ten thousand ladybirds

Jacket; Topshop sale, Jeans; American Apparel, Blouse; Ever Miss Fashion*
Wearing a coat in June. Yup.
I was sent this blouse by Ever Miss Fashion, and I absolutely love it, but one of the buttons is mismatched. Evidently the quality isn't the best, but its reasonably priced. I do really love the pattern so I'll probably just fix it myself.

in your big house on the hills

Per usual the weather is doing total U-turns. On Saturday I was sunbathing, drinking Pimms and slathering on the suncream. Earlier today I bought a coat, and I'm currently leaning against my radiator while writing this hoping in vain that I wont be wearing it anytime soon.

For the brief sun spell however, I wore my playsuit from Beginning Boutique. I love this- although its from an Australian website, and customs cost me around £11. Dang! They usually have this playsuit shape in other patterns but I don't think I'll be ordering from across the seas again anytime soon just because of the extra charges.

Beginning boutique playsuit, American Apparel crop top (underneath), H&M necklace, Floral Doc Martens

 PS. I promise I haven't gone photoshop crazy, the neon colours in these pictures are result of a digital camera. A new lens for my slr is being ordered at the end of June- much overdue!

one day you'll wish that you had stuck with me instead

TFNC Midi Dress 
I wore this simple TFNC midi dress to my leavers Prom last month. I have loved these past two years at sixth form. Since I finished all my A-level exams on Thursday, I have officially left education! It's such a bizarre feeling. I was looking at my old posts yesterday and I was saying how good my first day of sixth form was and how I love all the teachers/people, it make me so sad. I don't want to leave! Anyone other 18 year olds feeling this way?

see you had a lot of crooks tryna steal your heart

top row; Insight Magnolia One Piece Swimsuit, Wildfox Ocean Explorer Swimsuit, Resort Halter Playsuit,Resort Cut out detail swim dress
bottom row; Maaji Lacey Teacups Swimsuit, Bonprix Print Palm Swimsuit, Insight Persian One Piece Moulded Bandeau Swimsuit

Continuing on with the holiday themed posts.. 
Lord knows I'm not ready for bikini season, but the thought of a swimsuit is a lil more bearable. I'm used to seeing hoards of swimsuits that are black with random buckles and lack any originality but... I like fun swimwear man! 
My favourite is probably the swimsuit from Bonprix - just because its so affordable. I also love the darker colour scheme, its probably the kind of thing I'd wear at Coachella (because I WILL go one day!) but paired with cut offs. I may be slyly adding it to my basket some time soon.. along with a maxi dress I've spotted on Bonprix.. oops!

is there just one type of dark

Todays wishlist post is in a slightly different style which could or could not look completely stupid, afterall I am a technophobe with HTML sometimes all the time. Looking at summery clothing gets me excited for Zante and naturally bookmarking a thousand and one items leads to a wish list.

 Urban Outfitters Pins & Needles pinafore dress
I'm very much in love with this dungaree dress, it's just so cute. I can imagine over a bikini or little crop top It'd be perfect for warmer weather. Things with pockets on the front always reminds me of kangaroos too (always a plus)

Celine Lookalike bag from eBay
£30 is pretty good in comparison with £2000+. The Celine luggage tote is one of the chicest bags I've ever seen, and I remember ages ago I sat next to a girl with a real one and I just stared at it for ages. She was probably quite alarmed but I was just enamoured.

ASOS Crochet Village Skater Dress
Another dress I want for Zante. It actually really reminds me of one of my favourite bloggers Lucy Williams from Fashion Me Now who just got back from Mexico which I'm so jel of and can so imagine wearing this there. The majority of my clothing is black, dark burgundy and navy so any light colours are welcomed to my wardrobe.

 ASOS Blue Denim Dungarees
I've wanted a pair of short dungarees for literally years but long dungarees have always been a no no- but, I actually quite like these. I can't tell whether this infatuation will be short lived or not but with my floral doc martens and a little white crop tee I can imagine these looking quite chill.

I would love to know some stuff you guys are liking at the moment! :)

victim of sensory love

For my birthday I was luckily gifted a macbook by my parents. It was quite perfect timing actually, since then I've had a massie slog (is that a word?) of work that will continue until June 6th when my exams are finished. Boring stuff over, and to sum up my monotonous life right now, I spend a lot of time on my bed surrounding by books on my laptop, regardless of the time (I'm a night/extremely early morning worker unfortunately). BUT LOOK HOW PRETTY IT IS NOW!

Customised Macbook Pro 15inch laptop skin from caseapp*

Thanks to caseapp, I have the most beautiful laptop skin going. If you remember my iPhone case was also made with the same pattern, perhaps I'm just a lil' obsessed with it. I've got so many compliments already and I love that I'm the only one with it hehe. Isn't something always ten times more appealing when you know no-one else has it? The only material its comparable to is probably a magnet, it doesn't leave a residue or anything, but stays on perfectly. I would 100% recommend one!

