The Game is ON!

Take a peek at the first "Me & Hazel & Mae" Photo Contest on our Facebook Page!

Everyone who bought something from the Hazel & Mae webshop can participate!

Post a picture of you with your Hazel & Mae purchase and collect "LIKES" ...
The winner will receive a voucher for € 12.50 of Hazel & Mae!

The contest runs until 15/09/2011!

Good Luck Y'all! :)

Are you a lazy blogger?

Oh my... I cannot believe this one... HOW LAZY CAN ONE GET?

"Comfy clothes, TV remote in one hand and something yummy to eat.

That’s what perfect Sundays are about."
 (Mmm... not EVERY Sunday I presume?)

These trousers mean you can survive for hours on the sofa without having to move an inch.

The removal material on the front allows you to eat on your knees and you can even keep your remote control ready to hand in the designated side pocket.

Interested? You can order one @ mitemite...

In the meanwhile...
I prefer listening to one of my favorite Deep Purple songs...
it's called: LAZY

Refurbishing!

It all starts to run smoothly with my Hazel & Mae webshop!

THANK YOU ALL for that!

So far there are already many satisfied customers...

and I intend to keep it that way!!

I've noticed that a handful of customers live in the surrounding communities... and they keep asking the same thing... if they can try and fit some of the clothes they like!

So I needed a plan! And FAST! :)

No boxes with clothes anymore...

I needed some special "Hazel & Mae space"...

How about refurbishing my own dressroom?

I created a separate place for my stuff and the Hazel & Mae stuff!

Curious to see how it looks like?

Summer Type Persons & Colors

How about some "tips & tricks" every now and then?

It's August...
so let's explain something about the Summer Type Persons & Colors!

Characteristics

• Skin:

slightly pale, but comparing to spring types, summer types have colder and more ashy, not golden or warm undertones.

• Hair:
ashy blond, light brown to dark brown hair color. Often reddish tones come out on sun, which is typical for Europeans (the same as blue color comes out in Asian hair).

• Eyes:
gray-blue, bright blue, gray-petroleum, blue-green, hazelnut brown. White of the eye is often milky and whitish, and not in strong contrast with iris.

Colors for summer type

Summer type person should never wear
INTENSE and INVASIVE colors.

DO NOT WEAR salmon color, peach or apricot colors, tomato red or carrot orange colors!

All color tones summer types should wear are gently mixed with green, slightly dusty or wiped pink or pale blue color.* vivid pink (in some cases darker, in other brighter, depending whether summer type person has pale or more intense skin color)

* raspberry red            * watermelon red

* wine red                   * vague blue

* jeans blue                 * turquoise tones

* very gentle yellow of lemon (otherwise yellow is not recommendable)

Ideal colors for summer type person are:

* white with cold pink tones

* soft gray tones

Among darker colors, summer type should wear washed out navy blue and brown with pink or gray contrasts.

Their skin is gently bright with milky pale tones.
Comparing to spring type, summer type's skin looks rosy and healthier.

Basic color: dark blue

Washed out blue (never strong and vivid!) is perfect basic color for summer type person.
Choose among jeans blue, washed out blue, navy blue and plum blue with reddish tones.
These blue colors look good in following combinations:

* bluish summer red        * bluish green

* green                           * white

* gray                             * bright pink

* brown                          * jeans blue

* vanilla yellow                * bright blue

* lily

Basic color: brown

Summer types look beautiful in brown- not in warm brown colors as autumn and spring types do, but in greenish brown or in brown with reddish and blue tones.
If you decide for brown colors, combine them with brighter tones, because brown may often look boring. Best combinations for brown are:
* jeans blue
* blue with bright green and white
* dark and bright emerald color
* gray with white and saturated red
* mole's color and pink
* lily and pinkish red

* yellow and violet

Basic color: pale violet

Soft and pale violet colors can be basic color of summer type.
If you think this color is too gentle for coats, suits or dresses, choose at least one piece of clothing in this color. Of course, do not forget, pale violet needs one or two colors to combine with.
Here are few suggestions:
* lavender
* dark blue with vivid pink
* summer red with dark brown
* brown with bright brown and dark blue
* middle brown with wool white
* silver gray with yellow and jeans blue

* dark and bright emerald color with dull blue

 

We all ♥ BARGAINS!

