LOVE, WANT, NEED, HAVE TO HAVE

For my LOVE, WANT, NEED, HAVE TO HAVE post for this week I have chosen this Oh So Amazing dress from Jen's Pirate Booty. I am totally in holiday mode at the moment when it comes to my choices for Spring Summer as my husband and I have booked our Summer Holiday. Everything I am buying or lusting after has to fit into my holiday wardrobe somehow whether for beach or bar. I have been in love with this label for a couple of years now ever since I saw of piece of theirs on One Tree Hill. Their bohemian aesthetic and wearable styles fit both my personality and style perfectly. I don't think I have seen a piece yet that I don't adore. Worn by all those Bohemian Style Stars the label has gained quite a few followers and has been spotted on everyone from Alessandra Ambrosio to Ashley Tisdale and Vanessa Hudgens, who is a big fan.

 

The brand is available from many online outlets but this one in particular I found on The Trend Boutique and happens to be on sale at the moment, for $104.99. Always a plus! I am so completely obsessed with this dusky rose colour, it's probably my favourite colour to wear. I am hoping that this will be one of the pieces squeezed into my suitcase (which no doubt will be overflowing) come holiday time.

A Celebration

February was a big month for us this year with plenty of celebrations. My husband received his citizenship and then the following week was not only Valentine's Day but also our 4 year Wedding Anniversary on the 11th. We decided to hit the club in order to dance away our stress, have a couple of drinks and enjoy being with each other. It is not something we do alot, I have to be honest. We don't regularly have babysitters and we both feel like money is so tight that we would rather spend it on something other than alcohol. However the time does come every now and again where we throw caution to the wind, splurge a little and go wild.
I wore this Black River Island playsuit which I borrowed from my sister teamed with a black studded belt which came from a River Island maxi skirt I have. I wore these fab Aldo platforms which I adore. They are so comfortable and so easy to wear.

I wore my go to look of plenty of bronzer and tan with some Ardel lashes over a smokey eye, a nude lip and some gel extensions with white tips and a statement nail inspired by Valentines Day which I will do a post on separately. Unfortunately due to the rush we were in to leave the house I didn't get many pictures and my camera was on the wrong setting so these pictures aren't even that great but I guess, that's they way it goes.
I am sorry this post is only going up now but I literally forgot it was there, ready to go. 

Major!!

Having some serious tattoo envy at the moment. I love tattoos and have done all my life. I began planning my first tattoo when I was about 12 which I then got when I was 20. For the last year I have been planning my next tattoo down to the final little details and I hope to get it done very soon, well at least before I go on holidays this year. While planning my second tat I have also planned further down the line and have planned in detail number 3 and have ideas for 4, 5, 6 and 7. Is that crazy, Ha! Anyway during all my tattoo research Ms. Erin Wasson's tattoo style is one that I adore and encompasses pretty much everything I love in a tattoo. Major Tat Envy

Not only is her tattoo style amazing, I am starting to obsess about her style in general. She always looks amazing with her rocker slash bohemian chic style and I am definitely in love with her jewellery line, Low Luv by Erin Wasson which I'm going to be doing a post on soon.
What do you think of Erin Wasson? Are her tattoos to you taste?

LOVE, WANT, NEED, HAVE TO HAVE

For this week's LOVE, WANT, NEED, HAVE TO HAVE I am going with the UNBELIEVABLE Dita Legends Sunglasses. Adored by the celebrities the brand uses Solid Gold Frames for some of their designs. Complete luxury. The Selection of Sunglasses that Dita has is beyond AMAZING and yes I would take them all but the Supa Dupa are my pair of choice (for this week anyway). I love my sunglasses and these would make a fabulous addition to my collection. Of all on offer these are one of the less expensive pairs with the cost of some running into the E750 range so at least my dream choices are affordable if I save for a year or so..

I've had my eye on these for quite a few years now and I feel that the obsession is fully forged within my soul as my lust has grown instead of disappearing. I Love, I Want, I Need, I Have To Have!

Steal Her Style

I was flicking through my usual roll of sites on Sunday when I came across the latest pictures of Rihanna. Having finally gotten rid of the blonde hair and returned to a gorgeous black she decided to post some twitter pictures of her new style. Not only did I notice that her hair is now AMAZING again but the other factor that caught my eye was her top. 

