Burberry Lust

It isn't often that I post what I'm lusting after here - I leave that to Daisy - but after seeing this post on Style Scrapbook I had a moment where I fell head over heels. For wellington boots.

I missed the memo on Hunter - just don't really understand the obsession there actually, but these beauties... Whole other story.

Burberry Rain Boot £150

Am I suffering temporary insanity thinking £150 for boot shaped rubber is 'not that much'? What has happened to the bargain love inside me? (FYI my current wellibobs were £20 from Brantano back in 2008).

They look so much better in real life; case in point...

Image credit Style Scrapbook

Oh how I the mighty have fallen. 

It seems London has brought out the designer whore inside me. 

Are you a designer lover or 'Primark will do that cheaper' kind of gal?

**Edit** These were tried on in Selfridges Shoe Galleries and I decided they just weren't worth it. Turns out even expensive rubber, is just rubber.

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Umberto Giannini Painted Lady range

As part of my internship, I was lucky enough to see the preview of Umberto Giannini's make up range. The Backcomb in a Bottle genius is now being unleashed into make up. With sets due to be released in time for Christmas, there are some brilliant multi tasking gifts that will need to be taken advantage of.

From clutches filled with mini products, to the Party Loving Hair & Make Up Kit, that packs in every thing you'll need for a night out.

Their Painted Lady range includes a palette, which will be a permanant fixture in Boots, and on my dressing table. Taking the familiar female that adorns their hair products, the sturdy black packaging reveals 8 eyeshadows and 4 lip glosses, with a double ended brush applicator.

The pigmentation isn't brilliant, but for one who prefers sheer eyeshadow, then £10 is worth it.

I was very impressed with the gift sets, released in late August. They double up as great storage - a clutch and what I perceived as a luxury laptop bag! All filled with all your Umberto Giannini haircare products along with the individual eyeshadow which is housed in the prettiest of packaging.

I also had the pleasure of meeting Paul Gooch, who was the mastermind behind the range. He has worked on films like Alice in Wonderland, the make up in that film just amazed me. So seeing his work in person was a real treat.

All products will be exclusive to Boots, all part of the annual 3 for 2 Christmas Gift offer.
They are all amazingly priced as well, which I can't say I was expecting. Perfect way to treat yourself I say, it's not all about the giving you know.

**Gifted by the PR

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Motel Rocks High Summer Collection

Motel Rocks have taken the summer in full swing and have launched their High Summer collection to celebrate. Over the summer this will include four unique collections, each a little bit different to the last.

My favourite has to be the Colour Kaleidoscope range, perfect to channel the colour blocking trend and I have my eyes on the Laureen Dress in Plain Sapphire. Such a simple design but that eye catching blue is beautiful!

A collection I'm looking forward to is the Femme Fatale collection, coming soon to the site with what looks like some beautiful lace pieces, perfect to transition into autumn/winter.

The other brand new collection, available now is the Cherry Blossom Girl range. My favourite piece is the Vanessa Vest in Cherry Blossom and I love how they've styled it on the site. Perfect to pick up an otherwise boring outfit.

 

The Colour Kaleidoscope and Cherry Blossom Girl ranges are both available now, with Girls Who Like Boys and the Femme Fatale range coming soon! 

What are your favourites from the new ranges?

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INS AND OUTS OF INTERNING the first week

I'm beginning to get into the swing of London - Oyster user, running for tubes and grabbing a copy of the Metro makes me think I fit in with the rest of the commuters.

I have decided to reveal my internship, simply because I'm not going to be able to tell you  much if I don't! It's for Latest in Beauty, which is right up my street for a company. All about beauty and bringing you the cheaper alternative to having to buy all the new releases.

This week I have been working on drafting posts for their blog, along with a dabble in feature writing. I also got the chance to attend the Umberton Giannini event earlier this week, for the release of their new Painted Lady make up range, due to be released in time for Christmas.
I'll do a separate post to showcase the fab new products they're releasing.

Image taken from Umberto Giannini Facebook.

