'Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.'

I've decided to do a slightly different blog today. My current wish list. It's going to be the top few things that i would LOVE at the minute. If your from any of these companies, and would like me to write a review about the items, feel free to send me one out! (i wish!!!)

1. A doc marten satchel. You may have read about the satchel i currently have, and yes, i bought that because i couldn't afford a Doc Marten one. But i NEED one! 

2. A Fiat 500 or a Nissan Figaro. If i was rich enough i'd have both. However, i'm not. So i'd have a Fiat 500 for reliability, and the money it'd save me on petrol, tax, insurance etc. But, i'd have a Nissan Figaro for the looks, and the fact that only 20,000 were made!!! I LOVE Figaros, well specifically old cars, however everyone always tells me how unreliable they are, hence my need for a Fiat 500.

3. A DSLR camera. I've always loved taking photos, and would love an SLR camera, but the cost!! I'd want one with decent MP on them, therefore making the cost go up massively! Then all the various lenses you'd need, i just can't justify spending that sort of money!

4. A fur coat. Specifically, the one my grandma made for herself when she was younger. But how do i ask in a nice way for her to give/lend it to me? 

5. An old SLR camera. Y'know, the ones with the film in? Specifically a black and white one! I think old photos are so beautiful and look so much nicer then the digital ones. These days films/printing would cost so much that is it really worthwhile getting one? 

6. Doc Martens. I am in LOVE with Doc Martens. I have no specific ones that i want at the minute, but i still want some!

 

 8. LOTS of vintage clothes/shoes. I see things, and i could spend all the money in the world on the beautiful clothes/shoes! There are just so many gorgeous things i'd love to have!

9. Clothes patterns/material. I have recently started making my own clothes! (you will hear about them as soon as they're finished!) And clothes patterns and material is all so expensive recently! But i enjoy doing it so much that i'm not about to give up, and i secretly think it makes my grandma proud knowing i enjoy doing it! 

I think that's all for now! What is on your current wish list? 

Korin <3

'To infinity and beyond'

It was one of them nights, where, yet again, I was bored on my lunch break. So in true 'Vintage Queen' fashion I went eBay shopping. My regular searches consist of 'shirt', 'Doc martens' and 'vintage.' On this particular day it was a 'vintage shirt' that I went hunting for, and boy did I find one! It was a floral, dusty pink, remade shirt. The pockets and collar tips had been covered in leather with studs on! I loved it! It was being sold by Doba_tribe_clothing. So a few days later when the item was ending on auction, I instructed my mum to bid on it for me - items are always ending when I'm at work, or on my way! I always have a limit on what I'll spend, and for this item it was £10 without postage. I had explained to my mum how much I LOVED this shirt and would be so gutted if I didn't win it. So, as per usual, I won. However, she had gone over my limit, by 11p, but I was ecstatic! 

So when my shirt arrived I have to say, I wasn't that impressed. The material wasn't what I expected, it was more cord material, I thought it'd be a thin, sheer shirt. I generally wear my shirts sleeves down, buttoned right up, well on this item, that doesn't look right. I have to say I haven't worn it out yet, and i'm not sure I'm going to. However, i haven't sold it on, because i still love it so much! So maybe one day, i'll wear it, and realise my love for it again! Saying that, I would buy from the seller again, they had described it perfectly, and if they made it, I am impressed by the quality! It makes me want to try and make something like this! If anybody has any ideas what i could wear this with, let me know! I'd love to wear it! 

Korin <3

'If your heart is in your dream, no request is too extreme.'

I'm doing an extra blog this week because I'm so excited! You may remember me talking about Umberto Giannini and the frizzi product I had bought, that actually worked! I mentioned that I wanted to try their shampoo and conditioner. I entered a competition with them to win a years supply of it.  And, well, i won!! I've never won anything! (Except eBay items, which my brother keeps reminding me of!) I got an email on Tuesday saying I had won, and by Thursday I had received my first months supply! The items were packaged so nicely, and inside was a bottle of shampoo, conditioner and a card congratulating me on winning! First things first, I smelt the products, and they smelt absolutely amazing! The items were also packaged nicely, in silver bottles. My grandma even mentioned how nice they looked! I couldn't wait to use them.

 

So as I finished work and got home at 7AM, I normally get right into bed. Not today. I got right in the shower, I couldn't wait to use my products! The shampoo had a slight blue tinge to it, but smelt like I was in a hairdressers. The conditioner made my hair feel so soft too! Normally I apply some moose, or I blow dry my hair when I get out the shower, but this time I was in a rush so decided to leave it for the ultimate test. After it had dried I was out, so it was look good or look VERY frizzy. Thankfully, it looked good! My hair felt so soft and IT WASN'T FRIZZY!!! For once, I had beautiful hair! I generally wash my hair every other day, and it starts looking greasy on the day it requires washing, but my hair didn't even look greasy, and was still not frizzy! I even take my new products out of the shower and hide them, just so no one else can use them! Umberto Giannini, you have changed my life! Now to get my hair all one colour, if you have a striper/method to wash my dye out, that you recommend, let me know! 

Korin <3

'Why stop dreaming when you wake up?'

Sometimes you can spend days trying to find that one item you have pictured in your head, it may not even exist, but you need it. This is always the case for me, I’ll have imagined the most amazing item, that in my head, looks great on. I’ll search long and hard to find it, until I eventually except it doesn’t exist. Well this one day, I walked into a ‘vintage’ style shop, having never been in there before, and I fell in love with a couple of items, which is rare for me. One being a black lace rockabilly style dress, which I decided not to buy that day, for sensible reasons such as, what bra could I purchase that wouldn’t be seen underneath. However, I now really regret not buying that dress, how I wish I wasn’t in a sensible mood that day.

I did however buy a satchel style bag from that shop, very vintage style, with a modern, bright twist. The bag was purple, with some vintage style flowers covering it. It was so lovely to look at, and the inside didn’t let it down either. Hot pink, silk style material lining the bag, giving it the perfect finishing touch. It was a large bag, with a mobile phone pocket, and two other pockets on the inside (one with a zip), and one on the front too.



As soon as I left the shop, I emptied all my items into it, not being able to wait to use it. Every time I went out with this bag, I would get at least one compliment saying how amazing it was. It was a LYDC London bag, before purchasing this bag, I had never heard of them. After a few days of showing my bag off, I started to notice some things with it, as first I thought I had spilt paint on it, until I noticed the same discolouring all over the bag. The pattern seemed as though it was rubbing off in areas that would be moved a lot, and just becoming a purple bag. 

Another thing I noticed was that the loop to hold excess strap had fallen off too. I must say these few issues did spoil the bag for me, and will make me think again about buying a LYDC London bag again. However it is still my favourite bag, it does still come on regular shopping trips with me, and it does still get lots of compliments. So maybe the discolouring adds some character to the bag, as now it really is one of a kind.

Korin <3