Caroline Burke | Burkatron

  hanging planter | ikea

floral planter | charity shop

concrete planter | ikea

I always seem to be buying little things for the house.. so I though I'd share a few of them! 

to start the brogue design paint your entire nails with two coats of white polish and leave to dry. next take a small brush and draw a black  m shape about 1/3 down from the tip. 

paint in the remaining third of the nail with black polish so your nails look like mine (above)

I've used models own nail art tool kit* to paint this design, I've never used 'proper' nail art brushes before (just old paintbrushes) and I fully recommend these if you don't have any tools! the brush fibres are nice and compact so there's no stray bristles and there's something for every nail art technique from dots and stripes through to gradients (there's also some nail art tape which I'm excited to try for colour blocking!)

next paint a black horizontal line across each nail.. to finish use a dotting tool to dab white dots along the black line and over the arches as above. 

seal with a good slick of topcoat and taa daaa... brogues on your fingers (no blisters guaranteed!) 

do you like? 

if you have any requests for nail art tutorials let me know!

caroline x

ps. don't forget to enter my luxury pamper giveaway, there's 10 hampers to win! fingers crossed everyone!

ice lolly vest: c/o hero & cape

midi skirt: primark

marabou feather bag: river island

 michael kors watch: c/o shadestation

these photos are from my trip to padstow with james. it's a teeny place so we popped down one afternoon and spent a few hours wandering about aimlessly before we stopped into rick steins for some fish & chips.

the weather was on our side so it was the perfect day to wear my ice lolly vest.. huzzah! I've been a fan of hero & cape since I first clapped eyes on their oversized anchor tee- their playful graphics are all hand printed so I was super excited when this beauty arrived as I'd seen it being made on their instagram.. eeep!

I can't tell you how long I've been looking for a feather bag, I'm pretty sure a chorus of bird song heralded this one popping up on my screen while I browsed the new in section ..I river island I salute you. 

back soon, happy easter guys!

caroline x

tartan pencil skirt c/o dorothy perkins

tee: topshop

belt: urban outfitters

vanity case: vintage

today I'm featuring a lovely little number from the new dorothy perkins style essentials range. I've always loved pencil skirts as they have such a gorgeous hourglass shape, plus they always make me feel taller, leaner and more feminine when I wear them.. win win!

the style essentials range is a capsule collection that contains the ten key A/W pieces you'll need to update your wardrobe. think cute knits, bikers and furs (but there's also pretty dresses and skirts like the one I'm wearing) I opted for this tartan cutie as it's such an easy way to jump on the A/W punk trend without being OTT! 

I've dressed my skirt for a day out shopping but I could easily take it from day to night with heels and a silky cami, the whole collection is designed to be versatile and the prices start from £14 so they're affordable too (there's also 25% off online at the minute hurrah!)

if you're feeling lucky pop over and enter the competition to win £500 to shop the style essentials! ...you'll get to kick back and relax with a friend at a luxury hotel, be wined and dined by dorothy perkins and have a styleover by one of the style advisors.. not bad huh? 

what do you think.. do you like the concept behind this range? 

caroline x

*this post contains sponsored content, opinions are my own!