Cobalt VS Coral - NOTD and OOTD

Today I discovered my spring crush....

Nails Inc Baker Street is an almost neon bright cobalt blue and I am completely obsessed with it! As worn by Beyonce last week, I purchased this polish in this weeks Nails Inc, QVC Todays Special Value which if I'm honest I only bought for this colour! I painted it on late last night, virtually in the dark but this morning when I opened my curtains I did a double take when my nails flashed in front of my eyes! Blinding!

Baker Street is still available at QVC, here,  however this polish will be available on the Nails Inc website in March, just in time for the summer!

My second fashion crush of the day is my outfit,

I bought this bright coral shirt from Monsoon this week and today was it's first outing. It's a casual linen shirt that I wore with black leggings and I wore my tribal scarf for the first time too. I felt more comfortable cinching in the shirt with a belt as it's a looser fit, I chose a tan belt today but it would look equally as good with a black or gold belt. I love the contrast with the cobalt blue in the scarf and on my nails! I can't wait to wear this outfit with gold sandals in the summer. 

Apologies for the iPhone picture in the mirror, I would have taken a proper picture this afternoon but linen is not the best fabric for keeping pristine and I'm looking a little creased right now! 

I think these colours will be a big part of my summer wardrobe! 

xoxo 

Full Speed Ahead!

The weather here in France is amazing! We have had three days of 25c and three or four more to come, incredible for this time of year. I am pretty far south so the weather is fairly good anyway but I'm in for a shock when I get home! 

The nice weather has given me a chance to wear some of my favourite summer items again! Hurrah!

I have got my black jersey H&M maxi out! I love this dress, so easy to wear and it looks great. I will defintely get more in other colours next year, hopefully a brown one! I always wear it with a belt, this tan one os also from H&M. My skull scarf is from Miss Selfridge and my cropped denim jacket is from Topshop, probably one of the best items of clothing I have ever purchased! I grimaced at pay £45 or so for it but I don't regret it one bit! It started off a bit chilly this morning so I needed the jacket but it has come off now! My trusty yellow Tabitha Saturn is the only bag I brought, well 15kg is not a lot to bring for 10 days so I chose my bag to go with everything!

I promised an FOTD with one of my new lippies, well here we are!

I chose to wear the Sheen Supreme lipstick in Full Speed. I bloomin' love it!

It's a bright coral pink and soooo super glossy. It has a slight frost to it and it reminds me of Made With Love mixed with a bit of Costa Chic. The lipstick itself is lovely to wear, soft and shiny, I love it. I'll certainly look at others in the range.

On a side note I've not painted my nails for days! I can't wait to do a proper manicure later! I guess I get a bit lazy with my make up on holiday anyway! Besides, it's only me and my mum here and we've been gardening the last couple of days! 

xoxo

OOTD!

I think I may have found one of my favourite outfits of the summer, shame we are coming to the end of it!

I just bought the cropped denim jacket on Friday, I have worn it with three different outfits in two days! It has been the perfect cover up as it's not exactly a hot summer here right now! It's from Topshop and it was £42, I chose the lighter colour as I'm not really a fan of the more blue toned denim jackets. My skirt you've seen before, from Monsoon, belt from H&M, probably my best purchase this summer! I love the colour of this simple vest top from H&M, its a pinky nude colour and the colour makes me look very tanned, or naked in the wrong lighting!!

I'm wearing this again ASAP!!

xoxo

OOTD x2!

Bonsoir! 

I hope you don't mind me posting these but I have been enjoying everyone else's, I thought I'd contribute!

First up in this double post is last nights outfit, hugely over the top for the occasion but I enjoyed wearing it! We went to a little restaurant for dinner, it was a little bit posh but not enough for sequins! I've had this top since Easter and this was it's first wearing!

Top - Monsoon Fusion

Trousers - Monsoon

Wedges - Clarkes

Lipstick - MAC Gulabi

I bought the cropped trousers in the Monsoon sale the day before coming to France, I'd been looking for a pair for aaages! The shoes are a pair of black patent peep toe wedges that I got in the Clarkes sale a couple of years ago but have never worn them. They were one of those purchases where I stuffed my feet into them because of the price! Now I've lost weight they fit fine!

Top - Monsoon Fusion

Trousers - Laura Ashley

Sandals - Accessorize

Today's outfit also features a top from Monsoon Fusion! I love this top and bought it with the other one, I have worn this twice now and continue to enjoy it! I love the sleeves and the little print.

Do excuse the seriously dodgy hair, I tried to curl it today for the first time since having it cut and it's still a bit short to achieve a good look! Apologies for the blurry pictures too, not sure what's going on here, different camera and laptop!

 It is freezing here today and as I type my dad is lighting the wood burner downstairs IN JULY!! I brought one cardi that has gone on now!

Anyway, hope the weather perks up it has been rubbish this week, wet and pretty cold! 

xoxo

Evening OOTD

This is my outfit from last night, we went out for dinner in a local town. It was a smarter restaurant so we got a little dressed up, normally the French are fairly casual around here.

