Showing posts with label Inspiration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Inspiration. Show all posts

9.09.2015

The Weekly Street Style Inspiration

If you've been reading my blog for a while you would know how much I love street style, it is where I get most of my inspiration for my outfits - in addition to Instagram and my beloved fashion blogs. What I like about street style is that you can see how people wear the latest trends in so many different ways, according to their personal style.

As back to school is just around the corner (or maybe you have already started), I decided to gather the finest selection of street style inspiration of the week, so if you are stressing about thinking what the heck are you going to wear for school (or life in general), because you've been wearing PJs and sweatpants all summer and you don't remember what clothes even are (by the way, I can totally relate to you), in this post you'll find some inspiration to look dang good. I'll try to make this a weekly post, so each week you will have new inspiration to play with.

Remember that this is just inspiration, you should never try to copy an entire outfit, these are just ideas which you should then adapt to your personal style.









(Photos from here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here)

9.07.2015

The only jacket you will need this Autumn

Jackets are my favourite clothing piece of all, if it were for me, I would only buy cool jackets and then just wear a white t-shirt, jeans and a nice pair of shoes. I always want to buy new ones but my mum has banned me from buying any, even with my own money, because ''I have too many''- I really don't have that many. If I'm honest, I can understand her a little because jackets and coats are usually the most expensive pieces in shops. She always says: ''You should buy more shirts and t-shirts, Julia!'', but I'm never that attracted to them, unless they have a really interesting detail or graphic.

You can't deny me that a cool jacket can make a ''You look ok...'' outfit to a ''Dang, you look good!'' outfit. Am I right?

My all time favourite style of jacket is the biker jacket (also known as the ''perfecto'' jacket) and I really think that if there is a piece of clothing you should invest in, it definitely has to be this one, you won't be disappointed.

It's a timeless shape that comes back every single season, it's really versatile and comes in a huge variety of fabrics, colours and finishes, depending in the material it can make your outfit look super sophisticated (suede) or very edgy (leather). That's why in the selection I've gathered for you Today includes variations within the style, which can maybe adapt better to your personal style. I've also included cheap and expensive options so whatever your budget is, you can still afford one.

Here you have my picks...

the biker jacket


Acne Studios motorcycle biker jacket
€895 - tradesy.com


River Island faux fur collar jacket
€145 - riverisland.com


Zara suede leather jacket
€135 - zara.com


MANGO short jacket
€125 - johnlewis.com


MANGO long sleeve jacket
€82 - johnlewis.com


H M leather moto jacket
€27 - hm.com


What is your favourite clothing piece? I would love to know.

8.24.2015

I'm not a hair risk-taker (pros and cons of possible new hairstyles)


Today things are going to get hairy - that's one of the reasons I should never attempt comedy or anything similar.

I don't know about you but each time a new season is coming I feel the need to change my hair, it's usually little things, for example, I always get my hair trimmed before summer, sometimes I might go a little crazy and let the hairdresser cut more than the usual (someone call the police because WE HAVE A REBEL RIGHT HERE). Although I have to say I've never done anything really really crazy. As far as hair dying goes, the most ''groundbreaking'' thing I've ever done is having some Babylight highlights done, which simulate the natural highlights you sometimes get during the summer thanks for the sun (yeah, I really am a risk taker), I think it's a great thing to do during the Autumn and Winter, as our hair tends to be a little bit darker.

This year I really want to do something different to my hair, I'm 100% I say this every-single-year, but I REALLY want to do it this time. I don't want to do anything crazy like, I don't know, rainbow-ombré hair (which I think it's fantastic but I just don't think I could pull it off), but maybe a different haircut I've never tried before or a new (staying in the blonde/brunette tones) colour.

So these few days I've been doing some research - and by research I mean stalking every Pinterest and Instagram account about hair - and I've narrowed down the hairstyle options to five lovely possibilities. I don't know which one I'm going to choose because I like them all equally, but the real question here is... CAN I REALLY PULL OFF ANY OF THE HAIRSTYLES? My answer is probably (more like absolutely) not, but you know, you only live once so I might just try fun things with my hair.

Here are the pros and cons of my possible new hairstyles.

1. The Jane Birkin / Francoise Hardy 
Brief description: Boob length straight hair (hurray for the professional hair terms!), with no layers and a messy longer-than-usual fringe.
Pros: It's really classy, chic and timeless at the same time. I wouldn't need to dye my hair because out hair colour is really similar. They are both big beauty and fashion icons for me and this is one of my favourite hairstyles ever.
Cons: I have naturally curled hair so if one day my worst enemy, also know as humidity, did it's thing, I'd have a lovely curly fringe and not in a lovely way, only Beyoncé and Rihanna can look flawless with that. Another con is that a fringe requires retouches every month so it doesn't go on your eyes.



