sweet comeback

I had some much better photos from my camera but only God knows where they went. Megaload Sweet & Salty c/o Cybercandy

After moping around in bed for a few days consumed with post-university depression I have decided to sort myself out. Starting with the second thing on the list (after the 'get a real job' number) and begin blogging again. I have really missed it and have felt very unlike myself. Everything seems to be an up hill struggle at the moment and I really need to kick-start all the things I enjoy and I have plenty of time to do so, so why not? It's been a crazy few months but it is all over and although it was crazy, I wouldn't take it back for a second. I am planning to show you some of the things I have been up to, my final major project for one, as well as pictures from my super spontaneous trip to the big apple, so please don't give up on me just yet.

While in NY I had the chance to gorge on all my favourite American treats, but there was one thing I couldn't find while there, resulting in me turning to Cybercandy who were lovely enough to send me a packet of the Megaload Peanut Butter Cups. They were divine and I wish they had lasted me longer than ten minutes. Yes, they were that good! I love the salt/sweet combo, hence my love for chocolate covered pretzels and so was mega impressed that Megaload had combined these tastes for the utmost pleasure.

Megaload come in three different varieties: the original (toppings include: a cookie, candy chocolate pieces and an oreo), sweet and salty (milk, white and dark chocolate covered pretzels) and the caramel crunch (almond buttercrunch, candy chocolate pieces and a peanut butter crunch). For £1.39 I am open to trying the others but I am pretty sure I made the right choice, wouldn't you agree?

beauty is in the eye of the beholder

Man have I been busy. My deadline for my FMP is fast approaching and there is still so much to do, however I thought I would show you some more little sneak previews after positive comments on my last shoot. The second shoot I shot myself and I got another lovely friend of mine to model, as well as having a very talented make-up artist to help too. This shoot is under the title of another cliche and was an experimentation of colour and pattern, to create something that shouldn't be beautiful but is incredibly beautiful to some. I am really excited now to get my magazine professionally printed and can't wait to share with you all the other content I have been working so hard on. I hope to resume to full on blogging after this is all handed in, as well as getting very happy with a bottle of wine, or three!



all clothing: uniqlo, wigs: c/o wonderland wigs, make-up: sophia lauren

Birthday wishlist

I am 21 in ten days, but i don't feel very excited about it. Maybe that is because I have a million and one things to do to get this project done by deadline, or maybe I am not that fussed because, after all, I am just another year older. I don't know what I want really, other than a trip to New York at some point during the summer, or a kitten (but that's not going to happen)... however I have compiled a little selection of what's been taking my fancy recently and would be dream presents in a perfect world.

001: Vivienne Westwood Watch - Selfridges

002: Vivienne Westwood Conduit Street Ring

003: Cath Kidston Letter Set and Sticker/Label Book

004: Crown and Glory Whole Lotta Rosie Headband

005: Canon 50mm Lens - Argos

006: Yankee Candle in Strawberry Buttercream

007: Acrylic Make-up Storage: Muji/Amazon

008: Mulberry Del Rey

009: Floral Converse - ASOS

010: Plane ticket to NYC... Virgin! 

Maybe I will just buy it all for myself, whatcha reckon?

nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change

personal post, don't feel like you have to read, I just wanted somewhere to ramble.

all dressed up with nowhere to go

i'm feeling sad over the fact that i haven't had time to blog recently, i have been all over the shop. as many may know i am in my third year at uni and i am making a magazine for my final major project. it is all about cliches and i wanted to give you guys a sneak preview of one of the editorials which is based on the cliche 'all dressed up with nowhere to go'. i spent the day styling, my gorgeous house mate and friend spent the day modelling, and the beautiful lily spent the day photographing. amongst this we all spent the day eating cake, drinking tea and laughing, usually at my expense - as well as playing dress up with gorgeous crown and glory goodies.  in between this project i have been working and interning at company for a week, which has been great, but i am now completely and utterly exhausted. roll on monday for my lie in, and then que a solid week of writing. i am very excited to go home during the easter break to see my family and friends, there is a light at the end of the tunnel.




lily is so beautiful and talented, and these photographs make me miss her, i can't wait to make our living plans a reality - in 2014 we hope to live together in a cute little london flat filled with baking aromas, pretty bunting and an array of fruit teas, oh not forgetting the cats, ariel and flounder.

2am and she calls me and I'm still awake

jumper: monki, leggings: primark, socks: topshop, shoes: converse

My fingers are so cold they resemble icicles. I have just got home from a day running up and down Oxford Street, getting annoyed with people and buying things for my photo shoot that I am doing on Monday... as well as a few candles for myself of course. I cannot go to Primark these days without picking up candles, it's a little absurd. Since the weather has been ridiculously cold these past few days, snow in May, really England? I haven't taken off my big jumper dress; it's way too cosy. I also love the colour!

I am finding it so hard to blog all that I want to post lately, my final major project is taking over my life and I am trying so hard not to have a breakdown. I can't wait for the finished product though, I hope it all comes together nicely.

