Two Options pour vous Option 1: 3 24k gold Bracelets by Bijouxbar by Vivien Frank +1 DIY Park & Cube friendship bracelet; Option 2: Peridot Twig Solitaire ring by Michelle Oh, Cocktail ring by Toosis, Silk scarf by Lucy Jay  Leave a comment (please leave a valid email address in the ‘email’ section so winner can be contacted) (Not required but would be super nice to say thanks)  Like Boticca on Facebook  Like Park & Cube on Facebook Deadline: 23rd Januaray 23:59 GMT Giveaways are a bit of a pet peeve but I like to hold one or two every year with a company/brand I really think my you might like, so meet Boticca! Otherwise I tell my doctor about it and he says I have to carry one of those syringes in my sock in case another “Do you want to hold a giveaway in your blog” email lands in my [...]

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Special thanks to Alix for helping with the photos, Hôtel de la Trémoille, Paris for the location, and Guerlain and Ykone for the opportunity. It’s only really been a recent development on my part, from considering water + shampoo to be the ultimate l’eau de toilette (no pun intended!) to weaving through the perfume counters at the ground floor, not just to get to the elevator that will take me to 1) the toilet or 2) the food court. I do remember specifically though, that it was triggered by my brother, who dragged me around Selfridges looking for a ‘character smell’ that wouldn’t repel girls, and we ended up riding the bus home, drunk on the adjective ‘musky’ and feeling like mosquito melting in repellent. Since then on I’ve been on an informal quest to find my own smell, first preference being Candy Floss, but I hear the Jelly Belly factory stopped producing perfume… about time to grow [...]

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Creamy cashmere by Eric Bompard The 1AM Promenade Cashmere Coat & Scarf – On loan from Eric Bompard, Cashmere blend jumper – Uniqlo, Jeans – c/o Levi’s, Brogues – Office, Clutch – c/o Chanel If I used ‘soft‘ to describe cashmere, would that put me in the Humour, lack-thereof category in Bloglovin’? You see, ‘soft’ really doesn’t cut it when describing the furry ball of rainbow scrunched up in your hand, slippery and foamy all at the same time. Soft is for sentences like ‘Baby here’s your Gilette, the enchanted forest must go, I liked your legs soft and smooth’. Best not put me in a game show, I don’t stand a chance in explaining the fabric without using words like supercalifragilisticexpialidocious or MAGIC. Isn’t everything MAGIC when it’s sparkly and furry anyway. What’s a Paris visit without a visit to Eric Bompard, the one brand that is understood to have reached the prime shelves [...]

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Illustrations by Angeline Melin for Pennyblack If you happen to be in Milan tomorrow, join me at the Pennyblack store on corso Vittorio Emanuele for a fist-bump and some finger food! If you live in Milan, do sign up for the Blog & the City contest today (7th) where you can be entered for the opportunity to be felt up by one of the hotties (Fashion Squad, The Blonde Salad, Fashionvibe, JouJou Villeroy, Angeline Melin) and myself (lukewarm-y), and be styled from our blog market. You will also be entered to win a Puzzle Parka. For updates and bragging throughout the evening, check Pennyblack on Twitter & Facebook or myself on Twitter & Facebook. Although, it might be quieter on my end as my Italy roaming bill roll into the second page, at which point I roll all my possessions into a blanket and disappear forever out of sight from T-Mobile billing team.

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All garments Pennyblack on loan, thank you Oliwia for helping with the shooting! Yeah, I’m just going to give up with the fantasy of editing 200 photos and putting up a semi-coherent post within 30 minutes with the sigoth breathing down my neck. We’re meant to watch a movie, and he confiscated all my phones and watches to set up an alarm bomb. There’s nothing worse than hearing 6 alarms going off full volume at 11 o’clock in the evening; that and the dude on ‘are we there yet’ loop mode. ARG ok goodbye. My Pennyblack slot is now active, so please check it out and stuff, you’re amazing, and that’s all I can say now……Fightclub is going in the DVD drive and will autoload on top of this window….

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