LOVE HURTZ - FEBRUARY 8TH, 1983

Dear Grizel, 

Valentines Day is approaching and already it’s hitting me hard. My girlfriend and I split up three years ago and Valentines was always one of our favourite holidays to spend together. She’s happy now and engaged to someone else apparently. I heard that through friends we both share and I am happy for her, or at least that’s what I tell myself. 

The reason I’m writing is, now she has moved on I know it’s time I do as well. How do I get over someone I’m still in love with but I know I can never have? Do I hope someone slips me a love potion? Do I get my parents to draw me up a marriage contract and I hope I like the person? 

All I know is I just don’t want to think about her anymore and I want to try and be happy with someone else. I feel like I need some advice or a kick in the pants, anything that will stop me eating chocolates alone in my flat and crying over the mixtape she made me before she left me for her colleague. 

Dear Reader, 

Valentines Day is one of my favourite holidays because it is a solitary one. Unlike Yule, which always includes pesky relatives asking why you’ve not brought someone round the table this year while your brother and sister are already married, or All Hallows’ Eve which plagues all single sorcerers who are made to endure endless tasteless couples costumes, Valentines is something where single people are left relatively alone to eat and cry in peace. 

The dread we feel as we look at shops selling cards and the sadness that wells inside you as your local street vendor tries to sell you ingredients for a two for one dinner, that you know you’re going to eat alone while your owl judges you silently, is all inside your mind. No one knows you're single except you. And maybe your mum, but she’s never been easy to please anyway. 

Being single on Valentines Day is very normal and is shared by many witches, wizards, sorcerers, vampires, werewolves and muggles alike. So my first piece of advice is that it’s just another day. But at least all of the couples you don’t want to see are safely tucked away in The Hopping Pot where you don’t have to look at them. Secondly, there is also no shame in taking chocolate back to your flat and eating it. Chocolate is for everyone not just for smug married couples. 

I am sorry to hear about what happened with your girlfriend and I am proud of you for sending me this letter and going through the motions to move on. I receive a lot of letters like yours, and I can confirm the sting of love is universal and something we are all united in our shared pain of experiencing in some form. Not to sound like every advice columnist in the world, but the best way to get over someone is to make yourself a promise that you’re better than this. You can stick on The Witching Hour and cry as Glenda Chittock plays their favourite love anthems, or you can choose to pick yourself up dust yourself off and say; “Actually I choose me.” The harsh reality of it is your girlfriend picked themselves and now it’s time for you to do the same. 

It might be painful to think about someone other than her, but love is pain and it’s time to rip the plaster off. Is there someone at work you think is cute? A friend you’ve always had eyes for? Or is there someone in your life who makes you laugh even if that’s all there is? Send them an owl and ask them to go for drinks. Invite them round to listen to some music or go and watch a play down at the playhouse. Try and laugh and find fun in a day that celebrates love of every kind. You won’t be able to move on from your girlfriend unless you let her go and vow to think outside the box and demand better for yourself. Valentines Day is an amazing day to find someone to laugh at this dreaded day with, you just need to find them! 

And to make things easier I’ve hatched a plan to help!

From this week onward till February 14th, I am accepting owls from those willing to be set up on dates to spend Valentines Day with a stunning stranger. Send me in a copy of what you smell when you brew amortentia and a couple of lines about yourself and I’ll fix you up with someone so perfect, Rita Skeeter herself will stop all her V Day plans to write about your date. After reading your letters I will send you an owl personally matching you up with someone of your dreams and all you have to do is show up at the time and place I’ve set!

Moving on is scary and so is falling in love, but even if we’re alone we’re all in that together too. Let’s jump in and have some fun hey? 

I hope this advice helped and as always, I’ll see you in my owlery. 

Grizel Hurtz Advice Columnist  

We’re excited to announce our lonely hearts column! 