Weirdly, I have been compiling a mental note of all that I wish for on my birthday - my birthday is in April. We're still in March, what am I thinking? I blame Selfridges and Jo Malone mainly, but It's my 21st... I am a little excited, although I am in Uni that day... can't have it all eh?

blueberries and bluebells

My new favourite nail polishes? it's possible. After seeing these on so many blogs I decided It was about time to jump on the bandwagon, It's got to be cheaper than getting Gel nails put on, right?

The Barry M gelly nail polishes are meant to emulate that of a gel manicure, they are super glossy and aren't meant to chip easily... so far so good, I have had mine on for over 24 hours and no chip yet which is a record for me.  I had been looking for a lovely shade of light blue for quite some time so I picked up 'blueberry' to try. It's gorgeous, however has a slight purple tinge to it, almost like lavender. I still love it though, it looks super summery on and was a perfect addition to my very spring-time ensemble that I wore today.

I also picked up 'grapefruit' which is a gorgeous pink colour. Have you bought into these polishes yet? they're definitely a gooden and there are deals on them in booth boots and superdrug right now.

what could it mean to be a daydream believer

dress: kiss me quick boutique, boots: asos

This is my new dress, isn't it ever so pretty? I had one very similar last summer which I wore to death and sadly after a fair few months it's life ended and holes after holes started appearing, I was so upset because it was by far my favourite day dress, thus I was elated to find one very similar recently. Kiss Me Quick Boutique is a website that sells second-hand thrifty and vintage items, I first discovered this site many years ago after searching for a new winter coat. I still have that coat today and it is still one of my favourites. I very rarely buy anything online because I never know if it will fit me, I don't think I have a dress size because measurements change from shop to shop. Thankfully both of the dresses I bought fitted perfectly, and the best thing? they're both floral and were complete and utter bargains. I think this dress turned out to be £11 as they were having a 20% off dresses all last weekend. 

I love the bib collar too, oh so very me. I am such a cliche. 

The weather in London has been glorious today so I decided to procrastinate further over work and take a late morning stroll into town with my housemate. We went for a light lunch and went shopping for essentials. Yes I call Barry M Gelly nail polishes essentials ;) Talking of said nail polishes, they are super pretty and I can't wait to feature them on here to show you... I know they are doing their rounds in the blog world, but hey ho what can a girl do?

Now I really must get back to my work, somehow I am meant to be producing a whole magazine...

Josie Gibson for Goddiva Fashion

The lovely Sarah-Jane from Lush

On Tuesday evening I attended the launch of Big Brother Tv personality, Josie Gibson's fashion range with Goddiva. When I walked in I was greeted by the ever-so-lovely Red Hot Pr ladies offering to show me round the collection. Josie has lost an incredible amount of weight since first hitting our Tv screens in 2010, so it's no wonder her collection was full of figure-hugging bodycon dresses. If you've got it, flaunt it I say. Unfortunately I don't have 'it' so although some of the dresses were incredibly  gorgeous (this one looked great on), I wouldn't feel comfortable wearing them, body con is not very complimenting for my shape.

Josie is by far the biggest babe and greeted us with a casual bristolian ' alright mate' which instantly put me at ease, thus we spent the whole evening drinking wine and chatting a lot about hair, clothes and general 'life of a girl' bits... including visible panty lines (bodycon does not do our underwear any justice)... I know, such girls eh? It was great fun, I had such a lovely time, she is such a down to earth personality.

If you love bodycon and have a wonderful shape to show off, you should try on some of these dresses, they're great quality and not overly expensive for a night out budget. The collection combines Josie's love of bold colours, bodycon dresses and flattering maxis with Goddiva's traditional glamourous styling.

MAC Archie's Girls: call me veronica

'Veronica Blush' Archie's Girls Pearlmatte Face Powder: £21.50 from Selfridges 

From the packaging I would say I look more like Archie than either of the girls, but hey ho what can one do? I love Mac's latest collection and got extremely excited when I saw the products available, thus I hurried to Selfridges as quickly as possible. I can't say many of the limited edition products have stood out to me before, so I don't know what was different this time, maybe the retro theme? As soon as I saw this pearlmatte face powder I knew It needed to be mine.

The powder came in two different shades 'flatter me' which was part of Betty's line, and the one I chose, 'veronicas blush'. Flatter me is more of a coral shade, which I think is better for more olive skin tones, veronicas blush has a pearly pink base with deeper pink hearts which I find suits my pale complexion a lot better. It's very sheeny and I find you need to do quite a bit of a swirl in the palette to get enough powder for it to really show, however I find it absolutely gorgeous. It can be used as a blush, highlighter or even eyeshadow, but I think I will use it as an all-round blush - it really is as pretty on the skin as it is in the compact.

I was after the  'daddy's little girl' lipstick too, however they were sold out at the time of purchase, maybe I shall check all the other Mac stores soon!

Have you delved into the Archie's Girls collection? if so what did you buy?