Well, 2015 has been a hell of a year. This year I've grown so much as a person, so much more than I ever could and I know that probably sounds super mushy and stuff, but I really have.

I began the year still suffering from terrible mental illnesses, which had basically taken over control of my life. I never left the house, I felt guilty over eating a 68 calorie yoghurt and I was just completely lost. It was around the start of this year that I really threw myself into blogging. I did initially begin my blog back in June 2014 but I barely posted a thing until this year. My blog was originally on Wordpress and I used to write beauty posts (let me know if you were a reader then) even though I honestly barely know a thing about beauty haha. It was my new hobby, my new distraction and I loved it. Photographing things and writing and just concentrating on something other than all the dark emotions I was feeling was so nice.

I spent a long time writing reviews and 'haul' type posts but I guess that that wasn't really my blogging niche. I don't really remember what happened but one day I must have just thought 'No, I should be writing about fashion'. So, that's what I began to do. Off I went. I curled my hair, grabbed my all black outfit, whacked on some red lipstick and headed into my garden. At this point, no one on my blog had ever seen my face before and I was taking all of my photos on my mobile phone so I had to get my Mum to help me take the photos that were actually of me haha.

After a while of having my blog on Wordpress, I was starting to get a bit fed up with my layout and all that jazz and really wanted a change. So, I took a leap and moved over to Blogger which my blog is on now. This allowed me to buy my own domain name and official have 'www.hollylovesthesimplethings.co.uk' all to myself! I feel like this was such a big step in terms of blogging for me, because it just really showed my commitment to what I was doing.

In March 2015, I posted some of first outfit photos and well, you guys went crazy for them. At the time, I had just over 1,000 instagram followers and these photos were getting 300-400 likes. I was in complete shock aha!

Around the same time as this, I went to an event with one of my Mum's friends who's a make up artist (Natalie Robinson - check out her Facebook page here!) and weirdly found myself considering something I'd never really thought about before. I went with the initial intention of maybe becoming a make up artist, but I know now that that's not the right path for me... Anyway, she basically took me along with her so that I could watch what happens backstage. I remember being in awe of the models there. I was completely distracted from what I was meant to be doing and this thought just popped into my head saying 'I want to do that.' That might have seemed strange considering the illness I was dealing with, but honestly, I knew that I wanted to do it. I saw the confidence the girls had and I just thought 'I'm going to be that confident one day'. I wrote a post about the event the next day and was searching for which agency the models were from as I wanted to reference them. I found an agency and instantly became obsessed. They were so cool and edgy - I immediately followed them on Instagram and kind of one day hoped that I'd be able to apply there myself.

Now in about August, I shot an outfit post in a particular spot in my garden and people really seemed to like it. It's just a little spot in my garden that has now ended up being posted on the likes of Boohoo's instagram, as well as just receiving so many positive comments from you guys here on my blog. I've shot my outfits there ever since and I feel like it's kind of become a signature thing to Simple Things haha. Also, from that point on, I threw myself into fashion blogging and became primarily a Fashion Blogger. Fashion is definitely always going to be a part of what I do with my life and it's not that I don't still love beauty and make up and all that jazz, but I just know that fashion is my thing, it's what I'm passionate about.

In September I attended 2 very exciting events: London Fashion Weekend and The Bloggers Blog Awards. London Fashion Weekend was my very first Fashion Week experience and honestly I loved it. I loved everyone who adores fashion getting to celebrate it all in one place and well, I got to do it along with my Mum and bestie Annie. I remember there was a bizarre moment whilst we were there too, when all of these photographers started taking photos of me whilst Annie was shooting my blog pictures and I honestly felt like Kate Moss or something haha. It was so cool sitting front row on the catwalk and just feeling like I was somewhere where I fit in and it wouldn't be weird to drool over how gorgeous a pair of high heels were aha.

The Bloggers Blog awards were amazing too! It was so surreal to meet other bloggers in the flesh and not to mention the fact that I won Highly Commended Up & Coming Fashion Blogger...like say what?! I remember walking in there sooooo nervous with my legs shaking and then by the end of it I was sat giggling with Charlotte, Lauren and Jordan like we'd been friends for ages!

Soon after this was when I really began to feel like 'Me' again. I started to go out with my friends and just have fun and it literally was the most liberating thing to just laugh and get a little bit tipsy haha! I remember after one night out, I'd gotten a little too drunk and well... vommed a little (lol sorry for the TMI). But the next day, despite feeling incredibly rough and hungover, I just felt really 'free'. Like all I could think about was the fact that I was doing things normal teenagers do now and not having a care in the world!

In October, I got to collaborate with two super exciting brands, Clarks and We Are Cow. Clarks is a huge brand and for them to want to work with me had me in complete shock. I remember receiving the email at a time when my friend Sophie was working for them and it just felt really weird to think that a brand that has one of my best friends working in retail, wanted me to promote their stuff on my little ol blog! Then, We Are Cow is a brand that me and my friends love. We always pop into their store in Manchester and when they emailed me I got super emotional haha. Again, it was just crazy to me that a few years ago I stumbled into their Manchester store and thought 'ooo this place is so cool' and now I've bloody collaborated with them! October was a pretty exciting months in terms of collabs!

Then November just took me on whirlwind. At like the middle of November, I was looking on the J'adore Models website at the 'Become A Model' page and thinking, 'I need to get some photos taken and send off to them off soon'. You see, for a while i'd been getting a taste of the modelling world. I'd been to a casting in London, I'd been to an agency in London and I'd even done a little bit of work for a clothing brand, so I kind of finally felt ready to apply to the agency I'd been gushing over since March. At the exact moment of that thought, I got a freaking notification from them on my phone. WHAT?! They'd commented on one of my photos asking for my height and where I was based. I literally shouted 'NO WAY?!' and began typing back like a giddy child in a sweet shop. Basically, they asked me to come to a casting the next day and I was like YES YES YES.

At the casting, It was me and two other girls - both of whom were bloody gorgeous. I immediately thought, 'what am I doing here? they're not going to want me over these two'. I was sat there, head to toe in black, with no make up on and messy wavy hair whilst these two beautiful tanned girls sat either side of me. We each went in one by one. They just asked a few questions and took some photos and then we sat waiting to see what happened outside. They called the two girls in one at a time before me and they both came out like 'they said no' and I just kind of thought 'shit, it's a no for me then'. Although there was a little thought in the back of my head that thought 'save the best till last...they might want you!'.  Finally, I went in and kept myself ready and prepared for rejection. It completely had me in shock when they handed me a contract and asked me to do a job for them that Thursday. I HAD BEEN SIGNED TO A MODELLING AGENCY! I ran outside to my Mum who was waiting in her car and waved the contract at her through the window. I was so so giddy haha!

Now, it's December and this has been the craziest year of my life. Like what the hell? How have I been through so much? I actually feel like a super hero. It's weird to think of how i started this year and then the position that I'm ending it in. I'm incredibly excited and ready for 2016. There are so many things I want to do, so much I want to achieve and well... I'm gonna do it haha, just try and stop me!

I do, of course, just want to take a second to just say Thank you. Thank you to all of you who have read my blog and stood by me this year, you have honestly helped me more than you will ever know. And also, thank you to my Mum, Dad, brother and my friends for putting up with my annoying ups and downs but also for not getting embarrassed every time that I pop up on their instagram feed promoting something AGAIN haha.

I honestly love this blog and everything that goes with it with all my heart and can't wait to see where it can take me. And so, with nothing much else to add... I'm coming for ya 2016!
  • December 27, 2015

Reflecting on 2015


Well, 2015 has been a hell of a year. This year I've grown so much as a person, so much more than I ever could and I know that probably sounds super mushy and stuff, but I really have.

