How to make your hair grow long and thick

Vitamins, treatments, massages, products just to name a few of the things recommended for growing your hair.

 Here are my 3 top tips.

I have grown my hair by around 5 inches in the last 2 years, for some this might be nothing but i had the hair that stayed at shoulder length and never grew i wore extensions and i had weaves to make my hair look longer but all they did was damage it more, I wanted to post some tips that actually work to grow your hair.

1.       stop using heat!- Not entirely, but only when its necessary for example straightening your hair for school or everyday isn't needed and if you have curly hair try plaiting or putting it in a bun. This isn't forever but if you do this until your hair is the length you want you'll see a massive difference. I didn't use heat on my hair for a month and it grew a inch. Find products that keep your hair straight or curly without heat too. I use L'Oreal sea salt spray to give it a beach messy look.

2.       Biotin- Biotin is a vitamin you can buy from Holland and Barret its around £5.00 for 100 vitamins and this really helped with the thickness and my skin. Its only a small tablet and is a natural product.

3.       Tie your hair up- On a night tie your hair up, I like to twist my hair around itself into a high bun. This stop your hair becoming knotty whilst you sleep this is important because brushing knotty hair pulls out and damages your hair so its best to avoid it. I tie my hair up with a silk scrunchy don’t use and elastic tie as it will pull your hair. You can also try a silk pillow case if you don’t want to tie your hair up.

Victorias Secret Store Enviroment

"Welcome to Victoria's Secret my names Katy if you need any help with sizes just let me know!"

This is how customers are greeted into a VS (Victorias Secret) store, its welcoming and friendly and instantly gives a positive outlook on the store.

The staff

Staff are always dressed stylishly wearing all black with styled hair and makeup done. Usually they have a tape measurer around there neck so they can easily and quickly  measure your bra size if you want them too.

PINK staff which is another part of the Victorias Secret franchise wear all black clothing also however usually on Saturdays they wear a hoodie from the store. The VS style is to role the hoodie's sleeves up at the ends slightly this is how they display there clothes on hangers, mannequins and on themselves. 

Visual Merchandising

VS displays are usually very sultry and sexy and the main display is usually located at the big entrance of the store to really give a statement to the customer. The mannequins are wearing underwear and some have Angel wings on them, this is because Victorias secret refer to there models as Angels. The display will also feature a picture of a super model modelling the lingerie or clothing.

Victorias secret 2015

Bras and panties are usually stored in sliding draws underneath displays on each draw there will be size so you can locate your size easily. Although bra sets that are more expensive are usually displayed on hangers.

PINK visual merchandising is slightly different because they are targeting a younger crowd. There displays have brighter lighting, lighter colours and give off a funner atmosphere compared to sexy VS atmosphere. 

Behind the checkouts is a big screen showing the most recent fashion show, this gives the customers inpiration on things to buy. 

The checkouts are usually located where all the sprays are this is because the sprays are cheap which can make some customers add the item to there bag because they don't cost much. Staff usually spray the scents around the store to make it smell nice all the time.

Store Design

• The store is my favourite colour....PINK! The store consist of pinks, black and white.
• Wallpapers are white with pink dots or black and white stripe.
• Furniture structures are pink or black gloss in VS but white in PINK store
• Furniture to sit on is velvet black or pink
• Lampshades are ribbon rapped around (you could even DIY)
• Floor is black and white checked or wooden
• The store is all open plan and easy to get around 
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Clothing

"We are committed to providing superior quality merchandise and services to customers.  As part of our corporate culture and values, we strongly believe the quality of our merchandise begins with the treatment of the people who create our products. " https://www.lb.com/responsibility/supply-chain/overview

Conclusion

Victoria's Secret is the best store in the UK for customer service and store environment. They have offers everyday so your always sure to get a deal and have the best sales in history! There products last forever and are so comfortable.

My goal is to eventually work for Victoria's Secret because they are one of very few brands that push young girls to be your own kind of fun and sexy.

Shop Victoria's Secret now at: https://www.victoriassecret.com

"Everything looks better in pink"

Tracking a Trend: Adidas Vs Nike

This Poster shows the historic moments of Nike and Adidas Trainers.

The brief was to Track and Trend, I chose to research my favourite item of an outfit the TRAINERS. firstly I was Researching purely Nike but quickly realised that in some years Adidas dominated such as 1987 when RUN DMC were the fashion idols of Hip-Hop. Also 2012 Adidas took over with the launch of Snoop Dogs 'Raster Flavoured' trainer.

I believe Nike and Adidas are even in popularity however I see Adidas more as a clothing brand than trainers and Nike is all about the footwear. After University I believe these two Company's are defiantly the Brands I would like too work for.

Red Carpet Princesses

Our first Red Carpet Princess is Katie Holmes. This was at the Met Gala and she is wearing a Marchesa Gown.

