An evening with ROX and Shaun Leane

I was lucky enough to be invited to an event at ROX in the Argyle Arcade, Glasgow, a couple of weeks ago. It was an Audience with Shaun Leane, who  I will admit I had never heard of, but now know he is a very talented jeweller who worked with Alexander McQueen, as well as many others.

 Nicola from Magic's in the make up, with her friend Lynsey, Me and my friend Laura

The event was held in the ROX thrill room, which is above the Argyle Arcade store.

The thrill room was amazing, with comfy chairs, bar, and an ornate ceiling. I think this is where couples are taken when they come in to choose wedding and engagement rings.

It even had this huge chandelier.

I was able to take a friend with me, so I took one of my besties, Laura.

The evening included a question and answer session with Shaun Leane, hosted by Queen Michelle of Kingdom of Style. Shaun talked about the inspirations for his collections, as well as his work with Alexander McQueen, and a recent project where he constructed a diamond glove.

Some of Shaun's collections were on display, including the one off brooch he made for Sarah Jessica Parker in 2006.

Alot of the designs are quite edgy, with sharp lines and spikes, and large pieces. I prefer quite delicate and understated jewellery, and my favourite collection was the beautiful Cherry Blossom one.

This ring in particular took my fancy! Its simple, girly, and so pretty. The one on display on the night was cream enamel with a diamond, but I prefer this pink version. Luckily, its also cheaper. I have been trying to drop hints to my boyfriend, but I think its fallen on deaf ears.

My other pick from the collections would be this Hook my Heart ring. During the Q&A, Shaun spoke about this, and how it is deeply romantic, if you think about actually hooking someone's heart. I would love for this ring to be adorning my finger!

There were also alot  of items from the ROX collections on show, and there were some lovely pieces. ROX sell a great range of jewellery, from mega expensive diamond engagement rings, to really affordable silver pieces. You can browse these in one of the Scottish ROX stores, or on their website. It would be an ideal place to get Christmas gifts for friends and family. Unfortunately my jobless state means that people will be getting homemade jewellery from me, or maybe used nail polish!

What Shaun Leane pieces do you like?

Zen Lifestyle

 Back  in September, I was invited to a bloggers event at Zen Lifestyle's new salon in Edinburgh's Hanover Street. I am only getting round to telling you all about it now, bad blogger! 

Photo credit: Zen lifestyle website

The evening was lovely, we got to see the new salon, which is amazingly swish, and got a to choose a few treatments. We could choose from Shellac nails, HD brows, Blink & Go lashes, and Dr Murad skin mapping. As I had a wedding coming up that week, I went for Shellac and lashes.

Photo credit: Alison Jamieson Consultants

The Shellac process was very straightforward and quick. My nails were shaped,  and then a base coat applied which was cured under the UV light, then 2 coats of colour, then a top coat, with curing between each coat. It probably took less than 20 minutes altogether. The result was amazing, completely dry, shiny nails, that last for up to 2 weeks.

Sorry for the rubbish phone photo, but this shows the nails 1 week on. There is some nail growth showing, but other than that they still look perfect. I removed the Shellac just before the 2 week mark, following instructions I found on youtube, as it was a bit far for me to go back to Zen to have them removed.

Photo credit: Alison Jamieson Consultants
It was then over to the lash and brow area, to have blink and go lashes applied. (No, thats not me, its Amanda and Rani)

Photo credit: Beauty Blogging Blonde

Again, application was quick and easy. The tape is there to stop my lower lashes getting in the way. It felt a bit strange, but that's all.

I asked for natural looking lashes, and that's what I got! They looked amazing, and lasted for over 2 weeks. I was so happy with the results, and would definitely like to get these lashes again for a special event. Obviously a nice photo of my lashes would be good here, but my boyfriend seems to have lost the photo's he took for me. Its not that I am rubbish, honest!

The event was great overall, thanks Zen! There were amazing nibbles and fizz, nom nom!

Photo credit: Alison Jamieson Consultants

Those coronation chicken wraps were so tasty, took all my willpower to not eat the whole plate!

If you fancy checking out Zen lifestyle, I saw on their website that they have Christmas shopping evenings coming up, so have a look- Zen lifestyle.

I'm back

Once again, its been a while, due to all sorts of stresses in my life. I am now finished uni forever, and waiting for my nursing registration to come through, and then I'll be a real nurse. I just need a job now, and all will be good.

Other than doing all sorts of glamourous nursing tasks, what have I been up to? Not much! One of the most exciting things things was going to a blogger's event in Edinburgh, hosted by the lovely Stella and Snooki from Alison Jameson Consultants. It was a great afternoon held in posh hotel Tigerlily, where we got lovely cocktails, our hair and nails done by Medusa Hairdressing.

Here is my hair do, which was a lovely curly half up/half down effort-

My nails, which were a lovely nude shade that I am trying to recreate. Any suggestions for a colour match, do let me know! (The other nails are Rani's)

It was great to meet all the lovely Scottish Bloggers again, and have a good look at all the products that AJC represent.

We went away with some lovely goody bags, so I have lots of products to review for you, including Phil Smith hair products, Osmo hair products, and Tantruth fake tan.



Please do recommend your favourite nude polishes that look similar to the one above!