Showing posts with label river island. Show all posts
Showing posts with label river island. Show all posts

Friday, 15 August 2014

Ombre, brights and rips...


Shirt - Vera Moda
Jeans - River Island
Watch - ASOS
Sandals & bag - Aldo
Lipstick - Mac Lady Danger

I'm loving everything casual right now…and ripped jeans paired with loose shirts are my absolute go-to, especially now it's cooled down slightly (still sandal weather though luckily! Yay!)

Loves
xxx

Sunday, 28 July 2013

'Go to' OOTD....

You know those days where you don't really know what to wear so you just chuck on an 'old faithful' ensemble? Today was one of those day...




T-shirt - T Bar (Australia)
Shorts - surf shop (Australia)
Bag - River Island (via ASOS)
Tights - Primark
Boots - Dr Marten

I'm completely in love with my new bag from RI, it's HUGE so can fit all of my essentials, junk, and even my boyfriends junk in it! Aztec embroidery, fringing... what's not to love???

Loves
xxx

Tuesday, 16 July 2013

Update and wedding outfit...

Hey all, so I'm back in Australia! I've been back a week and it's been pretty hectic - job hunting, recovering from jet lag, a wedding and of course enjoying being back with the boyfriend. It's no where near as hot over here as it is back in England (it is Aussie winter after all!) so I'm afraid a lot of my outfit posts over the next few weeks might not be too in keeping with the English weather but hey-ho, some could say I'm a season ahead! 

So like I said, wedding time! And who doesn't love a wedding? It was a beautiful day, beautiful views (I stole some of Ty's pictures!) and beautiful bride. 


Ty wore: Jacket - H&M
T-shirt - Target (Australia)
Jeans - River Island
Shoes - Office

I wore: Jacket - JayJays (Australia)
Dress - H&M (pretty old, definitely not still in stores now!)
Watch - ASOS
Sandals - Aldo

Loves
xxx



Monday, 4 June 2012

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



Sunday, 27 May 2012

Summery OOTD's....

Hey loves, it's been a bit quiet on here this week (again, I know, poor excuses...) but I've been so busy getting things sorted for Oz and catching up with everyone before I go! I went out on Friday to meet some old work colleagues for a Nando's and a glass of wine or two...


Top: H&M
Skirt & Necklace: Primark
Bag: River Island
Watch: ASOS
Bracelets/Rings: Various



And then for an all you can eat chinese with the boyfriend last night (any excuse to stuff yourself silly really) and made the most of the nice weather to wear a floaty dress for maximum belly feeding!


Dres: New Look
Jacket: Topshop
Bag: River Island
Necklace: Miss Selfridge
Sunglasses: H&M
Watch: ASOS
Bracelets/Rings: Various


I'm away next week (off to a secret location for a few nights courtesy of said bf, can't wait!) so I'll be back next week with some good pictures hopefully!


Hope everyone's had a lovely week/weekend in the beautiful sunshine!

Loves
xxx

Sunday, 8 April 2012

OOTD...For that 'in between' weather...

Hey lovelies :) Hope everyone's having a good bank holiday! I popped into Leicester last week and, with the weather being a bit 'meh' just recently, I have had NO idea what to wear. I went for my old faithful denim shorts from Topshop, my black boots and a thin jumper from Miss Selfridge with a sheer panel across the shoulders. I dragged out my furry River Island bag, decided on Barry M 155 lipstick and hit the shops (didn't actually buy anything though....just a bit of window shopping!)



Happy Easter everyone

Loves
xxx

Thursday, 22 March 2012

Love lane....

Jeans: Miss Selfridge
Shirt: Primark
T-shirt: Crafted at Republic
Belt with rose gold buckle: Dorothy Perkins
Bag: River Island
Boots: Step in Style
Hair in a top-knot....this does NOT happen very often on camera so apologies if it looks terrible!! 

So happy I can finally do some OOTD's outside now I have my days free and it's nice weather! 

Loves
xxx

Monday, 20 February 2012

Hey I heard you were a wild one....

Hey all :) 


Hope everyone had a lovely weekend. I went to see The Vow on Friday with the girls and as amazing as it was, it was also bloody sad! I went out on Saturday night with some friends for a dance and a catch up, and wore my new denim shorts from my last mini haul, with an old faithful t-shirt from River Island I can't seem to take off right now...


Top: River Island
Shorts: Topshop
Tights: Primark
Belt: Mums
Boots: Office
Watch: ASOS
Bracelets: mainly Miss Selfridge and ASOS

EL double wear
Rimmel Stay Mat powder
Bobby Brown corrector
Collection 2000 lasting perfection concealer
Topshop bronzer in Global
Vivo blush (not sure on the colour it's rubbed off)
HD brows
Girls Aloud Kimberley eyelashes
 Soap & Glory kohl eyeliner pencil in black
Mac Saint Germain lipstick

Loves
xxx

Saturday, 11 February 2012

How I style Aztec Jeans....

