23.12.13

Christmas Nails

Nail polish ~ Barry M Bright Red and Topshop Ice Crush 

With only 2 DAYS before christmas, I thought i'd try and get myself into the christmas sprite by painting my nails with a festive inspired twist! I'm really looking forward to doing lots of christmas craft things over the next few weeks of the christmas holidays. 

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4.12.13

Christmas Gift Ideas for Her




With only a few weeks left till Christmas, I decided to put together a quick and easy 2 part christmas gift guide to spark up some ideas about what to buy for the ones closest to you. 

Now i'm not a big fan of christmas time, not as much as I use to be. I do however, love the look on other peoples face's when they open presents I have brought for them, especially my little cousins! Whether it's a best friend or family member here's a few gift ideas for lady who may or may not have everything, but deserves a special gift over the festive period! 

If you haven't read it already here's yesterdays post on christmas gift ideas for him !

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3.12.13

Christmas Gift Ideas for Him


With only a few weeks left till Christmas, I decided to put together a quick and easy 2 part christmas gift guide to spark up some ideas about what to buy for the ones closest to you. 

I've started off with guys because I always find it difficult to buy for the men in my family. Most of the time, whatever a guy really wants he will go out and buy himself. So here's just a few ideas to get you started, some alternatives from the dreaded boxers and socks he might receive every year at christmas time! 

Keep your eyes pealed for christmas gift ideas for her in tomorrow's post...

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28.11.13

Missguided: Ways to Wear Knitwear


Images taken from Missguided.co.uk

With the harsh winter soon upon us, I thought I would have a look around online stores for chunky knitwear and knitwear inspired ideas and then I came across this blog post by misguided which shows you three different style to wear knitwear in the winter.

The first style is a long knitwear jumper matched with high knee socks and a casual bag for a day time look.


The second style is a cropped jumper with a leather skirt to again adds a casual yet ‘going out’ style to the look. Perfect for drinks with friends or going somewhere casual for dinner.This blog post inspired me to creative some outfits of my own by mix and matching the different styles with different items of clothing in my wardrobe and not having to break the bank!


To look at more of the outfits shown on this blog post click here… 

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20.11.13

The Hunger Games | Book VS Film




















Image taken from google.com

The new Hunger Games has been released, the film stars Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen and Josh Hutcherson as Peter Mettlack. If you’re a fan of the Hunger Games you will know that the film is an adaptation of the trilogy written by Suzanne Collins. Since the new film is out, I thought I’d share with you my own thoughts on the first book vs the film.

Now I’m not a big reader, I prefer books that capture your attention from the start and this book certainly did. As you read through the book, the words create their own interpretations in your mind of how the surroundings should look and feel such as the capital, characters and their voices and personality. Through reading the book, I was constantly pushed to use my imagination of colours, textures and sounds. The book itself captured more emotion for me as I felt the passion and pain throughout the pages. Toward the end of the book, I felt that the element of suspense captured me well, encouraging me to read further. However, I did feel that the ending was very abrupt yet the excitement of the book itself encouraged me to read on.

After months of refusing to watch the film, as I didn’t want it to blur my interpretation of the book I had to admit defeat at some point. I feel that the film is a great interpretation of the book, through the use of characters, locations and styling. I felt that Jennifer Lawrence who plays Katniss was a great choice by the directors as she captures the spirit of the character well. I did however; feel that the use of characters within the capital was over theatrical which contradicted the story for me personally. I really enjoyed the choice of costume and styling within the film, the graphics weren’t too bad either! I would definitely encourage everyone to read both the book and see the film as the essence of the story is alive but with different interpretations.

The Hunger Games Book 7/10       The Hunger Games Film 6/10

What did you think of the film/trilogy?  Do you prefer films or books?  
Leave your comments below! 



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Places to Visit | Amsterdam


I know, I know, another holiday/break away this year! This weekend I traveled to Amsterdam for one of my friends 21st birthday. During our time away, we visited the Anne Frank museum, which was such a memorable experience.  Our short break away also consisted of long walks down the canals and looking at all the amazing graffiti work around. 

We also found this amazing bar called Chicago Boom Town where they played an arrangement of soul and funk music which was a nice alternative venue from places back home. I would recommend visiting Amsterdam if you are looking for a short break away with interesting history and culture. I would absolutely love to visit the city again!  

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28.10.13

Places to visit | Florence


Recently I was lucky enough to attend a university trip to Florence, Italy. Our stay was only for a few nights but the sights and a weather, which made such a short trip so much more worthwhile. The hotel we stayed in was the Leonardo da Vinci hotel which was very contemporary inside and was only a short walk from the Piazza del Duomo which is a central point of Florence. 

 The 8th picture featured is the view standing on the Ponte Vecchio, if you keep on walking over the bridge you will see an abundance of jewellery and boutique style shops. Whilst visiting the city you will never be shy of authentic Italian restaurants and various flavours of 'gelato' which is ice cream or sorbets, but if you are not a fan of Italy food there is also alternative restaurants available. 

Whilst visiting the city we were given the opportunity to visit the Gucci Museum and the Salvatore Ferragamo Musuem, unfortunately you are unable to take pictures in both galleries however it was still such an amazing experience and comes highly recommended. Within the centre of Florence there are quite a few places to grab a drink or cocktails and when looking in the right places most bars have cocktail offers Fri-Sat. However, I personally found that there were not many 'clubbing' places and if so they could be quite costly. 

Florence is an absolutely beautiful and highly historic city with amazing views and food. I would definitely recommend visiting the city when wanting to travel to Italy, I would love to visit the city again! 

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24.9.13

Style Crush | Suki Waterhouse

      Images taken from: huffintonpost.com, bp.blogspot.com, thestatementbox.wordpress.com, anmblog.typepad.com.

British supermodel Suki Waterhouse has been noticed through her unique personal style and is arguably set to become an internationally sensation. This multi-talented model, actress and photographer is regularly on the front row of Christopher Bailey’s Burberry Prorsum presentations. I absolutely adore her choice of style, bold colours and vintage inspired style and for this reason Suki Waterhouse is my celebrity style crush of September.

Click here to view Suki Waterhouse's 'Today I'm wearing' for Vogue.co.uk


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22.9.13

London Fashion Week SS14 | Street Style


Images taken from: stylesight.com and lfwdaily.com 

After all the excitement from London Fashion Week S/S 14 collections, I thought I would share my favourite street style outfits. The item I have loved the most that has been very 'on trend' throughout the shows are block heel sandals.

What was your favourite item from London Fashion Week? 

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13.8.13

Want of the week || Zara Skorts

Zara mini skort - £24.99    (skorts = skirt + shorts)

Now I know I'm probably the last fashion blogger to blog about these notorious Zara 'Skorts' but better late then never right? These 'skorts' have been seen all over the 'blogsphere' this summer and I think they are an absolutely gorgeous piece. Zara for me never fail in designing simple, elegant pieces that take the fashion world by storm (or at least the blogging world anyway). Zara has not only succeeded in fueling the 'skorts' trend, Zara strappy heeled sandals have also been a must have piece this summer. I feel it may be a bit late in the season for me to buy these mini skorts however, Zara have brought out a pair of grey pinstriped skorts meaning the trend maybe here to stay throughout A/W?? 

What do you think of this trend? Love it or hate it? I would love to hear you thoughts on it!

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