder considering a Rimmel one is around £6-8. But it lasts so long and comes with a little pad to  use to put the powder on. 

   Number 5: body spray - strawberry or vanilla.
 My last thing I always have in my bag is body spray. I Spray my perfume in a morning which is great and the scent lasts all day, but I like having a body spray to freshen up with half way through the day, or on them hot summer days ( which are very rare in England )  But when they happen its nice to freshen up with. The brand is Natural Collection, which is by Boots, therefore only available in Boots. They are so inexpensive and great! I have the scents Wild Strawberry, which is gorgeous and fruity and also Vanilla Musk.. which I LOVE!  What I love about body sprays is you can spray 4-5 times and it still doesn't look like you've used any of it! They are quite big bottles and last for such a long time which is great. The scents are so strong and are great for them times you run out of perfume to just wear alone! 

John Frieda Full Repair Conditioner!

Recently I've being trying to find a REALLY good hair product to repair my hair to what it was before I began the 'Lilac Hair' process!  So I go in to places such as Boots or Superdrug now and again and buy the sort of " sample" sizes of hair products.  After trying a lot of different shampoo's, serums and conditioners, I finally came across one I LOVE! John Frieda Full Repair conditioner.  This product hasn't been out very long, but I remember reading about it and wanting to try it(just as usual I never got round to buying one). Even after one use I could feel and see a major difference! So after a few goes of it, my hair felt amazing! I will definitely be buying a full size one of these as I'm VERY impressed with the outcome! The small sampler size cost £1.99 which I thought was great considering you get 50ml and only use a small amount each time. If you are someone who dyes your hair a lot or has bleached it previously and your hair feels dry and looks damaged, then i'd really recommend trying this out! If for example you can't afford a full size one quite yet, then get the sampler sized one, even if you don't want to waste your money on the product in case you think it won't work, then the sampler sized ones are really handy! My hair now is sooooo soft and thankfully just looks healthy again, and because of that, it styles so much easier and I don't have hair snapping off every time I brush my hair. You can either use it as a brief conditioner or do what I do and use it as the " Intense Condition " and leave it for 5 minutes!   The photos of it are below! ( Really sorry they're bad quality, my proper camera had a flat battery so I had to use my phone! )

Garnier B.B Cream #2.

I woke up this morning quite excited to try out the B.B cream I posted about yesterday!... was I happy with the turn out? Even I don't know!  The idea of the B.B creams I think are great. The Garnier B.B Cream? Well...  The texture of the cream was great and I loved the coverage it gave. I have a sort of 'glow' on my skin from it and it's very nice for that! My problem is, I received the B.B Cream in the shade 'Light', originally I thought " Oh great!" as that is my shade!. When I tested a bit on my hand the cream appeared a nice light colour, but the second I put it on my face, I looked like I had put fake tan on myself. The light is very tanned, and I am not a fan of having the appearance of tan on my face. I'm not aware that they do an 'extra light' shade, therefore I can't say i'll be buying the product. But if you are someone who likes a glowing tan look and doesn't like wearing a lot of foundation, then i'd 100% recommend the product to you! But for me, who likes to be slightly pale, it isn't something i'll use again... unless they bring out a paler colour! But what I do think is great about the product, is it's meant to be a 'skin perfector' and even tones, I totally agree it did this, and if you look at the photo's below, my skin with no make-up on has some red blemishes, but this product did totally get rid of them for me!   I will be trying out some other B.B creams though as it did give me a nice coverage on my face!   There is some photo's below of the product! Enjoy! ( On the photo of after I had the cream on, you can barely tell the difference, But trust me, It was too dark for my liking! )

 - This is after I had put the B.B cream on. The photo above is of my natural skin colour. In person this cream in the shade 'Light' was too dark for me. I tried brightening it off with some powder but that didn't work. If I enjoyed having a tan on my face, then I would of loved the Garnier B.B Cream.

Garnier B.B Cream!

So today I received something nice in the post. I got a few testers of the new Garnier B.B cream. I have heard for ages about B.B creams, and how good they were suppose to be if you are someone like me who doesn't coat my foundation on. I have never tried one myself so I am happy to of received the Garnier one. I know of various brands who do B.B creams, and they seem to be a growing trend in highstreet make-up brands such as Maybelline.  I Am looking forward to trying this cream out, mainly because with it being Garnier I know its not just make-up, it includes skincare values as well! I will have some photo's up tomorrow of the product and how it looks and my opinion! Thankfully I received the B.B colour in the shade 'Light'!  If anyone has tried the Garnier B.B cream and wants to leave a comment of what they thought of it, feel free! I'd like to know what other people thought too! B.B creams good or bad??

