#( * chloe price / wishlist. )

[embodies]

yearning for nature horror atm, whether just the softcore apocalypse vibes of tlou where plants are reclaiming or a full on jumanji plant horror style vengeance world :~) upside down from s.tranger things vibes? eco horror where the land is mostly water covered? feral animals ruling the earth and humans becoming the inferior species?

[blackwellburnout-blog]

wholesome wishlist for Frank Bowers 2kforever

Joyce Price treating him like a human being because he’s just another hungry customer. Convict or not. Drug dealer or not. 

Frank Bowers and Damon Merrick broship before BTS events.

Frank Bowers in an empty church and bumping in to Kate Marsh. 

Chloe Price hanging around Frank Bowers despite his “beat it, kid” comments.

Max Caulfield and Frank Bowers post-LiS in a sort of jerkass older brother, annoying younger sister type relationship.

Frank Bowers keeping in contact with Sera Gearhardt to make sure she’s shooting straight.

[sonipanda]

Adrian Chloe Tights

Seeing as I like the mix of polka dot and patterns, I decided to get these on the blog! I do like Adrian brand, however it can be quite hard to get hold of at times! This pair was gifted from my Amazon Wishlist. The Spec Colour: Black Size: 2 / Small Denier: 20 Materials: 85% Polyamide, 15% Elastane Price: £4.25 Website: Amazon – Transparent Patterned Tights Chloe by Adrian 20 Den My…

[rosecoloredparis]

my christmas wishlist ♡

(obviously these are just ideas and i have a lot of fun compiling all the cute stuff that comes out around this time of the year but feel free to take inspiration & add some of these to your shopping or wishlist! also i tried to include a wide range of prices xx)

perfumes:

thank u next

joy by dior

flowerbomb

flowerbomb 2

chanel no 5 paris

forever and ever dior

vsl mon paris

soft & dreamy

chloe love story

amazing grace

books:

The Megan Hess Fashion Collection

elegance

nutcracker and the four realms

how to be parisian

what would audrey do?

pocket coco chanel wisdom

patisserie cookbook

the little dictionary of fashion

lunch in paris

new york

paris through a fashion eye

beauty:

let it snow girl

gingerbread lane

glossier lip gloss

sleeping beauty face mask

barbie jelly balm

minnie mouse palette 

diamond highlighter

mac aladdin gloss

dior lip sugar

dior lip glow

too faced cookie house

burn book

clothes:

breakfast at tiffany’s pyjamas

h&m giambattista valli dress

aristocats marie jacket

mean girls t shirt

h&m pearl jumper

nutcracker pyjamas

needle & thread crop top

break up with ur gf tee

7 rings tee

baby pink vintage cardigan

knit jumper

ballet skirt

pink bonjour baby jumper

megan hess paris scarf

sweetie dress

iconic pink for love & lemons nightgown

zara tulle top

pink macaron dress

zara tulle skirt

corset cami

black swan top

cry baby jumper

lafayette crop top

satin vs pyjamas

satin ballet tie

that ain’t it crewneck

pink crop jumper

on wednesdays we wear pink

pink satin dress

fluffy heels

faux fur sandals

blush faux fur top

babydoll mesh pearl top

ruffle dress

jewelry:

tiffany's eiffel tower necklace

please return to tiffany’s

jewelry box

pandora eiffel tower charm

ballerina jewelry box 

ted baker ballerina necklace

food:

pink napoleon gift macaron box

laduree chocolate box

marie antoinette tea

incomparable chocolate box laduree

pink chocolate bouquet

other:

sleeping beauty diffuser

holly golightly bath bomb

fairy dust

snow fairy

ted baker bag

ted baker makeup bag

faux fur ballet slippers

audrey book purse

laduree keyrings

coco chanel art

barbie (lol)

macaron candle

funny face vinyl

pointe shoe bag

pearl handbag

marie slides

audrey in paris phone case

marie pin

ari art

miu miu wallet

pink pearl beret

chanel ribbon (for wrapping)

blair mug

[lifeisstrangeshortstuff]

Preferences: Christmas Gifts

Merry Christmas guys! I haven’t had a lot of time to pay attention to this blog but I’m very glad for all your continued support <3 I whipped up a quick little thing, hopefully you guys will like it!

Max Caulfield

I feel like Max would really appreciate something she can use, or geek out over! For example, lots of new film for her camera, or concept art books for something she’s a fan of, like Lord of the Rings or Final Fantasy! Although, since she’s a sucker for sentimentality, I doubt she’d have a problem with a sweet little soft toy. 

Chloe Price

Honestly, the best gift is probably your presence due to her history of feeling abandoned but let’s not delve into that, and be materialistic hoes c: Home-made cards are always incredibly appreciated because she loves personal gifts that shows you think about her, as well as any symbol of friendship/love, like matching necklaces or bracelets. 

Warren Graham

Warren’s interests change so fast, in terms of geekdom and science. The best thing to do is notice where his attention is at the moment and either buy him a textbook, concept art book or guide to it, or maybe make something yourself. Even if it’s something as small as a keychain or poster, he’ll be so happy! Honestly, even if it’s not a geeky thing, he’ll still be super grateful!

Kate Marsh

Something simple is something she appreciates - she doesn’t need a lot to feel grateful. Cute soft toys and flowers are already enough to get her clutching these presents to her heart, smiling. New materials for drawing works, and while she recovers in a hospital, a large soft toy may be something she’d really like, since she can cuddle it when she feels lonely. 

Victoria Chase

TBH she’d probably have a wishlist so nobody screws up! There’s a lot of things you can get her - makeup, clothes, accessories, spa treatments, even cute lingerie... All of which she’ll love! She’ll also be embarrassedly excited over Japanese figurine, especially one she’s a fan of. Don’t give it to her in public though, she doesn’t want to fangirl around her friends. 

Nathan Prescott

He pretty much has everything money can buy, so the present he’d most appreciate is something you made, even if it’s as simple as a hand-written card. He’s one of those people who’d keep that, either displayed proudly or in a folder hidden in a drawer. If you give him any trinkets, he won’t necessarily wear them in public (perhaps concealed) but he’ll appreciate the token. 

Mark Jefferson

He doesn’t care much for holidays, but it’s not like he’s not appreciative of a thoughtful gift. He takes social relationships for granted, in that he can drop them as soon as they don’t interest him anymore, so he won’t really care much for tokens of friendship, even if he’ll pretend he loves it. Something he’d really like are CDs or records of jazz or blues would bring a rare, genuine smile. 

[meditatemoremedicateless]

Dear Kate, (I couldn’t get her out of My mind)

Fandom: Life is Strange

Pairings: Chasemarsh, ambermarsh

Major tags: fluff, angst, possession

Words: ~ 6,800

Summary: Kate has a horrendous Thanksgiving with her family, interrupted by some nice pictures from Victoria’s bathroom. She runs into Chloe Price and Rose Amber and joins them for a smoke.

Read the full story on AO3

Dear Kate,

Happy Thanksgiving! I can't be totally sure you're going to be the one to wake up, but I'm praying you will be LOL! I've been reading and re-reading your notes on the fam so I can say the right stuff. For instance, I won't call out Aunt Martha for being a raging homophobe, I WILL ask Lynn about soccer, etc. I'm gonna kill it. I'm great with parents! Probably.

I had our study date with Stella, and everything went fine. I said I'd try and be careful with the addys and it was just a bad week and she relaxed. I think maybe the reason she was avoiding you was because she was dealing, and she'd feel judged if you found out? She didn't really say but those are the vibes I got from her.

I got an 'A' on the Brothers K essay! I left it on the desk so you could read it if you'd like, maybe throw some of my clever points out in class when you get back ;) No need to thank me. Unless you want to, in which case you can buy me something off my wishlist on Amazon.

