Style Profile: Spring/Summer 2012: Miss Selfridge: NouveauChic...

I'm loving this whole Polyvore thing! Literally obsessed with it! If you aren't quite sure what I'm talking about, go check out THIS LINK then come back and tell me how amazing their site is. 

Anyway, the latest look I've thrown together using their site is what I call NouveauChic. Black has always been THE notoriously chic colour. However, for this Spring/Summer, classic chic has taken a new turn, incorporating some softer pastel colours into what is still quintessentially cool. My favourite colours to mix with black are splattered across Miss Selfridge's clothes racks and website, so I threw this look together using pastel pink/peach/nude and turquoise/green/blue hues. NouveauChic is perfect for gigs and music festivals alike, and is versatile enough to transfer from day to night.

The shapes are usually long and floaty on EITHER the top or bottom, and tighter on the other. So I'm thinking hot-pant knicker shorts with kimonos, ballerina-inspired sheer skirts with tight crop-tops, and playsuits cinched at the waist. The shoes are always high and usually wedges as this is definitely a summer look-to-impress. Sunglasses, sun-hats and ascot scarves add to the chilled out glamour and a nice big handbag makes NouveauChic practical as you can carry everything you might need for the day. Finally, the jewelry is a mix of blacks, golds, silvers, light pinks, blue gems, white rope and cross-icons.

Hope you like it!

Spring/Summer 2012 Miss Selfridge NouveauChic... by hautefuture featuring metal jewelry

Miss Selfridge cardigan
£40 - missselfridge.com

Miss Selfridge black tee
£22 - missselfridge.com

Miss Selfridge cotton tank top
£18 - missselfridge.com

Miss Selfridge bra top
£18 - missselfridge.com

Miss selfridge
£35 - missselfridge.com

Miss selfridge
£39 - missselfridge.com

Miss Selfridge chiffon skirt
£37 - missselfridge.com

Miss Selfridge long skirt
£32 - missselfridge.com

Miss Selfridge skirt
£28 - missselfridge.com

Miss selfridge
£20 - missselfridge.com

Miss Selfridge black shoes
£58 - missselfridge.com

Miss Selfridge wedge heels
£45 - missselfridge.com

Miss Selfridge black necklace
£16.50 - missselfridge.com

Miss Selfridge metal jewelry
£14 - missselfridge.com

Miss Selfridge yellow gold jewelry
£14 - missselfridge.com

Miss Selfridge chandelier earrings
£12.50 - missselfridge.com

Miss Selfridge crystal jewelry
£10 - missselfridge.com

Miss Selfridge skull jewelry
£7.50 - missselfridge.com

Miss Selfridge drop earrings
£7.50 - missselfridge.com

Miss Selfridge cross necklace
£6 - missselfridge.com

Miss Selfridge gold drop earrings
£5 - missselfridge.com

Miss Selfridge pink earrings
£6 - missselfridge.com

Miss Selfridge bag
£39 - missselfridge.com

Miss Selfridge oversized floppy hat
£22 - missselfridge.com

Miss Selfridge black straw hat
£16 - missselfridge.com

Miss Selfridge green shawl
£16 - missselfridge.com

Miss Selfridge black belt
£15 - missselfridge.com

Miss Selfridge sunglasses
£12 - missselfridge.com

Miss Selfridge pink shades
£10 - missselfridge.com

Miss Selfridge floral hair accessory
£8.50 - missselfridge.com

Waterloo Blush Tie Wedge
£48 - missselfridge.com

Aqua Fireball Tunnels
£8.50 - missselfridge.com

Gold Floral Collar Tips
£7.50 - missselfridge.com

White Skull Toggle
£6.50 - missselfridge.com

So there you have it. I've been trying to rock this look recently and I've been happy with how easy and cheap it can be! Most people have black items which can be used as accents in NouveauChic, and the other items are generally quite plain and hence also cheap-ish. Obviously, the accessories are gorgeous, but they are really just extras in this style so I might leave them for a particularly rich day and stock up on the plainer separates in the meantime. 

Are you as mad for this look as I am? Do you have any other ideas of what to wear to festivals this summer? Can you think of another quite cheap look which I could consider for this summer? Do you have Polyvore accounts? If so, please leave me your link!

