espadrille love.

River Island - £9.99 each

I love espadrilles right now. I went through a stage where I couldn't get the name right and kept calling them vespas. However, now having mastered the right name and finding a suitable pair (or three) I think its time to invest. These little gems are only £9.99, from River Island! I hardly ever find anything in river island that I like enough to spend the amount it's being sold for but these, well these are just lovely. They are so perfect for spring (which we are now officially in, i think?). Now I just have to decide which pair I like best..

Alexa Chung
From: Now Magazine 

There are a lot of wedged espadrilles around, like the ones Alexa Chung is sporting above. Even though these wedges are relatively low compared to some I've seen. I, however, prefer the flat ones. But each to their own.

Do you share my love for espadrilles?

Love Victoria xo

focussed pretty things!

oh, my dearest blog! I have missed you!

So, I haven't done a proper post in agesssssss, and to be honest, I don't know if this is going to be one. We'll see how it goes? I'm going to try to post more but exams are obviously a priority so I'm sorry if posts are sometimes few and far between. 

Firstly an explanation for the whole no posting thing. The usual mix of exams, revision, D of E practice expedition and a cheeky mock interview today. And just no time. Where does it go, seriously. People say they need an extra hour in the day, an hour is no where near enough!

The photos are from this weekend (my Duke of Edinburgh practice expedition). Basically, one the first day we had to be out for six hours, walking for atleast three I think, but we walked for way more than that! Then we slept laid there all night freeeeezing in a blue peter-esque tent. 7 people in a six man tent, not as squished as I expected but much colder! Anyway, we then walked for another six hours the next day. The walking was tiring obviously but wasnt unbearable. The weight of the rucksacks we had to carry however, that was cutting it close. The first day our 'destination' was a lovely reservoir and on the second day it was a church which had the most beautiful seating place opposite. 

These photos are part of my skill for the bronze award, photography obvs. I'm not really sure its showing much skill though because mostly its just something in focus and the back ground not. I am proud of some of the pictures I got though because the things (mostly flowers/trees ect - theme was nature) were so beautiful. 

Any opinions are more than welcome! 

I'm hoping to do some more fashion-y posts soon, I'm really wanting to right now. It's just finding the time and subject to write about. 

I don't think this counts as a fully fledged post, somewhere in between perhaps! 

Hope your all having amazing weeks so far!

Love V xo  

don't miss it on your way up.

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One of my science teachers came into our lesson last week and said that before she starts the lesson, she wanted to talk to us first. 

She asked us what we thought success was. Things like 'goals' and 'achievement' and 'best of your ability' were shouted out and written down. 

She told us that success is individual. 

She said that success is not just about what grades you get. She said that she worries that schools and society itself pushes one target that we must all meet, but that we all have different targets. 

Also, she told us how it's important to relax and have fun. Work hard and study but make sure theres time for your friends and family too. She told that there is a balance that needs to be found, between friends, family, work and play. 

An analogy that arose during this was that of a ladder. We climb up this ladder, looking up to the top at the goal we want to reach. She told us to make sure we don't just focus on the top and miss the steps we take getting there. 

She told us it all matters. 

...and then we did biology.

Love Victoria xo 

ideal prom dress.

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This Oscar De La Renta dress is from the Spring 2008 collection also seen on Blake Lively as Serena in Gossip Girl. I think it's so gorgeous and its the material I want. And just ohh. so so beautiful. I found a look-a-likey but wearing white to prom, is that allowed? 

here. 

Prom is quite a few months away though (we're talking the very end of June here) so I've got a while to decide and I haven't tried any on yet. Anyway, I think i've talked about this on here before at some point so I'm gonna finish here. 

Sorry for the lack of posting I had some exams which I needed to study for and if I'm honest I don't know where the time went. I've got a post lined up soon though.

Hope your all well :) 

Love Victoria xo 

sleep on it.

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I found this while moseying around weheartit.com and immediately 'hearted' it. 

This struck a chord because this is something I say a lot when comforting someone who is upset. I tell them to  try get a good nights sleep and re-assess in the morning. Things are often not as bad as they seem, often you can't judge because of the upset and tired state your in. Then, if you wake up in the morning and still feel like it is as bad as you previously thought at least your looking at it as a well rested mind which, i think, helps you reach a better solution. We do often hear the 'sleep on it' phrase don't we. Crying makes me tired anyway so I tend to follow my own advice on this one. 

Hope you're all okay. 

