The man who stole a leopard.

Happy New Year!

It's officially 2015!

Hope you all had an amazing Christmas and a lovely New Year, and that there weren't too many sore heads on the first of January!

I was spoilt by everyone I know for Christmas, as per usual! 

I might do a quick post on what I got, but then again it's not really what I want to do!

I'm 22 now, and Christmas really isn't about what I got anymore, it's about spending time with your family, eating so much that you resemble a potato and basically getting drunk as much as possible during the day!

So we'll see how inspired I feel for a post like that over the next few weeks!

I haven't done any New Years Resolutions, because basically they don't last!

But one thing I have thought about is that I'd like to do a few more outfit based posts on here!

I love shopping/clothes/fashion and I think I have good style and know how to dress myself relatively well, so I'd like to document it a bit more!

It will be difficult to get regular 'outfit' shots when it's not a mirror reflection because I basically live alone and I don't have a proper camera! But when I do, I'll try and bully friends and family into taking a few pictures for me!

So here we go, first outfit of the day post of 2015!

My brother wasn't the happiest about taking these pictures so excuse the potential poor quality!

This was an easy look for running my brother around town and doing errands and doing family visits! It's an mix of Christmas presents, Christmas sale shopping and things that have been in my wardrobe for a long time!

Leather jacket - Dorothy Perkins - £49.00 - £39.20

Leopard Print Top - Zara - £29.99 - £19.99

Skirt - River Island - Old stock (not online anymore! sob - I want a new one)

Tights - Primark - (probably about 3 years old lets be honest who buys new tights)

Ankle boots - Dorothy Perkins - £35.00 - £25.00

Handbag - Jaeger - £59.00 (mine is last year's version of the one in the link, hence why it's a different price than what's online! I got mine at a Jaeger Outlet!)

Rings - August Woods at Argento - £15.00

Do you like outfit posts?

What would you like to see more/less of?

Let me know and I can try my best to satisfy your needs!

Until next time!

Rachel

xxx

Birthday Clothes Choices!

Hiiii.

Do you remember who I am? I apologize for my absence!

I've been away a lot mostly because of work (being a grown up is HARD) but also.. It was my birthday last week so I was at home visiting family and friends..

I'm now 22.. 

I've been out galvanting around the country (both England and Northern Ireland) and I thought I would do a quick post to show what I've been wearing as I've been celebrating/drowning my sorrows.

My first night out was in Brighton with my besties from Uni.. It was messy!!

We (read I) took too long to get ready so outfit pictures weren't a priority as we jumped into the hotel lift and went downstairs to jump in the taxi but I did manage to grab a quick lift pic!

My playsuit was from Primark and was £13! Really comfortable and effective! I paired it with old nude Topshop heels and a nude studded clutch bag from Primark! Easy outfit but it worked really well! Alice's (in the middle) dress is from Miss Selfridge but from a while ago! And Lizzies playsuit is from Topshop but I don't know when!!

I went home a few days later and on the actual day of my birthday had a lovely pamper spa day and lunch with my mum! We kept it casual but I did use it as an excuse to stick on some false eyelashes!

Jumper is from Primark (£8) - I'm a little bit obsessed with these eyelash style jumpers, they're everywhere! I have this bright yellow one from Primark, and a fuschia one from Matalan! So comfortable and cosy! I layered the jumper over this dress from Monki (£25) and paired it with black tights, black Chelsea boots and this feather scarf from Accessorize that my landlady bought me for my birthday :) The eyelashes I'm wearing are Red Cherrys and it's MAC's 'Whirl' on my lips!

Next was a shopping trip to Belfast to basically splurge all of my birthday money.. Charcoal biker jeans from Next Outlet (£24), White wrapover blouse from Select (£11.99) and this aaaamaazing fur stole from Topshop (£28)! I would never justify that kinda money generally, but I had gift vouchers from Alice and frankly I'm 100% in love with the stole and it's worth it!!

This was from my main birthday night out in Belfast, where we stayed at the etap hotel which was super cheap and amazing! Such a good location as well! We were going for a 'grown-up' night, where we dressed responsibly and behaved ourselves.. We behaved but only because we couldn't get drunk! Top is £12 from Dorothy Perkins, trousers (I am obsessed with these) are from River Island and were £15 in the sale (not online - go have a ruffle around in the sale section in store)! Shoes are my new favourite things in da world from Dorothy Perkins (£29), mules!! Never thought I'd appreciate this style but I am in love with them! Be careful though, I did get the heel stuck in a drain!! Typical Rach night out dramaaaa haha.

