This book sounds to good to be true…The Anti-ageing beauty bible by health and beauty experts Josephine Fairley and Sarah Stacey is just that.
This book is full of ideas & concepts on how to look amazing. Sections include make-up, nails, skin, hair, hands & feet aswell as exercise & sleep. So lets look amazing, feel great & make it last forever.
MIAMI – Eco Swim by Aqua Green showcases its Spring/Summer 2012 collection at Funkshion Fashion Week Miami Beach, which is a platform for up and coming designers. Eco Swim is an eco-friendly swimwear brand that uses recycled materials. Their show was called “Funkshion Goes Green” and featured swimsuits that are stylish but also great for the environment. The show was held with the Society for Environmental Journalists and a few of the journalists were given awards. Eco Swim by Aqua Green creates their pieces out of Easton, Pennsylvania. Their collection included floral prints and bikinis wrapped in plastic. {Source}
I’m so looking forward to the Valentino ‘Master of Couture’ exhibition at Somerset House later this month. The exhibition will be paying homage to the great Italian designer. It will focus mainly on his couture creations & the actual design process. Valentino is undoubtedly one of my favourite designers to date.
29 November 2012 – 3 March 2013
Daily 10.00-18.00, until 21.00 Thursdays
(24 & 31 Dec: 10.00-16.00, 25 & 26 Dec: closed, 1 Jan: 12.00-18.00)
Embankment Galleries, South Wing
£12.50/£9 concessions http://www.somersethouse.org.uk/
Julia Roberts in Vintage Valentino.
2013 Valentino collections. Just gorgeous!
According to the a new poll Marilyn Monroe has the best Beach Body of all time, and looking at the photos below you can see just why. She looks amazing, it is so refreshing to look at images where you can’t see bones jutting out everywhere. Check out the list by clicking the link below……
This company is the brainchild of American traveller Blake Mycoskie, who was travelling through Argentina & befriended a child with no shoes on. So in order to help, TOMS shoes was born. What he did is for ever pair of Toms shoes sold a pair is given to a child in need. Calling it the One for One movement. It’s expanded further a field across the world as far as Cambodia, South Africa, Uganda. So why not support this fantastic cause & buy yourself a pair of these comfy, light weight shoes. They even have a limited edition for Valentines day with cute pink hearts. http://www.toms.com/
Fantastic! Made from recycled coffee bags by a company called Seabags & they’re also lined with recycled sail liner. The perfect little tote for the beach this summer. http://www.seabags.com/
Fancy shopping online from one of my favourite vintage store. Well, last week when I popped into Beyond Retro in Soho, London I picked up a flyer stating that Beyond Retro is now available online. You can shop by era & even create your own ‘wow’ wardrobe. All pieces are exclusive to there website & not available in-store. So be sure to check it out. http://www.beyondretro.com/
Gorgeous brass etched circle fairtrade earrings by Manumit. Handmade in Mombassa, Kenya. Only £11.00. So stylish & chic. Simply gorgeous.
How cool is this rustic restaurant called Rock restaurant in Eastern Zanzibar? Built on top of a cliffside. Sunsets drinks anyone?
Perhaps start recycling, grow your own organic veggie patch free of pesticides, use natural cleaning products around the house, recycling old wooden floorboards & making picture frames, riding to work. Whatever it is try making the world a little greener this year.