Love and snuggles
gabriellasofia
x

HauteHaul January Part 2 - H&M, Lush and Dior!

Part 2 of my January spending-spree! These bits are all from H&M, Lush and Dior. There are some freebies too so I hope you like them, and don't forget, if you don't ask you don't get, so next time you buy something in Lush or from a department store make-up counter make sure you ask if there's anything else you could try... you might even walk away with more freebies than paid-for items, like I did in Lush. The lady was so lovely!

Don't forget to check out Part 1 which includes Topshop sale goodies:

http://hautefuture.blogspot.com/2012/01/hautehaul-january-part-1-topshop-sales.html

And also my Boots drugstore essentials haul in Part 3:
http://hautefuture.blogspot.com/2012/01/hautehaul-january-part-3-boots.html

Please check out my other sites and let me know what you think in the comments box below:

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Finally, here is the link for the Joe Gilligan Trust:

http://www.joegilligantrust.com/

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Thanks for watching, guys and I'll see you soon!

Love

gabriellasofia x

HauteHaul January Part 1 - Topshop Sales!

It's sickening how much money I've spent this January... In my defense January is my most hated month and I have this uncontrollable compulsion to buy pretty things... It's a condition. A terrible, terrible condition. The symptoms involve memory lapses and the appearance of new things in shiny bags being scattered around my bedroom. It could be worse :)

Don't forget to check out Part 2 which includes H&M, Lush and Dior goodies:

http://hautefuture.blogspot.com/2012/01/hautehaul-january-part-2-h-lush-and.html

And also my Boots drugstore essentials haul in Part 3:

http://hautefuture.blogspot.com/2012/01/hautehaul-january-part-3-boots.html

Please check out my other sites and let me know what you think in the comments box below:

Please follow me on Twitter at:

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Love

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HauteFuture Beauty Tutorial Urban Decay 15th Anniversary Palette Gold Eye

I've been playing with this palette for months now and finally I'm ready to share one of my favorite looks with you! This bronze and gold look is a fab night-time look for transitioning from autumn/winter to spring/summer as it isn't too dark, has a nice amount of shimmer and stays put even when it rains or becomes warmer in the evenings.

Here's what I used:

Channel Vitalumiere Foundation: £33 at http://www.boots.com/
Maybelline Superstay 24hr Concealer: £6.19 at http://www.boots.com/
Benefit Brow Zings in Medium: £22.50 at http://www.boots.com/
L'Oreal True Match Powder: £8.19 at http://www.boots.com/
Urban Decay Primer Potion: £14.50 at http://www.urbandecay.co.uk/
Urban Decay 15th Anniversary Palette (used Vanilla, Cash and Deeper): UNAVAILABLE as this was a limited release unfortunately. However, Urban Decay does many similar colours so just have a hunt through!
Sally Hansen Sexy Curls Precision Eyelash Curlers: $7.99 at www.walgreens.com
Benefit They're Real! Mascara: £18.50 at http://www.boots.com/
Benefit Coralista Blush: £23.50 at http://www.boots.com/
MAC Mega Metal Shadow in Peek-at-You: UNAVAILABLE it seems like this has been discontinued... However, there are tons of colours which actually work better... try Crystal Avalanche which is £11.50 at www.maccosmetics.co.uk
Benefit Posie Tint Lip Tint: £24.50 at http://www.boots.com/
Topshop Lips in Rumour Has It: UNAVAILABLE :( This was a Limited Edition shade but they have one similar for £8.00 called Nevada at http://www.topshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/TopCategoriesDisplay?storeId=12556&catalogId=33057
EcoTools Brush Collection: £15.31 at http://www.boots.com/

Please check out my other sites and let me know what you think in the comments box below:

Please follow me on Twitter at:
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Click 'Follow' on my blog which has tons of reviews, beauty-fashion-lifestyle features and more:
http://hautefuture.blogspot.com/

Subscribe to my Youtube channel where I post hauls, tutorials, outfits of the day and WAY more:
http://www.youtube.com/user/HauteFuture?feature=watch

Also check out my facebook page at:
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Finally, here is the link for the Joe Gilligan Trust:
http://www.joegilligantrust.com/

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Thanks for watching, guys and I'll see you soon!