If you’d like to participate during this month of love, feel free to send in an ask to the daily prophet or the main with the following: 

Your characters name

What they smell when they brew amortentia

A few of lines about theirselves that would be on a stereotypical dating profile like drinking pina coladas and getting caught in the rain

If your character isn’t someone who’d send their own name in, one of their friends are more than welcome to do it on their behalf! For example, whilst Camille Rowle isn’t someone who’d send in her own name, Rita Skeeter definitely would set her friend up. 

As always, this isn’t compulsory so please don’t feel pressured to participate at all! Please send in the above details by Friday the 12th of February so that we may take the time to match everyone up and post the date suggestion threads on Sunday the 14th.

We’re excited to cause some romantic chaos! 

location : sugarplums sweet shop 

who : @alicexyen​

When Decius first heard that he had been entered into the Grizel Hurtz’s ‘lonely hearts column’, his first reaction was annoyance. Who entered him into a competition? He had far bigger things on his shoulders and going on a blind date wouldn’t solve any of them.  After all, love had been the root of all his problems as of late. It didn’t take long to see the upside of the entire situation.  His affair with Anastasia Dupont had been going on too long, and it was far too risky. Perhaps looking else where would be the best option? Flints don’t marry half-bloods, even if Decius was in love.  His family would never approve.  

Glancing at his watch, it was approaching five to five.  He found himself nervously pacing in front of the entrance of sugarplums, curious of who his mystery date could be.  When Decius glanced back towards the cobbled streets of Diagon Alley, that was when he saw his date, Alice Yen.  A woman that he knew fairly little about, other than her position as an auror. She was a beautiful, and respectable pureblood witch.  All in all, a very respectable match even if they did have a lot of getting to know each other to do.  “Here for the bon-bon workshop, I’m guessing?” Decius Flint smiled charmingly as Alice approached, offering her his arm to enter the workshop. “If I may, you look amazing. By far the best dressed bon-bon maker here tonight.”

☆ SAOIRSE MACMILLAN || WARDROBE  ☆

VALENTINES BLIND DATE - February 1983

‘They've been going in and out of style, but they're guaranteed to raise a smile so may I introduce to you the act you've know for all these years, Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band’ - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles 

Grizel thinks your perfect match is… someone who will bring out the FUN side to you and take you on ADVENTURES. Someone who will show you there is more to life than just ROMANCE. You have been matched because you both find the smells of BOOKS and FLOWERS attractive and both seem to have a soft spot for SWEET smells. 

You will be… taking a DAY TRIP to the LOST GARDENS OF HELIGAN in CORNWALL. The gardens offer a magical adventure to all that enter them and with the smell of WILD FLOWERS clogging your noses you will be sure to enjoy it. Then you can settle down for lunch in the HOMELY cafe that offers HOME BAKES and HONEY spreads from their own bees. Wrap up warm and enjoy the ADVENTURE! - Grizel Hurtz xoxo

Outfit: pink flares cord jeans, multicoloured striped jumper - hand made by her mam -, her classic denim jacket adorned in muggle patches and buttons, pink lace up boots with suns on the toes

Accessories: her usual daily rings and earrings, warm mutli coloured socks

Hair and Make up: loose natural messy curls with two braids pulling the front out of her face, very minimal natural makeup

I must admit, I can't explain Any of these thoughts racin' through my brain

“You will be… going on a DAY TRIP to the fun and strange MUGGLE OPEN AIR MUSEUM of BEAMISH. Learn how SWEETS were made in the 1900s, pop in an OLD FASHIONED pub for a pint or sit down for a brew and a CUDDLE at a cute old timey TEA room. The options are endless and you may learn a thing or two about the PAST while you’re there! - Grizel Hurtz xoxo

An elevated form of his usual dress, Remus has paired his favourite tan wool duster coat with  an oversized white shirt, tucked into a pair of tapered style jeans with no holes or rips typical of 1980s muggle fashion. Remus debated pulling out a pair of his fancy shoes for the date but knowing he would be at an open air museum where walking around in the mud was likely he’s opted For an older pair of nike trainers which were once white but are now much loved and fairly battered and bruised. Never being one to feel the cold too harshly, Remus has forgone the scarf but has stuffed a pair of black wool gloves in his pocket in the event it gets too chilly even for him. Hair hair is styled in it’s usual way, though Remus has attempted to tame it’s wildness in some way which he doubts will stay tamed due to the recent high winds. Despite Sirius trying to offload his own cologne on to him to impress his date, Remus has opted for his own signature peppery yet sweet scent which comforts him.

