#BLFW Bloggers Love Fashion Week - My Highlights!

I've been talking about it all week on twitter, but for those of you who don't know...this week I attended Bloggers Fashion Week!

The #BLFW (That's Bloggers Love Fashion Week) took place from the heart of London's West End, at Penthouse, Leicester Square. I couldn't believe so many things were packed into 3 short evenings and I was super excited to attend. Now, i'm not a fashion guru and clothes aren't my forte, so instead of drooling over dresses and shoes, I got excited by some other things I found this week, such as accessories and beauty. Not only did I meet so many great brands, I met so many lovely bloggers too.

Here are my top finds and moments from the past few days! 

Taro Collection Jewellery

Oh my gosh it's so shiny!! Like a little magpie I was totally drawn to this stand. I'm trying to be more adventurous in my jewellery choices and these were really cute! I really like the chunky silver chain necklace.

Rachel Black Millinery

The inner Magpie in me was once again attracted to this gorgeous headpiece. All completely handmade, each hair band can take up to a day to make. I loved this flower hair band, and If I were to attend any races this summer, this would be straight on my head, for sure.

Model It Lashes by Alisha White

I like Alisha, she's a tenacious model who has branched out and started her own lash line. Alisha had some gorgeous lashes in a whole variety of types!

Blog Dates

Can't mention Bloggers Fashion Week without mentioning my Blogger date for Tuesday night! The Lovely Beth from 'The British Girl' I love reading her blog, and thought she seemed like a really cool girl, so I reached out to her and asked her if she'd like to come to Day 2 with me! Glad I did, Beth is lovely and we had non stop bloggy chat all night!

The Parlour

 The Parlour were on hand glitterfying the lovely bloggers in attendance on day 3 of BLFW, I saw so many beautiful eye designs throughout the evening and the two fabulous bloggers below caught my eye!

Headmasters

Headmasters were also in attendance at BLFW. They had set up a mini hair styling bar and you could choose a look from their Blowdry collection before their brilliant stylists Jodie & Ian would get to work on you! I told Ian that I like soft waves and love any hair style with a brushed out curl. I gave him total freedom to style my hair... including the brand new set of Dirty Looks Hair extensions I was wearing (I'll be reviewing these soon!)

I felt like such a Disney Princess with my tumbling blonde curls. I was so impressed with how quickly they styled my hair and gave me a look which was very me! I loved how my hair looks and I know who i'm going to be paying a visit to when I have a special night out to get ready for in the future. 

And of course... a night isn't complete without a selfie in the bathroom!

So those are my top highlights from the 3 nights at #BLFW. I picked up some amazing products which i'm going to be reviewing individually over the next few weeks and feel very lucky to have met some wonderful bloggers including - 

April from Beautiface, Beth from Beauty in Beta, Monica from Moth Loves, Beth from The British Girl, Xeena and the gang from Blogging Gals and many many more. I've an awful memory so I do apologize if i've missed anyone.

 Congratulations to Danielle for all her hard work putting on the event and i'm looking forward to the next!

Is a sculpted waist without any exercise possible? - My Lipomassage* Review!

Have you ever wanted to tone up and lose weight without the hard work? Yep! Me too. This month I'd been invited to try something new and very different! So I headed to Endermologie to try out their famed 'Lipomassage*' in a new 15minute express session.

If you haven't heard of Lipomassage* or know what it's about, that's okay because honestly It was all new to me too. So here's what happened during my experience... I met with Pernelle who was going to be giving me my Lipomassage* and she briefly talked me through the treatment and then left the room for me to put on my, what I can only describe as human sock. I did burst out laughing when Pernelle showed it to me, and after instructing me how to put it on, I wrangled myself into it.

Now the human sock, or in technical terms your Endermowear is pretty see through, It does in fairness, have thicker whiter parts to cover the nipple and groin area, but you are instructed to not wear your underwear underneath it, just as a heads up.  When you're all dressed and ready to go, it's onto the table and the session begins.

During the session you're to lie down on the table in a similar fashion to the woman on the screen. I decided to have my express session target my waist so chose the waist-ing away treatment.

