Celeb Style: Jennifer Lawrence

After Jennifer Lawrence's big win at the 85th Academy Awards for her role in Silver Linings Playbook, we thought we'd centre this weeks Celebrity Style blog post around her.

Wearing a beautiful gown from Dior Couture to the awards ceremony we look back at some other wonderful dresses the star has worn. We particularly love her two outfits for the Hunger Games premier, first this stunning red mini dress (photo 1) and secondly a shimmering gold foil maxi number! We don't think many people could pull off such a metallic ensemble but she does so with ease.
Happy to flash a bit of leg too, Jennifer looks bronzed and beautiful in a coral mini pictured above.

We wonder if ex boyfriend Nicholas Hoult is currently kicking himself and whether their flame will be relit on the set of the upcoming X-Men: Days of Future Past film.

Do you like Jennifer Lawrence? Have you watched Silver Linings Playbook?

Wednesday Wishlist: She Likes

1. Roma crop top - £8

2. Taylor navy skater skirt - £12

3. Geri show boots - £17.76

4. Shelley black ballet pumps - £15

5. Gracie studded boot - £35

6. Hazzel navy disco pants - £22

7. Hallie studded jumper - £25

8. Tamara studded shirt - £27

9. Kai aztec hot pants - £14

10. Kayley midi dress - £15

Last week the wonderful online fashion brand She Likes joined the etailPR Blogger Network! We couldn't wait to introduce this brand to you as they offer some fantastic, on trend, affordable clothing. And for this reason we just had to include them in our weekly 'Wednesday Wishlist' post.

What do you think of our choices above? We adore the cute ballet pumps, and at just £15 you can't really go wrong. Also they stock a range of disco pant dupes for just £22. These navy coloured ones would look great with a studded jumper, blouse or crop top!

Have you heard of She Likes before? What do you think of their clothing?

Forever Unique SS13 Prom Dresses

When we saw the new imagery for Forever Unique's Spring/Summer Prom Dress collection we just had to share it with you.

How beautiful are these images? The whole look book is fairy tale princess meets candy floss dreams! With pretty pastels, sparkles and intricate embroidery, we can see this collection being the go to for prom dresses this season.

Are you looking for a prom dress? Have you heard of Forever Unique before?

We'd love to know what you think of their collection :)

Competition: Lashes of London & Oh My Love

This week we have 2 brand new, exciting competitions for you all to enter!

First up is Lashes of London using the beautiful Olivia from What Olivia Did's outfit photo. Doesn't she look cute? You could win this entire outfit comprising of the parma crop top and violetta skirt which collectively is worth £85! Head over to the Lashes of London Facebook page to enter.

Next up we have another amazing competition from Oh My Love where you could win this rather fierce animal print crop top! 

Crop tops are so versatile and a massive trend this Spring/Summer. You could team this one with a black skater skirt, high waisted jeans, disco pants, shorts or a midi skirt like in the photo. The list is endless!

To win enter here.

Brit Awards 2013 - Best Dressed!

Who watched the Brit Awards on Wednesday? We certainly did! And the highlight for us... the beautiful outfits that adorned the red carpet.

Rita Ora and Taylor Swift in particular wowed us with their beautiful floor length gowns. Whilst the men of the evening pulled out all the 'suit' stops too. Mr JT looked every inch of bring sexy back in a dark grey tailored suit whilst Rizzle Kicks kept their outfits funky, looking very dapper!

Who were your favourite acts of the evening?

Congratulations to  Emeli Sande who won best British female and British album, and Ben Howard who won best British male. Best British group was won by Mumford and Sons, and a special 'global success award' went to One Direction for their hit status overseas.

Win a goodie bag worth £187!

To celebrate our fifth and final weekly competition that launched two weeks ago, we want to give everyone this week a chance of winning a fab prize!