I love it. I have it! And guess what, so can you. Rihanna is wearing River Island. Rihanna was in River Island HQ about a month ago, so i presume she picked it up then. As River Island is my favourite store I know the depth of the love the store has for Rihanna with the large selection of Rihanna tshirts available in store but little did I know she loved River Island back, until now. I love that she's wearing high street and something that all of us can acquire. When I saw that picture of Rihanna in RI HQ the first thoughts that went through my mind were collaboration line. Oh the possibilities. Wouldn't that be just beyond amazing.
Anyway you too can steal Rihanna's style here with this fab River Island Rolling Stones Tank

For £20, eh you can't go wrong.

Fingers Adorned

 I have been having a serious obsession, over, um... maybe the past year, with gold jewelery. It's taken a major comeback in terms of style with celebrities and bloggers everywhere stocking up on lots and lots of gold. From finger adorned with layered rings to the major arm swag displayed by style stars everywhere. I have already touched a little on the subject with various post on my girl, Rihanna and her ever gorgeous collection of gold pieces, which she mixes up from her every day style to her Red Carpet fabulousness. For this post I wanted to show you a few pictures of layered rings that have majorly caught my eye and had me lusting after some serious gold. These are pictures I have come across on Tumblrs and Pinterest some I am unsure of their exact origins.

 I am almost completely obsessed with the double finger rings with the connecting chain and the finger top rings enabling you to double up on the one finger. To die for!!
What do you think about this layering trend? Are you obsessed with gold too?

Honourable Mention

My Honourable Mention for this week is the gorgeous Miley Cyrus, photographed last week on the Red Carpet at Muhammed Ali's Celebrity Fight Night XIII, where she later performed.

Wearing an absolutely STUNNING, Peach Jenny Packham silk gown with an asymmetrical hem and an open back, the beautiful Miley blew everyone away. Her gorgeous Ombred wavy cropped hair complemented her subtle makeup and simple jewellery. Her nude peep toes only elongating her tanned legs. I have never noticed before how beautiful and blue her eyes are and this whole look with the careful selection of colours just made them pop even more.

 Miley who has been working out alot lately, having been spotted at Pilates regularly, showed off her toned arms and legs in the dress which did everything it possibly could to accentuate the hard work the Miley has so obviously been putting in.

 Miley has really begun coming into her own in the past year and her new more toned body teamed with her drastic hair cut are showing the star's transition into adulthood. I think she looks amazing and I have a feeling that we're going to be seeing alot more of Miley looking this sensational in the future and she will, no doubt, be joining my list of Style Stars.

LOVE, WANT, NEED, HAVE TO HAVE

For this week's LOVE, WANT, NEED, HAVE TO HAVE I have gone in a slightly different direction with what I am lusting after. Generally my objects are desire are fashion picks, however, this week I am wanting some concert tickets. For the Jay-Z and Kanye West "Watch the Throne" tour.

Tickets went on sale in Ireland last week and I am hoping that they do not sell out for a couple more weeks so that I can purchase some once my bills are paid. I love Jay-Z and Kanye West separately and together they are seriously amazing.

I have seen Jay-Z in concert twice already and they were some of the best concerts I have been to. Unfortunately though I missed Kanye West the last time he came to Ireland, and if you ask me why, I actually can't remember. It is unacceptable though.

I have the album and I love it so obviously the next step in purchasing the tickets. Fingers Crossed!
Are ya'll into Jay-Z and Kanye?

The Oscar Red Carpet

As I missed the other Red Carpets of the Award Season due to a tempermental computer, I wanted to make sure that I got THE most important Red Carpet, The Oscars. As always, I was up watching the E! Red Carpet coverage as it unfolded. Ryan Seacrest being covered in Bisquick and everything. So here are my Best Dressed
My Best dressed of the night, Jennifer Lopez in Zuhair Murad. Wowza. She's is absolutely flawless.
I am slightly unsure of whether I prefer Jessica Chastain in Alexander McQueen or Milla Jovovich in Elie Saab Couture. Such completely different dresses worn by completely different women but equally so gorgeous. And who could not love George Clooney's "personal Oscar", Stacy Keibler in Marchesa. The colour of this dress with her skin tone and hair looked like spun gold. Truly fabulous. If it wasn't for the flower on the hip, this would have been my number 1.
Michelle Williams in Louis Vuitton was stunning. Not so sure about the pink clutch with the coral dress though. Gwenelth Paltrow in a stunning structured Tom Ford and then Octavia Spencer in Tadashi Shoji
I also thought that Melissa McCarthy, Maria Menunous, Viola Davis looked stunning.
And Giuliana Rancic even though she was there to report she definitely deserves an Honourable Mention, Wow! Did she bring her A Game or what?!. The best I have ever seen her look, I would love to see a few more lbs on her though.