Final selfie before I left to go back to London.. Kind of show casing my new amaaaazing coat that I literally spent most of my birthday cash on.. From Marks and Spencers, which is somewhere I never usually shop in, but I walked through the door, seen this and it was love at first sight!! It was £89 which was super steep compared to my usual Primarni special winter coats.. But it's absolutely worth the money, such good quality and it will last!! 

Hope you enjoyed this quick post on what I wore over the last few weeks!

I hope to get a quick post done on what I got for my birthday beauty wise etc before I go away to Switzerland with work next week! Keep an eye out for a post soon!

Mucho loves!!

xxx

I am not a blogger.

Hello beauties!

It's been a while and I apologise. 

I'm a busy busy working bee, I respect anyone that keeps up a full time blog and works full time.. I don't know how anyone does it!

Anyway, this is a quick outfit of the day/face of the day post as I was appreciating my outfit today and I was described as looking 'glam' and that doesn't happen that regularly! 

It was a simple outfit but pretty effective, this top was £15.99 (I think) from Stradivarius! Stradivarius isn't a brand that's particularly well known in the UK but I discovered it a few years ago in Barcelona and now when I have the chance to visit I get rather excited! The Westfield in Stratford (one word for that place - WOW) has one and if you ever go there I highly recommend you check out the store!! 

This top had half length arms that were quite baggy, so I cut them off because it made me look a bit butch! I really like it now, the inside stitching has kind of exposed itself and its just a bit more flattering now! It's made of the softest cotton and it really is a good quality top, definitely worth the money!

Excuse my stink eye in this pic, I blinked and couldn't get another decent one! 

I finished the outfit with my black Next jeggings which are amazinggg! They're £20 but so worth it, the quality is so much better than cheap jeggings and there's no sagging at my knees and falling down at awkward times! I wore my 3 year old Oasis denim jacket, still going strong and my grey handbag is from Primark and it was £10! On my tootsies were my very old and very battered Dorothy Perkins black wedged trainers.. Such an easy/effective outfit :) (sorry most of these bits are old so no links!)

Face was pretty simple:

Maybelline Better Skin foundation, 

Collection Lasting Perfection concealer, 

Urban Decay Flushed Palette bronzer, blusher and highlighter, 

Urban Decay Subversion and Perversion mascara duo (This duo is WOW, so glad I bought them!!), 

Benefit Browzings, 

Essence Cosmetics All About Nude eyeshadow palette,

LA Colours lip liner in Auburn, and 

MAC lipstick in Faux...

Simple face but together it looks pretty good and doesn't take long to do!

What do you think of this outfit? 

Have you shopped at Stradivarius before?

Have you used any of those makeup items before?

Let me know!

Thanks for reading xxx

Who rocked it? Who shocked it? The VMA's 2014

Hey, only me again!

Back to critique the celebs on their fashion choices for the Video Music Awards, to celebrate those who did well and looked good and give them a pat on the back, and to give those who didn't look great a slap around the face because they have more money than sense and have no excuse for bad clothes.

Anyway, lets go. Let's start with the best dressed!

1. Kendall Jenner, Kim Kardashian & Kylie Jenner. 

2. Lucy Hale

3. Ke$ha 

4. Julianne Hough

5. Jordin Sparks

Andddd now, the red carpet offenders!

1. Charlie XCX 

2. Alexandra Shipp

3. Becky G 

4. Taylor Swift 

5. Amber Rose

What do you think of these looks?

What was your favourite red carpet look from last weeks VMAs??

Let me know, and once again, thanks for reading!

Who rocked it, who shocked it? The Emmys 2014

Hey guys!

Just a chilled post tonight, I'm up at 5 tomorrow to head into London to work on a PR event, I can already feel how tired I'm gonna be!

I don't know if it's just me but I LOVE looking at celebrities dresses after a huge event, red carpet season is one of my favourite seasons of them all!

This week we were lucky enough to experience not just the MTV Video Music Awards but also the Emmys were in town!

So to celebrate those celebs that rocked the red carpet, and those that shocked the red carpet, I thought I'd do a summary of my 5 favourite looks from the Emmys and my 5 least favourites..

We'll start positive so here's my 'Best in Show' rosettes for the Emmys.

 1. January Jones

2. Lizzy Caplan

3. Taylor Schilling

4. Julia Roberts

5. Heidi Klum

Andddd now onto those who just could have tried harder/hired a better stylist..

