So it's been a tough month for Blake Lively

So this month has seen Blake Lively transforming art into life as she converts the small screen exploits of Serena van ver Woodsen into true life. Specifically she seems to be retelling the Season 3 story line of Serena's European tour avec bad boy du jour (Carter Baizen), in the words of Gossip Girl herself from Episode 1 of Season 3 (Reversals of Fortune)

"as for Serena van der Woodsen, you left america a star. but after your exploits in europe you’ve come back a supernova. And yet nothing explodes without a fuse. I wonder what—or who—lit yours"

Blake also appears to be drawing inspiration from the controversial publicity promos for that season. Which seem to be ringing true- for is the publication of a child's nude photos not every parents nightmare?!

However before we embark on a discussion of 'those' photographs. Let us first consider what I believe to be Blake's first run of bad luck this summer.... her Glamour cover.

So I picked the magazine up this week and my first thought was WHAT ON EARTH DID THEY DO TO HER FACE?! Honestly Blake is a STUNNING girl, let's not downplay that fact. I'm pretty sure several godesses (and I'm not talking Charlie Sheen here- this is a classical Greek ref) must have been modeled on her but let's be honest. The girl had a nose job for a reason and I don't know what they did to her face but this is not a good look. Just the whole face is a mess and it's a pity because the pictures in the editorial are beautiful but someone at Glamour deserves a spanking. Unhappily this atrocity has been looked over (and hopefully nobody has got off the hook as a result!) because a number of nude photos purportedly of Blake surfaced. Now I say purported because that's the official line HOWEVER I have seen these photos (as I'm sure many of you have) and it look suspiciously like Blake ie. if it's not Gossip Girl had better find this girl and potentially get her to replace Blake (save some money and potentially bring some sweet sweet nudity to the show). Anyways somehow these photos also seem to be distracting people from the fact that Blake has been seen ALL over Europe with Leonardo DiCaprio.

Leonardo has previously dated Gisele Bundchen (for four years) and Bar Rafaeli (again for for years... there appears to be a bit of a pattern forming) who he only 'officially' broke up with in May.... (let's recap... it's not June). So I don't know who does Blake's PR but they have managed to gloss over the fact that these two got pretty hot and heavy and dare I say serious pretty darn quickly, some might say suspiciously quickly. However, hardly any ink has been spilled (almost none to my knowledge) on the case of Leonardo and Bar's breakup or of her opinion on this duo (it has been reported that Blake and Bar were apparently on friendly terms- although what that actually means in Hollywood is anyone's guess).

Anyways for my immediate purposes what I care about is that despite the awful cover and the nude photos (which in my opinion were not ALL that bad, she wasn't doing any weird POV sh*t a la Rhianna  after all and at least she looked good- nothing worse than a creepy nude photo *cough* Vanessa Hudgens- let's not forget to the power of two!) she has been looking AWESOME all over Europe and I would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to that. So here it to Blake and Leo and their sweet ass Euro trip, full of Louboutins, Chanel and sweet sweet ass (if the pictures are to be believed).

Put your hand up if this photo desperately makes you wish your hair could stretch and multiply!

This photo definitively proves that you can rock Louboutins and Chanel when your boyfriend is in jeans, trainers and a baseball hat... if you're Blake Lively.

 So fing adorable it's not even fair. Please let me be her in my dream ce soir!

 I feel like that's a crop top paired with a chiffon mini but I don't even mind.

I'm sorry I know I've put a lot of this outfit in but hello her trotting around ALL day in those heels like it ain't no thang! And I just don't know what I want more. Her hair, her legs, her life, her boyfriend or her bag!!!!! How adorable is that bag?!?!?!!!!!

Question: is her hair officially back to blonde?! In some of the photos it still looks slightly red but nowhere near as red as it did at the Met Gala, here it definitely looks blonde though. Straight up.

 Is that a cardigan or a man's dress shirt. I'm kind of hoping the latter.

 Bets on the fact that those brogues are Louboutin's?! I would care more but I'm distracted but her adorable pashmina, her HOT boyfriend, the purse that is now officially the love of her life and the simply fact that Leo is in a blue shirt. Why don't men rock blue ALL the time. They all look good in it. 

So here's my hair conundrum again. It's looking red. Did she dye it blonde between this and the more recent photos? Or is it just looking brassy? I'm going with she dyed it because those are some definite roots. Also love that she's wearing flats here. Reminds me that she's not superman.

Hilary Duff: A Tale of Plastic Surgery

So I saw this picture today in the paper and it occurred to me..... is Hilary Duff's face morphing into Jennifer Lopez's? I'm just not sure BUT I know that I loved it.... up to a point. Also where did those thunder thighs come from?!

And if you're screaming: "That's not Hilary Duff".... well quite yourselves my loves.... IT IS. True story. But it's not that shocking because her face has been changing for awhile and I won't life I luuuurve the changes. They have been a definite improvement although not exactly subtle. 

So this was the Hilary Duff that we Disney fiends and fans of Lizzie McGuire knew and loved. 

But then her face started changing. There appears that there was a rhinoplasty in which she built up her bridge, veneers (which you can see from the 2005 picture were quite large but then she had them filed down between 2005 and 2008). I also think that she enjoyed fillers, botox and perhaps injectable jell around her jaw to build up her jaw line. 

In this photo the change in her nose appears clearly. Her bridge has been undoubtedly built up and the tip was significantly refined. It also shows the difference under her eyes which is likely the result of a combination of miso therapy and fillers (I had both under my eyes and experienced similar results). It also appears that she had botox in the creases of her eyes.

The photo above clearly shows when her veneers were filled down to eradicate the appearance of an overbite and make them appear more natural. 

I included the photo below not only because it offered a glimpse of her often hidden forehead but also because you can clearly see her jaw line. Although she has always had a strong jaw line the highly defined line is likely the result of gel fillers or even more likely a chin implant. 

Look at that forehead! So smooth, you could skate on it. True story.

Rhinoplasty & Septoplasty Journal- a plea for questions

So I finally got the cast off my nose today and it looks amazeballs, if I do say so myself. I wanted to start putting together a journal of daily photos and a discussion of my recovery as having looked online for myself there is pitiful little out there. I was therefore wondering if anyone had any questions. I know its annoying to have to ask but I would so love to do a good job on this so it would really be such a huge help to me and I would so appreciate all of your comments and queries xx

Celebrity Noses- Georgina Chapman Edition

So this is the nose I would have ADORED to have post Rhinoplasty BUT my skin was too thick, regardless I thought I would post it for all of you out there who have thinner skin. Enjoy xx

I absolutely adore this photo. The quintessential English rose.

Itchy and Scratchy: Rhinoplasty Day 3

Today is day three of my rhinoplasty recovery and as you can tell my the title I am itchy AND scratchy. I am DYING to itch my nose. It's unreal. I am trying to just itch underneath the cast ever so slightly but it just makes me want to make like my dog and rub my nose all over the coarsest carpet I can find in the house. To add insult to injury I can also feel everything that ever was in my nose slowly dripping down at the speed of molasses. Again I just want to blow my nose as hard as I possibly can but I'm not allowed.

I would characterize today as being a day of discomfort rather than pain (if you ignore the foul stinging in my throat after every time I swallow... thanks tube!).