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28Jan By No Comments
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Get the plump 90s pout: Kylie Jenner Style…

So unless you’ve been living under a rock recently and/or do not have an Instagram account, (Seriously? Get on that.) then you should be only too painfully aware of the mahoossive trend that is Kylie Jenner’s grungy 90s pout. Consisting mainly of those voluptuous, matte, mauve lips, I’d say that according to the incessant influx of Kylie J selfies on my Insta feed…she’s enjoying bringing back that 90s lip look! And apparently so are we! Love or hate Kylie, it has to be said that the colours she uses on her lips are stunning. But what is she applying onto those babies? And how can we get the same look? Not to worry ladies – and perhaps gentlemen? – I’ve done a little research into what lip products you can pick up to create this coveted look! From the very nude to the slightly more forgiv...
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28Jan By No Comments
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S/S 2015 Looks

This season’s S/S 2015 fashion shows are well underway. We’re saying goodbye to winter weather and so we must bit adieu to winter fashion. The question is what’s in store for Spring? Florals. No thanks. This season fashion powerhouses such as Acne, Alexander McQueen, Tom Ford, Margiela, Prada and many more are bringing well tailored garments back. Of course, a well tailored item of clothing never really goes out of style. But this S/S is seeing an increase in popularity of well tailored, coats, dresses and especially blazers (often worn as dresses with a great pair of heels). In contrast to the tailored items on the catwalk were fluffy organza skirts and unkempt hairstyles from designer houses such as Chloé. This clash on the catwalk between fine tailoring with something a little messier ...
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28Jan By Emma LeylandNo Comments
Lifestyle

Serial Binge Listening

Many people have been lured into the "Serial" podcast hype under the premise of a real life murder-mystery: in the 12-part podcast, acclaimed journalist Sarah Koenig examines the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee, an 18 year old school girl found buried in the woods in Baltimore, Maryland. Despite Hae’s ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, being convicted of first-degree murder in 2000, Koenig makes it evident that his sentence is mostly based on presumption, with only one questionable witness testimony and no DNA evidence to solidify the claim. Koenig has seemingly presented a chance for us, ordinary, run-of-the-mill podcast listeners, to solve a crime that has imprisoned a potentially innocent man for 15 years! And so, invariably, you are hooked, only to find that this could not be further from the truth:...
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28Jan By No Comments
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Instagram’s That Will Step Up Your Fashion Game

Instagram’s That Will Step Up Your Fashion Game In a world obsessed with visuals: computer graphics, film, TV… it’s no surprise that Instagram is now bigger than Twitter. Instagram is dominating the social media world and with it comes the popular, fashionista accounts that are influencing the fashion scene. @shaym - famously known for playing Emily in the U.S TV show Pretty Little Liars. A Canadian accent with Filipino descent Shay has the perfect island princess style. Her instagram is full of beautiful maxi dresses, bikini’s and accessories. Not to mention she takes gorgeous pictures of her travels so is perfect for those looking for travel inspiration also. It’s perfect for those of you who are in love with summer and festival style. @kyliejenner - the youngest of the Kardashi...
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26Nov By No Comments
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Gym: The First Steps

Never been to the gym, but scared to go? or simply don't have the time? ...Well read on. Perhaps you just want to get into shape, do some cardio to lose that ab-shrouding gut, or maybe you want to start lifting weights; why not all three? As many know, attending your first gym session can be daunting, for a number of reasons. From experience, friends that I've converted from couch-potato to gym-attender, have expressed their worries, the most common being their first session. For example: "I'm scared people will be looking at me, what if I don't know how to use the equipment?" Tip 1: Research If you've never been to the gym, and want to start lifting, for instance; it won't hurt to research before you go. Looking at simple form videos (How to complete the movements) can put you...
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26Nov By Michelangelo FanoNo Comments
Culture & Literature, Film & TV, Lifestyle

NewTube

Sitting alone in the room and talking to a camera – not something most of us are used to. And yet thousands of relatively normal people do those very things, pretty regularly. And have people watch them. Here’s our account of some new Youtubers that have caught our eye this month. Youtube is not only a website for funny cats and fail videos, it’s become more than that. It has recently become a job for many users, with many of them able to work for YouTube thanks to their wide audience: the more subscribers and view on a video a channel gets, the higher probability it has to get YouTube partnership and thus earn money. But the universe of video-blogging is not just made of celebrities like PewDiePie, with over 31 million subscribers: there are many who fly under the radar in vlogland. ...
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26Nov By No Comments
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Walk Away Your Essay Stress

Winter is coming. Which means the nights are drawing in, the trees are losing their leaves, and we’ll be waking up to more frosty mornings. And as university students, we’ll also be waking up to looming essay deadlines as the end of term draws ever closer. We’ll be stuck in the library, desperately trying to cram in that reading and finish off those essays, and for many of us we’ll only see the daylight when we leave the library to go to class, and on our morning walk to campus. Our only chance to experience the changing of the seasons will be a quick walk up through the woods on campus to get to a lecture up in the Windsor Building. But I’d like to suggest we all take a few hours and do something different: get out there and go for a walk. Here at Holloway, we’re lucky to live in a lov...
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26Nov By No Comments
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The struggle is real

The struggle of finding an affordable, stunning, and practical winter coat is no myth, it is very, very real. One is left with just two choices; either freeze to death looking fabulous or brave the cold dressed as a bear. The problem is that most of the coats on the high street look similar: they are either sleek and skimpy, or big and snug. The purchase of a coat requires an informed decision, as this will be a statement piece within your wardrobe throughout the winter season. This is particularly the case in a country like England, whereby the weather requires any nice outfit to be overshadowed by a coat. Everyone's advice is to wait for the winter sales, however, it is well known that people either at the larger or smaller ends of the size range do best in sales; anyone with what you...
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2Nov By No Comments
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Jungle in The Highstreet

Trees are becoming bare and Jack Frost starts to paint the grass icy white most mornings. Winter is coming! Hands and noses will turn blue and the inevitable debate of when to turn on the heating is drawing close. However, lurking in the shadows is an exotic jungle of stripes and spots bringing a touch more reminiscent of Kenya and Zambia to glacial city streets across Europe. The surmounting fur coats and animal prints of the past few years have indisputably invaded the high-street. It started with the likes of Alexa Chung’s classic Chelsea boot and Nicole Richie’s fabulous fur coat; Leopard print is an a-list love that has inevitably spread to stores of every cliental. Even in Egham high street ‘The British Heart Foundation’ has Zebra print gloves on display. Recent fashion weeks all ...
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