Spring in my step

As we are coming into spring, it's time to put away those boots and rain boots and celebrate ballet pumps and sandals!

Sandals and ballet pumps look great with everything, mini skirts, puffy skirts, jeans, cords, khakis and shorts!

Here are my fave sandals for the UK'ers

For My U.S'ers

Ballet Pumps!

U.S'ers

U.K'ers

I want Candy

Candy coloured accessories are going to be huge trend this summer. Candy coloured will add a splash of colour to a summery outfit, it's a trend which everyone can wear,which it doesnt matter if you are tall, petite, large or skinny!

Here are some candy coloured accesories

AK Anne Klein Patent Watches are so cute and affordable for a watch and are available at nordstrom $65

MAXX NEW YORK " Fenway" patent bowlers are a perfect summer handbag, which are perfect for shopping or hanging out at the beach, they are $148 at nordstrom.

At Spring 2008 RTW, candy coloured shoes were popular with most collections, Lavins crayon orange platforms, Louis vuittons courts with cutout heels in a Bright pink.

Chloe had wedges with pop of colour on the heel, Giambattista Valli's had neon yellow heels and Missoni with their sea foam blue shoes!

Emillo Pucci's Show featured oversized clutches with candy coloured prints!

This delias bag is just like the Emilo Pucci's clutch, pictured above at only $26


These UO Shoes are only $16!!!! and also come in lots of other candy colours which will look fab in spring.

C.W Brownies

Welcome to another Chocolate Wednesday!

Finally I've found a Brownie recipe that works! Lets just say i usually stink at brownies! I cant even get the mixes to work, which is very embarrassing. But i stumbled across this brownie recipe and it works!
They taste great!

Makes 12 Brownies

4oz of chocolate chips or ( 2oz of milk chocolate and 2 oz of plain chocolate)
2 eggs
5oz Butter
10oz Caster Sugar
1/2 tsp of vanilla essence
2oz self raising flour
1oz Plain flour
2 tablespoons of cocoa powder
2oz of pecans

a deep square cake tin ( approx 8inches wide and at least 3 inches deep)

1. Heat the Oven to 180c/ 350F. Grease the tin, Line the bottom of the tin with greaseproof paper.

2. Melt chocolate over the stove in a glass bowl over boiling water or melt in microwave

3. Put Butter, Sugar and Vanilla essence in to a large mixing bowl. Beat until fluffy and light. Add eggs, slowly.

4. Sift both types of flour and cocoa powder into the bowl.

5. Add the Melted chocolate into the mix and mix well.

6. Chop the pecans finely and mix in.

7. Spoon mixture into the tin and smooth with the back of a spoon.

8. Bake the Brownies for 35 minutes until they have risen and have crust on the top and it comes out clean with a knife.

9. Leave the Brownies to cool in tin for 20minutes. Then cut them into squares.

Ta da Brownies!

Couture gal xxx

it's necessary to suffer to be beautiful

I found this postcard on postsecret and it is not true, anyone or anything is beautiful. But if tweezing your eyebrows or putting on those painful shoes makes you feel beautiful, than thats not suffering.

Nick's kids choice awards!

Even though I'm feeling bad and am laden with tissues due to having a cold! I still found it in my heart to post my fave outfits!

Hayden's dress reminds me of a hersheys kiss! Not loving the accessories, i would have chosen gold shoes and clutch.

Ashlee's outfit is so darling and i love the neon orange shoes, kinda matches her skin lol but doesn't go with the outfit! The chanel bracelet is kinda tacky.

jordin's dress totally complements her skin tone and is a really pretty casual dress.

Hurrah for Abigail Breslin! Finally a kid dressing her age!

it was slim pickings at the kids choice awards as i hated most of them

Bath time bubbles

I'm a huge fan of philosophy 3in1's and use them daily. In the shower, in the bath and sometimes on my hair! They last for ages and smell great! They may cost $16 bucks a pop but they last for ages! I still have half a bottle of hot chocolate 3in1 from Christmas! I have tried 5 now!

