Ashish X River Island

O hey! A sneaky lil collab between one of my fave fashion designers and River Island? Let's check this out!

Ashish x River Island Sequin Lace Slip Dress // River Island
Snow Queen Face Jewels // The Gypsy Shrine
Silver Boots // Primark

Hey all! Hope you had a good Christmas and got a good NYE planned! As this year has been one of my worst (particularly this last month) I am not sorry to see it go, bring on 2018!

I am hoping to be awake past midnight (I rarely make it!) and am gonna be wearing this amazing blue sequined Ashish dress I treated myself to for a post Christmas treat, it's perfect for NYE celebrations and is mega sparkly. Better still, I managed to bag this in the River Island sale for half the RRP price. If you are not a fan of blue, its also available in gold :)

I have been in hibernation from blogging as well you may of noted recently, I have got lots of stuff planned for Jan so alot of my Dec stuff will be appearing then. I literally have spent the last 3 weeks off work to try and de-stress so I have let the blog also have a break too!

My top plans for 2018 are:

- To travel more
- To spend more time for ME, using my weekend and evening time to do more creative things, reading books, taking up yoga and stuff like that
- Revamp the blog (was meant to be happening now but job sitch kinda put that back abit)
- Continue to eat better and less (I have kicked my comfort eating habit pretty well since October, hoping to continue this as am feeling alot better physically)

What are you wearing for NYE and do you have any 2018 plans set?

See you in the New year, you can check out the River Island Ashish collab here!

Love, Sarah x 

Diamonds and Pearls

Madonna vibes with this 80's pearl and black velvet combo

Black Velvet Pearl Embellished Bralet // River Island

Velvet Ruffle Skirt (Pearls added to it!) // Boohoo

White Shirt // Missguided

Silver Zip Boots // Primark 

Sorry again for lack of posting, I've been crazy busy with my new job. Working in a salon is super busy and pretty tiring. It's exciting though and fast paced which I love and I do get an extra day off a week as I'm now working a 4 day working week. I've been learning loads though and putting in loads of extra time over the last 2 weeks to learn everything before the busy Christmas Party season arrives! 

As I mentioned before, I also have to wear black there day to day so I've been looking around for outfits that liven it up abit and I came across this beauty of a bralet in River Island that is perfect for layering and adding abit a cool 80s glam to an otherwise dull outfit.

I thought I'd go matchy matchy so I also picked up this cute Boohoo skirt and added the pearl embellishment myself to save a couple of quid - Can you believe I picked these up from Poundland?! It came with loads of these stick on pearls in both white and rose gold for just a quid! Perfect for a budget outfit update!

Love, Sarah x x

GTL - Diamonds & Pearls

1. Mesh Joggers with Pearl Embellishment - Asos | 2. Denim Pearl Skirt Over Jeans - Liquor n Poker | 3. Black Velvet & Pearl Bodysuit - River Island

The UNIF Frost Dupe..

Nothing beats a good dupe or candy coloured houses! Would love to live in a little colourful house like this! :)

Here I have found a copy of the blogger fave the Frost sweater and made a DIY version of the Lazy Oaf x Ragged Priest Total Mess Jeans!

Pastel Stripe Knit // SheIn

White "I can always be myself around you" Print Flatforms // Choies

Blue Jeggings (customised) // Primark

Lilac Heart Choker // eBay 

Lilac Satchel // River Island 

Pink Fluffy Keyring // Molly Trubody

The UNIF Frost sweater has been the blogger sweater this season, however, due to that it was constantly sold out and that it was pretty pricey I didn't get it. I went on a scout to find a dupe and found this pretty amazing dupe for just £15! 

Sites such as SheIn & Choies have pretty good dupes of alot of brands and, (so long as you don't need the item quickly as they come from China), is a great way to get hold of fashionable lookalike garms for a fraction of the cost! Although I was sceptical at first, and as ever, you have gotta be careful when shopping online, I definitely recommend these two sites and everything I have bought has been really good quality and as described :) 

I am totally obsessed with these Choies trainers too, they are incredibly comfortable and so eye catching. I tried to customise them with some pink fluff but they didn't exactly work as planed so am gonna try spray painting the fluff next until I find some actual pink fluffy fabric! :) 

I also had a DIY moment with these Primark Jeans - Ragged Priest collaborated with Lazy Oaf not to long ago and made some amazing jeans with some pretty simple to copy marker pen writing on the knees, however at the price of £65 I thought I could easily copy this and make my own version for just £10 here. DIY writing with a fabric marker pen and made my own knee rips, easy peasy! 

Have you got any good dupes websites that you can recommend or have any DIY ideas for any clothes you have seen lately? let me know! :) 

Love,  Sarah x 

A/W15 Lust List

Times come again for a new wishlist!

Only this one is specially for the Autumn which is fast approaching. I couldn't be more excited about fashion's Autumn offerings this year as 2015 has been the year of 70s revival and bohemian trends!

