Thursday 12 June 2014

My take on the Indie/Boho Festival Look

HI GUYS 


Today I have majorly bad hay fever!!! No joke, my eyes look like mini kebabs. Just think of small little pita breads. That is exactly what my eyes look like, all swollen, itchy and damn right horrible. I love the summer but I don't like what comes with it and I am actually looking forward to fall/winter now. And that is saying something as I DISLIKE the cold!! Ha. True story.

Whilst I have been stuck inside on this gloriously warm day instead of soaking up the sun I decided to start messing around with my hair. I am loving the indie/boho look at the moment it's almost 'hippy' and so carefree, it's the perfect look for summer and the festivals. I have never been to a festival myself and I would LOVE to go, but up until recently I have always been working or at uni so it just hasn't happened. I just think festival goers always look so cool and unique and I am all for anything that is different. I am a super fan of the hair styles and the fashion so I decided whilst I had some free time on my hands to do my own take on this look.

See for yourself :) 

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Flower hair band: Claires Accessories
Lipstick: MUA Luxe Velvet Lip Lacquer in 'Criminal'
Eyes: Rimmel Exaggerate liquid eye liner in black
Rimmel Scandal Eyes Kohl pencil in black
Miss Sporty Studio Lash Mascara in black
Brows: MUA Luxe Powerbrow Pencil & Highlighter in dark brown
Foundation: Maybelline Super Stay 24 hours in 010 Ivory
Primer: NYC Smooth Skin Perfecting Primer
Highlighter: MUA Undress Your Skin Shimmer Highlighter
Blusher: Collection 2000 Blush in 'Trouble

I am super into the flower hair bands that are around at the moment, they are so girly and pretty and in my picture I am just wearing mine with a drop sleeve vest. It's an understated look with high impact. I have teamed this band with a messy, unkempt braid and I love how my highly pigmented lipstick played off the blue of the flowers. It's vibrant, summery and ideal for a festival as you won't have to have sweaty hair stuck to your face. Always a plus!! I do have to apologise about this photograph as for some reason the saturation has changed on upload. Whoops. 

Recently, I went to an audition and I wanted to go dressed a little more girly with a strong hint of indie/boho. I tend to stand out with my image anyway but I was going for the more " I just threw it on" kind of look this day. And I decided to go for a plain white dress, leather studded jacket and some mock Dr Marten boots. I wore my hair simply down, with the sides pinned back and a yellow flower, halo hair band sitting on top.

My look was complete and here it is. 


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Wow I am loving the 'peace' pose too by the look of it. Ha. 
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Dress: H & M 
Jacket: H & M (studded myself, see my previous blog post on 'how to')
Boots: H & M 
Halo Flower Hairband: Claire's Accessories
Lipliner: Rimmer Exaggerate 024 in Red Diva
Lipstick: Rimmel 'Kate' Collection 111 in Kiss of Life
Eye Makeup: Same as before 
Face makeup: Same as before
Silver Heart Ring: Claire's Accessories. 

This was my take on the indie/boho festival look and there are a million and one other ways you can re-create this look yourself. I am a little bit of a rocker so obviously I had to darken this look up a bit and include my trusty leather jacket. :) I really like this little dress as it's all floaty and doesn't cling to all the wrong places. And the hair band, well I keep trying to wear it with everything, I need to get some more!!

And today... I am channelling my inner Lara Croft with my own version of the French plait. I name it 'The Rugged French Braid' oh, and please excuse my sticky out ears!! 


Your non-traditional plait
My head looks weird in this picture :D
I hope you enjoyed this post and until next time.

 

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Friday 6 June 2014

D.I.Y Studded Leather Jacket Tutorial

I don't really like to follow trends and I tend to just wear what I feel looks right on me. I do however need to inject some colour into my life as I mainly wear a lot of monotone. You know, the usual black, white and grey. Some consider it 'boring' whilst I think of it as flattering! Anyway, this is besides the point. 

We all love to unleash our creative side, whether it's in fashion, beauty or just life in general and what better way than to express it in the clothes we wear. And I am going to show you how to D.I.Y a studded leather jacket. :)    

Yes, you heard me... LET'S GET CREATIVE!! Now, what I am about to show you is super easy to achieve but can be a little time consuming if you want it to look half decent! And man, seriously it is really cost effective and the result is frickin awesome!! 

See I told you!!! 

This was an ordinary H&M leather jacket which I brought a while back and cost around £30. ( I will link everything I have used at the end of this blog for you to go and have a gander). I didn't want to go over the top so I only customised the 'flapper' bits (I don't know the technical name for it. Ha)but it gave the jacket an edge and separates it from the rest. Plus it looks mega fierce when teamed with some leather trousers and a casual tee! 

This is what you need guys...

A leather punch, screw studs and of course your jacket. 
 
It is literally that simple. All you need to do then is work your magic - Punch a hole where you want the stud and screw into place. Studded jackets are actually quite pricey online and this is why I ended up customising my own as I can make it as OTT as I wanted and it would be unique to me. It's a sure fire way to get noticed and to punk up an outfit.

I used flat back screw studs.
This is how it should look. 
And this is out the outcome  


Result: A jacket no one else will have. :)
So there you have it, my little D.I.Y customising tutorial. Go crazy on your clothes!! 

Toodlepip X

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