Speaking of which, I was thinking we could do some sort of gift exchange before we head home for Christmas. Dana wants to do a secret santa and I signed us up, I hope that's okay. But I'd also like to get you some stuff. Can you think of any way we could buy each other gifts without the other knowing about it? I'm thinking I'll just literally bring gift bags with me when I go shopping so you don't have a chance to wake up before I get them wrapped lol. Lastly, I wanted to buy some of the girls in the dorm HP scarves. I'm thinking Alyssa - Ravenclaw, Stella - Slytherin, Max - Hufflepuff/Gryffindor, Dana - Hufflepuff, Juliet - Ravenclaw, Taylor - Slytherin, Courtney - Slytherin/Ravenclaw? Honestly I don't know them that well and I literally have no idea how long it's been since I've read HP so I might be off-base.

@your story about Vic and the porn: THAT IS AMAZING HOLY SHIT. Like I'm sorry I woke her up (I was a little wacked out that week, my bad lol) but that's so funny. I can't believe she worked up the guts to yell at you. I think I'd strangle me for waking me up that early if I was her.

I know this is a little dark but I wish I could spend Thanksgiving with my family. Or, at least, I wish I knew if I'd like them enough to spend it with them. Your family seems great but the holidays seem depressing AF honestly. I really hope it's you tomorrow, not me. I'm probably going to cry or some shit if that happens. I wonder what I'll even do if I get to meet them.

Last thing: I've discovered that I'm actually pretty good at singing?? which I did not expect. You never told me! So I jammed out with Max a little and it was really cool and fun and she brought up the possibility of doing covers on Youtube. It would probably be at least a kind of ongoing thing so . . . do you think you'd be up for it? I know things are a little weird between you two rn, and I don't know if you sing, so I thought I'd ask.

I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family.

X O X O ~ Katie

Kate let herself have a smile. It was so much less frightening to wake up with time lost as long as one of these notes was there.

Thanksgiving with the Marsh family this year was at Aunt Martha's, like it is most years, even though it's much smaller than what Kate's family had. Mobility was a pretty continual issue for her, so she stayed home unless she absolutely had to, and Kate's mom did the best she could to make sure she wouldn't have to. Aunt Martha was a miserable middle-aged woman whose husband had died too young while her bones withered away from tumors that, by most estimations, should have killed her. She was exactly the sort of person that Kate had been taught to sympathize with, to help selflessly. But, try as she might, Kate hated her, hated that suffering had made her so insufferable, and hated that there was absolutely nothing Kate could do that she thought was of any value.

As Kate sat in the living room on a couch across from Aunt Martha's chair, she wondered what Martha would have to say if she knew Kate had sex with women, or that there was the spirit of a dead girl that made her do evil things living inside her. If wanting to be a children's author and a vegan was too much disappointment for her, what would that do to her poor, fragile heart? Maybe it would be too much for her, and Kate would never have to spend another holiday in this musty house.

Kate had been having more trouble keeping her misanthropic thoughts out of her head since she'd been putting herself together. That, apparently, was the price of letting yourself fall apart. Or abusing drugs, it wasn't totally clear which.

"So, Katie, tell me how school's going. You're a senior, aren't'cha?"

Kate nodded. It was the same few questions every year.

"Where are you applying to college?"

Kate sighed. "I'm not. Blackwell has a two-year program for seniors, and I'm taking college credit there."

"Oh, I see." She paused, but Kate could already feel the next question coming. Aunt Martha didn't disappoint: "But why stay there when you could go to a real college?"

Kate bit back the sarcasm that wanted to rise inside her. "Because most universities don't have a career-oriented program for English majors, nevermind for people who want to do what I want to do."

"Mm, right," Aunt Martha replied, nodding her head as she remembered. "Children's books, right? It hardly seems like you need a college degree forthat. Or . . . is that the point?"

God, not this again. Why did Kate's family think that her desire to go to university was some cloaked attempt to be unsupervised around boys? When had she ever needed supervision to stay away from boys? Kate's eyes narrowed; "I'm not planning on finding a husband in college, if that's what you mean," she said.

This was always a sore subject between them, because that is precisely what Aunt Martha had done, and what Kate's own parents had done. Her insistence that she wouldn't do the same at least only came off as stubbornly independent to her mom, but to Aunt Martha, it was like it was an insult, like Kate thought she was better than her because she needed a man less.

Aunt Martha seemed to sense the tension, and she laughed. "No, of course not. I suspect we'll be waiting a while before we find a man who can keep up with you. I can't imagine an English department will have many boys ready to ask a girl like you out."

Kate bunched up her skirt in her fists, her leg bouncing up and down as a vent for her irritation. She wished Mom and Dad would call her in to help with Thanksgiving dinner, but the kitchen was small and Kate was, honestly, a terrible cook, so they never did now that she was old enough to only be called on when she was needed.

Aunt Martha was always like this. She didn't insist, like Mom did, that Kate had been taken in by the hairy feminists who insisted on women doing everything men can do to make themselves feel better for being unable to have a happy family. No, Aunt Martha had almost always seemed to recognize that there would never be a point where Kate would agree with her vision of a good life. She just thought Kate was tragically stupid. That Kate thought the world could give her something that a good family couldn't find by the grace of God. She thought Kate was materialistic, naive, and most of all, unwanted. And Kate couldn't help but hate her for it.

"So, sweetie, how is the abstinence club going?"

Kate choked on a bite of shepard's pie, the only thing she could really eat on the table because she'd made it herself. It took a few seconds of hitting her chest with her hand before she felt like she could safely breathe again, and everyone looked at her with concern.

Kate shook her head to regain her bearings. "Um. Yeah, it's doing really good. There's not a lot of people in it, but it's very supportive. We have movie nights in the dorms and watch documentaries. It's good."

Dad looked from his food, concern clearly written on his face. "Are kids still giving you trouble about it? I know you said there were some girls being mean about it."

"Aha. Yeah," Kate said, nervously brushing some loose strands of hair behind her ear. "I think they got bored. Bullies, you know, they just like to get a rise out of you, so." Kate returned to trying to eat her food.

Kate hated talking about bullying, but she hated it twice as much with Lynn and Katrina listening. She always wanted them to believe that people were kind to Kate, and that she was kind to them. She wanted them to think that being kind would pay off. Not everyone was ready to accept that people are cruel, and you can't make them stop with kindness. Certainly not at their age. She also seriously didn't want to talk about the abstinence club, because if she let it slip that the membership was half Muslim and that the facilitator (Kate) wasn't even abstinent, this Thanksgiving dinner would completely implode.

Kate decided to take things into her own hands and change the conversation. "Lynn! How's soccer been?"

Lynn shrugged. "It's okay. It's not as fun anymore since we started being ranked, though."

Aunt Martha seemed amused. "You still get trophies for playing, though, don't you?"

Lynn seemed both taken aback and confused. She couldn't understand why the question was loaded - it's not like she watched the news or spent much time on the internet.

So, Kate interjected on her behalf, "I get that. I don't like competing, either, it kind of spoils the fun."

Lynn nodded, but Aunt Martha just raised her eyebrows. At the very least, she didn't say anything in response, just returned to her food.

Kate's phone buzzed. It would be rude to check it during dinner . . . but she just really didn't want to focus on dinner right now.

Victoria: Does your Thanksgiving suck as much as mine rn?

Kate smirked, settling her phone on her leg. She was careful with a touch screen - she didn't need to look to type, especially thanks to auto-correct.

Kate: more. Kate: my dad just asked about the abstinence club

"Kat?" Kate asked. Her sister gave her a glance. "How's robotics?"

"I quit."

Now that was something shocking. And disheartening. "But you love robotics," she replied.

Katrina seemed to think it over for a second, then shrugged slowly. Kate knew, of course, that Mom had always hated that Kat was so involved with robotics - it kept her out of the house for hours after school, and competitions often took her away for weekends and demanded even more hours away from home from her. Just like Kate had thrown herself at service projects and youth programs to stay out of the house, Katrina had been well on her way to becoming a professional right out of high school thanks to years on the Robotics team. Kat didn't really want to make a career out of it, though, and Mom had never understood putting so much time into developing skills you weren't going to use. If she knew her kids were doing it to stay away from her, she was just spiteful about it.