Hey all, I'm currently sat with a cuppa watching the England v Italy Six Nations game, then I'm heading off to Birmingham for pie (yes, I'm cooking again just call me a domestic goddess) and some drinks. I had NO idea what to put on today until I found these gems in the back of my wardrobe that I got in the River Island sale just after Christmas for £20 down from £40. I always find patterned jeans a bit tricky to style, especially to dress them up, but here's how I do it...

To dress them down (and how I'm wearing them today even though my poor ankles are going to be freezing) I've rolled them up and worn them with my blue Vans, a pale pink vest from Primark and a baggy white tshirt from H&M. I'll obviously pop a hoody over this as I may well catch frost bite going out like this!

To dress up I just put my Allegra's on, rolled my jeans down, and paired them with a pale pink sheer vest from H&M and a black boyfriend blazer also from H&M. 

How else would you style Aztec or patterned jeans?

Loves
xxx

Sunday, 8 January 2012

You're my favourite...

Hey lovelies. Hope you're all having a nice relaxing Sunday, I'm currently lying horizontal on the sofa watching back to back episodes of Don't Tell The Bride! I went out with some of the girls last night to make the most of everyone being at home from Uni, and thoroughly enjoyed wearing a whole brand new outfit! 

Earings & watch: ASOS
Lipstick: Mac Chatterbox
Eyelashes: Eylure 101


Top: River Island sale
Jeans: New Look (want these in EVER SINGLE COLOUR)
Boots: Office

I bought a watch from ASOS ages ago that's finally lost its gold coating and looks a bit 'worn' so I splashed out a whole £20 for a new one (last of the big spenders) to just wear daily to work etc. 

I also went to get my nails done yesterday, they'd got far to long so I just had them filed right back down and squared back off again so make them more manageable and natural, then popped a coat of Models Own in pink punch on.

What's everyone got up to this weekend?

Loves
xxx

Wednesday, 23 November 2011

Always time to party....

This one's a few days late as it's about my weekend but I've been so busy! I went out for a randomly decided night out on Saturday with my friend Matt, went from 'a drink' to ending up in our local night club dancing until who only knows what time! As I wasn't sure where the night was taking me, I went quite casual...

LOVE this t-shirt, I picked it up in Birmingham from River Island ages ago and hadn't got around to wearing it, and we all know how I love a slogan t-shirt!!

Leather jacket: H&M
Top: River Island
Shorts: Forever21
Tights: Primark
Boots: Topshop Allegra's

And one without the jacket! The big chunky gold bracelet is from Forever21, as are the rings. Bracelets on my right arm are from all over the place!

My favourite part of the outfit were my nails, I used one of the magnetised nail varnishes from 17! I had so many comments all night!



(sorry about the neatness, was hard to get the cuticles perfect because of my gel nails, they're due to be filled in I promise!)

Has anyone else tried these? I thought they'd be a bit of a gimmick but I really do love them and they give such a good effect!

Loves
xxx


Thursday, 30 June 2011

June favourites...

I love this time of month, I think monthly favourites may be my favourite posts! I was going to do this as a video post again but I'm still having problems uploading, and I've also got a horrible cold so I look a bit like an out of season Rudolph. I'm still trying to upload my 11 most reached for products video, and I've STILL got a hair tutorial to upload which I promise I will over the weekend hopefully. 

Anyway here goes....I've not actually loved much this month, I've been to busy to go shopping and buy anything to be honest. My first two are tanning products, as I'm trying to perfect my tan at the moment. I used to love to be ORANGE and, whilst I hate the pale look, I'm trying to achieve a nice glow which I think the combo of these two do nicely...

This was £4.99 from TK Maxx, originally £9.99 and I love the colour it goes. It goes on smoother than St Moriz, but doesn't come out as dark. After a shower it pretty much all comes off but over a few days it builds up a reasonable colour. 

I was desperat for a facial tanner that didn't smell like biscuits and that didn't leave me a crazily dark colour. I risked it with this one, as it was a bit pricey (about £7.99 I think) but it builds up the faintest healthy glow that looks so natural. 

Considering I'm so in love with my Superdrug vitamin body moisturiser, the fact that I've found another that I love is pretty impressive. I LOVE the smell of this it's so summery. It's got a much thicker consistency than I'm used to, and I probably wouldn't use it every night but it's quite nice between tanning when I need a lot of moisturiser. I'd repurchase this in every flavour to be honest! 

