KIKO MILANO HAUL APRIL '16

I've read a few reviews recently on KIKO products and some are great and positive, others not so keen and so I needed to try them for myself. I was super lucky to click on the website the day they had a BUY 3 PRODUCTS, GET 3 PRODUCTS FREE offer on. 

BINGO! Perfect opportunity. 

They had free shipping so it took about 8 days to arrive after I'd purchased but when they did I was in love. The packaging is really chic and the products sell themselves really well. 

Here's what I got: 

•  3D instant volume lipgloss. 

• Face make up fixer spray.

• Mat Mousse (Matte foundation)

• Luscious Lashes Mascara.

• Smart Lip Pencil.

• Soft Focus Concealer 

I'll trial and test them and give some reviews of each one :-) Anyone else use KIKO? I know they have opened a store in St Davids Cardiff too if anyone locally wants to swatch before buying. 

Hugs,

Laura xx

Drunk Shopping

OOPS!

We've all heard the stories about people who buy random things when they're drunk or book holidays and really regret it in the morning! A friend of mine once told me she woke up after a bottle of wine and had booked a £1,800 holiday! I was MORTIFIED for her but you know what? she went that summer and loved every minute. I laughed at her holiday photos thinking about how it came about but she had an amazing time. When people tell me about the random things they buy  I've always been smug and said "I've never done that" or "How could you be so stupid?" 

WELL... 

When you're at a house party, drunk off a prosecco based cocktail after loosing several rounds of drink roulette your mind isn't quite clear. My friend Alex started searching for festivals for the summer, encouraged by the other girls we all thought it was amazing to drop £800 on festival tickets to T IN THE PARK! I vaguely remember dancing and toasting the occasion too. 

HOWEVER, we live in SOUTH WALES and this festival is a 7.5 HOUR DRIVE AWAY in SCOTLAND!!! 

When I woke up and the girls were still laughing and excited I decided to embrace the fact that we're going. WAAAH! 

We even upgraded to the pre-pitched tents with hot showers, pamper stations and mobile phone charging so all is grand! more £££ (crying face) but I cannot wait.

So yeah... My first ever drunk purchase was festival tickets. I'm £300 down and flat broke but my summer is shaping up nicely! I'm sure my older self will look back and pat me on the back for grabbing life but the scruff of its neck (mega LOLS) 

Anyone else drunk purchased? I'd love to hear your stories! 

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5 ways to wear GENDERLESS CLOTHING

GDL Clothing doesn't have a specific targeted audience! The clothes are made for EVERYONE, it's just how YOU choose to wear them... Let me show you five very different ways to style GDL to suit your own look.

ACTIVE LIFESTYLE. GYM 

The GDL team spend the day at newly renovated GELSEI Academy HYPE GYM a few weeks back and some of their top Body Builders (including the gorgeous Stefanie Nadine - Booty Bible Bikini Champion) to try and test our GDL Gym vest, hats and T-shirts. 

They both agreed the material was breathable and flexible - perfect for working out. In fact, they loved them so much they both nabbed an emblem vest each to keep and said they were their new favourite racer backs! Stefanie also nabbed herself a GDL bobble hat for wearing whilst working out / hanging around them gym. We are hoping to stock these vests and hats in their GYM reception soon. 

FEMININE. PARTY WEAR.

 A few of my feminine girl friends have said to me "I love the clothes, I just don't know how to wear them, I'm a girly girl" NO worries girls. I got you. Being feminine myself, I can definitely help you.

Here is the gorgeous beautician Amy Beth from #BeautySecretsByAmy modelling our classic grey Sunday Club Tee. We styled it up with this KILLER leather skirt and vampy heels. She said she couldn't wait to wear it out on a sunday session. (Drinks on a Sunday) 

When chatting with Amy on how she would wear the clothes she says this outfit suits her perfectly but she also would wear the tops with leggings and trainers for a casual day and she matched out Overachiever baseball top with jeans and heels and her Louis Vuitton clutch for a day of shopping. 

Here is Amy's instagram selfie of her shopping day!

I've added a few more feminine looks for those girls who just aren't sure... take a look at a few more versions of our other GDL genderless line...

 

We teamed Sorry Not Sorry Tee with some leather pants and either heels, converse or pumps.

And the World Wide Vibes with the vampy heels and skirt combo. Don't be afraid to swap the midi skirt for a Mini, or the Leather for Denim. If you're on holidays maybe swap the skirt for a pair of denim shorts, sandals and our GDL hat. YOU GOT THIS GIRLS. Don't forget to tag us in your photos to show of your fem GDL! 

FROM DAY TO NIGHT. SMART OR CASUAL?

