Kate Hudson: Red Carpet Perfection at AmFar

How amazing does Kate Hudson look at the recent amFar Inspiration Gala in LA? She donned a sizzling red hot Prabal Gurung Resort 2013 gown, which showed off her banging post baby-figure!
It's probably one of my favourite looks I have seen on the red carpet for a while.

She completed the look to absolute perfection with a crescent necklace that nicely complemented the structural dress, a chic and pretty ponytail and a funky embellished clutch. And now let's talk makeup, I just adore her gorgeous bronzed smokey eyes!

As a blue eyed girl I have always found that bronze and coppery eye shadows really make my eyes POP so I can't wait to copy this stunning coppery look on myself! I am going out tonight so think will give it a go! Here is how to re-create this smokey eye:

♥ Line the inner rims of your eyes with bronze (or brown, if you don't have bronze) eyeliner.
♥ Apply a coppery bronze eyeshadow to your lid up to your crease and blend out gently. Also apply the bronze shadow quite heavily underneath your lower lash line.
♥  Dust a very soft shimmery pink/vanilla eyeshadow into the inner corner of your eye plus a smidgen above the folds of your eyes.
♥  To finish it off curl your lashes and put on your favorite va-va-voom mascara!
♥ And if you want a little more drama, smudge some black liner directly into your top lashes so it just looks like you have thicker lashes—not actually line of black on top.

Anyway I just can't stop gushing about how phenomenal Kate looked - what do you think? xoxo

SkullCandy Edit: Designing custom headphones!

Last week I was invited by the uber cool people of SkullCandy to check out the launch of their UK online AviatorEdit suite. SkullCandy is a lifestyle brand that specialises in producing the best, sickest, top quality sounding headphones. They are the second largest headphone maker in the States and are super popular with action sport fans and have many celebs, ranging from Snoop Dogg to pro snowboarder Danny Kass raving about their products!

SkullCandy AviatorEdit allows you to design your own set of Aviator headphones from the comfort of your home. You can mix up colours for a custom Aviator creation; splash on some paint and see what sticks - on caps, cords, headbands and frames. Spin it, modify it, share it with friends. Or use the randomize button for a surprising experience and a one-of-a-kind paint job!

Once you decide on your favourite look, place your order and in two weeks time your very own personally designed headphones will arrive at your door! At the launch, a very lucky me was allowed to design my own custom aviators headphones. It was quite difficult with so many cool options to chose from but in the end I decided on a mix of my two favourite colours; turquoise and coral!

What do you think? I am super excited and can't wait for them to arrive! :) For more information about Skullcandy or to check out the Edit Program, visit www.skullcandy.com/edit

Totally Fort Worth It?

When I was in America I picked up a new OPI nail polish that's described as “A shimmery lavender grey that’s so worthy of you.” Its Totally Fort Worth It is from their 2011 Texas collection.

In the bottle the polish looks like a grey with quite a strong pink shimmer through it but unfortunately when on your nails the shimmer hardly shows. This polish has quite a sheer formula meaning that it takes minimum 3-4 coats to get opaque cover. This is after 3 coats...

I found this nail polish a little underwhelming because I just was hoping for a grey with bit more oomph because of the pink shimmer but it turned out to be more a sheer shimmery silver.
So I thought what can I do to make my nails a bit more exciting? I know, add a Essie LuxEffects topcoat! Shine of the Times is a gorgeous multichromatic flaky glitter topcoat which shifts to every color except purple, but the most dominant colors are red/orange and green. There's a heavy amount of flake in here and it provides very good coverage with only one coat.

Tadaaa much better. What do you think?
It's even more gorgeous in real life but the shine was hard to capture on camera.

I think Shine of the Times is a must-have top coat. It looks fabulously pretty on top light polishes or fun and edgy over darker shades. Have you tried any of these two polishes or can you recommend a great Shine of the Times combo? Xoxo

Dream big! =

Some weekly Wednesday inspiration...

"Laugh often, dream big, reach for the stars!"

Happy hump day! xoxo