Photo Diary#1 and if you fall in love, you're the lucky ones...

Pretty cheeeeesey post title I know, but it feels last weekend was literally straight out of a movie scene, it's was that perfect. 
On Friday night, my lovely mister took me for an evening called "Pizza and Paddle". This involves canoeing down the Thames, stopping off for a pizza and beer picnic in the park, and then canoeing back again. It was totally stunning, we saw the sun set over the bridge, watched a helicopter take off , and by the time we were heading back it was dark, so we saw London Thames all lit up and pretty. It was such a great alternative way to spend Friday night in London!
Saturday was kick-started with my favourite hearty breakfast of eggs, bacon, bagels and maple syrup. Yum! We jumped on the Vespa, put on a soundtrack and scooted in the dappled sunshine to Hyde park. We rented a couple of Boris bikes and had a couple of hours cycling around, (stumbling across a super-cute stable), before heading to Chelsea for Pimms and Burgers. 
Sunday involved a big spring clean of the wardrobe, and I made my fist ever YouTube vlog. Fewf!
I don't know about you but I love seeing peoples' photo diaries, I love behaving a nosey into other bloggers' lives! Would you like to see more photo diaries on my blog?
I hope you all had smashing weekends too?

My first You Tube video - A little beauty vlog

Hey everyone, so I filmed my first ever beauty vlog on Sunday, here it is!

I was super super nervous, which I know is ridiculous because there was no one even in the room with me, just me and the camera.

I find it so cringey to watch myself back too, do any of you vloggers ever feel that way?

Anyway, I would love to know what you think (please be nice!). If you have any tips for overcoming camera shy-ness, preferably not involving alcohol, please do let me know!

Tease.

Hello everyone,
I hope you all had a smashing weekend?
Mine was wonderful, the first weekend in ages where I haven't woken up with a filthy hangover. It was amazing (and a little bizarre) to wake up as fresh as a daisy. It meant that we were able to do lots of fun things, canoeing and bike riding, but I'll save that for a later post, I have lots of cute photos to show you.

Today I want to show you a lipstick I've had for about a month now, I bought it for my holiday, I just haven't got around to blogging about it. Tease by Topshop (£8)
Tease is described as a ‘Barbie pink’, but I would definitely say that it has undertones of lilac in it too, which is really pretty. It has a velvet formula, with a matt finish. I did find this a rather drying, even when I used Carmex before application. Maybe because it is a matt finish? I don’t know about you but I tend to find Matt lipsticks much more drying and uncomfortable. I also found it quite hard to build up the colour with this shade, I had to smudge the color in with my fingertips and then keep applying more.
Honestly, I love the colour was a little disappointed with this lipstick, but I guess that it’s always a gamble when you’re trying something new hey?

Have you tried any of the Topshop Lipstick range?

Milkshake

Happy Friday lovelies!
I hope you've all had a swell week?
Mine has been nice and relaxed. Lots of nights in with my mister, and I had a juicy catch up and pizza night with my gorgeous friend Laura too.

Seeing as it has been such a lovely sunny day in London and I'm heading out for some canoeing tonight (yes, you heard me right!), I thought I needed a nice new summery shade for my nails.
Cue 'Milkshake' by Topshop.
I painted on two coats, but you could definitely get away with just the one. This is my new favorite for sure, it's the perfect babydoll pastel pink and such a nice consistency. Plus, it makes you look more tanned than you actually are, bonus!

Yesterday, I found this quote...
"Sometimes we feel guilty about spending money on ourselves; we feel like we're being self indulgent or ridiculous. The truth is YOU ARE YOUR OWN BEST IVESTMENT".
I decided that this meant I should buy shoes.
I've been perving over these Topshop brogues for a couple of weeks now, and finally decided to hell with it, and purchased them today. They're super cute, huh? I can’t wait to wear them this weekend in the sun. Oh, I also got these cute vintagy lacy pants, I know it’s a little weird showing you my pants, but hey ho!

Have a fabulous weekend :)

Lovebrunch

Hey lovelies, happy Friday!

I can't believe it's been a week since I've blogged, woops. Anyway, I hope you've all had great weeks?

I've been trying to be a little healthier this week, eating lots of salads, and my boyfriend and I have been on a couple of runs and walked to work a couple of times. I'll admit I may have given in to the occasional sausage sandwich and croissant in the office...

Last Saturday we went to LOVEBRUNCH, an all day DJ dance party in Kensington Roof Gardens.
It looks super cloudy from the photos but the sun was shining, people were dancing and champagne was flowing, a perfect Saturday afternoon. The gardens are lovely.
After having a tad too much champagne and wine, I may have stumbled across the road to Urban Outfitters. I should NOT be allowed to enter any shop when under the influence of alcohol. My budget for the month is out the window already, woops. But, I did get a couple of gorgeous things.

I LOVE this little red lace dress. I must have been tipsier than I thought when I tried it on though… I actually tried it on backwards thinking it had a high neck and a scoop down the back. Actually the scoop is on the front. To be honest I prefer it the wrong way around anyway, so I think this is how I'll be wearing it. What do you think?

The beautiful quilt... okay, I didn't need it, but look how preeeeetty?
It's reversible too, so one side is aztec and one side is floral, perfect for his and hers huh?!

Have you ever been to LOVEBRUNCH or done a spot of shopping whilst tipsy?

I probably shouldn't have...

but I definitely did.

When I first saw this vintage style satchel on Lily Bees blog, I'll admit, I swooned a bit.

I was also going through post-Bahamas blues... so retail therapy was necessary.

The only bad thing I would say is that it can be a little fiddly when you are trying to get your purse out to pay for things. Also, I had to downsize the contents of my handbag (but, to be honest, this is probably a good thing, I carry so much rubbish around with me!).

But, overall I have a lot of love for this cute little bag.

New Hair.

  

Hey lovelies,

so I thought I'd do before and after of my hairdresser experience. I was sooo scared, I've had a bad experience before (I blogged about it here), and I strayed from my usual hairdresser Tiffany.

When I took these photos yesterday I realized how bloomin' difficult it is to take photos of yourself, let alone any that are actually half decent. Any of you who know me will know that I absolutely hate pictures of myself, I even hated the photos of myself from the Bahamas, much to my boyfriends dismay. So, finally putting up pictures of myself on my blog is kind of a big deal for me... be nice please!

Anyway, my hair was in MAJOR need of a cut, it was an absolute state. Completely dead at the ends and felt like straw, my side fringe had totally grown out and to be honest, it was getting me down a lot. You know when you just feel really manky?!

So anyways, this is the after result...

 

I'm really happy with the cut, she just put a few long layers in and chopped my side fringe back in. This is a really dark colour for me, but I've used this before so I know that after 3 or 4 washes I really like the shade. Yay :)

P.S I really am trying to get over my fear of the camera, but I literally just cringe at every photo I've uploaded, eugh!! Does anyone else ever feel like this??