Vanilla Birthday Cake: Smells really like vanilla without that typical cheap drugstore kind of smell. It really reminds me of the Mary Kate and Ashley Shampoo which was in fact the same consistency and colour.

Cinnamon Buns: It doesn't smell of typical cinnamon buns, more like cinnamon gum. Its the perfect treat in winter to warm you up. Its a great addition to your bath time.

Hot apple cider: This doesn't smell as appley as i thought it would, i was looking for a real hot apple cider smell but it got more of a winter spice smell which was rather disappointing but it still smelt great! Warning though it is bright orange!

Gingerbread man: This was totally not what i was expecting! i wanted gingerbread smells and got lemon coco cola smell! It has a completely different consistency to the others and is a browny clear liquid which much runnier than the other. It turned out to be my favourite smell, but made me crave coke first thing in the morning!

Hot cocoa: This is my second fave! It smells just like chocolate! Its a dark brown colour which may make you go brown in the shower but it washes off when you rinse.

The only thing disappointing about philosophy 3in1's is that the smells doesn't hang around! To solve this they should make matching body sprays!

MAC Viva Glam Special!

To celebrate Fergie becoming a new spokesmodel for Viva Glam, Mac have brought out a new Special Edition lipglass Viva Glam V I. MACS's Viva Glam, every cent or pence raised goes to the M·A·C AIDS Fund to support the fight against HIV/AIDS.

Here are some pics!

As you may know im a lipgloss addict and i will certainly be adding this to my Make up wishlist! It looks like the perfect day time gloss which i can picture with my chocolatte eye look!

Chanel chanel! my first bit of chanel!

Ever so often, Couture gal adds a piece of designer item to her wardrobe. Over the last year or so, my passion for fashion has really grown and so with it so has my lust for designer stuff has increased! Over this past year,i've bought bought a Louis Vuitton Alma in multicolour, Dior glossys for birthday, Louis vuitton bandeau and loads of juicy couture items( i don't know if you count juicy as designer) and now Chanel vintage clipons from the 70's have become part of my new collection! They are rather massive but ever so darling. I do love designer items but just as much as ordinary items and i only buy stuff if im love with them.

Here is a pic of one of the chanel earrings next to a Nintendo ds game!

C.W Couture Cupcakes!

To celebrate my blog, i've made Couture cupcakes!

Makes 18
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup sugar
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup sour cream

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 12-cup standard muffin tin with paper liners.
Into a medium bowl, sift together cocoa, flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each, then beat in vanilla. With mixer on low speed, add flour mixture in two batches, alternating with sour cream and beginning and ending with flour.
Pour batter into cups, filling each 3/4 full. Bake until a toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes.
Cool in pan 5 minutes; transfer to a wire rack to cool completely, then spread with Easy White Icing using a table knife or small offset spatula. Decorate with sprinkles, if desired.

Easy White icing

( they are actually this colour unlike the top pics)

Makes 3 1/2 cups, enough for 18 standard cupcakes
1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
1 pound (3 2/3 cups) confectioners' sugar
1 to 2 tablespoons milk, (optional)

1/4 tsp of vanilla essence

Directions
In a mixing bowl, cream butter until smooth.
Gradually add confectioners’ sugar; beat until smooth, then add the milk and mix again.

I then cut out with abc cutters, the letters from fondant icing. You can dye the white fondant icing any colour if you want!

Top 10 Chick Flicks!

Chick flicks are a necessary thing for girls along with chocolate, make up and fashion. It’s like girl code that Chick flicks are what you watch a sleepovers or at movie marathons! They will make you laugh, cry and be happy all at the same time (except the crying bit, couture gal doesn’t cry at movies lol!)

Anyway here are my top 10 chick flicks!

