Vintage Hairstyles & 1920s Party Photos

When I posted some personal photos on Instagram back in December from my work 1920's themed Christmas Party, some of you commented on how you loved my hairstyle! Well as I admitted here; a lot of us ladies had our hair professionally styled by Jess from Powder Puff & Pin Curls who specialises in vintage hairstyles. We recently received the professional photos from the party and thought I'd share some of the gorgeous black and white pictures that really add to the whole vintage feel of the event :)

More photos after the jump....

Happy New Year!

Wow another year has passed by so quickly and now 2012 is here :) I had a great New Years Eve celebration in Berlin with a group of friends but definitely feeling the hangover today! For me 2011 has been all about my girlfriends. My lovely existing friends but also some fantastic new friendships. I love them all to pieces so a big thank you is due to all my girls for making 2011 such a great one! ♥

"New Year's Day: Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. 

Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual"~ Mark Twain

One of my New Years resolutions is to start running and sign up for say a 10km run! Do you have any New Years resolutions this year?  Here a few pictures of my NYE celebrations last night but now I'm going to bed to sleep off this hangover ;) 

(Navy/Grey silk lace top recently bought from Zara - on sale now here) 

 In the Netherlands we have a saying 'Scherven brengen geluk' which means broken glass means good luck :)

Hope you all had an amazing New Years Eve and here's to another great year in 2012! xoxo

Blue Smokey Eye FOTN $

A couple of weekends ago I went out for dinner and a few drinks (and ok maybe a boogie too!) in South Kensington with some friends. Back in September I'd bought this navy, lacy and slightly sparkly lowcut back dress from Trafaluc by ZARA so I decided a blue smokey eye would accompany this look perfectly. 

Here is my face of the night:

♥ Face
MAC Select Cover-Up Concealer (under the eye & to conceal any blemishes)
Estee Lauder Double Wear Foundation in the shade Desert Beige.
This is very much a 'stay-in-place' kind of foundation and I love wearing this when I'm going out.
It provides great smooth coverage and stays on perfectly all night long!
MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Medium Light
NARS Laguna Bronzer to contour
and MAC Well Dressed Blush on the apples of my cheek

♥ Eyes
Urban Decay Primer Potion (as a primer to ensure my smokey lasted to the wee hours of the morning)
MAC Wedge eyeshadow to fill in/accentuate my brows
NARS Copacabana Multiple - applied over entire eyelid right up to my brows as a shimmery base
Estee Lauder – Pure Color Eyeshadow Duo in Clouds using the light blue colour on the inner corner of my eye until about half way and then applying the darker navy on the rest of the lid and working up into the crease/outer V and blending in the socket towards the brow.
MAC Wedge eyeshadow - I used this a little bit to soften the socket/crease to blend it all together
MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack along the waterline and upper lashline
NARS Larger Than Life Volumizing Mascara applied (top & bottom) after curling my eyelashes

See here the Estee Lauder Pure Color Eyeshadow Duo in Clouds that I used for this look and swatches of the eyeshadows in the palette. Very pigmented, long lasting and quality eye shadows! Available online here for £22.5

And to finish off my look...

♥ Lips

Ciate Lipgloss in St Barts (I got this for free with the July Marie Claire Magazine)

What do you think of my blue/navy smokey eye? xoxo