St. Tropez, Daaarlings!

I have always wanted to visit Saint Tropez. I imagined it to be hot and sunny, filled with immaculately dressed people and beautiful shops and restaurants. It's nice to be able to see that it actually met my expectations. It was an amazing place to explore and an even more exciting place to capture with my camera. The highlight had to be walking down a long sunny street with all of the extravagant designer shops lining the sides. Dior. Dolce and Gabbana. Louie Vuitton. I could go on.The picture above is the Dior restaurant that I passed. Before my trip, I didn't know that a Dior restaurant even existed. It was one of the most beautiful restaurants I've seen (like something from a movie, set in the twenties) and part of me was desperate to stroll in and order myself a glass of champagne but I didn't feel dressed for the occasion, nor did I have the money to justify it. Below is the outfit I wore (Skirt - Next, Flip flops - Havaianas, Blouse - H&M, Hat - H&M, Bag - H&M, Sunnies - H&M). I needed something cool to wear as the temperature was creeping just over the 30 degree mark that day and the only place to escape the sun was in an overpriced restaurant or bar.

I saw this dress in a D&G campaign in my ELLE magazine and then spotted it while strolling around the shops in St. Tropez. The moment I saw it, I was mesmerised. I love the rich red colour and couldn't take my eyes away from the outstanding detail. I rarely see something I like this much so seeing it in the flesh was really exciting for me and so I obviously had to take a photo of it to share with you guys! Anyway, here are a few more photos of my trip to St. Tropez. These were taken on the boat trip we took around the harbour.

It's really strange looking back at these photos. Especially as in a few days I head back to uni and have to leave my family again. It's nice to know I've spent some quality time with them all and even nicer having these pictures to remind me of that.

Let me know your thoughts on anything and everything to do with this post!

Thanks for reading,

Monte Carlo, Monaco

[Dress - Joe Browns, Denim shirt- Newlook, Pumps -Newlook, Sunnies - H&M, Basket - from a French Market]

Having stayed only an hour or so from Monaco, we decided to take a day trip down to Monte Carlo and spend the day enjoy the sun and sights. On first arriving we saw straight across the bay, extravagant buildings scattered down the mountain side. The sea was covered in beautiful yachts and the sky was clear and met the ocean like a mirror. I have a vague memory of repeatedly saying, "Oh my god," as I leant out the car window and attempted too capture it all on my DSLR. My pictures are lovely but seeing a place like Monaco, in real life, is totally different. The weather was reaching 30 degrees plus and I was thankful to be wearing a nice light summer dress. I didn't keep the denim shirt on because I think I would've passed out. It was that hot. Maybe I should've tried passing out and prayed a wealthy and handsome yacht owning man would come to my rescue. Oh well. Too late now.

Let me know your thoughts on my outfit and also my photos!

Thanks for reading,

Adventures in the Cote d'azur

I totally forgot to mention in my last post, that I wouldn't be posting for a couple of weeks because I was going away on holiday to the South of France. Well I'm back now (as of yesterday evening) and as per usual, I'm feeling a mixture of emotions. It's nice being back and understanding signs and driving on the left side of the road but I'm missing the beautiful weather. It was practically blue skies and a minimum of 28 degrees everyday. Whereas England is more around the 20 mark and not quite as clear but I shouldn't moan cause it's actually pretty good weather for us. I'm gonna miss eating breakfast outside in the sunshine. Fresh croissants and coffee. But it's nice to have my room and my double bed back. Anyway, I thought I'd share a few pics of my holiday with you and then I'm gonna do a few separate post over the next couple of weeks of some of my favourite outfits and day trips from my holiday. 

The Wedding Season

The Beautiful Church.

My beautiful amazing best necklace ever.

Dress - Monsoon, Bag - Topshop, Cardi - Evans, Necklace - Newlook, Shoes - Newlook.

A snap my brother took of me.

Me and my sister.

A photo I took of my little brother, my sister and her friend.

The car park at the reception venue.

On Saturday my family and I went to a wedding in Herstmonceux ( read as, Hersmonzoo),  where my sister was a bridesmaid for her best friends wedding. Above are a variety of photos from the day but most are of my outfit! If you read my blog regularly, you will know that I have been desperate to go to a wedding. I wanted to get the chance to pick an outfit but also experience a wedding as an adult. The last one I attended was probably eight years ago (so I was twelve) and a bridesmaid. Needless to say, this wedding only made me want to get married more and forget wanting to choose a wedding outfit, I'm now craving a wedding dress.

Please let me know your thoughts on my pictures, my outfit and also if you have any weddings to attend and if so, what are you planning to wear?

Happy Summer :)

Shopping Trip: Oxford Street, London

The pictures above are ones I took on my phone while I was out shopping in London yesterday (hence the terrible quality). We caught the tube to Marble Arch and made our way down towards Oxford Circus and Regent Street and spent the whole day shopping and stopping for, much deserved, coffee breaks!

The photos below are of the things I bought that I thought I'd share with you...

Necklace - Newlook £7.99 

Bobbi Brown brush and eye liner - Selfridges - Brush  - £22, Eye Liner - £17.50

Liquid Eyeliner - Steel Ink 31

Nail Varnish - Topshop- £5

Bag full of underwear - Marks - £10

Denim skater skirt - Newlook - £14.99

So my sister got back from Australia two weeks ago. It's been really nice just going shopping, out for meals and just generally hanging out with her again. She was also kind enough to buy me the Bobbi Brown eye liner and brush, as a very early Christmas present, which I picked out, and had put on me by a make up artist, in Selfridges. I was nearly as happy with the iconic yellow Selfridges bag as I was with the beautiful make up! I had such a great day in London yesterday although the shops didn't blow me away and I would have liked to have bought more (seen as though most of these places were the UK flagship stores, they should've been a lot better). Besides a few hiccups, the company was great and I love love love the things I bought/ was given!

What do you think of my shopping?

Where's your favourite place to shop in London?

Also, I have recently been featured on A Place on the Bookshelf if you want to check out the interview. The girl behind the blog, Charl, will be featured in a guest post on my blog later this week so keep an eye out!