Stylist's Pick: Effortless Leather Trousers

The idea of leather trousers eludes to a vision of Ross from Friends desperately trying to squeeze back into a pair in a hilarious sketch. However, the trousers we have our eye on have evolved into a beautifully exquisite item, which can be worn effortlessly.

The stereotypical leather trousers that are skin tight and difficult to fit have evolved into a luxurious, sophisticated design by Autogrpah, Marks and Spencer. The soft, manipulated leather is transformed into a light grey wide leg trouser, which are easy to wear both during the day or evening; adding a contemporary touch.

Leather now has no limitations with Hemult Langs dunagree creation and Jigsaw's soft blue pencil skirt. What will be next?

If you are apprehensive about experimenting with leather get in touch for a lesson on how to add the fabric in question subtly. 

Beauty Tip: Top Lengthening Mascaras

Mascara is probably the staple in a lot of women's make-up bags, it opens up your eyes, makes you feel and look more awake and can give a more youthful look to the face. Here are our picks for a few great lengthening mascaras tried and tested by our team! 

1. Marks & Spencer Autograph Neverending Lashes
The really straight brush on this mascara lends itself easily to getting in every corner and it also makes it easy to top up the ends of your lashes for that extra long look. Hypoallergenic and fragrance free!

2. The Body Shop Define & Lengthen Mascara
Lengthening, smudge resistant and flake proof, this little beauty is all about glossy long lashes.

3. Maybelline Illegal Length MascaraA personal favourite of one of the girls, this is a great volumising as well as lengthening mascara, killing two birds with one stone!

There are only three options here that we love here at TiCC, if you have any other recommendations let us know and we can check them out. We're always looking for new beauty gems!

The Friday Girl's Tips: Dress for Your Shape: Pears!

Over our time at Bristol Fashion Week, we did a little bit of market research and we found that a lot of the women we saw were pear shapes. This means slightly heavier on the bottom than the top. We saw size 8 pears to size 18 pears! A lot of ladies are surprised that pear shapes can be smaller sizes but they can, it just means that you're bottom half isn't in perfect proportion with your top! But who wants to be perfect, hey? 

Here's a little post to give some little hints and tips for dressing the pear, this week I'm focusing on tops

Being a pear, one of the best things to do is elongate your figure and balance out your top half with your hips. Draw the eye up with slightly padded shoulders or a statement scarf or necklace. Highlight your waist with a skinny belt if wearing a dress and wear something dark and slimming on your bottom half if you're very conscious of it.

Try a bright top to draw the eye upwards, here are some from Topshop I'm loving at the moment;

1. Topshop Heart Geo Print Shirt

2. Floral Print Tee

This is also a fab shirt from Marks & Spencer which will elongate the torso and draw attention upwards; perfect tucked in to a pair of tailored trousers for a smart effortless look

Last tip: One of the worst things that you can do is wear a big baggy garment on top to cover yourself up as it will just look like you're as big as your bottom half all over! 

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