at the beach

Floral Print

Floral Print Cropped Top - Primark

Jeans - Only

Topshop Bralet

                     Mint Acid Wash Bralet - Topshop

                     Floral Chiffon Skirt - Swamp

Topshop Mint Crop Top

I got this in the post yesterday. I love the polka dot bag!  

I bought a denim look bralet from Topshop's website last week, along with some other stuff.  This is the first thing I've bought from Topshop as the nearest one to me is an hour away.

  

The colour is acid washed mint, which I like a  lot.  It's a little big shorter than I expected but when you try it on I think it looks better that way.  I'll probably wear this with a high waisted skirt and maybe get some high waisted shorts too.  

I really love this top.  It's not this bright though, it's more of a mint colour and you can see the acid wash effect better in real life  This picture isn't great, I'll put up a proper one soon.  Overall I love this top.

This is the photo from the Topshop website.

Review and Swatches: Revlon Colorburst Lipgloss

This is a Colorburst Lipgloss from Revlon, in the shade 042 Bellini.  The colour in real life is actually more of an orangey pink.  This is a different take on a nude colour, and it has a very subtle shimmer.  The packaging is nice too which is a plus.

The wand has an unusual shaped applicator, it curves inwards on two sides.  I found that it makes the lipgloss easier to apply.  

I don't usually wear lipgloss because I find that the formula is often sticky and wears off quickly.  As for the Revlon Colourburst lipgloss, this doesn't feel sticky at all but it doesn't have much staying power either.  I don't really think this is a problem for me as it's easy to  re-apply.  The colour is nice on, it looks more of  a peach colour on me.  It's bright and different to the usual pinks and raspberry colours I normally wear.  I

Swatch: Revlon Colorburst Lipgloss in Bellini

Here's a quick swatch of it.  The colour is a bit brighter and has a slight coral/peach tint to it.

Overall I really like this lipgloss.  It's bright, the formula is light and non-sticky and the price is okay too, at around €11.00. 

I bought this product myself and all photos are my own.  

Got my dress!

So after a bunch of emails and calling different shops I finally tracked down the dress I wanted in my size.  There was one left because someone brought it back.  I'm so happy :D

This is the photo from the Coast website but the dress looks a lot different in real life.  It's a jade green colour, in this picture it looks like teal.  I love the jade green, it's also floor length on me.  I'm so happy I finally got it!

Glitter Nails

^ Wearing W7 Nail Polish in 'Cosmic Purple'.  It has purple and pink glitter mixed in with blue glitter.  I love it, it's so sparkly in real life and it is opaque after two coats.

Aztec Skirt

I love this skirt!  I saw it on fashiolista the other day.  It's from Missguided.co.uk.  I love the print and the colours.  I saw one a bit like this in New Look a while ago, only it had more orange/pink tones.  I really want one of these! 

Photo from: www.missguided.co.uk

Art Stuff :)

Went shopping for art materials for my portfolio today, that's all the stuff I bought in the photo.  Finally got a big A2 sketchbook, art notebook, A3 sketchbook and A4 cartridge paper.  I got a charcoal sketching pencil too, haven't used one before but thought it could be good for my portfolio.

I was about to buy a €5 60ml tube of white paint (rip-off) when I saw these.  They are Reeves acrylic paint (70ml), and only cost €2.50.  I already use Reeves paints and am pretty happy with them.  I tried out the white and pink colours.  The white is quite thick, which is good, but the pink is a lot more sheer.  I think that it's just because of the colour.  Anyway, overall I think these are really good for €2.50.  There were lots more colours too.  I hadn't seen these anywhere before.

Anyway I decided that I'm going to start my portfolio properly now even though there's only one week left of summer.  I've started the mind-map section of the brief (finally lol) and it's actually kinda fun :P

Shopping :)

Tuesday was my 18th birthday :) My party is on Friday though so I went shopping for shoes to go with my dress..

The shoes are from New Look and cost €35.  I also bought loads more things, including the bag in the photo which was €5 from Pennys (Primark)

Birthday party outfit so far..

So after a lot of going around shops in town and looking online too, and finding absolutley nothing, I bought this Rare dress from ASOS today. 

It cost €70 (so it's my birthday present to me, haha).
It's supposed to be here on or before next Tuesday (which is my birthday..eek) so I hope it gets here in time.  I'm not sure if I'm gonna wear it on Tuesday and then at my party the week after, yet but I hope it gets here quick. 

I was going to wear gold shoes/accessories with it but as gold shoes seem to be kinda hard to find (lol) I think I'll get some cream ones instead.  I have cream shoeboots but I want to buy a new pair of heels instead because I wear the boots all the time.  Haven't found any so far though.  Also, I think I'll wear a skinny gold belt (if I can find one..) around the waist to break up the red a bit.

Hope it looks okay...

Hello.

When I was in Barcelona last week I was in this really cool shop with lots of crazy stuff..

The shop was near the Gaudi park. I thought these ornament things were really cool, they're from a brand called Tom's Company I think.

I'll probably post more photos from Barcelona soon, got some of the Gaudi park.

Foo Fighters!

Wow they were amazing :) I was in the pit, it was brilliant. Here are some blurry photos I took:

    This was supposed to be a photo of the band, which came out wrong but I think the hands look kinda cool. Blurry-ness caused by my phone camera :P

:D

Just a quick post..

Got back from Spain yesterday morning.  I have some cool photos to post here, will do that soon.
I'm going to Oxegen tomorrow, can't wait. I'm going because Foo Fighters are headlining :P To be honest I'm not really interested in any of the other bands there but it should be good anyway :)

I have to get up at 6 again tomorrow, not fun lol. Anyway goodnight!

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I'm going on holiday tomorrow so I won't be posting anything this week.  I'll have lots of posts about summer clothes/makeup when I get back! Also, I got my ticket to a music festival today, can't wait! It's on a few days after I get back from holiday :D

Have to get up around 5am tomorrow lol. Bye for now!

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My cat outside in the sun 

Me again. 

Shoes I Want:

These pink cork peep toe shoes from Next are so cute! I tried these on a while ago and even though they're really high, I love them.  I had to leave them back and bought shorts instead. Need to buy these in the future :)

(Image from Next.co.uk)

6 Summer Dresses

Here are six summer dresses I've picked out from Asos.com:

(click to see a bigger image)

1.Floral 60's Dress-River Island £44.99/€57.68

2.Denim Mix Mini Dress-Miss Sixty £100/€128.20

3.'Woodstock 1' Print Dress-Beta Fashion by Harriet Holling £120.00/€153.84

4.Heart Print Chiffon Dress-Dahlia £62.00/€79.48

5.Bow Print Mini Dress-ASOS £30.00/€38.46

6.One Shoulder Skater Dress-River Island £44.99/€57.68

:)

(All images from Asos.com)

Favourite: Sunglasses

Seeing as it's summer, I thought I'd do a post on sunglasses.  These are my favourite pair, from Etro.

They're black acetate, with a clear frame around the lenses.  They're quite square, with rounded edges around the eyes.

Here's a picture from the side.  They have a gold circle with a pearly design and the Etro logo underneath.  Love these, just need sunny weather now to wear them :)