Victoria: wow Victoria: My family's just getting hammered because they can't stand talking to each other Victoria: You win though

Kate: thanks i know Kate: also they asked if you were bullying me still

Mom was the next one to speak up. "Oh, Katie. Maria Anderson sent me a copy of your school newspaper. You didn't tell us you had won a photography competition, sweetie. In LA, that's so exciting!"

"Oh. Yeah. I guess I just forgot, I'm sorry. I've been really busy with school this semester." And the competition was in San Francisco.

Now Dad chimed in. "Have you been getting more involved with photography? I know you were unsure about it when you signed up."

Kate thought about it for a second, then nodded. She took a bite of shepard's pie, and the conversation halted, waiting for a better reply. "Yeah, actually. I'm the photography professor's student aide, and one of my friends is actually going there just to study photography."

Mom seemed intrigued. "Oh? The fashion photography celebrity from the pamphlet?"

Kate nodded affirmative.

"Well, that's exciting!"

Kate shrugged. "I guess. He's kind of self-important in real life, though."

Dad snorted. Then he said, "Well, I guess once you get famous, it's easy to get like that."

"I guess."

Victoria: Oh? bullying you? Victoria: What did you tell them?

Kate: i mean you were totally bullying me Kate: i just said everyone got bored bullying me because you can't get a rise out of me

Victoria: roflmao

It was several minutes before Kate got the next message from Victoria

Victoria: You're right. I should probably make it up to you. Victoria: So you're still at the dinner table, right? Now would be a horrible time to get caught doing something terribly un-Christian?

Kate: i mean, yeah?????

Victoria: You probably shouldn't open up your messages again for a while, then.

Kate had absolutely no idea what that meant. Or did she know what it meant, just not believe it could possibly be happening? Even when her phone buzzed again, she thought the idea was so ridiculous, she must be getting ahead of herself and-

Nope.

Victoria had sent her a picture without a shirt on, leaning against the door of what appeared to be a pristine bathroom. Her skirt was pulled down just enough to expose her underwear, which was pink and it matched her bra and-

Kate dropped her phone. It startled her a lot worse than everyone, but it startled everyone.

"Oh, sorry," she said, retrieving her phone from the floor.

"Katie, put your phone away at the dinner table," her mother admonished.

There was a second photo now. Now it was a selfie instead of a mirror photo, with Victoria sitting on the counter beside the sink. Her skirt was pulled all the way down to her ankles now, and the angle somehow managed to get her eyes and collar bone and breasts in good lighting. Victoria really knew how to use a phone camera.

"Mhm," Kate said, slipping her phone in her pocket.

She could barely eat after that, and she dropped her fork several times.

Kate decided to go for a walk after dinner, which she had done nearly every Thanksgiving in the past years, though not previously to text girls sending her bathroom selfies.

Kate: WTF!! Kate: I was with my family!

Victoria: I invited you not to look.

Kate: You call THAT inviting me not to look?

Victoria: You're the one who looked.

Kate: That's gross logic. Victim blaming.

Victoria: Oh? So you didn't like them?

Kate's jaw felt rigid for some reason, like she was holding back a scream. She was walking awfully fast down the sidewalk, making her way towards the wealthier part of the suburbs.

Kate: That is not the conversation we're having. Kate: No bathroom selfies without warning. Illegal!

Victoria: But . . . bathroom selfies are okay, then?

Kate decided to reply to that question with another question: a random handful of emojis followed by a question mark emoji.

Victoria: God you're such a lesbian

Kate felt a tingle run down her spine just reading the word. She'd always felt like her liking women and her being a lesbian were two totally different ideas. She couldn't help the first one. But the second one always felt like she had to do something, be someone she wasn't to earn it. She believed she had soundly rejected the life 'lesbian' implied to her. But now, here she was. A lesbian after all.

Kate: You know you're the first person to call me that without meaning to be mean.

Victoria: Yeah, I'm not a tool.

Kate could tell she was in the richer part of the suburbs now by how much better-lit the streets were. The roads looked recently paved, the lawns recently trimmed. It was the sort of upkeep you could only really afford if you had someone else do it for you.

Kate: Hey so I have a weird favor to ask

Victoria: Need me to slash someone's tires?

Kate: No? Kate: Why? Is that a thing people really do? Kate: Could you get me a vibrator?

Victoria: That's literally not weird at all, one Victoria: Two, this implies that you were making those godforsaken noises thanks to your HAND? Victoria: I'll get you a vibrator AND a gag

Kate: Hey, you know, I actually feel really weird about all of this. LIke, all of it. Like what is going on right now. Like how did we have sex? And how are you flirting with me right now? None of this makes any sense.

Victoria: you're telling me Victoria: I'd like to say I'm not questioning it, but I'm not actually the sort of girl who can not question anything, lol Victoria: But if I remember correctly, you had a nervous breakdown and then seduced me? Victoria: And I'm honestly surprised you can even recognize flirting Victoria: What with you being a founding member of the school's abstinence club

Kate: I guess I'm just totally losing my sense of identity and replacing it with lesbianism

Victoria: yikes Victoria: but also nice - solid improvement Victoria: no offense

Kate laughed. That was right, wasn't it? If Kate was still who she had been at the start of the month, Victoria wouldn't be flirting with her and sending her sexy pictures during Thanksgiving dinner. If Kate was still who she had been at the start of summer, someone who never would have kissed Victoria just to mess with her, then Victoria would still be mocking her, defacing her club posters right in front of her, just shitting on her at every turn. The only reason Victoria was treating her nicely was because she changed. The Kate that Kate still thought of as herself, the version of her that she was just on vacation from and would be again one day, she would never be in this situation. Victoria didn't like Kate. She liked whatever mangled version of her this was.

Kate: None taken. Kate: You're not exactly regular-me's type, anyway

Victoria: Wow, savage much? Victoria: You don't think I'm cute?

Kate: Oh you are Kate: I just like nice people

Victoria: haha! Victoria: That's fair Victoria: So who do you like? You know, normally.

Kate: I feel like you seriously do not comprehend the Christian + Lesbian experience

Victoria: Try me.

God. Was she seriously going to talk to Victoria about this? Of all people? Then again, who else did she have? Katie? How would Katie possibly understand? She'd never been interested in Kate's chastity vows. She would have broken them if Kate hadn't first. The way she always talked about which girls were cute and who Kate should date with absolutely no regard for how much it hurt her? Katie was just a fundamentally different person. Restraint just wasn't written into her personality.

Kate: OK fine Kate: I literally monitor myself to make sure I don't develop feelings for anyone Kate: Because there is no version of that that isn't a disaster. Kate: Step one, like a person. Based on my inclinations, probably a girl. Oops. Put on the brakes. Kate: Step two, date a person. I took vows. And I took them knowing it wasn't going to be easy. I don't think I could ever be close enough with someone to call it dating and not be tempted. Oops. Put on the brakes. Kate: Step three. Fall in love. But I'm not going to be sticking around here. I'm going to go off to college and I don't really plan on coming back. Fall for someone in college? We just break up or get married and those are samely awful because marriage is a sham that helps reinforce white supremacy in America and marriage is only going to distract me from getting through my education. And hey, getting dumped sounds pretty bad, too. Oops. Put on the brakes. Kate: So I don't "like" anyone normally. It can't be anything but a train wreck.

Victoria never seemed to start a message and not finish it within seconds. She was sure of what she wanted to say before she even tried to say it. You can see indecision in those little "..." that pop up on your phone, and Victoria's lasted longer than Kate expected.

Victoria: ... but you like me?

Dammit. Kate had said that, hadn't she? For Katie's sake. So Katie wouldn't be lonely. Of course. That's really why this was all happening, wasn't it? Because Kate told a little white lie in hopes of helping someone?

Kate: For now.

It was curt. It was mean, and honestly, probably a little degrading. But Kate sent it anyway. Victoria was quick to respond.

Victoria: I can live with that. But I have to tell you, I think your brakes might be broken.

That's not all that's broken. The thought made Kate smile, but it also hurt like a hole had been made in her lung.

