How to dress like....Cheryl Cole!!

Thought I’d make it that time again for a ‘How to Dress Like….’ post. So my choice this Sunday afternoon is Cheryl Cole. It seems this lovely northern lady has turned her life around from a lot of naughty to plenty of nice! With that gorgeous thick chocolate hair and her perfect complexion, she was bound to end up on the cover of Vogue sooner or later. What I love about Cheryl’s fashion is she has a casual and a smart, and she does both brilliantly. Here's a recent pic of her from the Vogue shoot (February edition) looking lush as always.

I decided to focus on Cheryl’s casual side. High waist skinny’s, teed with a pair of boots and a shirt, finished off with a pendent necklace and a small clutch.

Patent belt-Urban Outfitters (£14), High waist trousers-Topshop (£40), Boots-Office (£105), Necklace-Urban Outfitters (£12), Shirt-Miss Selfridge (£22), Handbag-Miss Selfridge (£15)

Hot PINK pickup!

As it has been snowing for the past few days, I think we need something to brighten up the dull weather. So once again I have been hounding the high street for all things hot pink! As well as being one of my all time favourite colours, we all need a little something to stand out from the white blanket landscape. My favourite piece is definitely this pink fringed bag from Urban Outfitters.

Lush pink fringe bag - Urban Outfitters (£48.00), Feisty shoes - River Island (£58.71), Skirt - River Island (£29.35), Daring foil leggings - Topshop (£18.00), Cosy beanie - Topshop (£8.00), Cheap and cheerful Nail polish – BarryM (£2.95)

Winter Wonderskin!

As winter in the UK has its tendencies to drag, I thought I would mention a few useful winter beauty tips which I have tried and tested myself.

This probably sounds like the most peculiar out of all the tips but works like a treat! A key part of our body that suffers in winter are our hands and arms, cover your forearm and hands, from fingertips to elbow in moisturiser. Apply heavily so you look like your wearing body paint, then (here it goes) wrap the whole area in cling film and leave for 20 mins. After this time remove the cling film and rub in any excess and ‘voila’…soft, moisturised skin.

2. When your in the shower after you’ve finished your shower routines, lock in some extra moister by moisturising whilst your skin is still wet, then rinse off, for silky smooth skin.

3. A lot of skin products and hairstyling products are high in alcohol. When alcohol evaporates it feels cool, but it’s stripping away moisture, so try to avoid products containing alcohol.

Strut in Pelle!

I saw someone strutting in Leeds City Centre, and was drawn to her lush boots! Been trying to hunt them down for a while now, but have finally tracked them down in Moda In Pelle. they're £110, but definitely worth it ;)

How to dress like ... Lady GaGa

Lady GaGa was the voted celeb for this weeks ‘How to dress like’. With her 80’s influenced, futuristic/rocky trends, I’ve chosen some more affordable pieces off the high street to replicate this look. My favourite piece has to be the gorgeous studded blazer from Topshop. I love the fact it’s fitted and with the cropped sleeves, can be worn through till spring; for under £50 it’s a must have!

Bodysuit-American Apparel £23, Lace Leggings-Topshop £18, Studded Blazer-Topshop £48, Boots-Ted Baker £145, Belt-River Island £21.52, Gloves-River Island £5.86, Sunglasses-Topshop £15

Veet get’s rid of the Bush and replaces with.....Obama

Many are excited at the thought of the world’s future being in Obama’s hands. It was great to see him on TV, taking the oath in front of millions of viewers. It’s also nice to see that Obama has the support of many brands, including Veet! This quirky ad had me in stitches!

How to dress like......

With a steep passion for fashion, I thought it would be fun to have a 'How to dress like [a celebrity]' day once a fortnight. So every two weeks I’ll be picking a celeb and finding more affordable high street alternatives t0 their style.

Most of us love spying on the celebs, analysing and getting ideas from their looks, (after all they have first hand insight into new styles from the designer houses, fashion shows etc.

If anyone has a liking to a certain celebrities style let us know and we’ll concentrate on that celeb!

New Year, New Me.....

Thank you Carla for your kind comment, I do apologise for being a bit slack on the posting front. I have been dragged under with mountains and mountains of uni work. Been trying to focus on that with it being my final year, though I’m feeling every girl needs a break, so here I am!

Can’t believe another year has gone past already! New Year = resolutions. I’m very good at making New Year resolutions however not so good at keeping them. I think I get too adventurous with making resolutions but struggle to see them through L. This year I have set myself one and hopefully I’ll be better at keeping it. I haven’t been too bad yet (she says 3 weeks into the year), better then nothing I suppose. I’m not sure why I make resolutions as I’m not really a strong believer in forcing change, if you really want to change the way you do something or stop doing something, e.g. eating chocolate, I don’t think you need to use a new year as an excuse to wait.

“A New Year's resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other.”

MANGO now fills the need for both XX & XY

It’s nice to see that MANGO finally entered the men’s fashion market back in March, it’s obviously going very well as they have now opened an all men’s store in Barcelona. I am a massive fan of MANGO, I always feel like I am wearing a really expensive item, as the cuts of their products are always perfect, you never get the ‘wearing a bag’ feeling. It’s great that men will now too get the opportunity to wear quirky, well made clothing off the high street. I yet to set my eyes on the men’s range, I just hope that their standards are as high for men as they are for women.

“PR’s a Doss” – I Think Not!

Yes it’s a fact; dissertations have the same affects as taking a bullet.

The last two weeks have been an emotional, stressful, VERY unpleasant journey to fitting back into university lifestyle. It’s ironic how this time last year I was in the same position when I started my work placement.

Waking up every day at 6.00am was a shocker after the norm, of lazily lying in till lunch time; now I would give my back teeth to be in that position again. You hear it all, “you should cherish your last year, it’s the best of them all!”, “it’s so much fun especially if you’ve been on placement, you get to be a student again”.

I’m doing longer hours now than I ever was working. OK hands up I am waking up later but I blame this on simply not being able to get to sleep straight away. I lye awake stressing about an endless list, work load, not having time to take on a job let alone find one, lack of 'fundage' in my bank account, I don’t have a dissertation title, it goes on.

So to all those millions of people with a degree under their belts, my hat goes off to you, and I hope I too make it through this treacherous journey, what they call uni.