1. Lena Dunham

2. Sarah Hyland

3. Mindy Kaling

4. Christina Hendricks 

5. Zooey Deschanel

Those are my top 5 and bottom 5, obviously that's just my opinion and everyone is entitled to wear what they like, but I just don't feel those women dressed to their body shapes!

There were plenty more that I loved: Kristen Wiig, Sarah Silverman, Natalie Dormer, Mayim Bialik, I could go on all night!!

Oh and not to forget the men, my top 5 (I can't really do a bottom because every man looks good in a suit) - Adam Levigne, Idris Elba, Jim Parsons, Mark Ruffalo and Kit Harrington!

What did you think of the celebs outfits at the Emmys?
Let me know in the comments!

I'll be back with the VMA's sooooon!

xxx

Eminem at Wembley 12th July 2014

Oh hi again, yes I'm back again, 3 times in a week - it's a blue moon obviously!

I was a verrrrry lucky girl this weekend, I managed to get tickets to see Eminem at Wembley on Saturday just gone, and at a brilliant price (hint: always try to stay friends with your old exes, sometimes it gets you a hefty discount on concert tickets!) so Alice (my housemate from last year, who's also just started a placement) went along to relax and let our hair down! 

I've seen Eminem before at Tennants Vital in 2011 (holy moly, that's 3 years ago!!) and he was amazing! It pissed down (to clarify, with rain), so me and Jill got very drunk and hid in a portaloo! It was amazing, and so was Eminem, he's so good live, and plays such a good mix of his old stuff and his newer albums!

So when the opportunity came up we had to! I'm quite short at 5"6 but I have really short arms (think slightly like a T-Rex) so I couldn't take many pics of videos but I did wanna put up my video of 'Stan', it's my favourite Eminem song of ALL time and it was amazing, the atmosphere was unbelievable when it came on, everyone was so in the zone! Check it out below!

The pics below are the best ones I could get! The pic on the left was whenever we arrived at Wembley about 7pm, look how busy it was then! And it only got busier when Eminem came on!!

Now on to what I wore, unfortunately due to a mistimed afternoon nap I overslept and didn't leave myself enough time to get ready, hence no face pictures because I felt very awkward taking selfies on the train when I was alone! My outfit was cheap and cheerful, and a re-wear from Parklife! Cheeky! It was so warm, it was actually like summer time! (Also check out the girl gawking at me taking pictures in public bathrooms haha)

Outfit deets:

Dress - £7.99 from H&M (which I still can't find online - check in store!)

Boots - £10.00 (reduced from £18) from Primark! Currently in store in black & beige

Denim Shirt - £20.00 but it's old New Look 

Handbag - £5 Urban Outfitters old sale stock

So ultimately it was a super cheap outfit that suited the occasion as good old Marshall Mathers himself said at the gig "Lets do some shit from when I used to get fucked up!" so a weed leaf style dress seemed perfect!

The gig was amazing, and the fact that Eminem brought Dr Dre out as a special guest made the night 100x better! In just over the past month, Alice and I have seen: Snoop Dogg, Eminem & Dr Dre.. If anyone needs any help on becoming a Wigga.. Please come this way 'coz we're definitely experts at being straight up gangstas now!

I would fully recommend you go and see Eminem if you have the opportunity, he's 100% worth the money!! The concert is amazing, and his gigs always have such a good demographic, it's not all screaming girls! There was a 70year old man infront of us down to some 12 year old boys that were with their dads! There's hardcore fans, medium fans, and then people that just appreciate the music so it's always a really good fun gig to be at!

Have you ever seen Eminem live? Were you at Wembley last weekend?

Let me know if you were! What do you think of him live?

Rachel xxx

Parklife 2014!

Hello lovies!

Parklife was over a week ago, and I'm majorly depressed - I have a severe case of festival blues!

It was amazing, so many people and the atmosphere was unbelievable! The weather wasn't as good as it could have been, but everyone stuck on their wellies and plowed on regardless of the weather!

 I didn't risk bringing my iPhone with me to the gig, just knowing my luck it definitely would have ended up face down in a puddle and I had a little cheap Nokia instead.. It had a camera, but unfortunately I don't have any Bluetooth devices that will actually connect to it! So I have no pics of being inside the gig except my friends which I've nicked!

