English Summer

Get ready for a few beach based posts... 

I headed down to west wales recently for a couple of days. I've been going to the same place for the last 19 years and its become a second home to me and my family.

I decided I wanted to make the most of being by the sea and swim every day, so on one particularly clear evening I took the camera with me. 

I'm still using the Olympus and loving it, I played around with the different setting and even took a bit of video which came out beautifully! 

I however can not rock the wet hair look so photo's of me in the sea are generally a bit sketchy which I apologise for! 

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Style Memories: NYC

I have taken a couple of looks from this series from my time in NYC, I defiantly felt exceptionally comfortable there. I love how the vibe changes from each neighbourhood, as you move from the grunge of the west village, to the laid back streets of soho up to the prim upper east side the city changes before your eyes.

I defiantly related to the street style of soho, it was just so simple and easy, like they had woken up and threw it on and I LOVE THAT.
As cringe as it sounds, it was a defining fashion moment for me as I realised as much as I would love to be perfectly turned out every day with a beautiful blow out and a cat eye, it's just not me (I like a lie in) well at least 360 days of the year... but Soho told me that was OK. So in true downtown style, I took these photos In Brooklyn overlooking the skyline on the most b-e-a-utifully crystal clear day.

For this outfit threw on my ripped jeans, battered well loved converse, brandy melville top (which I discovered on my first trip to NYC at 16, I thought it was only right) Topshop coat, Marc Jacobs bag and Zara scarf.

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L'occitane & My Little Box

L'occitane is a brand I have been a fan of for a while now, especially their Bonne Mere range which I believe is highly under rated, My Grandma actually introduced it to me last christmas with a selection of the range.
I attended the event in which they had collaborated with the french company 'My Little Box', based in Paris it's a monthly lifestyle box subscription service which is a favourite amongst bloggers for its selection of items it sends each month. I personally like that they do something different not just the standard 5 or so beauty products.
I have to say I had kind of forgotten about L'occitane until this event, but I am very glad I was reminded of its presence! It has some absolute corker's in the range, there are obviously the cult classics such as the almond shower oil but the fragrance range has some hidden gems, my friend obsesses over the fig fragrance she blogged about it here.
The event was based in the beautiful little Covent garden store, which is well worth a visit if your around that area.

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Easter.

I took a trip up to Jersey for the weekend, we spent the weekend dying eggs, walking on the beach and eating enough to be induced into a food coma for the next year. How easter should be spent in my opinion.

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London: Hair, Camden and Fireworks

So today was a pretty big day for me. 

I took the plunge and finally got my hair dyed, to some this may seem like nothing to many but to me it was a pretty big deal. 

I was always told not to touch my hair but after thinking about it for almost 2 years I decided there was no time like the present. 

After extensive googling I decided on B&P cheeky salon in Shoreditch, the prices where great and they had rave reviews.  

I'm happy to say I'm so pleased with the end result!

After we wandered the streets of Shoreditch, defiantly one of my new favorite areas BTW and stopped for a bite to eat before hitting Camden.

We couldn't decide on a firework display so we decided to see them all.
Me and Em wrapped up warm and clambered up Primrose hill to get a 360 view of London and the fireworks it had to offer, sadly the photos really don't do it justice (low lighting will forever be my nemesis) but you get unparalleled views of the London skyline and it's truly breathtaking.

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