City girl - LONDON

Recently i got the opportunity to go to London for a really exciting opportunity - an interview to be an au pair in America! My friend Lauren also had a training day in London on the Thursday too so we decided to go Wednesday and make a trip of it

Cue disaster
I eagerly woke up on Wednesday morning to find a text off Lauren telling me that she'd actually booked the wrong day for the hotel, although it was an obstacle number one ,we quickly rang the hotel and the kind lady at the desk sorted it out for us.
Then the second obstacle came head on - Lauren was stuck in Middlesbrough when our train was in Newcastle , I quickly told her to make her way to Darlington where the train stopped anyways , and when she confirmed she was en route to Darlo I relaxed a bit... all ready I made my way to the train station collected the tickets and settled down on the train ready to go , sorting out the tickets I realised  that I'd booked the wrong time train - the 9.29 one instead of the 10:25 i was currently sat on. PANIC.  So i quickly rushed to the front of the train to see the guard , explained how everything had went majorly wrong , fortunately he was super kind , told me it wasn't a busy train and to take a seat anyways . PHEW . Things were finally sorted until we realised that there was actually a tube strike on so entering London was pretty daunting since I've only ever used the tube. Dun dun dunnnn - aside from all that we actually managed alright and ill give you a quick overview of what we did

Arrived in London
Managed to get the tube to Oxford Street
Shopped in the mega ass topshop (beautiful place)
Walked down oxford street shopping
Made our way to our hotel in Kensington
Went out for dinner
Went to the pub , met a spanish man who would not stop buying us tequila - proceeded to get extremely drunk and stumbled back to our hotel

Day 2 - Interview day
I had already pre planned my outfit topshop treggings (tall) (£25) , the beautiful white oxford shirt from topshop that i got in the sale (£15) , my black doc marten chelsea boots (£80) , zara black bag (£60) , urban outfitters navy coat (mentioned in a previous post) (£27), topshop pork pie hat (£25). All pictured below 

               

Getting to bloody tunbridge wells was a feat in itself - long story short i ended up on a tour bus (i'm an idiot ) where the driver was extremely kind and helped me get to charing cross.
My interview was great ( i got it )
I came back we went to camden to mooch through the market , grabbed a slice of pizza and went for a few drinks in Amy Winehouse's local.
We then made our way back to central London where we went and looked at a Banksy piece (Lauren loves him) after this we made our way home.

Wow i feel exhausted just writing that.
But honestly i feel London is such a thriving place , i'm in love with it and I'm really hoping to live there for a couple of years when i'm back from America. I think ill be happy when i can master the tube!

Side note- Ive always held the belief that southerners might be a little bit unfriendly but holy shit was i proved wrong, every single person that I encountered on our trip went out their way to help me and one stranger even came up to me just to say ' you're so beautiful'. I wouldn't of got anywhere without all of their help. c ya soon LANDAN 

Hula Hula xoxox 

Chokers

I just feel like they're everywhere at the moment , and i kind of love the grunge vibe they give, buttt the ones i wanted just haven't hit the shops yet , therefore it was time for a good ebay trawl and guess what i found !? Possibly the prettiest, extremely cliched infinity choker. Just bloody look at it , how pretty (and only a fiver - bargain)

Channelling some ultra goth vibes right there.

Ive also noticed the '90's tattoo choker' coming back in and I really want one , I Just don't know if thats going a tad too far!

Hula Hula xoxox

A woman with out lipstick is no lady..

Anybody that knows me will understand that over the past few months i have become an absolute lipstick FIEND. I love them I've completely fell hard for them (and became a liiiiiittle bit of a lipstick snob while I'm at it) I just think they're a fantastic way of looking like a lady. Personally I've found I prefer matte lipsticks and therefore lip care is essential because holy hell they really dry your lips out.
For everyday I tend to lean towards carmex for lip care , a little bit less oily than vaseline, and I love the tingle. For when i'm wearing lipstick I stick Macs prep + prime on and although i can say it's pretty good I really wouldn't mind some suggestions on alternative as i find it a little bit greasy.

I tend to lean towards MAC products in general and for lips theres no exceptions my collection so far includes :
- Please Me (Matte) - great summer/spring colour and goes perfectly with girly outfits for me
- Russian Red (Matte) -probably my favourite - its the stereotypical bright red lipstick that i just love
- Diva (Matte) -great winter lipstick and very much in with the kind of goth vibe thats going on right now without being too extreme its a dark rich red colour
-Up the Amp ( A welcome birthday addition from the collection)- This ones not matte , and i regularly can put it on without a primer , its quite creamy , i'd say its a more extreme version of please me. Sassy

I also bought a topshop lip bullet in bewitched as an alternative to diva for this seasons vamp look. It's bang on trend although it is pretty dark which is intimidating and definitely not for everyday. The only thing is , I just don't feel that the colour lasts that long, it wipes off way too easily !?

Opinions on your favourite lipsticks ?

Hula Hula xoxox

Cut Cut Cut

Hair- A HUGE part of who you are. How you have you're hair cut and coloured becomes part of your identity. When it comes to my hair i'm pretty adventurous when it comes to colour , i've ranged from platinum blonde , mousey brown to a flaming ginger (personally my favourite) however I've always kept my locks as long as they would grow (GROW I WANT SUPER LONG MERMAID HAIR!) , but lately i've just been hating it. i'm too low maintenance to even brush my hair for days. So when i went into the hairdressers frustrated I knew I was going to do something ridiculous 
I went into the hair dressers like this....

And came out looking like this ....

And do I like it !? Yes! My mother just repeated 'it'll grow back at me' .Having my hair cut off was partially liberating and not nearly as emotional as I'd thought it would be. It's a lot more manageable , thicker and i love it! Colour wise it will probably get lighter towards the summer.  Yes I have days of lusting after my old hair , flicking through pictures with that ' just look how looooong it was' eyes but then i have to remind myself that that photo would of been a good hair day/ good photo and they were majorly outweighed by the 3+ days i would leave my hair in a bun.

I love it anyways ,and it makes me think i Really wouldn't rule out shaving my head for chartity!

Hula Hula xoxox 

Coat and Boots

There'll be many posts of what i managed to get over christmas, sales and otherwise but i thought i'd kick it off with 2 of my favourite christmas gifts!
I'll begin with my coat. I'd been looking for a beautiful oversized masculine coat for so long and although my mum said she would treat me to one of the topshop beauties I was still a little bit hesitant as I wasn't really sure on my style. Then lo and behold , I was browsing the urban outfitters sale (forever in the sale racks) when I came across this navy blue  sparkle and fade beauty, reduced from £130 to £30 (erm WOW!) plus I got student discount on top bringing it to a grand total of £27. Although I wasn't too keen on a double breasted jacket to begin with , I really couldn't say no and now I'm in love with it! ( My mum offered to buy it for a christmas present too - woo!)

My boots were my main birthday present since I feel like the girl who has everything. Ive been looking for a pair of Chelsea boots for so long now and my mum knows how much I love my Doc Martens so treated me to these Kensington Chelsea Boots, super comfy and super shiny!

Hula Hula xoxox 

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M.I.A

Sooo .. that 'serious stab at blogging' really didn't go to well. But I'm back and ready to persist once again, armed with a beautiful new macbook (because my laptop was utterly rubbish), lots of new clothes, makeup, uni woes and adventures i try again

Hula Hula xoxox