Showing posts with label Olivia Palermo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Olivia Palermo. Show all posts

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.

7.20.2014

My ULTIMATE Style Icons: Olivia Palermo (1)

Hello lovely people!
This week I'm going to talk to you about my style icons. I think most of you might have one or more style icons, it could be an actress, a model, a blogger or even your mother or a friend of yours that when you see them you think ''oh my god, I want to wear what they are wearing, now''. For those who don't know the meaning of style icon it stands for a person that inspires you in the way they dress and reflects into your personal style. I have a lot of people who inspire me in the way I dress but these are my ultimate style icons:

- Olivia Palermo
- Alexa Chung
- Cara Delevingne
- Miranda Kerr
- Gala Gonzalez
- Chiara Ferragni
- Poppy Delevingne
- Rumi Neely
- Rosie Huntington Whiteley

So now I'm going to get right in to it and explain the first one because I'll divide this kind of ''series'' and do a post dedicated for each of them explaining who is she, how is her style, why she is my style icon and some of my favourite looks from her. Enjoy!

1. Olivia Palermo
Yes, you guessed it. I don't even know how many posts I dedicated to her in this blog, don't even want to count them...


Who is she?
Olivia Palermo is an American socialite and model, she was first known for her appearance in the reality The City. She grew up in Greenwich (NYC) and later attended to Parsons The New School for Design, a very privileged university where she studied media. She has worked in many different brands and have been the covers for many magazines such as Marie Claire, Elle, InStyle, Harper's Bazaar... Nowadays she has a lifestyle blog (which I love) and works on an e-commerce website with The Fancy. And recently has got married with the gorgeous model Johannes Huebl.

 (Life goals right here)

How is her style?
Olivia is the epitome of chic. I would define her style as chic, preppy, feminine, elegant, sophisticated and polished, but she always likes to take risks and try out different styles and she rocks them, her outfits are always on point.

Why she is one of my style icons?
If I'm honest she's my number 1 style icon, there isn't any of her outfits that I dislike. I love that she can get very simple and casual outfits and glam them up with special pieces. I also really like the fact that her looks are very easy to wear and most of them look very comfy. She also wears different brands from Zara and Topshop to Chanel and Dior, so some outfits can be a little bit more to achieve.

Some of my favourite looks









Much love,
Julia

3.26.2014

Get the look: Olivia Palermo (III)

Hello lovely readers! If you had read this blog for a long time you would know that my fashion icon and favourite it-girl in the whole world is the one and only Olivia Palermo. Her style is always flawless: it's the perfect mix of glamorous chic and trendy with a touch of casual pieces in some of her outfits, she knows how to combine perfectly a Zara or Totshop piece with other ones from luxury brands. That's why I've decided to dedicate my second post of this new journey to her with a ''Get the look'' post which I looove to do, with one of her recent outfits.
I hope you like my finds and try to recreate this look, if you do make sure to send me a photo on twitter or instagram with the hasthag #GetTheLookWithJuliamuch love.




(Images from Zimbio)



Monochrome Chic



Julia Coldwell

3.04.2013

Get the look: Olivia Palermo (II)

Hello lovely readers! How are you today? I hope you are very good. So this is Get the look post and if you been following my blog for a while, you will know I do a lot of this posts, I don't know if you get tired of them but I love doing them. Today's outfit is of the beautiful it-girl Olivia Palermo, as always wearing a chic perfect outfit, you can wear it in a formal lunch or dinner or for going shopping. Do you like this outfit? Tell me what you think in the comments. Much love, bye!

¡Hola queridos lectores! ¿Cómo estáis hoy? Espero que estéis muy bien. Así que este es un post de Get the look y si habéis seguido mi blog por un tiempo, sabréis que hago un montón de este tipo de post, no sé si os cansáis de ellos, pero me encanta hacerlos. El outfit de hoy es de la hermosa it-girl Olivia Palermo, como siempre lleva un outfit chic perfecto, lo puedes llevar perfectamente en una comida o cena  formal o para ir de compras. ¿Os gusta este look? Decidme lo que os parece en los comentarios. Mucho amor, bye!

Get the look: Olivia Palermo 2



12.01.2012

Get the look: Olivia Palermo

Second post of the day because yesterday I didn't publish anything. Another Get the look, it seems I'm inspired to do this kind of posts! Well this is dedicated to my favorite it-girl Olivia Palermo, this look is perfect for a cold winter day it's warm and comfortable and this yellow coat adds a touch of color to the mostly black look.

Segundo post del día para compensaros que ayer no publiqué nada. Otro post de Get the look, hoy estoy inspirada para hacer este tipo de posts parece! Pues este va dedicado a mi it-girl favorita Olivia Palermo, este look es perfecto para un día frío de invierno, es calentito y cómodo y este abrigo amarillo le da un toque de color a este look mayoritariamente negro.

Get the look: Olivia Palermo



Love,
Julia Coldwell

11.14.2012

Get these looks: Alexa Chung and Olivia Palermo

I know a lot of you will love to dress like the top it-girls so in this post I'll show yo how to get the looks of two different it-girls: Alexa Chung and Olivia Palermo. How you'll see the clothes I found aren't exactly like the ones that they are wearing but they look quite like them.
I love both looks, Alexa's is more like a summer chic look but if you wear it with tights you can wear it any day of the year and Olivia's is a comfy chic look and you can wear it any day you want because if you are hot you just have to take off the jumper and you'll look great anyway because the blue blouse looks so good ;)

Sé que muchas de vosotras les encantaría vestirse como las top it-girls por eso en este post voy a enseñaros como obtener dos diferentes de looks de dos diferentes it-girls: Alexa Chung y Olivia Palermo. Como podrás ver, la ropa que encontré no es exactamente como la que están usando, pero se parecen bastante.
Me encanta los dos lools, el de Alexa se parece más a un look veraniego chic, pero si lo llevas con medias puedes llevarlo en cualquier día del año y el de Olivia es un look chic pero a la vez cómodo y se puede usar cualquier día que quieras, porqué si tienes calor sólo tienes que quitar el sweater y te veras muy bien de todos modos porqué la blusa azul claro queda muy bien ;)


Get the Look: Alexa Chung


Get the Look: Olivia Palermo



Love,
Julia Coldwell