Miss Selfridge Summer Sandals
I just wanted to quickly post about these gorgeous sandals I bought at the weekend! I needed a cute pair to go with my maxi dresses and found these.....
Miss Selfridge has got some pretty sandals for the summer with holiday destination themed names, mine are Marbella inspired and at £22 brilliant value for glamming up a maxi x
June 2011 Issue of Cosmopolitan UK
June 2011 Cosmopolitan issue is now out and cover girl this month is Glee star Lea Michele.
Summer is well and truly here with the magazine focusing round the summer trend and looks. There is also the chance for Glee fans to win tickets for their UK tour.
The freebie for the month is a Dorothy Perkins bag and 20% off at New Look and Dorothy Perkins clothes! Enjoy!
Top 5 Friendship Bracelets – Blasts from the Past
I’m so happy to see friendship bracelets are back, I’ve loved these for as long as I can remember!!! From way back when they were originally bought from your summer holidays abroad for friends. I always remember a holiday to Ibiza when I was 7 ending in armfuls of coloured string and beads. I had my dad deliriousfrom buying me friendship bracelets and the shop that sold them was my base for the whole two weeks, coming away every time with my new ‘favourite’ bracelet!
I’ve recently noticed more and more celebrities wearing these funky finds to name a few…..
Lauren Conrad is a huge fan of friendship bracelets, while Fearne Cotton teams hers up with festival attire.
Miley Cyrus incorporates them into her rock chick style and Nicole Richie goes for subtle and chic
My top 5 favourite friendship bracelets at the minute:
1. ASOS C'est La Vie skinny wristband = £6.00
2. River Island Pink love friendship bracelet = £4.99
3. Pomegranate Brown Friendship Bracelet at John Lewis = £60
4. Dogeared Friends mantra gold dipped horn on rust suede = $52
5. NewLook friendship bracelet = £4.99 also in coral, black and pink
Links of London also offer a tailor-made friendship bracelet service! see this link http://www.linksoflondon.com/bespoke-friendship-bracelets you can make your own bracelet or custom design one for a friend. You do have to go into participating stores to order the bracelet but all is explained in the link.
One of my favourite jewellery designers is Dogeard and my mum gave me one of their ‘Make a Wish Bracelets’ for Christmas.
Although on the expensive side for a friendship bracelet it has a quirky story that adds a little sparkle to it. The legend of the collection is to make a wish and wear the bracelet, made of thin tobacco Irish Linen. The bracelet will then over the course of a few months wear away and once it snaps your wish will come true and so far mine has!! If you believe in superstition or not it’s still a cute gift to receive and to give to someone special!! They also have lots more fun designs on their site take a look, I am already eyeing up my next purchase! http://www.dogeared.com/
So I'm looking forward to a summer of friendship bracelets, funky beads and hopefully lots of them too!! x
H&M – How Much Sorry??
Due to the fact that I am saving for a holiday, a house and to pay back my credit card I’ve not really been shopping in a while and the main reason for this is it’s too hard to walk away when I find something I love! This is exactly what happened when I allowed myself to purchase a gorgeous denim jacket from H&M (my new favourite shop for cheap, but amazing clothes!) see for yourself http://www.hm.com/gb/
The plan to walk in buy my jacket and walk out failed miserably when I glanced at the rail next to me while queuing for the till (I knew as soon as I done it I was making a huge mistake!) I was going strong until a passer by asked for the time and I became distracted..... that was it I caved and saw the cutest summer dress and my first find of the season!
I picked out my size and handed my card to the cashier! In my defence this was a month ago and I am yet to step foot in H&M again, well a quick glance on Saturday hardly counts! I am slightly obsessed with their website and have found some great finds for my holiday. I though it only fair to share this with you happy shopping!!
What Goes Around Comes Around….
When I say this I don’t mean in a karma way (although I do believe in that too!) this for me is about the style revolving door. Let me explain…. When I was young I would always hear my mum say things like “oh I had a pair of those in the 80s” and “I’ve still got one of those in my wardrobe” for years I was baffled as to what she was going on about until a few years ago and I noticed the style trends that kept reappearing! At the age of 22 I can’t say I’ve graced this earth long enough to see the beginning of trends but I am here to see their return. From pedal pushers to denim jackets, style for the decades kept reappearing and I found myself saying those infamous words “oh that’s back in now?”
My earliest memory of styles making a reappearance was the leather jacket trend. Now I’m not talking about any leather jacket, I’m talking the coloured leather jacket!! I was 10 years old and shopping with my mum for my school disco outfit (at the age of 10 this was on the same scale as Kate Middleton shopping for her wedding dress!) it had to be perfect. I had the outfit I just need the jacket and as I stepped into Tammy Girl I saw it…..on the far wall there it was a metallic pink leather jacket! I was sold! I begged my mum to buy me it promising to wear it all the time and how much of my wardrobe it would go with. It worked she bought me it and I sat on the bus the whole way home taking peaks at it every few minutes. Disco day couldn’t come quick enough and as I pulled on that leather jacket I felt like Sandy from Grease except minus the big hair, black skin tight leggings and cigarette hanging from my lips! But I’ll never forget that leather jacket. I still think of it and giggle when I see a spread in Glamour or Cosmo with a leather jacket feature.
If I’ve learnt anything from my fashion past it would be…. it’s rare to be able to pull off a trend and look good in it and I fear my pink leather jacket wasn’t my finest fashion choice! But for that night I felt like I’d done it and I think the 10 year old in me still always wishes she kept that jacket! x
May Issue of Cosmopolitan UK
I picked up the May issue of Cosmo magazine on my way into work this morning and it is sitting neatly and very temptingly on the corner of my desk! Cover girl for May is Kim Kardashian and as you can see http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/lifestyle/entertainment/may-2011-cosmopolitan-magazine she’s doing a really good job of keeping me away from the office sweet box!! The topic of interest this month is body confidence (naturally as bikiniseason is just around the corner!)
You also get a free book! I’ve previously read one of them ‘Can you keep a Secret’ by Sophie Kinsella http://www.amazon.co.uk/Can-Keep-Secret-Sophie-Kinsella/dp/0552771104 which is one of my favorites! It’s perfect if you want a fun, light read or if you want to pick it up and keep it for your holiday. Either way read it!!
One warning I will give you is to not read it in public alone or you may get side glances when you can’t control the laugh out loud moments on public transport....... dont say I didn't warn you! x