Liebster Award

Scarlett very kindly nominated me for 'The Liebster Award'. Thank you Scarlett for nominating me!

The rules:
1. Each person tagged must post 11 things about themselves
2. They must also answer the 11 questions the 'tagger' has set for them.
3. They must create 11 more questions to ask the bloggers which they have decided to tag.
4. They must choose 11 bloggers with less than 200 followers and tag them in their post
5.These bloggers must then be told
6. There are no tag backs.  

11 Things About Me

1. I only have two pairs of trousers that I wear and one of them is for work.

2. I have pet chickens.

3. I want to be a British version of Lauren Conrad (plz)

4. I play netball, I love it. 

5. I study English lit, Psychology, Sociology and Textiles. 

6. I hate being in photos but love having pictures of my family around my room.

7. I love the sound and smell of really heavy rain.

8. I love my friends and family (obvz), they're amazing.

9. I'm struggling to think of things now.

10. I suck at walking in heels.

11. I honestly love my bed.

Scarlett's Questions
Favourite Colour?

It changes all the time but it's usually pastel colours. Right now it's probably pastel pink and blue. 

Who is your favourite band, artist or group?

Again, changes all the time! Right now, I'm in a little bit of a Taylor Swift phase. But always lovin' a little bit of Queen B!
What made you start blogging?

I went to GFW and read some pieces written by bloggers in their magazine 'Fashionista' and what they were saying sounded really cool and made me want to blog, so I did!
Favourite food?

Chocolate. 
The last book you read?

Twelfth night - if that counts. But I'm two chapters in to Oscar and Lucinda for English Lit. If you've read Oscar and Lucinda you'll know that two chapters is only about six pages long, if that. It's going well. 
Favourite shop?

I love so much in River Island. Little too pricey for me though most of the time. 
If you could live anywhere, where and why?

I love the idea of NYC and also California but I'd also want to live in London for a couple years. 
What song do you never get sick of hearing?

Adele - Someone like you. (the woman is an angel)
One thing you couldn't leave the house without?

Keys/phone. 
Do you play any sports?

Netball! 
What would you buy if you were to win the lottery?

If I won like millions, I would pay my parents mortgage or whatever and take my family on holiday somewhere nice. I'd probably buy a few clothes too ;). I'd also give a load to different charities, probably quite a few little ones that don't get a lot of funding. 

I'm going to stick with Scarlett's questions because I love the types of questions that get to know the little things about the blogger behind the blog! 

I nominate anyone who wants to do it! I love getting to know other bloggers through things like this so please leave me your link if you do or have done this award. 

Hope you're well and that this post actually goes up as I've scheduled it! 

Victoria x

VO5 Mega Hold Gel Hairspray

VO5 Mega Hold Weather Resistant Gel Spray - £2.99 - Boots

I'll admit it, I didn't discover this product myself. My mum did. I found it in one of her draws one day before school in a mad rush for some hairspray and this was what I found. 

Normally, I use spray hairspray as opposed to gel and to be honest I have never found a hairspray that actually holds a style in my hair for longer than an hour. I know the fact I have thick heavy hair means that styles wont stay in for as long as they would on someone with finer hair but I would like hold for longer than an hour at least. 

This VO5 gel spray is the best hairspray I've found for my hair so far. I wont pretend that it holds my hair in all through the school day but it doesn't do a bad job and it does stop it straightening out all together. I usually start the day with lots of waves in my hair (my natural hair + sleeping with my hair in a bun) and then at the end of the school day, when I've used this gel in the morning,  I end up with looser waves. I think you'd expect some relax in your hair throughout a day anyway, unless you re-sprayed throughout the day. 

The only thing I would say is that being a 'gel spray' it does stick your hair together sometimes more than some hairsprays I've used before but this can be brushed out and isn't very noticeable. 

Have you used this product?

Victoria x

Owls, Owls, Owls.

Do you like my streaks from my gradual fake tan on my right shoulder? Thought so. 

I bought this dress the same day I bought this playsuit. I was really excited about going shopping that day so I was half expecting not to find anything (it's always the way) but I'm really pleased with what I got. I'll be posting it all through seperate posts.

I was a little bit unsure on the owl print to begin with as I'm not a massive animal print fan. I'm quite picky about it. Its grown on me though and I really liked it when I tried it on so decided to get it. This dress will probably be worn to school as I think it looks quite smart which might make up for the fact I'm not entirely sure the length fits the dress code. I'll pair it with black tights so it's less noticeable. It'll probably be worn to family things as well, I can see the owls going down quite well there.