So this week you don't have to be a blogger or signed up to our blogger network to win the goodie bag of prizes pictured above. These include a fabulous pink clutch bag and pink snake ring from Tallulah Tu, a Jelly Belly 50 years gift box, and 3 Oclock watches from Tic Watches.

etailPR often collaborate with lots of brands to create amazing prizes, so the lovely gifts above have all been kindly donated to us to giveaway to our followers!

All you need to do to enter is simply head over to our Facebook page :)
The competition is open internationally and will end next Friday 1st March.

P.S The winner of our last competition is...

Celeb Style: Fearne Cotton

Congratulations to Fearne Cotton and Jesse Wood on the birth of their baby boy Rex Rayne Wood this morning!

Fearne kept true to her stylish routes throughout her pregnancy, sporting some rather lovely maternity looks. She's certainly going to be one very stylish mama!!

We have always been a fan of Fearne's style in the etailPR office, and it's been lovely to see her develop her wardrobe over the last 9 months. She's managed to keep her eclectic mix of high street, vintage and designer, whilst looking radiant throughout the year.

We particularly think she looks beautiful on the red carpet in this sweet, floral, dip dye dress and clashing leopard print court shoes. We only hope we look just as good when we have children!

What do you think of Fearne's style? Do you like her range for Very?

Wednesday Wishlist: Chi Chi

Gala - £44.99

Daria - £49.99

Camila - £74.99

Rio - £24.99

This weeks wish list is based around the beautiful dress retailer Chi Chi. Stocking every type of dress you can think of, Chi Chi offer high quality, affordable dresses for all occasions. Whether you have a particular event looming or whether you just want a new dress for the weekend, there's something for everyone.

In particular, we love Chi Chi's new collection of Spring dresses including the Gala and Daria above. They also have a fantastic range of bodycon dresses available in all sorts of colours. And they still have a huge sale online with many dresses like the Rio (modeled by Aida) above reduced to half price.

Have you come across Chi Chi before? What do you think of our favourites?

Guest post: Vintage Style Me

This week we wanted to bring you something a little different on our blog by having someone within the blogosphere and design industry talk about their passion!

Someone dear to our hearts and based locally to our office in Cheltenham is Rhiannon Alexander, the founder of Vintage Style Me. Who better to feature on our blog first...

"My love of vintage started when I was about 14, when my mum would tell me stories of how she dresses as a teenager during the 70's. Together we would then make or source similar items which fuelled my love of this era, and also the thrill of thrifting began! Fast forward about 9 years and my vintage collection was huge!! Some of it I never wore, but it was so beautiful I just enjoyed having it.

After graduating uni I decided to open up a small online vintage store, as it was the only thing I had ever dreamed of doing. From there Vintage Style Me grew. For some reason I was completely unaware of how huge blogging was, and caught on really late. Vikki from The Magpie Girl was the first blog I ever read and from then on found more and more blogs I loved. Through chatting to Vikki I realised how friendly and fun bloggers were and started to get chatting over twitter about fashion. I definitely have bloggers to thank for the rapid growth of VSM, as they really are such a supportive bunch - and their love of shopping certainly helps!



Bloggers are also an excellent source of inspiration - Dunya from Dearest Deer inspired me for our best selling TFC Carrousel horse t-shirt, and the beautiful pictures from Kim of Sweet Monday and Paige of Paige Joanna in our cat skirt have shown the cat craze is going no-where.

I actually started my business before my blog, but they work so well together as you feel part of a wonderful community where bloggers and businesses can bounce off each other creatively."

Have you heard of VSM? Or have you bought from VSM?


We'd love to hear your feedback on this style of post :) 
If you have something worth sharing and would like to be a guest blogger for us please email bloggers@e-tailwebstores.com with a couple of sentences of what you'd like to talk about.

Competition time: FD Avenue, Ravi Famous & Lashes of London!

Today we wanted to start your week off on a good note by letting you know of some fantastic competitions!

1. FD Avenue have teamed up with Yogi hair to offer one lucky winner the chance to win a £100 FD Avenue voucher and a Yogi hair styling gift set worth £129.95! To enter simply click here.