I began the year still suffering from terrible mental illnesses, which had basically taken over control of my life. I never left the house, I felt guilty over eating a 68 calorie yoghurt and I was just completely lost. It was around the start of this year that I really threw myself into blogging. I did initially begin my blog back in June 2014 but I barely posted a thing until this year. My blog was originally on Wordpress and I used to write beauty posts (let me know if you were a reader then) even though I honestly barely know a thing about beauty haha. It was my new hobby, my new distraction and I loved it. Photographing things and writing and just concentrating on something other than all the dark emotions I was feeling was so nice.

I spent a long time writing reviews and 'haul' type posts but I guess that that wasn't really my blogging niche. I don't really remember what happened but one day I must have just thought 'No, I should be writing about fashion'. So, that's what I began to do. Off I went. I curled my hair, grabbed my all black outfit, whacked on some red lipstick and headed into my garden. At this point, no one on my blog had ever seen my face before and I was taking all of my photos on my mobile phone so I had to get my Mum to help me take the photos that were actually of me haha.

After a while of having my blog on Wordpress, I was starting to get a bit fed up with my layout and all that jazz and really wanted a change. So, I took a leap and moved over to Blogger which my blog is on now. This allowed me to buy my own domain name and official have 'www.hollylovesthesimplethings.co.uk' all to myself! I feel like this was such a big step in terms of blogging for me, because it just really showed my commitment to what I was doing.

In March 2015, I posted some of first outfit photos and well, you guys went crazy for them. At the time, I had just over 1,000 instagram followers and these photos were getting 300-400 likes. I was in complete shock aha!

Around the same time as this, I went to an event with one of my Mum's friends who's a make up artist (Natalie Robinson - check out her Facebook page here!) and weirdly found myself considering something I'd never really thought about before. I went with the initial intention of maybe becoming a make up artist, but I know now that that's not the right path for me... Anyway, she basically took me along with her so that I could watch what happens backstage. I remember being in awe of the models there. I was completely distracted from what I was meant to be doing and this thought just popped into my head saying 'I want to do that.' That might have seemed strange considering the illness I was dealing with, but honestly, I knew that I wanted to do it. I saw the confidence the girls had and I just thought 'I'm going to be that confident one day'. I wrote a post about the event the next day and was searching for which agency the models were from as I wanted to reference them. I found an agency and instantly became obsessed. They were so cool and edgy - I immediately followed them on Instagram and kind of one day hoped that I'd be able to apply there myself.

Now in about August, I shot an outfit post in a particular spot in my garden and people really seemed to like it. It's just a little spot in my garden that has now ended up being posted on the likes of Boohoo's instagram, as well as just receiving so many positive comments from you guys here on my blog. I've shot my outfits there ever since and I feel like it's kind of become a signature thing to Simple Things haha. Also, from that point on, I threw myself into fashion blogging and became primarily a Fashion Blogger. Fashion is definitely always going to be a part of what I do with my life and it's not that I don't still love beauty and make up and all that jazz, but I just know that fashion is my thing, it's what I'm passionate about.

In September I attended 2 very exciting events: London Fashion Weekend and The Bloggers Blog Awards. London Fashion Weekend was my very first Fashion Week experience and honestly I loved it. I loved everyone who adores fashion getting to celebrate it all in one place and well, I got to do it along with my Mum and bestie Annie. I remember there was a bizarre moment whilst we were there too, when all of these photographers started taking photos of me whilst Annie was shooting my blog pictures and I honestly felt like Kate Moss or something haha. It was so cool sitting front row on the catwalk and just feeling like I was somewhere where I fit in and it wouldn't be weird to drool over how gorgeous a pair of high heels were aha.

The Bloggers Blog awards were amazing too! It was so surreal to meet other bloggers in the flesh and not to mention the fact that I won Highly Commended Up & Coming Fashion Blogger...like say what?! I remember walking in there sooooo nervous with my legs shaking and then by the end of it I was sat giggling with Charlotte, Lauren and Jordan like we'd been friends for ages!

Soon after this was when I really began to feel like 'Me' again. I started to go out with my friends and just have fun and it literally was the most liberating thing to just laugh and get a little bit tipsy haha! I remember after one night out, I'd gotten a little too drunk and well... vommed a little (lol sorry for the TMI). But the next day, despite feeling incredibly rough and hungover, I just felt really 'free'. Like all I could think about was the fact that I was doing things normal teenagers do now and not having a care in the world!

In October, I got to collaborate with two super exciting brands, Clarks and We Are Cow. Clarks is a huge brand and for them to want to work with me had me in complete shock. I remember receiving the email at a time when my friend Sophie was working for them and it just felt really weird to think that a brand that has one of my best friends working in retail, wanted me to promote their stuff on my little ol blog! Then, We Are Cow is a brand that me and my friends love. We always pop into their store in Manchester and when they emailed me I got super emotional haha. Again, it was just crazy to me that a few years ago I stumbled into their Manchester store and thought 'ooo this place is so cool' and now I've bloody collaborated with them! October was a pretty exciting months in terms of collabs!

Then November just took me on whirlwind. At like the middle of November, I was looking on the J'adore Models website at the 'Become A Model' page and thinking, 'I need to get some photos taken and send off to them off soon'. You see, for a while i'd been getting a taste of the modelling world. I'd been to a casting in London, I'd been to an agency in London and I'd even done a little bit of work for a clothing brand, so I kind of finally felt ready to apply to the agency I'd been gushing over since March. At the exact moment of that thought, I got a freaking notification from them on my phone. WHAT?! They'd commented on one of my photos asking for my height and where I was based. I literally shouted 'NO WAY?!' and began typing back like a giddy child in a sweet shop. Basically, they asked me to come to a casting the next day and I was like YES YES YES.

At the casting, It was me and two other girls - both of whom were bloody gorgeous. I immediately thought, 'what am I doing here? they're not going to want me over these two'. I was sat there, head to toe in black, with no make up on and messy wavy hair whilst these two beautiful tanned girls sat either side of me. We each went in one by one. They just asked a few questions and took some photos and then we sat waiting to see what happened outside. They called the two girls in one at a time before me and they both came out like 'they said no' and I just kind of thought 'shit, it's a no for me then'. Although there was a little thought in the back of my head that thought 'save the best till last...they might want you!'.  Finally, I went in and kept myself ready and prepared for rejection. It completely had me in shock when they handed me a contract and asked me to do a job for them that Thursday. I HAD BEEN SIGNED TO A MODELLING AGENCY! I ran outside to my Mum who was waiting in her car and waved the contract at her through the window. I was so so giddy haha!

Now, it's December and this has been the craziest year of my life. Like what the hell? How have I been through so much? I actually feel like a super hero. It's weird to think of how i started this year and then the position that I'm ending it in. I'm incredibly excited and ready for 2016. There are so many things I want to do, so much I want to achieve and well... I'm gonna do it haha, just try and stop me!

I do, of course, just want to take a second to just say Thank you. Thank you to all of you who have read my blog and stood by me this year, you have honestly helped me more than you will ever know. And also, thank you to my Mum, Dad, brother and my friends for putting up with my annoying ups and downs but also for not getting embarrassed every time that I pop up on their instagram feed promoting something AGAIN haha.

I honestly love this blog and everything that goes with it with all my heart and can't wait to see where it can take me. And so, with nothing much else to add... I'm coming for ya 2016!

Merry Christmas you gorgeous lot! I hope you all have a lovely day today and I'll be thinking of you all. Thank you for being my rocks this year and supporting everything that I do. I hope there a big things to come next year...I can kind of feel it in my gut (eeek)!

Let me know in the comments what Santa brought you this year, i'd love to know!

Now, of you go, go celebrate baby Jesus' bdayyyy ☺♥

Merry Christmas!
  • December 25, 2015

Merry Christmas 2015!


