NOWSEEN | Vanity Claire

Hi you beautiful people,

Well, apparently yesterday was Blue Monday and we’re all supposed to be sobbing into our cups of tea this week. HOWEVER. Claire and I are feeling positive and can’t think of anything to be sad about, especially since we found out about this excellent competition in association with NOWSEEN. For those of you who don’t know, NOWSEEN are a jewellery brand that specialise in super awesome pieces with genuine gems and proper metal (cya later Primark green fingers). And they’re also hosting a competition for London Fashion Week, where one lucky winner (and a great mate. I might pick Claire) can win Luxe tickets to Fashion Weekend as well as £100 each worth of NOWSEEN jewellery. PARDON ME AND ZUT ALORS. Bop me on the head and call me Sally.

To win, you have to post an OOTD picture of what you would wear to London Fashion week, write a blog post about it and email your entry to the excellent competition people. We obviously couldn’t say no to such a fabulous competition, so here are our entries. To win, there’s a magical voting system and the OOTD with the most votes wins.

Claire

Bardot Body: Missguided / Leather Look Leggings: River Island (old) / Fur Collar: New Look

I decided to keep things pretty casual for my LFW outfit; I know some people go uber-glam for the week, but imagine tripping over in seven inch heels and ending up sprawled in a heap at Anna Wintour’s feet. That would not be faaaahbulous. I teamed my trusty leather leggings with my new body from Missguided and accessorised with some fur (it’s chilly down in London), my beautiful Marc B bag and my new babies: the Boohoo boots.

Bag: Marc B ‘Giselle’ / Boots: Boohoo

I’m not usually one to co-ordinate shoes and bags, but I think in this case it pulls the outfit together. If you can’t be a bit matchy-matchy at LFW, then when the hell can you?

Lauren

Dress: Your Eyes Lie | Beanie: House of Hoxhore | Shoes: Converse | Necklace: Primark

I featured this OOTD in a blog post a while back (if you want to check it out, I don’t know why you would, but you can have a look here) but the most excellent and wonderful thing with this competition is that you don’t have to put a new outfit to enter. I did actually take some pics for the entry but I looked horrible and squiffy eyed, so I thought that I would feature an old outfit. My dress is from a boutique on ASOS called Your Eyes Lie and my beanie is from House of Hoxshore. I probably wouldn’t wear connies to LFW (imagine if I bumped into Kate Moss, she’d probably biff me), so I’d change those battered bad boys to a pair of chunky heeled boots. Huzzah.

If any of you stunners fancy entering, check out the We Love Fashion site where there’s an entry form. If you want to vote for either of our outfits, there’s a vote section on there too.

Good luck to us. Our fingers, toes and eyes are crossed.

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Hello there chaps,

There was a time in my life when jewellery was a bit of an afterthought. I distinctly remember owning a butterfly clip when I was about 11 that had wings that flapped as I walked. Fast-forwarding about 10 years, my jewellery choices can only be described as somewhat hood rat. Giant gold chains? Ridiculously large earrings? You can guarantee I was all over them with bells on.

Having reached the grand old age of 22 as well as leaving uni and somehow acquiring a real person’s life, it was high time I rethought my jewellery collection. A top life tip? People take you more seriously when you don’t wear an unhealthy amount of leopard print and gold. It’s a mad world we live in chums, I don’t like it any more than you do.

As you may have seen, we recently did a post about the launch of the new jewellery brand NOWSEEN (read it here, losers). Claire and I were discussing that there definitely aren’t enough brands just dedicated to jewellery and we’re mega excited about this one. The brand how now been launched (we didn’t check daily in eager anticipation…) and it’s full of beautiful jazzy jewels.

We’ve been though and picked some of our favourite pieces of jewellery to show you exactly how excellent the range is. Please don’t blame us if you end up spending some of Her Maj’s coinage – ITS NOT OUR FAULT.

I have to say, my personal NOWSEEN favourites are the rings. I’m definitely a ring type of girl and these ones are absolutely gorgeous. I have my beady little eye on the panda in particular, because wearing the cutest animal in the world on my hands has always been my life’s wish. NOWSEEN’s necklaces and pendants are lovely too, although it has taken me quite some time to realise that jewellery that isn’t huge and gold can be a viable option. Bracelet-wise, you can’t go far wrong with these delicate pieces, they are so so cute and adorbs. I’m actually seriously thinking about getting the garnet one for my dear Mutti for Christmas – it’s right up her street (she’s a funky woman).

We’re also VERY excited to see that NOWSEEN have now launched a competition to celebrate their entry into our lives. There are a few ways to enter; either retween the giveaway tweet, like their Facebook page, follow them on Twitter or subscribe to their newsletter. And what do you stand to win by doing so? I’ll tell you what you stand to win – 200 ruddy English pounds to spend on their website! For full information take a look at their Facebook page.

What do you all think of NOWSEEN? Will you be checking out what this fabby new brand has to offer?

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As young women of the 21st century, I would say we’re all pretty used to faking it. And by this, I mean faking our jewellery… obviously (minds out of the gutters please).

Lauren and I are both big fans of statement jewellery – as a general rule, the bigger and blingier the better – but our poor graduate budgets mean that usually we end raiding the stands at Primark to get our fake fix. Last week, though, an email popped into our inbox that means that all this could soon be about to change.

NOWSEEN (yes, you have to shout it) is a new online store due to launch this week that specialises in fashion-focused jewellery. This is pretty exciting in itself; most highstreet stores stock jewellery almost as an afterthought, and I can’t think of many jewellery-exclusive stores aimed at our market.

But what really caught my attention about this brand is that we’ll no longer have to fake it. All of the jewellery is made with precious metals and real gemstones. Do you know what this means? NO MORE GREEN FINGERS!

I would have thought that real pieces like these would be far above my meagre budget, but prices on NOWSEEN are going to start as low as £10. Considering you can pay as much as £20 in some high street stores for costume jewellery that can fall apart the first time you wear it, this is amazing for investment pieces that will last you a lifetime.

As well as offering genuine quality pieces, NOWSEEN is also incredibly fashion-forward. Their jewellery promise to be edgy and on-trend, with stacker rings, friendship bracelets and statement cocktail rings all available.

These sneak peek images have got me super super SUPER excited for the launch, and I can’t wait to see the full range once the site is live. We’ve also heard a cheeky rumour that to celebrate their launch, NOWSEEN will also be running a competition on Facebook for one lucky winner to win £200 worth of jewellery from their A/W 2013 collection. You can keep up with their Facebook page to find out more about this once it launches.

What do you all think of NOWSEEN? Would you be interested in buying ‘real’ jewellery?

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Outfit of the Day: We Love Fashion Competition with NOWSEEN.

Claire

Lauren

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