Retro Storing

Picture this, you’re in your bedroom with 2 minutes left until you have to leave and you need those chandelier earrings because they’re the only ones that work with your cocktail number. You shake your jewellery box around and you can’t seem to find it in any compartment. Frustrated, you tip out everything onto your bed, find the matching pair, grab your shoes and stumble out. Sound familiar? That’s basically me everyday. If you scour through pininterest, weheartit and instagram, you’ll see that everyone seems to have their own creative way of storing their bits and bobs. I wouldn’t say my organisation methods are very ‘neat’ but I like the clutter because it looks visually interesting on my bureau although highly impractical. I use teacups to store my hairbows, a Pringles Chips cylinder to store my tools and a recycled glass custard cup to store my bobby pins. Some other fun ideas I found included spray painting a grater and using it as an earring hanger and putting magnets on the bottom of makeup palettes so it sticks to a fabric covered magnet board. Fun!! Do you have any special methods on storing your makeup and jewellery?

 

x Karen

Keep Calm & Carry On

Once upon a time, there lived a young girl with a limited wardrobe and a big imagination. On the 24th of June, she decided to pick a navy and red checked Miss Shop Jacket, pair it with a navy tutu from a local boutique, a hairbow from Equip and she finished it off wisely for the chilly weather in some cotton tights.

This outfit just screams British to me and I wish I could top it off with one of those black furry tall hats that the guards outside the Bukingham Palace wear. So it was only fitting to photoshop myself in front of some red phone booths to match the redness in my checked coat. Keep Calm and Carry On was a poster produced by the British government in 1939 during the beginning of the Second World War, intended to raise the morale of the British public in the event of invasion. So very appropriate for the title of my OOTD.

I love the different textures in the outfit: The tulle + the wool (it rhymes!) I like to think of it as a tulle skirt with pearl accents! I was honestly a little self conscious, walking down the streets in a tutu but it wasn't that poofy so it probably went under the radar as a skirt to other people. After I got over the initial wierdness of walking through the mall in bottoms that belong to a three year old's closet, I started thinking Hey! Maybe I'll get photographed by The Satorialist or a street style photographer and end up becoming like blogger-famous! Of course that never happened but I am allowed to dream, right? 

 

 

x Karen

Do or Dye

Dip dyed ends are a fun way to wear your hair to parties and throughout the summer. It’s super easy and there are several methods, some longer lasting and others which you can wash out right after. My personal favourite is using soft pastel chalk which is an inexpensive alternative to colour bugs: 1. Spray the areas that you want to colour your hair with water 2. Start with your first desired colour and rub it against your hair, if you’re blonde, the colour will show up quite quickly but if you have darker hair, you might need to rub it in longer. Try twisting your hair because this will release more pigmentation. 3. Continue this process for your second and third colour. 4. Wait for your ends to air dry. 5. Flat iron your ends or curl them with heat, this will ‘melt’ the colour into your hair. 6. Instead of using pastels you can also use, really pigmented eyeshadows, food colouring or Kool-aid!

♡Karen