Merry Christmas you gorgeous lot! I hope you all have a lovely day today and I'll be thinking of you all. Thank you for being my rocks this year and supporting everything that I do. I hope there a big things to come next year...I can kind of feel it in my gut (eeek)!

Let me know in the comments what Santa brought you this year, i'd love to know!

Now, of you go, go celebrate baby Jesus' bdayyyy ☺♥

Merry Christmas!






From my knee high boots to my high roll neck jumper, I am well and truly on a high! Well, not really much higher than your average day but do you know what? everything's pretty good at the moment haha.

There are some exciting collaborations coming up here on Simple Things and not to mention the exciting stuff happening in my life at the moment...but hey wait! I'll save that for another time!

The day that I shot these photos, I absoloutley froze my tits off. My legs were like two icicles and my face was tingling like I had pins and needles (the things I do for blogging *tut*). But there was something about the cold grey weather that just made me want to wear every item I owned with there word 'high' in it's name. I guess I just needed uplifting hahaha.

Here I've style my grey high neck jumper from Zara, along with my black Asos high waisted shorts and my black knee high boots from Clarks... then I just threw my coat on because I was cold lol. Although, I do actually love the contrast between the high waisted/necked items and then the long duster coat - very coooool. 

Let me know what you think about styling all of these 'high' items together and whether you like the look. I'd love to hear how you'd style some of your 'high' clothes too, so leave me a comment if you have any ideas!
  • December 04, 2015

On A High







From my knee high boots to my high roll neck jumper, I am well and truly on a high! Well, not really much higher than your average day but do you know what? everything's pretty good at the moment haha.

There are some exciting collaborations coming up here on Simple Things and not to mention the exciting stuff happening in my life at the moment...but hey wait! I'll save that for another time!

The day that I shot these photos, I absoloutley froze my tits off. My legs were like two icicles and my face was tingling like I had pins and needles (the things I do for blogging *tut*). But there was something about the cold grey weather that just made me want to wear every item I owned with there word 'high' in it's name. I guess I just needed uplifting hahaha.

Here I've style my grey high neck jumper from Zara, along with my black Asos high waisted shorts and my black knee high boots from Clarks... then I just threw my coat on because I was cold lol. Although, I do actually love the contrast between the high waisted/necked items and then the long duster coat - very coooool. 

Let me know what you think about styling all of these 'high' items together and whether you like the look. I'd love to hear how you'd style some of your 'high' clothes too, so leave me a comment if you have any ideas!





 DRESS - JARLO LONDON 

I am a total minimalist. I love grabbing a pair of black jeans, my black turtle neck and slipping on my Chelsea boots and basically looking like a cat burglar but thinking I look super chic haha. Sometimes this makes me think that I might struggle when it comes to dressing up a bit fancier and finding something to suit my style. However, I was recently contacted by Jarlo London, who are an independent London based brand who specialise in beautiful occasion dresses, and well, I just couldn't resist saying yes!

I had a look at their collection and my eyes were instantly drawn to their beautiful Carmelita Dress in Ivory. It was just so simple and beautiful, I knew it was the one I HAD to have. From the moment I chose it off their site, I had been planning how I would style it, how I wanted the photos to look..everything! I wanted to make this post super glamorous...

Unfortunately, the weather has not been my friend these past few weeks and finding the opportunity to shoot has been incredibly difficult. But, I am still pretty happy with the result. I love the dress so much and do you know what? I can't wait any longer to share it with you!

I decided I wanted to kind of create a bit of a Hollywood glamour look. I knew from the moment I got the dress that I would be pairing it with a red lip and curly hair and I wanted to get as artistic with it as possible! (You know me, I'm a total poser haha) When I got myself ready to shoot the photos I just got this little moment of inspiration where I was like 'I look a little bit like Marilyn Monroe right now'...obviously no where near as beautiful and graceful though *falls off chair*

I have honestly never felt so glamorous as I did in this dress and I definitely think that if you're looking for some glamours occasion wear, maybe for prom or a wedding - whatever the occasion - Jarlo London is a site you need to get onto and check out their pieces!

Head to their site by clicking here and have a good mooch...g'wan, I dare yaaa!
  • November 26, 2015

Feeling Like Marilyn with Jarlo London






 DRESS - JARLO LONDON 

I am a total minimalist. I love grabbing a pair of black jeans, my black turtle neck and slipping on my Chelsea boots and basically looking like a cat burglar but thinking I look super chic haha. Sometimes this makes me think that I might struggle when it comes to dressing up a bit fancier and finding something to suit my style. However, I was recently contacted by Jarlo London, who are an independent London based brand who specialise in beautiful occasion dresses, and well, I just couldn't resist saying yes!

I had a look at their collection and my eyes were instantly drawn to their beautiful Carmelita Dress in Ivory. It was just so simple and beautiful, I knew it was the one I HAD to have. From the moment I chose it off their site, I had been planning how I would style it, how I wanted the photos to look..everything! I wanted to make this post super glamorous...

Unfortunately, the weather has not been my friend these past few weeks and finding the opportunity to shoot has been incredibly difficult. But, I am still pretty happy with the result. I love the dress so much and do you know what? I can't wait any longer to share it with you!

I decided I wanted to kind of create a bit of a Hollywood glamour look. I knew from the moment I got the dress that I would be pairing it with a red lip and curly hair and I wanted to get as artistic with it as possible! (You know me, I'm a total poser haha) When I got myself ready to shoot the photos I just got this little moment of inspiration where I was like 'I look a little bit like Marilyn Monroe right now'...obviously no where near as beautiful and graceful though *falls off chair*

I have honestly never felt so glamorous as I did in this dress and I definitely think that if you're looking for some glamours occasion wear, maybe for prom or a wedding - whatever the occasion - Jarlo London is a site you need to get onto and check out their pieces!

Head to their site by clicking here and have a good mooch...g'wan, I dare yaaa!




I know what you're thinking... 'Dorothy Perkins?...woah, way to go Hol!' and I KNOW RIGHT?! Honestly, when this collaboration popped into my inbox, I got so so giddy! Dorothy Perkins are a shop that I always walk past when I'm out shopping and that I often pop into to check out what they've got in store. To think that they want to work with little ol' me.. wow!

I'm joining them in their Let It Shine campaign ready in time for the Christmas season. Instantly when I tried this outfit on, I felt oh so festive. I decided that I wanted to blog about their partywear as I know exactly what it's like when you get to the party season and have that mad panic and cry 'I have nothing to wear!' ... But, I'll tell you what though ladies...Dorothy Perkins have got you covered! 

I bet you're all thinking that this outfit is completely out of my comfort zone, or at least not something I'd usually go for - you're right... However, if there's any time of year to get out the glitz and feel glamorous, it's Christmas!

Here, I'm wearing this gorgeous two piece made up of the most beautiful sequinned material. I think that this look is so chic and elegant due to the shape and length of the pieces, but the way that the material is so fun and exciting really brings the look to life! I have. as you can probably tell. stuck to my 'don't buy colour' rule though haha. I think it's great that us minimalist lovers can find something a little more jazzy to wear if we want to, but still manage to keep things nice and, well... minimal!  

I simply paired the two piece with my white heels and added my Links of London bracelet to just add a little bitta something and voila, I was done! I don't think you need to add much to this look at all - let the outfit do all the talking.

I think this outfit is so so pretty and Dorothy Perkins have so many other gorgeous pieces in stock too! Head on over to their site by clicking here and browse away and find yourself something sparkly to wear this party season!


Also, let me know how you'd style these pieces and whether you like this look! Big loves ♥

#dreamsparkleshine 

TOP - click here
SKIRT - click here

  • November 11, 2015

Let It Shine with Dorothy Perkins





I know what you're thinking... 'Dorothy Perkins?...woah, way to go Hol!' and I KNOW RIGHT?! Honestly, when this collaboration popped into my inbox, I got so so giddy! Dorothy Perkins are a shop that I always walk past when I'm out shopping and that I often pop into to check out what they've got in store. To think that they want to work with little ol' me.. wow!

