Wedding Outfit Ideas #1

♥ Dress - ASOS Swing Dress with Pretty Lace Inserts - here

♥ Bag - Dorothy Perkins Blush Snake Bartop Crossbody Bag - here

♥ Shoes - Jimmy Choo Lance Rose Gold Mirror Sandals - here

I don't know if I'm jumping the gun a bit with this post, but I've been invited to two weddings this summer and I am so excited. I've been to a couple of night do's over the past few years but the last time I went to a wedding for the whole event I was about 17, and although I definitely enjoyed it there's just something a bit more exciting when it's your friends / family of the same age taking the plunge! Of course I'm excited to be there whilst they're getting married, and I'm looking forward to hearing the speeches, eating some good food (and cake) and partying the night away but as a shopping addict I can't deny that a main factor in my excitement is that I've got a legitimate reason to buy not one, but two outfits!

Ever the planner, I'm trying to think about the outfits now. One, because there are still some sale bargains to be had and two, I really don't want it to get nearer to the time and me have a last minute panic about what to wear. I want ideas and I want them now!

One of the weddings is due to take place outdoors so that will require more planning (the outfit will obviously need to be wind / rain / cold / sunny / boiling appropriate as this is England and any one of those is a possibility!) The other is an indoor wedding so slightly easier to plan for. The above outfit is an initial idea of the second, indoor wedding. I still need a sleeve because I get cold at the drop of a hat and honestly, if I get cold the whole event will just be uncomfortable for me. As I've mentioned before, I of course love rose gold and think it looks really classy with the cream / white dress. The swing dress is a good options because it hides a multitude of dinner / wine / cake sins and with the lace detailing I think it's probably 'dressy' enough for a wedding and will also be a good option to see me right through the day and night. I think I'm going to order it and give it a whirl, ASOS returns policy is so good I always feel like it's just easier to order and try than worry about whether it'll fit right etc. 

Now, lets just talk about the shoes. They're Jimmy Choo and they've clearly been sent down to earth from shoe heaven. Sadly I won't be getting these as they're around £500 and sold out, but this is the look I'm going for so I'll be scouring the internet for other options from now until July!

What kind of look would you go for?

Until next time :)

Happy (belated) Halloween - Sugar Skull

As I mentioned in my previous post, I went to a halloween party at the weekend. I'm not usually halloween-y person. I don't really get excited about it (I'm all about Bonfire Night) and I don't particuarly enjoy the thought of having to answer the door to thousands of children and then give them free chocolate (bah humbug, I know!) but this year I definitley was excited. Although it wasn't so much halloween that excited me, more the fact that someone I knew was throwing an actual party, that people were actually going to make an effort to dress up for! I love a bit of fancy dress and, although it did get boring at uni, I've had a good few years off and I was ready for it. Plus, the party wasn't just any old halloween party, it was Nicks brothers 30th birthday so it was planned well in advance which meant I could really think about what I wanted to go as. When I've dressed up for halloween before, it's always been last minute and my effort has always been pretty crap to be honest. This time though, I was on it! I toyed with many an idea, but finally settled on a candy / sugar skull (or calavera as I've learnt they're actually called).

I watched at a lot (and I mean, a lot) of tutorials on YouTube as well as scouring Pintrest and I think all in all, my effort turned out pretty well! I've never done full on face paint before but it was actually surprisingly easy to do. The main tutorial I used for inspiration was this one, although I did change the pattern more to my taste.

In case anyone is thinking of recreating the look I used the following products:
♥ Smiffys white face paint
♥ Black gel eyeliner
♥ Red lipstick
♥ Crafting gems (stuck on with eyelash glue)
♥ Floral crown from eBay (exact one here)
♥ Miss Selfridge crop top (exact one here)
♥ Mesh midi skirt (exact one here)
♥ Temporary tattoos (exact ones here and here)

I applied the face paint with a cheap make up sponge (I bought a multi pack from poundland) and applied the more intricate design with make up brushes.

(Me and my date for the evening - Rick Grimes from The Walking Dead)

(Another skull!)

(Me and one of my best chums who was a great Elphaba!)

Until next time :)