So, onto the tips, what I've learned in the first week;

• Get your travel route and payment sorted before you leave. Numerous queues for Oyster cards, reloads, rail passes and unexpected tube closures has meant a lot of waiting around this week.
  I recommend either London Tube or Tube Deluxe, as well as bus mapper for iPhone users.
• Don't always trust and rely on Google maps. Firstly my phone died when I needed maps at its most, then it said I had a 35 minute walk, which I have managed to do in 15 minutes or less every day
• Embrace the commute. On a good day it takes an hour and a half to get to the office, commitment I know! All you need is a good book (or Glamour!) or a good playlist and it honestly flies by once you know your route. Plus, running for trains and tubes have definitely improved my fitness, even from just the first few days!
• Use Twitter as a tool! Thanks to everyone (especially Deafinitely Girly) for any message of support, along with all your useful advice. Searching other tweets has an endless supply of answers to delays, why it's so busy and so much more you don't realise you'll want to know until it happens. 

I think I'm right in saying that this next week I'll really be getting into the project, so excited to see what I'll be responsible for.
For now I am enjoying lie ins (which don't seem to work as well after a week of 7am starts) and being back in a wireless internet world.

Follow my daily grind through Twitter @Phibster

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INS AND OUTS OF INTERNING overview

For those that read my previous Personality Injection post, you'll know I finally managed to get a relevant internship. Happy face.
I thought I'd catalogue my intern life in the form of a new series on the bloggity - hopefully this will help some of you who are lucky enough to get some work experience in your field.

So, here it is;

The Ins and Outs of Interning. 

Location; South London
Period; July to August
Field; beauty

Not every day is going to filled with exciting tasks, but I know there will be a large learning curve for this experience, a curve that you can bend along with me!

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Firstly, I am a Yorkshire girl, born and bred *insert rest of the rhyme here*. I am a proud Yorkshirian, but in all honesty couldn't wait to get out of the same old same old.
I'm going from being engulfed in fields and farm life to a concrete wonderland and a daily commute. 
I'll be living in Reading for two months and making the journey into Paddington station, before trickling down to South London via the tube.
I won't be getting into specifics of the Ins and Outs, not at least until I've left anyway. I still want a bit of anonymity in this.

With any new knowledge I gain, I can share some tips and tricks of the trade and document my new Southern lifestyle.

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Wish me luck! I'm sure I'm going to need it...

Keep on top of my daily grind through Twitter @Phibster

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Teenbook Magazine

I was one of those teenagers that bought every magazine out there. To begin with it was the TV Hits, Smash Hits and Live & Kicking, it then progressed to Mizz, then Bliss and J17. I'm not even sure the majority of those titles are still around, but a new one is making headway for that niche audience that need catering for.

Teenbook Magazine is filled with current fashion and beauty trends, culture, music and everything that other titles seem to miss for a large section of their target market. Teenbook is a new edge magazine.

Think NYLON for the teen market, this is just what I would like to read!
Teenbook is available online at issuu and I think it's perfect for the thousands of fashion bloggers which would love the content.

Issue one features Emily Osment (which if you haven't already got obsessed with I urge you to do so), Wildfox and Kat Graham (of Vampire Diaries/Honey 2 fame). Alongside beautifully shot fashion and jewellery edits.

Teenbook have just confirmed their second cover star, a Hollywood starlet with fashion labels, TV shows and fashion icon status, for release in September.

With fashionable teenagers taking over the world, this new quarterly title is a perfect accompaniment to their domination.

You can find Teenbook on Twitter & Facebook.

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Personality Injection - The big one.

No, I'm not getting married or having a baba just yet. But, this is actually the biggest and most exciting thing that has ever happened in my life, so lets bring in the asterisks.

**I have got an internship! Finally, I have bagged a 2 month position in South West London. I'm not saying where, just for a bit of privacy. But, rest assured it's definitely up my street - if you follow me on Twitter I'm bound to slip up and reveal all.
So, I'll be moving in with a friend in Reading and making the commute as of next week. So very nervous, but at least it's nervous/excited and not making me want to throw up.
*And congrats to Zoe who has managed to bag a summer job in Toronto! And I thought London was a big move...