Love Victoria xo 

p.s. this was a bit of a random post but I haven't posted in a while and I wanted to so when I saw this I thought 'hey why not?'. :)

Coleen Rooney for Littlewoods

I heard on TV this morning that Coleen's has finished her new collection for Littlewoods, so I Googled it as you do. These are a few pieces from Coleen Rooney's debut collection for Littlewoods . Personally I love Coleen and her style (her style book is proudly sat on my bookcase). I think she and the dresses look gorgeous in these photos, I think the first photo is amazing as well the light lighting contrasted with the bright orange dress is beautiful. My favorites are the second, third and last one. The collection, however, is not released until March of this year. 

For Littlewoods. From DailyMail.

For Littlewoods. From DailyMail.

For Littlewoods. From DailyMail.

For Littlewoods. From DailyMail.

For Littlewoods. From DailyMail.

For Littlewoods. From DailyMail.

Some people seem to have problems with the likes of Coleen and VB designing collections. 

It annoys me when people moan and say that 'WAG's' don't do anything and blah blah blah and then slate them and their work when they release collections and such like. If someone's opinion is that the wag's don't do anything then you have to, at least, view their collection or other works with an open mind. Otherwise, they can't win. But hey, that's just my opinion. What's yours?

What are your thoughts on Coleen's collection?

Love Victoria xo

everyday make up.

This is going to be a make up post but first.. THE BRITS! Are you watching? Adele was amazing, she always looks gorgeous! Also, my netball coach is at the BRITS! So random and so jealous. Moving on. 

Basically, I just thought I'd show you my daily make-up products. They're nothing too special and I'm not going to talk about them professionally because I'd be blagging it and it would not be convincing.  So here goes..

Rimmel London 'Hide the Blemish' Concealer. Honestly, I don't really find that concealer helps too much, it just seems to be sticky. But I don't like just leaving spots even though that would probably get rid of them quicker and layering concealer on top of them is very counter productive, it makes me a little more confident. I bought this concealer after I saw that my friend had it and it was really good, so I thought whats to loose. It was relatively cheap (as are all of the products here), something like £3 maybe. It's lasted me quite a long time but then I only use little bits at a time.

I can live without mascara to be honest. It seems to be most peoples 'always carry one with me' but I think I'd probably prefer an eye liner. Anyway, this is mine and practically all my friends go to mascara. It's a very good price and its a decent mascara. I think it costs about £2.99. I accidentally bought it in brown/black this time instead of black but can't tell much difference. Also, only available from Boots as its Boots' collection - Natural Collection.

 My Maybelline Dream Matte Mousse ♥
I use this everyday! I never really 'got on' with powder or liquid foundations when I first started using make up so I gave up with using it. Then along came mousse. I love it so much, its quite light on my skin and a little goes a looooong way. This has lasted me so long already and I've only used about half of the tub(?) Is it a tub? This is the most expensive piece of make up I own right now I think at something like £7.99. I have it in 040 - Fawn. 

I've literally only just started wearing blusher in the last few weeks and I've already picked up these two. They're from Superdrug's Collection 2000 (which I am a big fan of) and I have a (quite) pink one and a peachy one (warned you I wasn't professional). The peach one in the 03 Breathless pictured above shown on the right. It's already crumbled in the pot which is annoying as It's only been in my makeup bag for two days but it happens I suppose. The pink one's label has rubbed off but I think its in the shade Trouble. I often rub my blusher off because I'm not used to it yet and worry I look stupiddd. I'm a bit trial and error with it.  

My Collection 2000 Liquid eye liner pen. It so easy to apply, genuinely like a pen. It's called the Extreme 24 Hour Felt tip Liner. I've had one pen eye liner before, in black, and it came out green on my eyes. Safe to say I stopped using that rather quickly but this one is jet black when applied, which I love. It stays on throughout the day as well, which is always a bonus. I wear this almost without fail on my top lid every day. 

I also use a pretty standard black eye liner pencil on the bottom. I had a number 7 eyeliner a year or so ago that almost never smudged but it was quite expensive and I like cheap! I might invest in one again soon though, especially with this rain.

This is what I wear most days. I'm at school five days a week and there are obviously rules we have to stick to with our make up but I don't think I'd wear much too different if they said our make up could be as wacky as we liked.

This was wordy! Well done and thank you if you got to the end and managed to get through my rambles on what I wear. 

What are your make up dailies? 

Love Victoria xo