Casual Cosplay Connections - Monsters

ARGH! I'm late for this months Casual Cosplay Connections! Bad host. This month it's monsters. I am paying homage to monsters that made me hide behind my pillow when they first appeared on my screen with Sally Sparrow and downright distraught after The Angels Take Manhattan. They are The Weeping Angels.

Grey is the key colour here! I chose a top with an empire waste line to echo the angels dresses over simple leggings and pumps. I layered a big grey cardigan over the top for warmth! 

I went for grey eyes and tried to keep my lips as pale as possible. I tried to get my hair similar to the Angels and added some winged earring for the finishing touch!

I hope you like my Weeping Angel look! And remember whatever you do don't blink. Blink and your dead. 

Happy Halloween 

Much love 

Charlie xx 

London Belongs To Me Review and Giveaway!

I'm lucky enough to be friends with, Jackie Middleton, author of the  wonderful London Belongs To Me. I could not be prouder of how hard she's worked getting this book published.

Today is her book launch party in her home town of Toronto so to celebrate I'm reviewing her book and giving you lovely nerds the opportunity to win a copy of her book! 

Images courtesy of Jackie Middleton 

Firstly LBTM is about love, but it's far from your average romance novel! There are many different types of love in this book. There is of course a romance I was dying to find out if our Heroine gets her guy! 

It's also a love letter to my favourite city in the whole world. I was transported to the streets of London through Jackie's descriptions that  ooze with her love of the city and it's theatres. 

There is love between friends who bring out the best in each other, share passions and can be relied upon for an honest opinion. In short I want to be in their gang! 

And last but not least LBTM has a love of all things nerdy with quotes and nods to fandoms that will have you saying "I understood that reference".

Image by Jackie Middleton 

But the thing I love most about LBTM is I feel represented by this book! Nerd girl, fangirl and proud! Jackie writes about fandom brilliantly as she draws on her own experiences. However as a fangirl I often feel misrepresented in the media as an obsessive nerd or screaming crying fainting fanatic but I'm not!!! And Alex is not! Yes she the Sherlock theme is her ringtone and she loves Doctor Who. Yes she goes to cons, cosplays and queues in line for that thrill of a photo or autograph. But that is not all she is. Alex is intelligent, a talented writer, loyal friend, lover of chocolate and slightly rubbish drinker of alcohol! Alex also suffers from panic attacks. She is a multi faceted character of which fangirling is very much a part of but not all she is and that is my absolute favourite part of the book. So thanks Jackie for giving fangirls and boys everywhere a positive rep! 

Image from Titan Merch on Instagram

Congratulations you made it to the end of my review! Like the sound of LBTM? Then enter my giveaway! 

To enter you need to two things! 

Firstly follow both me and Jackie on Instagram and/or Twitter 

Charlie - Twitter & Instagram

Jackie - Twitter & Instagram

Secondly in the comments below tell me about your fandom friendships! What makes them so great? 

The winners name will be drawn from a hat (high tech I know) on Monday 31st October 5pm GMT! 

Good Luck

Much love

Charlie xx

London Belongs To Me Review and Giveaway!

I'm lucky enough to be friends with, Jackie Middleton, author of the  wonderful London Belongs To Me. I could not be prouder of how hard she's worked getting this book published.

Today is her book launch party in her home town of Toronto so to celebrate I'm reviewing her book and giving you lovely nerds the opportunity to win a copy of her book! 

Images courtesy of Jackie Middleton 

Firstly LBTM is about love, but it's far from your average romance novel! There are many different types of love in this book. There is of course a romance I was dying to find out if our Heroine gets her guy! 

It's also a love letter to my favourite city in the whole world. I was transported to the streets of London through Jackie's descriptions that  ooze with her love of the city and it's theatres. 

There is love between friends who bring out the best in each other, share passions and can be relied upon for an honest opinion. In short I want to be in their gang! 

And last but not least LBTM has a love of all things nerdy with quotes and nods to fandoms that will have you saying "I understood that reference".

Image by Jackie Middleton 

But the thing I love most about LBTM is I feel represented by this book! Nerd girl, fangirl and proud! Jackie writes about fandom brilliantly as she draws on her own experiences. However as a fangirl I often feel misrepresented in the media as an obsessive nerd or screaming crying fainting fanatic but I'm not!!! And Alex is not! Yes she the Sherlock theme is her ringtone and she loves Doctor Who. Yes she goes to cons, cosplays and queues in line for that thrill of a photo or autograph. But that is not all she is. Alex is intelligent, a talented writer, loyal friend, lover of chocolate and slightly rubbish drinker of alcohol! Alex also suffers from panic attacks. She is a multi faceted character of which fangirling is very much a part of but not all she is and that is my absolute favourite part of the book. So thanks Jackie for giving fangirls and boys everywhere a positive rep! 

Image from Titan Merch on Instagram

Congratulations you made it to the end of my review! Like the sound of LBTM? Then enter my giveaway! 

To enter you need to two things! 

Firstly follow both me and Jackie on Instagram and/or Twitter 

Charlie - Twitter & Instagram

Jackie - Twitter & Instagram

Secondly in the comments below tell me about your fandom friendships! What makes them so great? 

The winners name will be drawn from a hat (high tech I know) on Monday 31st October 5pm GMT! 

Good Luck

Much love

Charlie xx

London Belongs To Me Review and Giveaway!

I'm lucky enough to be friends with, Jackie Middleton, author of the  wonderful London Belongs To Me. I could not be prouder of how hard she's worked getting this book published.