I'm joining them in their Let It Shine campaign ready in time for the Christmas season. Instantly when I tried this outfit on, I felt oh so festive. I decided that I wanted to blog about their partywear as I know exactly what it's like when you get to the party season and have that mad panic and cry 'I have nothing to wear!' ... But, I'll tell you what though ladies...Dorothy Perkins have got you covered! 

I bet you're all thinking that this outfit is completely out of my comfort zone, or at least not something I'd usually go for - you're right... However, if there's any time of year to get out the glitz and feel glamorous, it's Christmas!

Here, I'm wearing this gorgeous two piece made up of the most beautiful sequinned material. I think that this look is so chic and elegant due to the shape and length of the pieces, but the way that the material is so fun and exciting really brings the look to life! I have. as you can probably tell. stuck to my 'don't buy colour' rule though haha. I think it's great that us minimalist lovers can find something a little more jazzy to wear if we want to, but still manage to keep things nice and, well... minimal!  

I simply paired the two piece with my white heels and added my Links of London bracelet to just add a little bitta something and voila, I was done! I don't think you need to add much to this look at all - let the outfit do all the talking.

I think this outfit is so so pretty and Dorothy Perkins have so many other gorgeous pieces in stock too! Head on over to their site by clicking here and browse away and find yourself something sparkly to wear this party season!


Also, let me know how you'd style these pieces and whether you like this look! Big loves ♥

#dreamsparkleshine 

TOP - click here
SKIRT - click here


This isn't much of a blog post to be honest with you all, it's kind of just an excuse for me to put on some kitty ears and be a bit of a poser.. but hey it's Halloween, I'm allowed to play dress up.

I love these kitty ears from Candy Flower, they are so cute and are great for that last minute 'Shit! I need a Halloween costume' moment we all experience haha. I guess, if you're looking for a Halloween costume and you have no idea what else to do....go as a cat, you can't go wrong! (just wear all black and draw on some whiskers and voila!) Also, I have to apologise about how terribly out of focus these photos are - my eye sight was definitely playing up that day.

Anyway, Happy Halloween guys! Have fun!
  • October 31, 2015

Happy Halloween!


This isn't much of a blog post to be honest with you all, it's kind of just an excuse for me to put on some kitty ears and be a bit of a poser.. but hey it's Halloween, I'm allowed to play dress up.

I love these kitty ears from Candy Flower, they are so cute and are great for that last minute 'Shit! I need a Halloween costume' moment we all experience haha. I guess, if you're looking for a Halloween costume and you have no idea what else to do....go as a cat, you can't go wrong! (just wear all black and draw on some whiskers and voila!) Also, I have to apologise about how terribly out of focus these photos are - my eye sight was definitely playing up that day.

Anyway, Happy Halloween guys! Have fun!


 *This post may be triggering to some*

Before we get down to the tough stuff, I just want to say that all this post is, is honesty. It's me sharing a part of my life with you in hope that if anyone out there feels the same way, I can help them. It's not an X Factor sob story (cause god knows, I can't stand that show) and to be honest, it's something that I've wanted to write about for a while and I guess I wanted to wait until this day so that it would feel a little more significant...

So, never did I think I would be sat on my couch, wearing at least 3 jumpers, in front of a bowl of pea and ham soup, crying. Yes, you read that right, crying. Now, I've cried over a lot of things in my 17 years of life, but I just never thought pea and ham soup would be one of them. You might be thinking where the hell am I going with this? and well, basically, I had (I don't really know how to label it) Anorexia. Not only Anorexia, but also Depression, Anxiety and OCD. On October 13th 2014 I was diagnosed and well, it's one year later and now I'm going to talk about it...

The only moment I really remember from that day is when my doctor said 'Have you heard of anorexia?'. I remember that I didn't really have any reaction. See, the thing is, I kind of already knew. Most people do. People know that that the voice in their head telling them that they shouldn't eat the last few carrots on their plate, isn't them, it's something out of their control. In fact, it's controlling them and yes, I definitely lost all control to it. 

Okay, let's go back to about 2012.

I've always had the same group of friends and they are well and truly the best people in the world. Out of us all though, I was always the fat friend. I was kind of this chubby ginger girl, who came across as the joker and the funny one, but who was really the one who abused food and felt sad deep down inside. I ate way too much and I now know that I was suppressing my feelings. I felt inadequate and I'd been bullied for a lot of things and well, I guess what ever people bullied me for... it ended up screwing me up a bit. I was around 165lbs and I would cry and cry over how 'fat' I felt. I just dreamed of being slim and gorgeous. It got to a point at the end of 2012 where I decided I didn't want to eat my feelings away any more and I decided to do something about it.

For a few months, things were great, I was getting fit and healthy. I was working out, eating healthier foods and I was starting to gain a bit of confidence. Slowly but surely however, things changed and something just wasn't right. Unfortunately, I became bulimic. I can't really comment much on this point in my life because I can't really remember anything, I seemed to have blocked it all out. All I really remember is waiting for my parents to go out so that I could throw up the food I just binged on or turning the shower on in the bathroom so that no one would hear me gagging over the toilet. It wasn't until what was probably the most dramatic night in existence for me and friends, at the end of 2013, that I just couldn't keep it a secret any more. Do you know what the weirdest thing is? For this one, I actually have to thank alcohol... thanks vodka.

I'd gotten myself in a state (as I usually would when completely drinking my feelings away) and was walking round this house party in some sort of manic mess looking for one of my friends. Essentially, in a drunk crying slur of emotion I told my friends what I had been doing and then we spent the majority of the night locked in a bathroom together crying (which now when we talk about it, is actually pretty funny... (you had to be there.)) My friends told me to talk to my Mum and try and help myself and so I did. It took a lot of hard work and struggles to stop what I was doing, but eventually, I got there. 

Anyway let's skip to about March 2014. I was no longer purging, but definitely still on the mission to loose weight and finally feel fulfilled in liking myself ...(you'll learn as this story goes on that doing all of these silly things to myself, didn't result in that). Since I no longer had bulimia to hold me down it started to allow other irrational thoughts to creep in. I began restricting my food, I'd skip lunch, I was counting calories and I was weighing myself constantly. I exercised excessively everyday and would cut out calories if I hadn't exercised enough. I was becoming anorexic and I couldn't see it. 

By the time of my Prom in June I was beginning to become lifeless. (I'm talking girl possessed by the creepy spirit in Paranormal Activity, lifeless.) Don't get me wrong, I remember my high school prom really clearly because I guess it kind of brought some life back into me and I think I might have even actually felt good for once. However, I remember the whole day before I left, all I thought about was food. 'How am I going to eat in-front of my friends?' 'I don't want to eat dessert!'...etc etc. Every time I went for a prom dress fitting they were taking my dress in a few inches more and I no longer had any boobs to fill the front of it. On the day of my Prom I did feel excited, but all I really thought about was the food and when it came to the after prom party I just went home because I didn't want to drink the calories in the alcohol. I mean, how sad is that?..

When I started college in September last year, my illnesses had completely taken over. I was emotion-less and so cold all the time that one day I wore all 3 of my friends coats on top of mine and still felt freezing... yes, that's completely true. I studied Psychology, so spent my days basically learning about illnesses I had and hearing people say naive things about them. I had panic attacks constantly and could never handle getting the bus so would get my Mum to come and get me pretty much everyday (sorry Mum!). My hair fell out everywhere and I had a bruised back and bum because my bones knocked against my seat. By October, I was 96lbs and the number just kept dropping and dropping. Eventually, I just had to call it quits and kind of say goodbye to what my life was going to be and I dropped out of college.