2. Ravi Famous are currently holding a competition to win two beautiful dresses from their monochrome collection. To win the two dresses pictured above click here.

3. And last but not least Lashes of London have teamed up with Fake Bake to offer one lucky person and their friend the chance to win 2x £50 Lashes voucher and 2x tanning kits from Fake Bake. This competition ends tomorrow morning at 10am so be quick to enter :)

Iron Cupcake competition

We spotted these gorgeous looking cakes on Kaz's blog last week and we just had to share them with you.

They have been made for a monthly competition called Iron Cupcake that takes place in Leeds. It's a chance for bakers to complete a challenge of creating a set of cupcakes based around a particular theme. This month was of course a Valentines theme and the next competition is due to take place on March 10th. So if you live in or around Leeds and would like to take part, or go along to see these amazing cakes, simply click here to find out more.

We think this is a great idea, if anyone knows of anything similar happening in a town near them please let us know!

Forever Unique

Forever Unique have launched their colourful new Selfish SS13 collection. Featuring vibrant, going out styles with a contemporary twist, the collection combines a sports-luxe influence with an edge!

We ordered this beautiful angular Linus dress, on sale now for £70, and were over the moon with Forever Unique's fantastic packaging. Ordered by 3pm on Wednesday afternoon and delivered at 9.30am Thursday morning, their next day delivery was even faster than expected. The dress, complete with hanger and polythene bag, came perfectly folded in Forever Unique branded tissue paper, in a magnetic fastened box.

Well presented packaging adds so much more to a customer purchase, and therefore customer service. Boxes such as this hard wearing black glossy Forever Unique one can make great storage containers afterwards.

Do you care about the packaging when ordering items online? Have you had any really great experiences with delivery or any terrible ones?

We'd love to know your thoughts!

Win tickets to Bristol Fashion Week!

Bristol Fashion Week are running a live blogging show on Friday the 22nd March at 4pm and two of our readers could win a pair of tickets each! The tickets will get you access to the show, hosted by Mark Heyes and Andrew Barton, plus an exclusive goody bag!

Bloggers at the event are encouraged to take part in the live blogging by tweeting using #BFWSS13.

Enter through the app below for your chance to win!

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Celeb Style: Beyonce for Vogue

Have you seen Beyonce's latest shoot for Vogue magazine? To top off her fabulous start to the year with her Super Bowl performance, and singing at President Obama's Second Inauguration, the star looks incredible in her Vogue spread. We love the gorgeous clothing she has been styled in, and the simple, elegant photography that enhances Beyonce's natural beauty.

Are you a fan of Beyonce? What do you think of the images for Vogue?

Wednesday Wishlist: Paul's Boutique

Today's Wednesday Wishlist post is centred around Paul's Boutique. Founded in 2002, Paul's Boutique has gone from strength to strength over the last few years with the next step being a leather range exclusive for Selfridges!

Here in the office we have been coveting their latest 'new arrivals'. In particular their new holographic range of bags, they're like nothing we've ever seen before :)

You can shop all of the items above here, prices start from just £20 for the lovely grey cropped tee, adn the customised arm jacket is £80.

Are you a fan of Paul's Boutique? What do you think of their new items? We would love to hear your thoughts :)

Motel Rocks Spring Season Collection 2013

Have any of you had a look at the new Motel Rocks video on their home page? What items catch your eye from their new collection? We are loving their new paisley and pyramid prints!

You can view their new collection here.


P.S We hope you all have or have had some yummy pancakes today! We can't wait to get home and have lots for dinner. How do you prefer to have yours?

Competition Collaborations!

Here at e-tailPR we love to bring you fantastic competitions every week and Valentines week is no exception! This week we have arranged some great collaborations for our brands to bring you even bigger prizes!!

1. In Love With Fashion have teamed up with Crumbs Couture to give 4 lucky winners the Love nude drape back dress and 25 mini cupcakes each. To enter click here.

