Summer Lookbook 2013...

Outfits for summer 2013....

Iv put together a little look book of outfits I have been loving and wearing during this heatwave we had for a few weeks in the UK. So here are some ideas for outfits to wear over the summer. Also the shop name will be a link to their website so you can see if they have anything you like as some of the clothes are no longer available. ENJOY!..

Outfit 1,

This outfit is really comfortable because the shorts are so soft but it still looks nice to go out and meet friends or something.

Shorts pattern

Vest top- H&M

Shorts- Matalan

Shoes- Next

Sunglasses- Topshop

Outfit 2,

This is another comfortable outfit. The vest is the same as in outfit 1 as are the shorts but just a different pattern. Also these canvas pumps are literally like walking on clouds! Seriously  they are super comfy!

Shorts pattern

Vest top- H&M

Shorts- Matalan

Shoes- Lacoste (mine were from JD Sports)

Outfit 3,

I wore this outfit to an activity day we had at school where we got to chose some were to go for the day. Some choices were Water world, Drayton Manor, Snow dome and a few more. I chose to go to Star city which meant being in a cold cinema for a few hours so I needed a practice outfit that's cool to be outside and warmer to be in the cinema and I ended up wearing this.

Lace vest top- Newlook

Bandeu- Newlook

Trousers- Next

Shoes- (as above) Lacoste- JD Sports

Watch- Sekonda

Bag- Ted Baker

Outfit 4,

This is an outfit I would wear when it is really warm because the vest top is very thin and the shorts are comfortable considering they are denim. I wore this for the last day of school because the whole school and staff sit in the sports hall for about an hour for a whole school assembly so it was going to get quite hot! 

Vest top- Matalan

Shorts- Internationale

Socks- Primark

Converse- Very

Bracelet- Newlook

Outfit 5,

This outfit is just really casual for if your not planning on not going anywhere or doing much.

OMG these vans have glitter in them!

Vest top- Newlook

Shorts- Next

Shoes- Vans

Thank you for reading I hope you enjoyed this style of post. I really enjoyed making it although it did take ages to make! Please let us know if you would like any more posts like this.

Abbie x

Fashion and Beauty Haul...

Haul...

Make up...

£5

First I have this Models Own eye shadow which is called Silver & Silver Sparkle. This style eye shadow has always scared me a bit because I've never thought they can be used much as it just looks like big pieces of glitter. However, it is really sparkly but the big pieces of glitter kind of break down so it just goes onto the eyelid like a powder with glitter in it. I think this would be a good product to wear for a party because of how glittery it is.

£5

Top- Silver
Bottom- Purple

This second thing is another eye shadow by Models Own. It is one of their duos called Disco Diva DE008 which is a silver and purple. These are again really nice colours for parties and are not as dark as they look. As you can see from the swatch they are just purple and silver shimmers really.

£6

This mascara is honestly one of the best mascaras I have ever used! It is the Hi Definer Lashed-Up Volumiser by Models Own. Before i found this mascara my favourite was Bad Gal Lash by Benefit and this is very similar. They have the same shape brush so i think that's what makes them  so similar but this Models Own one is £6 and the Benefit one is £18.50! It adds thickness and volume witgout leaving clumps so is definitely worth trying!

£4

This is the Models Own Eye Shading Brush. It is really good for getting under the brow bone and in the crease and so is perfect for a smokey eye which is what I used it for today!

Nails...

If you have read the summer nails post I did then you will no how i feel about Angelica nail varnish so ill just say THEY ARE STILL AMAZING!! I got a Top Coat and a peach called Iced Sorbet which is from the Soft Satin Matt Effect collection. Its not as orange as it looks on the bottom picture its more of a pretty pastel peach.

Clothes and shoes...

The skirt i got was from the River Island sale. It was £10 from £22. Its cream lace and had a brown belt and gold buttons. The buttons are up the front which makes it a bit more unique. So you can see it fully I wore a white bandeu from New Look which you could probably wear  if your confident enough. If not a white crop top or vest top or a black vest top will also look nice.

£4

These black loafers are from Primark. I'm not sure how long they will last as they were just £4 but they will look nice with a skirt and to start back at school with my skirt in September.

