OOTD | POLKA DOT PLAYSUIT

Can you believe it's July already?!  I feel like I'm saying this at the start of every month, but this year is absolutely flying by - scary!  Happy 4th July to any of you who celebrate it!  Today's outfit post is almost a bit pointless because my playsuit is a year old now and I can't remember the name of the shop where I got it from.  It was a small boutique type shop that I came across when on holiday last year, and I loved the colour and 50s style polka dots straight away.  Obviously the one set back of wearing a nice playsuit is that going to the toilet because one hell of a mission!  Other than that I love the bright pattern and it looks great when worn with some colourful accessories, which leads me nicely on to the necklace I'm wearing.  I got it from Ebay for £1.99!  The seller had a whole bunch of beautiful designs, I chose this one because of the variety of colours and I thought that it would go well when worn underneath a collar etc.  If you search statement necklace on Ebay, a whole load of bargains like this one come up, you are literally spoilt for choice - it makes so much more sense than paying £20 + for something similar on the high street, and the quality is fine too.  I had had this necklace around three months already and have worn it a LOT, and it's still good as new; not bad for £1.99! 

Have you found any Ebay bargains lately?  What do you think of playsuits - pretty or just pretty hard to get out of?! xx

p.s Don't forget to check out my blog sale!  It can be found here and features Benefit, NARS, St Tropez & lots more! 

OOTD | DAISY PRINT SUMMER SHIFT DRESS

Hey!  I am away this week in Edinburgh (assuming I boarded the dreaded plane - I hope so), so I planned a few posts in advance including a couple of outfit ones of summer dresses that I have been loving recently.  This Daisy print one was an Ebay find, bought for £14.99 and originally from Topshop according to the description.  I really love it, the material is very light so ideal for warmer days and the print is bold and cute.  When it arrived it was a little long on me so I had to adjust it and take the hem up, on a tall person it would come just above the knee, but being so short longer styles don't suit me at all so I had to sort it out quick!  I have always loved shift style dresses, there is just something very feminine and timeless about them and they are perfect for both dressing up at night and wearing during the day with some sandals.  I wore my new favourite Lord & Berry lipstick with this, it is dark enough to match the dress yet the pink/purple shade keeps it summery.  

What do you think of this dress?  Have you found any Ebay gems lately? xx

OOTD | Leather Look Tee & Topshop Trousers

    

Top: Ebay

Leggings: Topshop

Hey :)  I thought that I would do an outfit post today to show you my new favourite thing – this leather look top that I bought from Ebay for a bargain £5.49.  I have seen some similar tops doing the rounds in most high street shops lately, and even though I really wanted one, I didn’t quite see the point in paying much money for something that isn’t even real leather..!  I came across this one and it is perfect, I love the slightly baggy fit (I went up one size) and the fact that it looks more expensive than it was.  I think it will be very versatile, when I bought it I imagined wearing it with these leggings (which were bought earlier this year) and I’m so pleased with how they look together!  I have hardly worn these leggings, I feel pretty limited in what I can wear them with but I really like them, so I’m glad that this top goes with them nicely.  The black and white outfit was completed with some lipstick, specifically Topshop’s Rio Rio.  I generally stick to natural lip colours for daytime so it was nice to wear this lovely bright orange/red shade again! 

Just a quick post today, I am really bad at managing my time lately – working more hours has really thrown me off course!  I love blogging, but I’ve lately been coming home and just reading other blogs rather than working on my own!  xx

smallest. 'haul'. ever.

Quite a quick post today but I just wanted to upload a couple of pics of a ring I picked up on Ebay!  It was about £2 so a real bargain, and I love crosses in all shapes and styles so this caught my eye straight away.  The lighting was poor today so I stuck a vintage filter on the photos and toned it down a bit, so the colours are all kind of muted.  The jumper is one I got from Primark last year when I went through a huge phase of buying everything in 'camel' shades!  One thing that these photos have shown me is that I need to look for another concealer :(  Oh well, of to work I go! xx

OOTD: Teenage Kicks

Firstly, I couldn't post without including a few standard snow pics! 

Now I've got those out of the way, I shall resume usual service with an outfit post..

Dress (worn underneath):Topshop
Jumper: Topshop via Ebay
Belt: H&M
Coat:Vintage

The photos are from yesterday when Faye & I went roaming around our little village with our cameras.  It was really good fun, although we didn't really have a choice of anything else to do because snow = stranded as far as our village is concerned.  The outfit is from today though, and I apologise for the bad lighting, it just wasn't on my side today :(.  It was also a bad hair day, so I tried to put it up in a backcombed ponytail but that didn't really work out either so I gave up on it!  I have had this coat for ages, but completely forgot about it until I noticed it at the back of my wardrobe, it was a bargain £10 from a vintage store and I'll be wearing it a lot more now I've re-discovered it.  The bottom half goes outwards in a 50s style which I love as it automatically gives you curves.  This is the style of the black Topshop dress too, but you cannot see it as much because of the jumper.  The jumper is a crop style which I chose so that it would sit on the waist and create a bit of shape, and the belt is there to emphasise this.  But the main reason for the jumper here is because I was too cold not to wear it!  Hope everyone had a great weekend whatever the weather was like! 

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