Made in 1995.

As some of you may be aware, I recently celebrated my eighteenth birthday and made that giant step from childhood to adulthood.

Ok, maybe not quite yet, but I still celebrated making it to that milestone age of the big one eight. On Friday, I spent the first half of my day celebrating with friends at sixth form, where they absolutely spoiled me! I spent the majority of my free opening presents and being stopped by teachers who were amazed at my collection! 

After much celebration at sixth form, I headed to Costa with a friend for a yummy catch up. We chatted and giggled, and eventually ventured to the shops for a little browse. Oh, by the way, during the entire day I was wearing two birthday badges and carrying large gift bags, looking a tad strange.

Once I got home, I was opening more presents off my family, who also spoilt me rotten. They treated me to a lovely Pandora ring, Marc Jacobs perfume (dot), hair curlers and money, along with loads of other lovely bits and bobs. After opening my presents, I rushed upstairs to try and sort out my appearance after a tiring day!

The night consisted of my family and a couple of my friends. I have quite a large family, so the house was pretty full of loud, quite tipsy, people. It was lovely to see the majority of my family, and celebrate with them. 

However, the night ended pretty short for an eighteenth, as me and my family were heading to London the next morning for a day out (which I will be blogging about separately).

All in all, I had a pretty good birthday filled with great people and celebrations all round. 

I will be blogging about some of my gifts and my trip to London, so check those out!

thanks xxx

Update!

Hello!

I am ridiculously sorry for my lack of posts recently, but everything has been very chaotic and busy lately. However, I now promise, truly promise, that I will be posting a hell of alot more in the near future. 

I have loads of post ideas, including my birthday (which is tomorrow, ah!), my trip to London and my work experience, plus loads more!

So make sure you check those out when i'm back up to my usual standard. 

Once again, i'm truly sorry! 

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There's no place like...the theatre!

On Wednesday, I visited the Royal Exchange theatre in Manchester, to see the play all my sons.

I arrived at the theatre, in complete and utter awe, even though I was bursting for the toilet after a two and a half hour journey! The theatre is contemporary and utterly beautiful, with tall, white standing pillars and breathtaking glass stained windows, it is a true treasure.  

The play, written by Arthur Miller, is a piece I'm studying for my A-level English, so I took the opportunity straight away. The play was preformed outstandingly, and I was completely blown away by the whole thing. I never really consider myself a theatre lover, but the play may have changed me. The atmosphere was incredible and at one moment, I was on the edge of my seat! 

All in All, I had a pretty great day, even though I wish I could have explored Manchester :( (I love Manchester). Maybe another time, eh?!

Thanks xx

Starry-eyed

I picked up this Rimmel London lipstick on Saturday, half price thanks to superdrug. 

I'm not really a massive fan of lipstick as it smudges, fades and smears. I find lipstick, the majority of the time, a huge hassle and therefore choose not to bother with it. 

However, sometimes, I feel that my face looks dull, boring and in some need of colour! This is when I scavenge through the superdrug selves to find a bold, maybe even daring, colour to make me look awake and fresh. 

I came across Rimmel London's long lasting lipstick in the shade starry-eyed. The colour is crimson like, and had a vampy feel to it (I'm a fan of twilight...)I fell in love with the colour instantly, and I must admit, it's pretty long lasting!

                            Thanks xxx

fresh as a daisy.

                                                               
                          Dress: Topshop
                          Jumper: Ebay 
                          Tops: Topshop
                          Boots: Jeffery Campbell 
                          Shorts: Tops

                        Earrings: Marc Jacobs

Those who know me well will know that I am obsessed with one thing and one thing only...daisies. 

I, myself, have never ever understood the obsession. It just kind of happened one day. But now...it's gotten a bit out of control.

I own...

1. Daisy trousers
2. Daisy playsuit
3. Daisy maxi dress
4. Daisy perfume
5. Daisy umbrella
6. Daisy pants
7. Daisy air freshener 
8. Daisy earrings

I'm pretty sure I've forgotten some items, but yes, it's weird. But in my defence a fair amount of shops have been stocking the white petalled creatures, from new look to topshop to urban outfitters to warehouse. They are simply everywhere I look and begging me to purchase them. 

These are just a selection of the daisy themed items I found whilst browsing the internet, and I fell in love with all of them, especially the topshop camis. The items of clothing are mainly provided for the summer weather, and since we're entering the autumn months, they probably won't be acceptable. 

However, I will continue to flaunt my love for the flowers and wear them with pride! 

Thanks petals xxx

Birthday wish-list

At the moment, this is how my eighteenth birthday wish-list stands. In just over a month I'll be hitting the big 1-8 and the thought excites me yet terrifies me at the same time! 

A couple of years ago I fell in love with the film breakfast at Tiffany's and since then, I fell even deeper in love with the brand Tiffany and Co. Their jewellery is outstanding, even if it is a little out of my price range. However my parents have agreed to buy me a bracelet and earrings, which I am over the moon about! 

