Momma Got Married!

On the 28th of June my Momma finally got married to her sweetheart.  So we decided to make a full weekend out of it with a meal the night prior and a hotel stay with the wedding on the Saturday. I took it even further and decided to doll myself up to the hills, seeing as she would only get married once. The night prior we went out for a family meal including my mums side of the family and my other half.   Dress - Backless lace number from New Look Shoes - Primark last season Necklace - Vintage stall Lipstick - Dita Von Tease Art Deco I adore this dress, it makes me feel fabity and I don't have to bear much flesh (aside from my back and bra strap ha!) That night me and my mum spent the night at the hotel where she would be getting married the next day -Lazaat's. We had a queen(?) bed with room for 4 people and a gorgeous bathroom with a walk in shower. The next morning involved us getting our hair and make up done, drinking wine and getting nervous! The following pictures are from after the ceremony. 

Pictured 1st is my dress from the night do. It consists of a white material dress and separate under skirt, both from eBay and my staple chunky heels from Primark and pearls from Matalan. Pictured second is the dress I wore for the ceremony The dress is from Quiz (a prom dress store?) sailor heels from Schuh and my pearls. Both dress were super comfy and surprisingly light and airy. In my hair for both outfits I wore material like red roses with my hair curled and swept back.  The day turned out to be fabulous, my momma looked gorgeous and she was super happy. We had lots of cake, a photo booth and a candy cart (so I made quick work of all the goodies on offer!) Best of all I got to tumble into bed with my man after a long night of dancing yay! Here's one of my favorite photos that got taken with a film camera!

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Hello New Shoes!

It's no secret, I love shoes!!! This summer I thought with the few weekends away I'm having I was allowed some treats, those being in the form of new shoes as I don't actually own any flat shoes that I can wear on nice days out. So away I went shopping... 

From Top to Bottom

bag is from justfab.com (do not recommend!)

red dolly shoes - £8 & black cuts outs - £12.50 were from primark 

white flowery wedges are hush puppies from shoe (reduced £35!)

brown sandals & black pointy cut outs are also from justfab.com

Not the most expensive haul in the world but I'll tell you what, some of these shoes are the comfiest ever! The Hush Puppies have a padded sole so they score extra comfy points. The bag is huge, heavy yet also perfect. It's a shame it's from justfab.com because I would not have paid £35 for that baby (it was gifted to me) but all the same I love bags. Now to just wait for my weekend's away, it's going to be fun!

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Ye Olde leather jacket!

How gorgeous is this jacket???? 

Now I picked this up on a whim, I was out shopping yesterday with Tom and we were looking for a jacket for his Eddie costume, he is quite large on the top and I found this jacket and thought it'd be perfect! However.... We'd have to cut the sleeves off it to be in character and well it didn't really fit him. So I came to the rescue!

This baby cost me £20 (!!!) out of Banardo's and it's real leather with the cow hide label inside, it has lots of zippy pockets and it feels wonderful. It's not only a perfect fit but it's also rather thick and I can wear a hoodie underneath for cold/rainy weather. The smell too, mmh I love a good leather smell! What can I say, I've fallen in love with this jacket. Now it is a large (I'm normally around a 12) which got me thinking about how old it is?

This was the best surprise ever, not only do I have a new beautiful jacket, which is real leather. 

I didn't break the bank! Yay me :)

Wonderful World of Mittens

Faux Sheepskin Mittens

Now I've seen these mittens everywhere, loads of people around college had them and I desperately wanted a pair. I hunted the shops high and low willing to pay a lot of money for some but I found none, at all. I realize I may be a little behind on this trend but I could always hope. Instead I thought I'd scour the wide web for some and I came across these. Now they are fake but they are perfect. They cost me just under £7 and I couldn't of asked for better. They are warm and comfy and they feel lovely. They arrived on my doorstep on Monday and I've worn them everyday to college. That's the best £7 I've ever spent I think! I do realize you can buy real pairs but I don't really have £25+ to spare on gloves so these are a perfect second.

What do you think?

