MinkPink Paisley Print Goodness and other tempting treats...

(Left Dress) MinkPink Velvet dress @ Urban Outfitters £65

MinkPink Paisley trapeze dress @ asos £55

OH MY LOVE off the shoulder dress @ asos £35

TOPSHOP geek shoes £30

PULL & BEAR khaki wool and shearling gilet £49.99

This is basically my christmas wishlist that i would definitely buy for myself if i didn't have to spend money on everyone else :( I have saturday to find the rest of the christmas presents that i need to buy for people but i think ive got most of it done it just all needs wrapping! I don't really feel christmassy this year compared to the last few years, i don't think it has properly sunk in yet that christmas is in 5 days because im at work all the time whereas for the last 3 years i was bumming around at uni having all the time in the world to do what i wanted! Work is NO FUN AT ALL. If i happen to stumble upon the velvet dress in urban outfitters on saturday though im not sure ill be able to walk out without it, it's so so Winter kate but half the price! 

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Friday #5 Things - 2

1. kitten heels - h&m £24.99

2. Mac studio finish concealor - £14.50

3. Topshop lipstick in beguiled - £8

4. Oversized jumper h&m - £14.99

5. Topshop horror tee - £18

Another friday five things that i've had my eye on recently, i've chosen to do it on friday's because i get paid on friday's so i think it's fitting, i don't necessarily buy all of these things but i ponder over them for a while. In the post previously i showed you two pairs of shoes...
1. the h&m shoes are the ones i'm leaning towards i think!

2. Mac concealer, probably a weird thing to think about because concealer is an everyday product for most people but i don't wear it at all in the day i only wear the dainty doll concealer i posted about when i'm going out to brighten my face under the bronzer and blusher, i think i'm going to buy this concealer because it's had some good reviews, i wanted to get the studio sculpt but i've heard it's being discontinued so what would be the point?

3. Topshop dark red lips!! love this colour, i really want this i've been looking for this type of colour for a while, i bought one from collection 2000 (i think) but it was a horrible consistency, really messy, bled into the cracks in my lips and i had a horrible feeling it was going to go all down my chin and on my teeth whilst i'm at work or shopping or whatever, so i need to swatch this before i buy it but usually the topshop lipsticks are like a creamy matte which would be perfect.

4. This jumper from h&m, i've actually tried it on at work and it fit's perectly, i'm definitly buying this to go under a black fur gilet i bought which i'll post about soon, i also think it would look amazing with some skinny jeans, the topshop lipstick and the shoes!

5. I LOVE this t shirt from topshop, i wish i'd bought it when i first saw it online but i never and now it's sold out and it's not available in ANY store :(  :(  :(

I love it so much, it's so halloweeny and i absolutely love halloween it's my favorite time of year!

Friday #5 Things...

1. Tom Ford Black Orchid perfume - £85. I've wanted this perfume for soo long, the only reason i haven't got it is because of the price. I'm not prepared to spend that amount of money on a perfume that i don't really think is 'me', my favourite ever perfume is Flowerbomb by Viktor and Rolf which i've been wearing for a few years, Black orchid is nothing like the usual scents i go for e.g. Vera Wang Princess, Marc Jacobs Daisy and Flowerbomb but i just love the smell of it when i'm walking past the Tom Ford perfumes in Selfridges.

2. Revlon Photoready Airbrush - £12.99. My mom bought this foundation today and it's so lovely, it's a mousse foundation but it's a lot more runny than other foundations like Maybelline dream mousse, the consistency is quite thick when your rubbing it in but the finish feels so silky and soft. I would say it's medium coverage, it has a matte finish with a tiny bit of glitter, it feels moisturizing without the dewyness. Im deffo purchasing this when my Rimmel 25hr runs out!

3. Check shorts from h&m - £19.99. Saw these shorts at work the other day and i loved them, I think they look really autumny, Going to buy these tomorrow if my size is in stock.

4. Amber knitted scarf from h&m - £7.99. Going to order this scarf online because i havent seen it in store, love the colour of it, i think it would look good with the shorts, black tights, loafers, an off white shirt, a blazer and a huge tan bag.

5. YSL Rouge Volupte in Peach Passion - £23.50. Really want this lipstick for the packaging more than anything, i think it looks classic. The colour is also lovely, it's a peachy nude pink which goes on creamy and is really pigmented.

