Fashion | Summer Style, Trends & Tips*

With temperatures set to soar in the UK this weekend, it’s time to shed the layers upon layers of clothing and prep your closets with some of the season’s hottest fashion trends. I understand that ascending from a comfortable cocoon of dark colours, knits and scarves can be a daunting prospect, so I've created a …

Fashion | How I Used Coffee To Resolve My ‘Premature Greying’ Existential Hair Crisis

For some context, I recently submitted the article below as part of an application for a possible new writing gig, they challenged me with the task of producing a 200-word piece about "the first time I dyed my hair." Here it goes... The first time that I contemplated dying my hair, I had two choices: Embrace …

Fashion | #GoldenGlobes 2016 Red Carpet Review

It is the event that everyone is talking about - and understandably so, as Hollywood's biggest stars descended on The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, California for the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night. The Golden Globes marks the start of the awards season, which deserves a completely impromptu dance sequence... It is …

Blog | 2015 In Review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for The Girl in Glasses! Here's an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 12,000 times in 2015. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 4 sold-out performances for …

Fashion | Cherry Diva ‘Bohemian Princess’ Jewellery Review

The Cherry Diva website is home to fabulous fashion jewellery, sparkling statement necklaces and amazing ladies accessories. They have such a large range of jewellery choices at varying prices, typically between £1 - £15 and if you follow them on social media from their site then you will receive 10% off your very first order! …

Fashion | Autumn Essentials For Under £150

If you're not one for crisp mornings, crunchy Autumn leaves beneath your feet and the nights drawing in sooner, then perhaps you can be persuaded into the new season by the fashion options that are now available to you. Autumn is all about layering, which is a style that not only keeps you warm but also keeps …

Fashion | Hot Trend: Disney Hairstyles

Being a Celebrity Journalist, I find myself not only writing articles but reading tons to keep up with the latest, whether that's through a magazine, app or online. I discovered a feature from Glamour a little while back and I loved it so much that I bookmarked it to share with you at a later date! I've taken …

Beauty | Maybelline’s 100th Birthday Collection (148 Summer Pink Lipstick Review)

100 years of self-expression. 1915-2015 It's incredible to see how far international make-up brand Maybelline has come in 100 years, taking itself from a start-up family business to a global trendsetter and household name. Whilst the products and the trends have changed over the decades, the fundamental reason for buying into the beauty industry hasn't, we …

Fashion | amfAR Cinema Against AIDS Gala @ #Cannes2015 (Day 9)

Day 9 of the Cannes Film Festival marked the annual amfAR Cinema Against AIDS Gala, this spectacular event has raised more than $140 million for amfAR's life-saving research programs and has helped to keep the fight against AIDS in the global media spotlight. The 2015 event brought out some of the biggest names in the …

Fashion | #Cannes2015 In Review (Day 8)

Another day, another slew of stylish (and not so stylish) stars on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival! Day 8 sees Rachel Weisz in an opinion-dividing gown, Aishwarya Rai turns diva on us in a BIG dress and Kendall Jenner works her outfit like no one else could. Now for a closer look... Rachel …