New Year, New Nails

A new years resolution is to stop getting acrylics because I can literally feel how bad my nails are underneath, but I couldn't resist a full set for the holiday season! New Year is the only time I feel like you can get away with glitter everything and you can't forget nails. I've really gotten into purple toned greys (is that even a thing)? and this colour is so beautiful I'm obsessed. I got this colour done at the salon but I know it's OPI so I'm hunting for it at the moment, I think it's my favourite nail shade of all time now!

The glitter is actually an Essie topcoat in Summit of Style and this is what makes them the perfect holiday nails - definitely worth investing in. I think Essie's range is so good and I think I'm going to explore them a little more. 

Have a great New Year and I'll see you in 2015!!

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Christmas Dress

Coat - Miss Selfridge (old)

Dress - Topshop

Shoes - H&M (old) (similar)

As it's the last Sunday before Christmas, I thought I'd throw in a little Christmassy ootd post, and show you one of my ideas for an outfit to wear on the day. It didn't really occur to me when I bought this that it probably wouldn't be a great idea for the actual Christmas dinner -  bodycon and a lot of food generally don't go too well - but it would be a nice outfit for a little family gathering or even a meetup with friends around the holidays. I love the sleeves on this dress - it's really flattering and it also keeps you a little warmer, which is much needed in these colder months!

Have you got a Christmas dress?

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Moon of my Life, My Sun and Stars

Dress: Motel Rocks

Shoes: H&M (old)

I have forever been lusting over this dress from Motel, and I finally caved and bought it when they were having  a 20% cyber weekend. It's such a pretty and flattering dress; I suit dresses that have a little detail accentuating the waist, otherwise dresses hang really strange on me, and I love how the babydoll style of the dress makes it really loose and smocky, rather than tight around the waist. I just think it's the perfect shape and I have been living in this dress since I bought it - literally I have had it for about a week and I've worn it 4 times. I love it! I can tell this will be my go to casual dress from now on, and it's really made me want to try more dresses in this style from Motel. 

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Benefit's Tan About Tan

I found this little beauty in Boots with their other Christmas sets - which I've never really payed much attention to until this year, but I'm think i might pick a few up because they are all so lovely. 

Tan About Town has three mini Benefit products, including the ever so popular Hoola bronzer, the POREfessional and Bad gal lash all for an amazing price. I think it was just under £10 but I can't find it on the Boots website, maybe its an in-store only kinda thing. 

I mainly got this for the Hoola bronzer because I really want to get the full size I'm just holding back because of the price, so as soon as I saw this I picked it up without looking back! I've already tried all of these and I love them so much - I think it's safe to say I'm buying the full size Hoola after I'm finished with this little guy! I really like the mascara, I think it's a great base for my lashes. I like to use the Bad gal lash and then the Bourjois Liner Effect mascara on top and it creates the perfect clump free lashes. I've already mentioned the POREfessional on my blog, but I really love this primer and I'm glad it's back in my collection.

What Christmas sets are you thinking of getting?

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Jumper Season

Jumper: Topshop Trousers: Topshop Loafers: H&M

Jumpers are absolutely 100% winter staples and every year I stock up on so many - mainly because the English winter literally feels like half the year - so I know I get good use out of all of them and will wear them nearly everyday.

Roll necks are also really popular and bang on trend right now, it seems like everyone has one and are putting even more on their wishlist. Topshop have some great options for roll neck jumpers, but I chose this one as it was a lot more casual than others and quite simple to style, which is great on days where you have no time to put effort into your outfit. 

I picked up these tapered black trousers a few weeks back and I was really struggling with styling them as they are so high waisted, but pairing them with an oversized jumper is probably the easiest and elegant way I have styled them and I find the outfit is a lot more relaxed and casual.

Have you got a new favourite jumper? Let me know!

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Get Me Bodied

Topshop Matte Lip Bullet in Get Me Bodied

I was roped into all the amazing purple shades that have made a debut this season, so I picked up my own purple lip colour. I really love this product because it's very matte and long wearing but it's not drying at all. It's also highly pigmented - a lot of purple shades I've tried have been too sheer and not true to colour, but this is so perfect. Topshop have a lot of lip bullets that I want to try; they seem to have every trending lip colour this season. I really prefer the lip bullets over the lipsticks they have, I find that the lipsticks really show how chapped my lips are when I wear them so the lip bullets are definitely my favourite!

Have you got a purple shade this season?

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