2. Oh My Love have collaborated with Famous Dave to bring you this stunning electric blue dress and a fake tanning kit from Famous Dave. To enter head over to the Oh My Love Facebook page.

3. AX Paris are giving one lucky person the chance of winning a Thames river cruise worth £75!! How lovely would that be to celebrate Valentines day, with a scrumptious 3 course dinner too. Click here to enter.

4. Lashes of London are here again with another treat, this time a voucher to spend on their website worth £100! Enter here.

Good luck! x

Red Velvet Cupcakes

Image courtesy of Hummingbird Bakery

With Valentines just around the corner we thought we'd bring you one of our favourite cupcake recipes... The Red Velvet Cupcake!

These are so yummy and look fantastic. We will certainly be baking these this week. Our favourite recipe has to be the Hummingbird Bakery one, which you can find here.

Will you be baking any Valentines treats?

Win £75 to spend at marc b. & £175 to spend at ASOS!

For our fifth and final competition we bring you another amazing prize! 

How would you fancy winning £75 to spend at marc b. and £175 to spend at ASOS? That's a grand total of £250's worth of shopping!

If the answer's yes, which we're sure it will be, simply follow the instructions below on how to enter...

- Firstly you must be signed up to our blogger network. If you haven't already sign up here. Once signed up/logged in, you need to upload your 'etailPR approved blogger' banner to your blog somewhere.

- Then, to enter you must create an outfit collage based around one of marc b's new season bags, using ASOS clothing and post it on your blog. Your blog post needs to include this link to the marc b website - http://bit.ly/W2WIcU - and a link back to this blog post so that your readers know where to find the information to enter themselves :)

- Once your post is live, please send your post link to bloggers@e-tailwebstores.com so we know you've entered. Your link must have reached us by 9am on Friday 22nd Feb to be counted.

marc b will be uploading their favourite 8 entries to their Facebook page on Friday 22nd Feb, then the winner will be hand picked by the owner of marc b on Monday 25th!

We hope that all makes sense?

To recap: sign up to our network, upload your 'etailPR approved blogger' banner, post your dream outfit based around a marc b bag (remembering to use the links), then simply email your link to us!

P.S The winner of our £250 Urban Outfitters voucher is... Emma from Glossy Boutique!! Congratulations Emma, we will be emailing you shortly :)

Celeb Style: Destiny's Child

Ok so this week we've gone a little Destiny's Child crazy in the office! With their spectacular come back performance at the Super Bowl we look back at some of their good, bad and very bad outfit choices!

Tina Knowles has styled the girls throughout their career together and sometimes we've had to question  her ensembles. But as the band matured so did the outfits, and we love the cream goddess type dresses in the center photo.

Are you a fan of Destiny's Child?  Who were your favourite band growing up?

Wednesday Wishlist: Marc B

1. Lottie £55

2. Zara £45

3. Molly £49

4. Angel £30

5. Naomi £55

This week we can't get enough of Marc B's gorgeous array of bags! If you are a fan of black handbags in particular take a look at their fabulous gift ideas for Valentines.
Our favourites are above, we adore the Lottie and Molly in particular, they would make perfect every day bags!

Do you own a Marc B bag? Do you like any of our choices?

Destiny's Child Super Bowl performance!

How many of you watched the Super Bowl on Sunday night? Or at least caught Beyonce's half time performance? Some of us stayed up to watch the whole event and others of us caught her performance online yesterday, and what a performance it was!

We're huge Destiny's Child fans here in the office and were thrilled to see Kelly and Michelle join Beyonce on stage!

Beyonce did a great job to squash all of those lip syncing jibes, with an outstanding live performance. We would love to know where she gets the energy from for amazing dance routines at the age of 31, and after having a child!

We hear she's now set to do go on stage Worldwide with a tour this Spring/Summer, will you be hoping to get tickets?

Lashes of London blogger competition! - Win £200!!

