tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32429878037281075502024-03-19T04:44:47.182-07:00FOR THE LOVE OF LEOPARD PRINTOliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04937792265577341295noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242987803728107550.post-86098857951436971082014-08-22T01:00:00.000-07:002014-08-22T01:00:05.456-07:00THE FTLLP EDIT | #4 SHOES AND BAGS
Diamonds are a girls best friend? Nah. That should have been shoes and bags are a girl's best friend! I own a disproportionately high number of shoes and bags when compared to items in the rest of my wardrobe. And why not?! I'm telling you, shoes and bags have TRANSFORMATIVE powers! A simple LBD can be dressed up, dressed down, toughened up and reworked just with a shift of these key Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04937792265577341295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242987803728107550.post-86443645284349845472014-08-13T01:00:00.000-07:002014-08-14T09:44:02.194-07:00LIPS | PURPLE PASSION
If I was a make up item, I would definitely be a bold lip. I don't know what it is, I just can't stay away from a bright lip colour on a shelf. My eyes spot brightly coloured things a mile off, and before my mind has had time to register, my hands have swatched the item and thrown it into my shopping basket!
Lately, I'm all over the berrys, pinks and purples. Maybe it's the cold weather Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04937792265577341295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242987803728107550.post-13289385573904400952014-06-29T04:01:00.002-07:002014-08-14T09:28:07.957-07:00THE FTLLP EDIT | #3 MIXING IT UP
Happy Sunday loves, hope you're having a lovely day. Loving the warm weather this weekend - let's hope it holds out for the week too! This week's Edit is a little eclectic, a little bit of PVC, a little bit of texture. Check it all out below:
Row 1: 1 / 2 / 3
Row 2: 1 / 2 / 3
Row 3: 1 / 2 / 3
Row 4: 1 / 2 / 3
Row 5: 1 / 2 / 3
Have an awesome week ahead!
- OliviaOliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04937792265577341295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242987803728107550.post-74243216295262354522014-06-27T01:00:00.000-07:002014-08-14T09:24:19.866-07:00TOOLS | REAL TECHNIQUES BLUSH BRUSH
Meet the new addition to my make up brush collection, the Real Techniques Blush brush. As many a make up lover will tell you, you can't beat RT for their great quality and affordable make up brushes. The Core set, and more specifically the Buffing brush, really transformed my make up game and I've had my eye on this bad boy for a little while now.
First things first though, IOliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04937792265577341295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242987803728107550.post-37964364420651813822014-06-25T01:00:00.000-07:002014-08-14T09:24:45.878-07:00LIPS | NOUBA MILLEBACI #45
As predicted, I went out and added another baby to my Nouba Millebaci collection. I mean when #46 turned out to be such a dream (check out that review here), it would have been rude not to! This time I picked up #45, a gorgeous deep purple shade with the tiniest magenta iridescent sparkles and some even tinier gold flecks thrown in for good measure.
The result is Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04937792265577341295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242987803728107550.post-57328116817701796122014-06-23T01:00:00.000-07:002014-08-14T09:26:06.305-07:00BASE | REVLON COLORSTAY IN SPICE
As a make up lover, I'm always on the hunt for the perfect base for my face. If my face would decide to stay the same colour for a while, that might help...! I've been a MAC girl for the longest time (Studio Fixers stand up!), but as my latest bottle was coming to an end I decided to branch out and sample what else was on offer.
After a brief and unfulfilling fling with a Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04937792265577341295noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242987803728107550.post-23977613641477898682014-03-24T12:07:00.000-07:002014-08-14T09:28:24.836-07:00THE FTLLP EDIT | #2 HIGH END
Happy Monday all! This post was supposed to go out to you yesterday, but after a fulfilling, but exhausting weekend I just flopped on my bed when I got home. So here it is, ever so fashionably late, the FTLLP Edit #2. This week's Edit is completely high-end and features no high street, because a girl can dream, right?
So without further ado.....
Row 1: 1 / 2 / 3
RowOliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04937792265577341295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242987803728107550.post-50280856593906433302014-03-16T03:04:00.003-07:002014-08-14T09:28:40.859-07:00THE FTLLP EDIT | #1 SPRING FLING
Hi lovelies, hope you're having a lovely Sunday. I'm certainly not enjoying this undecided weather in Nairobi at the minute, makes it so hard to decide what to wear! I'll be spending my day indoors, catching up on my favourite blogs and some work later in the afternoon.