Bit of a random one having perfume in here but I cannot believe how much I love this. It's one of those smells that is perfect for everything. It's not too heavy to wear going to the shops and it's got a long lasting scent if you want to wear it at night. I love the simple bottle, it's just amazing in every way. 

Yes OK I know I'm late on the Peach Melba band wagon, but I was trying to avoid buying any more nail varnishes for a while. Couldn't resist in the end though. I bought this last week and worn it every day since. 

Apologies for not having much makeup in this favourites post but, as I said, I've not bought lots, and the things I have bought haven't been in my 'I have to reach for that every morning' pile. This is the eyebrow kit from Elf in dark, and it's literally amazing, gives me flawless brows. The wax gives just enough hold for the day, and the colour is really natural.

So that's it for m favourites, not a very exciting one but these are literally the things I've used every day this month and will buy over and over again. 

I also went for it and popped to the River Island sale (well come on, it had been trending topic on Twitter all day) and picked a few bits up. It was late in the day by the time I got there and it was what can only be described as a nightmare. Clothes literally all over the floor. I spent less than £20!



I picked a couple of scarves up, the top one isn't really my sort of thing I mainly bought it because I thought Mum would like it (yes I know, model daughter) but the bottom one is gorgeous. It's a chiffon BRIGHT pink with a chain and coin detail, thin enough to wear as a huge head scarf and tie in a bow, or decorate a plain handbag with. These were both £5 each, bargain!

This was £7 and I bought it in an 18 because I loved it soooo much! I don't think I've really got anything lilac in my wardrobe so this made a change, I actually might wear it on Saturday when I go shopping in Birmingham with some denim shorts and a sleeveless leather jacket, and probably some over the knee socks. 

These were my favourite buy, I nearly bought them at full price last week but today they were down to £2!! My turquoise obsession is growing rapidly.....

Can't wait to read everyone's monthly favourites!
loves
xxx





Friday, 17 June 2011

Collective Haul...

Finally got around to posting this, I've done a fair bit of shopping since last weekend, only bits here and there but it soon mounts up!

I've done a video of my haul, so take a look if you fancy seeing how I've spent my pennies...


The ELF blusher from the video, I have to say, is amazing! I'm literally in love with how glittery and pretty it is!


Also, the studio eyeshadow is equally as good as some of the higher end eyeshadows I've tried, the colour lasted all day and didn't crease! I will definitely be buying more of these in different shades!


I've not managed to do swatches because by the time I've got home the lighting has been terrible, but if anybody wants me to go into any more detail on any of the products from my video then let me know :)

Loves xx


OOTD...

Again just another quick on, I promise there's another one to come tonight that's not all 'hi' and 'bye'! This is a quick snap of my outfit from Wednesday night, I went out for a couple of drinks and made the most of the reasonable weather with a gorgeous maxi-skirt!!




Skirt: River Island
Top: H&M
Leather Jacket: Matalan
Jewellery: mixture of Primark, River Island and Miss Selfridge

Sunday, 24 April 2011

Bank Holiday Pt 1....

Has been just as I'd anticipated. Messy.

Thursday at work I wore my H&M shorts with my new Primark top and shoes. I absolutely had to get this top it was SO cute!

Thursday night was full of wine, vodka and lots of laughs with the girls:


(l-r) Steph had her new Forever 21 dress on with tan shoes from Evans and a belt borrowed from yours truly. Kellie had wedges from New Look (her dancing shoes apparently) and flowery shorts from H&M (short envy). Sarah had her new dress from Zara she bought in Birmingham, and her gorgeous mary jane heels from New Look. I wore my River Island flowery skirt and 3 year old River Island wooden heels that are still going strong today!





On Friday I went into Leicester shopping with mum and dad, and went out for dinner (I'll be honest with you, I only went for the free food!!) I did buy a new handbag but that's only because I didn't have a bag to go with the above outfit so I went straight to River Island to buy a new one (disappointingly didn't have one I liked so ended up in H&M for a HUGE tan number that I'm a bit in love with for the bargain of £25!!) 

Anyway I wore a maxi dress from Primark, tan sandals from New Look and a plaited tan belt that Mum had free on a pair of trousers!! I went a bit over board on bangles that are all a mixture of Primark and New Look, and my feather earings from Topshop. The sunglasses were from a random show in New York that I LOVE! Absolutely classic shape, will never date. 


On Friday night I went to a party with Steph but kept is casual with my new Jeggings from Zara, a white crop from Topshop, and my amazing coral wedges from New Look (thought I'd test drive them on a night where I didn't have to be up all night dancing, and I have to say they were a success!!)

Got it all again tonight as well....another night in HTC with Steph...now what to wear....