F+F Glamourween: 'Urban Witch' Competition

I absolutely love Halloween and I have to admit that it's possibly one of my most favourite times of the year as I love dressing up and getting into the Halloween spirit. I was utterly thrilled when F+F at Tesco contacted me to ask if I'd like to take part in their 'Urban Witch' competition as I love Halloween and I most certainly love a good competition. I, along with 14 other UK fashion bloggers, were asked to create an 'Urban Witch' costume using F+F clothing and accessories, the outfit could have been anything from a little black dress to something a little more daring, the aim was to add 'fashion to frightening'. In order to create an 'Urban Witch' costume, F+F at Tesco kindly provided us with a £50 voucher to spend online and they also sent a little box of goodies which included makeup, sweets and other treats. 

If you'd like to see my 'Urban Witch' creation, please keep on reading.

When creating my outfit I wanted to go for something that was on trend but glamourous at the same time. I also decided against choosing a dress and a floppy black hat as that's what a typical witch wears and I wanted to be different from the norm. Instead I opted for these gorgeous tartan trousers as they're uber stylish and they can be worn as formal or casual wear, tartan is also a massive trend this A/W. I paired the trousers with a simple black shirt as I wanted the trousers to be the main focus of the outfit. I also added a fabulous pair black heels as they are chic and stylish, the gold toe cap also ties in with the gold detail on the trousers and shirt too. I also felt the shoes were a little halloweeney as the pointed toe gives a witchy feel. To finish off my outfit I added a stylish hat and a simple necklace. 

My intention was to be a stylish urban witch and I think I managed to pull it off. 

Where To Buy:

Topshop Black Shirt - £30.00 - Similar Here

F+F Swing V-NeckVest - £6.00

F+F Tartan Trousers - £20.00

F+F Gold Cap Court Shoes - £25.00

ASOS Roll Brim Boater Hat - £18.00

Topshop Necklace - £12.50 - Similar Here

As well as creating an 'Urban Witch' look, I also created a wearable halloween makeup look using the products Tesco sent me. I wanted to go for a green smokey eye and a dark lip as I thought this would suit the outfit best. If you want to know how to create the look, keep on reading. 

How To:

Face:

1. Apply foundation to the skin, make sure you work from the centre of the face as you want your foundation to be even.  
2. Apply concealer if needed. 
3. Set your foundation with a powder, this can be loose or pressed.
4. Using a angled brush and a sculpting powder, contour your cheekbones. You may want to contour your nose, jawline, forehead and temples too. 
5. Apply a small amount of blush to the apples of the cheeks. 

Eyes:

1. Apply a dark green cream eyeshadow to the eyelid and blend upwards and outwards using a blending brush. For an intense look, repeat this step twice. 
2. Using a flat eyeshadow brush, pat a small amount of black pigment onto the eyelid, again blend upwards and outwards using a blending brush. 
3. Using a clean blending brush and a soft brown eyeshadow, blend out the edges. This will give a softer finish. 
4. If you want to add a bit of glamour, pat a small amount of glitter onto the centre of the eyelid using a flat eyeshadow brush.
5. Using an angled eyeliner brush and gel eyeliner, create a flick and line the top lash line.
6. Using a black kohl pencil, line the top and bottom waterline. 
7. Add a small amount of the soft brown eyeshadow to the bottom lash line and smudge with a smudge brush. 
8. Apply mascara and eyelashes. 

Lips:

1. Line lips with a black kohl pencil.
2. Add a small amount of black lipstick to the outer part of the lips. 
3. Add a small amount of red lipstick to the inner/middle part of the lips.

Products Used:

Eyes:

Revlon ColourStay Shadow Stick in 'Smolder' - £7.99

Barry M Dazzle Dust in 'Charcoal' - £4.59

Inglot Rainbow Eyeshadow in '112R' - £6.00

MAC Reflects Glitter in 'Transparent Teal' - £17.50

Illamasqua Precision Gel Eyeliner - £18.00

Rimmel Day To Night Mascara - £7.99

Eylure Eyelashes in '101' - £5.35

Sleek Eau La La Liner in 'Noir' - £4.99

Face:

Illamasqua Skin Base in '02' - £27.00

Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer in 'Fair' - £4.19

Ben Nye Luxury Powder in 'Cameo' - £7.50

MAC Sculpting Powder in 'Sculpt' - £14.00

Inglot Face Blush in '20' - £10.00

Lips:

Sleek Eau La La Liner in 'Noir' - £4.99

MAC Lip Mix in 'Black' - £14.00

Barry M Lip Paint in '162' - £4.49

I hope you all liked my 'Urban Witch' creation and if you have any questions about anything I have featured, please feel free to ask away! 

Thanks for reading and good luck to the other 14 bloggers!

Cole

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Recent Purchases: Topshop, ASOS, Primark & More!

