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*NEW* Feature Friday - MyVintage 21st of June

*NEW* Feature Friday - MinkyShop 19th of April

Make-up With Class..Smooch Cosmetics Review!*

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Friday, 21 June 2013

*NEW* Feature Friday - MyVintage 21st of June



New Feature Friday!
Featuring MyVintage

Happy Friday everyone! Bringing you a fun and very fashionable business for you today, the glorious MyVintage.
I was very excited coming across this business as all of you know I adore my vintage finds, and this place simply has it all, from elegance to kitsch MyVintage has something for every era!

MyVintage not only have a website but their own boutique in Darwen, Lancashire. With rails full and even celebrity status customers for the red carpet, They can point you to the right outfit from just your size and occasion. The wonderful Emma, who is the owner of MyVintage was such a lovely lady to speak to and network with, and it was a pleasure to have this interview with her.

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Interview with Emma Brown l Owner of MyVintage

1) What has been your key inspiration to your current career?
Without a doubt my Mum is my main inspiration. She had her own business when we were young and even as a widow she managed to keep that going whilst still giving us a wonderful, loving and happy childhood. She inspires me even more now as she is currently kicking cancer whilst still being all round fabulous! I wouldn't be where I am today without my Mum.
2) What do you enjoy the most about your job?
People. I love people! Everyday I get to meet and talk to so many different people both in the shop and on my blog, Facebook and Twitter. I love a good chat and now I get to do it for my job! But the ultimate feel-good moment for me has to be when I unite someone with the perfect item of clothing. There is nothing more satisfying and exciting as hearing that gasp and seeing the huge beaming smile of someone emerging from my fitting room in their dream dress! We also frequently have tears of joy in the shop, which is nice too!
3) To date, what has been your 'proudest' moment?
In my life my proudest moment was becoming a Mum and that will always be my most important job. In business my proudest moment was the day I opened my shop. It's something I have always dreamed of and we worked so hard to get it all together it was a huge rush of pride when we opened the doors.
4) Where do you see yourself in the future?
Our shop and website are going from strength to strength so for now we will keep growing and hopefully in the future we will be able to open more shops and bring My Vintage to different parts of the country, maybe even the world!
5) What tips/advice would you give to someone who wants to go down the same career path as yourself?
Don't go into it for the money! Your business becomes your life so you have to truly love everything about it. I eat sleep and breath My Vintage and it's an integral part of me, I am never really not working so if I was in it for a quick buck it just wouldn't work. I think it's clear to all my followers, fans and customers that I really love and care for what I do and I think that is why My Vintage has been so successful and continues to be. I will always be here to deliver that personal service to my lovely customers. 
6) Which would you say is your favourite item off your website at the moment?
Oooooh that's a tough one! There are so many things I could choose! I am going to cheat a little and choose one vintage item and one retro item! For vintage it would have to be this amazing pin-up cartoon print jacket. I love everything comic book so I think this is just amazing and not something I have ever really seen before! For the retro, I would pick this super cute Mini print mod dress - yep it really is covered in cars!
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I'd like to thank Emma and her business for their time and allowing me to let my readers hear more about your stunning company! I'll be making a few sneaky purchases indeed!
To interact with MyVintage you can find out more on their links!

Friday, 19 April 2013

*NEW* Feature Friday - MinkyShop 19th of April



New Feature Friday!
Featuring MinkyShop


Happy Friday everyone! This week's Feature is the most adorable, MinkyShop! They sell the amazing Lolita and Cosplay Japanese wear. Looking on their website I feel in my element, everything is so unique and cute and Minky is such a lovely person too.

Minky is a part-time student and model for much of the stock, Minky founded MinkyShop in 2004 as an ebay store. She followed her passion for fashion and helped open up a gateway for Japanese and Asian fashion clothing and footwear. Today, MinkyShop offer more variety, great prices and a friendly service that's in touch with the scene. Finding stock for followers of gorgeous eastern fashion is important, but they like to add a little extra fun with diverse and different products of the culture. As such, MinkyShop has had everything from Lolita dresses and footwear to Cosplay, Tabi Socks, Japanese video games and Hello Kitty car seat covers on their virtual shelves!

I completely adore the website's layout, the images are perfect and very well described for their customers. If your also unsure about the sizes on certain items they include size guides which is extra helpful! 



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Interview with Minky l Owner of MinkyShop


1) What has been your key inspiration to your current career?

Ooh, fashion. Like all good Asian girls I studied business before fashion, which helped with setting up an online store. I love fashion and style, everything about the scene inspires me. Sometimes it only takes one image or glimpsing a pair of shoes to suddenly make me think about redesigning my entire wardrobe. I like the flexibility of fashion too: it's easy to go wrong if you don't think about your personality when you're buying clothes, but if you're sensible then experimenting with new styles is loads of fun. 

2) What do you enjoy the most about your job?

My MinkyShoppers! Honestly, I have a really, really lovely community of buyers. I always communicate with honesty and transparency, and find that people warm to that and are really sweet and often contact me just to chat. I don't think business is about automated emails, it's important to be a real person.
They also respect that I'm only one girl and there's a lot of pressure involved, and I thank them from the bottom of my heart for understanding that sometimes I'm just very busy.
Of course it's not all plain sailing: I have a lot of very young buyers who aren't too trustworthy of the internet and end up snapping at me impatiently if I don't respond quickly enough. Guys who don't read the listing info or FAQ, or let all my email go into their spam filter make life really hard lol!

3) To date, what has been your 'proudest' moment?

