FORD

This Tom Ford eyeshadow quad in Burnished Amber was my favourite Christmas present last year as I had been wanting this for ages ever since I saw this post on 'brown eyes shadow focus' so was so excited to try it out. 

The eyeshadows are such good quality and have the best staying power. The colours are warm and suitable for that day/night transition. Plus I think they would look gorgeous on all skin tones, just type it in to google images to see some beauty shots! But lastly and undoubtably one of the best features of this product is the packaging: it comes in a leather sleeve and has the best (& biggest!) mirror out of all of my beauty products, which is great for those quick commuting moments, and the quad itself just fits in your hand perfectly. Lets just say I feel prettier just having it in my make up bag ;L 

Let me know if you've tried any other Tom Ford beauty products and how you got on with them,

rhea 

xx

inspo

when I was a baby I had a coat just like this...

all images from your-eviltwin.tumblr.com

well 2013 didn't start off with anything except more work, that's right, school is back...

I hope you guys had a great Christmas and New Years, have you made any resolutions? Mine are to enjoy life my own way and get fit (again - running for the bus is taking too much energy these days!) 

I need to inspire myself to blog more so here is a fresh inspiration blog mainly of style and photographic worth rather than a shopping lust list - however if anyone knows where to get the last coat email me asap :)

good luck for 2013 guys and see you when I see you! 

p.s. if you haven't already noticed, my discount code for Motel Rocks came and is leatherclouds  

 happy shopping!

when all else fails...

On Friday it was my friend's birthday and we headed to Tinseltown off Oxford Street for a meal; this is what I wore. Tinseltown is an American style diner that is huge in the US although I had never heard of it or eaten there before. The food was so good but the milkshakes were. the. BOMB! I had an Oreo milkshake - always the best in my eyes - just to see how it would rival to the ever favourite TGI Fridays and I can honestly say it may be a tie! Plus you can just go in and order milkshakes to go, which is why it is now on my hitlist for my lunch hour during work, result! As we finished the meal and it still felt too early to leave London, we wandered off with a crowd of people on a pub crawl wearing Santa hats and ended up at the O'neills pub off Carnaby Street. All I can say is the journey there was much better than the pub itself (sorry if it's one of your favourite pubs) so jumped in a cab full of excitement that London does look so pretty at Christmas... 

With Christmas in mind has anyone been to Winter Wonderland yet, if so did you think it was it worth the money? 

rhea 

xx

P.S. excuse the iPhone quality, I had left my SLR at school (Art A level must take priority :L )

Motel Bloggers Sale Preview

Here is the link to the secret selection of items on MotelRocks.com that will be in the sale, and with the code XMASPREVIEW50 at the checkout, you can take 50% off them all!

go go go!

rhea

xx

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onesie day because I'm ill today // new work shoes on the left, new gold trainers - both Kurt Geiger // KG Christmas shoe outside my work, St Christopher's Place // my lunch on Sunday because Pret do the best hearty soups // my friend made me the most perfect tea for the morning after // massive mojito at work meal in Planet Hollywood // healthy popcorn *best thing for me as I loooove popcorn :L* // favourite bilingual mag (french and english) Be Street and Mrs Kibbles Olde Sweet Shoppe choc covered peanuts // gold nail varnish by Nails Inc.  

WEEKDAY WEEKEND

All images from Weekday 

Did I mention my love for Weekday or? Their clothes are minimalist with a cool twist and thats why I have a permanent lust list in my mind throughout the year. If you haven't checked out their website, do it now! 

So now to either pray that my mum has been watching closely while I made this collage or wait for the sales...

rhea

xx  

P.S. Have a look at their new brand Fade To W, designed by fashion designers whose expressions match the highly feminine profile of the new brand.

official

(Jumper Topshop, Bag Zara, Coat Zara, Necklace Ebay)

I thought I should show you guys the bag I use(d) for school from Zara, unfortunately the shoulder strap broke and as my folders get bigger and I accumulate more art books it turns out its not as practical as it seemed *sigh*. However, it is a gorgeous bag that really reminded me of the shape and style of the Prada Saffiano Lux tote, a bag I can only ever lust for with its minimalistic appearance making it a great investment for anyone (my Zara one even has the double zip feature and at £49.99 it was basically a steal!) Out of all high street stores Zara has to be one of my favourites for bags! Check some of my fav picks here, here, here, here and here Which is your favourite?

love 

rhea 

xx

Company Fashion Forum

Two lovely girls that I spent most of the night with, check out Emma's (on the right) blog here

 Laura Martin, Fashion Stylist from Company Magazine

 Taylor was wearing a gorgeous sparkly skirt that she said she got from a market, so jealous! Check out her blog here

 

For those of you who follow me on twitter, you will know I attended the Company Fashion Forum event on Wednesday night hosted by Company Magazine. It was a great evening that gave you the chance to mingle with the lovely Editor of Company, Victoria White, and many other of the really cool (and obviously stylish) Company magazine crew. The majority of the night consisted of a panel of important women in the fashion industry doing a Q&A led by Victoria about such topics as how did they get in to fashion, what is it like, how much experience is needed etc. For more tips and quotes from the event go to my twitter page, @rheadillon, where I noted many of these during the evening. There was the Visual Merchandise Manager from Miss Selfridge, a Buyer from Oasis, a Freelance stylist @aradiacrockett, Jamaique Campbell the Account Manager from IPR London (PR company) @IPRfashion and , last but not least, the blogger @fredbutlerstyle. Hopefully I have got all their names and titles right! Everyone received a complimentary glass of bubbly, although if you were underage like moi a fruit juice, which was really nice might I add, was the alternative. I felt after the forum ended it was the best opportunity to talk to all the experts in the business and I got to snap one of my favourite stylists from the magazine, Laura Martin, who you may recognise from the 'High Street Edit' section. She was really lovely to talk to as was the account manager, Jamaique, from IPR London. 

Overall I'd like to say a big thank you to Company Magazine and if they decide to do another forum (this being their first) I would encourage anyone interested in Fashion or just how the industry is run to attend. Plus have you seen the goody bag?! ;) Not sure I'll be needing the self tan products though! 

love 

rhea 

xx

P.S. hopefully I will add a photo of what I wore to the event ASAP and sorry about this really long post :L 

A/W Motel Quiz

So I got a lovely email from Motel Rocks that featured this really cool quiz where you answer a few questions and at the end they decide whether you are all about the Sequin Splendour, Vintage Bloom, or Gothic Romance trend (what I got!)  The best part about it is you get a special discount at the end so check out the link here! There are so many things I've been lusting over in Motel and was thrilled as at the end of the quiz you get directed to the collection of your trend and my favourite dress was in it! Coincidence? I think not! Just thought I'd give you guys a quick look at my favourite four from the Gothic Romance Trend for further inspiration:

So without further ado, 

get shopping! 

love 

rhea 

xx

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

It's officially Halloween which is by far one of my favourite holidays of the year, not only because it's an excuse to eat loads of sugary goodies but because you are guaranteed an awesome fancy dress! Plus, a fancy dress where the uglier you look the better *result for when feeling and or looking crap!* So with that in mind and a party to attend later, I thought I would share some cool Halloween inspired makeup ideas. I love fancy dress but there's always the thought of never wanting to go as the same character you did last year/party, so I thought going crazy with make up is a much cheaper and equally cool way to wow the scary crowds!

The photos start with, in my opinion, the least to the most challenging: 

How awesome are the last three, not sure if I have a wide enough range of makeup let alone time but hopefully this post will inspire us all to do something epic!

Have a ghoulish Halloween guys!

mwahhuhahahaah! 

rhea 

xx