Brighton Rock

I acquired this new lipstick from Topshop yesterday, it's so cute! I've wanted it for ages but my local topshop never stocked Topshop make-up until it re-opened last week as a bigger, more amazing store. Some of you may have noticed this lipstick is actually IN my background (to the left of me and up a bit now) which just shows how much I love it. Topshop lipstick applies so nicely and you don't need a lot of it to get a full looking colour. I would definetly reccomend it!

Oh and here's some things I tried on in Topshop yesterday (I felt so vain taking these in these for some reason)... thinking of saving up for the magenta maxi skirt! (Will take me a while though, SKINT)

WARNING: PHONE PHOTOS!! WARNING, I REPEAT: PHONE PHOTOS!!

How to make gemstone necklaces

(Sorry about the random picture of the swan, I had a space to fill...)

Behold! My long awaited post on how to make gemstone necklaces! You will need...

Araldite, Chain of some kind (I got a 2m one off ebay for 99p), 8mm jump rings, Clasps and of course gemstones. Oh and some pliers and a pen lid but they're not in the picture.

1) Get a piece of card and put equal parts of each araldite solution, lay out two jump rings.

2) Mix the solution together with 'something', I find a pen lid works best and it's useful later on. It looks a bit like snot, but it sticks well and dries clear.

3) Apply a 'dollop' or araldite with the pen lid to the top of the gemstone you wish to use and leave to set for about half an hour to an hour until firm but sticky.

4) THIS BIT TAKES PERSEVERANCE AND PATIENCE. Place the TWO jump rings(yes, I know there is only one in the picture but I forgot to put the second on at first) on top of the stone on the semi-set glue with the side facing the way you want the stone to hang. This is not as easy as it sounds! You may need to keep propping it up/balancing it on things to make it stay etc...

5) Leave to dry for about 24 hours...

6) In the meanwhile you can make the necklace chain, so, measure out the length you want first and cut with pliers.

7) Open up a jump ring.

8) Attach to one of the ends of the chain and close back up.

9) Attach another jump ring to the other side but this time add on a clasp. 

10) Open another jump ring and add on a clasp, but this time put the jump ring ON the chain so it can freely move up and down it, like a normal necklace charm.

11) Once your stone is dry you can attach it to the clasp by the attached jump ring. It may not seem very secure, but it is!

12) Make loads more and you can interchange the gemstones depending on what you want to wear etc...

Hope you liked my second little tutorial of the week and you like the look of the actual necklace and the concept of the interchanging (oo-er). Good idea? Or not so good...? Please do let me know how you get on if you try it. I'd LOVE to know. Thoughts please you beautiful people!

How to make waves

I have naturally wavy hair that is pretty much the same to of that in the pictures above (hi up there me) and I do often get emails and questions of how I make my hair go 'like this'. Now I personally just leave it to dry overnight and do nothing BUT there is a way you can make your hair wavy like mine, and this is the simple way.

1) Wash your hair and ring out/towel dry until about 30% dry.

2) Part and comb through hair.

3) Section a piece of hair off (about half a handful, it depends how curly you want it to be) and twirl it in the direction going AWAY from your face, not towards it (you'll look like miss hoolie otherwise).

4) Wrap it around in a circle as if you were doing a larger ballerina bun.

5) Secure with kirby grips (shoving it straight through the thing helps).

6) Keep doing this all over your head making sure to get it at the roots until it looks a bit like this (awful picture of me now, had to hide my face I looked so bad)

(haha, looks like i'm naked in the top one)

7) Spray with either salt spray or hairspray, but not too much of either. Leave it too dry overnight (yes, it's hard to get to sleep at first but you get over it after a while).

8) Some may come out over night but this just adds to the bounce of the waves, so don't worry!

9) Take them out next morning, unravel and spritz with salt spray!

Hope that was understandable! Haha! Good luck if your trying it, I'd love to see if it worked for you as I was just messing about, a tad bored, trying to replicate my waves to show you (I have to admit, I accidentally fell asleep half way through doing them as I was super tired!),so I hope it works for you! (Apologies in advance if it turns out looking liked a deep-fat fried rat).

Rawr

(Sorry for the crappy, rotated hipster photo at the end there... and my fringe was block fringed this morning, but the wind thought otherwise)

T-shirt - Topshop, Jacket - Topshop, Pumps - Primark, Leggings - H&M, Sunglasses - New Look

Such an eventful week! Geez! Feel like I've been to the moon and back! Since last Sunday... I've had a piano lesson and been filming for an exciting video project (can not WAIT to show you, you finally get to hear me talk! haha, boo). The new topshop in my town opened - it's two floors and amazing, my school had their prom and I went and took photos of everyone arriving (would you like to see the photos or are you not bothered?) they all looked beautiful! Spent to the day with my buddy Jess yesterday and today it was Father's  day and I went to Portsmouth to a museum because my Dad loves that kind of thing (that's where these pics were taken).