So there you have it. My Top 10 and an Honourable Mention.
Who were your Top 10? Anywhere along the lines of mine?

A Dream is a Wish the Heart Makes

A Dream is a Wish the Heart Makes ~ Cinderella

My Little girl asked me the other day what a dream was. This is the first answer that came to my mind. I couldn't explain it any other way to a 3 year old that would have made sense to her. To me however, a dream is slightly more complex. I was searching through my blog roll today and as always came upon Spell and the Gypsy. I have previously posted about this blog and I am sure that I will do so again. I am so inspired by this blog and this post is no different. The picture immediately caught my eye and brought my daughter's question straight back into my mind.

I consider myself a dreamer. I always have been. Dreaming of how I think life should be, dreaming of the future, dreaming of when things may be a little better. I feel like sometimes my mind doesn't make sense and that my living in my dreams and in the future is disrupting my present. Not living for the moment, the day and all that. This picture on Spell and the Gypsy spoke right to my dreams. The feeling of freedom. The peace of mind. That deep breath that I take when I see a picture that speaks to me like this. I can't really explain it, what it really is. A dream for things to be like it is in this picture. Organic (not in the food sense), free, easy, to know who you are in life and where you're going, not just having an idea of where you want to end up. I worry sometimes that I am lost. I don't know who "I" am anymore. That I've lost my path and I am unsure of how to find it again. I need to live more for today, take it an run with it and stop searching for some ideal that I dream will finally make me happy....

LOVE, WANT, NEED, HAVE TO HAVE

For any of you who have read my blog before, on a Friday I like to post my lust worthy item of the week. I call it my LOVE, WANT, NEED, HAVE TO HAVE. Everybody sees things every day that they like/love but unfortunately sometimes are unable to buy them. Obsessions grow (well for me anyway) and those items lusted after turn into a situation of HAVE TO HAVE! Sometimes we may be able to purchase those items (such as these) as they are within our reach, price wise or they may be within a local store, other times we may have to settle on a highstreet piece inspired by our loved item (see here and here)and for those other unfortuate occassions they may always have to remain a loved and lost item (I literally shed a tear) or something we will continue to Love and Want (like this).
This week I am seriously lusting after these Steve Madden ankle booties available from Endless.

I am so seriously in love with these booties. They are so perfect for the transition into Summer and even through the Summer in Ireland, as we all know Ireland doesn't really do Summer, not in the typical sense anyway. The perfect mix between Moccasin and a bootie. The subtle addition of the Aztec print on the turn down. These will be added to my wardrobe very soon and will be a very much loved pair of shoes, I promise. These will also be appearing in outfit posts over the next couple of months so stay tuned to see if you appreciate how I style them. 

Do you like these booties? What are you Loving this week? Anything you HAVE TO HAVE?

Steal Her Style

Following yesterday's post Return of the Tims I was so inspired by my deep rooted love of Timberlands that I decided to do a steal her style. Obviously Rihanna's outift was a stage outfit for a live performance so there was an element of dramatic effect so my outfit is a slightly more wearable and everyday outfit which will suit the streets of Dublin a little better, sans the paint splatters. Check it out,

Jumper - Topshop
Shorts - Forever 21
Boots - Timerland
Necklace and Hand Harness - Asos
All other Jewellery - River Island

Would you wear this outfit? Do you love the layering of gold jewellery as much as I do?

Return of the Tims

Like many others I was curled up on my couch last night watching the Brits. For one I love to watch music awards shows and the Grammy's for some reason have still yet to be shown on the pathetic channels that I possess, secondly I love live music especially when the likes of Adele is singing and getting interviewed. Her voice is amazing and she seems like she has the most amazing sense of humour (the finger gesture aimed at the suits). And thirdly anything and I mean anything the Rihanna is a part of I feel like if I miss it I will miss something important. As you know my obsession for Rihanna is a strong one.

