Art - Plamen Temelkov

Plamen Temelkov is a fantastic artist from Plovdiv, in Bulgaria. He is a nouveau impressionism artist, which means that he paints figures, landscapes, interiors and nudes using broad, flat colours.

I'm posting some examples of his work, but he has several online galleries at http://www.plamentemelkov.com/

I absolutely love his work, and I think more people should have an opportunity to see it.

Bobalicious

I have always loved bobs. I know we're encourage to evolve our style as we get older, and try to keep up with trends, but I've noticed my hair is always a version of a bob of some sort. It's a revelation that just hit me. Whether it's layered, coloured, with a fringe or without, or long, short, mid-length etc...it's still a bob of sorts. I've managed to convince myself that over the past 10 years I've had several styles, but ,thinking about it truthfully, I've just morphed between chin-length styles to shoulder-length styles, all based around a straight baseline and long layers.

I think as we age, we learn what suits us and what styles make us truly happy. I'm happy with a bob. It can look punky, retro, smart, chic and bohemian depending on how you style it. Bobs can be versatile (depending on length) as to whether you want to wear them curly, straight, up or down. The best thing is they are relatively low maintenance, so long as you own the right styling tools (straighteners are normally a MUST!)

I'm posting some of my favourite bobs on here. these are the styles I tend to stick with and I think the celebs look great wearing them (Christina Applegate, Katie Holmes, Gwynyth Paltrow and Anne Hathaway)

I am currently sporting a shoulder-length bob with no fringe (just grown out along with the last lot of layers). I spend about 20 mins a day blow-drying my bob if I want it to look really shiny and healthy, otherwise I wash my hair at night, leave to dry naturally, and go for a more wavy, casual look. With more options for straighteners on the market, I've got a relatively inexpensive pair by Remmington, which can be used wet or dry; it takes me roughly 10 minutes to turn my waves into glossy brunette tresses.

I'm going to the hairdressers next week; considering going for a more angled bob, with the front slightly longer than the back. So long as I can still scoop it up into a ponytail for sports and slobbing out, it should be a chic, modern style that involves minimum fuss on a Monday morning...

The Start

I have lots of interests and most of them have a file or scrapbook in my study. From the typically girlie, like makeup or fashion, through to politics and law. I love learning new things, but I'm running out of space to store everything. So I thought I would move with the times and start a blog.

One of my hobbies is discovering new, fabulous artists and designers. I recently came across the work of a painter, clothing and jewellery designer called Natalia Fabia. I really admire her sense of style and subject choices in her artwork; mainly hookers, street scenes and nightlife.

Her store/brand is called "Hookerfeathers" and is sold at boutiques across the US (damn!) but it is available online as well (yey!).

If you want to check out her work you can find her stuff at;

http://www.nataliafabia.com/

http://www.hookerfeathers.com/