Style Icon - Paloma Faith

You may not agree with me here but I think that Paloma Faith has such an amazing dress sense like Helena Bonham Carter despite it being a little wacky and outrageous. Also from seeing her on chat shows and comedy shows she seems like a lovely and friendly person. Not only is she gorgeous with amazing fashion sense she also has an MA from Leeds University and an out of this world singing voice. 

Thinking to myself when I first saw her on Celebrity Juice "This girl has style and she knows how to dress up!" Her outfits are quirky and just full of fun. They are a mix of glamour and pure vintage especially depending on how she's styled her hair. She dresses as if every day is her last and she always looks drop dead gorgeous and amazing.
She dresses as if her outfits always have a theme and I really appreciate that as obviously she puts a lot of hard work into her outfits. For example below is one of my favorite photos. She gives a 'lady like' feel to Gothic scene. She looks amazing and retro all the time keeping in the modern time. 

Also her hair is another prime example of her effort. Whether it be victory rolls, beehives or curls she can pull it off. She always decorates with big fancy bows or clips which in my opinion really does finish the outfit off. I think she could literally pull off any hair style and the rich red head colour she wears suits her perfectly. She wears the colour well and with sophistication. Lets just say if I had a hair crush and could have anyone's hair and styles it would definitely be her by a mile!

What do you think to Paloma's style?

Liebester Award #4

So as you can see this is my fourth one! How lucky am I, my lovely tagger is Mia, her lovely little blog is amazing, check it out. I bet you're all thinking hasn't this girl had enough! Also I thought with this one I'll do the whole shebam with tagging people, the 11 facts about me and what not. All my other award posts can be found here.



The rules
If you're tagged you have to write 11 things about yourself and then answer the 11 questions from the blogger who tagged you. You then choose other bloggers with less than 200 followers to tag in this post and choose 11 questions you'd like them to answer.

The Liebester Award is for bloggers with under 200 followers to tell you a little bit more about themselves and it's a wonderful way to meet new blogs and my even find new reads. I hope you enjoy this, sorry if it's not all that amazing.





11 facts about me
1. I sometimes regret cutting all my hair off, it's taking so long to grow back too.
2. I'd love to have dreadlocks and bead them but it would take an age.
3. I only drink certain types of hot chocolate and by certain I mean Options and the cheap college stuff.
4. I really fancy Jason Statham, despite him being older then my dad.
6. If I could I would spend all my money on Paperchase notebooks. I adore them.
7. I feel like a failure as a girl because I suck at painting my nails and I never bother with 'full' make up, e.g. eyeliner/eye shadow.
8. I'm scared about college, everything is so much harder.
9. I really would like to be a teacher/writer, but I have no idea at what level.
10. I love my job! And the payday it brings every 2 weeks.
11. I hate wearing glasses but I would miss them if they went.

11 questions I was asked
1. What beauty product can you not live without?
I'm not to sure actually, I mean I really love my extreme felt eyeliner but what I really adore and must have to say if my Soap and Glory products. I don't think I could select one item so I'll select the brand :)

2. What are you excited about next month?
Next month is my birthday which means I'm 17! No I am not taking driving lessons although I may be taking a CBT so I can ride a ped.

3. Your favourite current fashion trend is... 
I love tweed blazers, I bought a gorgeous one yesterday and I also love parker jackets, I also got one of them and it's lovely and warm.

4.What is your favourite pair of shoes pretty please?
I have so many favorites but I'll just say one. My babies, my docs :)

5. Can I have a picture of your favourite pair of shoes pretty please?
Why of course, I've had several pairs of docs including two black ones but I'll only give one picture :)

6. Why did you start blogging?I started blogging because I like writing, I like making memories of things plus I wanted a new hobby and well here I am and I'm so glad I started!

