Middle East MAC

Spring/Summer 2012 MAC make-up trends; 

the 20s inspired 'Nouv-eau' on me:dark soft eyes and berry lips... looooots of blending and with added bronze contouring to warm the cheekies.

And 'Ath-elite'-the fresh from the gym, bushy brows, glowing skin and sheer lip here.

Level 42

Getting primed and prepped up amongst the clouds...

Painting In Progress...

Black Swan meets Bahrain...

Dubai le Sky(line)

Maccy-D's quintessential globalisation emblem in foreground... world's tallest building yonder background.

Fresh les Fraises

The ultimate regal accessory... crown ye strawberries

 teamed with rapunzel tresses and duck-egg-blue talons!

Loving Louboutins!

Red lowers and uppers!
OBSESSED with these pretty pretty pretty red suede tapered wedge booties that I got to sport for many a shot today courtesy of Christian Louboutin... suede swooooooooning.

French Crop

My Parisian purple-ish hair for the day! 

...eyes looking slightly numb due to my 4am alarm call!
Hmm,tres jolie!!! 

Big City Bling!

Big cityscape on a small hand! Spotted this bejeweled NYC building ring on a shoot... made me smiiiiiiiiiile! 

Primed n Painted!!

... and as my mother eloquently put it "looking like puppets"!! The UAE take on an 'au naturel' look!

Wow.

Crimbob Cardies!

Diddy cards for nearest n dearest-featuring rag treez!

Christmas A-Coming!!

A photo I took over the weekend... sky was unreal!! Such gorgeous colours and love the out of focus tiny balls of light on the tree.

Super Sweet Save The Dates!

 DIY wedding save the date cards; vintage postcard, heart-shaped bunting and a pretty pen... tah-dahhhhhh! August 18th... etched in my mind forever hereonin!! Was going to abbreviate 'save the date' but 'Super Sweet STDs' doesn't quite conjure up the same wholesomeness and may be a bit at odds with this delicate new forest scene!

...♥♥♥♥♥ 

Subway n Shadows

This isn't the most beautiful picture ever, but the lines, shadows, curves and metal caught my glazed and frosty eye this morning in the glorious hammersmith.

Secret(est) Shopping

 Behind an unassuming side door off a side street in dalston lies a secret shop filled with beautiful treats for the eyes... less so for the wallet! Buzz in, wait for approval and hopefully be greeted with white rooms crammed with unique pieces, books and music linked with walkways of neon and tree branches...  ♥

Cardboard bag-complete with bright yellow zip!

Ziptastic leather holdall... swoon

Wooden framed glasses :)

Pretty Paris...

... just 'cause. Love this postcard.

Cute Cloth-House

Soho; post auditioning (read making glances over an empty glass to imaginary person whilst swaying to sugababes...) I sought refuge in the Cloth House on berwick street. Could have probably spent the rest of the day in there perusing their ribbons, buttons and most of all reams and rolls of pretty fabrics! 

So much so that I fell in love with this linen and shall upholster nanny pat's (of original infamy) dining chairs with this colourful material...

... to be continued!

Biro Le Brillo

Saw these amazing art works today at 'The Other Art Fair' by artist Mark Powell using only a biro on vintage envelopes or found scraps of paper. Think they are just wonderful and his pen skills are muchos mesmerising!

markpowellart.tumblr.com

Picturesque Postie...

A postcard by moi, crafted from my own photograph, pieces of newspaper, magazine, Shakespeare's finest words and me make-up! Looks almost like a watercolour image. Hoping it was gratefully received... 

Embroidery Ala Emma

 Some photographs liberated from Emma Cassi's website...

 Wonderful embroidered lace jewellery saturated with tiny glimmering beads and all handmade! Here I am in Emma's own vintage era inspired wedding gown... absolutely stunning and offset beautifully with her handcrafted golden cuffs.

emmacassi.com

P.S-♥ PARIS

Le Paris aujourd'hui... ♥ ♥ ♥

Movember pour Mesdemoiselles

Tatty Devine Tash brooch in aid of Moevember and rasing dough for men's cancer charities. Each tasch sale will result in a 50p donation for said charitable cause. This manifique wooden moustache costs £30 and would look delightful adorning many a garm!

www.tattydevine.movember

Bench n Bournemouth n Bye's...

(and partial be-heading!) 

Took this today along the beach front, love the intersecting lines and long shadows.

November O' New...

Delhi, India. Some images of beautiful temples and ruins...

For sunsets, smog, children and local wildlife have a look at November New-D on FLICKR 

Bounty O' Boxes

Hannah Horn

Freelance illustrator Hannah Horn's winged creatures are just stunning, came across a few today on Browns windows in South Molton Street. Eerie but beautiful images.

www.hannahhorn.com

Lib

Still Snap...

This amazing photograph has just won Daniel Beltra the WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR AWARD showcasing from this friday at The Natural History Museum here in London. Have a beautiful picture from this exhibition a few years ago which still graces my wall today and think this one here is just as fascinating... unfortunately for much sadder reasons and terrible circumstances, as it captures pelicans caught up in the gulf oil spill of last year. The title 'Still Life in Oil' is a wonderfully clever play on conventional composition titles, as what one would expect as meaning the medium- the oil part is instead indicating the bird's plight. Yet almost resembling an oil painting at the same time with the amazing colours, textures and fine details. Stunning and sad...

Well done that D-B! 

Gooey Gift!

Practically yelped with joy when this mini honey jar was hand delivered by resident bee-keeper Mr F tonight! The label reads A present from the bees from yonder courtyard below and tastes like delicate blooms... not even the smallest whiff of speciality east london chicken bones!! 

... love, love, love!

BB Beach

Not the best quality as taken on my blackberry... but still, like the shadows and the streaks... x

On A Wing...

Although I didn't actually purchase this today-I flounced around for many a minute in 'Vintage Per Sempre' trying to muster up the perfect excuse/occasion to own such a Stevie Nicks-esq gown but admitted defeat in the end.

... Well 'til next time and I have a 1970's themed eve on the agenda!!

BIG sleeve/wing love!

Card for Cutie-pie!!

Actually, technically a postcard (!) ... much more contemporary! 

In ode of the beautiful Miss Gracie O...♥♥

Bali Bebe...

Beautiful Bali... click for FLICKR SLIDESHOW

♥

Papillon Pap

Dabbling with the idea of this image for a new jewellery homepage...

Prettiest Price-tag

Love this price-tag that was recently swinging from my vintage lacy flapper girl dress... serrated scissors, safety pin and an 1980s beach photograph

Tah-daaaaaaaah! Genius.

Degas Dancers

Popped to the Royal Academy the other evening for a bubble-filled viewing of Degas' Ballet Dancers...  perhaps the ratio of bubbles to pondering was a little out of proportion, but nonetheless some amazing oil and pastel works of fluffy tutus and pointed toes were seen.

The blue variety were my most favourite with their hints of enhancing oranges... 

Just beeeeeeautiful.