Tuesday, 9 February 2016

WHATS NEW

LIP OIL

Nourishing lip oil with a bespoke blend of caring cottonseed and vegetable oils for dry lips

& Other Stories | Cotton Care Toile Lip Oil

Lip Oil £9.00

& Other Stories | Cotton Care Toile Lip Oil

&OTHER STORIES

More than 63 years after her debut at Toy Fair in 1959, Barbie finally has a body that looks like the average teenage girl. Designed by Pittsburgh, Pa.-based artist Nickolay Lamm, the look may not be more flattering, but it’s definitely more believable.

Average Barbie, who has not been endorsed by Mattel, is modeled off body measurements of a normal 19-year-old American girl using data from the CDC. She’s shorter and broader, with a smaller head and thicker neck. Standing next to Average Barbie, Mattel’s Barbie looks a little alien.
Lamm levels the same criticism at Barbie that many have offered since the doll’s debut — that her unrealistic body proportions present an unattainable standard of beauty for young girls. While we criticize skinny models regularly, dolls may be even more influential to girls’ development of body image standards, he argues.

“If Barbie looks good as an average woman and even there’s a small chance of Barbie influencing young girls, why can’t we come out with an average sized doll?” Lamm tells TIME. “Average is beautiful.

Monday, 8 February 2016

ULTIMATE SLIP DRESS

Better-than-basic slip dress by ultra-contemporary label LF Markey is the ultimate grab-and-go piece. Features a lightweight fabric in a loose midi silhouette. Finished with a deep v-neckline, scoop back, side-entry and front pockets, and a slit to the reverse.

LF Markey Leon Blue Slip Dress

£145

URBANOUTFITTERS

WHATS NEW

£6.00

Codie Gold Multi Row Anklet

Multi Strand Bracelet

£6.00

Multi strand Necklace £8.00

PRETTYLITTLETHING.COM

SWEET POTS

Clinique Sweet Pots Sugar scrub & Lip Balm

There are six moisture rich tints that have been designed to impart the lips with a sheer pop of nourishing colour. Each are inspired by the flavours of macaroons;

Red Velvet
Orange Blossom
Pink Framboise
Sweet Rose
Candied Cassis
Citron Bleu (limited life shade)

All you do is massage the scrub into the lips, tissue it off and then apply the balm. Simple!

VICTORIA BECKHAM

Victoria, Victoria Beckham

Victoria, Victoria Beckham was launched in spring 2012 as the secondary label to the international style icon's eponymous brand. A skill for colour blocking is evident in complementary sweet pastel shades, whilst doll-like tailoring on shift dresses and smocks ensure Victoria, Victoria Beckham strikes a note with followers of the brand looking for smart clothes that are still young and feminine.

Black one-shoulder crepe dress