Coloured Bottoms

Hello dear readers :) 

Lately, I've been obsessing about coloured pants, neon, pastel, warm, any colour. I'm going to show you some examples of outfits I created so that you can take a hint on how you could wear them and look fabulous. All the outfits are wearable and can be easily recreated, not just with jeans, but also with skirts or shorts. I'm sure you're going to relate yourself to at least one of them, so let me know which one is your favourite! :) 

I imagine this look on a tourist. It's simple, comfortable, and really fun for a summer morning, shopping, and an ice cream with friends by the beach. Even though I used two bright colours in the outfit, the look still looks great. Don't be afraid to wear neon this summer! 

My love for mint has no limits, and this mint jeans looks adorable with the yellow floral blouse. Pastels are my favourite thing this summer, I love how they make you look calm and happy, and they give the classic good girl look. Note how I paired them with nude brogues and bag so the pastel colours can stay the main focus of the outfit, but then added a bold and bright lip colour to make it more fun and have something which pops out and contrasts the light colours.  

This outfit is ideal for those girls with a colourful, girly and bubbly personality. Again here I paired a contrasting pastel colour to the outfit. Not everything has to match, but they need to compliment each other. 

This outfit is the most casual, ideal for when you're in a rush, and need to be comfortable for a busy morning. It's simple and feminine, and the print in the scarf changes the look from boring to interesting and fun. 

This outfit is smart yet casual. The light grey, pale yellow and white can be easily spiced up by adding bold and dark teal earrings, and nail polish. I used flat sandals to make it look casual, but with high heels and a small bag, this look would be great for a night out.  

This outfit is more edgy and wild than the others above, but still very wearable. The spikes on the bracelet and the leopard print gives the impression of a naughty girl, and I love how mustard looks with leopard print. 

 I hope you've enjoyed reading this blog because I really had fun making it :) 


Choose to shine ! 


Much love 


Ruth x x 

Choose to Shine

Hello dear readers!

My camera is broken, and it's at the technician's at the moment. It is for this reason that I cannot do the posts I planned using my camera. I'm still here though, and therefore I'm taking this opportunity to do a talky post.

On this day, exactly today six months ago, I was confused. It had been two months since I had started university. I was starting to make new friends, and realised how my life was changing. I realised I was going to spend three years with people I never met before, people who knew nothing about my past. I can imagine you saying ... 'what past ?? ' lol, don't get me wrong.... :P nothing special, literally, nothing was special about my life. I had no identity, i was the shaddow of my friends; the popular one, the athlete, the dancer, the singer etc. And University was supposed to be a new start, but the same thing was going to take place again ... I had to stop it.

I knew I had a lot to give. I knew myself but I also knew also that other people didn't know me. As Coco Chanel says:

“In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.”

I wanted to stand out from the crowd, not to be popular. Not to look good, but to feel good about myself. I love singing, but I don't know how to sing, I love dancing, but I'm not good either... what was I good at? What did I love the most? Apart from watching tv series, I always spent my free time reading fashion blogs, and watching fashion and beauty gurus on youtube, so I decided to go and talk to a dear friend who told me that whatever I was going to do, people were going to judge, you can never please everyone, so might as well do what you love.

That's what I wanted to share with you. I did what I wanted, for the first time I went with my gut feeling, I wanted to follow my dreams so I took action. It's been six months now, and I feel changed, this little experience gave me so much. I have somewhere where I could be myself, and I know that my readers are getting to know the real Ruth. When I started to get so much good response, I started to love myself more, I felt happy and better about myself. I feel much  more confident now.

CONFIDENCE IS POWER

I am still learning, and what I learn, I like to share it with you. I wish I had someone who taught me the stuff I Blog about before I started blogging, and that's why I blog and share these with you. I want to make people feel better about themselves. I love giving compliments, and finally I'm learning how to reveive them ... How many of you had someone tell you that you look nice, and you just thought that you must have had something wrong ? Well that used to happen to me... But how can you expect that others accept you, if you do not accept yourself?

Unfortunately there's a thing called jealousy, and girls tend to suffer a lot from this. I like to explain jealousy like this. It is that feeling expressed when one doesn’t feel happy with one’s self so instead of trying to be better, that person tries to put others down in order to have 5 minutes of fame and feel better about themselves. Please, do not use other's faults to make you feel better about yours ! And don't let people who try to take you down influence you.