Kate wished she could explain her situation. She wished she could explain that she never meant to take Adderall, she never meant to kiss Victoria, she never meant to do anything but keep living her closed-off, secure, closeted life, but that the choice had been taken from her. She wished she could explain that she only let the thought of having sex with Victoria be anything more than the most passing, unwelcome fantasy because she wanted to get back at an invader in her own body. She wished she could be cruel and tell Victoria that she wasn't as special as she must think she is, because absolutely none of this was about her. She was just the girl around when any would have done (any girl she didn't fear falling in love with, at least). Victoria thought she'd taken advantage of Kate - she even apologized for it the next day. The thought hadn't even seemed to occur to her that she was the one being taken advantage of.

But, in the end, Kate had to admit she was having fun.

Kate: Send me another photo.

Victoria didn't text back. Kate was fairly convinced that was because she was listening, and here in a few minutes she'd have a new picture of Victoria to titillate her for absolutely no reason other than she wanted it. Victoria, as bossy as she was, liked being told what to do. Kate had never felt the impulse to obey. She wondered how easy it would have been for her to keep living her life as planned if she didn't have to struggle every step of the way against herself. If only obedience was as easy for her as it was for Victoria.

Out of the corner of her eye, Kate saw something that had haunted her dreams. Something that had always seemed far away, ephemeral, not really part of the same world that Kate lived in, sort of like Katie. No matter how much she'd seen it, she never really thought of it as something real.

The girl with the blue hair stood on the porch of one of the nicest houses on the street beside a short, black-haired woman. They each had a cigarette in their mouths, chatting amicably after a Thanksgiving dinner. Chloe Price: The girl of Kate Marsh's dreams. How strange it was that they'd never talked.

Finally, Chloe caught Kate standing there next to the driveway, looking at her with wide eyes of wonder and, frankly, fear.

"Yo!" she called. "Is that Kate Marsh?"

Kate just blinked. Of course. Of course they had met, and Kate just didn't remember. "Chloe Price?" she called, knowing full well the answer.

"Sup?! Wanna bum another cigarette?"

Another cigarette? Looks like that was another thing Kate didn't know she'd been doing. "Sure," she replied, and walked up the unfamiliar driveway to stand on the porch with Chloe and the unfamiliar woman.

"Hi, I'm Kate," she said, offering a hand to the Unfamiliar Woman.

"Rose," the woman replied as she shook Kate's hand, a wry smile on her face. "A friend of yours I take it, Chloe?" Rose asked before taking another drag from her cigarette. Kate absolutely hated the smoke from cigarettes. She was resolved to put it in her lungs.

Chloe nodded with a smile. "You can take it all the way to the bank. Kate here is an art student at Blackwell and co-friend to one Max Caulfield. She plays the violin beautifully and assists Mark Jefferson, fashion photographer and total hottie, as his class aide."

Kate had absolutely no idea how Chloe could possibly know all this stuff about her when all Kate knew about Chloe was that she ate at the Two Whales diner sometimes, and she didn't exactly have definitive proof of that, either.

"Well, Chloe, that's quite an impressive introduction-"

"-Thank you Mrs. Amber-"

"- But maybe Kate should get to talk about herself instead? And maybe you should light her cigarette, as she clearly doesn't have a light."

"My bad."

Kate held the cigarette in her mouth, bracing herself for what was to come. Chloe lit the cigarette and Kate inhaled and it felt like death and Kate immediately began to choke and cough.

Chloe pointed at Kate with her cigarette between her fingers. "You see, she keeps telling me she's a smoker, but I think she's just flirting with me."

Here Kate was, having one of the worst cardiovascular experiences of her life, and there Chloe was, making jokes at her expense like they were close friends. What in the actual goddamn?

"Are you alright, hun?" Rose asked as Kate managed to finally get a lungful of clean air. She nodded, not really aiming to talk so soon after embarrassing herself.

"Well, then, I hear-" she gave a pointed stare at Chloe, who just smirked before putting the cigarette back in her mouth, "- that you've taken over my daughter's TA position. How is that going for you?"

Wait, what?

"Rose . . . Amber," Kate mumbled, fitting the pieces together. Her eyes flicked up to Rose's face, wide with shock. "You're Rachel's mom."

Rose nodded. "That I am. Or I was, when she was still interested in having a mother." There was clear frustration in her face as she said it, but it cleared up a moment later. She shot Kate an apologetic look. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't say things like that in front of a stranger."

Chloe waved it off. "Nah, don't worry about it. She's heard me say worse. Katie here has been helping Max and me with some . . . extracurricular activities lately."

"I . . . have?" Kate asked. But Chloe said it without hesitation, she couldn't just be making it up, could she? "I mean, I have been, yeah," she corrected.

Rose conceded the point but still said, "Forgive me, Kate. It's our first big holiday without Rachel home and I'm . . . being bitter."

Chloe cracked a smile, snapping a finger gun at Rose. "And a little drunk!"

Rose rolled her eyes. "Yes, all right, and a little drunk. But mostly bitter."

"I'm . . . sorry, that must be so hard for you."

Kate suddenly felt stripped bare, exposed in an unusual way. She felt ashamed for the petty ways she'd been acting the past few days. There were people outside of her life, outside of her head who were having real problems, real concerns, and they still seemed to hold it together. Somewhere in the past few weeks of struggling against herself and abandoning all responsibility, the missing persons posters that littered her school had all become invisible, and she had forgotten that she missed Rachel, that she should care that Rachel was gone. Some people, though, didn't have the luxury of forgetting just because other things were going on.

"Yes . . . yes I suppose it is," Rose said, a faraway look in her eye as the embers of her cigarette glowed bright. She extinguished her cigarette on an ash tray left out on the deck railing and sighed. "I think some part of me thought she'd come home for the holidays. That she didn't . . . I don't know what it means."

The implication, though, hung in the air between them, a miasma worse than the cigarette smoke. Kate and Chloe both took a drag from their cigarettes to try and distract themselves from the thought of Rachel dead and buried somewhere, though the lack of oxygen and ensuing coughing fit did a much better job at distracting Kate than the nicotine.

After a moment, Rose said, "Well, I'm going to head inside. The Chardonnay isn't going to drink itself, I'm afraid." As she turned towards the door, she clapped a hand on Chloe's shoulder. "Just come in when you're ready."

Chloe nodded with a good-natured smile, and then Rose went inside.

Kate raised her cigarette again, but hesitated before it reached her mouth. Chloe laughed, and Kate tilted her head in confusion. "You don't have to smoke it, dude. Like in all seriousness, you should quit while you're ahead."

Kate pulled the cigarette away from her mouth and stared at it for a second. She considered smoking it just to be obstinate, but, honestly, the shtick was getting old for her. There were parts of 'no responsibilities' that she liked, but smoking was not one of them.

"Yeah, you're right." Kate extinguished her cigarette and leaned on the railing opposite of where Chloe stood.

"So, Chloe Price," Kate started, folding her hands in front of her. "You seem to know a lot about me. What's there to know about you?"

Chloe looked pleased at the prospect of talking about herself, and held her cigarette at her side once she'd finished what looked like the last of it. She blew up, trying to keep it out of Kate's face.

"Well, Katie, I'm nineteen years old, a natural blonde, my favorite color is blue and I like long, romantic walks on the beach. Oh, and I'm chainsmoking outside of my best friend's house to distract myself from the most depressing Thanksgiving I've ever had, and let me tell you, I've had some bad ones."

As much as Kate might like to ask about that, there was something far more interesting to her: "So, you and Rachel were close?"

Chloe quirked her eyebrows. "Was it the hundred or so missing persons posters or the breaking into your principal's office? Thanks, by the way."

Kate blinked. "For what?"

Now it was Chloe's turn to look confused. "For the . . . key to Wells's office? Max and I couldn't have done it without you, seriously."

I helped them break into Wells office? Katie, what are you getting yourself into here? Chloe doesn't know that you don't know what happened. Just stay cool and be vague.

"Oh, right, totally. Did you find what you were looking for?"