While I'm at it, I thought I'd introduce a new series onto the blog, called The FTLLP Edit. It will be a weekly Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04937792265577341295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242987803728107550.post-9904264429385232592014-03-03T21:00:00.000-08:002014-08-14T09:28:56.425-07:00TRENDS | STRAIGHT TO THE POINT
Oscar de la Renta, Honor, Tanya Taylor
Honor, Dolce & Gabanna, Narcisco Rodrigues
One trend that I will totally, yet surprisingly, buy into this season is the pointy flat. Approximately 90% of my shoe-drobe is exclusively heel, about 8% sandal and 2% flat. I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with flats, as I can almost never get them to fit right on my feet. A quick peek at theOliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04937792265577341295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242987803728107550.post-31952959011069234992014-02-22T02:57:00.001-08:002014-08-14T09:29:34.862-07:00LIPS | NOUBA MILLEBACI #46
I am in LOVE. There's no other way to say it. You know when you bag a new beauty buy that just makes you wanna scream? That's me right now. I spotted this bad boy over on fellow blogger Sharon's instagram (@this_is_ess) the day before yesterday and set out determined to get myself a tube before they all ran out.
I went straight after work and I'm now the proud owner Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04937792265577341295noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242987803728107550.post-41354176985342520292014-01-28T21:30:00.000-08:002014-08-14T09:30:32.673-07:00NAILS | Like A Virgin: 2014 Spring Summer Nail Trends
Spring is fast approaching in the Northern hemisphere and with it an inevitable change in colour palettes that will be dictating the season's trends. (On a side note, I always feel a little strange being in the tropics and following seasonal global trends, when generally, it's summer here all year round!) The Spring/Summer 2014 catwalks were predictably awash with soft, subtle hues. And Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04937792265577341295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242987803728107550.post-5292032130638729772014-01-14T21:00:00.000-08:002014-08-14T09:35:09.929-07:00MUSE | LUPITA. LUPITA. LUPITA
Ralph Lauren
Unless you've been hidden under a rock, you cannot have missed Lupita Nyong'o's dominance of the world film stage. It's award season and everyone is slating her for a big scoop across the board for her role in Steve McQueen's 12 Years A Slave. The movie just bagged the Best Picture Drama prize at the Golden Globes and is lined up for more accolades in the coming weeks.
And Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04937792265577341295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242987803728107550.post-90627778989308564572014-01-07T11:02:00.001-08:002014-08-14T09:31:19.085-07:00SCENT | YSL MANFIESTO
I LOVE PERFUME! And thanks to my mum's efforts from the age of around ten, I have never touched a body spray again. I've got around 5 classic perfumes that stay in heavy rotation and I usually take a little convincing to step out beyond this. The bad boy above is such a move and boy am I glad! This is Yves Saint Laurent's Manifesto - 90ml of yummy perfection. Don't you just loveOliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04937792265577341295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242987803728107550.post-3699209925871909922013-12-29T05:57:00.001-08:002014-08-14T09:32:39.886-07:00EYES | MAYBELLINE VOLUM' EXPRESS MASCARAS
Hi all! Back with some make up talk for you today, and in the spotlight is make up brand Maybelline. Maybelline launched in Kenya earlier this year (along with power house brand Revlon). It's great to see international make up companies embracing the Kenyan market as the HUNGER is out there. I have got to admit though, I'm only a recent convert to Maybelline. I actually used to walk past Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04937792265577341295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242987803728107550.post-85661392175426966752013-12-29T05:45:00.001-08:002014-08-14T09:34:14.216-07:00SKINCARE | SIMPLE EYE MAKE UP REMOVER
There is probably nothing more annoying than trying to shift that stubborn eye make up from your eyes after a big night out. If you've ever made the mistake of trying to get rid of your eyeshadow/mascara/eyeliner/glitter with a baby wipe (like me), you'll know how bad of an idea that is. You only manage to move about 1/2 the product off your face, and the rest kind of gets ingrained in your Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04937792265577341295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242987803728107550.post-75223399036329156942013-10-16T12:12:00.000-07:002014-08-14T09:35:40.766-07:00TRENDS | IT'S ALL GONE A BIT DOTTYI'm baaaaack...! So sorry for being gone so long. Between completing my Masters dissertation (#thevalleyoftheshadowofDEATH), job hunting, and starting work again, I have literally had NO time :( But the important thing is that FTTLP is back. I've got some great posts already lined up for you in the next couple of weeks, so let's get straight to it!!
If you'd been keeping your eye on the Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04937792265577341295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242987803728107550.post-40110055912454935792013-08-03T03:46:00.000-07:002014-08-14T09:37:15.529-07:00HAUL | RECENT BEAUTY BUYS<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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