1. Mean girls, a fabulous film starring Lindsay Lohan, its about a home schooled girl going to high school, joining the popular girls whilst being friends with art freaks and getting revenge on the queen bee.

2. Legally Blonde, A pink loving, girlie, kinda dumb, rich blonde sorority girl tries to win her ex boyfriend back by going to Harvard ( the college he’s going to) Law school. It’s such a girlie, funny film and is a must see!

3. John Tucker Must die, it kind of explains it in the title, John tucker is going down! John tucker is your average high school hottie dating 3 girls who find out and seek revenge by breaking his heart and damaging his rep!

4.. Breakfast at Tiffany's, a girlie film about a young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building

5. Devil wears Prada, a must for all fashionistas, it’s about working for a monster of a editor of “Runway”, turning a fashion crime girl into a fashionista and learning the fashion trade.

6.Bridget Jones diary, Meet Bridget, 30, Spinster, fed up with smug married couple friends pestering her about getting married and having between two men who she swaps and changes all through out the movie!

7.Bring it on, basic cheerleader movie about teams going to competitions. Starring Kirsten Dunst as cheer leading captain.

8.Bride and Prejudice, the Bollywood version of Pride and Prejudice, what’s not to love, funny songs, fabulous clothes and is a new version of the ultimate classic Pride and Prejudice.

9 . My Best friends wedding, abut girl who tries to steal back her best friend heart and ruin his wedding after realising she loves him.

10. Bad girls from Valley High, three snobby bad high school girls prematurely age brought on from a curse from the new transfer student whom they believe is connected to a murder they committed a year earlier.

Couture gal xxx

Easter and its SNOWING!

Happy Easter, hope you guys are having a fab time.

Well here in England i think the weather is having a identity crisis! Its snowing hard and there is an inch of snow! and its forecast to snow all day today and tommorrow YAY it hardly ever snows and its always a sprinkle. I want 2 feet deep snow *Stomps couture gals feet*. It looks so darling out like a winter wonderland pic! I'll try and get pics later.. The dogs and cats are entranced by the snow as they are only puppies or kitties and have never seen it!

Couture Gal xxx

TAcky and soo not wacky

High heeled converses are soo tacky! Im praying they dont become a trend !

Beauty Secret number 1

Suncream is great for protecting your skin but Nivea Moisturising spray is also a great primer for foundation!!! After washing my face in the morning, i spritz on some suncream, pick out my clothes and apply the foundation. It allows it to sink in and creates a even base for your foundation. To finish the look, i add a swish of translucent powder and away i go! My foundation has SPF in it so my skin is always protected like yours should be! Its rather sticky and greasy so that's why i leave it before putting the foundation on!

Lipbalm Charm!

Lipbalms!

After many attempts at finding the perfect lip balm, i think i have found it ! I've probably tried over 2 dozen different balms in my lifetime, as i used to be addict to finding the perfect scent!

It all started with a little mermaid lip balm when i was little, it looked like this tube but with yellow plastic and a different pic of Ariel! It was a garish bright red lip balm and i think it was strawberry flavoured but one day i snapped the actual lip balm in half! I don't remember if it was a good moisturiser but it certainly brings back memories!

Lancome sweet balm was a total waste of money! It cost £13 and left a horrid white non blendable colour on my lips. The smell was sickly and was just plain gross. It didn't moisturise at all and in fact made them worse! Nivea Pearl and Shine Lip balm,I loved this when i was 9 as i thought i was SO cool wearing "lipstick"! it gives a nice frosting but light look to the lips and its quite moisturising.

TBS Born Lippy -This lip balm is very sticky and gloopy! Definitely don't buy! it also leaves a weird tint ! Ive tried the passion berry and orange and i ended up with either purple or orange lips YUK!

Now onto the best!

Carmex is a little pot of moisturising menthol heaven! It smells great, its very minty menthol like those cold oil things you put on pillows! It numbs your lips if you put enough on ha ha. It really moisturises and i have a little pots in each bag !