For the next two weeks we have teamed up with Lashes of London to bring you an exciting, exclusive blogger competition!

The prize is a massive £200 voucher to spend at www.lashesoflondon.com. To be in with a chance of winning all you need to do is create a 'wish list' style collage of your favourite pieces from Lashes of London, post about it on your blog with a link through to the Lashes website using this link: http://bit.ly/XX3Wg6. Then just email the link of your blog post to bloggers@e-tailwebstores.com.

The collage can include as many items as you want, they do not have to come to a total of £200. We want to see what you're loving :)

On Monday 18th February (two weeks time) Lashes of London will upload their favourite 8 collages to their Facebook page and then announce the final winner on Tuesday 19th February!

To recap:

- Create a wish list style collage of your favourite pieces from Lashes of London. (If you don't have access to editing software you could use Pic Monkey)

- Publish your collage in a blog post on your blog and let your readers know of the competition.

- Link to the Lashes website in your blog post, using this link: http://bit.ly/XX3Wg6 

- Email the link of your blog post to bloggers@e-tailwebstores.com

- You have until Sunday 17th February to email your links in.

- On Monday 18th February, Lashes of London will upload their favourite 8 collages to their Facebook page.

- On Tuesday 19th February Lashes of London will announce the overall winner!

Good luck and get creative! We can't wait to see what you come up with :)

Gifted Heart Cakes

Images courtesy of Gifted Heart Cakes

Whilst browsing the beautiful Amy of Amy Antoinette's blog we came across her post where she was lucky enough to wear her gorgeous wedding dress for a second time as part of a photoshoot.

Within the post there are many stunning photographs of her and her husband, as well as the setting, flowers, cake etc. And the cake featured was the one picture above with an intricate birdcage on top of a tower of cucpcakes. The cake was made by Gifted Heart Cakes as are the others pictured above.

Aren't they amazing? You can see more of their cakes here.

Les Misérables

The much-awaited musical production, Les Mis, finally came to the cinemas in the UK! The film is set in France in 1815 and is filled with heart wrenching moments.

Anne Hathaway plays the part of Fantine, a woman who tries anything to send money to her illegitimate daughter. She looks stunning as her character, even when she is forced to chop off her beautiful long hair. Amanda Seyfried plays the part of Fantine's grown up daughter, Cosette, and looks equally as stunning as Anne throughout the film! We could sit here for hours and list great moments, every actor and actress pulls their weight and contributes to an all round amazing film.

If you're looking for a dramatic film that pulls on the heart strings, then this is the film for you. Half the cinema were in floods of tears when we went to see this!

Have you seen Les Mis - what did you think? How did you think it compares to the stage show? 

Win £250 to spend at Urban Outfitters!

For our 4th competition to mark the launch of our blogger network we are giving away £250 to spend at Urban Outfitters!!

Up until now all you have to do to be entered into our weekly competitions is upload your 'etailPR Approved Banner' once you've signed up to our blogger network. Well, this week we'd like to mix it up a little and ask you to write a blog post instead. It doesn't have to be super long, it can simply be the image above with a short description on how your readers can enter and a link back to this blog post!

Then when you have published your blog post, email bloggers@e-tailwebstores.com with the link to your post so we can add you on to our entry form.

To recap:
- You must still have your 'etailPR Approved Banner' visible on your blog!
- If you don't have your banner/have not signed up yet, you can sign up here. Once you have signed up you will be notified by email if your application has been approved with details on how to log in.
- Write a blog post using the image above or an image of your own and some kind of description on how your readers can enter.
- Link back to this blog post at least once in your post.
- Email bloggers@e-tailwebstores.com with the link to your blog post.

Simples! :)

This competition will end next Thursday 7th February and the winner will be chosen at random and announced on Friday 8th February.

The winner of our last competition, to win a pair of Jeffrey Campbell studded Lita's is... Laura from Style and Sushi!! Congratulations Laura, expect an email in your inbox any second now :)