Do you ever notice how moods  are contagious ? When someone is really happy, he automatically brings a smile to the people he meets. It's amazing how a smile can change a person's day.

Now my dreams have changed; I dream to write articles for fashion magazines, and style fashion shoots, step by step, I think I'm getting better :) I also realised how much I love writing, and being in an environmental course at University, I aim to write environmental related articles :) We'll see how that goes on ... Just tell your friends about my blog if you think it's worth following, and help me get better by suggesting blog posts you would like to see... I am here because you supported me from the beginning, and so I thank you for believing in me :)

Now go believe in yourself,  and always choose to shine !

Much love

Ruth x x

What to wear to an interview

Hello dear readers :) 


Summer is approaching, and many of us are looking for summer jobs, going to recruitment days, and interviews. It's not as easy as it seems to choose what to wear to an interview. One has to keep in mind that you have to impress the interviewer, so that he/she can remember who you are later. Interviews and recruitment days, (and meeting your mother-in-law for the first time), are ones of the few occasions in life where you are going to be judged by the first impression. I always say that you should always dress up according to your personality and here you should too, but there are some boundaries that one should stick to. 


Here are some tips and tricks on how to impress in an interview:

• Avoid denim or busy patterns but go for toned down colours, not only black and white. 
• Look smart and preppy, but it depends on the level of formality you want. 
• Make sure you can sit down comfortably with your outfit.
• Play on the safe side and wear nothing extravagant, (I love that word), but add something which will catch the eye in a good way, like simple and dainty accessories. 
• A large hand bag looks better than a clutch or a crossover for interviews. 
• Show NO cleavage and Nothing provocative, that can never look professional, and you may intimidate the interviewer :P 
• No glitters allowed, let your personality shine, not your clothes.
• No strange colour on your nails, even if you like it and it's in, remember the person interviewing you may not know that bright yellow, green or blue nails are in, and he might judge you wrongly just for that. Preferably go for a french manicure, or if your nails are short like mine, go for a nude colour or just nail hardener. 
• For shoes, it depends on how formal you want to look and what job you ,'re applying for. You can go with flat pups or a bit of a heel, but avoid sandals, sneakers, and super high heels. 
• Wear makeup, its not that you'll get the job if you're pretty, but wearing makeup gives the impression that you are trying to look better for the interview, because you care about the job. However, do not over-do it. No red lips, No smokey eyes, No thick eye liners.
• Groom your eyebrows and upper lip. 
• Avoid face piercings, and showing tattoos, and here I'm not saying that people with face-piercings or tattoos should not get employed as much as people without. You can find a person without any piercing and without any tattoos which is much less professional and hardworking than a person tattooed from head to toes, but you know about that thing called stigma ? Unfortunately, people judge, and if you want a particular job, you need to give a certain impression, and you never know how conservative the interviewer will be. 
• Don't go sleeve less.
• Look clean, clean shoes, clean hair, that's a must anywhere, especially to interviews.
• Go for a fresh perfume, but nothing strong. 
• Don't wear anything too tight fitting.

Here are two outfit ideas :

I hope this post will help some of you :) Comment and ask questions if some points weren't clear enough, and don't forget to follow me!

Always choose to shine! 

Much love 

Ruth x x 

everyday makeup and outfit of the day

Hello dear readers ! 


The weekend is sadly over and we are back to school, but a dear friend today told me that if you try your best to have a good Monday, you'll probably get a good week ! And I have this theory that when you put some effort to look good, you will be more confident and feel good too, so how can you start a good week if not by having fun putting on outfits for spring ?! :p Hence today's post will be my face and outfit of the day :) 

My everyday 5 minutes makeup look. Fast, easy, and practical for early mornings when you have no time to do makeup but still want something to look fresh and awake and looking as natural as possible!
Biodroga Systems Tinted Day Creme for impure skin
Concealer - Maybelline Instant Anti Age
Eyeshadow base - Essence I <3 Stage
Powder - Revlon Photo Ready
Essence lash and brow Gel Maskara
Blusher - Maybelline expert wear (73 Pink Amber)
Mascara - Revlon Grow Luscious (Blackest Black)
Eyeliner - Revlon Colour Stay (Onyx)
Lip Balm - The Body Shop Born Lippy (Strawberry)

White T-shirt - Stradivarius
Coral Jeans - Dorothy Perkins
Denim Jacket - New Look
Bow Ballerina Pumps - McBailey
Polka dot Scarf -Stradivarius
Brown Tote - Accessorize
Set of Bracelets - New Look
Nails - Rimmel PRO (500 peppermint)

Choose to shine ! 