☆ MARLENE MCKINNON || WARDROBE  ☆

VALENTINES BLIND DATE - February 1983

Hello world I'm your wild girl, I'm your cherry bomb. Stone age love and strange sounds too, come on, baby, let me get to you. Bad nights causing teenage blues get down ladies, you've got nothin' to lose - Cherry Bomb, The Runaways

Grizel thinks your perfect match is… someone who will not only share your WILD SIDE and spend hours having FUN by your side, but also a STRONG and LOYAL presence who will always be there when you need them. You were matched due to your love of HOMELY SCENTS and the smell of WHISKEY that you both clearly like to enjoy.

You will be… showing your fun and competitive side at Muggle attraction ALTON TOWERS. There will be GAMES, rides and an abundance of DARING OPPORTUNITIES to get involved in. Take this opportunity to share your fun ENERGETIC SIDE with your date but don’t be afraid to talk about more serious topics too. - Grizel Hurtz xoxo

Dress: Fish net tights, asymmetrical short black skirt, black velvet top with embroidered heart and arrows, black beaded star leather jacket 

Accessories: Red heeled boots, pink heart sunglasses, layered necklaces and rings

Hair and Make up: simple liner, red lips, hair tied back into a pony tail with loose waves framing her face, dark red painted nails 

❝ revel in the reeves...  ❞

You will be… going on a COCKTAIL CRAWL through the streets of  AMSTERDAM, taking a night off from making the cocktails and instead drinking them. Try a different cocktail at each bar and DANCE the night away and spend the evening walking the lovely streets of the city, taking in its beauty and CULTURE. Don't drink too much though! - Grizel Hurtz xoxo

psd | temp

      it’s  called  god’s  waiting  room  ‘cause  it’s  where  people  come  to  die.   well,   i  heard  eastbourne’s  the  new  brighton.   don’t  be  stupid.   

you will be… sipping PINA COLADAS in the CAPE COD of BRITAIN, EASTBOURNE! have fun getting CAUGHT IN THE RAIN and STARING UP AT THE STARS away from the light pollution of london. i’d have organised a portkey for you both but it sounds like the MOTORBIKE might be the preferred method of travel. stay safe! - grizel hurtz xoxo

      as always,    mary is dressing for themselves.   and practicality,   for one,   is rarely ever a consideration when it comes to their fashion choices.   the wix has opted for a green,   beaded crop top,   just as intricate  &  delicate in style as it is in design and has paired it with a pair of pleated,   pink tulle trousers.   ruffles add drama,   which is incidentally,   exactly what they’re looking to avoid with this blind date.   the crop top features a beautiful,   beaded butterfly with its wings spread across the chest,   which is one of mary’s favourite elements of the outfit.   shoes wise,   they opted for some pink,   pointed go-go type boots which feature a cute buckle.   again,   not the most practical of choices but for walking and wandering about a english seaside town,   and then assumedly getting quite drunk in said english seaside town...   mary thought they were just perfect.   always one to love a colour coordinated moment,   they’ve matched the pale pink in the top with their trousers and boots,   and then the green in the top with their choice of earrings.   they’ve also chosen a crystal pendant for the occasion too,   rose quartz which is said to be the most romantic stone of all.   wearing their hair in simple box braids,   they kept their makeup quite simplistic too.   a bit of glimmering gloss on the lips,   face all dewy  &  natural besides their statement eyeliner,   a two-tone matching pink to support the rest of their outfit.   not pictured,   is a pink jumper mirroring their eyeliner in two-tone design that they’re bringing along to shield them from the cold weather although mary’s not too bothered in all honesty.   they adore looking good and feeling good in subsequence but they’re more than willing to get down and dirty,   having gone on many a night out with the marauders,  which may very well happen given the nature of their date.   so,   bring on the sand,   the wet,   the cold...    mary will take it on the chin like a champ and look extraordinary doing it. 

