OOTD - Green Tartan and Pink Coats

Just a really quick look at an outfit I put together. To be honest, Its an outfit I put together for Styling at University, but it is also kind of an Outfit Of The Day right? 

Anyway - Enjoy! 

Coat - Primark - £22

Jumpsuit - Missguided - £20 

Shoes - Missguided - £14.99 sale

OOTD - Alexander Wang and Daisy Jeans

I'M BACK! This time I definitely am too! Its been like a month since the last time I blogged as I'v just been really busy (and a bit lazy) but I'm here and I'll stick properly to blogging as often as I can! 

Here's what I wore today, its been surprisingly warm (well not warm but not freezing!!) for it being January in England, so I took the opportunity to wear my favourite jeans ever! 

With the jeans, I also wore my Alaxander Wang for H&M crop top. I loved all of his collection and managed to get my hands on a dress, a sports crop top and this top. 

Obviously if I was to go outside, I'd put on a coat. I wore my oversized pink one from Primark. Unfortunately I haven't got a picture with that as I wore it to go into university, but I'm pretty sure you'll have seen the one I mean. Everyone and their mam has this coat! 

Top - Alexander Wang / H&M - £29.99 (sold out)

Jeans - Vintage - £12 

Belt - Newlook - £6 (sold out : alternative here)

Boots - Primark - £15

Henna Patterns

A few weeks ago, in a post, I showed a picture of some recent henna I had done and since I have had a few requests to make a blog post all about my henna, so here it is! Its going to be an image based post mainly, just so you can see what I like to do, but I will add in a few little bits of info here and there! Enjoy! :)

(Also, I'd like to say that I am in no way trying to turn Indian culture into a fashion statement or anything. I am not trying to offend anyone and I don't want any arguments about cultural appropriation in my comments. I simply find the traditional henna patterns beautiful and really enjoy doing it.)

I buy my henna from a user on Ebay who makes all her henna fresh. I also always get natural brown henna. 

There are two types of henna; black henna and brown/natural henna. Black henna has chemicals in to give it a dark black colour and also to make it last longer. This is the type which you hear horror stories about, people can have severe allergic reactions to black henna, which in turn can cause them to have reactions to hair dye and cause blisters and stuff. Brown/natural henna is made from henna powder (made from a plant) which is them mixed with essential oils (such as tea tree), sugar and lemon juice. People don't really have allergic reactions to this as it is all natural, unless of course they are allergic to sugar etc…

I did this one on my friend Rachael for one of her belly dancing shows. 

Here's the seller I get it from. She always has a special offer on, which is you get a free cone of henna for every one you buy. So if you buy 2, you get 2 free and so on.

Ebay Username : henna-art

On my friend Megan

To make up my patterns, I look images up on google to find inspiration. I don't copy directly from them though. I like to use parts of lots of different images and join them together. I draw them on the skin using a felt tip and then simply go over it in henna when I'm happy with it!

Huge rose on my sister! Love this one!

Cute little symbols are nice to do too!

Once the henna is applied to the skin, its name changes to mehndi. All the traditional patterns, from the simple paisley and swirly ones, to the mandalas and suns all have different meanings. They are all about happiness and finding inner light etc. Just google it to find their proper meanings, they are all so pretty! 

Sun and moon on my sister's thigh

Instead of doing work, just do henna ;)

Giant paisley piece on my sister!

Even just simple dots are cute!

Henna once on, will last around a week to 10 days. After you've put it on the skin, leave it to dry for at least two hours. It takes time as it needs to dye the skin. Then, if you want it darker, wrap you hand, or whatever its on, in cling film. This will trap in the heat, causing it to dye more. The hotter and longer its stays on, the darker and longer it will last!

Sorry about the image quality. They were all taken on my phone, then put on instragram, and then were put onto this post! If you'd like to know anything else about henna/mehndi just ask! 

Update! And discount codes!

Hello! I just wanted to do a little update on what I've been up to and why I haven't been blogging as much as I usually do! 

Also keep reading and I'll give you some discount codes to use on loads of online shops, such as Boohoo, Missguided, Gap, ASOS and more! 

I don't want to blab on too much but I moved away from home and started university in September. I am studying Fashion Design, Image Making and Styling and I love it! This is the main reason why I have been so busy! I currently have 3 separate projects on the go, and have just handed in another. Theres a lot of work involved in my course, from drawing and designing, to fashion photography and street style spotting. Its all really exciting, but it does take up a lot of my time.

