Good old record stores

Tell me I am not the only one completely captivated by music stores! Really - everything from the beautiful vynils and amazing cover art pieces to the great load of surprisingly cool hits being played exactly while you are strolling around. Magic! Luckily we still have some rare record store places that keep that vibe and aesthetic alive. However I am so sad I’d never walk into one of those epic 70s music stores, people got to be so lucky to see these times with their own eyes.

So as a record store enthusiast I make sure to often pay such inspiring record store visits and almost always the first thing I run to is the vinyls section - I’m so happy vinyls have been getting back to being popular in the recent years. I remember when I was a kid and we had a vintage record player at home, then CD became the trend and now we finally remembered that vinyls got the best sound and are indeed amazing. I really enjoy it when something I like suddenly becomes trendy and everyones starts liking it! P.S. The same happened with the Harley Quinn charater after the “Suicide Squad” movie premiered as well as with metal boots that I fell in love with because I listen to metal bands then two years later they becme a famous trend and everyone started wearing them. Now let’s go back to the topic of vinyls, actually, I currently don’t have a vinyl player so I just watch them but I think I’m gonna get one soon because the sound is so much better and of course, because I love the vintage feel :D

Forever a great Nirvana fan and I literally couldn’t resist taking a photo once I saw this record. It includes 14 songs and looks so cool that I think it might be some special edition or something. Just amazing!

See this CD wall? I like to call it that way. Very often when I take a photo of something, the photo just doesn’t capture the magic. Like sunsets for example or cool indoor places, especially not well lid. Has this happened to you? I hope I’m not the only one it happens to but I also hope you have tricks to deal with this that you’ll share in the comments. :D So I’ll keep that image a bit artsy because the light made it look interesting but keep in mind that it looked even better irl.

Now to my best part of the post! I even got two favorite records of mine - David Bowie’s Station to station, which is probably the album I have played most times in my life ever and Lana del Rey’s Born to die, bits which I happen to sing litarally every single day.

There is someting more I’d like to share, I don’t know why but record stores remind me of how much I miss video rental stores a lot. They used to be a big thing when I was a kid and if you remember how happy a walk to the rental store made all kids - it was such an amazing experience each time. Sweet memories haha

I hope you enjoyed this post and if you have music store stories, I’d love to hear about them so share with me in the comments. :)

- Nicole

Midnight confessions of a secret rockstar ★

Midnight confessions of a secret rockstar, well not so secret anymore  o b v i o u s l y. :D :)

I've been wantin' to do this for a while now. I've been waiting for this moment for so long. I wanted to show you my passion, what's drivin' me, what makes me loose myself and then find myself again. But I never knew what it really was. I still don't know what's driving me but it's still there and it's still driving me. So I'm going where it takes me."

I've been writing songs for over 9 years now. I've been telling stories about life, feelings, inspirations and wonders. And I've been finding more of myself with each song, I've been becoming more open, more me, happier and truer. But I rarely even told that to anyone. I rarely sang my songs to them. But the point was always sharing, it was always expressing yourself and sharing those songs everyone feeling or thinking the same, or very different. So I think it's about time I did it right, not only because I enjoy it and want to do it, but to do it right. So now you know my secret. Nice to meet you, me.

A wise man once said "I don't know where I'm going from here but I promise it won't be boring." - David Bowie.

P.S. Today 10.01.18. marks two years without this amazing artist and a great inspiration of mine. RIP Bowie, thank you for everything.

Thank you for taking part in my story by reading this. See you along my journey further. Keep rockin'! :)

- Nicole

4 ways to style and wear a band t-shirt

Here are some fresh, trendy and easy to recreate looks. Hope I'm helping you style a great band tee outfit by providing you with some inspo. ❤

#1 Classic black jeans.

Guns n Roses t-shirt: Hottopic. Customized and cut by me :P

Black jeans: H&M

Boots: Tally Weijl

Choker: Dollskill

Earrings: ASOS

Rings: H&M, Forever21, Orsay

Watch: Marc Jacobs

#2 Denim and shorts.

Guns n Roses t-shirt: Hottopic. Customized and cut by me :P

Denim jacket: Calliope

Boots: Tally Weijl

Choker: Amazon Fashion

Vintage Backpack

#3 Badass leather shorts.

Guns n Roses t-shirt: Hottopic. Customized and cut by me :P

Leather shorts: H&M

Boots: Tally Weijl

Choker and Bracelets: Amazon Fashion

Rings: H&M, Orsay

#4 Trendy skirt

Guns n Roses t-shirt: Hottopic. Customized and cut by me :P

Velvet skirt: H&M

Boots: Tally Weijl

Necklace: H&M

Earrings: ASOS

Rings: H&M, Forever21, Orsay

Watch: Marc Jacobs

I've been loving band tees long before it was cool and all over the internet. Now I walk around the street and there are so many teen girls casually wearing Nirvana or Arctic Monkeys tees and it's totally cool for everyone around. But let me tell you it was not that easy to pull off such a look like 10 years ago. After the 80s band craze and everybody rocking band tees all the time it gradually became less and less popular to wear them.

