For The Love of Shoes..

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Nail Wraps

I know you guys loved my post on nail art and with summer on its way I thought you'd enjoy this new trend.. nail wraps.

Trendy nail wraps are a high performance vinyl film product designed to cover the nail. Heat is applied to the individual wraps; this process activates the adhesive on the underside of the wraps and also allows you to stretch the wrap for that perfect fit. No expensive heating lamps are necessary just a small hairdryer with sufficient heating capacity is all that is required to complete this simple process.

Trendy nail wraps enable you to produce high quality and artistic finished nails in a fraction of the time that it would normally take to complete nail art. Unlike similar products on the market each nail wrap sheet guarantees you two full sets of nails with some spares at a fraction of the cost!!

You can buy these online at www.rebelnails.co.uk or www.trendynailwraps.com or www.naildresses.co.za

Kangol in South Africa also makes them for R49

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Hey bigfoot...

Victoria Beckham's big feet

Do you have big feet? Well, you are in good company with Paris Hilton, Michelle Obama, Jodi Kidd, Kate Winslet and Nicole Kidman who all have size-nine feet. And did you know there has been an 80 per cent increase in the number of woman taking a size nine shoe? The average size of women’s feet has increased as generations of women grow taller. In fact, women’s feet are 1.5 times bigger than they were just ten years ago!
Mail Online writer Ellen Burgess went in search for shoes to fit her size 9 feet, something which she hates to do as she can never find fashionable, trendy shoes in her size. She went to Selfridges who have no fewer than 55,000 shoes in stock at any one time. Of the 4,000 shoes on display she found just two pairs that would fit her large feet.

We talk about the plus size industry, the need to raise self esteem, and so on, but rarely do the feet get a mention. But women’s feet have an impact on how they feel about themselves. Research has shown that 82 per cent of women are embarrassed by their feet with nearly half of women with large feet who lie to their friends about their shoe size.

Read more about the experience of Ellen Burgess by reading her article My feet are a GIANT problem! As women’s feet get bigger, one size-niner asks: why do shops still treat me as a freak?
Shopping online provides women with large feet more options than the high street offers. Here is a list of some of the retailers offering a fantastic selection of fashionable and trendy large shoes:

ISME [site: www.isme.com]
Marks and Spencer [site: www.marksandspencer.com]
Simply Be [site: www.simplybe.co.uk]
Viva La Diva [site: www.vivaladiva.com]
Schuh [site: www.schuh.co.uk]
Evans [site: www.evans.co.uk]

Awesome shoes for discount price...

Hey guys check out these awesome shoes, all for undeer $20, I love the leopard print ones...

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Sunday, August 7, 2011

My latest crush...

So my latest big shoe crush is on wedges, I just love them! I got my first pair in Croatia last month, they are a pair of beige satin, cork wedges with a cute nautical themed fabric inside that peeps out the toe cut away in the front. I got my second pair (posted a pic yesterday) yesterday and I just love them. They are super comfortable and ideal for spring when you want to wear a cute dress or some skinny jeans. All the main shops here are starting to stock up for spring, seen awesome floral ones at Mr Price (R150), I got mine at Legit (R150) and woolies have great ones to so go out and get some!! Here are some pics for inspiration....