I might start posting some of my work on here as its all fashion related and some of you may want to see it, but let me know in the comments as I don't want to start posting all my arty stuff if you don't want to see it! If you would like to see some of my work anyway, check out my instragram as I quite often post my drawings on there!

Also, I was recently model scouted and since then have been signed to Vanita Model Management in Manchester. I have been super busy doing testings and photoshoots for the agency and my portfolio, as well as helping out stylists on my course with their shoots. Here's a picture from a test shoot I did with Lucy Ridges, I looovvve it! 

(Check out her portfolio here!) 

I am really going to try hard to start getting back to at least two posts a week, I will be definitely be doing at least one a week, I promise!

In the mean time, follow me on twitter to keep up to date with what I've been up to! I tweet all the time! Don't be afraid to say hi :)

@Juliette_Ste 

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Now that we have that out the way, heres some discount codes for you to enjoy! Most of them are to use just for this weekend (as its black friday) but have a go anyway! 

20% off Missguided

Code : CYBER20

(ends on Monday 1st Dec - also free delivery on orders over £60)

30% and free delivery at Boohoo

No code! Its automatic!

(ends on Monday 1st Dec)

20% off All Saints

Code : CYBER

(ends Monday 1st)

20% off ASOS

Code : CYBERWKND20

(ends Tuesday 2nd December)

40% off French Connection

Code : FC40BF

(ends Monday 1st)

an extra 30% off French Connection

Code : 30FCBF

(ends tonight!)

50% off GAP

Code : BLKFRIDAY

(ends tonight)

50% off Urban Outfitters

Code : BFDELIVERY

(ends tonight)

25% off Stephanie Ever After 

Code : BLACK

(ends Saturday 29th November at noon)

ENJOY!!

Lace Nail Art & Quiz Dress Competition #quizdressnails

I have recently been contacted to get you all, and myself, involved in a competition that Quiz and BeautyUK have just launched! The competition is to create your own nail art design based on one of Quiz's new season dresses. Simple! 

There are three prizes and the winners will receive a £100, £50 and £25 voucher to spend at Quiz, as well as a goody bag worth £25 from BeautyUK. 

I have chosen to base my nail design on this dress. 

The Black Chiffon Lace Panel Prom Dress (buy here for only £59.99)

Image copyright to Quiz

So as I am entering this competition, but want you all to enter too, I have decided to show you my design and how I did it, to give you some inspiration and to show you how simple they can be! 

Heres the nail polishes I used. I also used a dotting tool, but you can just use the end of a bobby pin, or even a wooden cocktail stick if you down have either of these. 

(as usual, click to buy!)

Bourjois Paris So Laque! in 30 Noir de chine - £5.99

P.S. Love by Primark in white - £2

Rimmel 5 in 1 nail treat, base and top coat - £3.99 (alternative here)

If you are using this post as a tutorial, obviously you don't have to stick to the polishes I used. Use whatever brand you have or even try some different colours! I think a navy base with the lace in white would look amazing!!

Before I started, I drew out the pattern I wanted to do. This is inspired by the eyelash lace on the dress, as well as the monochrome colours and the stripe down the middle of the dress. 

Step 1

To start off with, I simply painted my nails white. I used 4 thin coats before the colour became opaque enough for my liking. I then waited for this to completely dry!

Step 2

Next, I painted a thin line down one edge of my nail. I did this at different sides on each nail just to be a bit different, but if you want a more 'ordered' look, you may be better keeping them all the same. Don't worry if this isn't neat as you will be adding more bits! 

Step 3

I then added these small bumps along the line, and added a dot in the middle of each one. Again, none of this has to be neat as we are adding more bits! 

Step 4

I then added larger bumps and filled these in with dots and random swirly patterns. I tried to make the border of these bumps thicker, just to make them stand out more.

Step 5

Finally, I added the 'eyelashes'. These are just little lines which come off the bigger bumps. You don't have to put these on if you are just recreating the nails, however I did them as I wanted the lace to be as realistic as possible! 

And here's the final result! They look so much prettier in real life!! 

If you would like to enter the competition, simply 

-pick a Quiz dress that inspires you

- create a nail design based on the dress. It doesn't have to be a complete copy, just something inspired by your favourite dress

- post a picture of your nails to twitter, or post it down in my comments, using the hashtag #quizdressnails

- follow @BeautyUk and @quizclothing on twitter to keep up to date with the competition

Click here to see Quiz's newest dresses to pick your favourite! 

The competition closes on Sunday 30th November! Good Luck!