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Signature Look – Lana Del Rey Hair

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

She is one of the newest big things to catch our attention & with her sultry voice & looks it is no wonder Lana Del Rey is quickly making a name for herself as a new-age icon. Her style is a mixture of old Hollywood meets new Brooklyn & she describes herself as a ‘Gangsta Marilyn Monroe’.

What is the first thing that us girls think when we start obsessing over a new star style? How do we copy this ourselves!? Lana’s hair is one of her most notorious fashion statements more often than not rocking the Old Hollywood curls & the LA team are loving this revamped style! To create this look yourself part your hair quite far to one side & when it is still slightly damp run some mousse through it to make sure your style will last you all day!

Next, you need to get yourself some large bendy rollers available at Boots, if you want tighter curls you can opt for a smaller roller. Section off the fringe section of your hair & roll it backwards away from your face, twist the rollers around one another to secure them. You might want to add a bulldog clip to keep the hair from unwinding. Continue this around your head with about 5 rollers using large sections of hair.

Wrap a scarf around your head & go get your beauty sleep! When you wake up the next morning simply unwind the hair from the rollers & use your fingers or a wide tooth comb to relax the curls a little. Spritz a little hairspray & you are ready to go!

What do you think of the LDR style?

Who is your latest style icon?

Let us know!

The LA Team x

New collections from Inglot

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

Here at LA, we are huge fans of Inglot Cosmetics so we were delighted to hear that they are adding some new collections to their already loaded selection. Known for their good quality & reasonable prices not to mention their supremely pigmented shades, Inglot has quickly become one of our favourite brands.

    The Goddess Collection

This luxurious bronze and gold range are a great addition to the brand and a popular style with celebs such as Jennifer Lopez and Kim Kardashian.
The exclusive collection contains 5 shades of Freedom Eyeshadows, 2 Sleeks Lip Gloss’s, 2 Lipsticks and a Gel Eye Liner.

    Hot Lips

Let your lips take centre stage and re-create a look hot off the runways define them with shades of pink and orange hues or really glam it up with purple!!! Katy Perry and Rihanna are big fans of this smoking hot look! Dramatic lips have emerged as one of the hottest Make Up Trends of 2012! Be bold and try out one of these 5 new vibrant shades just €12 each. We’ve got our eye on 279!

    Pastel & Sunny nail collections

Also revisiting last Spring & Summer’s nail trends, we are seeing a surge of pastels & brights. These shades are the perfect way to warm up the season. Choose from a range of these delicious colours and transform your nails @ just €10 a bottle.

Have you seen any other SS12 collections that caught your eye this year?

Let us know!

The LA Team x

Tangerine Dream

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

With spring on its way & the weather looking set to be a good one we think it’s time to start looking into our favourite colour trend of this coming season. Make way for Pantone‘s colour of the year — Tangerine Tango! Mostly orange (with a dash of coral), this shade is supposed to emante heat and energy & will look amazing with the cinnamon tans!

Dress – Oasis

The shade is not for the faint of heart (or color palette), as it’s one that’ll get you and your outfit noticed — big time. We like pairing it with neutral basics or with another bright piece for a color-blocked effect, or trying it in small doses, in the form of standout accessories.

Amrita Singh Louise Earring

Pantone is considered the world’s authority on color. Its recommendations and guides for selecting and matching colors influence designers of interiors, clothes and home furnishings. It may be a little too much to handle if your bedroom is like a neon circus but we reckon this colour is a great addition to the wardrobes!

Reiss Roll Sleeve Top

This vibrant shade is not only reserved for clothing, we have already seen it leaking into make-up trends over the past year with bright coral & orange colours appearing on lips, cheeks, nails & even eyes.

We cannot wait to start brightening up our wardrobe! My dream buy from this trend would have to be this amazing Blumarine bag!

Have you seen any good bargains in this hot new shade?

Let us know!

The LA Team x

Fashions newest Muse

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

2012 is set to be the year of the Muse, Arizona Muse that is. The Santa Fe native began her modelling career back in 2008 after signing with Next Models (who by the way have just signed Solange Knowles) & her career really started taking off after landing contracts with Prada & Yves Saint Laurent in 2011 not to mention gracing the pages of Itlaian, French, German, Korean, Australian, British AND American Vogue.

As if 2011 wasn’t successful enough for this rising star she also opened the spring Victoria Beckham, Preen, Fendi & Isabel Marant shows in New York, Milan & Paris & closed for Vera Wang and Versus.

Arizona is tipped to be the face of 2012 maybe even taking over some of the fairy dust left behind by supermodel veterans Kate Moss & Gisele Bundchen. She has already signed with Louis Vuitton for the Spring cruisewear line.

Starting her year with a bang she is appearing on the first 2012 cover of British Vogue in the February edition. The retro-style pose and catalogue styling seems to make her appear like a 1950s housewife sporting an 1990s short hairdo. There could also be a touch of 1980s thrown in thanks to that blue eyeshadow and cherry drop earrings. Then there is the dress from Prada’s Spring/Summer 2012 collection which is already getting a lot of coverage in magazines around the world.

What do you think of the latest cover girl?

Let us know!

The LA Team x

Another Icon joins MAC

Monday, January 9th, 2012

Iris Apfel is an octogenarian fashion maven. Her flair with colour and accessories and her remarkable wardrobe was the subject of an exhibition, Rara Avis: Selections from the Iris Barrel Apfel Collection (Rara Avis = Rare Bird), at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2005. The show featured 82 ensembles and more than 300 accessories, chosen from a wardrobe amassed over the last 50 years

Her style has inspired books, jewellery ranges, museum exhibitions and many a student’s embarkation on a career in fashion.

At the tender age of 90, Iris Apfel is now taking on the world of make-up, delivering her inimitable eccentricity to the fashion-driven – and far younger – crowd who usually shop at MAC.

The self-described “geriatric starlet” has seen a recent resurgence in the public eye thanks to her fashion line on HSN & in keeping with this line, the MAC collection is full of bombastically bright lipsticks, attention-grabbing nail lacquers and unambiguous hues of eye-shadow.

Perhaps at odds with many of her peers’ tastes, the palette she has chosen for the line is as contemporary as ever, with a hot pink lipstick that would not look out of place on another of the make-up company’s fans, Nicki Minaj.

Gemstone-like green, shocking pink and scarlet sit alongside no holes-barred dark grey, blue and orange.

On aging:

Getting older ain’t for sissies, I’ll tell you…You have to push yourself when you’re older, because it’s very easy to fall into the trap. You start to fall apart—you just have to do your best to paste yourself together. I think doing things and being active is very important. When your mind is busy, you don’t hurt so much.

The Rare Bird collection is available at MAC stores now, the LA team have already picked our favourite lipstick but we hear they’re selling out fast so we’re keeping this one to ourselves until it’s safely stowed away in our make-up bags!

Let us know what you think of MAC’s newest muse!

The LA Team x