Much love 

Ruth x x 

Street Style for Spring 2012

Hello dear readers :)


Here are some street inspirations that you can easily re-create.
Enjoy !

Choose to Shine ! 

Much love 

Ruth x x 

Makeup Collection and Storage

Hello dear readers ! 


In today's post I will show you my makeup collection without going into detail, with the aim to give you some ideas of some practical ways on how to store your own makeup. 

This is where I do my makeup and hair daily. It's my favourite part of my room :) I have my perfumes, nail polishes, hair tools, jewellery, and makeup all within reach and I could spend hours daily on that chair if I had time! 

My whole makeup collection. For some it may be a lot but for others it may be a few. To me, it is the perfect amount!  

(The straw bag has all my hair accessories so won't be reviewed below)

In this pair of large cups which I adore, I store / display all my lip products. In the first cup I have all my lip sticks and some samples on the plate, and in the second cup, I have all my lip glosses, lip stains and lip liners, and in the cup I have my lip savers. I think it is a perfect way to store your lip products because it is very handy and I can see them all and chose the ones I want easily. 

The way I store my eye shadows is a fun little DIY. This was originally a Ferrero Roche box, which I reused to store my quads and mono eyeshadows. I transformed the lid in a palette by sticking shadows which had broken up or which I removed from their original case. 

I keep all my brushes, (face and eye) in this Nivea mug, and my eye liners in this plastic case. It was originally the container of a souvenir! I thought it was the perfect size for my liners and voila, I reused it :) 

I keep the makeup which I use everyday, with which I make my everyday 10 minutes look in this straw container. I find it very practical, because I have all the products I use daily in the same place so that I can easily get ready everyday, especially early mornings! 

I have all my other makeup in this makeup bag. My other blushes, foundations, gel liners, etc and products which I do not use on a daily basis. 

I hope you got some ideas :) 


Choose to shine ! 


Much love 


Ruth x x 

March Favourite Products

Hello my dear readers :) 

Time for another favourites post, and today it is March's turn. 

• The first new product I will review is The Body Shop's Tea Tree Oil, which is of the same line of the products I reviewed earlier on my blog ( click here to view February Favourites). This tea tree oil is such a life saver. It is aimed to help dry and soothes spots and prevents others from growing. I find it especially great when I feel a spot which hasn't yet showed up, this helps the spot (which is still under the skin) to generally vanish overnight!  I apply two/three drops of it on a cotton bud and then press it on the area in particular (after I have cleansed, toned and moisturized my face before I go to bed.)  

• The two next products aren't new for me, but I have been using them daily this month and have been loving them so much more lately than when I bought them months ago. The first one is the 'Tinted Day Creme for impure skin' from Biodroga Systems which I got at the pharmacy. I'm in the shade 01, sand touch. It works like a tinted moisturizer, which means you apply it after your cleanser and toner, and it acts both as a moisturizer and as a foundation. I like to add some concealer and a little bit of powder on top, but you don't need to. It is especially aimed for impure skin and I have noticed my skin to breathe during the day without getting too much oily. The tint of this product is also great, it doesn't look like you have any makeup on, but yet hides a lot of imperfections and evens out my skin-tone. A tinted day cream/ moisturizer is very practical for mornings, where you need to get ready fast and have no time for makeup, but still it gives you that flawless, effortless and natural look that all ladies want! I don't know if it has SPF in it, but it smells of sun-block, so I've convinced myself that it does! 

Note the small amount of product I use on my whole face daily. It spreads out really well and looks naturally on your skin. 

• The last product for today is this eyeliner pen from Maybelline. It is so easy to work with and again, practical for everyday use. It allows you to do both thin and thick lines for different looks, I use it for my upper lash line and wing the ends a little bit, then I line my waterline with a pencil liner. Spend some time to learn how to manage it correctly, and you'll become an eyeliner expert in few days. It is very user friendly and the best part is that it is long lasting :) If you have oily eyelids like I do, make sure you use eye primer or foundation before using and it will stay on all day. 

Choose to shine ! 


Much love 


Ruth x x