Hello readers, I’m back with another look for you all. I recently went out with my housemate to my favourite charity shop haunt, a mile long shopping parade absolutely jam packed with a plethora of different charity shops. We set out with a plan, looking for an outfit that stood out from rest of my wardrobe. Happily I think we overachieved on that front.

As you can possibly guess if you’ve been following along, most of my wardrobe is black and a large part of it is made up of velvet and lace.

It was halfway along the shops, and I was starting to flag. My brain was turning to thoughts of coffee when I saw it; the floral print caught my eye. I saw it was a Laura Ashley and only £8. Even better was when I went to try it on it was a perfect fit. Its a comfortable 100% cotton fabric that will be lovely and cool as the weather warms up.

Laura Ashley had an strong stance on sustainability in fashion. As you can see from this excerpt from the Laura Ashley, she was a kindred spirit

“Surplus dyes from the previous days production were remixed to give dyes used in the next day’s production. When Laura discovered that waste fabric was being burned, it was decided to sell the remnant fabrics. This became so popular that on delivery day customers would fight wildly for bags of them. Other scraps were sold as patchwork material. When the design for a garden overall made out of cotton drill came about, wastage from the scoop neck provided enough fabric for oven gloves, which gratified Laura’s ‘never waste’ philosophy.” I’d love it if the company today held to these values.

My usual makeup style is bold, bright and in your face. For this look I wanted to branch out and try something different. I wanted to create a young, sweet and ethereal look to compliment the dress.

For foundation I used the Bare Minerals Foundation in the Fair 01 shade. This gives me a nice pale base to work with. I then used some eyeshadow from Makeup Revolution as a blush to bring some nice pink tones to my cheeks. With the eyeshadow I decided to use the colours of the transgender pride flag as they compliment my hair colour as well as the dress.

To get these bright sparkly pink lips I used my Stargazer Lip Stain pen for the base. I love this as it doesn’t feel at all like I’m wearing anything. I then went over the top with some Barry M fine glitter dust to make them sparkle!

This look along with the location made me feel like an elven princess. Here I am looking for faeries whilst plotting the downfall of capitalism.

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Stefani Star