How about a pair of cropped denim jeans with metal detailing on the legs for summer? or a pair of brand new fishnet gloves? how about a pair of pinstriped velvet pants? I’m selling half my wardrobe on eBay, various items are prized below a “tenner” (aka £10!) and some items are prized under £5.

Listings last until 29th July.

Visit my eBay profile here. Or go straight to my list page.

BRANDS INCLUDE: Tripp, Criminal Damage, Queen of Darkness, Phaze and K.Star among others.

In my quest for longer lashes I found a new channel to add to my favorites on YouTube. What Style is to Nickel has the best tips and tutorials. The below tutorial is for applying fake lashes. All you ever needed to know! This guy is fabulous.

The other day when I did my monthly beauty shopping for necessities at Boots, I discovered that they now sell Rapid Lash. A serum which claims to enhance growth of your eye lashes. I was tempted to buy one since I’ve been on the hunt for NeuLash for a long time now. (Currently not available in the UK at present as far as I am aware).

Though my gut instinct told me not to and I did some research and found out that the product may irritate your eyes, sting, and even change the color of your iris! I would recommend to read the following userbased reviews before deciding to spend £40 on this product:

Eyelash growth.com – for an overview of the product

Dermastore.com – you got loads of opinions and experienced reviews to read

Makeupandbeautyblog.com – review and user comments

Beautysnob.com – for alternatives and user comments

I’m still building the website and I am looking for shops, designers and anything fashionable alternative.

If you want to get included in the directory – email me at info@thevanitydirectory.com.

I’m also looking for good looking people to post as inspiration in The Vanity Notebook – use the same email as above.

I’d love to hear from you and I am open for collaborations.

I’ve been trying to find a nice pair of versatile shoes for days – visiting every alternative shoe shop I could think of, to no avail. To my surprise I managed to find not one, but two pairs by accident today when I happened to pop in to one of the Office shoes shops in London.

When in need you really need to broaden your search area and in this case, I’ve even gone through and  managed  to find a few more decent pairs in their online sale section. The images above are linked to their pages. This link takes you to the entire sale section, browse all mode.

And there is plenty more nice pairs then just the ones above, just find something in black

Nothing beats the effect your eyes gets from framing them with beautiful, thick lashes. However I’m still  quite the rookie when it comes to applying fake eyelashes. After doing some initial research, I found out about Eyelure – Naturalites and I’ve not had a reason to change ever since my first buy. They are easy to apply, to glue and they are equally as easy to cut off to customize lengthwise to your own eyelid size. So far I have only tried Volume Plus number 101.

They are easy to find, both at Boots and Superdrug in the UK.

Find full details here.

There are some preview photos up at Style Bubble, from Dominic Jones  A/W 2010 jewelry collection. I especially love the insect pieces, one necklace in particular is beyond stunning. I’ve always had a thing for various sorts of beetles.

The Vanity Notebook – Is disappearing, but re-appering as a blog – here – where there will be daily updates from now on.

If you want to see what the old notebook looked like, below you will find links to the only two which where ever made.

ISSUE: 1 - AN INTRODUCTION

ISSUE: 2 - SEPTEMBER 2009

I found two great video tutorials on YouTube on how to create a “Flapper Girl” style of make-up from the 1920’s era: