Archives for December 2013

Merry Christmas!

December 23rd 2013 Updates

FAIIINT black & white Siberian Husky Nico dressed up for Christmas in Claire's Accessories sequined antlers & santa hat

FAIIINT black & white Siberian Husky Nico dressed up for Christmas in sequined antlers & santa hat, silly, funny faces, ashamed, laughing, sticking tongue out.

Nico is not a fan of Christmas embarrassment!

We will be taking a short break this week for the holidays, and I just wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas! I hope each one of you gets everything you wished for & more, and I hope the New Year brings bigger & better things for all of us too. Here’s to blank slates, fresh starts & starting as we mean to go on!

We will be back next week with all the usual & hopefully some new stuff too. Happy Holidays & see you in the New Year!

PS: Don’t forget to enter the Cinderela B necklace giveaway that’s running over Christmas!

Whats In My Bag?

December 20th 2013 Life

Fashion blogger Stephanie of FAIIINT what's in my Balenciaga city bag. Makeup, flowerbomb perfume, iPad mini, iPod, iPhone 5, Leather gloves, Next cat ear hat, ASOS Cat eye sunglesses, MAC Makeup brushes, Pieces leather pouch.

Balenciaga City / Pieces Leather Pouch / Makeup + Brushes / Needle & Thread + Pins / iPhone 5 + Iconemesis Case * / Topshop Leather Purse /
Keys / iPad Mini / ASOS Cateye Sunglasses / 5th Gen iPod / Viktor & Rolf Flowerbomb Perfume / Topshop Leather Gloves / Next Cat Ear Hat *

(not shown : 100’s of old receipts, bus tickets, train tickets & random sweets!)

I always enjoy when other people do these ‘what’s in my bag’ type posts, and I know a lot of you do too, I guess it must appeal to our curious nature! I think getting a glimpse into something which is usually quite private can tell you a lot about a person. I thought it’d be fun to do one myself, seeing as the weather has been too awful lately to go outside & shoot the usual Friday outfit.

My bag has recently become a bit of a haven for Apple products, my iPhone is permanently with me wherever I am (I actually feel lost with out it, as pathetic as that sounds!) & I recently got a new iPad mini from Argos too, which has now joined it. I’ve so been enjoying the larger screen of the iPad & the space it saves instead of carrying a book everywhere with me is a huge plus too, but I’m still trying to get used to using it as much as I should at home. The one thing I really can’t live without though, esepcially as I’m always on public transport, is music. I know I can use both of those things for this, and yes I pay for a Spotify account also, but I still love my ancient iPod! I’ve had this one since 2005, it’s scratched to pieces, dirty & going a little yellow, but it still works perfectly & is full of my favourite albums, and what more could you want?

I never leave home without my makeup bag, I have to admit there is a lot more makeup inside there which you can’t see, and I lug the whole lot around with me every single day. I hate to be caught out without something I might need, and it’s become a bit of a running joke amongst my girl friends that I carry virtually every makeup product ever with me! They’re always thankful when they need to borrow some powder or concealer though! I also like to have some perfume too, I usually alternate between Flowerbomb & Carolina Herrera’s 212 Sexy, both very sweet, and I think it surprises people that I smell of roses, cotton candy & vanilla!

Even though it’s winter I still carry my sunglasses with me, as my eyes are pretty sensitive to the wind & when you wear as much eyeliner as I do the last thing you want is them watering and smudging it everywhere! It’s freezing now so the gloves are also always in there, along with my new favourite hat, how cute are those ears?! The cute factor is quite subtle with it, which I like, and it makes me feel kind of like catwoman when I’m wearing it too!

Cinderela B Jewellery Workshop + Necklace Giveaway

December 18th 2013 Life

FAIIINT Cinderela B Jewellery fashion blogger workshop

FAIIINT Cinderela B Jewellery fashion blogger workshop, Kylie Memoir Mode

Last week I was invited down to the Cinderela B showroom by Natasha for an evening of Christmas treats, champagne, cakes & a little jewellery making workshop. Each Cinderela B piece is handmade in their small Spitalfields studio, from 22-carat gold & silver plated metals, semi precious stones & Swarovski crystals. Designer Rachel Jackson was inspired to set up the label whilst traveling in Brazil, where she met Cinderela Brancante, who taught her how to make jewellery and instilled in her that with enough hard work you can achieve anything you dream. The label is now named after her, a nice little reminder of the brands history & story. I had the chance to make a necklace for myself, and one to giveaway to you guys as a little Christmas treat too!

It was a lovely get together with just a few other girls, which meant the girls at Cinderela B were able to give us all some one on one time to show us the techniques to make our pieces. Although I’d consider myself quite crafty, I’ve never made a piece of jewellery before in my life & I have to admit I usually steer clear of anything too fiddly, as my coordination / patience for things like that is pretty much non-existent! I decided to make a simple layered necklace & half and half choker, as I figured I couldn’t mess those up! The other girls were much braver than me, Kylie made a beautiful crystal embellished lariat necklace.

It was a good job I chose simple though, because it took me so long to put my layered necklace together (I think the champagne & me constantly chomping cakes didn’t help either!) that I ran out of time to make my second piece! The lovely Sophie kindly made it up for me though, and in a matter of minutes too! Most of my own jewellery is very simple anyway, I don’t like anything too fussy, so I think they are both very me. It was nice to see how the other girls each made something that really fitted them too, from the same selection of pieces.

Enter below using the Rafflecopter form for the chance to win this 22-carat gold & black agate half & half choker, handmade in London by the super talented Sophie at Cinderela B!