Chloe shrugged, tilting her hand back and forth to answer, 'eh.' "Kinda," she said. "Figured out that Nathan's a psycho, not that was news to anyone. Couldn't find Rachel's file though, which was shady as fuck considering they still had mine, but it didn't exactly leave us a lot to go on."

"Hmm. That's too bad."

Chloe nodded, then finally reached over to drop her cigarette butt on the ash tray. "We'll keep you posted. Anyway, how was your Thanksgiving?"

"Uhhh," Kate had no idea. It was a disaster, like it always was, but that wasn't really what stuck out in her mind. "It was . . . bad."

"How so?"

Chloe was not part of Kate's life. She was friends with Max, who Kate was friends with, so their spheres were not entirely divorced. But, obviously, Chloe was trusting Kate with something important, even if she had no idea what it was. Despite her rational inhibition, Kate got the feeling that Chloe was somebody that she could trust. And also probably a lesbian, judging from the rainbow shirt she wore in her profile picture on Facebook. Maybe this was the closest Kate would have to somebody she could tell about her fucked up situation.

"Well. For one, my parents asked about my abstinence club."

"Oh yeah, Max mentioned that you were in that. Why's that bad?"

Kate crossed her arms over her chest. "You promise not to tell Max?"

"Uh, yeah, sure . . ." Chloe looked both concerned and also overwhelmingly curious. "Why?"

"Well, I had sex last week."

Chloe said absolutely nothing at first. Her expression changed very slowly from concern to confusion to shock to understanding.

"Yeah, that seems like that'd be a weird conversation, then. Especially if - wait. Like, your first time?"

Kate nodded.

Chloe held her hand up in the air, "Eyyy, nice one!" She didn't drop it when Kate only stared at her hand, but after a second she seemed to realize the issue. "May-be? Are you happy about that? I don't know how the whole . . . abstinence thing works."

Kate giggled a little, then raised her hand for a high five. Chloe complied quickly, hitting her hand so hard that it gave a satisfying clap, although it also hurt like hell. Kate shook her hand to restore the feeling in her palm.

"So? Blackwell kid I know? Who's the lucky g-..." Chloe froze, inspecting Kate quickly and in no way subtly. "Yeah, I'm going to need you to help me out here - your sexuality's a little hard for me to suss out here."

Kate, despite herself, was growing fond of all these girls who, whatever else they thought, could distinctly sense that Kate was not-straight. After being friends with Alyssa, Stella, and Dana for a year, it was nice to experience a sense of normality. Not that she blamed them for the heteronormativity, really, it's just that everyone took her disinterest in relationships as some sort of shy girl shell that romance would one day crack. They thought she asked not to be touched because contact was uncomfortable for her. Even Alyssa, who was in the abstinence club too, never seemed to consider that relationships and touch alike were something Kate craved, and that is precisely why she said no.

"She's a girl. And you probably know her, so I feel like I shouldn't say."

"Ugh. Fine. But you're leaving me with some real gossip blue balls here, you know."

Kate gagged at that whole comment. "Gross. But, anyway, not only did I nearly die because I had to talk about the club, but then she goes and sends me pictures of her in her underwear during dinner-"

"-nice; continue-"

"- and I'm, you know, a bit new at this, so I lose my cool a little bit, nearly trip and stab my own neck with a fork, that sort of thing. So the whole dinner basically sucked."

"Reasonable, reasonable." Chloe paused to think for a second and then added, "Is it by any chance Victoria?"

Kate can't even muster up a facial reaction for how off-guard she was for that comment. "H-how did you-"

"Oh my god - holy shit! You had-"

"Ssshhh!"

Chloe had the biggest, goofiest grin on her face. "You had sex with Victoria Chase? Nice one, dude! I tried negging her for like two years, never went anywhere."

That left Kate a little more guarded, but mostly awkward. "I mean, yeah, because that's gross and misogynistic. Have you tried, I don't know, not doing that?"

"Pfft." Chloe considered it. "Yeah. I mean, no, not with Victoria, but like, in general. Why, what'd you do?"

"I-" Kate thought about what she had done, precisely. Had an emotional meltdown? Probably wasn't what did it. Just sort of grabbed her and kissed her? That actually sounds closer to sexual assault and definitely not something she was about to advise Chloe to do. What had actually, you know, worked? "I - uh." Kate's skin flushed red the more she thought about it. No, no, Chloe wasn't asking about those things, that was what probably made the sex continue, not start. Honestly, why should she even tell Chloe? What was it about this weird girl with beautiful arms that made Kate want to impress her?

"I - I dunno. I just. Kinda. Asked if she wanted to make me orgasm I guess?"

Chloe's shock looked both real and performative in its intensity. "Literally? How do you have so much game? You're like 5'5" and cute as a button."

Kate had been getting the impression throughout the conversation that Chloe was flirting with her. Now she was sure of it, and it was doing absolutely nothing to help her feel less embarrassed and overstimulated by this situation.

Kate reached up and scratched her head. The wind and walking had loosened a lot of her hair from its bun and now tufts of it were uncomfortably stuck in bobby pins, over her ears, and otherwise making nuisances of themselves. "But I'd really appreciate it if you didn't tell Max about any of this. I don't want her to think less of me."

Chloe held her hands up. "Hey, I won't, but she's also not one to slut-sh-"

"It's not about that. I just . . . don't want her to know."

The look Chloe gave her was awfully suggestive, but she didn't pursue the topic further. "Well, all right, that's fine with me. I think I'm going to head inside, though, it's getting kind of cold for me. You good getting home?"

"Oh yeah I'm . . . uh . . ." Kate looked down the road that she'd come from. It wasn't familiar. She didn't normally walk this far - she must have been gone for over an hour by now.

"Want a ride?"

Kate didn't have to ask which car was hers - it stuck out like a sore thumb in this neighborhood. Still, Kate got the feeling that yes, she really did want a ride.

"Nice truck," Kate said as she looked back at Chloe. To her own total lack of surprise, she caught Chloe checking her out - she switched to a pleasant smile as soon as possible, but it was still a fraction of a second too late. "Sure, I'd like that."

Chloe grinned again, and the devil there in Kate's heart woke up. Kate could see the scene in front of her just like she had with Victoria. If she wanted to, right now, she could probably have sex with Chloe. They could go for a ride a little past where Kate was supposed to get home, where the street lights weren't so frequent and everyone just parked where they could along the side of the road. There wasn't really enough room in the truck to do the sorts of things she had Victoria had done by the looks of it, but Kate liked the look of Chloe's arms and her hands, and she was pretty sure that would be enough to get her off. She had already promised not to tell Max. All she'd have to do is suggest it.

Kate's phone buzzed, and she broke the lingering eye contact between her and Chloe to check it. About half an hour ago there was a picture of Victoria lying on a large bed, her feet in the air and her face held up by a hand. She must have been using a selfie stick, because no one could get such a clear shot of their butt from above without one. Then, just now, there was a message.

Victoria: Did you literally die?

Kate laughed underneath her breath, but, honestly, she felt like she'd been kicked in the gut. What in the world was she doing? What gave her any right to take and use girls just because she wanted to? That's not who she was. And, more importantly, she knew that's not who she wanted to be. Orgasms and control were nice, but maybe they weren't worth giving up all of her integrity.

"C'mon, I'll take you home."

Kate: no, sorry, just got busy Kate: Maybe once we get back I could see more of that in person.

"Mmhmm, yeah. Thanks, Chloe."

Victoria: Maybe so.

Dear Katie,

Thanksgiving went fine. Aunt Martha was, as expected, unpleasant. Katrina dropped out of robotics (I blame Mom).

Kate paused there. How much should she explain? Everything was getting so complicated, and as much as she wanted to spite Katie sometimes, she very well might be the one in charge of Kate's body come the morning. At the very least, they should talk about how Katie got the key to Principal Wells's office. She should ask about what Max and Chloe were up to, and give Katie a heads-up that Chloe seemed to be into her. And she should probably explain what was happening with Victoria before things got any weirder.