Photo: Walt Disney Studios

I believe Katie's dress is beautiful, I would of liked a different material to the bottom of the dress as it looks like it needs a good steam. I would of gone with a satin or flowy organza and netting. I believe the yellow colour suits her which is a big achievement as yellow is hard to pull of. I would of put her hair in a sleek pony tail or low bun as the messy hair and messy bottom of the dress is too much going on for me. But since yellow is all the rage for S/S16 we defiantly need a lesson of Katie Holmes on how to pull It off.

 

Jennifer Lawrence took a different approach to the Disney look...

 



Photo: Walt Disney Studios

OK! Sure we all want to look as fabulous as Ariel after walking out of the sea on our holidays. However, if Ariel cant pull a look of us regular none Princess folk sure wont be able too.
Here Jennifer is wearing a DIOR gown and landed herself on the worst dressed list. If the dress had been a dark blue and without the lower black circle this dress could of worked. The two bands of black make the fabric come way out on her hips making her look a very odd shape. If I was Jennifer Lawrence I would have the stylist she has allocated to her in the Hunger Games! He never gets it wrong.

Walt Disney Studios

Amy Adams Oscar Dress 2013 stole the show. The colour the shape and the beautiful women all replicate Cinderella's dress. However, Amy's weren't made by her fairy godmother it was designed by Oscar de la Renta. I love that this dress is so loud but effortless. There's no need for all the bells and whistles because the dress does it for you. Simple hair and makeup with understated jewellery she couldn't be more like a princess if she tried. PERFECT.

 

Peter Werth SS17 Inspo board

Spring/Summer 2017 Menswear

All photos are sourced from WGSN.com

First I made a Trend board on Pinterest (@katykd1997)

This was the first board I created I wanted lots of cool tones like a British seaside. Problem was I couldn't find my idea anyway in the upcoming trend so I created a new mood board inspired y the Jungle this will be in a different post. I still wanted to show you this for ideas for your possible mood boards or layout ideas.

This was created on a MAC on InDesign, if your looking to use InDesign or any other payed for software here is a link to get a free trial http://download.cnet.com/s/adobe-indesign-trial/ .

This was the final Mood board for Peter Werth Jungle Book theme for SS17. I got the inspiration for this board from Trend Council.com. This board has more colours running through it making it a lot warmer, which is ideal for the Summer look. I added photos like the tiger and Jungle to allow the theme come through and be clear. I did keep the pictures of the cars in cement just to show the colour scheme. 

Rose Mood board

My recent project was to create a mood board in a sophisticated manor. I found that less is really more.

Theme

As you can see the theme is pink. I kept the focus on the main image which is in the centre and is also the brightest.

The pink colour then bleeds out into darker pinks and black, to break up the board and give it more depth. I also added fabric samples which represent some of the material seen in the images. Adding fabric samples in the way I have (which is curled over on top of each other) allows you to still see the movement and thickness, this avoids it looking flat and lifeless on the page.
I created this board using the standard glue and scissors, however there are many other ways to create a mood board which can help you get everything in line and you won't have to worry about cutting in a straight line.

Apps

For example the Apps that I have include POLYVORE I was first introduced to this in college, it allows you to easily insert newspaper clippings, effects, images and text to create a board almost like the Pinterest of mood boards as you can follow other people. The draw backs to this app are that you can't insert images, so forget about doing that collage of your holiday pictures.

Another great App is Insta size which allows you to fit all your photo on Instagram, this is initially why I downloaded it. However, once I started playing around with it I found you could create collages  its easy to use and FREE. It also has many other features such as effects and boarders, great for Instagram lovers.
Follow me on Instagram: @Thekatykd

Anatomy of a Victoria's Secret garment

This poster shows the construction and manufacturing process towards making a Victoria's Secret garment

This was my new brief that was set. The brief was to design and create a poster that showed the audience all the different aspects of creating a garment. For example the: fibres/Yarn ,Fabric type , Silhouette, products brand and care label information. 

I first designed this poster on Power Point Microsoft I did this because it was easy to move text boxes and play around with different templates. I then transferred the images and writing to InDesign. Indesign is a good software to use as you can export it into lots of formats which makes it easy for me to e-mail it or turn it in for my assignments and of course upload to my blog. 

I enjoyed this assignment as it has helped me look into my clothes in more detail and even understand the different construction of the actual fabric. I also learnt how the fabric was dyed which is completely knew to me, the only dying of fabric I've done is with hand dies like you would use for a tie die T-shirt.
I found a lot of interesting information from the books I read (referenced above) as not only did it explain the different processes of the garment construction but showed you the equipment and machines used in factory's.

Overall I've loved this assignment and I'm looking forward to the next which will be creating a 'mini range'.