Champagne & Lemonade: Pre-Loved Designer Pieces for the Budget Conscious

As you know, I don't tend to venture into writing about fashion very much. I'm not the least bit fashionable and I have the wardrobe to prove it! However, recently I've been making a conscious effort to re-fresh said wardrobe and I've been toying with the idea of investing in a designer handbag.

I'd love to buy a Mulberry or Chloe bag but I have to be realistic about my budget. I dabbled with looking at Ebay but designer purchases from Ebay are fraught with nerves about being ripped off with a fake if you don't know what you're doing. I can spot fake MAC but I don't think I could tell fake Mulberry from the real deal. So, when I received a press release about the website Champagne & Lemonade and read the description of 'pre-loved designer good for those with Champagne taste on a Lemonade budget' I knew this was a site for me!



This may seem a bit of an odd thing to say, but buying pre-loved items really appeals to my inner recycling nut. As well as lemonade budget, of course. The website has a really nice selection of goods which is constantly being added to. Champagne & Lemonade also guarantee authenticity of every item. Most of the items for sale are in excellent used condition but there is also a section for items that have never been worn. If you're interested in submitting items to sell on the site, you can read more about that here.

The pieces that caught my eye whilst browsing were this Mulberry bag and this rather tempting black pleat skirt from Ghost. I loved looking at the shoes too but I'm still not ready to swap my beloved Converse for heels just yet.

As ever, the links in this post are for information only. I don't have an affiliation with the site but wanted to share this find with you. I'll be back with more chatter about beauty very soon.

10 Years of Kate Moss and Rimmel London

Rimmel London threw a party this week to celebrate their 10 year collaboration with Kate Moss. I wouldn't normally cover this sort of event but I couldn't resist the urge to share some of the celebrity photos. I don't tend to read the gossip/celebrity magazines these days, in fact many of the celebrities that attended this event were a total mystery to me. Not so for the old Kate Moss gang of course; Sadie Frost and Meg Matthews were both in attendance. I was actually quite sad to see Sadie suddenly looking her age. I'm not sure the outfit helped matters.

Talking of outfits, I thought Kate looked good. I don't think you can go far wrong with a classic LBD and red lipstick but I did glimpse a couple of shots that suggested a bit of a wardrobe malfunction. The lipstick she was wearing is apparently Shade 1 of the By Kate collection.

Liberty Ross attended the party in rather unusual attire. It looked like a Victorian themed ensemble but with see-through lace panels at the side. I suppose it's no different from the usual glimpses of cleavage but I wasn't sure it really worked. She is stunning though which draws the eyes away from the strange bib.

I thought Donna Air looked fabulous (what is she up to these days?) and I love the lipstick choice. It looks a lot like MAC Girl About Town.

Back on topic now, I believe the By Kate Rimmel lipstick collection has already been released. There are seven lipsticks altogether. I'm going to have a look at them next time I'm in Superdrug or Boots, the colours look interesting and I've had a few trusty Rimmel lipsticks in the past. I'm not really taken with the packaging though, am I too old to be whipping out a lipstick with Kate written all over it?


Photos by Dave M. Benett/2011 Getty Images

  
My apologies for this unusually shallow post. I suspect watching The Bachelor on a Friday night is having a detrimental effect on my brain cells. Normal service will resume shortly!