In our shoot with Welsh Actor Adam Byard we took his style from casual day wear to evening wear in a few simple steps. Pictured left modelling our Sorry Not Sorry from the SS16 line Adam is wearing the Tee paired with jeans and trainers for his casual day look. 

We then added smart brown shoes, a brown tailored blazer and some sunglasses for a smart summer afternoon to evening look. This T-shirt is our only LONGLINE so it gives a different look to the other t-shirts.

Adam also modelled some other various smart and casual looks. I love this androgynous black blazer and jeans combo with our classic sunday club tee. I envison this look on both men and women. I also had to put up his laid back emblem vest look. Note adam wearing our MULTIBRAID and GDL SNAPBACK in the emblem vest picture. These accessories are summer essentials! The multibraid has multi uses (hence the name) It can be worn as a bracelet, necklace or anklet on both men, women and any non binary gender. 

BEACH. SUMMER HOLIDAY.

GDL is totally made for the beach. Our organic cotton is loose and breathable so be sure to pack them all and make GDL your summer essentials! Tie the vest and wear over a bikini girls for a crop top look! Pair with denim shorts or skirt to take the look through to the evening. One of my faves is wearing the emblem vest over a bikini. the GDL SNAP BACK IS ESSENTIAL for summer and our 13.00 price tag is an absolute STEAL! 

The ways in which you could wear GDL in summer is endless. Our brand reflect all shapes and sizes and don't forget we stock from size XS to XXXL in some items. If you're size isn't on the site (perhaps its out of stock and is temporarily off the site) don't be afraid to email the team to find out at contactgdlclothing@gmail.com and one of our team will be happy to assist you. 

LOUNGE. BED. 

Check out the gorgeous Leah and Jess in their boudoir shoot. These girls look gorgeous in our clothes. I absolutely adore the LOVE IS GENDERLESS Tee on Leah. 

The couple took to the studio to help create a sunday chill shoot and nailed it. 

I also love model Ashleigh in our Love is Genderless. This girl is effortlessly beautiful. The love is genderless is a classic GDL statement piece. We love promoting equality in fashion and slogans are just one way we campaign.

So just to round up my post I want to say to anyone who's looked at our website or looked at our instagram, twitter or Facebook accounts and thought what we do is great but haven't bought, I hope this blog shows you how you can make GDL clothing suit your style.

here are the links to our other social media pages:

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Hugs,

Laura x

PINK HAIR, DON'T CARE

I BLOODY LOVE BLEACH LONDON! 

HAIR HORROR STORY!

Before I explain about this product lets get a little back story on my poor hair this last few months... I've wanted pink hair for a while now but after an unfortunate incident where I tried to go silver / grey and ended up being khaki green, I have been a little off put to say the least. 

My hairdresser did the colour change for me, she is fully qualified, been doing my hair for years. She asked the girls at the colour wear house for the most recommended product for the colour I wanted and they advised her of this certain brand (not sure what it is now). Anyway, She puts the dye on all going well she starts to look a little panicked a few minutes in. She checks my hair then says, "lets wash it off Laur, It looks a little dark." 

Within a few minutes my hair had gone from bright blonde to black roots and khaki GREEN SHIMMER. I nearly died. I was so upset I just calmly walked over to the fridge, pulled out a bottle of Rosé wine and chugged it. My hair dresser was like "If I weren't driving I would be doing the same" 

After a bleach bath and an extremely sore scalp I ended up having to go brunette with strands of blonde. I had awful breakage and my hairdresser was distraught. The whole process took 5 hours! 

BUT, the worst part of my hair disaster is that when she goes back to the hair warehouse in Cardiff the SAME girl who sold her the product listened to the story and calmly says "weird yeah a few people have said the same" .....UHHHH WHAT??! ARE YOU KIDDING ME WOMAN?

Marie (my lovely hairdresser) was so shocked she didn't even know how to respond. Absolute MANIACS! So anyway, hair horror over, my hair is gently healing, scalp mended and hair growing a bit thicker now.

I decided I wanted a slight pink tone but too afraid to actually try anything I see these Bleach London Rosé Shampoo and Conditioners! Voila! Answer to my prayers. 

You simply follow the instructions to leave on for a few minutes and rinse off. You see the pink change after about a minute and I was so excited. I LOVED the initial pink rinse it gave, I did this on my 26 birthday -before shopping. I absolutely loved it. I wasn't brave enough to leave it on too long (obvious reasons) but this was the colour it came out...

A nice subtle pink rinse. I Adored it. I had lots of compliments too!