Sadly there were a lot of times last year and even this year where I just felt like I couldn't do it all any more. I thought about death a lot and that wasn't okay. I began thinking of easy ways that I could kill myself and often thought about self harm. I thought about over dosing and even thought about stabbing myself. One time, I nearly just went for it. I ran out of my front door and well, I live on a main road so you can imagine what I was going to do. Weirdly though, there always seemed to be this tiny voice in my head that would scream 'What are you doing?!' and I guess that was my rational thoughts kicking in. They were what my head was really thinking and not what my illnesses were brainwashing me with. (please remember this if you're dealing with something similar)

I felt extremely alone, but wouldn't let anyone in. Everything I thought was one big contradiction. I felt trapped and didn't know how to get out of this vicious circle. I remember I used to describe it like I was trapped in a bubble looking at myself from the outside and there was no way of popping the bubble to get out to save myself. I barely saw my friends and barely did anything with my time and just couldn't comprehend a thing. It was like everything hurt, but I still felt nothing. Every emotion just felt fake and it was like I was playing a character every time I'd stand pretending to be okay. 

Now, for anyone who knows me in real life...this will now explain why I disappeared off the face of the earth for 5 months - I hope this answers your questions, because, yes, there were questions. People were obviously going to wonder where the bloody hell I'd gone but people don't always have the best way of going about things. Being asked 'Are you not at college any more?' 'Where are you hol?' when you've not been in college for 3 months is a little bit patronising (like come on, what do you think I'm doing? I ain't no Harry Potter, I ain't got no invisibility cloak.) I just found it daft... I feel like it was pretty obvious where I'd gone..

Anyway, I just felt so embarrassed of my life. I was spending my days going to visit therapists, the hospital and psychiatrists. I'd basically vanished from life and my days had become, what seemed to be, pointless. 

I became completely detached from everything. I just felt nothing. All that was in my head was calories, numbers and calculations - nothing else mattered. I would literally sit and watch minutes and seconds pass me by because it just seemed like time had stood still and spend hours looking in the mirror and just despising every little inch of myself. I'd take millions of body checking photos and sit wondering when the day would come that I would finally love myself. It consumed my life and became the only thing I was living for.

My Mum had taken me to see two doctors before I was eventually diagnosed. These two doctors were incredibly dismissive and acted like my Mum was overreacting (at the time I thought she was too, but I was obviously completely wrong). It left me feeling confused and basically had me thinking 'you're not skinny enough to be an anorexic' and made me want to loose even more weight. (If anything like this happens to you, still persist. YOU know YOU better than anyone, and so do your loved ones. If something doesn't seem right, you go and you fight for the help you need and deserve. I finally spoke to a doctor that understood me and my situation and it was like a weight had been lifted from my shoulders.)

Although it took me a few weeks after being diagnosed and the thought of ending up at a centre until I sat crying to my parents saying 'I'll eat, I swear, I'm going to eat!' , It did eventually happen. The next day, there I was, crying into my pea and ham soup, but yes...eating it too.

It's one year later and all of that just seems like it happened to a completely different person. I've spent the past year recovering and trying to find out who I am again. I'm definitely not 100% there yet, but I think I would definitely say I'm getting into the 90% barrier. If I'm really honest, I have to say that I'm really proud of what I've done this year. I've pieced everything back together and whilst doing that, made sure that I wasn't wasting the time. I've created a new career, which I love, and I've made some fantastic friends. I thought that starving myself would make me happy but look what happened. I didn't even think that I would be alive today, but I am. I am alive and I think I'm doing pretty darn good. 

If you're feeling confused and lost and have no one to talk to - please talk to me, I'm here. Feeling down and alone isn't good if you're feeling that way constantly. I never thought that I would laugh or feel happy again, but I did and I do! Talking to someone is completely terrifying - I know that - but it's the only way you can figure out how to get better. Life is meant to be lived and not controlled. Be open and honest and I assure you that everything will be okay.

I hope that me sharing this story with you encourages you to open up, be honest and stop. Within 1 year, my life is a completely different thing. Last year, I was thinking about killing myself and this year I'm thinking about what outfit I'm going to be wearing on the next night out with my friends.

Life is a damn good thing and although it might feel like the world's against you sometimes, it isn't. If you found it tough to get out of bed today, but you did it anyway, I'm incredibly proud. I want you to know that everyday will get a little bit better and better and you will feel brighter and brighter. I never thought things would get better, but they did and I'm so so happy now.

I feel so overwhelmed that I can actually say that I have body confidence now and that I can go and have drinks with my friends and even just sit here, behind this laptop screen and just open up to the world and not give a f*ck! I can look at a photo of myself and think that I look pretty or see a photo of someone else and not always instantly compare myself to them. I love food now, it gives me the energy to live. I have so many goals that I want to achieve in my life and I'm determined to make them happen. I want to be fulfilled in myself and my life and not be wishing it away like I used to be. I'm determined to be a fit an healthy person with a life worth living.

Thank you to my family and friends who have helped me to get to the point where I am today. People's help and support really helps to carry you through hard times like that and without it, it would have been very difficult.

I'd love to elaborate more on this kind of thing and let you in on my story a bit more too, so let me know if you would like to see that!

I guess I have nothing else left to say so I'll just leave you with this quote: 

"Strength grows in the moments when you think you can't go on but you keep going anyway. Keep going"

Thank you so much for making me a happier person today and if you need to talk to me message me on any social media or pop me an email - I love you all.
  • October 13, 2015

1 Year On



 *This post may be triggering to some*

Before we get down to the tough stuff, I just want to say that all this post is, is honesty. It's me sharing a part of my life with you in hope that if anyone out there feels the same way, I can help them. It's not an X Factor sob story (cause god knows, I can't stand that show) and to be honest, it's something that I've wanted to write about for a while and I guess I wanted to wait until this day so that it would feel a little more significant...

So, never did I think I would be sat on my couch, wearing at least 3 jumpers, in front of a bowl of pea and ham soup, crying. Yes, you read that right, crying. Now, I've cried over a lot of things in my 17 years of life, but I just never thought pea and ham soup would be one of them. You might be thinking where the hell am I going with this? and well, basically, I had (I don't really know how to label it) Anorexia. Not only Anorexia, but also Depression, Anxiety and OCD. On October 13th 2014 I was diagnosed and well, it's one year later and now I'm going to talk about it...

The only moment I really remember from that day is when my doctor said 'Have you heard of anorexia?'. I remember that I didn't really have any reaction. See, the thing is, I kind of already knew. Most people do. People know that that the voice in their head telling them that they shouldn't eat the last few carrots on their plate, isn't them, it's something out of their control. In fact, it's controlling them and yes, I definitely lost all control to it. 

Okay, let's go back to about 2012.

I've always had the same group of friends and they are well and truly the best people in the world. Out of us all though, I was always the fat friend. I was kind of this chubby ginger girl, who came across as the joker and the funny one, but who was really the one who abused food and felt sad deep down inside. I ate way too much and I now know that I was suppressing my feelings. I felt inadequate and I'd been bullied for a lot of things and well, I guess what ever people bullied me for... it ended up screwing me up a bit. I was around 165lbs and I would cry and cry over how 'fat' I felt. I just dreamed of being slim and gorgeous. It got to a point at the end of 2012 where I decided I didn't want to eat my feelings away any more and I decided to do something about it.

For a few months, things were great, I was getting fit and healthy. I was working out, eating healthier foods and I was starting to gain a bit of confidence. Slowly but surely however, things changed and something just wasn't right. Unfortunately, I became bulimic. I can't really comment much on this point in my life because I can't really remember anything, I seemed to have blocked it all out. All I really remember is waiting for my parents to go out so that I could throw up the food I just binged on or turning the shower on in the bathroom so that no one would hear me gagging over the toilet. It wasn't until what was probably the most dramatic night in existence for me and friends, at the end of 2013, that I just couldn't keep it a secret any more. Do you know what the weirdest thing is? For this one, I actually have to thank alcohol... thanks vodka.

