Victoria's Secret 2011 Fashion Show >

Last week the Victoria's Secret models once again strutted their stuff on the catwalk at the 16th annual lingerie extravaganza in NYC. I love looking at the pictures of the Victoria Secret fashion shows (you can see last years pictures here) and every year it seems to get bigger and bigger ! This year the show was rumoured to have cost $12 million!

The shows just look like so much fun because unlike most fashion week runway shows, where sour faced models tend to walk passionlessly up and down so as not to distract from the clothes, here the models are encouraged to wink, wave, blow kisses and whoop up the crowd. I adore the designs and creativity of the outfits, themes, performances and of course the girls are incredibly beautiful...you pretty much can't help loving a Victoria Secret Angel ♥

South African VS Angel Candice Swanepool and Brazilian model Isabel Goulart

Super Hero Angels?
Illinois-native Erin Heatherton & Brazilian model Isabel Goulart definitely look the part!

L:Victoria Secret Angels Chanel Iman looking fun an cute with neon wings!
M: Australian model Miranda Kerr wearing a $2.5million diamond-studded Fantasy Treasure bra!
R: Doutzen Krous looking amazing! (She only gave birth to her baby boy in January).
This was the Dutch supermodel's 4th year as an VS Angel.

Left: Candice Swanepoel
Middle: Alessandra Ambrosio; this was the 10th year she walked the glamorous runway!
Right: Miranda Kerr

Alessandra definitely stole the show in the Passion Play wings (above)! The wings came from a collaboration between Victoria Secret and Swarovski Elements that took seven years to design and make. The antique copper wings are plated with 23-carat gold and are embellished with 105,000 Swarovski crystals. Apparently Alessandra did extra back strengthening exercises leading up to the fashion show and you can imagine why when you learn that this set of wings weighed 10kg!!During the fashion show music was performed by Jay-Z, Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, and Maroon 5. On the left is Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine serenading his model girlfriend Anne Vyalitsyna as she walks down the catwalk to his song 'Moves like Jagger'. Adriana Lima looked sensational in blue underwear and a massive 'Incredible' cape whilst Kanye West sang his hit song 'Stronger'.Brazilian Angels Alessandra & Adriana during the finale of the Victoria Secret Fashion Show ♥Confetti and balloons at the finale, how fun does that look right?! I loved seeing Miranda Kerr and Doutzen Krous back on the catwalk this year. Sadly missing was Angel Rosie Huntington-Whiteley who had another work commitment and therefore passed on walking the catwalk for Victoria Secrets this year.

The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show will be screened on US network CBS on November 29.

Will you be watching? xoxo

Cherry Blossom Lips

In the colder months of the year I tend to wear more of a red lip then say in summer time and recently I've been loving the AVEDA Lip Glaze in Cherry Blossom.

Cherry Blossom is part of the Aveda Rehydrating Lip Glaze range which contains 11 other gorgeous shades from nude to bold. The lip glaze is infused with plant emollients and is clinically proven to moisturise, plump and smooth the look of fine lines of your lips. 

The gloss has a lovely formula, shiny but not sticky, pigmented but still with a hint of sheer and it also feels super refreshing and tingling due to its organic vanilla and mind aroma and flavour! 

This is the lip glaze on my lips, such a bright cherry red, I love it :)

For a high gloss look you can wear it alone, applying along the natural contour of lips or for a more intense effect, layer over other lip color. Also a little tip is if you want more of a 'pouty' lip then focus applying colour intensity at the centre of your month.

Do you like a red bright gloss like this? xoxo

Aveda Cherry Blosom Lip Glaze retails at £15.50 and is available online here.

The future belongs to…..

Picked up the December issue of UK Glamour magazine yesterday and it came with a lovely freebie! This month Glamour are offering a FREE Nails Inc polish with every magazine and there are four different shades to collect: Tate, Victoria, Piccadilly Circus and Basil Street. A Nails Inc polish usually retails for £11 and a Glamour mag is only £2, so I’d say that is a pretty good bargain! :)My copy came with the Nails Inc nail polish in the shade ‘Tate’ which is a rich warm red colour!
I am a big fan of Nails Inc polishes, the formula is always so smooth and the brush makes it easy to apply. This is two coats plus a Seche Vite fast dry Top Coat. Me and my flat mate were both doing our nails in front of the telly last night while watching America’s Next Top Model (cycle 16). Have to say, am truly loving my new flat! ♥

And yes it's that time of the week again….. Happy Hump Day xoxo

And Miss World 2011 is....

On Sunday (6 November) 122 contestants showed off their figures, boasted of talents and skills and spoke of their hopes for a better world, all in hopes to win the coveted Miss World 2011 title. The annual beauty pageant took place in London this year with the show being broadcast live to an estimated audience of more than one billion viewers in 150 countries. On a lazy Sunday evening, I was on the couch in my comfies watching the last hour of so of the finale to see Miss Venezuela, Ivian Sarcos (21) win the famous crown!

She is the sixth winner from Venezuela. "I believe that the next Miss World should be a woman of responsibility and reason," Ivian said before winning the title. "I believe the woman should be committed to the organisation and help people in need. Beauty with a heart", added the Venezuelan, who works for a broadcasting company and has a degree in human resources. Out of the top 7 I definitely think Miss Venuezuela was one of the most stunning! Interesting facts are that Ivian has 12 siblings, was sadly orphaned as a young girl and doesn’t speak English!   

Full of emotions when they announce her as winner and being crowded by last year’s Miss World, Alexandria Mills of the United States.

The final seven at this year’s Miss World chosen by the judges, were Miss England, Miss Korea, Miss Philippines, Miss Puerto Rico, Miss Scotland, Miss South Africa and of course Miss Venezuela.Second runner up was Miss Puerto, Amanda Victoria Pérez (left) and Miss Phillipines, Gwendoline Ruais (middle) finished as the first runner-up. On the right is Miss Korea, Kyung Min Do.

L-R: Alize Lily Mounter from England, Bokang Ramaredi Montjane from South Africa and Jennifer Reoch from Scotland completed the Top 7 Finalists. My top 3 from the final seven were probably Miss Venezuela, Miss England and Miss South Africa.

What about you? Did you watch any of Miss World 2011? xoxo