I bought this Tea and Cake top the other day in Topshop because it is COMPLETELY ADORABLE. Literally, it is just amazing, but it's quite hefty for what it is (£20) and I was thinking of taking it back because I just can't justify that price but I can't bring myself to! It's way too nice! Gah! I guess I'll just have to wear it everyday for the next 3 months to make it all ok.

By the way, my posts slowing down in the last month or so has literally been because I have been so busy and not had any time to properly do outfit posts of anything. Whenever I do outfit posts I take forever, I'm so picky with photos, because after all, once they are on the internet - you'll never live them down if they are bad. So, this isn't an apology for why I haven't posted, it's an explanation.

And just to finish off... Fathers Day - the perfect time of the year to apologize for anything you've done that's annoyed your Dad.

Three Musketeers

As we all know by now it's incredibly hard to buy skirts this season that aren't maxi or midi so I thought it'd be a good idea to show you three skirts that are all £30 and shorter than maxi/midi, but are still socially acceptable for numerous amounts of occasions. The Zara skirt could be worn as a casual outfit in the day with a black or creamy white loose fitting blouse, black court shoes and minimalist gold jewellery or worn in the evening with black tights, a colour pop blouse (hot pink, mint green, electric blue) and again, black court shoes. As for the River Island skirt, I would wear this to festivals with a brightly coloured loose t-shirt tucked in, colour block wellies, stacks of bangles/bracelets and a messy top not (But beware, festivals + skirts = pants on show, so be sure to wear some cycle/jersey shorts underneath. I've also just realised it might get quite muddy as well... oh well... If it's a sunny day...). The ASOS skirt could be styled for day and night just as the Zara skirt. Teamed with a black and white logo print top, two tone black and white brogues and loose waves in the day and with a clashing coloured blouse, clogs and top knot in the evening. Eh Voila! Multi-tasking skirts that are practical as well.

Which one would you pick?

Kit Kat

^Me and Jess

These cat-eye glasses are something I've had my eye on for a while now for summer, they're from New Look and they were only £4.99 which is pretty good if you ask me. I kept going into New Look but they never seemed to have any and I didn't really want to order online, so yesterday (while I was prom shopping for my friend Rachel with Ellen and Jess) I just went in and miraculously found some hidden in a dark corner of the shoes. Anyway, what do you think? I thought they'd look nice with a floral skater dress or a black bandeau top and colour/denim shorts.

You may also be looking at the picture about and thinking 'y'all fringe is LONG', but fear not I am getting it cut tomorrow, just thought I'd let you know :)

Chained

I've seen these chain headbands around all over the place at the moment and I've wanted one for ages but they are so expensive! Stupid prices like £25, so I went to my local habidashery and bought a length of gold chain for a couple of quid and some jump rings and cut three pieces of chain. Two lengths from the top of my head where I wanted the headband to start and one that would meet it in this spot and run down my middle parting. I then attached the front sections together with a jump ring and then the back and plopped it on my head! Voila! So simple yet absolutely stunning.

Breton Stripes

Top- Topshop; Jeans- Topshop; Rings- H&M; Cardigan- Topshop; Rosary- ebay; Shoes- Converse.

This was what a wore on the second day of my holiday on the beach (was very windy! Excuse dodge hair!). Luckily the weather cheered up towards the end of the week and now I have a tan (BOOM, YES, RESULT) with no help from Mr. Fake.

I'd rather be a comma than a full stop

I'm back from my holiday and I had such a lovely time with my friend Emma and my parents. I went to the Isle of Wight and it truly is a beautiful place. I will be posting some full outfits but they are not very good as I had a blood shot eye and had no make-up on ~natural~. You may have also noticed some gemstones up there as well... But I think I'll keep you hanging on that one mwahahaaa!

I hope you enjoyed looking at my photos I thought they were very "tumblr-ish", but I'm not sure, we'll only know that when I post them up on my tumblr I suppose...

AND I LOVE THE NEW COLDPLAY SONG! (Coldplay are my favourite band ever)

Oh and some of you may have spotted the little 'luuuurve tester' was on passionate (was on madly in love I just didn't get the photo in time, I have a video to prove it!) Yep, that was on my go ;) It's because I am a mad, passionate BEAST.

Speak soon!