Well I am on day 38 of not shopping and frankly I was feeling a little fed up with it. I would like to find a way to enjoy fashion and being out and about in the shops without having to spend a bunch of money.  So after having some morning cofffee with some dear friends I decided to walk home through the Utrechtsestraat in Amsterdam, one of my favourite streets.

There’s an American Apparel store in the Utrechtsestraat and whilst I am usually not crazy about their stuff a pair of really cool tights made me want to go in and check it out. They have all the normal basic t shirty stuff but some exceptions to the standard collection.

Check out this picture of some stuff in the window…

Window @ American Apparel

 I like this look, whilst I am not crazy about the t shirt style dress underneath the cardigan I like the belt and the chains, also, I was excited that the stylist put some tights on the model in stead of … leggings. yeah!

And then guess who I came across in the store. A lovely girl with a very cute outfit. I am not sure what you would call her style, but she had her colours sorted out and she was wearing purple gloves. Also, her make up was simple, just some black eyeliner as far as I could see. I really liked her look.

Check out her pose:

girl in store

A little further down the street I was surprised to find a store I had never seen or heard of before today, Centre Neuf, there was this amazing blue Marc Jacobs bag in the window. And now I want it, darnit… Well I have to figure out something to save up for, so it might just be this fantastic handbag.

Marc Jacobs handbag @ Centre Neuf

 As I left the Utrechtsestraat and continued my walk home, I felt re-energised and very happy to have spent some time enjoying my favourite thing, good old fashion and shopping. And guess what, didn’t buy a thing.

I’d say that’s progress.

I was multitasking like a good little girl this morning. Blowdrying my hair and flicking through one of my favourite dutch fashion magazines. I came across a couple of pictures of Natasha Khan, a british singer. A supposed new IT girl. . .
 

Whilst I cannot comment on her music as I have not listened to it, the sight of her and her ‘IT girl’ status got me thinking about this pre-occupation the media seems to have with what is considered hip and trendy (i.e. Kate Moss and followers)
 
I find it truly baffling. Why would we want to encourage people to dress like this? I am totally for diversity and applaud people that I come across that truly seem to have this hip thing down. But like many trends you see so many people around town are trying to look like something they are not. You just want to tell them enough already, give up and dress classically stylish.
 
Let’s suggest to dress timelessly gorgeous, like Ivanka Trump. She’s young, gorgeous, has style and dresses appropriately for her age.

Ivanka Trump

 
Apologees for the non writing of the past few weeks, fashiontweet has gone cold turkey and needed some time off from writing as well.
 
Yes you read correctly, cold turkey, that means no shopping for clothes, shoes, make up etc for the foreseeable future (I have set myself a specific goal but I am not willing to share it yet). . .  I’m on day 13 
 
The first few days were particularly lousy, it’s hard to explain all the feelings I have surrounding shopping. It’s fine to purchase items such as food and transportation, stuff like that. When it comes to the luxury items though, it becomes a different story. I actually experienced some withdrawal type physical and psychological feelings. My poor boyfriend got an earful of my complaining, but am glad to report the worst seems to be behind me.

When the shopping stops being fun and the clothes are just hanging in your closet you realise something’s up. I have set myself some goals during this time of abstinence, some of my own and some were suggested to me by someone very dear to me.

• actually wear every new piece of clothing I’ve bought - done
• organise my closet so I can see what I own (this is a big one for me as I tend to forget about certain items, even the recent stuff) - done
• organise all my accessories - almost all done, have organised the jewelry but haven’t done all my scarves yet
• organise my make up, get rid of old stuff, clean the box I keep it in - done

Next to the above accomplishments I am enjoying figuring out what to wear the night before, trying toput together some new outfits that I haven’t worn before.  It’s nice to bring back the enjoyment of what fashion, make up and accessories mean to me.

So there you have it, no shopping reports from me for a while, but I will be writing regularly again and have already thought of a subject I need to research tomorrow.

Love, fashiontweet

hello readers, I have to introduce you to this amazing skincare product I purchased in the US a few months ago. At first I thought it was a bit intense on my skin and it felt a little too harsh. But no! its fantastic. I used to have great skin with tiny pores until I was about 25. A few years on, I have ok skin, but I can break out easily and I have combination skin.

Anyway, not to bore you to death with my skin type. The product I am talking about really helps. My skintone has improved and looks more radiant and less oily on the T zone.

Here it is:

Alpha Beta Daily Face Peel

These are the benefits as stated on the website for MD SKINCARE:

• Instantly helps firm skin and eliminate dullness revealing a luminous look all day long
• Gently helps treat large pores and calms redness with soothing botanicals
• Patented two-step technology - two minutes for radiant skin for all skin types
• Provides microexfoliation without recovery time
• Also available in convenient, individual packettes for treatment on-the-go

Where can you get this product in Amsterdam? at V Amsterdam, beauty and lifestyle store.

guerlain ombre eclat

Gorgeous eye shadow by Guerlain… noticed it yesterday when I was buying somebody a gift. They didn’t have it there, so I might go and look for it tomorrow. The brown is amazing. What do you think?