A selection of men's accessories

I know I mostly write about women's fashion, but I thought I'd write a post about men's fashion this time - focused on accessories. There are so many men that don't tend to wear accessories cause they don't want to look "too trendy". I get what they mean, but even men have a huge range of different style accessories, so surely every man should be able to find something that suits him? I know I would like to see my man wearing some, but he refuses...

My favourite type of male accessories are leather or chain bracelets and watches, and when it comes to these types or arm accessories there is sooo much to choose from! Everything from classic and sophisticated, to rocky, urban, surf style or even bohemian. I mean, how cool doesn't this look below, with the posh suit and shirt matched with a simple leather watch and some quirky braided bracelets of different colours?!

I've decided to take a closer look at some of my favourite men's bracelets and watches, starting with bracelets. As I mentioned before I prefer leather or silver chain bracelets, and I've found these stunning ones below.

From the top left:

Rastaclat Triple Wrap Oval Lace Onyx Bracelet from capology.co.uk

Pleated bracelet from PAUL SMITH 

Silver-plated skull chain bracelet from Alexander McQueen

Brown medley leather thread twist bracelets from riverisland.com

MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA metal chain bracelet from luisaviaroma.com

GUNNER JOHNSON spear bracelet from farfetch.com

Men's stainless steel and rubber plaque bracelet from Forzieri 

When it comes to watches there seems to be an endless variety available for men. Everything from classic, to hipster, to chunky statement pieces... Just look at these gorgeous ones!

From the top left:

Salvatore Ferragamo 1898 stainless steel bracelet watch from bloomingdales.com

Versus by Versace gold ion-plated unisex watch from Versace

Henning Koppel leather band with white dial from georgjensen.com

TechnoMarine men's metal gun watch from Amazon

British flag retro leather watch from etsy.com

Analogue display quartz black watch from GUESS

Nemesis men's skull watch from Amazon

TechnoMarine men's cruise steel evolution stonewashed steel case watch from Amazon 

What do you think? Would you like to see your man, or men in general, wearing more accessories?

How to create the caviar nail effect

I’ve always wanted to try caviar nails, but always thought it seemed too tricky and messy. However, when I saw a multipack of these little coloured pearls in a pound shop I couldn’t resist, but I just had to try them. There are 12 different colours to choose from in the little pack I bought, and I thought best to try to match one of them with one of the nail polishes I already had in my collection…

I went for a classic red for my base. This is my favourite red nail polish and it’s from No7. It’s a lovely metallic hue called ‘Salsa’. I’ve put two coats on to make the colour really vibrant. 

When applying caviar nails, make sure you’ve made all the preparations before you start. There’s going to be tiny pearls everywhere otherwise! You basically have to pour out the pearls onto your nail, so make sure you do this over a tray with edges. Paint your second coat of nail polish on one of your nails, and then pour the pearls over, pressing slightly to make them stick to the nail polish and create the caviar nail look. Do this on one nail at the time. I chose to just do this on one of my nails to create a fun effect.

Simply collect the beads from the tray by pouring them into the little bottle again.

If you want your caviar nails to last longer, drip a few drops of top coat over the pearls. I did this, and the caviar nail effect stayed for a week.

And this is the result. What do you think? Have you ever tried caviar nails?