Welcome back Cheryl

YES. Cheryl’s back with more ghetto moves, eye-wateringly voluminous hair, and clothes that make us drool. After her performance on the Voice UK we’ve been watching her New music Video for ‘Call my Name’, on repeat in an attempt to learn her moves, and tirelessly trawling the shops in order to recreate her totally badass look. These are our Cheryl Cole inspired picks of the high street, creating an affordable and more wearable version of the songstress’s style.

Bralet – River Island, £22

Waistcoat – Topshop, £38

Bracelet – Accessorize, £12

Cuff – Miss Selfridge, £12.50

Trousers – Asos, £30

Shoes – Inlovewithfashion.com, £24

LOVEly dresses

We are absolutely loving the work of fashion website http://inlovewithfashion.com/ and have been for a couple of years. Their dresses are gorgeous, prints to die for and they've even branched out into shoes in the past few days which we're very excited about! From the simple 'little black dress' to the on trend tribal prints they've got every base covered and are our go-to website for pretty much any dressy occasion. They've been seen on a huge range of celebrities including The Saturdays, the TOWIE girls and Fearne Cotton: you can see pictures on their Facebook page. I've put together a selection of our current favourites but go and have a browse because there's something there for everyone!

These dresses range from £26-£48 and they are definitely worth it! To prove we mean what we say here's a few snaps of us in LOVE.

Are you looking at my tips?

With sun kissed ends achieving whirl wind success following the endorsement of celebrities such as Lauren Conrad and Sarah Jessica Parker, we all found ourselves embracing those dark roots and dip dying like there was no tomorrow. While tousled, beachy two tone hair may have gotten us through the bleak winter months, it’s time to put away those bleaching kits and prance into summer with vibrant, coloured ends. Pastel ends are going to be enormous with celebrities such as Kate Bosworth already rocking the look.

 As we see with Made in Chelsea’s Gabriella Ellis, less is more with this trend. Blend your pastels and choose complimentary colours as nobody thinks horizontally stripped hair is cool, nobody.

 

If, like Ellie and I, you think your mother would have a coronary if you dyed your hair pink, there a cheeky ways to get the look without fully committing. One method is called ‘chalking’, where you merely acquire artist chalks and go to town on the ends of your hair. You can wet the hair for a darker effect but not if you have blonde hair as you may encounter staining. Although this is a good way to get cheap and quick coloured ends, it can be a bit messy and your flat may achieve a thin layer of coloured dust for quite a while. The best way to get mess and fuss free coloured ends, is by using pots of rub in colour which you can get online at http://www.kevinmurphystore.com/categories/style/COLOR-BUG.htm. I discovered this on a night out, when a girl in the club toilets let me and my friend try hers. The fact that we could apply it whilst a little bit tiddly, without ending up looking like a circus freaks, demonstrates just how fuss free they are. So embrace the trend and get your tips out for the lads! :P

The Apprentice – Episode 12: Affordable Luxury

First of all lets all take a moment to celebrate the fact the Stephen got fired last week!! FINALLY! And a ‘double firing’ meant that we said farewell to smiley Gabby and are left with The Final Five (insert dramatic music here) Nick, Tom, Jade, Adam and Ricky. Our personal fave is Nick (mainly due to his fabulous hair) so fingers crossed he stays in but I have to say I’m loving Tom quite a lot too!

So the final task before the interviews start next week and the candidates are sent to the ‘high end’ Burlington Arcade and briefed for the week – they must create an ‘affordable luxury’ brand, package it, market it, create a shop and pitch it to Lord Sugar and some ‘industry experts’. Lord Sugar made Adam leader of Phoenix with Jade and Nick and Ricky led Tom in Stirling. I swear half the perks of being on The Apprentice seem to be sitting ‘tasting’ or ‘trialing’ products, we all remember Ricky munching his way through 3 plates or scallops last week! Phoenix started off with luxury hot chocolate and fast became a confectionary brand with ‘Drunken Jellies’, marshmallows and chocolate (hot or otherwise) and the two fitties on Stirling went for male grooming with a focus on shaving.

They all had a great time making labels and decorating their shops and between planning my own imaginary little shop and watching them I found myself egging on Stirling! They ended up with a not-so-great looking shop and packaging range but their pitch was flawless and their marketing strategy seemed watertight. On the other team Adam was out of his comfort zone yet again and they ended up with a mish-mash of average ideas and very little (dare I say it) strategy. Jade was hard at work making everything from cocktails to jellies while Nick was swanning around talking numbers but poor Adam was a bit of a lost lamb and his pitch was cringe-worthy (if a little endearing) when he couldn’t read the notes he’d written on his sweaty palms.

In the end I wasn’t surprised when Lord Sugar pronounced Stirling the victors and quickly transferred from being happy to crossing my fingers for Nick! After a surprisingly passionate speech from Jade, Lord Sugar’s choice seemed clear and sure enough Adam was fired. It was a shame to see him go but he had the happiest fired face I’ve ever seen and we’re left hoping that he’ll soon be back in his beloved comfort zone! So for the dreaded interviews next week we’re left with Nick and his fabulous hair, Jade and her horrendous voice, Ricky and his ridiculous name and Tom – my new favourite to win! So get you’re pillows ready to hide behind because next weeks gonna be tough, Margaret’s back along with ‘scary-bald-interview-man’ and Lord Sugar will make his final decision. I have to say it’s Tom all the way for me now, but what do you think??

Playlist #1

Short and snappy but here's a few tunes guaranteed to brighten up your day!

1. We Are Young by Fun – Aside from the fantastically obvious band name they make good tunes and we highly recommend this as a perfect summer tune
2. Close by Alex Clare – Yes, we stole it from the internet explorer ad but it’s a tune so don’t judge
3. Sitting on the Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding – We fell in love with this thanks to Mr. Tyler James, put on a pastel pink or purple suit and chill with us
4. Cinema the Skrillex remix – We’ve been dipping our toes into the pool of dubstep this week and are loving this already
5. Flying Without Wings by Westlife – We went to their Farewell Tour (sob) in Glasgow on Sunday and can’t get this out of our heads, it was happy, it was sad and we loved every second

OH HIYA zigzag parting

I for one was mad for the zigzag parting back in the 90s, diligently following the instructions in my Bliss magazine so that I could have a parting that would perfectly compliment my tufty crimped mane. Reminded of this look by many, many school photos, I have no intention of sporting the insane, zigzag parting/crimp combo ever again. The parting however, had been dragged from the 90s and rejuvenated by the likes of Blake Lively and Jessie J, giving hair a shot of instant cool. Blake demonstrates how the zigzag can be used to create texture and volume to limp hair, where Jessie, never one to leave anything looking regular, sees the parting as just another element of her head that can be made a bit wackier. 

Either way, in the words of Jessie J ‘the zigzag parting is back’, so grab something pointy and jump on the easy, totally flattering trend.

We tried out both versions of the parting, Blake's style proved wearable, Jessie's style was perhaps a bit too mickey mouse for every day activities.