Clutch Control

Whilst sorting my wardrobe out the other day, I noticed I actually own quite a few clutch bags. This actually made me realise how much I love clutch bags so I thought I’d share with you my favourites.

In my opinion, black and cream clutches are the most versatile. They go with any colour combination and work in both winter and summer. My black one has accompanied me on many occasions and is from Dorothy Perkins. My cream one is actually from Primark, bought in a hurry one day when I couldn’t find anything else. Since then it has served me well.
My white and pink pastel coloured one is from Accessorize. I bought this for a wedding and have loved it ever since. It works well with any outfit and is particularly good in summer.
The neon green one was a more recent purchase. A bargain from New Look, I bought it to go with a black outfit. Neon is big for SS13 and this clutch added a pop of colour to a more simple dress.
Finally, my favourite. My woven multi-coloured bag was just £5 from Primark! I love it! It’s probably the biggest clutch I own - I can fit a pair of flat shoes in there which gives it extra brownie points. It is fairly new and so far I have only used it once, however I think it’s something I could use every summer.
The other day I was having a browse in Matalan and come across these clutches.

I am a huge fan of the Aztec patterns around at the minute and love the detail on these. For now I have enough clutch bags to keep me going although if I do buy another, this will be it.

Coral Touch

Coral is one of my favourite colours for summer. It reminds me of holidays, sunshine and cocktails and is generally just a beautiful colour.

My current summer staples are my coral bag and coral nail varnish.

My lovely coral bag is perfect for my summer needs. It’s the perfect size to hold my purse, sunglasses, sun cream, make-up and a drink. Versatile and pretty; it compliment’s most of my summer outfits and (in my opinion) looks more expensive than it was. From ASOS, it was an excellent investment.

Coral nail varnish is currently my favourite shade to paint my nails.

I recently purchased these two shades from Barry M. Peach Melba (left) is more of a muted, pastel orange. Papaya (right) is from Barry M’s new Gelly range and is my favourite. It provides a high shine and is the shade of coral.

I recently painted my nails Peach Melba with one Papaya nail.            

Pretty and simple – this is currently my favourite way to paint my nails.

Currently, I am on the hunt for the perfect coral lipstick. Being pale and blonde, I don’t want to go too bright. I haven’t found the perfect one yet but my quest continues. Watch this space…

Lilac Love

Continuing with my Items I cannot live without theme here is my next item... lilac nail varnish!

Lilac is my favourite colour (hence this blog's background) and whenever I paint my nails any other colour it just doesn't feel right.

The colour, I think, just suits me. I know it may sound strange but whenever I paint my nails a different colour such as red I hate looking at my hands.

Lilac and other pastel shades also make me feel summer is on it's way and puts me in a good mood which is an added bonus.
 

I had a phase of washing my hair with lilac shampoo so it's safe to say I am slightly obsessed. Lilac is such a girly colour so it suits me perfectly.

 

Currently, I am using a pastel, lilac Barry M shade but there are plenty of brands out there with lovely lilac colours.

 

 

I am a big fan of pastels and as they are set to be big in SS13 a slick of nail varnish is the perfect way to incorporate the trend into your style.

 

What's your favourite shade to paint your nails with?

 

-Fern xox