So there I was trying to come up with a cute band tee outfit idea in the 00s. The only people to wear band tees a lot were real metalheads, mostly men and teenboy squads, and it was not really common to see a girl wearing a band tee. Respect to all the few brave girls who proudly started this trend together with me! So yeah, it was a pretty hard task for me to rock a band tee without getting some surprised looks. Who cares tho. It was fun and I was often pairing the outfit with loud rock coming from my earplugs.

But now that it's popular and trendy to wear band tee outfits I gotta say I feel like a queen. AC/DC shirt and a leather skirt? Yes! Stones tee and high heels? Yes please! Every choice is a good choice and the braver the combo the better the outfit.

- Nicole

4 начина да носите тениски на музикални банди

Ето няколко свежи, модерни и лесни за пресъздаване аутфита. Надявам се че ще са ви полезни като идеи за съчетаване на тениски с музикални банди и ще ги ползвате като вдъхновение. ❤

#1 Класически черни дънки.

Тениска на Guns n Roses: Hottopic. Преправена и изрязана от мен :P

Черни дънки: H&M

Боти: Tally Weijl

Choker: Dollskill

Обеци: ASOS

Пръстени: H&M, Forever21, Orsay

Часовници: Marc Jacobs

#2 Дънково яке и къси панталонки.

Тениска на Guns n Roses: Hottopic. Преправена и изрязана от мен :P

Дънково яке: Calliope

Боти: Tally Weijl

Choker: Amazon Fashion

Ретро раничка

#3 Кожени къси панталнки.

Тениска на Guns n Roses: Hottopic. Преправена и изрязана от мен :P

Кожени къси панталонки: H&M

Боти: Tally Weijl

Choker и гривни: Amazon Fashion

Пръстени: H&M, Orsay

#4 Модерна пола.

Тениска на Guns n Roses: Hottopic. Преправена и изрязана от мен :P

Велурена пола: H&M

Боти: Tally Weijl

Колие: H&M

Обеци: ASOS

Пръстени: H&M, Forever21, Orsay

Часовник: Marc Jacobs

Обичам тениските на музикални банди още преди да станат популярни и да са навсякъде из интернет. Сега като се разхождам навън и виждам толкова много тийнейджърки да носят тениски на Nirvana или Arctic Monkeys и за всички изглежда съвсем ок и нормално. Но нека ви кажа, че не беше толкова лесно да се кефиш с такъв аутфит преди да кажем 10 години. След 80-те и големия фурор по рок бандите, когато почти всички са се разхождали с такива тениски, тази мода постепенно беше изчезнала.

И ето тук се появих аз опитвайки се да измъдря готин аутфит с тениска с рок банда през 2000 и някоя година. Единствените хора, които носеха такива тениски бяха метълите, най-често мъже и компании тийнейджъри и беше много рядка гледка да видиш момиче с такава тениска. За малкото други момичета също започнали гордо модата на тениските с банди - респект! Та така беше ми доста трудно да се порадвам на такъв аутфит без да събера няколко учудени погледи. Какво значение има. Беше ми много забавно и много често комбинирах тоалета със силна рок музика, идваща от слушалките в ушите ми хаха.

Но сега, когато вече е популярно да се носят тениски на банди, трябва да кажа че съм много доволна. Тениска на AC/DC с кожена пола? Да! Тениска на Stones с високи токчета? Да моляя! Всеки избор е добър и колкото по-смела е комбинацията, толкова по-готин е аутфита.

- Никол

JULY FAVORITES

So now that July is over, it's time for taking a look at my fave things from last month. The weather was great and I got to spend lots of time strolling around town and shopping.

#1 Aaaand I finally found and bought a wrap choker and I have been in love with it eversince. I've seriously been looking for one in the past few months and I was very happy to find this cutie. It has two star pendants that are both classy and kinda playful so it actually fits my style very very well. So expect to see it a lot in my outfit Insta posts haha.

#2 The next fave of mine is my brand new set of makeup brushes! I just love them already and I've only had them for like two weeks. I found them absolutely accidentaly but they are really soft and high quality. My makeup surely looks like ten times better now. Happy! :D

#3 Another July favorite of mine surely is my new fragrance. It's a present from my mom and it's a Pur Blanca perfume by AVON. I have loved this scent for so long guys, I had one a couple of years ago, then got another one and soon it was my to-go perfume. It lasts really long and it's a floral fragrance great for summer.

#4 I also included here my new elastic telephone wire hand/hair band. I honestly don't know how exactly to call it so I used all the words I came up with. :D It's comfy, cute and easily goes as a bracelet. And if you suddenly decide that you want to put your hair up? Voila! you also have a hair tie.

#5 And last but not least, another one of my July favorites is a present form my bff. It's Treacle moon's Marshmallow Heaven hand cream. No need to say it smells like marshmallows :D. I haven't tried any other products from Treacle moon yet but I definitely will be in the future because they all just smell so so good. And I'll keep you updated of course.

Now it's your turn. Do you like these? And how about your July favorites? Can't wait to read about it in the comments below. :)

- Nicole