“ GREASE LIGHTENING... “

You will be… sipping DRINKS and munching on POPCORN at a POP-UP CINEMA in HYDE PARK, showing Muggle classic, GREASE. It’s a personal favourite of mine and perfect for SINGING ALONG if you know the words or watching with confusion and TAPPING YOUR FOOT to the marvel of Muggle entertainment if you don’t. It might not be summer but it’ll be warm enough under the BLANKETS provided. - Grizel Hurtz xoxo

Obviously Amiria’s naturally drawn towards dressing like a greaser than a Pink Lady. That look just wouldn’t suit her. Instead Amiria is happily donning a leather jacket. Underneath is a simple white top. To match the leather, she’s earing skinny black jeans with a studded belt. She threw on a pair of black leather Doc Martens for good measure. Her short Auburn hair is slicked back. There’s some simple pieces of jewellery (earrings and rings) to comple the look.

𝒫𝑜𝓅𝓅𝒾𝓃' 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓂𝓅𝒶𝑔𝓃𝑒, 𝐿𝒾𝓋𝒾𝓃' 𝓂𝓎 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒶𝓈𝓉 𝓁𝒶𝓃𝑒...

You will be… heading to the RITZ in LONDON for a cream tea in the afternoon, the fancy HIGH CLASS hotel will have an array of scones, CREAM and FRESH smelling treats. Then after a quick outfit change you will spend the evening DRINKING and DANCING the night away in the gentlemen’s lounge of the HOTEL, the SMOKEY atmosphere will create a relaxed feeling that I hope you both let wash over you. - Grizel Hurtz xoxo

While entirely unimpressed with the way her submission for a blind date had been written, the date itself has been a tonic. Lucille couldn’t have planned a better date herself. She was impressed. For the first half of the evening, the woman went for a soft and elegant look. A dainty floral number lay tight across her body. She wore small but dainty heels on her feet, that were decorated with matching white flowers. Her make up was simple, natural with highlighter adorning her cheekbones. The fact that her date required an outfit change was quite exciting. It gave her a chance to turn another look - which as many know is one of the woman’s favourite activities. Lucille went for a green, almost emerald colour palette for the evening as she knows the colour looks good on her skin. She had picked out a sleek and simple silk slip that featured a teasing thigh slip. This time she opted for a black pair of strappy heels, keeping consistent with the simplistic look. Her make-up stayed mostly the same minus the addition of winged eyeliner.

It’s a match… SELENA PETROYSAN

You smelled… “WET GRASS, SPRING & DOG.”

You described yourself as. …. “I am a DANCER by trade and a WOLF by night.”

You told me… “take that as you will.”

And you are looking for… “I need someone to TREAT ME RIGHT and LEAD the way.”

Grizel thinks your perfect match is… someone who will take the LEAD and walk you into the LIMELIGHT where you belong. Someone who knows what they WANT and looking for a FUTURE. You have been matched because you both love EARTHY SMELLS and both seem to have an obsession over NIGHT TIME and the things that come out after DARK. 

You will be … taking a portkey to BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA where you will have the GALILEO GALILEI PLANETARIUM all to yourselves so you can STARGAZE and MOON watch together with DRINKS and a PICNIC provided. Apparently it's a WAXING CRESCENT moon this Valentines which symbolises the first steps towards FULLNESS, take that as you will - Grizel Hurtz xoxo

Meet at… CONCORDIA & PLUNKETTS, CARKITT MARKET (8PM) your travel papers should all be in order there

It’s a match… FRANK LONGBOTTOM

  You smelled… “GARDEN SOIL, PARCHMENT, ROASTING CHESTNUTS & MULLED WINE." 

