♥ Turkey ♥

Hi ^-^

I have just got back from a girlie holiday with my best friend to Antalya in Turkey. We had the best time and didn't want to come home... The weather was so warm and I am definitely suffering from post holiday blues at the moment...here are some shots from our week of fun.

xoxo

Handbags

Hey!

How are you?

I haven't posted in ages, I'm not sure why, I have been quite busy and just haven't been motivated to take any outfit shots or anything...

I've been in my new job for about a month now, and I eat, breathe and dream handbags. I've been scouring the new season collections and there are so many beautiful bags that the rich and fortunate will be sporting over the coming months. The prices are crazy as we all know, but it doesn't hurt to covet a particular one (or two, or three, or four...)

My favourites are definitely the entire debut from The Row, and the new Chanel Boy bag collection.

The Row are a fairly young label, and are renowned for their extreme attention and dedication to quality and detail. This is of course the justification for the (hefty) price tag that comes with purchasing a product from their line. The debut of their handbag line came with a media buzz, and everyone has been talking about one product in particular - the crocodile back pack which is retailing for $39,000 - somewhere similar to the amount Hermes can command! Yes to 99% of us this may seem crazy to say the least but for the lucky 1% of people that can afford it - why not. And if reports are to be believed, a couple of these bags have already been ordered. I love the entire collection, I believe that if you can't afford a new high end bag every season, but have the opportunity to invest in a designer bag at some point in your life, you should go for a good quality, classic simple bag, that won't date and is not designed to the specification of passing seasonal trends. A bag from The Row will be a classic that will never date, and you won't have to worry about the quality, as you know you will get the very best from them.

The Chanel Boy bag collection is different and androgynous and to be honest, makes a nice change from some of their seasonal (failures) that quickly look outdated and slightly ridiculous out of context from a mile long runway surrounded by Chanel clothing and models. I reckon they are an absolute new classic and are beautiful. About two years ago I was in the Chanel boutique in New Bond Street, and talking to an acquaintance who worked there, and she told me about the price rises Chanel had implemented on handbags (I don't know if this applied to all Chanel product, but it was definitely the handbags at least). Whilst I was looking around for info on this new collection, I see that a lot of people have commented that in June of this year Chanel once again hiked their handbag prices up by 20%. So it seems this is an annual or biannual occurrence? Which for those people who are patiently saving up their Chanel Bag Fund is another blow in the face - lets add on another two years til we can afford it! It just makes the brand even more out of reach - apparently these bags will retail between $2-$4,000. However at least they are still cheaper than a Hermes.... ;)

What do you think about these bags?

xxx

OOTD - BBQ

Hey Girls!

Hope you all having lovely weekends?

Are you tennis fans? I'll be cheering on Nadal this afternoon to win Wimbledon!

Yesterday I went to a BBQ and I would just like to say thank you to my lovely friend Alex for snapping this outfit shot for me...I couldn't have done it without you ;)

Sunglasses - Primark

Jacket - All Saints

Vests - Primark

Jeans - Topshop

Boots - New Look

Scarf - McQueen

xoxo

Trip To Scandinavia Part 1

Ola Chicas!

How are you?

As I posted below I have been away to Sweden & Denmark the past week or so, I just got back to London yesterday to the beautiful weather here!

Anyway I had a lovely time and here are some of my pictures for you to see.

Enjoy!

xoxo

Helsingborg Harbour, Sweden

Helsingborg Harbour, Sweden

Ven Island, Sweden

Beach near Halmstad, Sweden

Halmstad, Sweden

A church in Lund, Sweden

Me having lunch somewhere!

Nyhavn, Copenhagen, Denmark

Hotdogs on the ferry

A royal Danish residence in Copenhagen, Denmark

Doing their ting, in Copenhagen, Denmark

Yum...

By the water in Copenhagen, Denmark

♥ Holiday ♥

Dear lovely reader!

Sorry for the lack of posts. I am holiday. I am missing reading all your blogs but can't wait to catch up as soon as I am back.

Enjoy your week!

