Fashion Fix: Funky Bling Jewellery

Hey there readers,

A bit of a different post here today,

I thought I'd introduce you to a brand I have fallen in LOVE with

Funky Bling!

Through the joys of the internet I got in touch with the lovely lady behind Funky Bling

as I wanted to find where I could buy her jewelery online,

and the answer was you couldn't!

Funky Bling pieces have been spotted on some MAJOR celebs, 

(including Nicki Minaj, Little Mix, Will.I.Am)

and I wanted to get my mitts on some.

To cut a long story short, we became friends,

and I helped her out with some web design,

and she now has a web shop www.funkybling.bigcartel.com

YAY

 

She makes amazing cuffs & necklaces, all made from laser cut acrylic

in various styles and colours, saying whatever you like!

The prices vary depending on how many Swarofski Crystals are added

( for me you can never have to many)

But prices start at around £55 for the smaller necklaces

up to around £160 for the fully 'blinged' custom cuffs.

I was kindly sent some pieces as payment for my work

and OMG I love them, I'm such a lucky girl :)

I got the Dream On Necklace

and a Fully Blinged Custom Cuff saying 'Milly'

I stuck with black and white so they would be easy to team 

with anything in my wardrobe.

Can you tell I'm chuffed with them :D

The dream on necklace is the same one that Little Mix wore on the Xfactor,

except theirs said Little Mix obvs!

So yes,

This brand is about to hit the big time,

having been featured in many magazines including Vogue (swoon)

and the lovely lady behind it is beautiful and awesome too!

I definitely recommend them

Check out their Facebook Twitter & Shop

Muchos Love

xXx

*Jewellery was given to me as payment for some web/graphic design work. All opinions are my own and I would neither work for nor promote a brand I didn't genuinely love. Funky Bling is awesome. Full Stop ;)

Andrea Fulerton Nails, and a Rhinestoned phone case!

Hello readers of mine!

How are you all doing this chilly February day?

Although I have not been blogging much recently, I have still been reading a lot of blogs

and this nail varnish by Andrea Fulerton caught my beady eye!

Its the trio layering system in the colour petrol and water,

and I absolutely larrrfff it!

It was £7.99 from superdrug and I think it was well worth it.

You put the base coat on which is a kinda blacky muddy colour,

which I don't really like on its own,

but once you put the shimmery topcoat on it totally transforms!

It looks turquoise in some lights as above

and its a bit purply in other lights,

almost like a duochrome!

Also its lasted so so well,

seriously I have had it on nearly a week, 

and there is just a bit of tip wear, and next to no chipping

I'm super impressed,

nothing lasts that long on me!

I'd love to try the other colours but reports so far show 

 the others just are not as good as this colour combo!

Also I've been meaning to show you for forever,

do you like my phone case?

I did it myself using the same technique I used in one of my very first posts

for rhinestoning the front of converse!

I love its tacky goodness,

I did it about 6 months or more ago and its still going srong!

have you tried and of the Andrea Fulerton range?

do you love a tacky phone case?

let me know in the comments below!

xXx

Fashion Fix: Project Rhinestone!

A Couple of weeks ago,
I discovered, whilst surfing the fashion sites,
The above trainers.

I thought, 'hey they're pretty cool, not to everyone's taste, but I love a bit of tacky sparkle myself!'

Then I saw the price......
are you sitting down
( the answer is probably yes as you are on a computer!)
This particular pink pair
are a snap at just £250!!!
NOT

apparently

These trainers from StarSparkles by Pauline Clifford are all the rage in Hollywood
and worn by the likes of Paris Hilton...
who probably got them for free

Luckily their lowtops are a much more reasonably priced £130

OK so I know they are real Converse with real swarovski crystals,
but at that inflated price tag I'm surprised anyone has bought a pair

So I thought to myself, I could probably make a pair of my own,
and make them better!

So that is just what I did!

I started off by purchasing some Hi-top trainers on eBay
This particular pair are Kurt Geiger,
But I did go a bit crazy and buy two pairs by Converse as well, which I shall be transforming at a later date!

I read up on crystals and glue
I purchased some mid range crystals from eBay in bulk,
I thought about real swarovski, but they were pretty expensive, plus I wasn't sure how well this would work so didn't want to waste money

TBH I'm pretty impressed with the crystals I got, I didn't go the cheapest there were,
I made sure I got glass instead of plastic, as they shine better and stand up to the elements more

I also bought some super strong glue (E6000 Glue)
as recommended by one of the crystal sellers on eBay
Its industrial strength

Then I got Started
As these were sequined all over already
I decided to just do the toe-cap rather than a design up the side

I put the glue onto the toe cap, rather than onto the crystal
I then used a cocktail stick with double sided tape on the end to pick up the rhinestone and place it onto the glue

It took me a while to get into the rhythm, but after a bit i got me a little production line going

the glue dries super fast, so it took me a few times to learn to only put enough glue on for say 10 crystals at once, any more than that the glue has a film over it before you can get to it!

So here is the first shoe done!
I liked the way it turned out, I used 3 different sizes of crystals, so i could get better coverage and less gaps,
it also made it look less uniform so it wasn't in rows which I liked.

This is the finished Product!
I LOVE them soo tacky and bad that they are GOOD!

I'm now leaving them to dry for at least 72 hours,
as recommended by someone on eBay

and if they stay on well,
I shall be making many more pairs,
maybe even customise trainers for friends for Christmas

I'm also thinking of selling some on eBay!

Overall I spend about 3 hours on them
and spent £25 including the shoes and crystals
and I have stacks of crystals spare

so that's what I've been up to recently!
I shall show you if I do some more!

xXx

p.s, new picture!