Adventures of Barbarella

Favourite Look #7: Barbarella

January Favourites

We've started the year with a bang, I think.


Balenciaga Spring/Summer 2012 black lambskin motorcycle jacket. See a similar one here

 

 

Karl

A mysterious collar arrived this morning.

Stacked: Joining the arm party

Favourite Look #3: Lashes + Red Lip

Favourite look #2: Smoky + Red lip. (Crazy Eyes)

Favourite look #1: A natural nude

Week's Favourites

This lipstick. Boom (Tom Ford Pink Dusk)



Rather gross-looking up close.

Let's take a look at the state of my sofa for fun, shall we

Two days: Two crimson jeans

I LOVE this color

Beauty Essentials

I'm stuck at home with a cold and I have nothing to say about clothes. In fact, I'm not wearing any, so I thought i'd take this opportunity to catch up with something that I've been meaning to post for a while. It's not particularly fun, it's just one of those things that we girls like to know about. It's my beauty basics, those items that I am so dependant on that I systematically use and don't ever talk about, and I wholeheartedly recommend them to everyone.

SilkSkin pillowcase: This is a silk pillow case but not only that- in my experience, the best. It's not just like regular silk (granted, it's more expensive), it feels almost tacky. It's the softest material I've felt in my life, it feels almost moist. And I do sleep on the side, but it is also fantastic for the hair, it doesn't tangle at all on this.

Talika Lipocils: I've been using Talika on my lashes for years and years. It conditions them and brings them to their optimum state, which for most people means that it makes them curl, longer, thicker, and more of them. I use it as a primer in the morning (makes mascara apply so much smoother and also makes it easier to take off at night) and every night.

Liz Earle cleanser: I've only used this for about 4 months now but it has already become an all-time necessity. It just works and it feels great.

Nuxe Lip Balm: Again, used this for years (since I was 18?) on and off. Whenever I don't have it around I always miss it. It has a funny consistency for a lip balm, kind of like an organic lemon+honey health bar crushed. It doesn't have any shine and it keeps your lips moisturized for ever. I can't do vaseline or anything with petrolatum, it give me eczemas and doesn't moisturize at all.

YSL Touche Eclat: Another all time. I don't have dark circles, but this just makes my eye area feel bright and awake. It's also the best highlighter ever. And it feels like a cooling eye cream treatment.

I'm stuck at home with a cold and I have nothing to say about clothes. In fact, I'm not wearing any, (does a La Senza thong count?) so I thought i'd take this opportunity to catch up with something that I've been meaning to post for a while. It's not particularly fun, it's just one of those things that we girls like to know about. It's my beauty basics, those items that I am so dependant on that I systematically use and don't ever talk about, and I wholeheartedly recommend them to everyone. I think I'd rather have these than my wallet.

SilkSkin pillowcase: This is a silk pillow case but not only that- in my experience, the best. It's not just like regular silk (granted, it's more expensive), it feels almost tacky. It's the softest material I've felt in my life, it feels almost moist. And I do sleep on the side, but it is also fantastic for the hair, it doesn't tangle at all on this.

Talika Lipocils: I've been using Talika on my lashes for years and years. It conditions them and brings them to their optimum state, which for most people means that it makes them curl, longer, thicker, and more of them. I use it as a primer in the morning (makes mascara apply so much smoother and also makes it easier to take off at night) and every night.

Liz Earle cleanser: I've only used this for about 4 months now but it has already become an all-time necessity. It just works and it feels great.

Nuxe Lip Balm: Again, used this for years (since I was 18?) on and off. Whenever I don't have it around I always miss it. It has a funny consistency for a lip balm, kind of like an organic lemon+honey health bar crushed. It doesn't have any shine and it keeps your lips moisturized for ever. I can't do vaseline or anything with petrolatum, it give me eczemas and doesn't moisturize at all.

YSL Touche Eclat: Another all time, and the older I get the greater it becomes. I don't have dark circles, but this just makes my eye area feel bright and awake. It's also the best highlighter ever. And it feels like a cooling eye cream treatment.

Ibiza: August Favourites

The FOOD! This is what life is made of..

