Christian Louboutin Let's Go glitter DIY

This is another glitter DIY that I did a while ago.
Got a pair of Louboutins of ebay, which looked like someone dyed them from light colour to black. That would be OK, but the dye was all over including the beautiful red soles. Literally like someone dipped the shoes in a bucket of black dye!
I only took a couple of crappy iphone pics...but they were greyish black inside out:(

and the soles

So I have searched and searched online and found a company that sell red paint especially for LOuboutins soles. I think I paid something around £7 for teeny tiny pot, but the paint has a really good coverage, so little goes a long way.

This is how the soles looked after I touched them up with the red paint. I couldn't completely cover the scratches, but then again that's not what the paint is for, some red vibram soles would have done the job better I think!

I knew from the start I was in for another glitter madness, so off I went and bought some jet black glitter, in fine and chunky hexagonal. I mixed these two about 50/50. My previous glitter DIY was just using fine glitter, but I felt this time I wanted to try the chunky glitter as it gives a bit more sparkle!

Back with my trusty Gem Tac glue...combined with the glitter...and voila!

My camera was broken at the time, hence the rubbuish Iphone pictures.

Unfortunately I didn't keep these babies as they were half to full size big for me, so I am still on the hunt for a black pair of closed toe pumps in need of some jazzing up:)

Sweet Saturday!

Recently I have been quite obsessed with cupcakes, I love how they come in all different colours and flavours, they just look so pretty! So I thought I have a go.
Unfortunately the little evil child Angus the labrador discovered the cupcake decorsting kit that I had just bought a few weeks ago and had a friendly encounter...well let's say instead of 8 piece set I now have maybe a 30 piece set!Couldn't be bothered to go out to look for another, so I thought I just spoon and knife the frostings onto the cupcakes and it didn't turn out that bad!

I did 2 flavours - chocolate with chocolate frosting and peaches and cream with vanilla frosting (couldn't resist with the purple!)

Loewe handbag DIY

This purse was a car boot sale find. It was totally filthy and beat up, but even through all these marks and dirt it was obvious that it was a great quality made bag and was once very beautiful...the leather was still buttery soft.

Yep! That's a chewing gum stuck tothe bottom!

So I decided that the only way I could save this purse would be if I dye it a darker colour. There was no way I could clean all the ink marks and dirt and get ot the original colour of the leather unless I send it to a professional, maybe somewhere like loving my bags...
I have decided for a purple colour (surprise lol). I had some left over Tarrago dye in no. 54 Aubergine, I ordered another kit in no. 16 Midnight and mixed these two 50/50. First thought I have scrubbed the whole bag with the preparer from the kit (Self-shine colour dye). It has cleaned the the bag up a little and faded some ofthe marks, but most importantly I believe it prepared the leather to absorb the dye better.
I am now nearly at the end of the dying process, with maybe one more coat to be applied, so will update as soon as it's finish with some photos...

Christian Louboutin Very Prive DIY

I would like to share little DIY that I did a while ago. I found these Christian Louboutin Very Prive Africa shoes on ebay for a steal and while I absolutely love the style, I wasn't all that keen on the colours / pattern. Plus they were rpetty beat up and sad looking with scuffs on the heels and tips and the generally needed a bit of TLC.

 So I got some Tarrago Self Shine Dye Kit in colour Aubergine no. 54. and dyed them a nice purple berry colour. This dye is suitable for leather, artificial leather and canvas (these Loubies are canvas). 

This is after first coat:

Several coats later (it took about 3 - 5 coats depending on area):

In part 2 of this transformation I decided to add some glitter as my main problem were the scuffed heels and tips, which were not covered by the dye. So I ordered a few tiny pots of fine glitter online which was dead cheap and some Gem Tac glue which dries to a waterproof / transparent finish.

Then I started to apply the glitter to the shoes:

And this is the result. It did take some time for the excess glitter to stop falling off, probably about 2 - 3 wears.



They may need re-soling soon as I wear them quite a bit, but the glitter has lasted with no problem maybe 8 months, I would say maybe 20 wears at least. :)

Do you have a similar DIY experience? I want to know all about it!

Owl ring

On Saturday I went on hunt for some new mugs for the kitchen. Well didn't find any mugs that I actually liked...But found something else! I'm a sucker for unique jewellery, anything that's a little different or maybe even weird. There is a massive New Look store near me where I found this lovely Owl ring (sorry for the crappy Iphone pics):

 

It was the last piece they had in the store and it was on sale, so I got it for the bargain price of £2:)

Chloe Paddington

This is currently my only piece from this designer. I also used to own a style called Heloise in grey patent leather, but somehow I don't feel the love for most patent finish bags...I do however crave for Heloise in the beautiful soft leather.
This is the smaller version of the standard Paddington style - Baby Paddington:) To me it's more of a evening or holiday bag when you only need your purse (mind you my LV French purse takes up all the bag, so I have to swap to a smaller one), mobile and lipgloss with you. I do love the colour, I believe it is called Or and it was limited eddition, so probably quite rare. It's nude/beige silver/gold, very subtle and goes with everything. It may be an older style, but I love everything about it, hope to add the bigger size to my collection some day.

Louis Vuitton

So as many girls I have a really healthy relationship with bags and shoes. One of my first loves was Louis Vuitton. Although at the time I have managed to build a nice little collection of several bags and accesories, I have since passed most of them on...always had a love-hate relationship with the Vernis. While a love the colours, for me the finish just doesn't do it.I also owned the Batignolles horizontal in monogram canvas, what a beautiful bag. I regret letting it go...
Anyway! Onto my current ones: My French purse I use everyday...it is such a pactical purse for me as I am quite messy with my receipts and carry a lot of. On one side the is a compartment for coins (and anything else...) that closes with a kiss clasp. The other side has compartment for notes, another zipped compartment and several card compartments. I love it and it's been my perfect purse for a few years now!

And my Tivoli PM is being used pretty regurarly as it's a great medium size bag for everyday and goes with so much...I do tend to carry lot of stuff around with me and with this bag I kind of have to be more strategic as to what I put in in order not to end up not being able to zip it up....:)

and here they are together:)

More of my handbag collection to be added very soon!