The new clear trend

The newest trend to hit both designer and high street stores is the use of plastic to make see-through products. This has been mostly relevant with accessories, however other pieces like clear coats have been made.
I have found a selection of on trend pieces I have found off of the English High street. This includes products mainly from River Island. I especially like the green shoes, and the plastic mac would be great for showing off clothes underneath even when its raining! (This happens a lot in England).

River Island shoes avaliable in green and pink

River Island shoes avaliable in nude and grey

River Island sunglasses

Clear plastic mac from Topshop

French Plait = great waves!

I have previously done a post on french plaits/ braids because I had only just discovered how to do them at the time (If you want to know how to do them please view this post). At the time I wanted to see if they created waves but I was too scared to experiment in case my hair came out like a lions mane rather than the beachy waves I was really hoping for, therefore I stuck to two simple braids.
Recently however I tried it out and its great!! I did one French braid down the middle of my head rather than two either side. I slept on it ( I dont use heat on my hair thats why I do not use curlers) and it came out really really good it wasnt quite as curly as I had hoped the first time, therefore I made the plait tighter and made it damper the next time I tried and now I use this method all the time! I love it.
I think it gives beachy undone waves, where as two french braids either side of the head would look much curlier.
The curls really will depend on your hair type, mines completely straight so they do tend to be loose but it seems really curly to me as im so used to it being straight. If however you have thicker curly hair it will hold the curls much better and be tighter.

Your curls with probably look similar to this.

This is looser messier curls.

They will look more like this at the end of the day without
hairspray and if you have straight hair.
This still looks really pretty though.

Lip and Cheek stain - bright blusher

One of the best ways to compliment a pale complextion is with pink blusher, it adds a flush in the cheeks and this can help to create a youthful appearance.

Blusher is nothing new it has been used for centuries, however the product that I have been using to give me pink cheeks is the Lip and Cheek Stain by The Body Shop.I have been using the number 02 version which is shiner than the 01 version and a different colour, it has a bronze hint. Only a couple of days ago however I realised Marie Claire are giving away both of these products and I jumped at the chance to get the other version ( 01) so I got a great product and a great magazine for £3.70 - bargain!!!

The cheek stain is great in both forms its stays on throughout the day, unlike a powder formula.

Badgley Mischa showing pink blush right up above the eyebrows!

A great side view - also Badgley Mischa.

The Body Shop lip and cheek stain - the 01 version.

Prada Jewellery 2012

The new prada range of clothes and accessaries has been based on 1950's Americano' this therefore means that they have chosen bright vibrant colours, muscle car patterns and luxurious jewel's.

The jewellery has caught my eye as well as the car shoes (which I have wrote about on a previous post). The Jewellery has red, green or black enamel roses and a large amount of faux diamonds.They are show-stoppers and I think most people would agree they are gorgeous. They all look very expensive too though, which they are! The cheapest (of the items shown) is £870 and this is a lot of money considering they are only brass and not even real silver! They are however very interesting pieces, I suspect that the High street will soon be making copies of these that will be very convincing, I shall therefore be keeping my eye on highstreet jewellery in recent months.

The look however of these can be created with any jewellery that has a lot of faux diamonds and colour, it shall give the same 50's look.

Five British festival looks

As it is St George's day and not too far from the summer and the festival season, I decided to do a post on festival looks from British/English celebrities like Alexa Chung and Emma Watson.

They are all different outfits that could be worn to a festival, ranging from a more minimalistic looks to the plain bizare! They are all great celebrity looks, although I am pretty sure that the style of other people (not celebrity) would be just as influencial as well and I would like to post them however I can't show these!

Emma Watson in an unusual corset top.

Another Emma Watson look, I love her messy hair and white shirt here.

Karen Gillan in a very long coat and great hair!

Alexa Chung in a green, country jacket

Florence Welch in leaopard print and a very interesting white shirt.

  I hope you enjoy looking at these whether you are going to a festival or not, I think some could be worn for casual wear as well.

Brit wear!

Kate Middleton has been seen supporting the 2012 olympics recently by wearing a rather attractive looking scarf that has been designed for the Paralympic's.

There are two differnet designs that are being sold by Next, one for the Olympics and one for the paralympics. They also come in two sizes small and large these therefore have different prices.

Kate Middleton is wearing the large size which cost's £10 however the smaller size is only £5.

They are fashioned in the true British colours of Red, White and Blue this makes them appealing for their style as well, and the money raised is for a good cause, the British Olympic Association.

Here is two angles of her in her scarf.

Here is a large pciture showing her whole outfit almost.

A promotional image for the olympics.

Lumberjack chic!

Lumberjack, or plaid shirts have been in fashion for ages now but they never seem to get old. I absolutely love them and they are such a great fashion staple piece to own. I have found a few pictures that encouraged me to buy my first plaid shirt which was a while ago now.

I love that you can wear them in so many ways and they make any outfit look good. A lot of the shirts are red in colour, however one of mine is blue after it was dyed by accident in the wash! It was originally white but I actually like it more now that it is blue!

Lyndsey Lohan and her friend both in plaid!

Vanessa Hudgens

Sarah Jessica Parker in a knotted plaid shirt.

And finally the best at wearing plaid, Mary-Kate.

And another look from Mary-Kate. Sorry about the picture quality.