It's been a long day. I think I'm going to just go to sleep. Try to get some homework done this weekend, and make sure you're nice to Katrina and Lynn. I don't know how you feel about kids but I love those two a lot.

I hope you have a good day,

Kate

Kate deleted all of her messages from Victoria before going to bed.

[dollsonmain]

I did buy these. Chloe’s going to eBay. Liv... Not sure, yet. They were $2 each :\

Anyway, I am way more excited about this than I should be.

I don’t trust the “$175 value!” claim on the side of the box any more than I believe Kohl’s pricing on Fashionistas claiming they retail at $30 elsewhere so $20 at Kohl’s is a deal. And I only really needed about 3 or 4 items out of the pack:  Drill, stud finder, needle nose pliers, scissors I guess I did just break mine.... I have multiple dupes, now, and will need to get a donation pile out of my tools.

So I went around pricing stuff to see if the items I wanted  would cost less if I only bought those. Because why buy a bunch of duplicates if I can spend less for fewer tools, but only the tools I need?

This drill, with battery and charger, on it’s own retails for $49 at the same Walmart. I posted that pic earlier. I do have a smaller B&D drill that’s great for dolls and drywall because it’s slow and low power, but I can’t hang things into studs with it. It can’t drill wood. A larger, stronger drill has been on my wishlist for a while.

And this stud finder, which is the smaller of the two Stanley ones at my store, retails at $19.

I stopped price checking then because the set was shown as costing less than the drill and has all this stuff in it:

PLUS a storage bag which I didn’t notice until I looked at the back of the box.

I’m tickled it rang up as $35.

[embodies]

gimme cute camping threads Or horror camping threads i can’t lie i’m weak for both

[keijogirl]

A Realistic Discussion about Recast BJDs and their Impact on The Hobby.

I completely get that this post is old, but it’s shown up like 3 days in a row on my dash so I felt a little compelled to respond.

This is really long you can tl;dr with just the bold segments its still long though lol.  I will attempt at being funny by adding more pics to keep this entertaining. I am sorry in advance.

Let me start by saying Good Job!

I think it’s awesome that you’re spending the time to make such a well thought out post for your reasons. It works. Its great that you make your own dolls through recast for experiments and gifts. Its awesome. I’m so glad you don’t sell them though lol.

I actually don’t collect resin dolls anymore, but do want to point out about the real problem with recasts. You’re right, it isn’t about the artists personally. No one really actually cares about if the artist ate last week or not as long as there are dolls for us to enjoy. Save for the few golden souls among us. The back end logistics don’t matter as long as we get what we want, right? Shit-tastic but true.

No one gives two fucks about who has what doll sculpt or how much they actually paid for it.  No one. Not even OOP. “Pros” conveniently miss that point every time.

I will laugh til I die at any petty bitch that really does care about that. That’s #PettyLaBelle and #PettyPaige levels of Petty.  #Renegade4life, #Fuckdapolice if that was the actual problem with recasts. I’d defend everyone’s reason to own one to the death if it was about people being classist or gatekeepers about only allowing certain people to own certain sculpts. But it’s not. That’s not why people argue about this so much, though it is often misconstrued as such.

The real problem with recasts is their quality.  Not that they are shit, but because they are almost flawless. Recasts are like counterfeit currency and they lock up the legit second hand market because of it and destroy the hobby’s economy unintentionally by devaluing the originals.  Yes, we have an economy *gasp* and this post is explaining those economics. We’re talking about MONEY!

A long time ago, I got a recast Soom tiny body on the 2nd hand really cheap for a floating head that I had. After I got it, I ended up leaving the hobby for a bit, and coming back I truly understand now why recasts are not good and why I won’t be buying more of them. The little recast body is flawless and perfect for my girl. Despite my new anti-recast stance, I can’t bring myself to throw it away because I legitimately feel like I am throwing away money. I might as well be tossing away the real thing. It is a perfect replica for a fraction of the original’s price and it serves the purpose of the real thing, there is no need for me to buy another legit body to replace it. I couldn’t justify it if I tried.

This is why recasts are so hazardous to the hobby. When I first got into dolls the doll hobby economy was strong. Dolls for sale at good prices got snapped up, especially in good condition and even poor condition or unpopular dolls were re-homed in a respectable amount of time.  Over priced ones just sat until either someone gave in or the seller dropped the price to a good one.

Before recasts became so popular, there was a flow of money throughout the hobby and people could buy First hand and if they didn’t like it or broke it they could sell it Second hand and then buy another. This allowed companies to thrive, allowing them to produce new sculpts, sets, concepts, etc.

Recast dolls block up that system worse than consuming 2 lbs of mild cheddar in one sitting.

Recasts give consumers an alternative that makes it impossible for the economy to work properly. Hobbiests are now having to be more selective about what dolls they bring home first hand. This is because, if it doesn’t work they’ll be bumping threads for years for that artist doll they bought on a whim. Broken dolls, less expensive companies and unpopular sculpts don’t stand a chance at getting re-homed because what someone would have paid for that broken or unpopular doll could instead buy a fresh, perfect replica or 2 of a more sought after fad sculpt, new resin smell included.

Not to mention the distrust in the community spawned from the asshats that try to pass off the recast dolls as legits. For old dolls that don’t have CoA or a way to prove that you got it legit anymore you’re screwed. I’ll probably never be able to get rid of some of mine. I actually tossed their CoAs with their boxes when I moved and they are original 2008 series Soom MDs. lol.

Fairyland, for example, is the most recast company out there, and now has QC issues where they never had them before and longer waits than historically.

For every legit MNF Chloe there are probably 10 recasts of her.  Admittedly, I’m pulling this stat out of my ass for example’s sake but it’s possible lol. That isn’t a good thing, not because of the Chloe flood, but the money spent on those 10 recast dolls would have stimulated the hobby’s economy. That money could have purchased a new Chloe, homed a 2nd hand one, or a different sculpt all together that wouldn’t have been homed otherwise.  Smaller companies or less popular ones without fairyland’s consumer base have shut down behind it, because the cashflow on the legit side is stopped up. More legit dolls from unpopular companies are sitting on wishlists rather than coming home.

Why? Because only fad or “in demand” dolls get recast. Less popular sculpts stay at their regular price and thus stay “expensive” with unattractive price tags compared to recast prices.  Its why “Pros” don’t listen when “Antis” offer up low cost legit companies.

I mean-- Why buy BBB or Mirodoll when you can get a new  “Fairyland” (which is what they actually want)  for the same price?  &B4 -- “It isn’t really FL...” The quality issue comes up where the replicas are just as good as the real ones. Morality isn’t always enough to pull someone back from crossing this line.

There is no doubt in my mind that the doll economy is why we no longer have Dream of Doll.  They were one of the oldest companies out there besides Volks, Iplehouse, Doll-Zone, BBB and Luts, with a small but steady fan base usually over shadowed by the bigger companies in popularity but always drooled after in the gallery. As the popularity of recasts grew, their waiting rooms trickled to a halt and a lot of their sculpts ended up on Wish lists rather than Saving for and Waiting. The companies don’t get paid and can’t create new content without taking a loss. Even re-branding attempts are a loss if it doesn’t fix the problem and increase sales.

It’s the same reason Patreon exists for media content creators, so they can create more, without having to worry about a day job to keep a roof over their head. Like it or not, this is undeniable and the effect of recasts on the hobby economy and the real reason why “Antis” are so up in arms about the prevalence of recast dolls, ready to fight.

Yes, some “Antis” can be zealots and out right fucking mean. I don’t support actual bullying.  Read that again, please. I don’t support ACTUAL bullying. Telling someone to burn their doll or kill themselves is stupid and really crappy just because they bought a recast or legit doll. Shame on anyone that does. Stating your stance that you don’t support recasts and do not wish to be affiliated with anyone that does is not bullying, but telling someone that they are “trash” for owning recasts IS bullying. Not wanting to be affiliated with those that do, is not bullying that is a preference. Encouraging others to shun that person is being a dick bully.