Top - Monsoon

Trousers - Laura Ashley 

Sandals - Accessorize

Bangle - Accessorize

I love to wear white linen trousers in the summer but I am terrified of sitting in something, spilling something or generally touching anything with them on! I would like to add that these are a size 10!!

Also the first outing of the green top, it has little butterflies on it and I have to say I am getting more comfortable with sleeveless! I know you can't see my sandals, I did crop the photo but for some reason it won't upload the cropped version, but they have Swarovski crystals along my foot, love a bit of sparkle in the evening!

xoxo

French OOTD's

Salut!

I thought I'd share a couple of my OOTD's, I only have two pictures so far but I will try to take more as my holiday goes on! 

I wore this on Tuesday, it was the outfit I tweeted about last week saying that I was unsure about the amount of leg and arm that was on show but I was surprisingly comfortable with it! We had gone to watch the Tour De France go through a local town, as usual on one's first day I got quite sunburnt!

Top - H&M

Skirt - H&M

Belt - H&M

Sandals - Accessorize 

Sunglasses - Accessorize

Excuse my brothers dopey look! This was Thursday, Bastille Day and market day. It was a little chilly in the morning but it turned out to be a lovely day so I removed the cardi!

T-Shirt - Laura Ashley

Skirt - Monsoon

Cardigan - Zara

Sandals - Accessorize

Sunglasses - Accessorize

Bag - Tabitha

We haven't been out for dinner yet so I haven't gone any evening outfits but I am looking forward to wearing some of the other clothes I have brought so I will get some pictures! I loved my first outfit so much, I have washed it and am wearing it today!

xoxo

Outfit and Makeup Of The Night!

Just an outfit for dinner with friends, I wore,

♥ White t-shirt from H&M

♥ Skirt from Monsoon, first time wearing it!

♥ Belt H&M

♥ Wedges Monsoon, although they had to be changed to flats because I couldn't walk in them!

♥ Bag Zara

Accessories,

♥ Earrings, scarf and rings from Accessorize

♥ Bag Zara

I wore,

♥ Benefit Moonbeam

♥ Chanel Vita Lumiere in B20 Biege

♥ MAC MSF Natural in Medium

♥ Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess Bronzing Pearls

♥ MAC Amazon Princess Blush

♥ MAC MSF Highlighter in Soft and Gentle

♥ MAC Retrospeck and Mulch Eyeshadow's

♥ Urban Decay Twice Baked Eyeshadow

♥ MAC Superslick Eyeliner

♥ YSL Faux Cils

♥ MAC Gulabi Lipstick

Nails Inc Sumner Place and I had OPI Suzi Loves Cowboys on my toes!

Love the skirt! I did my make up kind of Arabic I suppose with a smokey (for me!) eye and winged out eyeliner. I love this lipstick, I was a little unsure when I first bought it but it's perfect for the evening! I had to change the wedges as I've never really walked in them, I couldn't walk anywhere in them!! Glad I took some flat gold sandals just in case!! 

I used my scarf as a wrap in the end as it rained tonight and it was bloomin' freezing for an evening in June, even for the UK! 

xoxo

The Trilogy! OOTD, FOTD, NOTD!!

I've had a wonderful day today, the sun is shining, it's very warm and I think I may be wearing my favourite summer items today!!

I love everything I'm wearing today, clothes,  makeup and nail varnish so I thought I'd break the norm and bust out all three "OTD's"!

I'm wearing,

♥ Top from Laura Ashley, bought last week to go with a pair of white linen trousers that I also bought but it 

matches some of the flowers in the skirt.

♥ Skirt from Monsoon, I love this skirt now! When I first bought it I felt a bit "Granny" in it but it all depends what you wear it with! This is my maxi skirt for the summer as most maxi's are too long for me!

♥ Wedges from Monsoon, I love the espadrille wedge. I bought these about three years ago but have never worn them!

♥ Bag from Tabitha, the colour compliments all of the colours in my skirt and I love the studs against a feminine skirt.

♥ Jewellery from Etsy and bangle from John Lewis a couple of years ago.

I would also wear this with flat gold sandals as the wedges are a little high and not suitable for all terrains!!

I'm wearing,

♥ Chanel Vitalumiere Foundation in Biege

♥ MAC Blushcreme in Ladyblush

♥ MAC MSF Natural

♥ MAC Retrospeck and Mulch eyeshadow

♥ MAC Superslick Eyeliner in On The Hunt

♥ YSL Faux Cils in Black

♥ MAC Everhip Lipstick

I quite sure this will be my go to face for the summer! I picked up an awesome tip from BrushingOnBeauty last night, she said to put creme blush on top of foundation and under your powder. I tried it today and it gives a lovely glow and helps the blush last longer!

OPI Stranger Tides, I know you've seen this but I've worn this for a couple of days now and I love it!! I got lots of compliments at work which surprised me as I didn't think it would be a colour most people would like! I love how fresh the colour feels and it feels like it's a new shade in the colour palette for polish! It still feels feminine despite being a murky colour. Coincidentally this colour is in my skirt too!

In a not normally seen toes of the day, I painted on my favourite summer colour, China Glaze For Audrey, I adore the colour with tan and it's yet another colour in my skirt!!

