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Friday Frock Love – Things I Haven't Bought With My ASOS Voucher

Shopping is weirdly easy when you have no money. You see a thing you like and you say “Oh, that’s beautiful, if only I could afford it I would immediately buy it” and then you go away and wear all the clothes you already have. I imagine shopping is also pretty easy if you have

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Advent Giveaway

The Winners Are…..

Oh, it’s like the Monday to end all Mondays. Is there any Monday worse than the very first Monday back at work after almost 2 weeks of total laziness? Well, hopefully at least 24 of you will have a slightly brighter day if you check your email, because I’ve sent you all messages to let

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Inspiration & Lifestyle

Top of the Retro Chick Pops 2015

Tomorrow is New Years Eve, and yet another year will have flown by. As is now tradition I shall end the year with a look back at this years most popular posts. They’re not the most read posts overall necessarily, that’s a topic for another post perhaps, they’re simply the posts I wrote this year

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Dear Diary

And So That Was Christmas 2015

Technically we’re not back to work till tomorrow, right? But it’s a Monday and it’s starting to feel almost like normal life again. Except with Worlds Strongest Man on TV every night. This Christmas I didn’t get my big fancy camera out at all, so all photos are taken on my iPhone. It was just

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Advent Giveaway Retro Chick Competitions

Day 12: Vintage Hair Styling Package from Wacky Tuna

We’re now half way through the Advent Giveaway! Hurrah! Todays prize is from another of my favourite little independent creative businesses. Brittany of the blog Va Voom Vintage set up her Etsy shop Wacky Tuna back in 2014 and she sells handmade novelty brooches as well as other kitsch and vintage pieces that you’ll fall

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Dear Diary

Friday Frock Love: 5 Christmas Novelty Print Dresses

[dropcap letter=”O”]k, So I think by now we’ve established that I have QUITE enough Christmas things in my wardrobe, thank you very much. Except, well, whenever I see stuff I just can’t resist it. My heart skips a little beat and even though I know that I totally can’t justify any more clothing that I

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Advent Giveaway Retro Chick Competitions

Day 11: Paperself Rose Garden Lashes and Temporary Tattoos

Paperself are some of my favourite accessories. I loved their paper lashes, which I tend to cut down and wear on the outer corners of my eyes, and now I love their range of quirky temporary tattoos. Todays prize is the best of both worlds as PAPERSELF have offered a set of their delicious rose

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Advent Giveaway Retro Chick Competitions

Day 6: £30 voucher for vintage store What's Your Tale Nightingale

Welcome to day 6 of the Retro Chick Advent Calendar! Today we’re going back to the sites roots, with £30 to spend on something fabulous from vintage shop What’s Your Tale Nightingale. What’s Your Tale Nightingale sells a selection of vintage everything; mens and womens clothing, homewares, accessories, books, sheet music; you name it, they

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Fashion & Beauty

10 (Almost) Classy Christmas Jumpers

Christmas is 30 days away. Some years I’m already on my fiftieth Egg Nog Latte and Christmas Sandwich by now, where as others I’m in denial about the pending festivities. This year is a denial year. There’s been so much else to think about and do that I can’t quite get myself in the festive

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