I cannot believe this is the first post I've written in 7 weeks, it seems like I've been gone ages (which I have I guess) and I do have several reasons for my absence, there are three reasons to be precise. One, I had major surgery on my mouth and it's taken 4 weeks to recover, two, I have a new job and three, I have been mega busy with makeup jobs. The past 7 weeks have been crazy but everything seems to be settling down and I'm now in a routine meaning I'm able to plan my time. So now I can go to work, make my clients fancy and also blog/YouTube at the same time. Since I haven't done any posts for 7 weeks I didn't know what to write first so I thought I'd do a haul, everyone loves a haul right! 

If you'd like to see all the things I've accumulated over the past 7 weeks, keep on scrolling!

Watch Here!

If you'd like to see what I've recently bought you can either watch the video provided at the top or keep on reading to see some images of the clothing. I cannot provided images of the Primark clothing as you can only buy Primark clothing in-store so if you'd like to see the items I've bought from Primark, you'll find them on the video.  

ASOS Elephant Print Smock Dress: £28.00 - Find Here // Similar Here

ASOS Pug Print Dress: £25.00 - Find Here

Glamorous Grey Swing Dress: £25.00 - Find Here // Similar & Cheaper Here

ASOS Monochrome Flower Dress: £28.00 - Find Here

ASOS Floral Swing Dress: £28.00 - Find Here

ASOS Black Leggings: £12.00 - Find Here // Similar & Cheaper Here

ASOS Black Boyfriend T-Shirt: £10.00 - Find Here // Similar & Cheaper Here

ASOS White Boyfriend T-Shirt: £10.00 - Find Here // Similar & Cheaper Here

Topshop Lime Tube Skirt: £20.00 - Find Here // Similar & Cheaper Here

Topshop Black Tube Skirt: £20.00 - Find Here // Similar & Cheaper Here

Topshop Daisy Top: £30.00 - Find Here // Similar & Cheaper Here

Missguided Evie Crop Top: £14.99 - Find Here

ASDA Heart Print Shirt: £14.00 - Find Here // Similar & Cheaper Here

Primark Tartan Dress: £15.00 - In-store Only 

If you'd like to see what the clothes look like, feel free to watch my video. I have provided the link at the top of this post.

I hope you enjoyed seeing what I've recently bought, have you got you eye on anything I've shown?

Thanks for reading and I'll talk to you in my next post!

Much love,
Cole
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Wishlist: August 2013 - Clothes, Shoes & Accessories

If you follow my blog then you'll know that I haven't posted for a while and I'm going to explain where I've been. 

The reason why I've been absent from blogging/YouTube is because of my pesky wisdom tooth,  I'd been having trouble with my wisdom tooth for about a year and a half and this was mainly due to it growing horizontally rather than vertically, it was also growing into the nerve within my jaw. I kept getting infections in it (one every 2 months to be precise) and it was also causing mammoth ulcers on the side of my tongue. Anyway, 3 weeks ago I developed a severe infection underneath my wisdom tooth (possibly the worst infection I'd ever had) and unfortunately the infection didn't surface meaning I was referred for an emergency extraction. One week later I had an appointment with a surgeon and to cut a long story short I ended up having my top wisdom tooth and bottom horizontal wisdom tooth removed. The removal of the bottom wisdom tooth involved having a million injections in my mouth, slitting my gum, drilling into my jaw and having a lot of stitches, this was all done whilst I was awake. After the procedure I was told my face would swell, bruise and it would generally feel awful and the surgeon was spot on with that as I've been in agony for a week and I'm STILL in agony. 

Since I haven't posted I thought I'd write a little update and write a simple post that I thought you'd all enjoy. I'd also like to say that just because I've written this post, it doesn't mean I'm 'back', it's just an update. As soon as I'm 100% better I'll let you know and frequent posts and videos will commence. 

So now I've waffled on about my horrendous tooth experience, I'm now going to show you pretty clothes, shoes and accessories that I'd quite like to own.

Where To Buy:

1. American Apparel - Medium Wash High-Waist Jean - £75.00

2. Topshop - Strappy V-Neck Cami - £18.00

3. New Look - Neon Yellow Double Layer Cami - £14.99

4. Topshop - Lime Double Layer Tube Skirt - £20.00

5. ASOS - Swing Dress In Mono Daisy Print - £28.00

6. ASOS - Glamorous Swing Dress - £22.00

7. Topshop - Cream Chain Necklace - £12.50

8. River Island - Silver Chain Necklace - £8.99

9. Sugar & Vice - Rainbow Unicorn Necklace - £17.00

10. New Look - Black Double Buckle Ankle Boots - £69.99

11. River Island - Brown Strap Ankle Boots - £60.00

I think the majority of my autumn wardrobe will consist of swing dresses, smock dresses, cami's, mom jeans and a trillion pairs of peg leg trousers. I also think I'll end up owning more chains than Flavour Flav. 