Well there we go an unnecessarily in depth look at what I'm wearing today! I have thoroughly enjoyed it and will be reaching for this combo again!

xoxo

FOTD and OOTD!!

I had a really late morning today, well you could say I didn't see the morning at all today! So I decided to play about with some make-up and remembered that I have yet to wear my newest MAC Fluidline, Siahi.

Released with the Mickey Contractor collection in January this eyeliner sold out very quickly and its easy to see why! It's a gorgeous teal blue.

I'm wearing,

♥ MAC Studio Fix foundation compact

♥ MAC MSF Natural in Medium

♥ Bobbi Brown Peony Blush

♥MAC Viva Glam Lady GaGa

♥MAC Fluidline Siahi

♥ YSL Faux Cils Mascara in Black

♥MAC Retrospeck eyeshadow

♥MAC Deep Truth eyeshadow

I love the eyeliner, I was unsure when I first bought it as I looove strong black eyeliner but I think for summer this will be a great alternative for a sunny day off!

Same for my outfit for today, it was a little cold to be wearing this really, it is still February after all! Come the spring I shall be living in this!

I'm wearing,

♥ White tunic shirt from Monsoon

♥ Blue leggings from Monsoon

♥ Red skinny belt from Accessorize

♥ Scarf form Zara

♥ Boots from Faith

I've never worn something so short with leggings but I think I can pull it off now! My legs don't feel so fat! 

Hurrah!

xoxo

It's Love! ♥

Yay! I am so excited to have a new haircut!

I looove getting my hair trimmed, it makes me feel very refreshed and pretty again!

I suddenly had a day last week where I HAD to get my hair cut, almost there and then! I knew I wouldn't get an appointment with my normal hair God Simon at Toni & Guy, he gets booked up weeks ahead so I plucked up the courage to try somewhere new.

I have had many appointments where I have cried the moment I stepped outside the salon so trying a new one made me very nervous!

I had a stylist recommended at a salon next to work so I booked for last Friday. I just told her that I wanted the same but shorter! 

Et voila!

Holy moly I love it!

I have been wanting to trim my fringe for ages so she did that too, she knew exactly what would suit me and I almost cried, tears of joy this time, when she showed me the back with the mirror! I have had this kind of style before and I have always loved it but I felt I wanted to grow my hair. However I have very fine hair, but there is a lot of it, as soon as it gets past my shoulder it goes limp and lifeless, alas I will never have Kardashian style locks *sheds a tear*

So a huge thanks to Amy at Michael John for my new look, I love it!

Some slightly dodgy shots for you!

xoxo

OOTD!

I'm sorry for the slightly overexposed piccy but I loved my outfit today so thought I'd share anyway!

♥ White linen trousers from Laura Ashley

♥ Red stripy top from H&M

♥ Skull scarf from Miss Selfridge

♥ Bangles from Accessorize

♥ Gold flats from Accesorize

I never wear trousers and these and an identical brown pair are the only trousers I have! I have only worn them twice! I will wear this combo again soon!

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OOTD!

Hey! A little OOTD for you!

A simple outfit but I love it!

White Skirt from Monsoon

Blue Tee, Navy Vest and Floral scarf all from H&M, and purchased today!

Silver bangle.

Gold bangle from Accessorize.

I love the colours together, quite summery, and I love the vintage style scarf!

The tail belongs to Bramble, not me!

80's OOTN!

I thought I'd share my outfit from the other night! 

I went to a friends hen party, she's getting married in a month, and she chose the theme of 80's.

I did stress about getting an outfit together, but I'm pleased with what I ended up with! 

I went with a ra-ra skirt and leggings, then a dark grey top with a neon green vest underneath.

Fingerless lace gloves and neon bangles.

I didn't have to search around for these items, there is a combo of New Look and H&M there.

Shoes were bright pink courts from boohoo.com.

I'll probably wear these again, they were surprisingly comfy!

Yes, I crimped my hair!

However it looked so awful down, I had to tie it back!

It just looked like a fried mess! Crimping can stay in the 80's!

I believe the style is coming back though, it was featured in the new Sex and the City film and a few celebs have sported the look recently, not sure I'll be following.

I bought the crimper from Topshop.

Makeup was the usual but with lots of blusher not that you can tell, but there was more than enough on those cheeks! Then I used lots of Lady GaGa lipstick, and China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy neon nail polish.

Here are a few of us!

There was lots of neon and a few dodgy wigs! We even went to an 80's nightclub!

xoxo

FOTD and OOTD!!

I'm wearing,

♥ Clarins Everlasting Foundation

♥ MAC MSF in Medium

♥ Bobbi Brown Nectar Shimmer Brick

♥ Bobbi Brown Apricot Blush

♥ MAC Lipstick in Hue

♥ YSL Faux Cils Radical Noir

♥ MAC Retrospeck

♥ MAC Patina

♥ MAC Fluidline in Dipdown

♥ Dress from H&M

♥ Brown Leggings from Jane Norman

♥ Chunky Bangle from Accessorize

♥ No shoes but I did wear some gold flats later on!

xoxo