So last night watching Rihanna's Brit performance I was instantly drawn to her outfit, naturally. A scruffy sweatshirt, some white denim hot pants and Timberlands.
Not something you would usually find attractive or sexy but to me, I loved it. I used to own a pair of Timberlands and literally wore them to death. I think there is something very sexy about a non typically attractive outfit and clunky pair of shoes. One of the reasons "The Boyfriend Trend" or Masculine Tailoring has become so standard in fashion these days. A tight white t, a pair of boyfriend jeans and a pair of high tops for example. For a few years now converse and vans have featured heavily in the wardrobes of so many, me for one and also those of my sisters. Store Collections have grown and different styles have been added and nowadays I don't know many people who don't own at least one pair of cons or vans. I have definietly noticed more of this trend emerging with high tops sneakers returning to the high street and celebrities rocking the sportswear high top with an everyday outfit. It's like a merging of Urban Sports/Utility with the boyfriend trend and tailoring.

Rochelle Wiseman rocked the trend last year wearing this gorgeous orange Zara Blazer with skinnies and these Nike High Tops.

I loved it when I saw the picture and I still love it now. This outfit is my style and definitely something I would rock. It's a perfect Summer in Ireland outfit. So in honour of Rihanna's return to the Tims I have picked a few pairs of shoes that are on my radar to rock this summer.
First Row both available from Asos: Converse on left, Nike on Right
Second Row both available from River Island
Third Row: Left Converse Exclusive to Office, Right Aldo
I also have my eye on a fab pair of converse from Foot Locker which are grey and purple with a Aztec print fold down but unfortunately I couldn't find them online.
And of Course not forgetting what this whole post is inspired by the Timberland Boot
Timberlands are available from various different outlets such as Asos, Office, Schuh and of course any Timberland stores.

What do you think of this emerging trend? A keeper for you or not?

Honourable Mention

I've been a little MIA lately due to the charger on our laptop deciding it had had enough. I was really annoyed about it as it happened the day after i'd started preparing my Golden Globes post which meant not only was I unable to edit the post but i was also unable to post it. I missed the moment and the moments after for posting my dress favourites for the SAG awards and also the Grammys. In order to get back into the regular posting here is my Tuesday post of my Honourable Mention of the week, none other than the unnaurally beautiful Rihanna.

 Rihanna is in London for the Brits and took time out to attend Stella McCartney's showcasing for her Autumn Winter Evening Wear 2012 Collection during London Fashion Week. Wearing a stunning Emerald Green silk dress with open back and thigh high split, Rihanna in my opinion blew everyone out of the water.
Acessorising this fabulous Stella McCartney creation with simple gold jewelery layered on in such a sexy tantilising way, Rihanna looks awesome. She wears what looks like four different neck pieces, a collar of simple gold under an open at the front, neck cuff combined with a thinner chain and cross pendant along with what seems to be at the moment, a signature piece for the red carpet, her body chain, which you can also see on her back. I absolutely love this piece. She wore it previously at the Grammys in her Georgio Armani Collaboration dress. I have also seen Beyonce in the past wearing a similar piece. Sheer perfection. Along with the necklaces Rihanna layered up the simple gold rings on her fingers aswell as a thin banded finger tip ring, which again I love. Finishing her decked out fingers with some simple gold bangles, it is very clear to be seen that not only is Rihanna the Queen of accessorizing but she has a truly lust worthy jewelery collection as alot of the pieces she wears regularly. The dress is complemented so well with Rihanna's amazing legs pointed in a sexy pair of strappy gold sandals.

With Simple makeup, a nude lip and gold shimmery eyes Rihanna truly stands out as a Major style star. Her latest hair colour, sleek and her stiletto nails in true gold shimmer all finish this look perfectly. I wouldn't have worn it any differently and I acutally couldn't pick holes in this look even if I tried.

 Pushing the boundaries regularly is something that not only gets Rihanna her headlines but she is seriously good at it. I love that she can change up her grungy day style with fishnets and suspenders and then give a double whammy performance with such a sexy, sophisticated and beyond gorgeous dress for her red carpet style. Bang On!!!