I know for a fact I'll be purchasing the floral swing dress and the grey swing dress as these are pieces that can be worn all year round. Mamma is also going to buy the floral swing dress so if you'd like a fashion video featuring the both of us, comment below. The lime tube skirt is also something I'll be purchasing as it's a piece you can either dress up or dress down and it's also lime and I'm LOVING lime at the moment. 

These are the things I've been lusting after, what have you currently got your eye on?

Thanks for reading and I'll be back soon!

Much love,

Cole

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New Bits & Pieces!

As I've said in the past, I never blog about the new items I put in my shop as I don't feel like I should do. My blog is based around reviews, tutorials, favourites etc so I don't feel like I should include anything different (although I'm pretty sure you all wouldn't mind seeing something different). Anyway, today I thought I'd show you some of the new items I've added to my shop. 

Stretch Bow Ring - £3.00

Stretch Wing Ring - £3.00 

Stretch Pastel Heart Ring - £3.00

Spike Hoop Earrings - £2.50 

All of the above items are currently in stock but I only have a limited amount of each of them. If you're interested in buying any of the above items please visit my shop or alternatively, you can click the 'My Shop' tab on my blog!

Are you into stretchy rings or spikes? Or are you into something different? 

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Top 5 Jewellery Picks For Summer

If you watch my Youtube videos then you'll know that I have recently bought a lot of summer jewellery (of which I've included in my hauls) so I thought I'd do a 'Top 5 Jewellery Picks For Summer' post. It's nice to show you all what jewellery I like and what jewellery I'll be wearing in the summer months. I also thought about doing this kind of post for summer shoes and clothes too so if that's something you'd be interested in then do let me know. 

In this post I have included a mix of jewellery just to give you an idea of what shades and styles I like.

So without further ado, here are my Top 5 Jewellery Picks For Summer!

Pastel Stone Bracelet - £6.50 - Miss Selfridge

There's no denying that shamballa style bracelets are a popular amongst a lot of people, they're available left, right and centre. Plenty of high street stores are selling these types of bracelets at the moment and they're even being sold on eBay for dirt cheap prices (I'm literally talking 1p!). The bracelets are available in many different colours and styles, ranging from black with silver beads to white with multi-coloured beads. 

I love shamballa style bracelets and I especially love this one because it contains such pretty colours, I especially like the iridescent beads as they shine different colours! This little bracelet will look lovely with a tan so it's definitely being taken on my jolly holidays! 

Pastel Feather Spike Drops Earrings - £8.50 - Topshop

Feathers, spikes and pastel shades...the perfect combination. I absolutely love these earrings even though they are a bit 'out there'. The pastel shades are perfect for summer and I like the clash of feathers and spikes, two things you probably would never put together. The feathers and beads add a touch of girliness and the spikes give off that 'grungy' vibe, they're also very on trend too.

I would never wear a necklace when wearing these earrings as I think it would look a little OTT, the earrings are so big that they look fine on their own. The earrings would look great with a plain maxi dress or a plain t-shirt. 

Bobble Multi Stack Rings - £8.50 - Topshop

I like stackable rings as they can be worn together or separately. I own so many sets of stackable rings that I find myself mixing and matching them. Topshop and Miss Selfridge currently have a few sets of stackable rings so If like myself you love them, check out those two stores. Miss Selfridge has a lovely set of stretch stack rings and I think these will be my next jewellery purchase!

I love the bobble stack rings as they're fun and very vibrant, they look amazing worn together and I also think just one of the coloured rings would look nice with a couple of plain band rings.

Neon Ombre Snake Chain Necklace - £8.00 - Accessorize

You'd have to live in a cave or under a rock to not know that neon is massive this summer. One shop that has incorporated a lot of neon into their summer collection is Zara. They've included in their summer collection, a bright neon floral bomber jacket, a neon coral zipper jacket (proud owner of this), a neon tribal print t-shirt and they've recently started to stock neon yellow heels. 

I love neon as it's bright, bold and eye catching and I especially love neon jewellery as it can jazz up a simple outfit. I wore this necklace with a plain white t-shirt, jeans and white converse and it looked amazing because the outfit was so simple that it made the necklace stand out. 

Silver Spike Necklace - £13.00 - River Island

Statement necklaces appear to be very popular this S/S, we've seen them on the catwalk and we've seen them on the high street. Primark and H&M have some nice statement necklaces at the moment so if you're looking for a purse friendly statement necklace, check out those two stores (H&M also have a 50% sale too!)
Statement necklaces are great for wearing with high neck tops, t-shirts and dresses. They can turn a plain outfit into something very special. I recently ordered a black peplum top and think this statement necklace would look amazing with it.

So those are my Top 5 Jewellery Picks For Summer and I hope that you like them! If you have any questions about any of the jewellery mentioned, please feel free to ask below.

What are your favourite jewellery pieces for summer?
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