madfashionlover

17. Fashion enthusiast. Blogging fanatic. Youtube newbie.

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travel wishlist

where do you want to go this year? my travel wishlist:

Every year I add more and more places I want to explore onto my ‘travel wishlist’ and with the thought that travel may not be as easy in the future (cough cough – you all know what I’m talking about) I feel like I really need to get it together and travel more. Friends – are you hearing this? Get on board! Obviously if you’re a dreamer like me you’ve been creating travel lists for years…and…

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the ease of monotone

the ease of monotone

photos by @shotbystaf Everyone has a ‘go to’ outfit. It’s the one you throw on when there’s no time to get ready yet you have to look vaguely presentable and ‘like yourself’. It’s normally a jeans and a tee combo of some sorts and for a lot of people it’s an all black or monochrome affair. However recently I’ve found swaying towards colour in my rushed minutes before leaving the house (because…

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spring optimism

photos by @shotbystaf It’s always a relief when spring rolls around and the clocks go back after the dreary dregs of winter. Even just the prospect of sunshine in the near future is enough to turn my mood around…there’s light at the end of the winter tunnel! I’ve had a turbulent start to the year to say the least and back to back illnesses and colds has certainly made ‘starting the year off as I…

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I couldn’t have been more happy to finally have met & shot with @shotbystaf 💫💫 It was a fun (but freezing) shoot and I love the results!! Please go over & have a gander on my blog for more images. I’m looking forward to revealing the rest in the coming weeks 💛💙 (at Deptford High Street)

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Be Bold.

Photos taken by @shotbystaf I always find it fun experimenting with colour and usually gravitate to it most mornings I’m working out what to wear. To me a colourful outfit brightens the day and my mood. Don’t get me wrong, there’s always a time and a place for a monochrome outfit but personally, I feel at home in colour! It’s surprising how easy it is to team colours together once you get started…

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looking after curly hair

looking after curly hair

Everyone will tell you the ‘secrets’ to looking after curly hair. Magazines pour over the content and google is full to the brim with rules and regulations on the matter. Which is odd…because it’s just hair after all. I’ve always had a pretty care free approach to my hair (oddly documented over the years on the blog, although I wouldn’t reccomend reading back that far!). Perhaps controversially,…

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is our internet dependence fuelling the wrong ambitions?

is our internet dependence fuelling the wrong ambitions?

Every way you look we’re swamped by the internet. Completely and utterly surrounded by an infinity of opinions, imagery and anecdotes both from people you know and billions you don’t. It’s hard to escape the lure of social media, and even if you do, you’re still made aware of ‘internet doings’ thanks to the rest of the world who won’t stop telling you about it. There are so many great things the…

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colour blocking | pinks and reds

colour blocking | pinks and reds

Wearing: my grandma’s shirt (alternatives here and here), missguided top, new look PU skirt (alternatives here and here) and monki earrings (alternatives here and here) By now you’ve probably seen pink and red combinations everywhere. They graced the S/S 18 catwalks back in September with the likes of Isabel Marant, Attico and Annakiki and now they’ve flooded the mass market too. Always keen on…

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beauty moments: new spring editions

here's me writing about what I wear on my faaaace...sometimes...occasionally...when I can be bothered

I always feel the need to caviate any beauty-related post with the fact that I don’t really know what I’m doing (I’d like to think no one else does but instagram, youtube and my IRL friends show otherwise). Nonetheless, over the last few months I’ve gathered a few new beauty bits which I’m loving and thought I would share. Personally I’m into sheer makeup (I’ve got dry skin with occasional eczema…

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fast fashion needs to become a thing of the past

fast fashion needs to become a thing of the past

Shopping has always been a form of entertainment for me. I spent a lot of my teenage years socialising with friends in shopping centres, trying on endless outfit combinations and styling each other in dressing rooms. While Primark was always painted as a ‘baddie’  in terms of ethics, shopping in high street stores such as H&M and Topshop didn’t phase me. As I got older and had my own streams of…

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setting the tone

Hi. It’s been a while. 8 months in fact! I’ve been busy having one of the best summers of my life (seems like a very distant memory now), having several ‘what do I actually want to do with my life?!’ crises and starting university! In many ways my life has changed dramatically yet in many ways I’m still here, still Jodie, still blogging. I’ve wanted to open up the laptop and type out a blog post…

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it doesn't have to 'match'

it doesn’t have to ‘match’

As I stand in front of my wardrobe in the mornings with my eyes half shut, my favourite thing to do (other than go back to sleep!) is experiment with colour in my outfits. In fact my obsession with colour runs deep – I follow colour inspo instagram accounts, have an album of ‘interesting colour combination’ photos on my phone and even have a folder of ‘colour cuttings’ in my bedroom. I guess…

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juggling a job while being a student

juggling a job while being a student

Having worked since the age of 14 -where have those 5 and a half years gone?- I feel I’ve not only become pretty skilled in the art of juggling (if I do say so myself) but am also experienced enough to share what works for me. I should start by saying the ability to balance things (and how well you do) often comes down to your personality type. People who know me well, know by now that I’m…

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Ibiza take two, life's a beach

Ibiza take two, life’s a beach

A couple of weeks ago I ventured back to the sunny lands of Ibiza with Jasmine and Lucy and managed to fall even more in love with it’s turquoise sea and hot climate. When you say you’ve been to Ibiza there seems to be this automatic assumption that you were on a wild clubbing holiday, which is hilariously far, far, from the truth. While we stayed in party central – San Antonio- we spent most…

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hi, again

Getting back into writing on this blog often feels like getting back into writing a diary – I skim read my last post with a hyper critical eye and suddenly declare myself a completely new person, miles away from someone who would’ve written the previous entry. But while I’ve never, ever, succeeded in keeping a diary longer than 2 weeks, I’d like to consider this blog a little bit more of a…

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The jacket of dreams

The jacket of dreams

Last weekend armed with a cold (booo!) and a friend (yay!) I swung by ‘Rumble in the Jumble’ – a charity jumble sale organised by Gemma Cairney (and an army of amazing people). Not only was this a totally awesome event raising money for Oxfam’s refugee campaign -a DJ set while rummaging through clothes, hell yesss-  I also managed to pick up a few new pieces. Win, win. One of the pieces I picked…

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I wrote a blog post about body confidence & exercise. It's a long'un but I'm really proud & passionate about it! Swing by jodiebb.co.uk if you fancy a read & please let me know your own views on the subject! ...And here's a pic of me as a cat because I'm secretly pleased the ears matched my outfit 😏