Oh yes we do LOVE them!

I think it's in our female genes not being able to resist that one bargain! That's a nice excuse, don't you think? ;)

For example,
HOW ON EARTH could I resist that beautiful dress that would've cost me € 69.90 a few weeks ago, and now on sale for € 10.00?!
It was SO difficult and "heart-piercing" to choose between the black dress with the white birds or the white dress with the black birds...
What the heck... "I'll take them both!"

And what about them shoes?

How can we help it if we get hypnotized by that one pair of shoes that seem to be awaiting us with a smile!?
And what if it's not one pair but two... or three... okay maybe four!?

So why would I deny you girls a few bargains?
It seems only fair that Hazel & Mae also creates a corner full of bargains... don't you think?

So check out our "BARGAINS" page!
It'll be frequently updated! So keep your eye on our sales!

Thanks for shopping at HAZEL & MAE!

xxx

Back in town!

Well look who's back in town... after a beautiful holiday in la bella Italia! :)

New arrivals on the way in the Hazel & Mae webshop...

Be sure to check out the new handbags and purses! They are CUTE!!

SUMMERTIME

The Hazel & Mae webshop will be closed 'till 27th of July!

Wishing you all a great summer holiday! Enjoy!

I'll be back... ;)

WE ♥ VINTAGE!

Geen twijfel mogelijk... Retro & Vintage is weer hélemaal "in".

Ik had m'n hart al jaren verloren aan leuke polka dot dresses en - zoals m'n ouders, man en vrienden wel eens durven uiten - "bomma kleedjes"! :)

Hier zal je leuke kleding, handtassen, schoenen, sjaaltjes... kunnen op de kop tikken die echt wel "VINTAGE MINDED" zijn maar daarom nog niet ECHT vintage!

Let op! Er kunnen af en toe wel degelijk echte vintage stuks tussen zitten...

 Hoe herken je echte vintage?

Enkele tips om 'echte' vintage te onderscheiden van 'nep':

• labels met wasinstructies bestaan pas sinds de jaren zestig. Een kledingstuk met een wasinstructie kan dus nooit in de jaren '50 gemaakt zijn
• plastic ritsen werden pas in de jaren zestig geïntroduceerd
• damesjurken en -broeken uit de jaren '40 en '50 hadden meestal een rits aan de zijkant en niet aan de voor- of achterkant
• in de jaren '30 en '40 werden - vanwege het nieuwtje - veel nylonstoffen gebruikt

Steeds vaker worden vintage kledingstukken hersteld of zelfs gemoderniseerd. In dat geval spreekt men van 'customized vintage'.

Zo nu je deze info hebt meegekregen... LET'S RUMBLE!




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No doubt about it... Retro & Vintage is "hot" these days!


Those "grandma dresses" - as my parents, husband, friends and even my little children (!!) dare to call them- and "polkadot dresses"... well I ♥ them!


In this webshop you will find lots of lovely clothes, purses, bags, shoes, sjawls... at a bargain!
Some of them will be "VINTAGE MINDED" but that don't mean they're REAL VINTAGE!

But beware! ;)
Once in a while there will be offered "genuine vintage" !

How to recognize true vintage?

Some tips for real vintage distinguished from "fake":

• labels with washing instructions existed since the sixties.A garment with a washing instruction can never be made ​​in the 50's
• plastic zippers were first introduced in the sixties
• women's dresses and shorts from the 40s and 50s usually had a zipper on the side and not the front or back
• In the '30s and '40s were much used nylon fabrics

Increasingly, vintage clothes are being repaired or upgraded.
In that case we speak of 'customized vintage'.

So now that you've been given this information... LET'S RUMBLE!