  You described yourself as. …. “despite the INTELLECTUAL component he shows to the world, Frank is a very PASSIONATE man who appreciates ROMANCE.”

You are happiest when you are… “even though he DEDICATES most of his time to his WORK.”

And you are looking for… “Frank enjoys the idea of ADVENTURE and tries to find it in his personal life.”

Grizel thinks your perfect match is…someone who is STRONG and INDEPENDENT but in dire need of ROMANCE in their lives. Someone who will reciprocate you PASSION and will be on the same level as you INTELLECTUALLY. You have been matched as you both love WARM COSY SCENTS such as SMOKE, HOGWARTS and ROASTING CHESTNUTS. 

You will be… whisked away to LAPLAND, SWEDEN to spend the evening watching the NORTHERN LIGHTS in a GLASS TOPPED LODGE with a CRACKLING FIRE and a warming meal. Served with MULLED WINE and SWEET DESSERTS you will love every second of this ROMANTIC adventure. Make sure to wrap up warm! - Grizel Hurtz xoxo

Meet at… OUTSIDE BOWMAN E WRIGHT BLACKSMITHS, CARKITT MARKET (6PM) your travel papers should all be in order there

GRIZEL HURTZ has spent her most formative years as a COLUMNIST AT THE NEW YORK TIMES. she’s been around the block a few times in her TWENTY SEVEN years, but she is NEUTRAL when it comes to the mob violence throughout new york city.

GOTTA EAT TO LIVE, GOTTA STEAL TO EAT

“the most important thing, balim.” grizel’s father said as he leaned over the pot on the stove. Inside of it was pilaf, the seasonings often being substituted or omitted from mother’s original recipe. they just weren’t accessible in their shoebox apartment in the middle of new york city with such a tight budget. “to do the right thing, to do what is right.” he emphasized.

grizel clutched the edge of the counter. she normally wouldn’t be here, but there was no escape from the heat emitting from the stove. her siblings “what’s right, papa?” grizel said. even though she didn’t go to school and a woman who lived on the floor above them taught her basic arithmetic and writing, english was something she picked up on rather quickly.

“you’ll know when you know, grizel.” her father said, scooping some of the pilaf into a bowl. she wasn’t satisfied with that answer, no seven year old would be. Her father had always been cryptic though, and often left her to figure things out for herself.

grizel didn’t know that it would be more literal when she was fourteen. among the small pocket of turkish immigrants in their neighborhood, papa had always seemed the most invincible. when grizel now looks back, she blames it on naivety.

bedrest was impossible for a man like him, but grizel made it happen. her younger siblings worked, or begged. she wasn’t exactly sure because keeping track of their whereabouts was hard when she turned them loose in the morning. neither of them were too honest, but sometimes they came back with bags of rice or bread. enough for grizel to make dinner with, which was about all she had time to do as she ran around doing favors.

TELL YOU ABOUT IT WHEN I HAVE THE TIME!

when her father died, the youngest siblings were taken to an orphanage. she had heard nothing good about orphanages, even if her father said services like them were a reason america served better them than turkey. there were children in the street, papa had always said, but there were just as many in those houses. she could have taken care of them better, she was sure of it, but that wasn’t a choice that she got to make. loss, grizel found out, made it hard to do the right thing.

too old for an orphanage and too young to marry, grizel took to the streets. It was simple pickpocketing at first. She stole enough to eat, and sold enough to keep clothes on her back.

pickpocketing, as the years went on, became unsustainable. she began to steal from small stores and roamed around the streets of new york. by time she realized she couldn’t do it anymore, grizel had built up a reputation. no family from her community would want to harbor a criminal, no matter how noble their fathers were.