And yes, I can soon dig out those over the knee boots again and wear them with cute floaty dresses and prints as they promise to be everywhere with fringing and suede too! yay! For me New Look is where its at for this season. think they have nailed every trend going! Check out there swoonworthy lookbook here

My plans are to buy more boots as my collection now is pretty worn out n tired now so think that's my main mission. As for over knee boots I'll take one in every colour please..

What do we have here?

Rare London

Khaki Belted Bodycon Dress

For Love & Lemons

Vienna Mini Dress Burgandy

Miss Selfridge

Camel Faux Fur Cardigan
Black Eyelet Shift Dress

River Island

Bronze Laser Cut Out Pencil Skirt

New Look

Brown Tassel Over Knee Boots
Rust Star and Moon Tee
Burgundy Contrast Tassel Front Block Heels

Topshop

Green Snake Print Ankle Boots

Love, Sarah x

Floral Clash

A-Line Textured Floral Cross Back Dress // Asos

Lilac Satchel // River Island

Pink Fluff // Molly Trubody

Pink Cleated Sandals // Ebay

Just a super quick post today as I'm soooo tired, had a crazy busy weekend with some really exciting news which I will spill on soon..got alot of things to plan! ;)

I absolutely adore print clashes, I'm not brilliant though at coming up with great ones which is why I'm thrilled Asos have done all the hard work for me and made this fab floral clash dress with a very retro bold 60s floral print on the bottom and a hawaiian pink flower on the top. Found this matchy purple flower wall on my way home the other day and had to stop to take pics with my matching bag and purpleness in my outfit! 

Its a fab office workwear dress as it dosent ride up half as much as my other dresses and its such a nice bright print. Think it may also be my only A-line dress i own as as well.. all my dresses n skirts are either super short or super long!

Other cool things include the back which is strappy and crosses over (didn't remember to take a picture..doh!) and its a textured dress, i'm not sure how to describe it to you but its kinda like those quilted sweater that were everywhere a couple of months back only this ones got little bumps on it like braille, This dress is unlike anything I have in my wardrobe so def a keeper! 

My River Island satchel I got for Christmas is still going strong too! These are still in RI shops in multiple colour options so would advise if you had one of these on your wishlist you snap one of these babies up before they actually do vanish! 

Love, Sarah x

American Dream

American Dream Pink Oversized T-shirt Dress // Missguided

White Platform Sneakers // Primark

Pink Polka Pug Socks // River Island

Black 90's Choker // Ollllddd can't remember where from!

Apologies for looking mega tired n the bad hair day - school nights out, clocks going forward and windy weather take there toll on my skin and hair lol! but really wanted to get another OOTD up as I have so many other posts lined up for this month I need to get them all done! damn u weather!! :)

Anyhoo, leading on from my Missguided wishlist, thought it would be cool to start my more springy/summery posts with a Missguided number - this being the awesome American Dream dress I'm wearing here!

I mean, who dosen't like a t-shirt dress??? They are effortlessly stylish, comfortable to the maxxxx and perfect for disguising food babies! Winning all round! I am one of these peeps who always changes in to their PJs when they are home, despite being a fashion lover I always opt for comfort when I'm at home n save my stuff for when I'm out and about. :) 

I also picked up these white platform sneakers earlier in the week as well having wanted them for ages but never finding them in my size. Kinda also want to get some light up ones as well though am not sure if at 26 - going on 27 years old I'd still be able to pull them off..they look so cool though!! 

yep prob not the best idea to go running around in a football field in brand new white trainers the day after it's been raining so have well and truley christened them now..nothing abit of Vanish won't fix...! 

:) Love , Sarah x 

Creepy But Cute

Tie Dye Ripped n Slashed Cutesy Goth Tee // Heba Clothing

Lilac Backpack // River Island

Pink Fluffy Bag Thing // Molly Trubody

Studded Bleached Denim Hotpants // Primark

Pentagram Choker // Missguided

Fishnets // Topshop

Lilac Doc Martin Style Boots // ShoeZone

90's Choker // Ebay

Pink Fluffy Hairband // DIY

Ah, another blustery day of trying to take half decent picture without looking like I've been in a hurricane. and my tights crotch bit has gone for a wonder down my leg. looooool.

On the bright side, look at this amazing tee from Heba clothing!! <3 super cute. Eveything Heba makes is hand-dyed and customised so every piece is different.

I love the tie dye and the motif on the front. I actually thought when I bought it the Creepy but cute words were embroidered on but it is actually printed. Think it would add to its amazingness if it was embroidered but I supposed it would come off in the wash really easy then. I really , really need to start tie dying old stuff of mine cus I could happily have a whole wardrobe like this. have never done tie dye though!

Don't think again I've captured it that well but all the back part is all slitty and ripped and stuff which I loveee. I have a Rolling Stones top with an identical back to this as well though its years old and smells abit wardrobe musky now. :/

To put it all together I made the maribou feather hairband to make it feel more princessey :) I had actually bought the trim to DIY up some sandals but overestimated how much 2 metres was!

Check out Heba Clothing here

Love, Sarah x