Thank you for reading my first haul post! I hope you enjoyed!

Small note...

So posts will hopefully become more regular because me and Alicia have finished school for the summer until Wednesday 4th September so we will have more time. I have been working on a fashion post that has taken for ever! But hopefully it will be up next week some time. Alicia went on holiday today (lucky thing) so its just me for a while but expect some holiday themed posts when shes back!

Abbie x

Hair Accessories...

Hair Bows...

I love to wear hair bows all year round (thanks to MacBarbie07 CHANNEL) but especially in summer when the bright and pastel clothes come out to match. Here is my collection and 3 ideas of how you can wear them. Also I'm sorry for not knowing where I brought some of them from. 

Lets start with the biggest one. This bright pink bow is really quite big (as you will see at the end) and was just £1!! It was from a cheap shop in the Walsall shopping center called Impulse. I had it as part of a costume for my dance show last week but have worn it a few times since because its such a nice bright, summery shade of pink.

Clips

Bobbles

These 2 lots of bows are ones which I bought when 1 went on holiday at the beginning of June to Spain. The top ones were from a 'Chinese shop' which was opposite our hotel and were about €1.25 for a pack of 2. Theses ones are really pretty pastel colours and the blue ones match our school uniform really well so i use them for school almost every day. They are also on really good clips that stay put all day. The bottom ones were also from a 'Chinese shop' called Super Euro and were €1 each. They are on bobbles so I use them to make a pony tail look more like you've tried with it and look really good in front of a bun too. We dont seem to get bows on bobbles in England from what I'v seen when iv looked so I wish is gotten some more while I was there.

These were the first pack of bows I owned and were brought for me a few years ago. I don't know how much they are but for some reason I have a feeling they are from George at ASDA? These are on grips and don't stay in my hair very well and move around quite a lot but they are really nice colours and designs. The red one is also a nice one for the Christmas period.

I love theses bows. They are such a nice girly colour and are perfect for summer. They were about £3 from New Look I think? I had these to wear for a wedding reception because they matched the pattern on my dress perfectly! (Dress is the background on THIS post). They are only small so also look nice on holiday around the pool.

My mom bought me these just a few weeks ago from Peacocks. They are good for the money because they were just £2.50 for all 3. The patterns are pretty and are just the right size but the clip isn't very strong so don't feel secure and I feel I keep needing to check they haven't moved but they usually have. 

How to wear...

Here are 3 simple ways that I like to wear bows.

Doughnut bun 

2 front pieces pulled back

Finish a Fishtail Braid

Abbie x

June empties...

Empty products...

So at the end of June I tidied my bedroom and gathered together some empty products that i found and I'm going to share them with you now and tell you what I thought of them. Please note all brand prices are from Boots.

Hair...

John Freida - Go Blonder

John Freida - Moisturizing Shampoo

Morrisons - Firm hold mousse

First I have a shampoo and conditioner (both £5.89 ) from John Freida. This is the Go Blonder collection for blonde hair which gradually lightens blonde hair over time. I liked this for the winter when my hair starts to go darker and I can honestly say that I saw results within a couple of weeks! I didn't use this every time I washed my hair because as it lightens it probably has an element of bleach in it which obviously isn't very good for your hair. The shampoo just about saw me through the winter which was great and I have just finished the conditioner which I have been using along with my second product, John Freida Moisturizing Shampoo (£5.59). This product says it is highlight activating but I don't have highlights so I'm not sure how well it lives up to that. It does make hair look a lot healthier and since I have come home from my holiday I'v used it a lot and my hair now doesn't look so damaged from the sun and heat. I have also got a moisturizing conditioner just waiting too be used so ill let you know how I get on with that. Both products are definitely ones I would repurchase and have actually already started on my second bottle of the moisturizing shampoo. John Freida also does Brunette and Red collections that I would definitely recommend you try. My last hair product is a Firm Hold Mouse from Morrisons (about £1?). I wanted mousse to try out some simple wavy hair tutorials i found on YouTube and just went for a Morrisons own one which is actually really good! It smells quite nice and has UV protection so is going to help hair in the summer sun. For just under £1 it is brilliant and probably works just as well as branded ones, definitely a product I would repurchase because I didn't use it too much and so it isn't worth me buying an expensive branded mousse.