What I Wore: Guess Girl

Favourites of the week

Pink lipsticks

Ugh there's that new freckle on my neck, i hate it. You're probably looking at the UFO inside my nostril, but I can only see the freckle

Those earrings i'm wearing above. I think they're a gemstone..I like them cause they go with my eyes and that looks really good. And they're very nonchalant

The word "nonchalant" . Word of the month I tell you. I'm gonna say this so many times my friends are gonna dump me. I kind of wanna add it to my surname, somehow

Starbucks White Mocha lattes - thank you to the girl who recommended this, I like them! (but still miss my toffee nut lattes. Starbucks should make that permanent)

This biker jacket. I like (in order):
a) how it smells
b) how soft it is




These:

 

Shoot day

Loved this shoot, I was so excited I started sending photos to everyone halfway through. I have plenty of photos of me prancing around in my underwear being silly, but I'll post some "serious" ones first.

The mixtape I made for today:

Phenomenal Handclap Band - You'll Disappear
Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl (this is actually one of my favourite songs ever :X)
David Bowie - Hang on to Yourself
Pet Shop Boys - Rent
Velvet Underground - Venus in Furs ( I just loved the title of this. Not sure I actually like the song)
Britney Spears - Gimme More (no shoot mixtape is complete without britney)
Hole - Samantha
Hole - Skinny Little Bitch
Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra
Razorlight - Golden Touch
Ladytron - Destroy everything you touch
Edith Piaf - La Vie en Rose
Marilyn Monroe - Everybody needs a Da-Da-Daddy
Glenn Miller Orchestra - A String of Pearls

These are still unretouched. I'm loving the makeup I came up with, I'll do a breakdown below because this is one of my favourite looks ever. I was originally going for a very rock&roll black eye, but then I started adding purple glitter and lashes and it ended up more like a 70s thing.

Preen sheepskin leather jacket (above). I get this jacket into as many pictures as I can. Same goes for the one below. And below I'm wearing: trusty Miu Miu clogs, vintage mink jacket, Angie Gooderham necklace, the Great Frog skull earrings

Makeup:
A light layer of Face Atelier Ultra Pro Foundation in Wheat. Love this, the makeup stayed on flawlessly and it did not shine, or look cakey at all.
YSL Touche Eclat
Laura Mercier Secret Camouflage concealer in SC-4
Bobbi Brown Pale Yellow Loose Powder

Benefit Hoola Bronzer as contour
NARS Mata Hari Blush just on the top of the cheek

On the eyes:
YSL eyebrow pencil #3?
YSL eye pencil black as a liner on the top lid
The darker warm brown shadows from the Urban Decay Naked palette all over the upper lid
NARS Mata Hari on top, on the crease and blended to the browbone
MAC Blacktrack eyeliner
MAC Glitter Brillant purple glitter on the lower lid
Shu Uemura Luxe Black eyelashes
Shu Uemura Natural Lower eyelashes

Lips:
Too Faced Lip Injection (always prep with this for pictures)
MAC Creamola lipliner (love obvious lipliner)
YSL Rouge Pur Couture #10: prettiest pink ever

This is what happens on the floor of the studio when I'm doing makeup.




I let my hair dry naturally and then used 5 big Babyliss hot rollers this morning

 

Summer Update

I'm away again, I dare not spend the summer anywhere but at the beach in Ibiza, it's just the way it's meant to be. I'm not even gonna pretend I'm going back to London until mid September.

Look of the day:

 
 
I don't wear makeup to the beach but I do wear lip stuff. Here I'm wearing Brownie Pink lipliner by Bobbi Brown and the Dior Lip Glow. Sunglasses are vintage Comptoir Sud Pacifique.

And evening: White Raybans, lapislazuli necklace, pink embroidered silk shirt from one of my favourite shops in town, Ganesha. Metallic bag from The Sandal Shop both in Ibiza town.

 


And mommy's look of the beach day:

 


Spot the boobies.

She's wearing Chanel Nouvelle Vague on fingertips, Eres swimsuit, Celine retro sunglasses and a hat by a company that I can't remember right now but I borrow it as often as I can. They stock them in Campos de Ibiza, Marina Botafoch (Ibiza).