Summer's in the air and baby, Heaven's in your eyes.

dress - h&m

belt - primark

kimono - river island

bag - ebay

necklace - topshop

rings - topshop, h&m

bracelets - new look, ebay

Went to Stratford to make the most of the sun, being British and all. This is what i wore, i took a leather jacket aswell, the accessorize in stratford has some beaaaautiful things in it i had to stop myself from buying them, but i probably will next time i'm in the bullring. The one thing that i was gonna buy, this red string bracelet with initials on, which was so cuteee, they didn't have a J! Also i wasn't happy because the boat man wasn't there so we couldn't hire a boat for an hour :( instead we went to the pub and had a kopparberg, went to magic alley an looked at the spells, had a milkshake from moo moo's which you should definitly try if you go to Stratford any time soon, they have about 548768976 different flavours for example, cherry drop milkshake, rhubarb and custard, wham bar, and jamaican gingerbread!? And we looked at the year round christmas shop, it was sooo cute! and it was a bit like being in a christmas carol because the buildings are so old fashioned and small. Decided to go to Solihull on the way home to get a juicy cocktail from Tgi Fridays and some sesame chicken strips because they are SO good. nom

Glitter and lace

Dress - h&m

Bag - asos

Necklace - forever 21

shoes - ebay

I bought these shoes from ebay a while ago, i've worn them once, they are 6.5 inch heels and i've only got size 5 feet so they're really hard to walk in for too long but i love them. You can get them here. Dress is really old from h&m but i think these shoes need to be dressed down so you can only really wear them with black, or white or grey, hmm i need to buy a grey t shirt dress. I am loving the weather, i love the sun i think it makes everyone happier, i can't stand the winter, rain, cold, grey sky it's too depressing, I might be going to Stratford (shakespeare stratford not london) on sunday or monday with my good pal Fay and whoever else we can rope into coming, if the weathers still nice! I really want to move somewhere like LA and be in permanent sun, or benidorm just because i LOVE the programme which is back on tonight :D.

dipped hems

 

Jacket - h&m

clutch - asos

skirt - primark

necklace - forever 21

lipstick - 17

I was early for uni today so i went into primark to waste some time, i havent been to primark for ages and i refuse to go into the birmingham one so i thought i'd go into wolverhampton as it had just opened so it was nice and clean. There was nothing particularly nice in there to be fair mostly just the same old jumpers and cardigans but i came across the dipped hem skirts (above) i loveeeee them! £8, i was so excited when i saw them because i love the ones in river island but there about £25 for the same kind of material, so i bought the black and grey, if they come out in any other colours ill probably get those aswell, they should make some pastel ones deffinitly!

  I'm going for a belated valentine's date with my boyfriend wednesday night so i'll probably wear one of these, don't know which one though! Also i'm loving the purple lipstick i cannot get enough of it, i'm not brave enough to wear it in the day though, and no one seems to love it as much as i do, i think the only person who's said it's nice is my dad! (shame)

There were also some lovely bright coloured blazers in primark for £15 i was tempted to buy the blue one but they didn't have matching shorts, so i decided not to get it as i'm supposed to be curbing my spending since i'm finishing uni in April/May, so i need to get used to not having loans and overdrafts and only spend my wages! HARD.

Band of gypsies

band of gypsies @ ASOS £14 in the sale

ASOS £25

River island £8!! in the sale from £60

same jacket - back view

Primark £12

ASOS £15

ASOS £15

River island £30

Bought these a couple of weeks ago, i love the band of gypsies kimono because its pink, paisley and has fringing, can't wait to wear it when it get's warmer, the cream crotchet tunic is so good for £25, can be worn with tights, leggings or shorts, i bought it in a bigger size though so it's long enough for a dress! The river island kimono i found in the Bullring, i bought it because it was £8, it would have been rude not to! I NEVER go into the Bullring river island either because it's awful, it's too busy and there's too many scary women in there. The cardigan is a bargain, £12, i love the colour it's really spring/summery and i always wear black/white/grey so it just makes a plain outfit colourful, i got it from the Wolverhampton Primark, i refuse to go to the Birmingham one it's always a mess, the Wolverhampton and Coventry ones are much much nicer. All three clutches are from ASOS, i LOVE them, especially the mint green, can't wait to take them on holiday, i love the way they look with a plain black dress.

Ivy love...

Love Gillian Zinser...

ivy diet starts tomorrow.

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Spring/Summer 12 inspiration

What i plan on looking like for the whole of the summer...

For Love And Lemons spring/summer 12 collection, i plan on purchasing everything from here, so expensive though :(