Style icon

Ok so my current style icon has to be Lauren Conrad .
Being a hairdresser isn't just about doing hair their are so many different factors you have to take into consideration, such as what personality they have, their job, and their style to name a few so to be a good hairdresser you have to know all the latest trends not only in hair but in fashion to.
So when I was researching fashion earlier this month online with my best friend she told me to borrow her Lauren Conrad books 'style' and 'beauty'. It was a Monday morning when I finally managed to sit down with the books and attempt a read. It was my day off and I had especially left my day empty and free from appointments, shopping and meeting my friends to under go this research. Armed with my morning coffee, my iPad, various magazines, the 2 books, a pen and note pad and chocolate for when I started to stress out I read both books - yesnone after the other all within that very morning before swiftly searching her out on the Internet for my amazing style tips not a single piece of chocolate had to be consumed.
Well thank god for my best friend and thank god for Lauren Conrad.

I'm absolutely obsessed by her website and am constantly checking it for updates, she covers so many things from style and fashion to decorating and dieting, is their anything she doesn't know about??

I watched the hills a while back on Netflix and when researching fashion I didn't even think to look her up,
She's such a pretty lady and always looks amazing in literally everything she wears. So move over Kim kardashian I have a new style icon :)
For anyone that has no idea who Lauren Conrad is or who hasn't seen her website ........ Why the hell not?

www.laurenconrad.com
Check it out.

Home makeover

Ok so this weekend we decided after being in our house over 18months that we would redecorate, it's not been on a huge scale because we're looking at moving in the summer but this will just add on value to the house.

I love anything that's shabby chic/vintage so I opted for this very cute 'home sweet home' sign £19.99 from dunelm mill.
This goes very sweetly on our entrance wall under the shabby chic mirror I have. Very cute and just adds some detailing to an other wise very dull and boring room.

I'm a very cosy person I love nothing more than closing the curtains having the lamps in the house on dull and lighting some candles while snuggled on the sofa with my cath kidston patchwork blanket that I brought for £80 from the cath kidston shop in Cambridge.

In my hall way I added a touch of lighting I never find the main lights very cosy their always so bright and blaring, so I opted for some twig lights now I know these are so last year but they give off such a nice little glow I just had to, they were purchased from a little shop near mine called the factory shop for £9.99

In the bathroom we gave it a lick of paint we wanted to keep it subtle for the next people who come in so we painted them magnolia and added in purple towels and a sparkly purple 'bath' sign (£6.99 from matalan) to add some glimmer to the windowsill. Now I don't know about you but I always forget to bring a towel into the bathroom with me and my airing cupboard is always packed so we brought a cute basket (dunelm mill £29.99) that has a lid to put all our towels in that are fresh and clean. It added something different to what can be a very boring room.

The bedroom 
Now we really couldn't agree on a colour for in here I really wanted it to be a pink vintage room but obviously my boyfriend had other ideas seen as we had paint left over from the bathroom we compromised with using magnolia and decorate it with accessories. We already had cream curtains up so they stayed Iv got a white vintage dressing table complete with white stool and mirror so I put my 2 pink candle holders  either side of the mirror and fairy lights around the mirror. My boyfriend then added the black photo frames he brought me for Christmas rose background (tk maxx £4.99 each) on the windowsill with pictures of us in.
'Sweet dreams' sticker above our headboard on the wall and then I have a 3 piece canverse  of roses that he hung in the spare wall the other side of the bed.

Ill have to upload some more pictures of all the rooms when they are mess free so watch out guys :)

Nature ombré (hair)

Ok so this week I attended a hair catwalk fashion show for the latest colour trends for 2013 summer addition.
I was extremely shocked following the last few seasons dip dye/ombré trend with the being so out their with its colours to just how simple and subtitle this summers trends are. As a rule hair colouring goes lighter for the summer and deeper and richer for the winter. This year the rule has kept the same concept but just more suttle. With 2012 rocking out the ombré look with the deeper roots and blond ends through all seasons this is one hell of a change

As you can see from the picture above rich golden browns with very fine highlights give off a lovely summery feel. In the summer shiney hair is a must. The best way to get shine from your hair is a glossing semi permanent colour. Browns always reflect the light so as a rule brunettes always get a better shine than blondes 

The picture above shows a beautiful mocha colour with simple copper foils coming through the fringe to add a little something extra form an all over colour but keeping with the nature ombré theme