ONE JUMP AHEAD OF THE SLOWPOKES

the prewetts? they understood grizel. naivety struck again, and judgement was still clouded once she hit adulthood. doing the right thing wasn’t important anymore, surviving was. it sure as hell didn’t feel right, but she was good at what she did.

cleaning was…well it wasn’t exactly the type of cleaning she thought she would end up doing to make cash, that’s for sure. she was good at getting rid of things, good at hiding things. grizel had seen things on the street, everyone who had been on the street had, but this was a caliber she hadn’t necessarily been prepared for when she joined.

there was little grizel wouldn’t do for a warm bed and a hot meal, which is just what the prewetts were willing to provide. that grizel was someone else. someone hungry for purpose and fulfillment, someone willing to hurt others, or clean up the messes afterwards. it wasn’t a surprise that she let all of it get to her head. the idea of this wealth, even if it wasn’t going into her pockets, consumed her.

sometimes it only takes written words to be snapped back to the reality of the life she was living. When a letter was delivered to her run down, terrible excuse for an apartment, she was expecting some sort of solicitation or notice, even though she usually didn’t have to worry about bills.

i am doing what father would say is right, by writing you of course. the letter read. it only took a few moments for grizel to realize it was from her brother, who had been adopted by a lovely couple in canada. he had connections and was moving back to the city, he wanted to see her. the grizel he remembered, not the grizel she was now.

ONE SKIP AHEAD OF MY DOOM

nothing was harder than leaving the prewetts. loss, like she had discovered, made it unclear what was right. she truly believed that was it, and her brother was waiting on the other side of this fence for her. His connections happened to lie with the new york times, and he got her a real job. it was just running coffee, which was just the kind of low profile job she needed.

turns out that rising in rank at the new york times was easier than in a new york gang. it only took a year for grizel to get her own column, writing advice. her boss thought she was practical and engaging with a good head on her shoulders. plus, she had never missed a deadline.

life for the past year has been nothing but good to grizel. she straightened up, cut out any thought of crime. she doesn’t go anywhere near a speakeasy, and she doesn’t even think about reaching into people’s pockets. she didn’t speak to those she grew close to either. if anyone from work knew her past, she’d be out in only a second. she focused on what was right. and the more she thought about the logistics of it all recently? she forgot to change her name before they plastered it on the papers.

NEXT TIME IM GONNA USE A NOM DE PLUME

ESTABLISHED CONNECTIONS:

rita skeeter: there’s a bit of respect that grizel holds for rita, even though she’s cold and rather witch like. the woman meant business, and over the short amount of time they’ve spent together, grizel could almost call her…a friend. weird, since she hadn’t had one in a while. but when grizel found out what rita was investigating? there’s nothing she wants more than for rita to run the other way, and maybe that’s what it will take for grizel to admit they should be something more.

james potter: grizel has been receiving some questionable correspondence that she can’t help but answer. the man writes in about wooing a woman.  there’s something more to it, higher tensions. maybe some higher stakes. he seems like the kind of man who wouldn’t be writing in unless he really needed the advice. she’s never seen his face, she knows they’re not friends, but she’s helping someone. that’s one thing she loves.

marlene mckinnon: when marlene ran away from home, grizel may have been judgemental. a home, she had one. through a little time together, though, grizel understood.  they became close while they worked together under the prewetts, and it was the closest thing grizel had felt to love in such a long time. marlene was the hardest thing to let go, but the past is now catching up with her as she becomes the poster child for escaping the criminal lifestyle.

