Saturday 25 April 2015

catching up with coachella

I'm sorry for the delay! it now seems Coachella was so long ago, but the weeks since have flown by and I've been busy moving my life back up to uni in Newcastle to prepare for final deadlines that I haven't found any time! My best friend came to visit me and I've loved having her here to gossip, pamper and catch up. Originally a Geordie lass she settled right in so no introductions or guides were necessary. Also, with a laptop near to the ends of its life plus no charger, blogging has certainly been off the table!

But finally, charged up and ready, lets talk Coachella!


Coachella pulls off every year being America's best musical festival, seeing pretty much all our favourite celebrities, bloggers and even designers strutting their stuff in the cleanest field I have ever seen. MUCH different to English Glasto or LoveBox, everyone looks immaculate 98% of the time, has a top to toe 10/10 outfit and never have mud fights. Some may say mud fights are the epitome of any festival, marking it as a friendship finder or stand-out moment of the whole weekend, but personally... I'd rather be looking nice, sipping wine in a clean, sunny field. What would you prefer?

This year Rihanna was caught on camera and splashed out to the papers taking drugs (not like we didn't know) and we were richly entertained by Justin Bieber being kicked out of the festival trying to get into Drake's set, which consisted of Madonna slurping the face off poor Drake in another Madonna moment to be remembered. Drama kicked off as Twitter fued between Khloe Kardashian and Amber Rose broke out into reality when Kendall and friends got Amber kicked out of an exclusive event...eesh. But on a high, Kylie Jen looked her finest at Khloe's Coachella party, setting our summer up for braid mania, teaming hair with coloured extensions, fine braids and feathers! 

Above all we seriously missed Vanessa Hudgens! 
Every year she sets the bar higher as indie goddess but this year we missed out with her starring on broadway. However never fear, be sure to look to her Instagram for summer inspiration as its sure to be booming with style to die for! 


Kendall J, Millie Mackintosh and Jourdan Dunn went with 70s vibes. See Urban Outfitters for your perfect 70s summer wardrobe featuring cute dungarees, lace bralettes and fringed jackets.
Summer screams for colour as Kylie went blue, pink and black for the weekend and Miss Dunn oozed candy floss purple. Beach curls, loose plaits and easy middle partings are set for summers quick hair to go.


(Clockwise) Priya Kapoor, Zara Martin, Millie Mackintosh, Jourdan Dunn, 
Kendall Jenner, Kylie Kenner and Alessandra Ambrosio.

Sunday 19 April 2015

sunday style

The last couple of weeks have certainly been rich in emotion and a LOT of energy. I constantly feel exhausted at the end of every evening which leads to an amazing nights sleep - which obviously I can't explain. I'm used to lying awake until the early hours creating memory lists of everything I need to do, only to wake with a guilty lie-in the next morning and feel constantly behind.
Every day has started early, shower, porridge, washing/chores and sitting down to do uni work by 12. Then usually ending the day with an evening shift at my new workplace where I'm trying my hardest not to eat on every shift - Mexican food every day before summer is a no no... Unfortunately, I've been neglecting my fruit and veg and wearing make up most days my skin has been slowly disliking me.

So now, Sunday is here and with a new week ahead I have pampered myself silly and read a tonne of magazines, catching up on the latest Rihanna goss and Coachella catch-up. The weather's been gorgeous so I headed to town to treat myself with some MAC and not-so MAC goodies... a drink at a local wine bar and a huge curry I'm not even sorry for!

Feeling refreshed and my head re-screwed on I will treat my body like a temple, eating only what it should have e.g. no more easter eggs at 11pm and more smoothies, sun and fitness. A catch-up of politics is needed, I feel ridiculously left out with current events, as my friend constantly tells me off for not having the BBC app. I am in the process of renewing my CV for future employment, fingers crossed for the summer !! and feeling hopeful of all the things I have set to do on my list of 100 things to do!

On my next post which is set to go out Saturday, I'll be summing up the best of Coachella, 70s chic by Miss Kendall Jenner, why we seriously missed Vanessa Hudgens, as well as the hairstyles that will set us up for summer 2015!










Friday 3 April 2015

all about that wedge

after writing the heading for this blog post I haven't been able to stop singing Meghan Trainor's first hit and replacing the words... so maybe now, you might too annoyingly have this bouncing round your head (sorry). Even though I do not agree with her style choice of leopard print bralet with blue PVC skirt, her newest song 'Dear Future Husband' has me singing along to in seconds. Even, Carly R.J is back with another catchy tune 'I Really Like You' featuring Tom Hanks, cheesy emoji texting and major product placement ..eek.

Minus today, the spring has slowly been showing its face. Even in muggy Newcastle, blue skies are becoming the norm. As a result, winter boots are beginning to see the back of the wardrobe. Enter the sandal - strappy, wedged, colourful, FUN!
Whether you wear them with skinny jeans and a baggy coat on a windy day or a strappy dress and leather jacket on the odd summery day these will set you up for summer -

No pictures for Primark but really go see it, their shoe collection is booming!!
(Left to Right)
ASOS - £30 (free postage and returns) Topshop - £30 (also in black + free Easter delivery)
ASOS - £10 (!)  New Look -  £34.99
luisaviaroma.com - £56  Boohoo - £25
Dune - £69  ASOS - £39
OK. I will class the last pair of shoes as a wedge heel but they are so pretty I couldn't resist...
Have fun shoe shopping this Easter weekend and don't forget the free postage + returns practically everywhere you look - how could you say no to that?