7. What are your plans for Halloween?I'm not too sure, I think I have a party to go to but I also have a gig and another party around there, so it'll be a busy period :)

8. Is it too early to be writing a Christmas list? Whats on yours?No way! I want everyone's christmas (who I know) so I can start buying presents. I'm so excited! I love christmas. I have an iPod classic and cherry red Docs and a MAC red lipstick on my list this year and maybe a ped if I'm lucky :)

9. Favourite musical artist from the 80's?
I love Mötley Crüe but there are loads of artists I adore from the 80's I couldn't name them all if I tried.

10. Would you rather listen to one song for the rest of your life or watch one film? Name the song/film!
That is such a hard choice because I love so many films and so many songs. I think it'd have to be a film of some kind. Maybe Pride & Prejudice or maybe one of the Harry Potter's or something completely different. Such a hard choice!

11.What lipstick shade is your favourite?I adore reds full stop. I do like other colours but I will always come back to red, it's the shade I'm willing to pay a little bit extra for because I know it's worth it. I have a MAC lipstick on my wishlist currently.

Who I'm tagging
I'm tagging every single one of my followers with under 200 followers themselves! Everyone deserves to do this challenge for themselves, I love doing it because I love reading my taggers post and anymore that follow and I love answering the questions.

If you do this tag just drop me the link in a comment or tweet and I'll surely check it out. Have fun!

Beauty Vs Brains - Tag (loooong)

Source  Okay so I saw this on Helen's blog and also Ali's blog (who are both amazing by the way!) and I thought 'Oh man I HAVE  to try this!' so here I am, I always love doing stuff like this, mainly the filling in bit so I hope you enjoy! Apparently it was originally from 'Sprinkle of Glitter's youtube' channel and I love nosying at people's responses so I thought people might have liked to see mine so here we are. It tells you to tag people so I tag all of my readers/followers, I want to have a little nosy at your posts so go ahead and do it! And away we go.. What is your favorite book? Man this is such a hard one, because I love books of all genres so I think I may have to say a few! I adore the 'Girl with a Dragon Tattoo;' trilogy by Stieg Larsson, I adore nearly all of Stephen King's book but also Dracula! It was one of the first, truly good vampire books I had ever read and I could read it over and over and still love it. I love it that much I'm contemplating doing my Lit coursework on it!

What motto's do you like saying a lot?
Well to be quote honest I don't think I actually have any 'mottos' there are certain lines of books I really enjoy such as;
"Not all those who wander are lost."
"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."
"To the well -organized mind, death is but the next great adventure." - of of my favorites!
"There is more treasure in books then in all the pirates loot on treasure island."
I pretty much missed the aim of this question but these quotes mean a lot to me and I think 'influence' me quite a bit in my life. I also really adore the one Helen used - "It's not the ending unless it's happily ever after."

Which do you prefer: English or Maths?
English! All the way, I hate the way maths messes with your mind because there will always be one right answer whereas in English you can have so many different answers and interpretations. Also ever since being little I've always wanted to write.  Hence double English at A Level :')

Which do you prefer: Science or Art?
I actually really enjoy both subjects but I have reasons for disliking both! Science is so fun with the experiments but also everything you learn and with Art you can get amazing outcomes by doing a simple method. But Science can get incredibly dull. I think I'll pick Art, despite my family being nowhere near art simply because I had the most amazing ART teacher in Year 11 and he was the best ever, let us make sculptures and helped me to get a Distinction in my Art BTEC (2 A's) Thank's Steve! (Plus he's a huge Transformers fan ^.^)

Name 5 albums/musical artists that have changed you life.
 Now I adore music and I do in some cases believe music can 'save' and 'change' peoples lives depending on their situation. Like I have certain artists that pick up me up when I'm feeling down so I'll name a few.

The Candle Thieves - Literally all of their albums, they are an amazing acoustic group. I've spent the last year or so listening to them and even had the amazing pleasure of meeting them and also seeing them alive. My favorites would have to be 'Stars' and also 'Balloons #1, #2, #3'. So amazing!

The Blackout - Hope: Now I've also had the pleasure of seeing these amazing guys several times and also the pleasure of speaking to the 2 front men Gavin & Sean and they are the loveliest guys ever! Also this song well it doesn't mean a great deal to me, however it's a fab song. I think it's the title alone, 'Hope' just fills me with well... Hope.

