Nails (16)

Left Hand.

Right Hand

These are the nails I'm wearing right now and are my first proper attempt with fake nails, as in actually wearing them. I did these on valentines day but didn't want anything to lovey-dovey valentines related because thats just not my kinda thing. I don't actually love the heart on the thumb but I really didn't see any point in redoing it. I cut and filed the nails down to size but I think they might still be a little too long for me, especially as I'm not used to long nails as they always have to be quite short for netball. Maybe it will just take a while to get used to. 

My blogging is so sporadic. I've written three posts in two days after not posting for quite a while. I'll be honest with you this is because I'm on half term from school so I have time. I had very little time to blog in the last few weeks of school leading up to this week because there were exams and coursework deadlines and I was functioning badly on very little sleep. I'm all caught up now though, I had my first lie in in something like six weeks on monday. It felt momentous turning off my 7am alarm for once because of no school or work. Sleep <3

Do you like the nails?

When the moneys gone and all my friends have vanished

  

Primark - £9

I went into Primark with three aims: 

- Get a bag for school

- Get a bag that fits lots in to take to places that require lots of things

- Get a cardigan.

This bag was the accomplishment on the first aim. I take very little care of my current school bag because I don't like it and it's just really old and shabby now. Enter Primark. This bag is the perfect size for school because you can fit my A4 books in. I'm crossing my fingers that it's strong enough to support the weight of my hefty textbooks though.

This bag is also a replacement for this one that I got for Christmas two years ago, it lasted me a long time but has slowly fallen to pieces and the fastening is entirely held together by superglue.

What do you think?
Victoria x

More flamingo please

 Are you ready for this?

Primark - £3 

Okay, so I don't usually wear sunglasses because I can never find any that suit me, must have a funny face or something! However, no word of a lie these are the ONLY pair of sunglasses that have ever suited me (in my opinion any way!) and so obviously they have to have a glittery palm tree and flamingo on them. 

If I'm honest I don't think there are enough clothes or accessories out there with flamingos on, Lagerfield step it up! Even if I wanted to remove the glittery duo, which I don't, they are screwed into the lens. 

If, for a moment, we look past the palm tree and flamingo to the actual glasses, I think they're really cute. The glasses themselves are actually quite small which is what I suit, anything bigger looks odd on my face. I really like the cute little dots on the pale blue background. 

I will be whacking these beauties out this summer, not necessarily in my hometown though, we'll see how brave I am or how many 'lols' I feel like having. 

Would/could you wear these?

Victoria x

Scrapbook 01

01. My first proper purchase (that wasn't food or make up) with my wages! I love them. 02. Fake nails, post about my first time using them soon. 03. Nails early in the week but messy because my nib on the black nail pen doesn't work and had to use the brush. 04. My dad and I cleared out our fridge and found this green thai curry paste from '09. Yep. 05. I bought a mini coke can because it was 40p and really cute. I'm the person advertisers dream of. 06&07. Mum bought me a one direction calender & the May image (birthday month fyi). 08. Finally found a liquid foundation that I like. 09. Smints rasberry/lemon flavour - amazing. 10. New brogues which cause blisters making me walk like I've wet myself.  11. My skin sucks right now so I'm trying these, they make my skin feel so soft! 12. Finally taken all my revision down from my walls. 13. Chicken tikka masala - I'm not a massive fan but it was a fun night filling the curry house with our 19 person party. 

This is a new 'feature' i'm going to start doing. I can tell you now that they will most likely be few and far between as I don't carry my camera around that often as most of my week is spent at school then work. Exciting, right? But, basically when I do  make these posts they are just going to be little 'scrapbooks' for me. 

Hope you're well. Do you think the mini coke can is cute too?!

Victoria xx

Vivianne Westwood Presents Cheeky Alice...

I've only just seen this?! The campaign was released in 2011.

Cheeky Alice is said to be the 'sexier older sister' to the Naughty Alice perfume.

I adore Vivienne Westwood and I think it's cute how the perfume is personified. (yeah, I'm lame.)

In my opinion the Naughty Alice image is probably giving off a 'sexier' image? Anyway, the ad campaigns make me want to be Alice (especially her hair please). 

The description of the scent:

"At the heart of this cheeky and delightful fragrance is a fresh and floral bouquet that perfectly captures Alice's femininity and impertinence. The delicacy of the lily of the valley catches your attention and subtly leads you to a voluptuous and noble fragrance of fresh peony mixed with a touch of rose, eternal symbol of womanhood. This feminine and provocative perfume perfectly embodies our Cheeky Alice."

You also get a bracelet too, it's wrapped around the lid of the bottle when you buy it. 

Victoria x

Elie Saab Haute Coture Spring 2012

I'm not massively knowledgeable on designers and to be honest I tend to know what the trends are when they hit the high street rather than when they were on the runway. However, I have my moments, especially if it's a designers I'm interested in. As I said, while I know of lots of designers I wouldn't be able to tell you anything about them or their lines, except Oscar De La Renta and Elie Saab. I always adore what is created by these designers. 

I'd heard of Elie Saab but only really seen anything until I was researching for one of my textiles projects. Elie Saab fitted my theme beautifully (waterfalls, fyi). I fell in love instantly and so it was no surprise to me that when I saw the Spring 2012 collection that my reaction was just as it was before, so much so that I knew I had to share it with you.

Isn't the collection just so incredibly beautiful? The delicateness and intensity of detail is astounding and of course the pastels are out in force. If the situation ever arrives where I am to be on a red carpet in a beautiful fancy gown it better be Elie Saab, or Oscar De La Renta of course. 

The man himself. I want to give him a hug, two hugs. One for the collection and the second for being so adorably smiley in the photo above.

All images were found here - a beautifully useful website. 

What do you think of Elie Saab and the Spring 2012 collection?

Victoria xx

Nails (15) Slytherin

Models Own - Jade Stone 

Nail Art Pens - Ebay 

I didn't really know how I was going to do my nails when I chose these colours and to be honest I didn't really like how it looked at first. Then I decided to add the black in and now I really really love it. 

I adore my nail pens, although some are now a bit worse for wear. I got mine really cheaply off of eBay but they don't seem to be being sold at cheaply priced now but the prices are still really low to any high street shops. If you're not an eBay fan you can get black and white Wah x Models own nail art pens or Topshop recently released some nail pens - actual pens as well!

Anyway, with my nail pens I find that they're a bit too clear to just be applied straight onto a bare nail so I applied one coat Models Own Jade Stone just to give me a base. This makes the colour of the nail pens come out a bit more and packs a stronger punch. A lot of people apply a white coat before also to create a really strong colour - this can be done for any polish, not just the pens obviously. 

•  Models Own Jade Stone - 1 coat.
• Two coats of the green (looks blue in photo - second from left) nail pen on 3/4 of my nail
• Two coats of silver glitter polish on the remaining 1/4 of my nail ( fourth from left)
• Two coats of the green glitter pen over the 3/4 of nail coated in the non-glitter green pen. (green glitter third from left)
• One black line over where the green joins the silver

If you're a Harry Potter nerd like me then you may have already noticed that these are the slytherin house colours. When I was little I once got sorted into Slytherin on an online quiz (much to my dismay - and tears) and so played the quiz until I got Gryffindor. No shame.

Are you a fan of glitter nails?

Victoria x