**I am addicted to Instagram (for iPhone), that, alongside my (still successful) Project 365 means I am pissing off friends with the amount of random photos I'm taking.
Follow me! My user name is Peluxe - I've discovered some great photography on there.

Barry M Turquoise and Barry M Navy with blue shatter.

**After a rushed purchase of a second year house, we moved in last week and it's so much nicer than I remember. Fully cannot wait to properly move in and begin my second year of University in September.

 **Any Sheffield based bloggers? I urge you to go to Fancie cupcakes. It is exclusive to Sheffield (Winter Gardens, Sheffield Uni SU & Meadowhall) and is the nicest cake I've ever eaten. Me and the bestie went for tea and cake in Meadowhall last night and my excitement was kind of embarassing.

 

**Finally, after so much exchanging and free-so-super-long-wait delivery, I got my ASOS heels. The time makes it so much worse because they've now gone to a bargain £26 in the sale. 

 

I've been told to prepare for pain.

So, with my internship I'm not sure of how blogging service will be over the coming months, but I will try my hardest to get a few posts up for you. Please bare with me!

How is everyone else filling their summer?

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Aussie Summer Soireé

My wings were dusted off again last weekend as I headed down to 'that London' for another brilliant Aussie event.
All in the name of the Lusciously Lighter challenge, this event signified the end of our my Lighter Self challenge - although with exams, moving out of halls, decorating my room and a holiday, I can't say I've had the most success with it...

Anyway, we headed to Sunbeam Studios, a hop skip an a jump from Portobello Market for a day relinquishing the north/south divide among the angels.
Carla and I had a mooch around the market before heading to the event, a little tip for non Londoners, get to Portobello Market early. We could hardly move for tourists, spoons and people that loved to stop in the middle of a moving crowd.

The afternoon was filled with yummy salad, hair stylists, photography, champagne tasting and candy floss making. I was quite appalled to find I liked the cheapest (and least real champagne) sparkling wine of the tasting, in fact I found the only legitimate champagne quite horrible! Guess I don't have expensive taste after all...

Excellent group shot of Holly, Sara (new to the blogging world!), me, Carla, Lauren, Catherine and Liloo - courtesy of Carla.

I always look forward to meeting new bloggers then come over extremely shy to those new faces I was so excited to meet. The next time such a social event befalls me, I make a pact to put myself out there more. Please don't hesitate to come over to me, I'm just not one for the first move!
Hoping I didn't come off as rude to any of those that may have recognised me...

The summer dress code threw me with the awful weather that I came back from Spain to, I opted for this outfit;

As modelled in my newly decorated room;

Dress - George @ ASDA

Belt - Topshop

Brogues - Primark

Ring - VIPXO

What an excellent way to finalise the Lusciously Lighter lifestyle, although seeing my slight beach body completely disappear means I may just be beginning this journey instead of ending it.

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Perfect for Summer Batiste Tropical

I'm sure all of those reading this are fully aware of Batiste. It is one of my all time favourite brands and I have yet to find a dry shampoo that even comes near to competing.

Batiste have recently undergone a bit of a face lift. Releasing new size of their range, so for dry shampoo addicts like myself, it means one can will now last even longer.

I was sent the new version of Batiste Tropical and I'm still working on the same can despite using it for almost three weeks. The extra 50ml really makes a difference to the longevity of the product!

It claims to smell of 'coconut & exotic' and if any of you have ever gone for the cheaper Malibu in Tesco, it smells exactly the same (personally, it beats Malibu any day).
I think the revamped version of the Tropical scent has a slightly different scent to the original, with a bit more 'exotic' and a little less 'coconut' to freshen up your hair.

Batiste is now available in 400ml at £4.99, 200ml at £2.99 and 50ml at £1.55.

**PR Sample

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