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Showing posts with label SHOPPING. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SHOPPING. Show all posts

Thursday, August 26, 2010

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Shopping guide for the average woman

When it comes to shopping, it really is wise to have some guidlines in the back of your head before entering the chaos.
I might just speak for my self, but there is an absolute rush to shopping, and you don´t even realize it until you come home with 5 bags filled with things you can´t even remember what is.
I would imagine it feels kind of like gambling- we´re not sure we can afford it, or where we would wear it, but I still want it!!
So here are 5 of my top shopping tips that allows you to still shop, but slightly smarter.

Love,
Tove

1
SKINCARE



Buy your skincare from a skincare therapist. Why? Because if your car breaks down, you don´t take it to the gas station do you? no- if you want your skin done right, you have to go to the brands that specialize in skin treatment and improvement and not it flashy bottles, Hollywood ads and high-end names.
MAKEUP



2
Makeup

  When you’re looking for an eye shadow, there’s a very easy trick you can do to make sure the eye shadow will stay on and last you for at least a year. Simply rub the eye shadow on your fingertip, apply to the back of your hand. If the color comes out as intense and in the same shade as you see in the box, the eye shadow should be good. Cheaper eye shadows will tend to look a shade lighter on your hand. This means you will end up using a lot more product to get the effect you wanted.





3

SALE


Don´t buy on sale. If you think about it, of all the items you have bought during the big sales throughout the years, do you end up using that much? When we go on sale, we are just on a mission to get SOMETHING. Of course, sometimes we do bargains, but seriously- The big summer and Christmas sales are really just emptying our pockets instead of saving up for some descent statement peaces you will cherish for years.





4
HAIR






Invest in hair products. Again, if you want to take care of and improve your hair, you must go to the expert. Even thought the professional hair products are a little more expensive, you use less product to get the desired treatment and your hair will grow better.



5

NEWSET TRENDS


When you’re looking for the next seasons wardrobe, try to look out the classics that we see come back over and over. These will obviously last you longer, and you can invest in them with an easy heart. (Fall 2010: Cape, trench coat, color camel, leopard, 60´s sweaters, knit) But of course, don´t forget the fun, extreme statement pieces, but buy them as cheap as possible, because chances are you´ll wear them to bits the next 4 months, then put them away for the next statement trend.

Friday, August 20, 2010

Pleasant Surprise

LF Stores
Fall Look Book 2010
 
The photos are by no means any great,BUT- I do want every single piece from this collection. I want to live in these garments through the fall, walk around the streets of Barcelona..Not even walk, stroll or maybe even lurk. Either way, I think I will feel really comfortable, accomplished and complete...
 
Love,
Tove





































LF Stores Fall 2010 Preview



PH:IDKARTS


STYLING:Alexandra Sherman


MU&HAIR:Sunnie Brook Jones


MODEL:Michelle Hicks(FORD)

Monday, August 16, 2010

the Color

70´s Camel







































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Surely by now most of us have gotten the whiff of the fact that there are some Camels coming in to town this fall. They come in many shapes and serve several purposes, yet mostly we will see them on our wide leg trousers and over our shoulders in the shape of a coat or a cape. Why does this trend work so fittingly right now? Well, there will always be several reasons for why a trend hits home, but this one in particular couldn´t have a better timing:

1.

We´re still donning the nude-look of last spring, and all though most of us enjoyed that photo-flattering trend, it just wasn´t really feasible for the "coming out of winter pale skinned and fatigued"-rest of us. But the camel will help shine a little bronze into our life, and let the little color we got over summer last just a little but longer

Gucci
2.

You would think it´s all about the 50´s this fall because of the rants the big mags´ are giving it because several designers showed it. But even though I know the Mad Men series was a big hit, I don´t see it sticking in real life. The lighthearted somewhat hippie and bohemianish 70s vibe is simply a lot easier to dress up in. Now, I love the 50s and the makeup in particular, but it does tend to get a bit too thematic.



















3.

Black is indeed the color of fashion, and an easier color to wear for fall and winter, but sometime we want a little warmth and sunshine into our hibernating lives, and once again, Camel does just that.



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4.

Some of the biggest detail trends of the season are leaning toward the coat, the frock, the cape and the wide leg trousers. The classic way of pulling these items of is either in black or in our star of the moment; the Camel.




So there you go, 4 reasons other than "I like Camel so you must wear it- regards from your fashion magazine x and y". And because I´m feeling extra cheerful today, I´ll throw in some favorite pics´ as well so you can ohh and ahh over the items most of us (especially me) can never afford. Hehe...did I mention it´s Friday today?

Love,

Tove

chloé





derek lamb



diane von furstenberg


gucci

carolina bucci

citizens of humanity


I die...the former pants together with Burberry Prorsum shearling Aviator jacket!



gucci

gucci

by marlene birger

marni


michael kors

mulberry

stella mccartney

stella mccartney



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photos from net-a-porter, topshop, style.com

Sunday, June 27, 2010

A week of inspiration

What I wish I wore this week/looked like/felt like/styled/maked

A week has wisped by, and I the blog went silent as I went to London for three days, sorry about that, but I did go to fabu-lessly dirty fashion parties with free drinks and food and Amy Winehouse, so I'm not THAT sorry... Anyways, these pics caught my eye this week and heres why:


myfacehunter.com



Love model Frida Gustavsen shoot by Noam Griegst


Obsessed with the mania mania gems and lookbook

I want to be a hippie and I want to get tall, fashiontoast.com

stylecopycat.com

Arroused by the play on shapes, Amica Italy



Oh- the happiness of a Military, Vogue Russia July

Amazing dude and shot from styleclicker.com

I have No words 

Just hanging out in the dessert- i'm breezy and oh so casuall
Clara Alonso

ahhhhhhh......Fab-Overload!

I want the high waisted trousers and the cropped top- but I also want the small waist first...oh, well, at least the pic is nice
No Magazine


It's perdy, that's all...zara lookbook