My Chemical Romance - Man I feel like a loser admitting I like this band because everyone seems to dislike them now but I kinda had a hard time just as I got into my teenage years and well this was the band I would always listen to, back when they were in their 'emo' stage with The Black Parade I'd feel like, man I can do this because I have these guys and their music, so I'll be ok! I also got to see them in 2011 for the first time in February and again in August and wow, my inner 13 year old was screaming.

The Clash - Rock The Casbah: No word of a lie one of my favorite songs, on my first (yes illegal) night out this was playing and me and my best friend and boyfriend were all a little drunk in Spiders and we had such a good night and from that I remember this song so whenever I play I think back to that bight and think 'Wow I had such a good night, I never want to forget' it was honestly one of the best nights ever. 

I can't actually think of anymore, it's quite hard because I have so many favorite bands and songs! 

What were your favorite and least favorite subjects at school?
Like I said above I adored English and have always wanted a career in it! However I did dislike it at some points due to an awful teacher that pretty much hated my guts but I pretty much got straight A'd all the time so it wasn't all that bad! I also really enjoyed History, I never really told anyone but Hitler and World Wars 1 & 2 really did interest me! I hated Maths, I just found it so difficult, same with PE I'm just not a very fit person! I disliked it and was just way too lazy for my own good. Also in my last year of school I adored Art (when in my first few years I hated it!) simple because I had an amazing teacher and a pretty good work scheme because we looked at Controversial artists! Also another hate French! I was actually quite good at it, had a lovely teacher but I sucked at speaking it and also I just lacked motivation, it just got boring after spending all of high school doing it. 

Who is your favorite celebrity with a brain?
Do the cast of Top gear count, I mean they always seem to be pretty smart on their challenges and they are hilarious. But I'll go ahead and say Stephen Fry because he never fails to make me laugh and he always seems to be there in the thick of everything and also he did some of the harry Potter audio books! Other them these I don't actually know what celebrities 'have brains' I'd like to say the actors of Gandalf and Dumbledore but I'm not too sure if their brainy. 

What is your nerdy little secret?
My nerdy little secret, well I'm a bookworm, a gamer! I watch DVD's all the time and I actually love learning about 'different' religions such as Wicca and Paganism, I adore it. I haven't had chance to fully study But I do have a few books. I also adore how peoples brains work and what influence them, mainly serial killers. Yes morbid I know but imagine getting inside the mind of Hannibal 'the cannibal' Lecture! He seems so in control of himself all the time it's as if he's not insane at all. Also One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Girl Interrupted, need I say more?

Who are your favorite beauty/fashion gurus whom you admire more for than just their beauty/fashion sense?
Now this is kinda really hard because I don't know of many. However I adore Fearne Cotton, she has an amazing style but she's also really down to Earth and so gorgeous although people are mean to her. I also love Paloma faith, I know she isn't a fashion guru mainly because she's so wacky but that's what I love about her. She's so unique and individual that it draws me to her and I'm just like 'wow I wish I had the guts'. Also Dita Von Teese, she is amazingly gorgeous, beautiful and has the most amazing dress sense ever! 

If you could study anything, anywhere, what and where would you study?
I would LOVE to study Psychology/Sociology in New York, seeing how all of these high business people work on a daily level every single day of the week. I would also love to study in London, with all the bust people and the busy streets. I also would love to study English in more depth rather then just for a teaching level! Also to me Law seems like something amazing to study but the amount of dedication people give ti it, I don't think I'd be able to cut it!

If your blog wasn't about beauty/fashion, what would it be about?
Mainly lifestyle! Me blabbing on about my life, what I've done each day, What books I've read and films I've seen. Endless lists of things I generally want or want to watch/read. It would be ever so personal with everything but view-able for the public. Also how amazing would a travel or cooking blog be? I wish I had the money seriously! 