Customized Macbook Pro 15 inch laptop case from caseable* 

Of course, all laptops need a proper case and I eagerly welcomed this one from caseable. Again, I chose my own pattern. Imagine if all shops had this ethos aka major design options for the buyer, perfect for people like me who are ridiculously fussy. I wanted to stick with the pattern theme just because who doesn't like a good eye sore, and chose a random one off google that I'm probably not allowed to do but too late. 

I probably should start a tag with the amount of iPhone cases and laptop stuff I now post about. But what can I say, I like my technology colourful.

the crazy days, city lights, the way you'd play with me like a child

My poor excuse for outfit photos. My tripod is just such a bitch I cant be dealing. As you can see, I basically live in my American Apparel Easy Jeans because they're so comfy and go with everything. Hefty price tag but so worth it. I already have them in dark blue and black but I've tried on the light colour more than once now so they might be hopefully appearing in my wardrobe soon...

and I'd want to see what I've seen to undo what has been

 Now the skies are more regularly blue and the weather *slightly* warmer, I have swapped my weekend bag for this H&M Suede Bag  that I posted about in this wishlist. One of my best friends saw and bought it for me on my 18th! Safe to say I was a very happy bunny. I first used it in last weekend in Covent Garden and the waitress at Carluccios was like 'TELL ME WHERE ITS FROM' so I think thats a sign for a good bag. You can also see the random crap I keep in my bag- mirror, purse, perfume, hand cream, keys, plasters, hair bands and my phone. Wasn't that interesting?

Simpson Print Denim Shorts*, White Cut Out Blouse* both from Choies 
It's definitely easy to feel overwhelmed when looking at online stores based in Asia, usually because of the sheer quantity of items. I picked out some items from Choies and I'm pretty sure after an hour of browsing I still had seen only a quarter of the items. Advantage- so much choice and diversity. Disadvantage- deciding what you want to buy! I'm a hugehugehuge fan of The Simpsons so naturally Barts face all over 'short shorts' was straight in the bag. The blouse also is a beautiful piece I can't wait to style up. Delivery to the UK took around two weeks but there was no extra custom charges which was nice. Warning- sizes run quite small! The shorts are a size Large (the largest they go) and are still a size UK 10. The blouse too- size medium- but probably around a UK 8-10. 

she's my little strawberry strawberry bubblegum

(Denim jacket; thrifted in NYC, Leather trousers; MinkPink, Spotty Top; H&M)

I am loving MinkPink recently. Much like Urban Outfitters, the campaigns are very fun and chill, taken with film cameras it seems- I 100% prefer this style over a bored looking model in a studio. Judging by their facebook page and blog they take the same approach with social media too. Love. Minkpink are generally on the pricey side but ASOS always have a sale and I managed to pick up the faux leather trousers (seen above) for roughly £27! I keep looking back at their bikinis hoping they go on sale soon.. fingers crossed

seems like every day we're putting one six feet underground

Photo Diary
1. & 2. Brighton
3. I clearly have a thing for taking pictures of sunsets
4. Posse on a car freshener
5. Storm clouds looking more sweet than angry
6. Excited face on the morning of my birthday, I turned eighteen! (6th april)
7. Yummmmmy food @ Imli Street
8. Favourite store
9. New Mink Pink leather trousers
10. Feeling preppy in my ASOS raglan top
11. Birthday flowers

now my buzz is going I need to re-up on reality

 Nars Funny Face Lipstick, Tommy Hilfiger Glasses* from Specsavers

 I have awful vision, and for a couple of years now, glasses have been my go to for being able to see further than 5 metres. If you remember from this post, I had a pair of Ralph Lauren glasses that unfortunately died (I may have stepped on them) around the same time I got contacts. So glasses were abandoned for a while, but Specsavers offered me the chance recently to get a new pair of glasses. I was previously with vision express of whom I've had a bad experience with (unnecessary appointments, delays, and overcharging) so eagerly I made an appointment.

My eye test was so smooth and quick, and with a really lovely lady. She then talked me through whats going on behind my eye, my vision and options for how I want to go from there. I then got to look at all the glasses, which include Emporio Armani, Karen Millen and Missoni and choose a pair. You can get 2 for 1 on a pair of designer glasses which I think is a crazy offer, but there's also glasses starting from £25. A week later I picked up my Tommy Hilfiger glasses and after there were checked they fit and I still liked them, I took my babies home. Overall the experience was just so much better, smooth and friendly. 

I still don't feel very smexy in glasses, so I took these pictures with my new lipstick from my best friend, Nars Funny Face, a bright fuchsia. In yo face bad vision!