Today is her book launch party in her home town of Toronto so to celebrate I'm reviewing her book and giving you lovely nerds the opportunity to win a copy of her book! 

Images courtesy of Jackie Middleton 

Firstly LBTM is about love, but it's far from your average romance novel! There are many different types of love in this book. There is of course a romance I was dying to find out if our Heroine gets her guy! 

It's also a love letter to my favourite city in the whole world. I was transported to the streets of London through Jackie's descriptions that  ooze with her love of the city and it's theatres. 

There is love between friends who bring out the best in each other, share passions and can be relied upon for an honest opinion. In short I want to be in their gang! 

And last but not least LBTM has a love of all things nerdy with quotes and nods to fandoms that will have you saying "I understood that reference".

Image by Jackie Middleton 

But the thing I love most about LBTM is I feel represented by this book! Nerd girl, fangirl and proud! Jackie writes about fandom brilliantly as she draws on her own experiences. However as a fangirl I often feel misrepresented in the media as an obsessive nerd or screaming crying fainting fanatic but I'm not!!! And Alex is not! Yes she the Sherlock theme is her ringtone and she loves Doctor Who. Yes she goes to cons, cosplays and queues in line for that thrill of a photo or autograph. But that is not all she is. Alex is intelligent, a talented writer, loyal friend, lover of chocolate and slightly rubbish drinker of alcohol! Alex also suffers from panic attacks. She is a multi faceted character of which fangirling is very much a part of but not all she is and that is my absolute favourite part of the book. So thanks Jackie for giving fangirls and boys everywhere a positive rep! 

Image from Titan Merch on Instagram

Congratulations you made it to the end of my review! Like the sound of LBTM? Then enter my giveaway! 

To enter you need to two things! 

Firstly follow both me and Jackie on Instagram and/or Twitter 

Charlie - Twitter & Instagram

Jackie - Twitter & Instagram

Secondly in the comments below tell me about your fandom friendships! What makes them so great? 

The winners name will be drawn from a hat (high tech I know) on Monday 31st October 5pm GMT! 

Good Luck

Much love

Charlie xx

Casual Cosplay Connections: Fall TV Favourites -Supergirl

It's Casual Cosplay Connections time! Hosted by myself and Danielle at Girlie to Nerdy each month we have a different theme to inspire a casual cosplay outfit! There is only one rule and that is the outfit must come from your wardrobe! What is casual cosplay?! It's a fun way to bring your fandoms into your everyday life by putting the essence of your favourite characters into your outfit. It's really open to your interpretation. 

This months theme is Fall TV Favourites. I'm looking forward to the return of Supergirl! Yeah it's cheesy and a not perfect but I'm a sucker for some escapism. Oh and I have major hair envy Melissa Benoist is coiffed to perfection. Here is my Supergirl: 

Putting on a Super tee seemed a smidge too easy and a bit of a cheat so I layered it with a long red top to give the illusion of a skirt. Then the classic jeans and boots combo and I'm done. 

But every good Superhero has a alter ego! A normal everyday Joe or in this case Kara to conceal there secret identity! 

So here is my take on Kara Danvers! Preppy and professional is her style at CatCo so I went with this pretty bee print blouse, skirt and flats. 

To complete my look I changed my hair and put on some glasses and now I'm completely unrecognisable! 

Of course I just had to do this shot. 

Jasper is looking forward to the return of The Flash! 

Much love

Charlie xx

Casual Cosplay Connections: Strong Female Character

It's that time of the month again!!! No not that one.... The good one where we all get to dress up and have fun!! Casual Cosplay Connections is a blog link up hosted by myself and Danielle 

Check out the original post here! This months theme is Strong Female Character! 

Ah, Buffy. Buffy was my first fandom and where casual cosplay started with me!! I idolised this girl who looked like she couldn't hurt a fly but regularly kicked butt and save the world. Like me at high school she didn't fit in but she didn't care she had her friends and they had her back. She was cute, flawed, funny, she made mistakes and learned from them!! God I love her. So I started to dress like her in the hope I'd also get some of her strength. So I absolutely HAD to give off some Buffy vibes this month. 

I've gone for classic black base layer! Buffy loved a vest top and heels!! 

Of course I had to accessorise with my cross and heart earrings!! 

Make up I kept bright and girly because Buffster was at heart a girly girl! 

I added this fun jacket because although Buffy saved the world a lot she didn't always wear the most practical outfits!! 

Loved dressing like Buffy! I didn't save the world but I did win the pub quiz!! 

Don't forget to tag us in!! We love to see your looks!!

Much love

Charlie xx

HLHT - Vision Varnish

Taking advantage of Jaspers naps I've managed to do some more nerdy nails! This is my Vision inspired manicure. It's super simple and looks very sophisticated!

I'm using my gel varnish kit but it will work just as well with normal varnish just make sure you leave time to dry! 

You need: 

Maroon Nail Varnish 

Gold Nail Varnish 

Dotting tool (if you don't have one a cocktail stick will work too) 

First up paint your nails in the base colour Maroon.

Next with the dotting tool place a gold dot at the base of each nail. Which as you can probably guess represents the Mind Stone.

It looks pretty if you leave it like that but I decided to add a feature nail just to break up the pattern. 

Cover with a top cost and ta dah!! 

Geeky yet glamorous nails! 

I hope you enjoyed this quick tutorial. If you have any suggestions  for future nerdy nails do let me know and I'll give it my best shot!! 

Much love

Charlie xx