Talacre Beach
We had an amazing day just flipping through magazines, drinking Rekorderligs, eating our ham salad wraps and exploring for about six hours before the wind finally put a stop to our frolicks and sent us home.
Later in the week I went out for my best friends sisters 30th birthday who had booked out the VIP section of my favourite bar.
I wore a black playsuit from 'Topshop' which was £48. I think that's a fair amount to spend on just the one item but I've been struggling to find things to wear to bars recently as it's so hot and my friend convinced me this looked damn good on me so I went with it.
I've never worn a playsuit before but I was pretty impressed! There was no bum flash and my legs didn't look as naked as I thought, in fact I felt amazing in it, definitely a keeper.
I only had forty five minutes to get ready in between driving to pick friends up and finishing work and I got massively rained on running between the car and the front door so the hair situation was a quick ponytail.
Make up wise I went for a classic cat flick of eyeliner and some smudgy eyeliner on the bottom. I've been experimenting with lipsticks lately and noticed that bright pink/berry shades make my blue eyes stand out so after a quick dash to Superdrug with a friend before work I went for 'Pink Punch' by 'Maybelline' from their 'colour sensational' range. It was about £7 and stays on for hours without being over the top, it has that nice effect of making you look polished and made up as well as making your eyes pop and your teeth look whiter. The only minor downside is that it isn't very moisturising like 'Revlon's Lip Butters' but as my new daily goal is to drink as much water as physically possible I wouldn't want to be applying a new layer with every sip. I'm a working woman!
The above outfit was something I quite literally threw on before heading to catch a train. My room was basically a laundry room as I hadn't been at home long enough to sort through it so these two garments were just lying on the top of the pile. The top is my little sisters and I think it was from lame ass 'Peacocks' for about £2.
The skirt is from 'Topshop' and is also the little sisters and is from their petite range and a teeny size 4! How I've managed to fit into that I will never know. But I love it and wear it most days throughout summer as it's so breezy and can be worn for every single occasion you can think of apart from business meetings and funerals depending on how laid back the manager/deceased is. They have a darker version out this season for about £20-something.
And these are my faithful old 'H&M' ray-ban sunglasses of which I have about 1000 pairs. Having such a small head means I am limited to just two styles of sunglasses; the classic aviator style and the wayfarer style which is fine by me. This look was an all round winner as a man actually chased me down the street to tell me I looked 'cute', followed by a really one sided awkward conversation and then he asked for my number and I am now ignoring his texts and wondering why on earth I gave him my actual number. Lemon!
With my holiday just a mere four days away now I've been making some essential preperations. Gel nails are currently my super obsession, I really don't know what I did before they came along. There I was putting up with chips and flakes and bubbles and cotton ball fluff and now I have shiny, strong, long nails that stay that way for three weeks minimum in an endless range of colours.
This is 'Terracotta' by 'Orly Gel FX' but you may be familiar with 'Shellac' or 'Geleration' if you're more of an OPI or Essie girl. This was after three weeks and I was really reluctant to take them off.
When I finally took the plunge I went for 'Into Blue' as I wanted an ocean blue colour that would look summery and stand out in the pool and make me smile everytime I looked at them. Sometimes they can look really turquoise but sometimes they're a bright bright blue, either way I'm in love with them. Usually I'm a classic red girl but for some reason I'd been pining after blue for quite some time. Summer can do strange things to a girl.
I've also been trying to get my fitness back up after meeting an ex-dancer who had trained in yogalates in Australia whose body inspired me to give it a go. As I work such late hours it's pretty impossible for me to get to the gym but hopefully when work settles down and I get weekends off on a permenant basis I can sign up. The only thing that puts me off the gym is that you have to sign up for a year and that level of commitment to staying in one place for such a long time is a bit too much responsibility right now. So I've signed me and a friend up for a four week yogalates introductory course instead and have started running when I get back from work. I just love it!
Todays outfit was for an imprompto meal with friends at Pizza Express so I went for black 'Leigh' jeans by 'Topshop' and a flower print top from their boutique line that I could only find in Petite and the hem had come down. I ended up haggling the £40 price down and sewing the hem up in my lunch break. I love the way it hangs like a box shape and the print is just adorable.
Make up was super light but it was one of those days where you just feel on top of the world so I never put much on when I'm having a day like that, plus it's only Pizza Express.
I spent approximately seven hours cleaning and sorting out my room today and found this 'Pandora' ring someone bought me years ago. Sometimes I think it's too girly and I'm not a fan of big rocks but it just seemed to go with the nail colour today so I went for it.
And I also dug out this bracelet which I had completely forgotten about. It was by a designer for 'Topshop' and I think the original price was over £20 which is nuts considering it's only semi-silver. However the stones are semi-precious and I love the colour of them so I guess that's that.
My make up staples for this summer and which have stayed permenantly in my bag throughout many roadtrips and one up and coming flight over the atlantic ocean are these:
- BadGal mascara by 'Benefit'
- Georgio Armarni foundation
- 'MAC' bronzer
- 'MAC' concealer
- 'Piz Buin' factor 15 suncream
- Scandal Eyes 'Rimmel' eyeliner
I should also add my 'Benefit' eyebrow kit as even if I'm not wearing any other make up I can't go anywhere of any importance without my eyebrows being perfectly groomed. After I threw this question out to a focus group of some of my beauty obsessed friends they also agreed if eyebrows are a no show stepping outside is a no go. And I would have said I'm pretty low maintenance!
Other beauty holiday buys have been this beach dress by 'Topshop', £28 which I have wanted since forever but never bought as I had no holiday plans at the time. Fast forward to the present day and they only had this online in a size large, thankfully when it arrived I didn't look like a whale so it's a keeper.
As previously stated I spent my entire day off doing laundry and sorting out my room and I have to say I was pretty impressed with myself. I wish I could say this is my entire collection of beauty supplies but it isn't. You haven't seen the shelves and drawers full either. How I always think I need something else is beyond me, I could set up my own shop with the amount of things I have and yet I can't bear to part with any of them just in case I get a sudden urge to wear pink glitter eye shadow or lime green nail polish. You just never know!
Bella
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