Lash Blast

Today i discovered these beauties, false eyelashes made of paper!
They just look so intricate and delicate.
They're made by a company called Paperself and designed by Ting yu Wang.
They are inspired by the art of Chinese paper-cutting and are available in 11 styles.
Each of them have a symbolic meaning from Chinese culture:
Horses: success
Peony: happiness and good fortune
Peach blossom: love and romance
Peacock: luck
Butterfly: beauty
Clown: to bring happiness.

1. Clown full lashes.

2. Peacock full lashes.

3. Model is wearing Peony full lashes.

4. Model is wearing Peach Blossom small lashes.

5.Peony full lashes.

 

My favourite are the Peony lashes as the look really lacey, Peonies are one of my favourite flowers and in the black and white picture they are really striking and elegant.The small lashes come in a pack of 4 so you can use them on your top or bottom lashes or both for added impact. I think they would be wonderful worn for a prom or special occasion. Most places are selling them for £10-£12. Asos.com currently has a sale on the lashes they stock, so i might have to snap up a pair for the Christmas party at work, if not they will have to go on my Christmas wishlist :)

 

Ttyl

Jennifer x

Song Sunday

Wow its Sunday again already! This week has gone so quick. I haven't really got explanations for the songs i picked this week, they're just songs that ive been listening to a lot recently. Hope you enjoy them.










Hope everyone has had a nice weekend.
Jennifer x

Forever 21 store in the UK

The first Forever 21 store in the UK opened last week, Yay!
One problem, it's 3hours from where i live :(

Im hoping they will open a store near me soon, but in the mean time im trying to persuede my mum to drive me up there on the way to a place we're staying the week after next.

I live at point A and im going to point C. Point B is where the Forever 21 store is :-s

Kinda out of the way but its our work Christmas party the following day and i wanted to get a new dress for the occasion without breaking the bank.

Heres some of the items im loving from the store.
Im really into cloches at the moment and these two are reasonably priced.
The jeans are only £12.50, Bargain!
I think the Minnie Mouse top paired with the skinnes and the jewelled bow heels would be a great party outfit.
Pale pinks and nude colours are set to be big in Spring/Summer11 so the Minnie Mouse top would easily carry over to next season.
I also really love the heels the model is wearing with the jeans but i cannot find them on the UK or USA website, so if anyone knows if theyre sold out or not released yet, i'd love to know when they're available.

Ttyl
Jennifer x

Song Sunday

Hey, first up is Hammock by Howls, i heard this song at work the other day and thought it was quite catchy so looked it up. It was the line 'howling at the moon' that caught my attention, i seem to be very fond of wolves at the moment without realising i have been watching Vampire Diaries, True Blood and Twilight (all featuring werewolves), also reading a book by Isabel Wolff (great author btw if you like chicklit) listening to a song Wolf Like Me by TV on the Radio (next mv) and music by Patrick Wolf.


As mentioned before this is Wolf Like Me by Tv on the Radio, a friend recommended this band to me a while ago and i love this tune, i also like the way that it has been shot in the video with an old fashioned movie kinda feel.


Next up is Forever and Ever, Amen by The Drums. A friend also told me about this band a while ago, when they only had a few songs out, i must admit i wasnt in love with them at first but i had another look at them recently and there are quite a few songs i like on their album, this one is a favourite as it always makes me think of someone in particular.


My favourite song of the week is Blue Moon by Kendal Johansson, i downloaded this immediately after seeing the latest episode of Gossip Girl (408). It just sounded wonderful in the last scenes of the episode, i must have listened to it at least 20 times since last night.

More music next week, ttyl
Jennifer x

First outfit post



Blouse: £19.99 H&M

Shorts: £19.99 H&M

Leggings: £3 Primark

My first outfit post :)

I originally saw the blouse and shortly after i saw the shorts, even though they have the same print on them i thought they would look cute together because of the contrasting colours. I think the outfit would look really nice teamed with one of my pairs of vintage brown brogues.
I wouldn't normally pick a blouse with a high neck but i quite like it on this one as it has the frilled panel and i could always undo another button to make it more of a v-neck. 
I have always struggled to find shorts and trousers that fit me properly, whether i put on weight or lose weight i always stay the same shape (pear-shaped) with my waist being a slightly smaller size than my hips but shorts from H&M fit me pefectly because of being slightly high waisted and not really short and skimpy, which is often difficult for me to find in other stores and they always have cute colours and patterns. I bought a pair of high waisted denim shorts in March, i have had so much wear out of them they were definately worth the £15 i paid for them. So im hoping ill get a lot of wear out of these ones too.

Jennifer x

Song Sunday

This week instead of finding new music that i've found recently, i thought i'd post songs that i already had in my collection. Ive been working my way through my itunes and have found several songs that A. i've either not listened to, B. that i've completely forgotten i owned or C. that i forgot to upload from my old laptop to my new one back in Februaryso havent listened to them in months.
So first up is Solitude Is Bliss by Tame Impala, this was a free download on itunes back in September, i haven't really listened to it before but i don't think it would sound out of place back in the 60s, around the time of the Beatles, its got that kind of sound.



This song i listened to loads when i first found it but was left in a music folder i havent looked at in months, Wonder by Dan Black, its a catchy, end of summer kind of tune to me. It'll probably become a really popular overplayed song now though as its on Fifa 2011 even though the song was released over a year ago. I get bored of songs so quickly when they get played on the radio so often, they just lose their magic, so im kinda hoping this one dosent get thousands of downloads just because its featured on a game.

Next is Take Your Medicine by Cloud Cult, i'd never heard of this band until July but now they are one of my favourites. This is one of the songs i own that i haven't really listened to as much as the others but it actually seems that this is one of the songs where i can relate to the lyrics the most, i shall be listening to it more often after rediscovering it.


Lastly because its 3am and i really should be sleeping this seems like the perfect song, If You Can't Sleep by She&Him. I think Zooey is inspirational shes a talented singer, actress, model and has the most wonderful dress sense. I only discovered She&Him recently but i love their 60s style tunes.



Ttyl
Jennifer x

Happy without you..

Apologies for not doing a Song Sunday post this week, things were a little busy due to Halloween (pumpkin carving and the last minute decision to take my neice trick or treating) and also dying my hair and watching half of season 2 of True Blood.

So here's a new song by one of my favourite artists, Patrick Wolf. he is amazing live and can play practically any musical instrument beautifully. I love this song already, the lyrics just seem really relevant to me at this moment in time.


I hope everyone had a great halloween, ttyl.

Jennifer x