Smart/Casual OOTD….

Shirt - H&M

Jeans - Vero Moda

Boots - Office

Necklace - Dorothy Perkins

Watch - Jag

Leather Jacket - Mango

Bag - River Island

Road tested one of the Revlon Matte Balms here, in Elusive, the pinky shade that everyone seems to be going crazy for. I know this sounds so cliched but never has a matte lip products felt so moisturising and creamy on the lips. It shouldn't work, but it so does. Will be purchasing more very soon so any recommendations are welcome!

Loves

xxx

OOTN ft my new Guess handbag...

With working in a handbag shop comes only one thing....an ever expanding handbag collection. I saw this one just before my birthday and was really lucky to have the money put into my account by my parents so I could get it as my birthday present! 

Kimono and vest - Cotton On (Australia)

Jeggins - Zara

Heels - Office

Bag - Guess (from Strandbags)

Necklace - Collette (Australia)

I went off Guess as a brand when they started to go too 'blingy'....totally not my style. I also think they increased in price considerable, and at the same time loosing their quality and getting cheap and plastic looking. I'm still a bit off most of their offerings but this little cuties popped up in work and I couldn't say no....anything that combines a long strap, turquoise and leopard detailing and small enough that I don't work up a sweat lugging it around on the hot Australian summer days is a winner in my eyes!

Loves

xxx

Sunday lunch OOTD....

Firstly, ONE WEEK until Oz, how fast has that come round?! Mum and Dad took me out for lunch on Sunday as a bit of a 'farewell' meal (I'm hoping it wasn't a 'thank god she's going lets celebrate' meal!). Thought I'd dress up for the occasion and wear my favourite Miss Selfridge skirt...

Top & skirt: Miss Selfridge

Bag: River Island

Tights: Primark

Boots: Office

Jewellery: Asos, Forever21, Primark

LOVE this nail varnish, it's a random one from the W7 range that I picked up in New Look I think, super neon!

EL Double Wear

Collection 2000 lasting perfection concealer

Rimmel blush (old old old one, the shade has rubbed off!)

Eyebrows: HD Brows & GOSH eyebrow gel

UD eyeshadow in Naked

GOSH liquid eyeliner

Maybelline gel eyeliner 

Bourjois Volumiser mascara

Vivo lipstick in Red Red

Hopefully I'll get a what makeup I'm taking to Oz post up this week before I leave!

Loves

xxx

My current obsessions....

I've done quite a few OOTD posts recently so thought I'd throw one of these into the mix to spice things up a bit...

Office boots. I've really turned my back on my high heels and pretty shoes in favour of these as you may have notices in my outfit of the night pictures recently. They look cute with skinny jeans, denim shorts and even dresses. 

Babybels: Literally can't stop muching on these!

Reading in general, but this book has got me HOOKED. It's all about gangs, prostitutes and murders. Lovely. 

Vanilla scents are my absolute favourite right now, and this body spray is only around £2 from Boots. The smell stays on my body for ages and I can smell it on my clothes days later! 

This is the second 'current obsessions' post in a row that this has turned up in. I do not know why I'd never dabbled in hair oils before, my hair is seriously thanking me for it right now!

I'm usually quite a lazy highlighter but I'm loving it recently, especially this VIVO highlighter. It's around £5, comes in a massive tube so will last forever, and applied with a small blush brush to the top of my cheek bones looks lovely!

Topshop makeup is one of my favourite brands right now, and I've been loving these glittery eye crayons. I may do a review on these and some face of the days wearing them, let me know if you want to see them!

Looking after my nails. Since I had my gel nails taken off a couple of months ago, my nails have been a mess. I swear by these tablets from Holland & Barrett, and this Sally Hansen Maximum Growth is one of my holy grail products!

Love Nero right now, this makes me wanna go outside and dance in the sunshine.

Loves

xxx

Rolling Stones....

Went out to see an old friend I hadn’t really seen for over a year recently! I laughed so much I got stitch, and my waterproof mascara ended up half way down my face. Made me realise there’s some people you should never loose touch with.

Lips: Topshop Ohh La La

Rolling Stones T-shirt: Miss Selfridge

Checked shirt & Leggings: Primark

Denim/Leather Jacket: Girl with the Dragon Tattoo collection at H&M

Boots: Office

Handbag: River Island

Anybody got exciting plans for the week?
Loves

xxx

Current obsessions...

I'm so in love with lots of things right now....

Mythic Oil: My hair has grown so much over the last few months, and I think it's probably a combo of not using much heat on it, and using this most days...it makes my hair feel so healthy!

Kate Moss for Rimmel lipstick in 03: I think I've worn this nearly ever day since I bought it, amazing colour and staying power, a really perfect nude without giving a 'foundation lip' effect.

The Body Shop Eye reviver duo: This is packed full of vitamin c to make your skin really bright and refreshed, I use this every morning (the under eye radiance cream and cooling all round eye roll on) before my makeup to keep my eyes sparkling and make my concealer stay on all day.

Vivo blush: I have NO idea what colour this is as it's worn off the back, but it's a gorgeous subtle shimmery pink that I've been using so much recently to perk up my tired winter skin, I want to get all the shades in these blushes they're so good for the money!

Office boots: I've been looking for some boots like this for AGES and finally found some in Office (of course) a few weeks ago, these have been moulded to my feet ever since!

Multi-coloured nails: I haven't had all my nails the same colour for months, this is much more fun!

