Trend Alert: Simpsons Inspired Make-up Gun

Following on from my last post aka my awkward attempt at a beauty post which I promised myself I would never burden you with again.... until today when I was casually flicking through Fifi Lapin and saw this:

(Vivienne Westwood SS11)

Which reminded me of this:

Enough said.
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Trick To Try: DIY Nail Varnish

Being one not easily satisfied, I've found myself over the years constantly mixing my nail varnishes to achieve the perfect shade.

My most complimented and favoured concoction is one varnish I liked to call The Lincoln Cherry.

For all you OPI fans out there, you might recognise this as a mixture of Lincoln Park After Dark (an almost-black purple) and Quarter of A Cent-Cherry (a rich blood cherry red). 

To achieve this colour - which admittedly now reminds me of the H&M Midnight Passion varnish - mix the Cherry into the Lincoln, and not the other way around. In daylight, keep adding small portions of the Cherry, mixing and testing on your nails as you go, until you achieve the desired effect. The hint of red emanates through the cherry creating a mysterious and sultry and coveatble shade for your mani. 

In summer buy a cheap French-Manicure set, (try Manicare French Nails) and add a few drops of the French White into the French Pink to get that super-pale bubblegum pink to make your tan pop. Tip: Looks awesome on your toes!

At the moment, I'm currently mixing two nail varnishes from work (like literally, as I'm typing this. It's really effing awkward). Both are in the khaki colour way inspired by the Les Khakis de Chanel nail collection. To be honest, they're total failed attempts at re-creating the Khaki Vert and Khaki Brun and aren't quite there in terms of shade. So for the purpose of this exercise lets just call them Medium Grey-Green and  Baby-Poo Brown. Available exclusively at a Nine West near you! Luckily, all they needed was a bit of loving from each other....and now I practically have the Brun for my toes and the Vert for my hands. All for just $20.

All I need now is for Loz from Vogue Contradiction to bring me back some fake Chanel from Thailand and I'll be killing it. Or should I say nailing it? Or should I say manicured? Or should I say polished?

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Drop The Pressure

I've really been struggling to find a way to come back to Fashion Falsehood. I feel like the longer my absence, the greater the pressure I put on myself to come back with a bang. I don't want to disappoint my readers with something over-done, yet at the same time I don't want them to keep checking back to find a static web page.

I feel like I need to come back from my holiday (read: hiatus) with stories of travel, elaborate purchases and a back log of posts waiting to be published. Though I haven't really gone anywhere, bought anything or been near a computer long enough to be inspired. That's not to say I've been totally absent from the online world, just temporarily disconnected for an internet detox. It's nice to unplug sometimes. To fall behind the rat race and be totally okay with it.

The best thing about being away from blogging for so long is knowing you're still on somebody's radar. I've received touching emails from old blogosphere friends asking where I am, I've been tweeted by brand new Fashion Falsehood readers telling me the enjoyment they've found in the archives of my writing, and  the enjoyable daily interactions I have with my new friends on Twitter have pretty much stopped me from pulling the plug for good.

So to say thanks to you all, I'm going to start fresh. Even if it is the same old opinionated rants, inappropriate language and pseudo outfit posts via Polyvore, it feels new to me and most of all, it feels right....

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BACK IN FEBRUARY

Hi girlfriends and boyfriends and lovers from the world over. As you would have noticed, I've been taking some serious time off and revisiting the reasons I started Fashion Falsehood in the first place. I've painted myself a pretty big picture for 2011 and I hope you will all join me on my journey this year - the year things will really start to happen (that is, of course, unless I decide to waste away for another year at uni and do my masters). So if you've been missing me terribly which I know you have (modest, much?) don't worry, because...

I'll be back from my blogging hiatus this February. 

Until then you can catch me on twitter @miannscanlan, on my LOOKBOOK.nu and the FrockShop blog FS Style.

See you all soon!

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Lust List: Bra Lovin'

Following on from this post, here is some more fluro bra lovin' via One Teaspoon's 2011 winter collection - though I can't say I'm a fan of Bambi's pained expression. Hasn't the poor dear heard of prunes?

 

bras left to right: Cossabella Soire Molded bra, Jean Yu Foreshadow silk-satin bra, Passionata Oh La La Demi bra

 images: sassybella, polyvore

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I Hurt I Am In Fashion

Can I just say that this blog genius. That perfect balance between witt, irony and truth. The minimal text combined with beautiful images equates to a powerful observation of the fashion world. It will really open your eyes.

I Hurt I Am In Fashion

 

 

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Who needs arm holes?

For fashion's sake, I know this trend is old, but that doesn't make it just as wonderful in all its deliciousness.

This fussy, dignified old lady look has been reworked by those gracing the "pages" of street-style blogs world wide and is now a trend even I have seemed to manage to pull off. Packing for my trip to Sydney tomorrow, pressing clothes against my body and yes, sheepishly peeling off my blazers and donning them like a cape. I LOVE it, and I'm glad I'll be able to try it in the cooler(ish) weather down south tomorrow. We'll be shooting the next round of images for Beginning Boutique so stay tuned into my twitter for some behind the scenes action.