You will be… indulging in your love of reading and as you attend an ANTIQUE BOOKSTORE OPENING in COVENT GARDEN! Your names are already on the guest list so enjoy a night of TALKING ABOUT BOOKS, EATING BISCUITS and DRINKING WINE in a COZY CORNER of MUGGLE LONDON. After that the night is yours and I am sure you will make the most of it! Keep an open mind. - Grizel Hurtz xoxo

lily’s dressing for the weather- big coat (because it’s freezing), little skirt (in case they’re cute).

she didn’t want to look like she was trying too hard- she was, of course, still fuming about the absolutely humiliating submission one of her friends had dared to send in. but she thought she might as well take a break from her self-styled investigation and get drunk somewhere pretty. thank merlin it was a bookstore- if her date was particularly dreadful, she wouldn’t be short of ways to entertain herself.

DECIUS FLINT VALENTINES OUTFIT ‘83

You smelled… “GARDENIAS, STRAWBERRY BON BONS, EXPENSIVE THINGS, HIS OWN COLOGNE & COFFEE.”

You described yourself as. …. “Mothers LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS or bring out that MARRIAGE contract because Decius Flint is here.”

You are happiest when you are… “fresh off FINDING MY MISSING SISTER.”

You told me… “I am a RESPONSIBLE and CARING adult who looks DAMN FINE IN A SUIT and am about as EMOTIONALLY COMPLEX as the staircase at Hogwarts.” 

Grizel thinks your perfect match is… someone who will listen to you talk about yourself and find some in HUMOUR in your confidence. You both love the smell of STRAWBERRIES, scents that remind you of HOME and like the SWEETER side of life. 

You will be… letting go and laughing at a BONBON MAKING WORKSHOP held at a sweet shop. Have FUN making CHOCOLATE, FILLING them with SWEET things and laughing with your perfect match. Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do. - Grizel Hurtz xoxo

And we know that we're headstrong,  And our heart's gone

“You will be… sent on a FUN-FILLED ADVENTURE around the city of ROME. Taking in the sights and all the delicious food the city has to offer. You have lunch reservations at a restaurant right by the TREVI FOUNTAIN and next door there is a little bakery that can I just say is divine. Have fun and EXPLORE the city and all it has to offer, just don’t get lost! - Grizel Hurtz xoxo”

Layering is the key for Hestia in Rome as the city can get highs but also lows in temperature. Fighting the urge to wear a pretty summer dress, Hestia has opted for a cream trouser, blazer suit combination with a pale mint green crop top underneath should she want to open her blazer she is wearing as a top. Over her shoulder is her favourite pale green leather coat in a 60s style print with faux fur at the collar should she want to nestle into it in the event it gets warm. In her hands she carries a wicker bag with tan straps which has her favourite handy extension charm cast on it in the event she buys some things for her cousins, friends and sister or should want to fold her coat into her bag and just wear her suit. Despite knowing she would be walking around, Hestia has chosen style over comfort wearing a pair of wicker style wedges, though admittedly the heel is quite low on them, with cream satin style ties which loop round her ankles and tie neatly in a bow. Her hair has been done in a stylish low ponytail with her hair away from her face, though In her bag should the weather turn she has her favourite large straw sun hat which can be pulled out at anytime to complete her spring inspired ensemble. Her make-up is simple and warm, with dark peach lips, dewy skin and a light dusting of deep rose gold eyeshadow to give her an overall fresh sun soaked look. 

~ hot stuff ~

You will be…  apperating away to the magical BEACHES of BARBADOS to drink some FRUITY DRINKS and sample their world famous RUM. There is lots to do for a spunk fun couple like HIKE, SWIM, COOK, RACE on the BEACH or engage in other activities if you’re feeling brave. as Muggle singer Madonna sings in Holiday “just one day out of life, it would be so nice!” - Grizel Hurtz xoxo

Obviously Erik is buzzing at the idea of a blind date. Romance is thrilling. The thought of going on a date to Barbados is quite an exciting idea too. He wants to look suave as hell so dressed in a breezy black silk shirt with matching black trousers that are lighter than they look. The front of the shirt is open, leaving his toned chest exposed. Erik spiced it up with a little jewellery also. The sandals are simple, sturdy leather. There is no way you could stop Erik from ending up in the water at some point so he’s packed along some swim shorts.