I'd gotten myself in a state (as I usually would when completely drinking my feelings away) and was walking round this house party in some sort of manic mess looking for one of my friends. Essentially, in a drunk crying slur of emotion I told my friends what I had been doing and then we spent the majority of the night locked in a bathroom together crying (which now when we talk about it, is actually pretty funny... (you had to be there.)) My friends told me to talk to my Mum and try and help myself and so I did. It took a lot of hard work and struggles to stop what I was doing, but eventually, I got there. 

Anyway let's skip to about March 2014. I was no longer purging, but definitely still on the mission to loose weight and finally feel fulfilled in liking myself ...(you'll learn as this story goes on that doing all of these silly things to myself, didn't result in that). Since I no longer had bulimia to hold me down it started to allow other irrational thoughts to creep in. I began restricting my food, I'd skip lunch, I was counting calories and I was weighing myself constantly. I exercised excessively everyday and would cut out calories if I hadn't exercised enough. I was becoming anorexic and I couldn't see it. 

By the time of my Prom in June I was beginning to become lifeless. (I'm talking girl possessed by the creepy spirit in Paranormal Activity, lifeless.) Don't get me wrong, I remember my high school prom really clearly because I guess it kind of brought some life back into me and I think I might have even actually felt good for once. However, I remember the whole day before I left, all I thought about was food. 'How am I going to eat in-front of my friends?' 'I don't want to eat dessert!'...etc etc. Every time I went for a prom dress fitting they were taking my dress in a few inches more and I no longer had any boobs to fill the front of it. On the day of my Prom I did feel excited, but all I really thought about was the food and when it came to the after prom party I just went home because I didn't want to drink the calories in the alcohol. I mean, how sad is that?..

When I started college in September last year, my illnesses had completely taken over. I was emotion-less and so cold all the time that one day I wore all 3 of my friends coats on top of mine and still felt freezing... yes, that's completely true. I studied Psychology, so spent my days basically learning about illnesses I had and hearing people say naive things about them. I had panic attacks constantly and could never handle getting the bus so would get my Mum to come and get me pretty much everyday (sorry Mum!). My hair fell out everywhere and I had a bruised back and bum because my bones knocked against my seat. By October, I was 96lbs and the number just kept dropping and dropping. Eventually, I just had to call it quits and kind of say goodbye to what my life was going to be and I dropped out of college.

Sadly there were a lot of times last year and even this year where I just felt like I couldn't do it all any more. I thought about death a lot and that wasn't okay. I began thinking of easy ways that I could kill myself and often thought about self harm. I thought about over dosing and even thought about stabbing myself. One time, I nearly just went for it. I ran out of my front door and well, I live on a main road so you can imagine what I was going to do. Weirdly though, there always seemed to be this tiny voice in my head that would scream 'What are you doing?!' and I guess that was my rational thoughts kicking in. They were what my head was really thinking and not what my illnesses were brainwashing me with. (please remember this if you're dealing with something similar)

I felt extremely alone, but wouldn't let anyone in. Everything I thought was one big contradiction. I felt trapped and didn't know how to get out of this vicious circle. I remember I used to describe it like I was trapped in a bubble looking at myself from the outside and there was no way of popping the bubble to get out to save myself. I barely saw my friends and barely did anything with my time and just couldn't comprehend a thing. It was like everything hurt, but I still felt nothing. Every emotion just felt fake and it was like I was playing a character every time I'd stand pretending to be okay. 

Now, for anyone who knows me in real life...this will now explain why I disappeared off the face of the earth for 5 months - I hope this answers your questions, because, yes, there were questions. People were obviously going to wonder where the bloody hell I'd gone but people don't always have the best way of going about things. Being asked 'Are you not at college any more?' 'Where are you hol?' when you've not been in college for 3 months is a little bit patronising (like come on, what do you think I'm doing? I ain't no Harry Potter, I ain't got no invisibility cloak.) I just found it daft... I feel like it was pretty obvious where I'd gone..

Anyway, I just felt so embarrassed of my life. I was spending my days going to visit therapists, the hospital and psychiatrists. I'd basically vanished from life and my days had become, what seemed to be, pointless. 

I became completely detached from everything. I just felt nothing. All that was in my head was calories, numbers and calculations - nothing else mattered. I would literally sit and watch minutes and seconds pass me by because it just seemed like time had stood still and spend hours looking in the mirror and just despising every little inch of myself. I'd take millions of body checking photos and sit wondering when the day would come that I would finally love myself. It consumed my life and became the only thing I was living for.

My Mum had taken me to see two doctors before I was eventually diagnosed. These two doctors were incredibly dismissive and acted like my Mum was overreacting (at the time I thought she was too, but I was obviously completely wrong). It left me feeling confused and basically had me thinking 'you're not skinny enough to be an anorexic' and made me want to loose even more weight. (If anything like this happens to you, still persist. YOU know YOU better than anyone, and so do your loved ones. If something doesn't seem right, you go and you fight for the help you need and deserve. I finally spoke to a doctor that understood me and my situation and it was like a weight had been lifted from my shoulders.)

Although it took me a few weeks after being diagnosed and the thought of ending up at a centre until I sat crying to my parents saying 'I'll eat, I swear, I'm going to eat!' , It did eventually happen. The next day, there I was, crying into my pea and ham soup, but yes...eating it too.

It's one year later and all of that just seems like it happened to a completely different person. I've spent the past year recovering and trying to find out who I am again. I'm definitely not 100% there yet, but I think I would definitely say I'm getting into the 90% barrier. If I'm really honest, I have to say that I'm really proud of what I've done this year. I've pieced everything back together and whilst doing that, made sure that I wasn't wasting the time. I've created a new career, which I love, and I've made some fantastic friends. I thought that starving myself would make me happy but look what happened. I didn't even think that I would be alive today, but I am. I am alive and I think I'm doing pretty darn good. 

If you're feeling confused and lost and have no one to talk to - please talk to me, I'm here. Feeling down and alone isn't good if you're feeling that way constantly. I never thought that I would laugh or feel happy again, but I did and I do! Talking to someone is completely terrifying - I know that - but it's the only way you can figure out how to get better. Life is meant to be lived and not controlled. Be open and honest and I assure you that everything will be okay.

I hope that me sharing this story with you encourages you to open up, be honest and stop. Within 1 year, my life is a completely different thing. Last year, I was thinking about killing myself and this year I'm thinking about what outfit I'm going to be wearing on the next night out with my friends.

Life is a damn good thing and although it might feel like the world's against you sometimes, it isn't. If you found it tough to get out of bed today, but you did it anyway, I'm incredibly proud. I want you to know that everyday will get a little bit better and better and you will feel brighter and brighter. I never thought things would get better, but they did and I'm so so happy now.

I feel so overwhelmed that I can actually say that I have body confidence now and that I can go and have drinks with my friends and even just sit here, behind this laptop screen and just open up to the world and not give a f*ck! I can look at a photo of myself and think that I look pretty or see a photo of someone else and not always instantly compare myself to them. I love food now, it gives me the energy to live. I have so many goals that I want to achieve in my life and I'm determined to make them happen. I want to be fulfilled in myself and my life and not be wishing it away like I used to be. I'm determined to be a fit an healthy person with a life worth living.

Thank you to my family and friends who have helped me to get to the point where I am today. People's help and support really helps to carry you through hard times like that and without it, it would have been very difficult.

I'd love to elaborate more on this kind of thing and let you in on my story a bit more too, so let me know if you would like to see that!