Since then, I've washed it out (just washes away after maybe two washes) and then gain re-did it leaving the product on for longer (than it says on the bottle oops) I also added a tiny spray of Claires Accessories Pink ROSE hair spray (wash out) to give the colour a bit more depth. 

and here were my results 

PINK HUR, DONT CUR! 

And I love being pink, I do feel so safe in the knowledge it'll wash out if I need it too. 

totally recommend this product. I know there are other colours so may give them a try.

You can get them from boots or bleach londons online website 

Hugs,

Laura-Amie xx

Lush Cosmetics Spring Bloggers Event '16

Back in February I attended the Bloggers event at Lush Cosmetics in Cardiff where us blogger gals got to try and test out all their new spring products swell as all our usual faves! It was an evening event and we were greeted with a blueberry and elderflower (I think) sparkling drink and some cute easter choccies. Soon as you walk into a lush store you just KNOW where you are. The smell, the colours, the friendly staff it all has its own lushness about it.

So we wander around looking at the new spring products and here are some of those:

There carrots are AMAZING and smell so fresh and lemony. I didn't see them last year but they've had an upgrade to the purples and pinks you see here. Not only will they look gorgeous in the bathroom, again they smell gorgeous. A total bargain at 6.25 for the bunch, they are re-usable and full your bath with beautiful bubbles. The oils make your skin so supple and soft. Must buy!

Lovely Ladybirds. I was lucky enough to get one of these guys in my goodie bag, YES we got AMAZING goodie bags so we could rate the products later. As soon as I put this little guy in the bath it was swirling purple and bubbling beautifully. No bath is complete without a lush product.

Here I am smashing open the Humpty Dumpty Bath bomb from lush which cracks open into 3 separate parts. The colours are gorgeous and when opened theres a little yellow bath bomb chick inside. ADORABLE. Blew my mind. 

Somewhere over the rainbow soap is BEAUTIFUL and added in here just because of how pretty it is. Reminds me of the Pride Flag too. A work colleague just got this for her birthday and loved it. came in the RAINBOW gift set and smells incredible! Lush soaps last for so long and are so kind to your skin. 

I Think the reason I LOVE lush so much is because of their whole ethos! Cruelty Free Cosmetics are the future. I can't bare the though of animals being hurt for vanity. Breaks my heart. SO WELL DONE LUSH - I LOVE YOU!!!!! 

HUGS,

Laura-Amie x 

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IM A BAD GIRL

I am a bad bad girl I know. 

Been so busy the last few weeks with work (I know excuses)

 But I haven't been blogging and I feel bad. SO, without further ado....

My next few blogs are ready!

Hugs,

Laura-Amie x 

The Perfect Valentines

Emma Bridgewater Factory 

Experience Day

All Emma Bridgewater fans will understand why waking up to an experience day all booked and planned for valentines was the most perfect present! My Lucy is the best. We woke up early and made the Journey to Stoke-On-Trent and my excitement was bubbling up the whole way. I felt as if I was going on a blind date, I was nervous excited. Would it be what I expected? Would I be let down? Is it as amazing as my dreams?

Driving up to the building of my dreams

         

We arrived just in time to take the Factory Tour and our tour guide Jane was lovely! I actually learnt so much, the pottery is made from four different types of clay and get put into these moulds to set! (The handles included!)

I asked so many questions but I won't bore you with them now! All I will say is, the price is absolutely justified.

  

It was then onto Afternoon tea. Which of course was served on full Emma Bridgewater classics! The food was delicious I fully recommend if anyone is planning a trip!

We then got to do some shopping with 15% in the gift shop! I got some feels Like Home hand wash for the bathroom and a wallflower filled candle pot! Smells divine! I absolutely love the wallflower spring collection.

We then had some bargains in the outlet which is loads of fun! Knowing how much your saving is brilliant and I don't even mind a slightly uneven pattern. especially when you consider how long it takes the ladies in the decorating studios to design them!

Next stop was the decorating studio and it is MOST CERTAINLY harder than it looks I can tell you. wow. Our mugs came out more like Primary School children had painted them. Lucy went for a safari theme -- her elephant didn't go to plan and then she added what she thought was kangaroo but even funnier when she shows me her 'kangaroo' its actually a FOX sponge! So she has a fox in her African landscape! 

Mine starts off well with summer strawberries inside the rim of the mug and it just went downhill from there. haha! My free hand bumble bees weren't so bad! we will find out once they've been fired and shipped out to us in around two weeks time!

All round, I had a wonderful day! Emma Bridgewater fans you simply must go! I will be re-visiting for more bargain hunting, afternoon tea and BETTER pottery decorating! haha!

Hugs,

Laura x