Skin...

Simple - Facial Toner

Clean & Clear -  Daily facial moisturizer

Clinique - Dramatically different moisturizing lotion

The next 3 products I have are skin care. First I have an AMAZING facial toner from Simple (£2.99). I love Simple and this product is the most refreshing thing I'v ever used! The vitamins soften skin and the nutrients soften and protect skin. I use this with 2 other simple products and just apply it before moisturizing with a couple of cotton wool pads. It is brilliant value as it is really quite cheap and definitely a product I will repurchase many times I'm sure. The second product is a moisturizer from Clean & Clear (Not sure about price but is usually around £2.99 I think?) which is okay as a spare or if your desperate but i wouldn't make a special effort to go out and buy it. It wasn't to bad to begin with so I'm not sure if i might have just got used to it? But i honestly wasn't exactly over the moon with this moisturizer and iv definitely used better. Lastly for skin care  I have another moisturizer  this time is it Cliniques Dramatically different moisturizing lotion.(125ml - £28 & 50ml - £17) This smells sooo good! It is really refreshing and even this small 30ml  version lasted along time! When i was using this product I did breakout which might just be a coincidence but  have seen other beauty bloggers say the same. Overall a good higher end moisturizer that I might repurchase in the future. 

Spot treatment... 

Witch - Blemish Stick

Clean & Clear - Spot treatment gel

The first product which is from a brand called Which is their Blemish stick (£2.99). Its really strong and even smells strong when you apply it. I felt it worked really well to begin with but maybe my skin got used to it because i soon felt that it wasn't doing much and my spots just kept getting worse. A product which is definitely good for the money and i might repurchase in the future but probably not any time soon. Next is Clean & Clean Advantage spot treatment gel (£4.59). Again this worked at first and had immediate action to begin with but then after a while stopped working so well. As I'm sat writing this post I have found that there is actually some left in this tube but again when its finished i might repurchase some time in the future.

I have really enjoyed reviewing these products so please let us know if you want more empties or just review posts.

Abbie x

Sun☀

When the Sun Finally Came Out In The UK.....

So this post is mainly about the weather in England today I mean wasn't it lush?honestly it was amazing the temperature was around 26 in the West Midlands and I finally got to wore summer clothes.It was such a lovely day I spent most of it in the Garden sunbathing and sitting with my mama! The first part of the morning I just popped in to town and after that I just lay in the Garden tanning, I also popped around my Grandmar and Pars house and stopped in the Garden eating fruit and drinking water and sunbathing with buster their dog.

I took a few pictures of the day and I thought why not share them so here they are....

This is what I wore on this lovely day....

Dress-Primark

The dress is a bright white and the top half has a flower pattern on which looks a bit like lace but it is an embroidery pattern with little holes in the top I brought this dress as I was trying to get the outfit that akaydoll was wearing which is in here video Day In The Life at Work but her dress was from Target and we don't have a Target in the UK but I found this in Primark and it was nearly the exact same.

Excuse my tan on my left foot that has been there since the last hot day in England and I was wearing jeans...But shoes are my little cute mouse shoes which are from Selfridges  which were in the sale from Marc Jacobs THEY HAVE LITTLE WHISKERS ON THE SIDE THEY ARE SO CUTE.

I wore my Michael Kors and Tiffany's and Co  bracelet which is in my Birthday Haul which you can see here Birthday Haul.

I also wore my love heart shaped necklace with a pearl in the middle which is on a gold chain its very delicate and I absoultley loved it and have been wearing it ever since I have brought it!It is from  Forever 21

I did my hair straight as usual but I put my fringe up and I did this by plaiting my fringe and I managed to follow a tutorial on Youtube by my favourite Beauty Guru on Youtube which is Macbarbie07 and the video where I followed the tutorial from was Tutorial.

SUNNN

TANNING 

Bugsy Escaping 

Above are a few pictures of how I spent the day with Bugsy and Tanning and apparently its going to be like this tomorrow if so then I can't wait:)

Hope you enjoyed this quick little post I just wanted to share some pictures of my Saturday in the sun☀

Aliciax