 

 

  images: jak&jil, fashionista

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Céline wears the pants

Now it's nothing new for designers to dictate what we must have in our wardrobes, but according to Céline, "Five Perfect Pants" is all a fashionista needs - and I feel quite happy to oblige considering last night creative director Phoebe Philo won designer of the year at the British Fashion Awards. So what are these Five Perfect Pants?

1. High-wasted wide leg
2. Pleted and tapered
3. Men's straight leg
4. Cropped tube leg
5. Flat-front tapered leg

 via Fashionista

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Grazia Up Late: The Aftermath

Following on from Sydney's pioneering Grazia Up Late at the Intersection Paddington, the buzz surrounding the Brisbane event could be felt city wide weeks prior to last month's night on James Street.

Loz of Vogue Contradiction picked me up in her mama's pimpin ride and we whizzed across town listening to phat beats all the while complaining about a) the rain, b) our bank accounts and c) how we got ready in under five minutes after working all day. Lame central, right? WRONG!

Turning into James St at around 5pm the style spotting had already begun. First we saw the news crew outside the then unfinished Rebecca Manning pop-up store which was built specifically for the night. Next I spotted the Black Milk model in all her six-foot glory who I later found playing the part of live-mannequin at the amazeballs Calexico grand opening. We got a pretty decent park (sometimes it pays to look like shit and arrive early), and made our way past The Tribune and Easton Pearson. We could hear the music, see the fashionista's eyeing each other off and then like the red sea parting infront of Moses, we saw our holy grail. Behold, Frockshop.com's flagship boutique in a wash of pink light, schmoozy cocktail music and every Brisbane it-girl bumping oversized Balmain-esque shoulders in the one room.

We hobbled over to the store facade (yes, our platform heels prevented us from dropping everything and running) and proceeded to fog up the glass leaving sticky nose smudges, only to realise that the door was a few meters to our left and we were infact permitted to enter this shopper's dream. Tossing  asside our wet umbrellas as if they were as out the LV Monochrome, we entered the room and immediately spotted  Frockshop PR girl Jessy Cameron of Wide Awake Thoughts in the middle of interviewing Camilla Freeman-Topper of camilla&marc (OMG) before being tapped on the shoulder by a handsome gentleman asking if I would like a champagne. Pol Roger? Why, thank you.

A few air kisses, customised FS cupcakes, battles in the changrooms and a limited edition Kelly Smith  x Frock Shop totebag later, I walked out with the much blogged about Arnsdorf Jersey Strap Skirt in Nude. Holy crap. This was lit-er-ally the first time I'd worn a skirt since high school - even if this one does just cover my derriere. To combat my fear of skankiness, I have since teamed it with my grey suede wedges from Aldo, a luxuriously soft model cotton loose fitting grey tank and a grey/blue silk Country Road blazer. Since dying my hair I've really been getting into grey. But I'll leave that for another post, another day. 

Where was I? Oh yeah. Heidi Middleton was rumoured to be mingling in Sass & Bide, so we trotted over and traipsed through the store, noting all the pieces I'd seen around and a few others I hadn't. I was pleasently surprised. Immediately we spotted the taller than expected one half of Sass & Bide. More than anything I was looking for the star tattoo that my thirteen-year-old self had so unapologetically admired. And there it was, in the flesh - not to mention the amazonian woman in an amazingly styled outfit.

Oh, I also bumped into Tom from Felix&Slink - all the while making a total ass out of myself on my way back to the car (instert stammering and stumbling here) from the Calexico opening after three too many Veuves and french martinis.

The result? See for your self...

some of the FrockShop staffers and the delicious customised cup cakes

Camilla of Camilla and Marc with FrockShop Director Marnie Goss

Lauren of Vogue Contradicion and myself



To top it all off, yesterday I was notified by @bdashing that one of my drunken tweets had made it into the pages of this weeks Grazia magazine. Woohooo!!

images: fs style, bdashing

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Behind the Scenes with Beginning Boutique

If you follow me on twitter you would have gotten a glimpse of the massive shoot we worked on last Thursday for Beginning Boutique, one of our newest clients at Jesselle PR. We are working on a total overhaul for their website, taking a more direcitional and stream lined approach, so naturally the first step was shooting the spring/summer range and lookbook. Taking influence from Nasty Gal, Gerry Pepper Vintage and a little bit of Erin Wasson the shoot was a total success - not to mention the styling was ah-mazing Seriously. The models, stylists and the assistants all brought along pieces from our personal wardrobes, enough to fill an entire dressing room and all the tables in the studio. The amount of collective junk we had was intense. There were suitcases filled to the brim with hats, props, toy cameras, accessories, shoes, handbags, jewellry, makeup, books, and other trinkets - all of which you will note once the shoot is released. But for now you can catch varying glimpses of it here, here and here.

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