I guess I have nothing else left to say so I'll just leave you with this quote: 

"Strength grows in the moments when you think you can't go on but you keep going anyway. Keep going"

Thank you so much for making me a happier person today and if you need to talk to me message me on any social media or pop me an email - I love you all.


Hey look, I'm blending into my background haha, just kidding... almost though! Today's post features this beautiful jumpsuit from Closet London and oh myyyy is it lovely..

I can't get over how much I adore this classic look and how simple yet so effective it is! The jumpsuit has a gorgeous black ribbon round the waist which ties at the back and it's just the perfect touch to make the jumpsuit look super chic. I grabbed for my white Red Herring heels to create an all white look and I honestly love it! How can one jumpsuit look sooooo goood????

Shop Closet London here!
  • October 11, 2015

White Out with Closet London



Hey look, I'm blending into my background haha, just kidding... almost though! Today's post features this beautiful jumpsuit from Closet London and oh myyyy is it lovely..

I can't get over how much I adore this classic look and how simple yet so effective it is! The jumpsuit has a gorgeous black ribbon round the waist which ties at the back and it's just the perfect touch to make the jumpsuit look super chic. I grabbed for my white Red Herring heels to create an all white look and I honestly love it! How can one jumpsuit look sooooo goood????

Shop Closet London here!


Good morning guys and happy Tuesday! Today I present you with a post that I am completely obsessed with and a collaboration with a brand that really makes me realise how far I've come as a blogger. We Are Cow is a clothing and accessories store which me and my friends have all loved for a very long time. We've visited the one local to us in Manchester, full up of vintage finds and with quirky decor, too many times to count; now they're on my blog eeeek! The brand also have a website which is super easy to use and just shows how amazing their stock is. They recently contacted me (and yes, when I read the email, I did squeal a little..) but anyway... they contacted me and asked if I'd like a few things from their own WE ARE COW brand and of course... I said yes! (and then squealed a little bit more...)

Today's post features what is probably my favourite piece that they sent me, which is this super cool black babydoll dress.This dress makes me feel like a princess without me having to put on a pretty pink frock and tie ribbons in my hair and that's pretty fab considering us minimalist gals never really get to play dressup. It also makes me feel kindaa bad ass and all kinds of sassy, which I love too of course.

I just think that this dress fits my vibe and style perfectly. Here, I paired the dress with my white Red Herring heels to create a simplistic look that kind of let all the attention go to the dress (my not so evil plan worked hehehe) I love a piece of clothing that allows me to dress up a little but also fits in with my basic wardrobe and monochrome obsession and this dress just does all that.

If you want to grab this dress for yourself click here and head on over to their website! I have a big love for We Are Cow... I'm feeling very nostalgic haha! ♥
  • October 06, 2015

Monochrome Princess with We Are Cow



Good morning guys and happy Tuesday! Today I present you with a post that I am completely obsessed with and a collaboration with a brand that really makes me realise how far I've come as a blogger. We Are Cow is a clothing and accessories store which me and my friends have all loved for a very long time. We've visited the one local to us in Manchester, full up of vintage finds and with quirky decor, too many times to count; now they're on my blog eeeek! The brand also have a website which is super easy to use and just shows how amazing their stock is. They recently contacted me (and yes, when I read the email, I did squeal a little..) but anyway... they contacted me and asked if I'd like a few things from their own WE ARE COW brand and of course... I said yes! (and then squealed a little bit more...)

Today's post features what is probably my favourite piece that they sent me, which is this super cool black babydoll dress.This dress makes me feel like a princess without me having to put on a pretty pink frock and tie ribbons in my hair and that's pretty fab considering us minimalist gals never really get to play dressup. It also makes me feel kindaa bad ass and all kinds of sassy, which I love too of course.

I just think that this dress fits my vibe and style perfectly. Here, I paired the dress with my white Red Herring heels to create a simplistic look that kind of let all the attention go to the dress (my not so evil plan worked hehehe) I love a piece of clothing that allows me to dress up a little but also fits in with my basic wardrobe and monochrome obsession and this dress just does all that.

If you want to grab this dress for yourself click here and head on over to their website! I have a big love for We Are Cow... I'm feeling very nostalgic haha! ♥





As you may already now from yesterdays post, on Saturday I was down at London Fashion Weekend and I got to attend two fabulous catwalk shows. It was such a great experience and not gonna lie, I got such a buzz from watching those models work their stuff in those fabulous outfits...I wanted to jump up their with them!

The first show I went to was the Henry Holland Designer Catwalk. The collection was totally what you would expect, bright, quirky and colourful. There was a kind of 'punk' vibe going on with some of the looks whilst others featured big fluffy coats and scarves. Every outfit was full of colour and pattern and the chunky boots just gave the looks such an edge.






Next, I went to the Very Exclusive Trend Catwalk which showcased all the trends for the coming season. It included animal print, paprika, plum and burgundy tones, the 70s trend and finally, punk. I love autumn winter trends and all of these are trends that I want to get involved in. My favourite piece from the show was this gorgeous black dress that you can see in the photos above - absoloutley stunning! And I also loved the shoes which were included in the 70s looks. Obviously, the 70s trend is here to stay for a little bit longer (fine by me!) and I'm excited to see more of the punk trend coming in... gimme a leather jacket and some tartan trousers asap! 

What do you think of these two catwalks? Let me know down below!
  • September 29, 2015

Henry Holland and Very Exclusive at LFWend






As you may already now from yesterdays post, on Saturday I was down at London Fashion Weekend and I got to attend two fabulous catwalk shows. It was such a great experience and not gonna lie, I got such a buzz from watching those models work their stuff in those fabulous outfits...I wanted to jump up their with them!

The first show I went to was the Henry Holland Designer Catwalk. The collection was totally what you would expect, bright, quirky and colourful. There was a kind of 'punk' vibe going on with some of the looks whilst others featured big fluffy coats and scarves. Every outfit was full of colour and pattern and the chunky boots just gave the looks such an edge.






Next, I went to the Very Exclusive Trend Catwalk which showcased all the trends for the coming season. It included animal print, paprika, plum and burgundy tones, the 70s trend and finally, punk. I love autumn winter trends and all of these are trends that I want to get involved in. My favourite piece from the show was this gorgeous black dress that you can see in the photos above - absoloutley stunning! And I also loved the shoes which were included in the 70s looks. Obviously, the 70s trend is here to stay for a little bit longer (fine by me!) and I'm excited to see more of the punk trend coming in... gimme a leather jacket and some tartan trousers asap! 

What do you think of these two catwalks? Let me know down below!







On Friday I headed down to London ready for LFWend and oh my gosh, I was very giddy haha... Despite only going down for like a day and a half, London really took it out of me and I am absoloutley shattered! LFWend for me was a big deal. It was my first fashion weeky experience and my first time going to an event as a blogger. It was so cool to be there and had such a good time. I brought my Mum and best friend Annie along with me and they were the perfect companions and photographers (thanks guys!)...

With my outfit I wanted to stick to my minimal style and monochrome obsession and therefore spent days on end googling images of Kate Moss and Victoria Beckham. After seeing them style suit after suit and looking ever so chic, I just knew I had to try and rock the look. Here I am wearing a gorgeous Tuxe Blazer from Topshop, along with New Look trousers, a Zara blouse, ASOS heels and an ASOS clutch bag. I also couldn't attend my first fashion experience without rocking my classic red lip and hair tucked behind the ears... so I just kind of went with classic 'Me'. The whole look just felt so stylish and chic and that's really what I wanted to go for. I also added my Links of London bracelet and some rings from H&M to accesorise a bit without being too much.

This outfit really sums up me and my blog - super simple and minimalist. I do love the simple things hahaha. The whole day was a surreal experience for me... at one point I had a crowd of people snapping photos of me haha, I felt like a celeb! I really admire the celebration of style and just how so many artistic fashionistas get to come together in one place.

