Festive Cheer

So how was it? Santa was very generous this year showering us with a dusting of Jo Malone body wash, a large Selfridges gift card, enough chocolate to last the new year, a wodge of Topshop gift cards, even a little YSL something under our tree! This holiday period we have been wearing a mix of Berry red tops, knitted mono-tone Christmas jumpers, sparkles and statement winter silvers. This Christmas has been quite a very emotional one due to the various dramas going on personally but it was nice to see the holiday season through looking fabulous and dressing the part. Find below a couple of photos rounding up Christmas.

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Wishing you a Merry Little Christmas

With Christmas right round the corner, its time to wish all you fellow foxes a happy festive break. We hope you eat lots, drink more and wear sparkles. It has been fun to share our first Christmas with you online and we look forward to many more seasons of blogging long into 2012. May your Christmas be filled with laughter and happiness and your stocking stuffed with Jo Malone, Forever 21 and chocolate . Lets hope some of The Twinkle List has made it under your tree this year. Remember to check in with us over the Christmas break for an update on our festivities, until then Merry Christmas!!!

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Malibu Snow Globe

We could not believe our emerald eyes when we copped eyes on this perfectly wintery Limited Edition bottle of Malibu. We all know Malibu is one of my drinks of choice to be enjoyed all year round not just in the heat of the summer months. Now there is no better excuse to sip away on the delicious coconut taste sensation while the weather outside is chilly. Available at Selfridges Food Halls and Tesco, this is an absolute party must have for the rest of the festive period. We recently took it to our glitzy Christmas party to a great reception. With a snow flake printed bottle and with coconut flakes we fell in love with the visual snow globe affect of the bottle. It was almost tempting to keep the bottle for display purposes but a girls got to drink right? Malibu seem to have captured X Mas glamour and bottled it. There is everything to love about this Christmas bottle of Malibu, so why not get involved and bring the taste of the Carribean sprinked with snow flakes into your frosted glass.
Watermelon Fox Advice: Be careful to only mix with lemonade or OJ as the coconut shards do have a habit of floating at the surface of your glass, hardly the sophisticated look we all want. Best leave the coke at home with this one.

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Binge

Forgive me, for I have binged. On a recent innocent trip to a beauty store, I found my purging on Barry M nail varnishes. Never usually a fan of Mr M, I cannot believe the first Barry M pieces I would buy would be on mass. But how are you meant to resist the festive call of these twinkling glass cubes of party varnish? With the festive season in motion I couldn’t find a reason not to buy all four holiday shades; sparkling emerald, glittering ruby, gorgeous gold and winter silver. I have already experimented with each shade and cannot wait to co ordinate them across the rest of the festive season.

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Bare Sparkles

Though we are not one for outfit posting, as its Christmas why not. Below is the outfit I wore to a close friends glitzy Christmas Party at the weekend. Parties like these which are full of fairy lights, bubbly, canapés and tinsel call for sparkly little number. I stayed away from the expected full sequin dress or black lace and went for a feminine fitted top and skirt combo. Off white silk top with bronze sequins, TFNC London; Body conscious nude skirt, Miss Selfridge; Bronze beaded earrings, Forever 21; Nude heels, Unknown. The result was fun, flirty, Christmassy and perfect for the occasion. The pale colour pallet let the true stars of the outfit, the sequins shine. Watch out for more Christmas related posts this week in the run up to the big day itself.

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Willing On Christmas

After a lunch out, I drifted into my favourite branch (in my opinion the best of their 50+ stores) of Jack Wills in Marlow recently. It was exciting to see the always visually stimulating store decked out in all its Christmas finery. The festive décor was executed perfectly in keeping with the branding and could not have been more fitting for the brand. Stuffed stockings hung from a plump twinkling garland over the stores Drawing Room fire place. These beautiful garlands graced the stair ways around the three storey house themed store. But what really takes the customers frost laced breath away is the amazing Christmas tree that greets you at the front door. Rich, full and perfectly formed this larger than life tree knows how to make an entrance. With Jack Wills gift wrapped presents under the tree for an added detail. The tree is graced with the usual glowing fairy lights and shiny silver baubles but it also hosts glittered baubles in Jack Wills trademark colours pink and navy, along with pheasant cut out decorations with a wreath around its neck. Jack Wills are majorly missing out by not selling the branded baubles, after enquiring about purchasing one of the branded baubles I was told that they had been inundated with customers asking but the baubles were not for sale. Shame.
Last year, Jack Wills at Christmas didn't meet my expectations and they failed to bedazzle, but this year JW got it right. And while I may not be looking to invest in anything more than their hoodies and Christmas pj’s, the Christmas Morning atmosphere created by the store has raised my opinion. I can’t wait to see what they do next year.

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Liberty has Christmas Wrapped

A quick post to keep you chilly foxes warm. Spotted this gorgeous array of Christmas wrapping paper at Liberty’s. The glitzy reds and opal snow white’s make for gorgeously wrapped gifts. I am huge on Christmas wrapping and dedicate a whole Sunday to the fine art of present wrapping before the big day itself. With an extensive collection of ribbons, cellophane, glittered pinecones, tinsel and decorative jewels my wrapping collection looks like a Santa meets Gaga decorating workshop. I love coming up with exciting ways to make display worthy looking presents. It is a way to truly get creative and make each gift that touch more personal. We all know in marketing that it is all about the packaging and why should that be any different at Christmas? We all need more Christmas magic and the art of decorating your gifts brings this. If I didn’t have 20+ rolls of wrapping paper screaming to be used these sheets would defiantly be gracing some of my presents this year.

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Winter Twinkle List

As it is Watermelon Fox’s first holiday issue, we are very excited to share all things festive with you in the lead up to Christmas. December is without a double the most glamourous time of year for all, the parties, the lights, the outfits. Plus December is officially THE month to get the most use out of all your metallic and sequin numbers, these pieces just don’t have the same effect midyear. So let’s start the fabulous month with our winter wish list, our first annual Tinkle List. A compilation of potential personal presents we would love to find under our glimmering Christmas tree. Hopefully this year these wishes will come true…

In no particular order:
•Jo Malone set, £37
•Molton Brown Black Pepper Candle, everything a room should smell like £55
•OPI nail varnish, Rainbow Collection, £6
•Molton Brown, Energising Seamoss Bath, £17
•Barry M glitter pot, Opal
•Philosophy in Tinsel Town, £14
•Diptyque Limited edition candle, £45
•Gold platted ring, YSL
•Mandarin Spa Honey Bath, £14