The highlights of the weekend for me were: Snoop Dogg ('mazing!), Sam Smith (wowzaaaaa), Cyril Hahn, Bastille (I seen them at Big Weekend last year and preferred them there but they were still good), and Disclosure, who were definitely my overall winners! I seen them last year at Warehouse Project, but being in a field of approx 60,000 people in the sunshine listening to them was amazing and completely trumphed being inside a sweaty, drug filled warehouse!!

Just wanted to do a post to show my makeup off and what I wore and do a little round-up to confirm to myself it's all over!

Saturday

 Just a quick summary of what's on my face:

- Estee Lauder Double Wear in 'Pure Beige'
- Eyes from my 120 Eyeshadow Palette from eBay
- Eylure Naturalite '145' Eyelashes
- Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow Pomade 'Dark Brown'
- Topshop Lip Varnish in 'High Times'
- Bindi and Facial Gems from eBay
- My sunglasses (you can see them later on) are also from eBay :)




- My dress was from H&M, kind of similar to the *cough* marijuana *cough* dress that is basically errywhere at the minute, but obviously if it has banana leaves *wink wink, nudge nudge* on the store is legally allowed to sell it! It was £7.99! It's not on H&M's website but I've seen it in lots of stores, I purchased from the Manchester Market Street store :)
- My necklace is a super old gold chain from ASOS!
- The wellies were kindly lent to me by my lovely housemate Hayley to protect my tootsies!
- My handbag (not seen) was from ASOS and you can see it here!

L-R - Lizzie, myself and Becca!

Me and Becca getting a few selfies in ;-) 

Sunday

What's on the facial region:

- Estee Lauder Double Wear in 'Pure Beige' (as above)

- Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow Pomade in 'Dark Brown' (as above)

- Eyeshadows from 120 eyeshadow palette from eBay (as above)

- Eylure Naturalite '145' Eyelashes (as above)

- Bindi & Facial Gems (as above)

- Illamasqua Lipstick in 'Eurydice'

- River Island Gold Tone Hoop Earrings

- Hamsa Hand necklace from eBay

- Choker necklace from eBay

The outfit:

- Seahorse crop top from H&M (£3.99!!)

- Culotte shorts from ASOS (pack of 2)

- Kimono from H&M

- High top trainers from Nike (old, outlet!)

- Later on when it got a little bit nippy I threw on a white see through jumper from H&M which isn't on the website but you can see it below! - £14.99 FYI :) 

And now, some more random pictures - Enjoy!

L-R: Becca, Lizzie, Alice & Me!

L-R: Me, Luke, Lizzie, Alice & Parsons

Me & Becca (any excuse for a selfie!)

LR: Lizzie, Becca, Me, Luke and Parsons!

 Anyway, that's enough pictures, I'm depressed now!
It was an amazing weekend with amazing friends and I'm so glad I got to experience it before I start my placement!

And just on a final note about Parklife, RIP to Robert Hart, the festival goer that was attacked unprovoked and as a result of the attack died. All my thoughts to his friends and family, no-one deserves to die at a festival, everyone should be there to have fun and relax.. No-one should have to die for being a fan of music!

Thanks for reading! 

xx

Exam Season FOTD.

Helloooooo. 

So it's well and truely into exam/deadline season, Easter celebrations are over and people are starting to drown in assignments, revision and coursework! 

I generally am extremely lazy when revising, I enjoy pyjamas, endless cups of tea and endless chocolate biscuits to accompany my tea. I can't be bothered with getting up and putting on a face to sit in my living room and stare endlessly about the benefits of Physical Activity on Health, or the range of common Autoimmune Diseases in the UK. (My degree sounds so fun when you put it like that doesn't it?) 

I am usually rocking a 1cm ponytail (short hair problems), a plaited fringe and no/or very little makeup! 

Whenever I can be bothered with makeup for a little extra bit of revision motivation I stick to the basics: 

- concealer (to hide my dark circles!)

- foundation 

- blusher

- bronzer 

- mascara 

- and dark brows!!

A few years back this would have been A LOT of makeup to me, but now this is the music of the basic! Check my makeup FOTD below! 

And finally, the thing that tops off all of my FOTD's and OOTD's around exam time are my glasses! They're French Connection and cost me £125! (Ouch!!) but I really need them, I literally cannot concentrate without having them on..! I'm hopefully getting new ones soon because I stupidly sat on them and I've bent a leg of them so they're super wonky on my face! :-(

Check them out below! 

What are your makeup essentials in and around exam times? Let me know!

Chat soon!

Rachel

Xxx