Crown and Glory.

I love handmade goods! There is nothing better than having totally unique items you know you can wear proudly and know you are probably not going to bump into the same girl wearing the same thing (isn't it awkward). I came across Crown and Glory when the lady behind it all, Sophie, added me on twitter and we got chatting, I immediately got excited as soon as I checked out the site - handmade hair pieces!

Sophie told me that Crown and Glory is made all by herself and is just a passion she has and loves to do in her spare time. This is also how I feel about my blog so here's to a dedicated Crown and Glory post!

Here are some of my favourite bits from the site:

And here is my piece: 

Beautiful packaging - it also had sweets in yum! 

Orlaith Comb - £6
I've never used a comb piece in my hair before, I adore it! It stays in for ages! 

What do you think? What items do you like?

Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend and nobody has been blown away by this insane wind we are having in the UK!
Peace
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EDIT: - if you type in 'COWBISCUITS' at the checkout you can get 15% off your order! This is until the end of December!

Takashi Murakami J-POP!

Something a little different for you all today, this is an art post. I've been planning on doing one of these since I picked up the latest POP Magazine with the living legend Britney Spears on the front cover in a collaboration with Takashi Murakami - Japanese pop meets American pop.

Front cover.

The pictures give a real dreamy/pageant queen feel, slightly blurred and very soft.

The bag, Moonboots and swimsuit in this image are all bought from Japan. 

Free Murakami stickers.

The whole interview had been given the Murakami treatment.

Britney and Takashi.

NB: all photos of magazine taken by me and my copy of POP so ask if you are going to use.


Takashi Murakami been described as a 'contemporary Warhol' and this isn't the first time he's dipped into pop-culture. Murakami designed the artwork for Kanye West's album art and promotions for the 'Graduation' album.

Murakami also directed this awesome, whimsical video featuring Kirsten Dunst which was played at the Tate Modern during their 'Pop life' exhibition:




Doesn't it make you want to run out a buy a blue wig?

Well hope you liked my slightly different post!
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Murakami's site: http://www.takashimurakami.com/

Outfit Post: Day N' Night.

This outfit post I took last week on my day off but saved it for this week 'cus I'm working up until it gets dark most days now and finding it harder to take outfit pics! 

Navy Pleated Sleeve Dress - £36 Miss. Selfridge.
Contrast Camel and Navy cardigan - £24 Vero Moda.
Purple Agate necklace - £4 River Island.
Shade 03 Lipstick - 70p MUA

What I love about this dress is that paired with a cardigan and boots it's great for day time, but I wore this dress with a leather jacket and wedges for a night out.

The sleeves are ruffled like bows, not too puffy i hardly noticed them but a nice little detail.
There is a chunky silver zip halfway up the back which also looks awesome.

I also wore these tattoo tights from Topshop, they excited me too much not to pick them up.
Swallow Tights - £6 Topshop

Incase you didn't notice (I took this pre-halloween) I had pink and blue hair. It was worse/all over on Hallowz but I miss having colours in my hair - stupid work :( 

Have you all had a good Bonfire/Firework weekend? I went out 2 nights in a row, anyone who follows me on Twitter would have seen my drunk tweets/celebrity harassing, so am paying for it today, I think it's lack of sleep more so than a hangover (keep telling myself that!).

I've only just sort of worked out how to use my Bloglovin' too, so feel free to add me on that if you prefer it  :)
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Some New Barry M - Reviews and swatches.

Over on Barry M's Facebook on Tuesday there was a special friends code for 30% off any order - ohh how could I say no!?

If it hasn't been VERY apparent (what with all my posts on the subject) I LOVE lipstick! So it would be wrong for me not to pick one up. I've never used Barry M lipstick before (or Lip Paint as they call it) so as a huge nail polish fan of theirs I decided to try:

The colour I picked up was the first I saw, a new colour named 'Pink Ribbon' , the others I kept seeing were nuts things like Robot Blue and that isn't for me!
£4.25 without discount.

Swatch: first one is two layers, second with only one layer.

Here is it on! It's just a plain simple pink which is nice for those days when I'm not into wearing alot of make-up.
It has good lasting power,  I can certainly see why they are called 'paints'

 I'm a huge nail polish fan, especially Barry M, you can't go wrong it's cheap, it lasts and they have so many to chose from. Recently they bought out the 'effects' nail paint, which the world has gone nuts for (including me) but also 2 new A/W shades - 'Dusky Mauve' and 'Indigo'.

I only picked up one, and the one in question is the 'Dusky Mauve'. Apparently this is a dead ringer for the Chanel 'Particuliere' I got it wrong! Paradoxal! I've not tried the Chanel so can't say but plenty of reviews and bloggers claim it is.

As you can see it has a slightly bruised effect with a hint of mauve shimmer.

My room was so dark it was hard to get a good snap of this so:
Without flash

With flash.
You can kinda see the shimmer, it looks alot more purple in these pics, I'd say it's slightly browner.

Have you used any Barry M lip paints? What colours were good?

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Topshop Make-Up Lip Marker Review.

Due to a heavy Hallowe'en weekend I gave myself the weekend away from blogging to rest from the madness, I had tonnes of fun and will be doing a post in the week when pics are uploaded (I didn't take my cam and my friend forgot hers). 

Today I was in Topshop buying my Christmas present from my mum - IT'S THIS. Awesome.

I saw some new products in the make-up range, they've actually been around for a month or so now but one item that caught my eye was the Lip Marker (I'm pretty sure it's part of the new Heavy Duty range anyway) - there was no tester but I felt brave so just bought it:

Lip Marker in 'Berry' - £7.50

When I opened it, I was like WOW because it looks like a felt tip!

I had heard this was a 'lip stain' so wanted to give it a go after reading THIS article.

You can wear the lip marker alone or add it to a layer of lipstick to add drama and give it a lasting effect.

Here I wore it alone:

As you can see it is a really bold red, however achieving full coverage was quite hard (mainly on the top lip).

I think I would re-try this marker with a lipstick underneath or over because straight after these pics I ate Pomegranate (like an animal with my hands might I add) and the marker had gone! I do love the 'stained' look, the only thing with this marker is I'd be worried about how long the pen will last as there is no way of telling and you have to apply alot for full coverage.
Oh and it smells and tastes like berries which is great!

Hope you all had a great Hallowe'en, what did you go as?
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