Winter Wishlist

I think I must be the only person in the world who enjoys the weather turning colder. In a true homage to my Scottish roots, I am just not a creature of warm weather. To me, Autumn and Winter means beautiful colours, hot water bottles, and an excuse to drink a lot of delicious warm drinks (tea, coffee, hot chocolate, mulled wine....I'm not fussy.) Now that we have well and truly found ourselves in winter, I have created a wishlist to keep us warm in the frost, and to get us through those long winter nights. Enjoy!!

5. The new range of GORILLA PERFUMES at Lush

https://www.lush.co.uk/gorilla-perfume-home

Those of you who know me in real life will surely know about my absolute obsession for all things LUSH. Now that they have released their Emotional Brilliance makeup range, they are literally offering the full package as far as I'm concerned. I've always loved the perfumes that Lush has to offer, however I never found my "signature" scent amongst their range (In typical murphy's law fashion, my boyfriend has 3 "signature" scents from the original Gorilla perfume range- Dear John, The Smell of Freedom and Dirty).
Anyway, I digress...
I was waiting with bated breath for such a long time for these perfumes to come out, and when they did I was certainly not disappointed! It took me 3 days to decide which scent was for me, and eventually I decided on the beautifully subtle yet exotic "Sikkim Girls"- a jasmin based scent, but less heavy than "Lust", Lush's previous jasmin infused scent.
Close contenders were "The Voice of Reason", a tobacco-y scent inspired by the beat writers, "Devils Nightcap"which is a fresh, nippy scent, "Hellstone" which to me smelt like Patchouli despite having none in it, and "Furze", a feminine, flower-and-coconut perfume (I really want to get this for my mum for Christmas!)
Have you smelt the new Lush range? What is your scent? Let me know in comments below!!

4. Christmas drinks at Starbucks!

Like the Coca-Cola advert and seeing Christmas decorations come out in department stores, you know the festive season is well and truly here when Starbucks start selling their Christmas special coffees. I can't wait to try the praline mocha this year, and I'm very happy to see the return of last years favorite, the toffee nut latte :) Which is your favorite?









3. Winter Colours
In all honestly, I don't need an excuse for wearing a darker makeup palette, no matter what the season. Give me a wine lip and burgundy nail colour any day. BUT! I do love seeing all my favorite brands getting on board with autumnal/winter colours. Topshop have not disappointed on this front- in fact, I have been singing the praises of their makeup range ever since it was released in 2010 (fun collections and cruelty-free testing? gimme!!)
Here are a few of my favorites:

Topshop Nails in "Ruthless"

Topshop Lips in "Beguiled"

and it's not just Topshop....

(of course it would be Lush...but I TOLD YOU!! EMOTIONAL BRILLIANCE IS INCREDIBLE!! Patent plum lipstick...yes please)

2. onesie+hot water bottle combo. yeah, i'm guilty, don't even care. next!

1. KISS LIKE DAISY

SO, a lovely old friend of mine Katy Louise Dyer has just opened up her very own online boutique, Kiss Like Daisy. And I am IN LOVE. 

The staple Daisy piece is the bow, which can be bought as a necklace, hairpiece, incorporated into a clutch bag or even as a stylish travel pillow. But Daisy is so much more than this. Each hand crafted item comes straight from the creative mind of Katy herself, who has found a unique gap in the market to create beautiful high fashion accessories at high street prices. 

If Daisy sounds like your kind of girl, start shopping at http://www.kisslikedaisy.co.uk/# and come back soon to find out more about Daisy- I will shortly be publishing an interview with Katy, revealing more about Daisy, the concept and the creative mind behind the business.

Much love!

Sian

wishlist #1 cray nails

Staying in London does bad things to this shoestring budget of mine: it makes me want EVERYTHING!!! So rather than parting with my cash, I'm trying to write everything down in a "wishlist"...this list will, of course, be never ending...but I like lists, and maybe it will help me prioritise (aka make my money stretch...somehow...)
Being in the More office, I am not only surrounded by amazing clothes, shoes and products, but I also have Covent Garden- my favorite place in London- on the doorstep, AND I get to read through lots of amazing fashion and beauty blogs to find trends. It's HOPELESS- too much nice stuff. Here's my wishlist of the week.

1. Next-level Nail Art
Those of you who know me in real life probably know that I am a little obsessed with nail art. Currently, I'm rocking these:

Bindi nails with eggshell blue lined tips and glitter

and before that, I had these done- understated but chic for a week which included both a funeral (unfortunately) and a party:

Nude almond shaped nails with heart tips

So hopefully now you get the idea. I like nails. "Like" being an understatement...and anything a little out of the ordinary or eye catching draws me in like a moth to a flame.

So you can imagine my excitement when I discovered this:

The "Caviar manicure" by Ciate is a revolution in nail art- simple and glamorous with an edge, giving us a revolution in 3d and textured nails. 

Needless to say I LOVE these and can't wait to get my hands on a set!! As well as the black and white, you can also get a rainbow set- which to me look adorably like hundreds and thousands, but personally I think I will be going for the black. The colours look great with the light catching it.

Next on the list is velvet nails. These were actually on the runway way back in February, with MAC makeup artist Keri Blair creating the look for Ruffian at New York Fashion week.

Velvet is one of my favorite things to wear anyway (I may or may not be guilty of possessing enough items to put together a whole velvet outfit- including underwear), so I find these very exciting indeed!! Definitely on my to-do list, but these aren't actually on the market to buy. I may start out by experimenting with velvet tips- I expect it will take a few goes before I get it right, but this is definitely something on the "to-do" list!

Last but not least, another trend I noticed at the beginning of the year that I still haven't got round to purchasing myself, the Meadham Kirchhoff Nail Rock nail wraps!

I must admit I'm not entirely sold on nail wraps- I find most of the high street designs rather (dare I say it) tacky- I'm not a huge fan of metallic nails or wild patterns on every finger- but this is why I love these, the mix-and-match.

more wishlists soon...x