EMILY BLUNT: THE NEW FACE OF YSL'S OPIUM.

The house of Yves Saint Laurent is pleased to announce that the talented British actress Emily Blunt is the new face and ambassador for their perfume, Opium.

Emily Blunt has become one of the most popular and respected actresses in our days. Her versatile talent, can been seen through a series of very different roles. Her memorable interpretation of Emily, the senior assistant as seen in the the award-winning comedy "The Devil Wears Prada". Equally impressive was the dramatic depiction of a new queen in the film "The Young Victoria». Both appearances, won Golden Globe and were nominated for the BAFTA awards. Finally television gave her one of her best roles, playing Natasha in the series "Gideon's daughter", for which she won a Golden Globe for Supporting Actress.

"It is my great honor to have been selected to be the face of OPIUM. I have great admiration for the house of Yves Saint Laurent and I think that YSL always truly understood the expression of elegance - the mystique and untold strength. This is a truly exciting experience to incarnate this legendary perfume, which has stood the test of time, without ever reducing its charm. Being part of this new campaign and being able to tell the story of this very symbolic fragrance is really exciting, "said Emily Blunt.



Opium is an Oriental-spicy perfume created for fashion brand Yves Saint Laurent by perfumer Jean Amic and Jean-Louis Sieuzac of Roure, first marketed in 1977. Its top notes are a mixture of fruit and spices, with mandarin orange, plum, clove, coriander and pepper, as well as bay leaf. Its floral middle notes consist predominantly jasmine, rose and Lily of the Valley, in addition to carnation, cinnamon, peach and orris root. It is underlined by the sweet woody base note containing sandalwood, cedarwood, myrrh, opopanax, labdanum, benzoin and castoreum, in addition to amber, incense, musk, patchouli, tolu and vetiver. ~ Extract taken from wikipedia~



I am personally really excited for this, Emily Blunt is one of my favourite actresses, and Belle D' Opium is one of my favourite perfumes. So this one won't differ that much. I'm very eager to get this on my hands as soon as i can!

What do you think? Have you ever tried Opium? Have you ever purchased it?

Emma Watson, is that a Hit or Miss?

Hello my beautiful readers,
So yesterday it was the Warner Bros. Leavesden Studio Renovation photocall and quite a few Harry Potter peeps turned out including Emma Watson. To be honest i'm making this post to express how appalled i felt when seeing pictures of this look in contrast to what other fashion blogs/and not wrote and generally media's admiration towards Emma for the event. I'm aware that everybody's entitled to their own opinion, but just plain and BLIND admiration is upseting me.

The make up:


I'm going to start stating that i am a big Emma Watson fan and this is a post nowhere near to bash her but to write a review expressing my opinion on her last night's appereance. So first comes make up as this is what i noticed first and i'm going to say that the moment i first saw this, despite being different, i immediately hated it. Thankfully now it has grown on me but there are still a few flaws here and there that make this look a bit 'off'.

Firstly, the eyeshadow/eyeliner combo works great on her as her almond shaped eyes would probably suit any kind of eye make up. The only let down is the mascara. Mind you, i am a big fan of mascara, the biggest if possible, i'm always about making your eyes pop with mascara and define them with loads of it but i absolutely loathe seeing spider lashes. And in this case, i dislike seeing Emma's obviously artificial, spider lower lashes. There's too much mascara going on there. Unnecessary.
Another thing that put me off was her eyebrows. I usually love her full but groomed and well-shaped eyebrows. But what is this? Playing with your brow pencil much? It reminds me of her eyebrows from the CoS era. And my question is, WHY alter her eyebrow shape when it already is lovely? So that's a no.

But the biggest no-no was the lipstick, and not so much about the colour, but the shape? It looks ridiculous how they went overboard with her upper lip line. It looks clownish. The colour itself is ok, if it was applied in a normal way or any way that wouldn't make her look like a clown then it'd look lovely. Besides, anything ending with -berry is on trend this season.

Additionally, with such a gothic look, i'd prefer to give it some life, some colour to her cheeks, it appears to be none.

Furthermore one of my biggest pet peeves, lighter foundation??? Actually, when i first saw pictures i immediately thought of this but now seeing them again and also pictures without flash, i reckon it's the light reflectives or SPF in the foundation. Tell me, how could ANY make up artist apply a light-reflective, SPF, foundation to a celebrity for an event? How?

Overall, on the make up department she did ok, not bad, not good, average.

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The clothes:



Now, what IS that? I have no idea where to start. First, i'm sure you can all sense a '90s feel with the velvety dress by Vionnet. Well i guess the dress itself is alright. I actually kind of like it, never mind the fabric, which i have to say, i HATE velvet. Seeing this on the whole it seems to me like a pile of stuff worn together, to be honest creating the impression that she tried TOO hard to be stylish/edgy that it just resulted in a not so beautiful, mismatched outfit. I'm not saying it's ugly, just mismatched. I like all of the pieces seperately, with my favourites being the ever so gorgeous Erickson Beamon earrings and the Christian Louboutin Ron Ron pumps but they just don't go well together.

On an overview, i could swear that this outfit, minus the completely random plastic or glass blue cuff and that long necklace by the same designer, but rather matched with a similar type bracelet/cuff in BLACK and without any necklace would be a pretty good look for Ms Watson.

Overall, this is not the best look for her, she can do SO much better, she's beautiful with a great body, she needs to embrace her own beauty rather than hide it in piles of make up. I don't often say this for Ms Watson but i'm afraid that this time around the clothes wore her. So that's a Miss for me.

On a side note, i'm not going to comment on her hair, yes the pixie cut's growing on me, it looks cute but I STILL prefer her longer hair, it suits her more.

Both images are courtesy of Sassy!


So I would give this look a C+ and the plus goes to her make up.

What do you guys think of her appereance? Do you like it? Hate it? Don't care? Comment and tell me! I do appreciate it.

Inspiration: SATC

I'm very sorry that my posts have been very sporadic these past couple of weeks. School has started and is pretty much taking my whole time as it's the last year of school(aka uni preparation).
On another note, i will try and do more posts this week that include hauls and reviews(yay!)





So this is my current inspiration. I love Carrie Bradshaws' room. I know it may be made up for the series, but let's be honest, what kind of girl would NOT want to live in a house like that? In all honesty, i wouldn't want to live in such a house when i'll be in my late 40s or 50s but it certainly would make a beautiful home for my 20s-30s! What do you think?

Kate Moss for Topshop!

Are you excited? I sure am!!!

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Influence prt2: Mary-Kate Olsen

This is what boho chic looks like:)

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Celebrity influence pt1:Ashley Olsen

Ok, so i'm going to be posting three parts of celebrity influence in the next few days starting from today.:)






No1 fashion icon. I simply lover her!


ps
I will be in Instanbul for the next four days but i promise i'll be back with lots of new and exciting stuff!

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