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We Love Colors Review!

We Love Colors Review!


A little while ago I bought some tights from We Love Colors and I wore them on the blog (here) but mentioned that I wished I’d gotten a smaller size because they were a bit too big for me. The babes at We Love Colors saw one of my posts, contacted me and offered to send me some tights in a smaller size to review.


The orange and white tights I originally bought were these $9 Solid Color Plus Sized Tights and I got them in a size 2XL (I usually get tights in a size too big because I like to be able to pull them up to my waist). What I didn’t realise was this style of tights don’t have lycra in them and therefore they weren’t very stretchy so they went baggy around the knees and ankles.

These green ones that We Love Colors sent to me are these $15 Plus Sized Nylon/Lycra tights in a size A/B and I really love them. They’re thick so they keep my legs warm, very stretchy and much more opaque than the non-lycra kind. If you’re going to buy a pair I think it’s definitely worth spending the extra $6 and getting the tights with lycra. We Love Colors were kind enough to send me a couple of other pairs so look out for them on the blog soon.


dress: river island (via ASOS), tights: courtesy of we love colors, boots: ASOS
April 20, 2011 4 comments
Custom Made Jeans

Custom Made Jeans




shoes: ASOS, jeans: DeJour, top: ASOS, coat: montana co (via ModCloth)
My boyfriend and I entered the world of customised tailor-made jeans today. I’d heard people talking about doing this before but I’d always imagined it would be really expensive or they would look weird or be bad quality but now my mind is 100% changed! They fit me perfectly, from my weird hip-to-waist ratio (my hips are nearly 10 inches bigger than my waist), my short little legs (i’m 5’3”) and my big thighs down to my smaller calves. I’ve never had a pair of jeans fit anywhere near this well. They did all the alternations while I waited (I had to try them on and have them altered more about four times) and the whole process took about 20 mins and $40 each for a pair for me and a pair for Tom.
The guy working there said that next time if I give him about two weeks notice he’ll do my measurements and make an entire pair exactly for me so they’ll fit even better. The largest waist size they have in stock is 42″ but if you can wait a couple of weeks to get them, they can make you a pair based on your measurements so that’s good for anyone who has problems getting jeans to fit. If you’re in Melbourne and want to get some tailor made jeans head to Dejour Jeans. 542 Sydney Rd, Brunswick.

Tom and I started with the same wash, same rise and same cut and this is how different ours turned out:


March 25, 2011 0 comments
Hair

Hair

I’ve been getting so many compliments on my hair lately and it’s because I’ve recently discovered the BEST products I’ve ever used. I’m not wearing a very blog-worthy outfit today so instead join me on a journey through my hair from the past year so you’ll understand exactly how dry and damaged my hair was and then I’ll tell how it’s looking so good now.

About a year ago I had long dark brown hair that was in fairly good condition. It wasn’t awesome but it was pretty good.

I shaved half my head

Then bleached one side blonde

 

Then I got sick of the shaved bit and flipped my hair over to cover it while it grew out


Got bored of being a brunette and dyed my hair red

Decided to act like a 15 year old again and dyed my hair really bright red. This lasted about two days.

So I dyed it dark red again.

Then I faded it to light red

 

And dyed the ends brighter red

Finally a couple of months ago I was into the ombre thing so I bleached my ends and dyed the top of hair brown. You can see in this photo how dry and gross my ends were. I was using shampoo and conditioner designed for dry/damaged hair (I tried a million different brands, both expensive and cheaper stuff), hair repairing treatments, detangling sprays and leave in conditioners. I didn’t straighten it or curl it and I barely ever blow dried it but it still felt and looked damaged.

When I got my extensions they were silky smooth but after a couple of washes with the stuff I was using even they were starting to feel dried out as well so I decided to change products.

Last week I was in Priceline and came across a line of products from a UK brand called Scandalous. They actually caught my eye because of the ‘Big & Beautiful’ written along the top haha. I bought the Volumising Shampoo, Volumising Conditioner and Intensively Glossy Rescue Treatment:



And seriously look at how good my hair looks:

No leave in conditioner, no de-tangling spray just washed and air dried/blow dried. It feels silky and soft and it looks shiny and awesome. I realise I sound like a commercial but seriously, I would do commercials for them because I am so happy to have nice hair again. I don’t know if it really does much in terms of volumising but who cares! If you’re hating on your hair use this brand guys, it’s amazing.

November 18, 2010 8 comments