2. The old Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Brief description: Boob length hair, long layers, soft beachy waves and Californian highlights that go from a light brown or dark blonde (like my natural colour) to a lighter blonde.
Pros: Very youthful, feminine and effortless haircut.
Cons: To achieve those natural beachy waves (with by the way, my hair NEVER looks like that after I go to the beach) which magazines claim you can just achieve them with a little bit of hair spray, it will require serious flat iron or curling iron skills.



3. The new Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Brief description: Midi messy haircut with a side part. The hair colour is practically the same as her old hair but with much lighter blonde highlights
Pros: It's fresh, youthful, sexy, easy to manage and easy to dry.
Cons: Will be difficult to remain styles due to the humidity and curly hair which just can't stay straight, unless I really - first learn and then - apply some serious hair skills.



4. The Olivia don't-even-have-to-say-the-surname-because-everyone-knows-it's Palermo.
Brief description: Long polished bob, which can be styled straight or curly, with no layers. It looks like it has some really natural almond-brown highlights.
Pros: Easy to style, effortless, elegant and chic.
Cons: Very similar to my hair right now, just shorter.



5. The Lily Aldridge balayage
Brief description: Boob length (this is the third time I've used the word boob in this post, I don't know why I had to point that out) haircut with long layers and beachy waves. Her hair goes from a really dark brown to a really light brown, but not in an ombré way because if you look closely, some of the hair remain the same colour, so it looks really natural. I'm pretty sure they've used the balayage technique which if you don't know what it means, you have a really good explanation here.
Pros: Effortless, sexy and easy to style.
Cons: Can't think of any cons.



Let me know in the comments which is your favourite hairstyle of the ones above and who knows, maybe in a couple weeks I'll be rocking (at least attempting) a new hairstyle.

7.23.2015

The ''instagramers'' you need to follow

Good morning lovely people!

I don't know about you but I'm addicted to Instagram, I think it's probably my favourite app out there. In the app, I follow waaaaay to many ''instagramers'' (is that even a thing?) who I don't know personally and it's usually for one of these five reasons:

1. They have a great fashion sense.
2. They travel a lot and they take beautiful pictures of the journey.
3. They are just gorgeous.
4. They are really funny.
5. There take really good photos.

Due to my addiction and after doing a lot of research on the accounts I was following, I created a list of the instagramers you need to follow right now classified in the features mentioned previously. Prepare to be inspired.

1. They have a great fashion sense.
Amlul @galagonzalez
Sarah Ellen @sarah3llen   
 Chiara Ferragni @chiaraferragni 
Julie Sariñana @sincerelyjules 

2. They travel a lot and they take beautiful pictures of the journey.
Marc Forné @marcforne
 Jay Alvarrez @jayalvarrez

3. They are just gorgeous.
Camila Morrone @cami_morrone
Ava Lane @avaalanee 
Joanna Halpin @joannahalpin 

4. They are really funny.
Hot Dudes Reading @hotdudesreading (the captions are the BEST.THING.EVER.)
 Tinder Nightmares @tindernightmares

5. There take really good photos.
Steve Booker @stevebooker
 Will Darbyshire @willdarbyshire 
Xenia @xenia_banus 

4.27.2013

YELLOW

Hello lovely readers! Yellow it's definitely my favourite colour for spring and it's of the colours we see the most, now more than ever because it's a big trend. I love yellow clothes and accessories in any outfit, specially in dark outfits because it gives the look a nice touch of colour and make them look nice and coloured. But not only in outfits, I also love yellow nails, I'm currently wearing them with this colour. So I decided to look for yellow inspiration, so you aren't only going to see yellow clothes or accessories, you'll see many other things. I hope you like this post, much love, bye!

¡Hola queridos lectores! El amarillo es definitivamente mi color favorito para la primavera y es de los colores que vemos más y ahora más que nunca porque es una gran tendencia. Me encanta la ropa y accesorios de color amarillo en cualquier outfit, sobre todo en outfits oscuros, ya que le da ese toque de color y hacen que se vean coloridos. Pero no sólo en ropa, también me encantan las uñas amarillas, ahora mismo las llevo de este color. Así que he decidido buscar inspiración con el color amarillo, así que no sólo veréis ropa y accesorios de color amarillo también veréiss muchas otras cosas. Espero que os guste este post, mucho amor, bye!