The hobby isn’t worth that kind of shit. People have real anxieties, not everyone has the “thick skin” or “spine” to stand up to the battering ram of people’s hate. If the internet is your only reprieve from flame thrower of real life and you’re getting fire from the internet; comments like that can make one feel trapped and make those issues worse. This hobby isn’t worth that and never will be.  I love our hobby even though I’m not actively purchasing resin dolls anymore, but it’s not worth that. That’s shitty and just makes the “Anti” side look terrible and pushes people to the recast side either because it looks safer or due to some petty sense of rebellion.  Yes, it’s still petty just admit it. “I’m going to buy only recast because people who buy legit dolls are mean.” Yes, it is petty and that’s ok, really funny to me, but ok. lol

Recasts are as beautiful as the originals, and it’s okay to admit that. However, they do damage the hobby we all love so much on a grand scale, and that is why people beg and plead with “Pros” to go legit.

Again, it’s not okay for someone to be bullied for their choice to buy a recast. Whether they care about the impact of it or not. What’s done is done. Its okay to try to dissuade someone from doing so, but after the fact, the doll isn’t going to unmake itself and it will not change anything. You’re not going to get someone to throw away their money that they chose to spend on a doll legit or not. It’s just not going to happen, let’s be clear on that.

At the end of the day,  I support education and dissuasion. I will try to sway you and help you understand the “why” before you make the decision, but after it’s done, it’s done.  I can still be friends after that if you’re not being an asshat on either side, or overly petty, see above.  

My stance is that I am Anti-Recast, and that’s ok. I want us all to be in the hobby, but I want us to do it the right way.

Cheers, Bitches. [cue most overused gif ever]

[fateled-blog]

tag dump:  chloe price

[anneedmonds]

Christmas Gift Guide 2019: Women

Now that we’ve got cracking with the gift guides, I can fully take stock of just how bloody late I am with them again. The sensible person would compile them in early November and have them ready and waiting for the last weeks of the month. Not I. Here I sit, binge-eating Haribo Starmix at some kind of Godforsaken hour (9.45pm), buying as many things as I write about because of these damn sales!

Anyway: women’s gift guide. Basically stuff I’d be thrilled with, so I should really rename it Ruth’s Fantasy Wishlist, though I already have some of the things and have probably featured them in the past. Creature of habit.

Let’s start with the warm and cosy – I don’t know many who wouldn’t want some soft cashmere to see them through the winter. I just bought this dreamboat of a jumper from Boden here*:

It was £150 but Boden currently have 30% off almost everything (see here*) so I’m off to buy a spare one. That’s how lovely it is!

I’d also highly recommend their cashmere socks, here*, which come in gorgeous colourways and last infinitely longer than some of the socks from other brands. They are £45.

That’s the feet sorted then, and for the hands we have these bright and cheery Johnstons of Elgin Fingerless Gloves*. Currently £36 at Liberty* because Liberty (at time of writing) have a huge Christmas event running with up to 30% off lots of stock. Well worth a check seeing as though they always have such beautiful and interesting gifts!

You can shop at Liberty here* – no code necessary.

You can now buy selected items from the wonderful Coco & Wolf at Liberty – they have 20% off here* – including the gorgeous Liberty Print Scalloped bedspreads. For the full range (their silk pillowcases would make the most indulgent homeware gift!) go to the website here.

Want some Liberty Print but short of cash? I’m inexplicably drawn to this little mouse pin cushion. I don’t even sew. It’s £8.76 here*.

Right, people: we’re moving onto the quickfire round because otherwise I won’t fit in all of the present ideas I’ve got lined up! It’s so tempting to explain all of my ideas, in case you think I’m bonkers, but I’m just going to have to take the risk.

Liberty Tana Lawn Wash Bag, £20 here*

Marc de Champagne Truffles, large box because anything else is just wrong; £23 here*.

Chloe Embellished Sunglasses, £436 here* – pretty special. Try not to sit on them.

Aquazzura Heels, £660 here* – pretty special. Try not to break your neck in them.

I wanted to post those iconic Christian Louboutin bow-back sandals but they’ve sold out – they’d almost be worth breaking your neck for! Instead here’s a totally extra lipstick from the same hallowed shoemaker – £70 here*. You could have someone’s eye out with that!

Whilst we’re on envy-inducing lipsticks; Pat McGrath Matt Trance lipstick, £35 here*. Brilliant, brilliant. 

Fornasetti Gold Wall Plate – a piece of modern art and absolutely not for cutting up grapes on! £230 here*.

Seletti Love Edition Mouse Lamp, £68 here*. I have this in the original and it’s so cool – this one looks as though it’s had a Banksy makeover.

Made In India, £13 here* for the keen cook. Meera Sodha writes the most delectable cookbooks, Fresh is one of my most-used.

Palette: The Beauty Bible for Women of Colour, £17.49 here*. Packed full of amazing, insightful beauty knowledge. A book that needed to be written.

Shell Seat Pads, £107 here*. Turn any garden seat into a pre-Raphaelite resting place thanks to brilliant luxury brand Garden Glory.

Ultimate GBBO attire: a Nathalie Lete Helena apron. £30 here*.

Zoeva Rose Gold Brush Set, £70 here* – pretty much all of the brushes you’ll ever need. (Stay tuned for a best brush set post coming up soon!)

Farrow & Ball Colour Consultation, from £195 here. I did this a few weeks ago and it was just great. Very helpful and also a lot of fun. One for the indecisive or just those who love decorating!

If you can’t stretch to that then the F&B books are the next best thing – read my post here.

Chanel La Creme Main, £45 here*. This can’t fail to delight – the packaging alone is an absolute triumph. Although…

Bastide Figue d’Ete hand cream has some serious French Painter Oil Paint Tube vibes going on and the cream smells out of this world – £18 here*.

For the makeup junkie, how about Charlotte Tilbury’s Filmstar Bronze & Glow, Limited Edition with brush, £60 here*? This is the benchmark product when it comes to megawatt glow and contour…

Willowberry Mini Skincare Set, £39 here – I love this tiny, independent British brand. Here’s a chance to give it a try!

If it’s a total body treat you’re after then give the gift of ultimate relaxation – oils don’t really get any more effective than the ones from Aromatherapy Associates. The Deep Relax is a perennial favourite, just a capful into a warm bath is totally transforming. £49 here*.

Quirky but luxurious, something svelte and striking for the hair. The Silken Favours Silk Printed Headband is £70 here. Click onto the website and try not to fall in love with the incredible shirts…

Gucci Bloom fragrance, from £45 here*. A trusty crowd-pleaser, included here because the packaging is so spot on. A gift in itself.

Although if you really want to impress then things don’t get much more decadent than McQueen Pure Perfume, £285 here*. Deep, dark and sexy, it’s a riot of nighttime blooms that you won’t smell on many others. A Vampire’s Wife would wear this, surely?

Talking of Vampire’s Wife: it’s also the hot new(ish) brand that everyone wants to be wearing. So covetable. So darkly sexy. So incredibly expensive. One day, my friends, one day… You can find Vampire’s Wife here*. The dress pictured is $2.45m here*.

And on the subject of incredibly expensive things; if you’re after the ultimate cool leather jacket then Acne’s Velocite has been top pick of the bunch for a few years now. I’m hoping that it’s my birthday2019/Christmas2019/birthday2010/Christmas2020/birthday2012 combined present. Find it here* – it’s just £1.2 million plus postage. Goes with everything though, so that’s good.

Not so flush? See this coat at Hush*. Has all the feels but you won’t need to remortgage.

Yes I’ve featured these lovely Alex Monroe alphabet necklaces before, but I think that they make perfect gifts. They look luxurious but don’t cost quite the earth. £108 here* – also in silver.

And for a teeny bit of special beauty? MOR Soapette in a tin – £5.99 here*. Can’t get enough of these. Strictly speaking they should be in stocking fillers, but I might not get around to writing about those at this rate!

Ooph. Champagne Lurex heels, anyone? I’ve always been a fan of the Fern court shoes from LK Bennett but they’ve excelled themselves this year with these sparkly gems. Get 25% off here* with the code BLACK25.