Opening the MinkyShop website! eBay selling was a nightmare, they made it almost impossible for me to carry on there so I had no choice but to leave. I walked into the scary unknown, spending seven months working non-stop to try to get a site together (with no experience). 
Thankfully my help was very good and on launch (nearly!) everything worked. It took almost a year to iron out the little hiccups, but not too many people noticed those thankfully. I love my store, I think it's the absolutely cutest website ever, exactly how I imagined it to be! ^_^

4) Where do you see yourself in the future?

Not sure really. MinkyShop can be very hard to run for me. I'm multi-lingual, which is the only reason I can maintain the operation, but all the east to west communication and trying to buy in new batches of stock can be challenging, especially at the rate Asian fashion is sells out at wholesale: it's all in high demand and stuff disappears right your nose a lot. I'd like to expand if I can and actually hire some staff. We'll see. 

5) What tips/advice would you give to someone who wants to go down the same career path as yourself?

Passion and vision: there's no success without those two things, and that applies to anything you choose to do I think.

6) Which would you say is your favourite item off your website at the moment?
Probably the Purelove Sweater, I got a white one for myself and I love it. Too cool! The black sold out almost instantly, I'm hoping to get a restock soon.  


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MinkyShop currently have a sale on so you should head on over and see what bargains you can pick up, I know I will!

Which item or style would you dare to wear? Do let me know in the comments! Be interesting to see your views on this cute store.

To stay in the know of MinkyShop feel free to follow, like and check out their links!


Big thank you to Minky for allowing me to feature her! Means a lot to me!

   

Monday, 21 May 2012

Make-up With Class..Smooch Cosmetics Review!*

When I picked up the leaflet about Smooch Cosmetics during the clothes show live event 2011, I was truly surprised and eager to find out more about this new brand on the block!
So of course i did my fair bit of research, visited their website..scanned at a few blogs and came to the conclusion that this brand is something not to be missed.

So..who? what? where? are smooch cosmetics you may wonder, if you haven't come across them yourself.. well here are a few things that i picked up about them!

- Smooch Cosmetics had launched their saucy selves in the year 2011

- Their name, theme and inspiration surprisingly enough had come from.. Underwear! ooo Cheeky! But the point of this was to let their customers know that they supplied make-up to wear for all occasions.. pretty clever, huh!

- They supply a range of eye, cheek, lips and nail products within their site.

- Colours are up to date with the latest fashion trends from smoky & sultry, to classic and natural.. Smooch is indeed a wonderful direct source.

- Have also been featured in More magazine, Cosmopolitan and cosmopolitan bride!

Smooch “Cosmetics with Sex appeal”


This company really had caught my eye, and to review for them is of course such an honour! All thoughts and comments are of my own and i have not been paid to do this, this review is 100% Genuine and honest.
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First product i shall be reviewing is the Smooch Liquid Eye-liner in Ink


Liquid Eye Liner in Ink, 8ml £6.95 and is best used within 6months.

Packaging:
- Bold
- Feminine and girly
- Lace
- Classy
- Unique
- Modern/vintage flair
- Readable font
- Robust packaging


Product View:
- Curvaceous design
- Company name clearly displayed
- Limited information, which is why it is handy coming in boxed informative packaging
- Easy, suitable for handling
- Easy to open
- Casing is smooth almost rubber texture but very strong
- The eye liner nib is in a solid form, which has a slim tip, easy for application.

Product Durability & wear-ability:
- Handy for on the go
- Sleek for putting into a handbag/travelbag
- Good consistency / brush and item in whole not runny, but not thick
- Smooth application
- Brush suitable for purpose
- Perfect for when wearing false eyelashes
- Wonderful when creating cat eye/winged effect
- Bold black tone
- Lasts hours!

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Next is Smooch Duo Eye-shadow in Seattle 2.5g £9.50 best used within 18Months.







Packaging:
- Fits the product perfectly
- Bold statement
- Eye catching
- Classy & elegant
- Lace
- Readable information
- Modern/vintage
- Feminine

Product View:
- Comparisons to Nars Cosmetics
- Reminds me of a blusher case
- Easy to open
- Company name is clear
- Would have liked to have the products name/colour on the back
- Soft package texture yet strong and safely holds contents
- Eye-shadows are sectioned
- When opened a clear view mirror is inside the top, which is handy when on the go & touch ups!

Product Duribility/wear-ability:
- Light catching
- Shimmer based
- Compact
- Small palette
- Wonderful to do one make-up look with both colours
- Natural
- Bridal
- Soft & smoky
- Smooth application
- Product colour can be built up with applying more, as this is not a high pigmented shadow when using 1 application
- Blendable

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I also received the eyeshadow duo in nocturnal, and will have to say it has the same feedback! 
2.5g £9.50


Added points to this product was the white was excellent! Perfect for highlighting. And as a black and white combination it was a lovely smoky eyed look.

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Next up is the blusher in Kookie Crumble which is a 4g product £8.50 and recommended to use within 18Months.


- Shimmering shade
- Dewy fresh look
- Compared to Nars (packaging and quality)
- Perfect for natural daytime make-up
- Easy to apply
- Pink / Peach tone

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Lastly the gorgeous Lipgloss in Jellybean which is 1.5 ml, £7.50 recommended usage up to 18months

- Apricot sheen tone
- Twist and go applicator
- Wasn't a sticky consistency
- Would have been nice to have a flavour maybe?
- Smooth when applied on the lips
- Nice subtle sheen
- Natural
- Everyday look
- Bridal



Overall i hope you enjoy using Smooch cosmetics i'm sure i will! here is the link to their website too, your more than welcome to note that i recommended you to them! - http://www.smoochcosmeticsuk.com/
Wanting to thank all the team for a wonderful experience, i'm very grateful and i have benefited a lot from your products!
Will happily review again!
  
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