I have really big hips (no shame!) which means the skater style dresses don't suit me at all and it's been really frustrating as they seem to be all anywhere has been stocking for the last year. So, I love that I found a dress that has a cut that suits my figure for once.

What would you wear with this? I'm thinking maybe my little cropped black jacket but that might make it look a little too smart for school. Any suggestions are so very welcome.

Victoria x

Pretty Blue Playsuit

Playsuit - Primark

Vest top - New Look

Belt - H&M

Nails - Barry M Bright Pink 279

I'm so in love with these colours, they're so vibrant and pretty. I think they go really well together and actually suit my skin tone - I seem to live in various shades of blue. This playsuit should be pretty easy to dress up and down. I'm thinking basic white pumps or brown sandals for a daytime look and then black tights and heels for a night out. If you have any other ideas of what would look good with it let me know, please!

I picked this up in Primark (£5 down from £10!) when I went shopping the other day with one of my friends. We both spent a little too much but it was such a fun day. We had lunch in pret and felt very cosmopolitan compared to our usual haunt of McDonalds. Also, I love that you can buy fruit in Pret! Even though I chose a nectarine and looked a mess eating it.

I'm going on holiday tomorrow so I'm trying hard to get some posts ready to schedule. Hopefully they'll work. Schedule posts only seem to work 50% of the time for me so fingers crossed. I'm only going away in England but I'm sure it'll be fun. I haven't packed yet but I'm just going to pack for various types of weather. Even though that probably just means packing a jumper and my new coat (so excited to show you this!).

Hope you're having a good day! 

Victoria x

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Jones and Jones

I discovered the website Jones and Jones while I was reading Chelsea's blog. (I found her blog while skimming through the #fbloggers hashtag - it's so good for discovering new blogs!) She did a post in which she was wearing a gorgeous dress from Jones and Jones and so with my year 13 prom already on my mind, I wanted to have a look at what else they had to offer.

I picked just a few to include in this little snapshot. So many of their dresses are so girly and delicate which I love. My favourite above is probably the green one. 

Jones and Jones also have such beautiful photography on their website of their pieces. The images with the black garments are my favourite, I love the lighting. 

All these images are from the Jones and Jones website so, of course, full credit and rights to them.

Victoria x

White and Crochet

These are from Brantano. They were originally £10 but reduced to £5, then to add a cherry on top Brantano had an offer of 'buy one get on half price'. My mum bought a pair of shoes making these babies a cheeky £2.50. Bargain or what!

These are the perfect summer shoes, so delicate and pretty. Hopefully the weather will pick up, although we've been saying that for weeks and we're nearly in August now. I talk about the weather quite a lot, it's not helping the British conversational stereotype but I do love a good weather discussion.  

I think these will look really cute with a summer day dress for a very casual look. I also have some pale purple shorts that I think they'll look cute with. What would you put them with, suggestions please!

I wanted to take a picture outside on the grass to create the summery feeling but it's raining here so that wasn't really going to work, ha. So, I've constructed a gaudy floral background using our old patio chair cushions. Stylish, no? 

Hope you are having a wonderful week so far, 

Victoria x

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- Friendship bracelets - Sky (it was really sunny but I instagrammed it with the wrong filter and made it look dark) - Saturday night in last week - BB cream sample (loved it) - Nail paintng - Activia breakfast pot - Nails - Salad - Usain Bolt quote - 

I've missed a few weeks worth of these because, quite honestly, I hadn't taken any photos. Here is this week though. It was the first week of the summer holidays and the weather picked up literally on the night we finished school which was cute. With the sun being out all week I've been enjoying it and seeing my friends. We went out for breakfast, sunbathed and went on a 13 mile bike ride - although I might up it to 15 miles if I'm speaking to a sporty person. 

I'm really getting into the Olympics (see here) and I'm currently watching the Womens springboard synchro diving after seeing GB get their first medal in the road race - Lizzie Armistead starting off the medal wins hopefully! One of the girls diving synchro for Great Britain is 15, Tom Daley is 18 and swimmer Ellie Simmonds is 17. Makes me think I should be a little further along accomplishment wise with my life by now. Also, Tom Daley is really really attractive - I remember when he made his Olympic debut and we all went back to school in September and did a quiz in P.E. which meant all of us named our teams something Tom Daley related (no regrets). 

Hopefully onwards and upwards from here for Team GB! Are you into it as much as I am?

Victoria x