Festival Fun With New Look

Now that it's August I'm trying to make the most of the summer we have left, I mean I do have two weeks abroad coming up, but then after that it's straight off to uni and summer will suddenly be over. One way to keep the summer spirit alive is music festivals. I've never been to one myself, they always seem to be on at the wrong time or clash with other arrangements, but I will go to a music festival one day!
New Look have got a great festival collection at the moment, I'm always shopping there and I'd say an awful lot of my wardrobe is made up of New Look pieces. I was inspired by their Festival Fashion Timeline (below) to create my own festival outfit. At first I thought my style would be more bohemian, but as I put pieces together it sort of developed into a more "Rock Chick' look. And please excuse the terrible pouting, it's something about those glasses that make me go all pouty!

 

Hat - Topshop / Glasses - Firmoo / Necklace - c/o* New Look / Kimono - New Look (old) / Dress - New Look (old) / Belt - New Look / Boots - c/o* New Look

(Left to right) Above knuckle ring - Handmade / Amethyst ring - Dixi / Infinity ring - Handmade / Plait ring - Claires / Thin ring - Handmade / Scrabble ring - Ebay / Above knuckle ring - Dixi

Festival Fashion Timeline by New Look

Hope you're all having a good summer and enjoy any music festivals you're going to!

Outfit Post: Be mine, Victorian Valentine

Dress - Primark / Blouse - Primark / Socks - Topshop / Wedge boots - New Look / Hair bow - Miss Selfridge (from my secret santa) / Bird ring - Primark / Love ring - Dorothy Perkins / Rose ring - Accessorise / Above the knuckle ring - Dixi

Cutting to the chase, no I'm not celebrating Valentines Day, nor do I hate it. I'm a hopeless romantic and can't wait to fall in love, but for now I'll settle with munching chocolates with my friends (even though I've technically given up chocolate) and staying in watching movies I've been recommended, not a cutesy couple in sight! That's not going to stop me from getting a bit dressed up and embrace the love hearts/reds/girly theme of Valentines Day, and just to show how versatile my dress sense is, I've gone all Victorian-style in this outfit, completely contrasting with my previous, slightly "rock-chick" outfit in my latest blog post. I really love the shape created by the dress and the sleeves, it's the perfect girly girl outfit!

You may recognise this Primark dress, it seems to be very popular and I've spotted so many bloggers with the same dress, making me fall head-over-heels for it and managed to get it in the Boxing Day sales. I've layered it over this bell sleeve chiffon shirt, also from Primark. The shirt alone isn't that flattering on me as it's too long at the back and adds volume to the wrong places, but I really love the sleeves and am always teaming it up with my dresses. 

You may also notice I have straight hair. 'Big deal?' Why, yes. Now that I've embraced my natural curls, and have decided to let my hair grow super long I have stayed away from heat products (except for my high-maintenance fringe). However, every so often, as in once every few months, I decide to straighten it just to see how long it's grown, always pretty exciting (for me), and it's funny how different I look!

I hope you all have a lovely Valentines Day, couples and singletons alike!

x

Statement Rings

Just a quick post today as I've been pretty busy preparing for my interview on Wednesday, but I wanted to show you the 5 gorgeous rings I won from Temporary Secretary's Twitter giveaway. I absolutely love rings, even though I have the tiniest, kid-sized hands! These rings are a mixture of cute and quirky, and some will be perfect for summer. My favourite has got to be the adorable fairy castle ring, closely followed by the flower cluster ring. 
You can check out the Temporary Secretary shop here, and blog here 

While we're on the topic of rings, I'd also like to recommend Dixi to you all. I've bought a few rings from here, including some simple above the knuckle rings, but below are my two favourites; a vintage style ring, and large amethyst ring. This shop always has great offers on and are constantly adding new items.

Which are your favourites?

Outfit Post: My Current Go-To Outfit

You know the drill; it's getting to the end of the Christmas holidays, the Christmas blues have set in, all your clothes feel a little bit tighter and you just can't be bothered to make much of an effort anymore. At least I hope it's not just me! I've worn this outfit too many times now, and I'd change the colour of the skirt just to make it interesting, the denim shirt is plain and simple but the long sleeves add just enough warmth and makes a change from wearing cardigans all the time. I love my burgundy hat, it's great for my all-too-frequent bad hair days and matches the skirt and the small details in my lovely scarf which I got for Christmas. I'm not much of a scarf wearer because I have quite a short neck so I usually look quite silly in a thick knitted scarf but this one is 'thin' enough to not make me look ridiculous. I like to wear long socks rather than tights sometimes, but not when it's really cold outside! 

Had my first day back at Sixth Form today, so I am exhausted! I feel like I could do with another three weeks off and been bombarded with university applications and coursework deadlines (why, oh why am I doing three coursework subjects?!) January is going to be a pretty intense month but at least that means it'll all be over in a few weeks. Plus it's only six weeks till half term, I'm staying positive (well I'm trying to...)

Bobble hat - New Look / Shirt - H&M / Skirt - New Look / Scarf - Fat Face / Socks - Topshop / Creepers - Shoezone / Plait ring - Claires / Band ring - handmade by me / Infinity ring - handmade by me / Above the knuckle ring - Dixi

The Lumineers - Stubborn Love