♥

IWantCute.com Contact Lenses Review

Hey girls!

Today I want to show you the lenses I bought from IWantCute.com

They cost me around £14, and I went for a light blue colour. It was free postage and they arrived within two or three days.

My eyes are naturally light bluey grey, and I thought these would be a lot lighter than they turned out to be, so in fact they make my eyes look a much darker blue. I guess thats the perils of buying online though, you're never sure of the colour you're going to get.

I've never worn contact lenses or glasses in my life, I bought these purely for fun, with the goal of making my eyes look bigger from wearing them, so I'm not too bothered about the colour.

It took me about 4 or 5 tries to get the contacts in, but once they were in they felt comfortable and I could see perfectly.

I love the effect they give! My eyes definitely looked bigger and darker, but not crazily so - my family didn't really notice I had them in until I told them, so its quite subtle.

I've been wanting to write about these for a few weeks but I just hate taking close up shots of my face so I struggled with getting pictures. However if you are interested in seeing better comparisons of contact lenses please go and have a look at Moments Like Diamonds who aside from having an amazing blog has several contact reviews with great photos to see.

You can see my eyes without contacts just about, here (I seem to be wearing sunglasses in most of my outfit shots..do I detect a complex about photographing my eyes!?)

But here is the only shots of me with them in that I dare to showyou, I think its pretty obvious once you know!

I think it would be comfortable to wear them for about 4/5 hours at any one time. They can last a pretty long time as long as you have contact solution to store them in.

Do any of you wear coloured or enlarging contacts?

xoxo

OOTD - Maxi

Buenas Tardes Chicas

Happy Saturday!
How are you?

Dress: Jovonnista

Sunglasses: Primark

I hope you've had a lovely week and sorry for not posting for a while..I've been a little unmotivated this week as its my first week of being stuck at home. However I do have a little outfit of the day for you, and I am pleased to announce the competition winner!

So congrats Golden Glow you are the winner! I am emailing you right now :)

Thanks to all of you for entering, its really appreciated that you took the time to answer my questions. You've been a great help.

xoxo

OOTD - Suit Up

Shirt - Jovonnista

Leggins - H& M

^-^

I was given this nail polish last week, can't wait to try it out!

I hope you all enjoy the bank holiday weekend (for those of you in the UK). I am heading to Winchester for a girlie weekend and I can't wait.

Don't forget to enter my give away (below) !!

Talk to you soon.

xoxo

♥ Give Away ♥

Hello Chicas!

Welcome to my giveaway!

I have up for grabs a beautiful brand new Chanel Rouge Coco Shine sheer lipshine in no 46 Liberte.

I have been wanting to do a give away for a while, and this is the perfect time.

I was given this lippie as a gift but I fear this colour will not suit me...so I thought why not find it a nice home where it will be shown lots of love?

However, there is one (or two!) conditions to entering this competition...

If you are a regular reader of my blog you will know that I am currently applying for jobs, and doing lots of research for various presentations and interviews. I need to compile some research on handbags and thought I could kick start my research by asking you to answer a few easy peasy questions when you enter into this give away.

So *drum roll please* in order to be in with a chance of winning, you must

a) Be a follower of Charlotte Loves

b) Leave a comment below with your email address

c) Also answer the following questions in your comment

Questions on High Street Handbags

1) Do you buy your handbags from the high street?

2) If yes, what are your favourite shops to buy bags from? (e.g River Island/Topshop etc)

3) What is the most you would pay for a non-leather bag from the high street?

4) How many bags do you buy a year from the high street?

5) Do you look for designer inspired bags on the high street?

That's it!!!

This giveaway is open to chicas ALL over the world, so go ahead and be a dear and answer these questions!

The giveaway will close on the 3rd June at the end of the day, and I will use Random.Org to choose the winner.

Please feel free to help me spread the news of this give away, if you mention it on your blog or twitter I will count that as an extra entry, just mention it with a link in your comment below!

Good luck, and most importantly, THANK YOU for helping me so very much ^-^

xoxo