T-shirts: This is only a small collection of my t-shirts, I cannot stop buying them! I'm really not a shirt or 'pretty' top sort of girl, if I could live in t-shirts and denim shorts all my life I would!

Estee Lauder Double Wear: This is a bit of a cheat as I've only worn this once, but the obsession part comes from looking at it's beautiful-ness (real word, honest) on my makeup shelf, I can't wait to start using it more!

One Day: I CANNOT put this down, I'm so near the end and am dying to know how it ends. I'm definitely going to have to watch the film as soon as I've read the rest of this!

What are your current obsessions?

Loves

xxx

My shoe collection...

I posted a while ago that I might do a shoe collection and it got a great response so I spent a whole morning photographing my shoes...what a task that was!!


Sandals - I rarely wear these even in the hot weather, I'm more of a pumps girl, but I do like both my studded Primark pairs...

Back l-r: New Look, Primark, Primark, Primark

Front l-r: Primark, Primark, Primark, Office

Next is trainers, I was actually really surprised at how few I'd got when I laid them out as this is what I wear most out of work...maybe means I need more?! My Nike vintage blazers are my favourite, if I could afford these in every colour I'd buy them!!

Back l-r: Nike at Office, Nike from America, Nike from America, Vans from Office

Pink Nikes: America

Front l-r: Converse from Office, Converse from Office, Converse from Schuh, Nike gym trainers

I class these as pumps, and they're probably my second most worn shoe after my trainers. My favourite are probably my pink Flossy's and my boat shoes, even though I'm not sure they're pumps but I didn't know what else to put them with!

Boat shoes: Office

Back l-r: Primark, Primark, Primark, Step in Style

Front l-r: Primark, Flossy at Office, Office, Toms at Office

I'm going to quickly skim over the next lot because I really don't like them, I only buy them because they're decent for work and look OK with tights and a dress of whatever. No enthusiasm at all I'm afraid for these!

(I've also got coral Office brogues that Pixie Lott has but I left these at work!!)

Back l-r: Office, New Look, Primark, River Island

Front l-r: Primark, Primark, Primark, Primark

On to boots now, as you can see I love a black ankle boot!!

Back l-r: Office, Office, Step in Style, Step in Style, Ugg

Front l-r: River Island, no idea these were just a random shop in Birmingham, New Look (please don't ask why I own cowboy boots!), New Look

Back l-r: Office, Topshop, Office

Front l-r: Office, Topshop

I don't really have many wedges, but I guess the ones I do have I wear quite a lot...

 l-r: New Look, Office, Forever21, River Island

Keeping on the heel theme, these are the heels I don't really wear very often, some of them are a bit lower and I wear these to work if I need to be a bit smarter, and the rest are just a bit old and I'm considering getting rid of them...

back l-r: Step in Style, New Look, Step in Style

Front l-r: New Look, New Look

Now comes the FIT section, my best heels that are all from Office except one!

 back l-r: Office, River Island

front l-r: Office, Office

Lastly is my black shoe boots, and I never realised quite how many pairs I had. Yes, they really do need to have their own section!

 back l-r: Marks & Spencers (yes, really!) Dorothy Perkins, New Look

front l-r: Office, New Look, Step in Style

So there we go, I've got over 70 pairs in total, that's so bad!! Maybe stay away from shoes for a while!

Loves

xxx

My current obsessions....

A bit different to my monthly favourites, this has a bit of everything in it! The first one is my new coat from River Island. I wanted one of these last year but never got around to buying one. This year I wasn’t missing out. £50 from River Island.

Mememe lipstick in Pashmina Pink. I hate that it melts, but I love the smell, consistency, glossy finish, colour, staying power and packaging. Wearing this makes me feel 10x better.

Little Miracles: Perfect hangover cure, and great to keep me awake during the first couple of hours at work, which is always a struggle!!

Wearing two pairs of tights at once. OK this isn’t actually a new obsession as I’ve been doing it for years but now the weathers turning Baltic, I can’t get enough of how cosy my legs have been.

Office Mudslingers. No this isn’t my odd nickname for them, that’s their name. I bought these a couple of weeks before I left Office and I can honestly say they are the comfiest heels I’ve ever bought and non of my other going out shoes have had a look in. I’ve never once fallen over in them (which is a huge bonus as I tend to do this when I’ve had a wine or 5) and they’ve never ever rubbed or made my feet sore. I can walk all the way home in them after spending hours on the dancefloor. They are actually more comfortable than a lot of my flat every day shoes. And they look beautiful which is an added bonus.

Blanx toothpaste. Again not a new find, I’ve used this for AGES but I did kind of stop for a while (don’t know why) and noticed my teeth weren’t as pearly white anymore. So I’m re-acquainted with my old friend and can’t wait to be able to blind people with my smile. If you’ve never tried this, DO IT!

Ed Sheeran. No explanation needed. If you’re not sure what I’m on about, listen to this….

TV. Apart from getting hooked on the odd reality show, I’ve never been big into TV. But now, X Factor (I LOVE MARCUS, MISCHA, THE RISK AND CRAIG!!), TOWIE, Made in Chelsea, Educating Essex, Celebrity Juice, Goks Fashion Roadshow, Young Soldiers, Sandhurst, Strictly Come Dancing, 71 degrees North, the Bachelor, and the bloody rugby (love rugby, hate the early morning starts on a weekend!!) are taking over my life. Good job it’s winter and I’m man-less, gives me a good excuse to hibernate under my duvet on the sofa!!

What’s everyone else obsessed with right now?

And if it’s X Factor like me, who’s going to win?!?

Loves

xxx