P&G summer spa - in action

If you cast your minds back, you will remember me telling you all about the P&G Summer Spa event which took place earlier this month on 2nd June. It was a great online event giving us the chance to raise any burning beauty questions and have them answered by a panel of P&G experts.

You can register here to view all the videos from the different brand ambassadors, simply by clicking on the individual logos, but I just thought I would share with you two of my favourites.

First up is Caroline Barnes from Max Factor, offering some makeup tips and tricks.

And here is Nichola Joss, ambassador for Venus, Gilette and Braun, covering all aspects of hair removal and answering the most popular polled question, "how to achieve a smooth bikini line for the summer?"

Thank you to you all who voted on the poll and left your own questions in my comments, all helping to make the event really successful. The 15 wildcard questions were asked and the chosen names have been collated, so if you were chosen, we will be in contact shortly.

(this post has been sponsored by P&G)

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on the riviera

Vest top - H&M

Pleated skirt - H&M
Blazer - New Look
Wedges - Faith
Scarf - vintage
Lipstick - Revlon, 'Love that Red'


Well hello there.
It seems like an age since my last post. This week has been pretty manic for me, and quite frankly I have had bigger fish to fry than worrying about blogging. I am still internet-less and will be for the next week or so, but I am not going to fret and simply embrace this little blogging hiatus. 


I have however manage to seize a brief tryst with the online world to bring you this outfit post. I bought this skirt several weeks ago now but this has been the first opportunity I've had to wear it. It all felt very French chic when teamed with my breton stripe top and white blazer. A fellow blogger, Kelly, also purchased this skirt the same time as me and I am really looking forward to seeing how she styles it as I am a true fan of her blog and outfits. My wedges are possibly one of my most beloved shoes I own - a discounted purchase when I use to work at Faith Shoes back in the day, about 8 years ago! My scarf was another wonderful vintage find from London's Brick Lane, and is serving more than just an aesthetic purpose here - perfectly concealing 7 weeks worth of horrible roots. My hair is really a state at the moment but I have been so consumed recently, I haven't had time to address the mess. My first job tomorrow is to book a hair appointment and pronto! Although I don't think I will be going red again - you can have too much of a good thing and I fancy something a little less high maintenance!


I hope you have all been well. 
A quick hello and thank you to all my new and old readers. Thank for sticking around and I promise I will be back blogging with a flourish as soon as circumstances allow...

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bird song

Bird Blazer - River Island - £39.99
This post comes to you from the comfiness of my sofa as I am currently hibernating away from the dreary weather outside, slight disappointed that rain has stopped play on the Queen's tennis final. I thought I would share with you one of my most recent purchases, this wonderful bird-embellished jacket. It is described as a 'boxy' blazer and at first I wasn't sure on the shape of it, but now quite like the way it hangs, especially when worn over something more fitted. I love the bold colours of the birds (is that a Kingfisher?) and the flowers, and like the little pockets. Sorry about the lack of head in my photos, my face was having a less than agreeable day!


I hope you have all had good, if somewhat wet, weekends.
What have you been buying recently?

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life in plastic

Let me introduce to you my current favourite lip combination.
This perfect pink pout is enough to make Barbie jealous and Ken weak at the knees, and is achievable in these two simple steps...


1. Apply MAC's St Germain lipstick
2. Coat liberally with Bourjois' Effet 3D lipgloss in 04 - Rose Polemic

Et voila!
Hope you all have fabulous weekends dolls!

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eager for espadrilles

1. Topshop 2. River Island 3. New Look 4. Office 5. New Look 6. River Island 7. Office 8. River Island


I am pretty much obsessed with espadrilles at the moment. Granted they are a bit funny looking and will definitely spur a love/hate reaction, but I feel they are the perfect summertime footwear and I can already imagine them completing many an outfit, in particular teamed with a pair of Topshop's seven-eighths coloured jeans. And they are generally cheap as chips. I am already thinking they will be my festival footwear of choice, a time when flip flops just won't cut it.


Now I just have to decide which ones to get. My personal favourites are numbero 3 and 8.
What say you to espadrilles? Love them or loathe them?

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say hello to kitty

I really need to stop buying phone covers! But for £2.99 and with such a vast array of colour combos, I just couldn't resist.


Seller info here if you're interested...

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pleats and pastels

Top - Internacionale
Skirt - Vintage
Blazer - New Look


Forget raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, pleats and pastels are possibly two of my favourite things of the moment, hence why I was so chuffed when I found this skirt whilst vintage shopping in Manchester. It is just perfect and was a steal at just a tenner. And finally I have found a white blazer that I quite like. I have been on a blazer hunt for the past few weeks, trying on a plethora of different styles and cuts, but everything looked too boxy on me. I had resigned myself to the fact that I was not meant to own one until I discovered this little number from New Look. It isn't perfect, but serves a purpose and compliments this outfit rather well.


I hope you are all having great weekends. I have been out walking in the sunshine today, soaking up some rays. I now need to shake and shimmy and go out with Rob to pick up some picnic-inspired supplies for a champagne picnic we are off to tomorrow. Fingers crossed the weather stays sweet.

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