And one last little naughty treat, in case someone is looking to spoil you completely. I had to include this Gucci Flora wallet, it’s just so lush. Don’t look at the price, just try and be very, very good from now until Christmas. It’s online here*.

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24 great work bags you need to invest in right now

The back-to-work bag hunt is on. From practical oversized totes that can take on everything from a laptop to a Smythson planner, to dinky micro bags for those who love to travel with little more than their keys, phone and card, there are plenty of office-appropriate options. Price-per-wear potential on an everyday designer bag is high, but similarly there are many contemporary options that deliver too-good-to-be-true quality that doesn’t have to cost a month’s wages. Two names you need to know now: Carolina Santo Domingo and Danse Lente. Their minimal, sleek approach gives reigning accessories favourite Mansur Gavriel a run for its money. But dressing for the job you want means Céline, Loewe and Balenciaga are also top of our boss bag wishlist – nothing guarantees equal kudos in an open plan office. Here are Vogue’s pick of the best bags to ease the back-to-work blues.

1/24 Faye shoulder bag in smooth and suede calfskin with striped patchwork, Chloe, Rs 1,08,040Amphora leather top handle bag, Carolina Santo Domingo, Rs 58,600Leather tote, Mansur Gavriel, Rs 38,850Bucket bag, Anya Hindmarch, Rs 92,500Leather and velvet shoulder bag, Fendi, Rs 1,56,140Midnight bag, Loewe, Rs 1,34,400Infinity small leather chain hobo bag, Givenchy, Rs 95,600Bamboo-handle leather bag, Gucci, Rs 1,79,080Leather backpack, & Other Stories, Rs 8,500Handbag, Louis Vuitton, Rs 2,33,100Basket leather tote, Lemaire, Rs 72,520Velvet shopper bag, Mango, Rs 2,664Shoulder bag, Marni, Rs 1,02,860Shoulder bag, Prada, Rs 82,880Bindle suede shoulder bag, The Row, Rs 69,560Leather handbag, Uterque, Rs 1,21,950Hex medium suede and leather bucket bag, Proenza Schouler, Rs 98,420Shopper, Balenciaga, Rs 77,580Shoulder bag, Celine, Rs 2,76,110Leather bag, Saint Laurent, Rs 1,42,440Terracotta strap bag, Danse Lente, Rs 40,320Bucket bag, Trademark, Rs 52,590Devon bag, Boyy, Rs 85,900Hobo bag, JW Anderson, Rs 1,09,570

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As we move into the autumnal season colours like wine and burgundy begin to make up a large part of our wardrobe; inspired partly by the colours of nature changing around us into deep shades of red and orange. I love this colour and think it looks flattering on everybody, whatever skin tone or hair colour you have. It’s my go to colour for autumn as it always manages to look so classy and beautiful. I’ve collected together some of my favourite wine and burgundy coloured pieces that I’ve seen online and in store which I think are perfect for the autumn/winter season. As always, all of the pieces are shoppable, just click on the links!

This beautiful wine skirt is definitely on my wishlist for this coming season as it’s so pretty and vintage inspired. With its military style buttons and classy A line shape it is very flattering and could be paired with a great many things. Personally, I would pair it with a Victoriana style blouse, this one is very cute and girly, black tights and black ballet flats. These shoes are actually my current school shoes and they are an absolute dream – they are the only school shoes I’ve ever had which haven’t given me blisters, which makes them amazing!

This frill detail wine coloured dress is absolutely stunning, a perfect autumnal occasion piece. At £59 this a good price for occasionwear, especially for a piece which looks so designer. As it is quite an intricate dress I’d pair this with simple black heels, a black clutch bag and perhaps a black fur coat; this one is only £45!

These tailored trousers are so smart, they’re perfect for work, college or sixth form as they look really formal. I would pair these with a white sleeveless blouse, this one has a gorgeous Victoriana neck detail, black cardigan and black mules (these are down to only £9.50 from £32!) to create a formal, but comfortable, work outfit.

These are three wine and burgundy outfits which I could incorporate into my autumnal wardrobe, which cover each and every occasion.

Do you own any wine/burgundy pieces?

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Wine and burgundy are my favourite colours in autumn - see my top picks over on my blog! As we move into the autumnal season colours like wine and burgundy begin to make up a large part of our wardrobe; inspired partly by the colours of nature changing around us into deep shades of red and orange.

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I’m always on the lookout to update my wardrobe with the latest trends without breaking the bank, aren’t we all? So when I came accross Shein, I thought this is too good to be true, I was so wrong. It’s just amazing! I could (and have) spent hours on their website looking (and longing) for all the beautiful pieces, whilst being stunned by the ridiculously low prices.

I’ve created a Shein wishlist and together a few key outfits so you can appreciate this brand as much as I do.

Embroidery

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Brunching with the girls? Warm day in the office? This outft is ideal. I can’t get over the bag, I’ve wanted a Chloe Drew for ages and this couldn’t be more like it (at a faction of the price). Also, can we just pause and appreciate those unbelievably cute shoes? Best of all it comes in at the bargain price of under £95 for EVERYTHING.

Get them here:

Bell Sleeve Flower Embroidery Top

Bleach Wash Ripped Skinny Jeans

Black Point Toe Contrast Bow Tie Heeled Mules

Marble Effect Ring Drop Earrings

Saddle Bag With Chain

Working Lunch

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Don’t work in a corporate suit-wearing environment but still want to look smart and fashionable? Then Shein can sort you out. This is perfect for a lunch with colleagues or clients, the Chanel inspired shoes will be sure to turn heads and I can guarantee everyone will want to know where that gorgeous bag is from (just don’t tell them, Shein is our secret!). Want even more workwear inspiration, check this out.

Get them here:

Flower Embroidered Tie Front Shirt

Frill Trim Cropped Pants

Point Toe Ankle Strap Heeled Shoes

Flower Embroidery Crossbody Bag

Gold Triangle Hoop Earrings

Holiday Sightseeing

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Exploring the Rome Colusseum? Strolling through Cannes? Eating pizza on the Amalfi Coast? Then an adorable wrap tea dress and unique accessories from Shein are what you need in that suitcase, for effortlessly cool holiday style (who am I kidding holiday style is never effortless).

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Frill Detail Surplice Wrap Striped Dress

Faux Pearl and Embroidery Detail Shoulder Bag

Beach Straw Floppy Hat

Two Tone PU Open Toe Sandals

Gold Layered Bar Pendant Necklace

Summer Wedding

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Dressing for a wedding is a tricky one. Obviously no white dresses, avoid showing too much skin (no one wants evils from the bride) and try not to wear the same colour as the bridesmaids. Weddings can be a minefield when it comes to choosing an outfit, but I’ve found this stunning maxi dress from Shein, with a stunningly versatile bag and accessories to match.

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Flower Print Long Cuff Sleeve Wrap Dress

Saddle Bag With Chain

Faux Pearl Detail Leaf Headband

Criss Cross Tie Up PU Stiletto Sandals

Rhinestone Decorated Geometric Choker With Beaded Necklace

Night Out

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There are too many dresses to choose from for a night out with the girls, this simple slip cami is ideal for summer nights paired with a leather jacket for when it starts to cool down. Accessorise with silver and grab a bag with an intricate design and you’re good to go.

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Palm Leaf Print Double V Neck Cami Dress

Metallic Strappy Heeled Sandals

Faux Leather Moto Zip Jacket

Coin Fringe Detail Delicate Necklace

Flower Embroidery Chain Bag

Swimwear

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Let’s not forget about all the amazing swimwear Shein has to offer too. Uber flattering and in such a variety of gorgeous prints, time to book my next holiday I think.

Get them here:

Red Bikini

Navy Crochet Bikini

Floral Bikini

Black Scalloped Bikini

Green Bikini

And as if all that wasn’t enough, they even have a fabulous points scheme where every 100 points = $1 and can be redeemed against online purchases, amazing!

P.S. They have an amazing sale on at the moment, check it out here.

Let me know if you love Shein too in the comments below and share your favourite products.

All images and featured image from Shein.

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