CC Loves...

Darlings, here are just a few of the items that CC is loving right now!
Arturo Rios headpiece, pictured via noodlenthread.wordpress.com.
Bliss Lau fringed top in V Magazine, March 2012.
Carine Gilson lingerie, via paris.com.
House of Etiquette latex bra skirt and gloves, at houseofetiquette.com.
Osklen bikini, at sportforus.com.
Christian Louboutin 20th Anniversary Daf 160 python boots, at net-a-porter.com. Amazing!
Gasoline Glamour spiked boots, pictured via style.mtv.com. Fierce!
Surface to Air Pellissier platforms, at anthropologie.com.
Jules dress in Wildcat, at jcrew.com.
Quiksilver Girls Tiki Tile maxi dress, at swell.com.
Monogram Split Stripes maxi dress, at anthropologie.com.
Vivienne Westwood Anglomania Arianna striped jersey dress, at theOutnet.com.
Mossman Clothing Bride of Lucifer dress ~ CC has and adores! This lace is so soft and luxurious, and the color is even more spectacular in person! Visit mossmanclothing.com.au, darlings!
Philippe Audibert metal mesh glove.
Michael Kors Dylan watch, at shopbop.com.
Flower patch bracelet, at jcrew.com.
Rachel Leigh Jewelry adorned resin cuff, at shopbop.com... CC just bought!
Marilyn Monroe arriving at the premiere of There's No Business like Show Business in 1954. Wouldn't this gown be perfect as a wedding dress? (hint, hint, GP!)
MAC Sheen Supreme lipstick, at nordstrom.com.
Paul Smith Mini Cooper, pictured via Qin at the Disco ~ CC wants one!
What are you currently craving?
xoxox,
CC

CC Loves...

Darlings, here are just a few of the things that CC is loving right now!
These Charlotte Olympia Polly leopard pumps, at kirnazabete.com. Someday CC will own a pair of Charlotte Olympias, darlings!
These Missoni leather and crochet-knit platform sandals, at net-a-porter.com.

These Nicholas Kirkwood wedges, at nicholaskirkwood.com.
These Tabitha Simmons French Maid watersnake pumps, at tabithasimmons.com.
This Rebecca Minkoff neon lizard mini MAC bag that CC just bought at shopbop.com... Divine!
These Stephen Webster Thorn earrings, at judithannjewels.com.
This Fallon multi drop crystal link necklace, at intermixonline.com.
This Lulu Frost Offshore necklace, at shopbop.com. A true statement piece!
This Lady Grey Hex necklace, pictured via Polyvore.
This Van Cleef & Arpels Marisa necklace, pictured via hauteliving.com.
This Alessandra Rich ruched lace cape, at net-a-porter.com. Exquisite!
This Retro double breasted dots embellished dress, at oasap.com. Adorable!
This Herve Leger scalloped A line dress, at shopbop.com... perfect for a beach wedding! (Hint, hint, GP!)
This fabulous look from Vogue Spain Bride, pictured courtesy Fellow Fashionista Gorgeous Glam... Love her blog!
This Nina Ricci pleat front gown, at barneys.com.
This Hermes Psyche scarf, at hermes.com.
This Ella Moss bikini that CC just bought at nordstrom.com... Graphic and gorgeous!
This Vitamin A bikini, at beachfashionshop.com. What a gorgeous ad campaign, right?
This Tom Ford Lip Color in Flamingo, at bergdorfgoodman.com. CC is so into lipstick these days!
What are you currently smitten with?
xoxox,
CC

P.S. The winner of CC's Luna & Stella $50 Jewelry Giveaway is the lovely Emerie Marie ~ congrats, and happy shopping!

What's red, black and.. black?

Me, apparently, with my mini-haul that I got the other day. I wanted to check out the new MAC collections (Fabulous Felines), and my friend needed some hair dye, so off we went to town! And this is what I got!

China Glaze Nail Polish in Agent Orange

MAC Superslick Liquid Eyeliner in On The Hunt (Black)

MAC Lipstick in Lady Bug (Lustre)

I bought these separately, sort of. I had a free Back to MAC lying about, and wanting a new kind of red lipstick, as my Russian Red was running low, and wanted a slightly more glossy red, a lighter more "day" red lipstick.

This nail varnish is gorgeous, but super awkward to photograph. It's called Agent Orange, but I wouldn't really call it orange, even though it looks it in this picture! It's a reddish-orange, with pink undertones, in some light. I genuinely don't have anything like it, and think it's a really unique colour! It's super pretty, and I've worn it every day since, I love it so much! It looks boring in the bottle, and I thought I might regret it (I'm trying to buy more "traditional" colours!) but I definitely don't, which is good news. (:

And then I got them home and tried them both on, and realised just how perfect they look together! They're very pretty, I'm also wearing the new eyeliner - it has a weird wet-look effect, which I like on its own, but not when paired with eyeshadow, I found out today, haha.

And if you're wondering what awesome new scarf that is..

That would be this bad boy, £6.99 from H&M and I absolutely adore it! H&M scarves always sucker me in, and I buy a few every Autumn/Winter, cause I love them so much. There's another two I want to go back and get.. You can't really tell in the picture but the orangey bits are a super bright orange, and they're lovely and I love it and there is lots of love.

Thought this was a cute little post to do! Anyway, today I'm off to the gym and to see my friend for lunch!

Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Volupte Review

Now whenever I saw these, I wanted them all. Recently I was watching a video by lollipop26 who raves about them, and I couldn't help but go check them out when I was in town.

#13, Peach Passion
First off.. they look incredibly pretty. I'm immediately drawn in by the glossy gold packing, the stylish logo around the middle, and the little mirror on the end.. It's generally just a very pretty product. I'm a sucker for pretty packaging, and this definitely hits the mark. They feel expensive, too. It's a heavy product, physically, compared to other lipsticks, such as MAC, which makes it feel classy and more like a product to take care of, rather than throwing it in the bottom of my bag with all the dust and icky things that live in there.
It is an expensive product, also. One of these will set you back a full £21. I will pay a lot for lipsticks, but I think over £20 is starting to push it! But.. they are so very very pretty, haha. I work for a place where I can get a discount on it, so in the end it only cost me just under £16. Which mentally I, of course, round down to £15 and that doesn't seem so bad to me..


The colour is gorgeous. I don't really have anything like it. I have things that give a similar colour with sheer coverage, but this is something else. It looks very creamy in the tube, and I assumed this wouldn't be very pigmented. I was wrong. You put it on and it comes out highly pigmented, and super glossy. It slides on almost like lipgloss. I love the texture, however, I don't know if I'll be wearing it an awful lot in this thirty degree heat.. but still. The colour is very similar to that on the tube, a pinky-peachy coral, leaning possibly towards the 'salmon' end of the spectrum, but sort of milky. A bit like peaches and cream. Which I suppose is about right for the name.


Here's a side by side comparison of my lips bare, and then with Peach Passion. Please ignore my little freckle on my lip, haha. This picture doesn't really show the difference that well, now that I'm looking at it. In person, it adds a really pretty, bright, creamy looking finish. I've heard people complain about these being super-drying when on the lips, but I haven't really found that? I do tend to use a lip scrub most days, but I think if you already have dry lips in the slightest, it will cling in all the lines on your lips... which pretty much means bad times.

I could go on but I'll stop! Here's a little breakdown for you;

Price: 3/5

Packaging: 5/5

Colour: 4/5

Texture: 5/5

Would I buy this product again?

Probably! As long as I have my trusty John Lewis discount card by my side, I'm sure I'll be looking into some other colours in the future, because there is a deep purple (Forbidden Burgundy) with my name written all over it...