New Necklaces!

 The other day I came across a website which did really nice unique jewellery. I instantly got hooked on 2 particular necklaces, and HAD to buy them!  The website is called Chelsea Doll, and if you're looking for that great piece of jewellery to liven up a plain top and grab some attention then they're great!  The pictures below are the 2 necklaces I ordered. The price for the cross necklace was £12.00 and the black skull and swords necklace was £13.00.  I absolutely loveee them! Both my necklaces are from the section 'quirky necklaces'. And to get even better, its free worldwide delivery!!  My order arrived very quickly which was great as I really was wanted the black skull necklace to pair with an outfit for a night! Very glad I found the website!

Here's the link- www.chelseadoll.co.uk

Quick & Simple Dark Night Look!

I have came up with the perfect look and it is so simple to do for a night out, meal, party or even a day to day look if you want it to be!   I will tell you the products I have used throughout, and If you have any questions at all, then leave a comment below! Hope you like it!




                                   


First begin with priming your eyelid ready for eye shadows. I use Benefits Stay Don't Stray Primer.

Line the top eyelid with a black gel eyeliner/liquid eyeliner. Make the outer corner line quite thick, and stop in the middle with a thin line. I have used Bobbi Brown Long Wear Gel Liner in Thunder Storm.

Use a blue shimmery cream eye shadow, and apply it on the outer corner of the eye. I have used Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Cream Shadow in Ocean Storm.

Next take a dark grey eye shadow. I have chose to use Bourjois Paris Eye shadow in the shade 14 Gris Delicat.

The beauty of this product is you can use it as it comes, or make your brush wet and use the eye shadow which will give a more dark drastic look. I always wet the brush as I find its a nicer colour as you can see in the picture below.

The top colour is very hard to see, this is the eye shadow as it comes in the pot. Below that is the eye shadow when used with a wet brush. It gives a beautiful creamy dark grey colour. For this look I have use the Wet Brush technique.

Take a wet blending brush and the eye shadow and blend in to a pointed flick on the outer eye. You can create this as high up or low as wanted, depending on face shape of course.

Then take a smaller angled brush and line the bottom lash line with the same wet eye shadow colour. Make sure it joins with the top point evenly.









 Add a black mascara to top and bottom lashes. I used MAC Studio Fix BoldBlack Lash. 

Add a black kohl eyeliner to the bottom and top water line. I have used Rimmel London Soft Kohl Eyeliner Pencil in 061 JET BLACK.


And that is the look complete. If you want something a bit darker, instead of just using eyeshadow on the outer corner of the eye, apply it to the whole lid, but for my outfit this was all I wanted. Hope you like the look and if you have any questions, just leave a comment below.

Customise using studs!

As I posted earlier in the week I was going to do a post on customising your shoes with some studs.  I have been to numerous shoe shops and picked up a pair and thought " these would look better with some studs ". Finally I got the motivation to just buy some and customise myself! Hope this guide helps on how to customise your shoes with stud detail! Leave a comment if you would like to know anything!

-These are my plain black leather slipper style shoes I have chose to customise.  They were £20 from Dorothy Perkins.

-These are the studs I have bought to customise my shoes with. They are Small Spike Studs. They are screw in ones. I bought screw in ones so on the inside they didn't hurt my feet when wearing the shoes as the inner screw is smoothed out. I got a pack of 25 from Attitude Clothing. They cost £7.99 and are my favorite studs I have ever purchased!
Here's the link - http://www.attitudeclothing.co.uk/product_18302-62-1014_25-x-Small-Spike-Studs.htm








 -Pick the place you want to apply a stud, and pierce it with a sewing needle.













 -Put the sewing needle fully through, then pull it back out again.













 -Use a pair of scissors and where you have made the tiny hole, apply the scissors and 'push and twist' until you simply stretch the hole.














- Stretch it enough for the screw of the stud to push through.

- Push the base of the stud through. This is the side with the screw. Push it through the bottom so the screw side is coming out the top like the photo below.

- Screw on the top of the stud as tightly as possible and that's your first stud done!











 - Repeat the same process again, and apply the studs as close/far together.  I have chose to apply them around the front outside of the shoe.









 - And here is my finished product! It was so simple to create these and the shoes look 100x better than original. And I love the fact they're now one of a kind. This was all I want on my shoes. I used 22 out of the 25 studs given, which means I have spare in case anything happens to the already applied ones. I love them so much and i'm glad I chose to customise them!  It took me roughly 1 hour to complete the pair of shoes( which i'm impressed with as I thought it would take longer ).

- If you have any questions or need any advice on doing the studs on shoes or any clothing/accessories, then just leave a comment below and i'll reply as quick as possible! :)