What do you think of my London Fashion Weekend outfit? Let me know and stay tuned for a post all about the catwalks soon too!
  • September 28, 2015

London Fashion Weekend








On Friday I headed down to London ready for LFWend and oh my gosh, I was very giddy haha... Despite only going down for like a day and a half, London really took it out of me and I am absoloutley shattered! LFWend for me was a big deal. It was my first fashion weeky experience and my first time going to an event as a blogger. It was so cool to be there and had such a good time. I brought my Mum and best friend Annie along with me and they were the perfect companions and photographers (thanks guys!)...

With my outfit I wanted to stick to my minimal style and monochrome obsession and therefore spent days on end googling images of Kate Moss and Victoria Beckham. After seeing them style suit after suit and looking ever so chic, I just knew I had to try and rock the look. Here I am wearing a gorgeous Tuxe Blazer from Topshop, along with New Look trousers, a Zara blouse, ASOS heels and an ASOS clutch bag. I also couldn't attend my first fashion experience without rocking my classic red lip and hair tucked behind the ears... so I just kind of went with classic 'Me'. The whole look just felt so stylish and chic and that's really what I wanted to go for. I also added my Links of London bracelet and some rings from H&M to accesorise a bit without being too much.

This outfit really sums up me and my blog - super simple and minimalist. I do love the simple things hahaha. The whole day was a surreal experience for me... at one point I had a crowd of people snapping photos of me haha, I felt like a celeb! I really admire the celebration of style and just how so many artistic fashionistas get to come together in one place.

What do you think of my London Fashion Weekend outfit? Let me know and stay tuned for a post all about the catwalks soon too!



Hello you lovely lot! Today I'm bringing you a post all about the lovely brand Little O. I love myself a some dainty jewellery and Little O have managed to supply my need for some pretty new pieces, so here we go!

They kindly sent me three gorgeous accessories, starting with their Silver Hasma Band Ring. This piece is just lovely and I adore hasma hands and what they represent. Anything that symbolises peace and blocking out the bad is my kind of thing. It's so cool that the ring is made up of hasma hands all the way round and I just think it's a kind of piece I've not really seen before. I'll definitely be wearing this beauty to keep the good vibes flowin'.

Then I have the Infinity Chain Chocker, which I love too! I love the chocker trend but as a lover of dainty jewellery, it's hard to find a piece to suit my style. This piece however, is just perfect and is simply beautiful. It's so plain and simple, yet so so pretty and unique!

Finally, I received the Coven Trio Necklace which is a kind of piece I'd never owned before. I've always wanted to try a layered necklace but never bitten the bullet, so when I spotted this beauty, I had to have it. I love the different pendants and the black stone especially suits my look. The layered style really adds a little something extra to an outfit which is nice, since my outfits are very minimalist. It's deff something I'm going to be accessorizing with from now on..

And there you go! If you want to check out Little O then head to their website by clicking here and don't forget to hit them up on instagram too and have a look at their lovely pieces!

  • September 23, 2015

Little O Jewellery




Hello you lovely lot! Today I'm bringing you a post all about the lovely brand Little O. I love myself a some dainty jewellery and Little O have managed to supply my need for some pretty new pieces, so here we go!

They kindly sent me three gorgeous accessories, starting with their Silver Hasma Band Ring. This piece is just lovely and I adore hasma hands and what they represent. Anything that symbolises peace and blocking out the bad is my kind of thing. It's so cool that the ring is made up of hasma hands all the way round and I just think it's a kind of piece I've not really seen before. I'll definitely be wearing this beauty to keep the good vibes flowin'.

Then I have the Infinity Chain Chocker, which I love too! I love the chocker trend but as a lover of dainty jewellery, it's hard to find a piece to suit my style. This piece however, is just perfect and is simply beautiful. It's so plain and simple, yet so so pretty and unique!

Finally, I received the Coven Trio Necklace which is a kind of piece I'd never owned before. I've always wanted to try a layered necklace but never bitten the bullet, so when I spotted this beauty, I had to have it. I love the different pendants and the black stone especially suits my look. The layered style really adds a little something extra to an outfit which is nice, since my outfits are very minimalist. It's deff something I'm going to be accessorizing with from now on..

And there you go! If you want to check out Little O then head to their website by clicking here and don't forget to hit them up on instagram too and have a look at their lovely pieces!




Morning all! Firstly, let me apologise for the fact that I should have probably ironed this dress however, when a girl's gotta shoot her blog photos, she's gotta just go for it! Anyway, today's post features another lovely piece from Closet London. You may have seen this piece in my Blogger Haul over on my channel and if you did you would have heard me say that the thing that drew me to this was the colour - ain't it dreamy?

I love the colour grey and this dress just had to be mine! Here, I decided to style it up with just my black Asos heels and a neutral make up look. I thought simple would be best with this dress and yeah, I'm totally diggin' it... Alternatively I would opt for a dark purple lip and maybe grab for a leather jacket and boots to make a more grungy look (might do a post like that soon if I get chance!) Anyway, I love this dress - another gorgeous piece from Closet London.

Check out Closet London here!
  • September 18, 2015

Grey Day with Closet London




Morning all! Firstly, let me apologise for the fact that I should have probably ironed this dress however, when a girl's gotta shoot her blog photos, she's gotta just go for it! Anyway, today's post features another lovely piece from Closet London. You may have seen this piece in my Blogger Haul over on my channel and if you did you would have heard me say that the thing that drew me to this was the colour - ain't it dreamy?

I love the colour grey and this dress just had to be mine! Here, I decided to style it up with just my black Asos heels and a neutral make up look. I thought simple would be best with this dress and yeah, I'm totally diggin' it... Alternatively I would opt for a dark purple lip and maybe grab for a leather jacket and boots to make a more grungy look (might do a post like that soon if I get chance!) Anyway, I love this dress - another gorgeous piece from Closet London.

Check out Closet London here!








"Whether you want the killer cheekbones, slimmer nose or more defined jawline, this buildable contouring powder allows controlled definition from a natural enhancement to a stronger finish."

The lovely people over at Rodial recently sent me this contouring powder to test out and I was super excited because I've never ever tried one before. Let me start by saying how gorgeous the packaging is- totally down my alley- and it feels really expensive which I like too. I've been wanting to test out something from Rodial for a while now, so this is super exciting for me.

This powder is very clever and can be used in so many different ways: to contour cheek bones, the jawline, the forehead, the nose and even the eye socket line. It's a cool, grey shade and the pigmentation is great. It's really subtle and definitely does what It says on the tin. The colour is perfect for creating that kind of contour shadow that you need to define areas of the face and I've really enjoyed using it along with my MAC 168 brush.

I find this product to be great for both every day and nights out - totally versatile. If you want to check out Rodial products, I'd definitely grab hold of this!

Buy it HERE.
  • September 06, 2015

Rodial Instaglam Contouring Powder Review









"Whether you want the killer cheekbones, slimmer nose or more defined jawline, this buildable contouring powder allows controlled definition from a natural enhancement to a stronger finish."

The lovely people over at Rodial recently sent me this contouring powder to test out and I was super excited because I've never ever tried one before. Let me start by saying how gorgeous the packaging is- totally down my alley- and it feels really expensive which I like too. I've been wanting to test out something from Rodial for a while now, so this is super exciting for me.

This powder is very clever and can be used in so many different ways: to contour cheek bones, the jawline, the forehead, the nose and even the eye socket line. It's a cool, grey shade and the pigmentation is great. It's really subtle and definitely does what It says on the tin. The colour is perfect for creating that kind of contour shadow that you need to define areas of the face and I've really enjoyed using it along with my MAC 168 brush.

I find this product to be great for both every day and nights out - totally versatile. If you want to check out Rodial products, I'd definitely grab hold of this!

Buy it HERE.

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