The actual Lipomassage* is what i can only describe as an odd experience, but it was enjoyable! Pernelle was answering all the questions I was firing off at her during the treatment and she really knew her stuff! The treatment is sort of like having your skin kneaded, like you would to dough, but by motorized rollers with a suction tube in the middle. The therapist follows the little arrows on the screen to work out where to roll and which direction. 

In all honestly, I saw and felt zero difference after my treatment, and that's no surprise, as even the website states that you will need to have 6-8 weeks of treatment... and those are 35minute sessions! 

Would i stick it out for 6-8 weeks? Hmm, probably not, and the reason being at around £50 per session, one session a week... you could see results in the gym for the similar time frames and for far less money.

 However, if you've bags of dosh and prefer getting a massage than exercising, then this is the treatment for you - but be aware, that to maintain your sculpted figure, you'll need to have at least one session a month... for the rest of your life.

For more information about the Lipomassage* you can check their website here - LPG Lipomassage

*Although this experience was complimentary for review purposes, it has been reviewed openly and honestly. My Pale Skin will never publish a false review.

Get the Look! Ashley Benson (Pretty Little Liars) Inspired Make Up!

Ashley Benson always looks incredible on the Red Carpet, and she's the inspiration behind my latest Celebrity Styled look. The shining star of this look has to be the MUA Undress Me Too Palette which costs only £4.00!!  The Undress Me Too Palette is a Perfect dupe for Urban Decay's Naked 2, and almost a 10th of the price. 

The colours are incredibly pigmented, and It's hard to believe how many shades you get for so little money. If you don't have this palette, go get one! I'm a fan of MUA and after testing this palette out, I will certainly be buying more from the range.

Want to get this look? Here's the full product list of what I used - 

• Primer - Benefit Porefessional
• Foundation - Mac Prep & Prime BB Beauty Balm Extra Light / Mac Studio Fix NC15
• Concealer - Mac Studio Finish NC15
• Powder - B. Cosmetics Pressed Powder Light/Medium
• Contour - NYX Taupe
• Blush - ELF Blushing Rose
• Eyebrows - Sleek Eyebrow Palette Light / Urban Decay Naked Basics
• Eyes - MUA Undress Me Too Palette
• Eyeliner - Eeyko Skinny Eye Liner
• Mascara - Bourjois Paris Volume Clubbing, Ultra Black
• Eyelashes - Perfect Eyelashes by Agnes Dos Santos, 'Glam'

I'd love to hear your thoughts on this look, and i'm always open to ideas for which look to recreate next. As always, if you'd like a tutorial for this, let me know in the comments. xx

March Wish List!

I've been thinking about my wish list quite a lot over the past few days. I've lost count on the amount of times I walked into Boots determined to buy products in the 3 for 2 or made my way into Space NK to play with products I've been lusting after for weeks... yet every time I've walked out with nothing.

What I'm really wishing for, aren't really products that I can just pick up on my way home from work, or grab during my lunch break... it's something a littler more than that. This is my sort of personal improvement wish list. 

1. Brighter Whiter Teeth. 

I used to be a smoker. I quit last last year, and am in the difficult process of trying to freshen up my teeth and get them pearly white. I'm looking forward to the day I can wear a bright red lipstick out and not be worried about if they make my teeth look yellow. It's funny how much confidence can ride on just one thing.

2. Clear Skin

I've been working hard on trying to fix my skin and give it the love that it badly needs. It's not there yet, but i'm getting closer. I keep imaging the day I look in the mirror and see perfect skin staring back at me. 

3. Longer Hair 

The third and final personal improvement I'm trying to conquer is my hair. I'm still dreaming of the possibility of one day having beautiful thick one length hair.  I can't wait until the day I can go to the salon and walk out with a Hollywood style big bouncy blow dry! Until that day rolls around, i'm going to be looking into extensions.

So that's it! Those are the three major things I'm wishing for this March. I would love to hear from you if you have product recommendations or ideas on how to tick off every item from the list! Leave a note in the the comments or you can email me: em@mypaleskin.com xxx