Tuesday 24 January 2012

Sale Treat!


Naughty but nice!
Lots of Kiss Me Deadly sale items around at the moment on Hepburn and Leigh, or Joanna's Wardrobe.  I have purchased the DeVille longline bra, and the blue Alouette plunge bra is on it's way.

I've also made a Heyday purchase but you'll have to wait to see that one.

Is it nearly pay day yet?!

Saturday 14 January 2012

Lippy Trial

A sneaky post on one of my now very, very precious days off!!
This is 'Carmine' from Besame.  I normally steer clear of orangey reds, but I tried this one out just for fun and loved it!  It was one of six included in my red lips set in a What Katie Did goodybag, so expect five more lipstick trial posts...


Besame Carmine lipstick

Hope you are all having a fabulous weekend!

Miss P xx

Saturday 7 January 2012

Vintage Inspired Review: Tara Starlet Pedal Pushers

I have a spare ten minutes so can squeeze in a quick post!  The 'Pedal Pushers' trousers from Tara Starlet are available in leopard, black, or orange and white stripe. I purchased the black along with the 'Victory' skirt that I posted about before Christmas. I was trying to channel the look of Christina Hendricks in Mad Men or Christina Ricci in Pan Am - both have worn black pedal pushers and they looked fabulous on both kinds of figures.


Price and Delivery - 3/5
£59 I thought wasn't too bad for trousers. Delivery was next day, costing £5.

Sizing - 1/5
Awful.  I am normally a Tara Starlet size 12 (in both their 'Peggy' dress and their 'Dancing' skirt). But with these trousers the sizing was way, way off - the size 12 was ridiculously small.  I sent it back and got the size 14, which I could just about zip up if I breathed in really hard, but it was honestly still about an inch too small on the waist to be comfortable to wear.  Would I seriously be a size 16 in these trousers when I'm a size 12 in one of their dresses?!  At the price I'd paid I didn't feel comfortable having a go at making some adjustments myself, and the attentions of a professional seamstress would have been an extra £20.  I nearly cried, because otherwise I loved these trousers!

Fit - 2/5
Great fit on the legs, bum - but as mentioned above, the sizing on the waist and upper hips was ridiculously small for a size 14, especially when I'm a 12 in their other garments and my measurements are well within what's on their size guidlines. Nice length on the leg.  These pics below are of the size 12 just to illustrate the huge difference in sizing between this and the size 12 Peggy dress, which fits me perfectly!



Fabric and Quality - 5/5
Lovely fabric with a nice stretch. The quality looks perfectly good, no issues there at all.

Online Description - 1/5
If a garment runs small, it would be really, really helpful to mailorder customers for this to be mentioned.  It would also be nice to see more images of the trousers on a real person, from different angles.  They are also longer than on the model pictured on the website, which was strange because I am 5'9'" with a 33" inside leg, so unless the model is super tall, the trousers have been rolled up for the photograph.


Postage Costs - 1/5
To return an item you have to send the parcel back by recorded delivery. I sent the first trousers back by Special Delivery, which cost me £7, but I wanted the insurance, as the parcel with the skirt and trousers was worth over £120, and recorded delivery only covers you up to £40 ish.  The refund they must have forgotten about, because I had to email them some weeks later to remind them, and then it went through.  The second lot of trousers then I returned by recorded delivery, it was a couple of quid, so all in all I've lost just over £20 in this escapade!

Customer Service - 4/5
Although my initial refund was delayed, the moment I contacted them I received an apology and the refund went straight through then.

Overall Score = 2/5
I'll be grieving over these trousers for a while.

Monday 2 January 2012

Happy 2012!

Happy New Year!

Did you all have a good festive break?  Christmas for me was a very relaxed, quiet affair.  We ate enough to sink a battleship, and I am still using up leftover Stilton, cranberries and such like.  For me, the highlight had to be that I am the proud recipient of the coveted Golden Spoon, as I won the family baking competition with my yule log masterpiece!  Having said that, none of us want to see a yule log ever again, as they are time-consuming to make and we had six of them to eat!

Here's a little pictorial summary: Me as an elf at a party; Christmas wreath; Present opening on the big day; The Yule Log entries; Golden Spoon Winner.






I'm afraid that this will be my only blog post for January - I start a new job tomorrow, and so for this month only will have a total of three jobs on the go.  I'm exhausted just thinking about it.

Wishing you all a good start to 2012 - good luck with all of your resolutions!

Miss P xx
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