The reasoning behind the giant cookie...I just simply love cookies. 

I love Pandora jewellery and think the rings are absolutely adorable. The ring pictured above features the October birth stone, which is a pretty, pastel pink!

The reasoning behind the Skins box-set...I just simply love Skins.

I'm in love with big, messy hair at the moment, and my curlers are shamefully pathetic. Therefore I am in desperate need of some new ones that actually work! I have heard several good reviews about these Remington Keratin Therapy Pro Hair Tongs and they are only thirty pound. 

I found these boots a couple of months ago on ebay and instantly fell in love them. I have a bit of a strong love for boots and these ones have an edgy look which will be perfect with any outfit, casual or formal.

I'm pretty sure my list will grow over the next month, but at the minute I'm pretty happy with this combination! 

Thanks! xxx

Reunions and late nights.

On Saturday night I went to a friends party, a friend who I probably haven't seen for months! Loads of my old school friends were there, with the additional friends I see a far bit at sixth form. It was nice to have a little dance and a catch here and there.

I decided to dress up a little for the occasion, but not too much since I knew we'd be in her garden (which last time ended up getting real muddy!) I decided to wear my blue patterned tapered trousers from H&M, which were in the sale at the bargain price of £7.50. The trousers made the outfit brighter, fancier and basically more exciting.

I matched the trousers together with a plain white sleeveless shirt, also from H&M. The blouse was £7.00 and goes with pretty much anything, it suited the trousers nicely. I put a necklace with the collar of the blouse to give it some umph and make the blouse look pretty instead of plain.

 The necklace was in the sale at new look for £3.50 and I immediately had to buy it! It's ridiculously pretty and will snazz up any outfit.

Once again, my brown sandals were out in full force last night. The primark beauties are my favourite companion for any outfit, and at the bargain price of £12, I was tempted to purchase another pair. 

 

I have no explanation for why I put these together, other than I wear these sandals with everything, although the colours do compliant one another. 

 I painted my nails before I had even chosen my outfit (I need to start organising my outfits, asap!) I'm in love with this colour, it's very summery and poppy. The Barry M nail polish is a limited edition and unfortunately does not have a name! 

 

Also, if you're not already, follow me on instagram! I post a fair bit on there, well I try to anyway, soooo.

Thanks! 

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(also, I reached 1,000 views! I'm absolutely blown away, thank you!)

This Is Us

After waiting for ten hours in Leicester square for a single glimpse of the One direction boys, I simply could not wait for their film. However the premiere was on August 20th and their film was out nine days later, which meant I had to wait and wait and wait.

Until the 29th of August finally arrived! I arranged to go with two of my friends and we arrived there mega early just in case some crazed fan-girls stole all the decent seats! We brought tickets for the 3-D version of the film, as all the 2-D showings were earlier in the day and 3-D is supposed to be better, I guess?

We filed into screen five and waited with anticipation for the film to start. After around fifteen minutes of trailers and adverts (one of which was the advert for their new perfume) the film finally began! At this point my one friend Katie was filled with excitement and was squeezing my hand so tight she almost cut the circulation off. One direction eh?

I must admit, I thoroughly enjoyed the film. It had me laughing till I had tears in my eyes and singing along without a care in the world. The film shows the one direction boys for who they truly are, including their goofy dance moves and stupid pranks. The 3-D aspect of the film was especially good during the concert footage, but apart from that pretty pointless. 

The film also made me want to curl up into a ball and cry myself to sleep. The boys expressed their love for their fans so truthfully and passionately, it made me want to hug every single one of them! Some of the footage was absolutely breathtaking, especially their Mexico city concert where they preformed to 65,000 fans! 

Overall the film is enjoyable and will have you laughing until you cry. It's a must watch for fans, and anyone else at that! If you haven't seen it, go watch it! 

Thanks xxx

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Spot of lunch.

Yesterday I went for lunch with one of my friends (seaofdiscontent.blogspot.co.uk) who I hadn't seen for what seemed like an eternity. We visited a cute little pub and spent ages catching up and gossiping about all things juicy and controversial.

The weather was overcast yet humid, which left me baffled when it came to an outfit choice. I chose my grey maxi skirt from h&m and my cream slouch jumper, also from h&m. The combo is casual and comfy, but has an almost classic look. 

I matched the outfit with my brown sandals from primark which have been my savior throughout the whole of summer! They were only twelve pound and have lasted me really well, along with being super comfy. 

To complete the look I used my flower satchel from new look which has a vintage inspired look whilst being spacious and cute! The bag added some pattern to my blank, neutral outfit. 

My nails didn't match my outfit as I wore key lime by Barry M along with silver multi glitter by Barry M on my middle finger to mix things up a bit! I wore two rings, a pink gem one from topshop and a gold heart also from topshop.

p.s massive thanks to seaofdiscontent.blogspot.co.uk for taking and editing these pictures! 

Thank you x