eeeek I couldn't help it!

Ok ok so I have gone & made a tiny weeny purchase, but I am going to Paris soon so I do want to look tres chic for my little trip. So I have been searching high & low for some reasonably priced straight legged coloured jeans (they are all skinny & they don't suit my petit pear shaped frame at all, they make me look like a chunky monkey) but in the end I've just found these babies :)

Straight leg tie dye & pink, with a gorgeous little zip detail. I will hopefully be teaming them with these fiercely amazing pumps
So excited: need to stop spending!!

Secondly....

..... as I have curbed my spending habits on fashion for the time being I seem to have taken to spring cleaning my beauty regime.  I always love to try something new especially if it has been well reviewed from a reliable source, so as my beloved Garnier BB cream was running low and I had a £5 No7 voucher, compliments of my Beautiful skin mini trio, I decided to give theirs a whirl.  I haven't tried it as of yet so ill perhaps post a comparison when I do.  I'm a bit of a No7 convert at the minute this particular range is amazing and seems to be working incredibly on my skin.  I have picked the normal/dry combination for my skin but it also caters to other types too.  The Day/Night creams feel lovely they aren't too oily on the skin just leaving it perfectly hydrated making a great base for makeup.  The Cleaning lotion provides a surprisingly delicate but deep clean for the skin, I was shocked at the impurities coming out onto the cotton wool pad even after washing my face with my usual face wash.  This spurred me on to try the Melting Gel Cleanser as I began to wonder about the effectiveness of my usual product.  The cleanser exits the tube as a gel, turns to an oil on the skin and then washes off almost like a milk.  So genius as it once again provides great results leaving your skin perfect.  I can not rate this Beautiful Skin range enough it just feels so lovely and smells good too!

Before bed blogging....

 .... so before I curl up with my kindle and enter the land of nod I wanted to share a few things.  Firstly my gorgeous flowers!!  Although I like to think that me and my fella show our appreciation, affection and adoration for one another the other 364 days of the year it is a nice to have a little bit of something on that most 'romantic' of days.  Behold my beautiful bouquet....  Made up byView Blog my personal florist, my mum :) They both know me so well, as its very reminiscent of the Liberty bouquet I kept banging on about.

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Really awful photo doesn't do it justice really

Girl crush....

Effortlessly stunning

New obsessions...

... so its been months & I haven't posted again ooopsie.  Maybe ill be more dedicated in the summer when I have some time on my hands.At the moment I'm extremely excited with all the spring/summer collections surfacing in the shops, the only thing thats holding me back from a mega splurge is the weather.  It may look sunny but its freezing here not good for sheer blouses, printed vest or pastel shorts just yet.  So I'm hanging on but there is some beautiful stuff out there.  Also being a fashion student I've had my hands on images of the current runway collections for ages so its great to see them in the glossy editorials, Vogue has been extremely pretty for the last 3 months!  So new my new obsession is: black milk clothing! Ive heard about them for ages as I follow a few you tubers who are massive fans but only just had a sneak peek at their website and I love it!!

 I know perhaps the look is slightly contradictory to my spring/summer excitement, but although they are more grungy I do think that Black Milk have a distinctively unique fun edge, which I love and can be perfect for any time of year (like now for example with the transitional period we are going through weather wise) This also answers the question to where Kat von D's quirky leggings came from which she frequently sports on Instagram.  Personally I prefer the skirt version but wouldn't mind either way if any of these lovelies were to make their way into my wardrobe.

House of Harlow

So to continue my obsession with Ms Richie heres another post in dedication to my style icon.  As mentioned previously her product lines are gorgeous they capture a really bohemian, vintage but highly unique feel and look, unfortunately as they are a little harder to get hold of in the UK they come with a hefty price tag usually.... until Primark stepped in and did an amazing copy for £2.50 I believe?  I bought it a while ago and it had been released in variety of colour ways, but I love this black, gold & white version.  It is practically the same ring I couldn't believe it when I saw it. So any House of Harlow fans get yourselves to Primark.

Now if Primark could only do one of these :)

Ok so I really need to get a grip of this...

...I need to update this more often however feeling truly inspired today will probably push on a few posts and then who knows when ill be back again.
So at the moment I am feeling really inspired, fashion has taken over my life and my bank account which is never so good.  However I have loads of stuff ready to go on ebay so I really need to pull my finger out and get that sold so ill be sure to mention that on here, there might be a little gem in there for you who's reading this :)
I am getting extremely excited about Christmas and my upcoming birthday which is odd for me as for the last two years I haven't been, so I thought my Christmas spirit had completely vanished but a series of fortunate and exciting events has spurred me on!  So when it turns to Christmas and the New Year the high street is brimming with sequinned delights, which becomes kind of a bore really especially when you have your heart set on the one certain something, like moi,which you cant get hold of or afford.  For me it is this 'custom' piece from her own Winter Kate line that Nicole Richie wore to a New Years event last year and I have been in love with it ever since.  I have a massive obsession with Nicole anyway her style is amazing and her clothing and accessory lines are gorgeous.  However there was no way on earth I was getting my hands on this dress ever..... until I waited almost a year, and the wonderful people at theoutnet.com made it available at a highly discounted price.  I will be styling it a la Nicole keeping it very simple with black tights and shoes and a large cocktail ring, not to glam it up too much with accessories as the dress is all the glam I will need. Up until my jaw dropping purchase here are some of the options I was considering:

Gorgeous maxi from River Island

Shorter version again River Island

New Look £19.99 best price

Stunning Kelly Brook in New Look which I think they have sneakily never released

Gorgeous Mary Kate Olsen in her  a dress from her own line Elizabeth & James could never find this one either :( maybe one day

I think you have to be really careful with sequins you really do get what you pay for, so always keep this in consideration.  Well lit images on the internet can be really inviting but don't get your hopes up if you find a bargain price tag don't be fooled into thinking your getting an amazing designer equivalent.  I was really disappointed by all the gold high street dresses when I saw them in the flesh, however the River Island one was probably the one I found the best.  Also sequins are scratchy to wear so thats why I opted for a long sleeve option so the sequins can rub against themselves rather than the inside flesh of my arm. I do have really sensitive skin though so this may not be the case for some, but I opt to be comfortable as well as fashionable.