Love
gabriellasofia x

My Super-Top-Secret Beauty Professionals Feature...

I’m so happy guys! I can finally reveal my new feature which will a weekly thing... are you all ready for it?

Each week HauteFuture is going to be bringing you beauty tips and tricks from the people that KNOW what they’re talking about! These women know the ins and outs of the beauty industry, no exfoliating beauty pumice stone (rock) has gone unturned where these women are concerned, they have worked with the best make-up artists, beauty brands and products available at the moment. I am of course talking about the beauty directors and editors behind our favourite magazines!

This is super-exciting for me! Each week I will be putting your beauty questions to the geniuses who find the best products out there for us, and getting cold hard answers. These women are like beauty royalty. Trust me, they KNOW.

So which lovely ladies are onboard? Well...

Firstly, we have the beautiful Lisa Oxenham (also known as the Beauty and Style Director at IPC Media, host to the likes of Marie Claire, one of my all-time favourite magazines!!!) Having met Lisa a couple of months back at Marie Claire’s Inspire and Mentor Estee Lauder event, I knew that she was someone I wanted to know. She ran a short seminar on the new season looks including hair buns and red lips, and the whole time the audience was captivated. As well as clearly knowing her stuff, this lady has a great stage-presence and perfect hair. I was overjoyed when she agreed to work with me in order to bring my readers the best beauty knowledge there is out there!

Next up is Sarah-Jane Biggs, or the Beauty Editor at More! magazine. This is a name I’ve known for a while as she held top beauty positions in the magazines of my teenage years... Any Bliss magazine fans? Sarah-Jane was the Beauty Editor. Heard of a little publication called CosmoGIRL! magazine??? Well, you’re going to be able to put your questions to one of their past Assistant Beauty Editors. Sarah-Jane has made a great career so far of studying the products, technology and techniques which make beauty beautiful and she’s on board to help bring what she knows to HauteFuture readers. I’m chuffed to have her!

Thirdly, Laura Bacharach, freelance journalist and fellow blogger at The Beauty Edit caught my eye when I noticed just how knowledgeable she is about all things beauty. I automatically knew that she was the ‘Real Deal’ in the beauty writing industry and I was hardly surprised that on closer research I found that she’d worked as Beauty Editor at both Cosmopolitan and Look magazines, followed closely by time spent as the Beauty Director at one of my ultimate favourite mags, Company. With years of experience, I genuinely feel so privileged to have her as a part of this!

Deputy Beauty Editor of Stylist magazine, Samantha Flowers, really caught my eye quite recently. After scanning a Stylist mag in the break-room at work, I had a mooch on the beauty section of their website and found a couple of postings where Samantha had answered the beauty queries of readers. She is so thorough in finding a solution for each reader’s problem that I knew I had to ask her to be involved, and happily she accepted my invitation. Thank you Samantha!

Last but DEFINITELY not least, with a CV including top beauty positions at Conde Nast International, Tatler magazine and Stylist magazine whilst currently holding the role of Beauty Director at ELLE magazine how could I not ask the wonderful Emma Smith??? What really caught my eye about my ultimate skin-crush beauty professional were ELLE magazines Top 10 Autumn/Winter Beauty picks. Emma featured the likes of Bobbi Brown, Clinique and YSL amongst her favourite products for the season and I automatically knew she was my kind of person! She gives as much importance to skincare and nails as she does to cosmetics and hair-care and I need that thorough knowledge on-side if I’m going to allow my readers the best advice possible. I still can’t believe I have names as big as Emma Smith on this project.

So I’m trying to act really cool, but deep down we all know I’m beauty-star-struck right now! To have such names agreeing to help me here. But I must be cool. I must focus on the project in question. So without much further ado, I’d like to know your number one Winter Beauty Related Question. Each week, I will select that which I believe to be the ‘best’ question, that which will help the most people and will simply ask the professionals for a brief answer.

So, now you know my secret blog project which I’ve had to keep under wraps for the past few weeks, what are you waiting for? Pop your questions in the comments box below and I will interview the panel of Beauty Genius and report back!

Thanks for reading guys, hope you’re as excited as I am!

Love

gabriellasofia x