SUMMER HAS STARTED!

It is officially summer. 

My exams are done and i literally have nothing to do now. No school, homework, coursework or anything. 

My last exam was textiles on wednesday. I had finished (and checked my answers) and totally had a high school musical moment, staring at the clock waiting for summer to start. 

I never have to go to school again. I have finished compulsory education. It feels so weird to say that, it's cliche but the time really has gone so fast. It doesn't feel like i've been in secondary school for five years. It's been amazing and not so amazing at times but mostly amazing. I don't feel this old, or look it apparently as me and my friends got mistaken for year 10's (14/15) and when we said no, they went lower to year nine. Surely, you go up. ouch. 

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Anwyay. I have an insanely long summer this year, about 12/13ish weeks. That is a double summer. I really hope we make the most of it, summers have a tendency to be a let down. We build them up so much and plan all these things that we never do. I think I am off to a pretty good start though. On Wednesday my exam finished at quarter past ten and I went to a friends house with another friend. We ate biscuits and crumpets and watched keeping up with the Kardashians. We also made the window cleaners coffee in fancy dress. Today I went shopping with the same people plus one. Bought a dress which may be shown here, i'm undecided. I also bought some fake tan that I'd been told is really good and cheap. I'll see how it goes and let you know. Tomorrow is the last exam for the people in my friendship group so we're going out for a meal to celebrate and practice walking in our heels. Our aim is to stop looking like we've wet ourselves. It's not going excellently at the moment, prom is seven days away so we have time.

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I I Cant wait to get back into blogging. I always kept up on blogs while i had exams but didn't have time to do proper posts and thought I'd just leave it for now. As i said in my last post, I've got some ideas for my blog including layout, header and posts. Obvs, I have a new blog name now so the header needs changing.

Summer plans?

Victoria x

CHANGING BLOG NAME.

Look at me doing a cheeky post. 

My exams aren't quite over yet, two left. In five days I am officially done though and honestly can't wait. 

I want to do a lot of changes to my blog, the first being the name. 

This isn't the first time I have changed my blog name but its my blog so it's okay, right? 

I'm going for one with my name in the title. 

I'm going to change it to victoriawrote.blogspot.com. 

Maybe this name will last, ey? 

How do you guys come up with your blog name?

Loves V xo

p.s. I will change the header soon! 

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Via; me.

I'm so artistic, aren't I?

Well, the image sums it up, just to say I haven''t forgotten about my blog, I'm just putting gonna wait until exams are over to start posting properly again. 

Victoria xo

I cant think of a title

(..at least i'm honest!)

Via; Me. on our D of E practice. 

Hope you are all having a lovely long easter weekend. I spent yesterday with some of the family who came to ours and we sat outside all day and talked broken up only by a big Sunday meal. 

I'm back at school tomorrow. It was genuinely one of my first thoughts waking up. Oh well, it's a three day week and then my birthday is the may bank holiday (may 2nd!). 

  

I've got my eye on these Barry M nail varnishes. The one on the left is Peach Melba, that even sounds nice! The one on the right is called Blue Moon. The Peach Melba would prioritize I have to say. These are both the new ones out. 

Victoria xo 

p.s. still trying to think of a new blog name!

pump up the volume..

Oh such a horribly predictable title! 

Firstly, hope you're all having a lovely easter. Eat and have fun! 

I just wanted to share the two products I use on my hair to create volume. I don't use these everyday because on school days I just don't have the time, they're not particularly time consuming I'm just occasionally late. Breakfast takes priority. However, If i'm going out I use them. They're pretty simple to use. 

This is the L'oreal Paris Studio Silk and Gloss Volume Mousse. This is the most effective volume product I've found so far. I'm not going to pretend I've tried the majority because I haven't but this is the best of the ones I have. So, I get out the shower, whack my hair in a towel for a little while. Dry it slightly using my towel then squirt a fairly medium sized blob of mousse on my hand. It's foamy so the amount your squirt on always gets bigger, sometimes I find I use a little too much but thats my problem. Anyway, run it all through my hair, making sure that I've put some on my roots. 

VO5 Blow dry lotion.

Then I spritz on this product. I bought this because I needed some heat protection spray so the volume was just an added bonus. I just spritz all over my hair and then dry my hair with a hair dryer - I put my head upside down for extra volume and for my hair it makes it easier to reach it all. 

For actual volume I'd vote the first product better as that product is what gives the majority of the 'oomph' because I've previously used only that product with no heat protection and the difference is not that major. 

Victoria xo

p.s. Neither of these products were very expensive, £3 something each I think, maybe edging on £4. Sorry I can't remember the actual prices and I'm now in a bit of a rush to find them on the website, sorrrry bad blogger! x

Style Swap - 90210's Annie

I love 'American teen dramas' - despite the fact all the actors are usually mid twenties. I spend way too much time watching them. A particular favorite is 90210 - the clothes alone are a reason to watch it. In one of the season 3 episodes (being aired currently in the UK) the character Annie (Shenae Grimes) wears an outfit that I love so so much. One scene in which she was wearing it was used in the trailers for the show on E4 meaning it kept appearing on my TV screen - reigniting my love for the outfit every time.  So, I needed to share. 

Via; here - just a google search. 

I've tralled This is not the most flattering picture but its the only one I could find. It's gonna have to do. Focus on the clothes. I love Annie's style (and Shenae Grimes' - hello future post!). I've put together some 'style steals' below. Click to enlarge them. 

Links: Topshop, H&M

 The set above is a slightly more affordable version of the outfit. Below, I have done a slightly more expensive set. 

Links: Mango, Zara.

What do you think?

Victoria xo

step this way,

I got this dress months ago, way before spring was anything that a (very very far away) wish! 

I didn't, still don't, really understand why it was there so early but i'm not complaining! It's from H&M and I split the cost with my lovely mum even though it wasn't too much! (♥). 

It looks shorter on the hanger than it is when it's on. Why am I not wearing it to photograph it? Because I'm still in my pjs with my hair in a questionable top knot! Its my first and only (so far!) dress that zips up/down on the front - so much easier to do up when you dont have to stretch ridiculously just to do it up! 

I haven't had anywhere to wear it yet though, sad times! When I saw it in store they had it on a mannequin styled with a cropped black jumper on top, it looked so nice! I tried said jumper on when I tried the dress on, but the jumper didn't sit right on me, but there will be one somewhere that does! 

Any spring/summer dresses you've been waiting to wear? 

Love Victoria xo