Name something you are obsessed with that other people would find nerdy?
God I love reading books and watching older films. I also love reading Japanese manga! But also I love EVERYTHING vintage not just clothes! Bikes, houses, places, furtniture, honestly everything it makes me so happy to see things about it. I also have a small weird obbession with history but more importantly vampires and Dracula, if I could go to Translevia or Romaina and study their history in depth on this subjects I would jump at the chance! I also adore Greek Mythology and the Ancient Egyptians! 

Name 5 people, excluding friends and family, that inspire you.
Man this is actually a hard one because I'm not entirely sure on who inspires me.

Okay lets say, authors in general but over all JK Rowling and Stephen King. JK for the reason that after submitting the first draft of the Philosophers stone nearly 11 times (I think) to publishers and she finally got published and look where she is today, look what became of harry Potter!

Stephen King simply because he works and works and always produces the amazing fiction I read. Also after the near death experience he had, he just kept writing! Such dedication.

J.R.R Tolkien. What an amazing man! I mean he lives in the 20th century which meant there wasn't a lot of imagination around and things were pretty much shunned. Yet in this environment he managed to produce one of the biggest selling trilogies every that then turned into 3 amazing films. I think if he saw where he was today, which The Hobbit film coming out soon, he would be shocked.

Marilyn Monroe - I adore her, she was gorgeous and in her time 'a plus size mode' I think that took amazing amounts of guts for her. Yes she had her problems and they ended up killing her but in the end she was only human.

Who will you tag?
I tag each and every single one of my followers and readers. I love reading these posts by people so I please ask you to leave your posts (if you do it) in a comment below so I can have a nosy! I love reading about people so much, I bet you're all so interesting.

Also I hope you guys have all had a lovely Friday!

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Liebester Award #3

Wow my third one! I am gobsmacked, thank you to the lovely Viv for nominating me, what an honor, plus she has an amazing blog, check it out! :) You can find my first and second awards here. Now I won't bore you with all the 11 facts about me because I can't currently think of any (I may add some later when I can think of some) so instead I'll just answer the questions she gave me :)

"...The Liebster Blog Award is given to upcoming bloggers who have less than 200 followers. The Meaning; Liebster is German and means sweetest, kindest, nicest, dearest, beloved, lovely, kind, pleasant, valued, cute, endearing and welcome."

The 11 questions I was asked;

1. What/who inspired you to start blogging?
   Well I love to write and after seeing Kirsty's blog on twitter I just knew I had to get back into mine and so I started blogging and made everything look pretty again.
2. What are you 3 favorite beauty products?
   Well I adore lush products so I'd say their Mist You Madly body Spray, my gorgeous 'Glitter Ball' MUA palette and my Collection 2000 felt eyeliner. All amazing products.
3. Who is your style crush?
   This gorgeous lady right here, even though she isn't with us anymore.
   
4. Where is your favorite place to shop?
   I adore Primark, I can't help myself, it's so cheap and things are so pretty. But also a few cute vintage shops in my city that are expensive but so worth it.
5. What item of clothing is your favorite that you own?
   I recently got a gorgeous sailor dress that is to die for, very vintage (from the 80's I think) that I just want to show off to everyone because it's so cute. Also my prom dress, just because it's amazing. 
6. What is your one big achievement you would like to achieve in your life?
   I have always wanted to become a teacher but that's not as big as owning my own vintage car, such as an old Mini or a Beetle, or even an old VW camper van, I would do anything to own one.
7. Where in the world would you love to visit?
   I've been to America, I would love to visit New York like everyone else, but also I'd love to go to Rome, see the romantic part of the world and also 'the most beautiful city in the world'.
8. Do you have any pets?
   I have a gorgeous little westie called Molly.
9. What star sign are you?
   Some places say I'm Libra and others say Scorpio. I like Libra the best :)
10. What is your favorite film?
    That's so hard, I love Girl Interrupted, Pulp Fiction and I just can't pick. All the 'old classic films' are my favorites. 
11. What is your middle name?
    It;s in my blog title, it's Louise :) 

Thank you ever so much Viv for nominating me, I adore answering questions and these awards, thank yoooou :-)

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