Kuccia

Secret Garden Party Festival style with head to toe sequins in a funky dinosaur dress!

Dinosaur Patch Sequin T-shirt Dress // Kuccia @ Topshop Oxford Circus

Hyper Iridescent Backpack // Skinnydip London

Lilac Fluffy Sliders // DIY 

Hey peoples! 

I am finally back with a new outfit post in what seems like forever! It is a pretty awesome one though as its new brand I discovered in Topshop Oxford Circus last week! 

If any of you were lucky enough to of gone to Secret Garden Party, you may of stumbled on Kuccia in the Secret Emporium with some amazing festival garms as they were also there.

I picked up this awesome Kuccia dinosaur sequin dress in Topshop though as it seems to only otherwise be available in there and not on the Kuccia website yet! 

I love anything dinosaur print so knew I had to treat myself to it although I'm not venturing to any festivals in meantime, its such a cute design and in my fave colour - Follow Kuccia on instagram to see their latest designs!

Check out my fluffy sliders too! Such an easy DIY and just under a tenner to get these fabulous beauties made! I picked lilac as it matched the embroidery around the dinos and was hoping to wear my lilac lippy to match but couldn't find it :( ah wellll! 

I'll try and get back on top of the blog in August so look out for more outfit posts and fresh content to come! :)

Love, Sarah x 

DIY: Lush Lip Scrub

Welcome to the first of my new DIY posts! I've decided to also add some more parts to the blog like making stuff and fashion hacks :) It's something I've wanted to do for ages but always kept putting it back just due to being busy!

For my first DIY post I thought I'd show you a clever beauty hack with one of my fave winter beauty essentials - a lip scrub!

For those who have never tried a lip scrub - you gotta give this a try!

I was having my roots done yesterday when my hair dresser told me he was nipping out whilst my waiting for my toner to set in. About 10 minutes later he came back with a lip balm and told me how much his lips were hurting and how chapped they were, I asked him if he had ever tried to use a lip scrub which he hadn't and on my phone googled it for him to show him and found this pretty cool DIY version of my mega fave Lush lip scrub.

I since went home and tried it out and I have to say it is pretty much exactly the same stuff and have refilled my old "The Kiss" scrub that I got last year with my new home made version!

This lip scrub is made of sugar which you can simply lick or rinse off if you are worried about sugary things. Sugar acts as an exfoliant to smooth chapped, dry lips, while olive oil is a super moisturiser that helps the sugar work and binds it all together.

It is surprisingly simple to make, and you prob have all these ingredients in your kitchen cupboards already! :)

Here's what you need and how to make it:

- Granulated sugar
- Olive oil
- Empty container (I reused an old lush one)
- Vanilla extract (could try other flavour that you can find in shops such as Lakeland or any local bakery supply style shops - why not try bubblegum, or orange? :) )
- Food colouring (again this is completely up to you which colour, I went for pink as it's the same as the Lush scrub colour)

DIY Lip Scrub Recipe

Step one

Mix ½ teaspoon of olive oil and ½ teaspoon of granulated sugar in a bowl.

Step two

Add in a drop of vanilla extract and mix it with the sugar and the oil.

Step three

Add 1-2 drops of food colouring into the mixture. Like the vanilla, you don't need to be adding alot of this as otherwise it might temporarily stain your lips when you apply it! Stir this all in until combined and all the sugary mix is coated in pink or whatever colour you have chosen.

Step four

Put the mixture into your container and your DIY Lush Lip Scrub is done! :)

Do you have any beauty product hacks to share? :) Let me know & I'll try them out! :) 

Love, Sarah x

Sweeter than Candy

Love Hearts Print Co-ord : Polo neck crop top - Ichiban

Love Hearts Print Co-ord: Skater Skirt - Ichiban

Lilac Satchel/backpack - River Island

Pink Fluffy Keyring - Molly Trubody

Lilac Glitter Heeled Jellies - New Look 

Back Marabou Feather Trim Socks - DIY

As I said earlier this week me and my boy are anti-Valentines but it doesn't stop me buy myself loads of cool n cute things - I mean, who doesn't adore Love Hearts?!

This cute polo neck crop and skater skirt is from a new brand I've discovered via Asos called Ichiban, all the stuff they make is really bright and crazy! Will be watching Ichiban alot in the future I'd imagine there summer range will be awesome if these sweet treats are anything to go by!

Another Asos-ish releated buy is my Molly Trubody Keyring which I picked up from the Asos Graduates market at the Clothes Show in December. She makes the most amazing fluffy tees, skirts and keyrings and I am so looking forward to her SS15 range too! . Sadly I broke this keyring a couple of days before I shot these pics after I really stupidly trod on it whilst lifting up my bag after a meeting last week in Brighton :(  (I was cheered up moments later cus it turned out they had an office sausage dog!!! :) :)

 I found all the heart shaped beads and have fabric glued it on to a piece of pink elastic for now, thankfully its still holding! The lilac satchel/backpack itself is also a newbie from River Island which I've have been dying to use which I am now its not so chilly! absolutely love satchels now I've decided, may have to start collecting more pastel shades (hint hint River Island, please make even more of these in all the colours possible!)

Lastly, I've also gone full out pastel n lilac lovin with these cute heeled jellies from New Look which are also available in mint. My memorys of jelly shoes in the 90s were that they were uncomfortable so I have avoided this trend up till now, they are actually really comfy! They've made these with a more plasticy straps rather then the thick jelly material so they don't seem to rub, they also have glitter in the heels! <3 Def feeling alot more spring-like in this outfit

Love, Sarah x