Beauty Tip Eleven: Being Fashionably Chic!

Below I have three pieces of fashion advice I believe every woman should consider.

I used to wonder why I had such a hard time trying to be trendy. I've tried keeping up with trends but they soon become faux pas. It took the latest pastels and neons trend for me to realise that I don't need to try and keep up. I mean, what's wrong with being timeless and ladylike?

That's why when I saw the advice, below, from Cosmopolitan I had to share it because it is the absolute truth!!!

 

"Here's a fashion oxymoron: To be always in style, you've got to give up being trendy. As every truly chic woman has learnt, trends come and go; timeless stays."

 

 

Another piece of style advice that I read (but can't remember where) is:

 

"Dress for the job you want and not the job you have." 

 

 

And last, but not least some advice I read in a past Shop 'til You Drop magazine: 

 

"Only buy the pieces you really love!" 

 



What are your fashion tips??

Trend To Try: Pastel Pins

Pastel coloured jeans are everywhere at the moment. Here are a few places you can purchase them from in Australia.




Ally Classic Skinny Jeans $34.99



Portmans Coloured Skinny Jeans $79.95

Dotti Santa Fe Papaya Tube Jeans $59.95

Cotton On Ally Side Zip Jeans $49.95







Supre and Kmart have them also, $25 and $15 respectively.

I didn't think it was possible but I managed to pick up a pair of pastel mint coloured jeans from an Op-Shop for $5 :)

(pic to come)

Ulta3 Nail Colour Mojito Review

If you like green and all things bright then this is the colour for you. This colour is just as vibrant on the nails as it is in the bottle.  It is especially trendy right now with all the brights available this season. Think of this nail colour as a cheap thrill for this season :)

The photos's taken inside don't do this colour any justice. Put it this way it's a tree frog green but the photo's make it look like an aquamarine. Take a look at the last pic for a wow moment!

Photographed inside

Photographed inside

photographed in the shade

Photographed in the shade

Photographed in the sun - this is how bright it really is!

Quando In Roma...

When I went to Italy last spring I was delighted that there were plenty of shops that we didn't have in Australia, especially in Western Australia. So I had a lot of fun wandering through the fashion racks in Zara, H&M, United Colors of Benetton and OVS, just to name a few.

What I couldn't get used to, though, is how different the fashion must be especially when considering the fact that I saw loads of turtle necks!

There were loads of colour too. Good for colour blocking, yes, but I'm not so sure how good colour blocking mustard yellow and royal blue would go. The variety of different colours was extreme!

I must admit that even though I had front row seats to the fashion that was about to hit Australia for winter 2012 I didn't take up the opportunity to stock up on anything. I found it all to different for my liking, and besides we were coming into summer in Australia, not winter. However, after seeing it in shops here in Australia I think I am finally starting to warm to the idea of all these new colours available...especially all the coloured jeans I am starting to see (yes, even the mustard yellow ones!).

Here are a few pictures of what's in our stores now for winter 2012, that I saw in Italy September 2011.

Cotton On



Dotti