13 Questions Tag

1. What do you order at Starbucks?
I am not a coffee or tea girl, so I always stick with Caramel Creme Frappucino or Hot Chocolate with cream 

2. What's one thing in your closet that you cannot live without?
My Topshop "Cara" parker coat. I only got it recently but it is amazingly perfect and cosy!

3. What's one thing that most people probably wouldn't know about you?
I was a goody two shoes in school. I never really got into trouble.

4. Name one thing that you want to do before you die
I want to travel the world and see everything I possibly can and do everything possible.

5. What's one food that you cannot live without?
Garlic, not a garlic clove but garlic bread, garlic flavouring or garlic sauce. I love love love garlic...

6. What quote/phrase do you live your life by?

7. What do you like and dislike about the YT community?
Meeting new people who have things in common with you is amazing! but the criticism people give each other is awful.
8. What's your number one most listened to song on iTunes?
Get Outta My Way- Kylie Minogue

9. What kind of style would you define yourself as having?
'Quirky and miss match with a company feel' according to my friend

10. Favorite number
4, i'm not sure why but yeah.

11. Two hobbies
watching youtubers makes me so happy and I sit everyday watching all my favourites. I love just sitting designing aswell, which is something I have been doing a lot of lately thanks to college.
12. Two pet peeves
People eating with their mouths open drives me insane, I cannot stand the sound. When drivers don't indicate. It's so dangerous for pedestrians and other drivers and as a learner driver it really infuriates me.

13. Guilty Pleasure
Bavarian Slice from greggs. #heaven

THE LIEBSTAR AWARD

The Liebstar Award rules:

Make sure to link back to the blogger(s) that nominated you.

Answer all of the questions provided from blogger that nominated you.

Nominate 11 bloggers of your choice, who have under 200 followers.

Create 11 questions of your own, for the bloggers you nominate to answer.

 Here are my answers below to the questions that I have been asked:

I was nominated by Marianne Sophia for the Liebstar award, Thank you, it means alot

1. If you could visit any country, where would you visit first?

Italy

2. Do you have a female role model and who is she?

I have three-

Demi Lovato, Kylie Minogue and Jennifer Lawrence

3. What is one thing that you have always wanted to do?

Move to America

4. If you had to pick one, what is your favourite lipstick?

Mac's Russian Red

5. You are going out, where is the first place you will look for an outfit?

 Topshop

6. Mac or PC?

Mac

7. If you could speak an additional language, what language would you choose?

Spanish

8. Why did you start your blog?

For something fun and productive to do

9. If you had to be an animal, what would you be?

A Lamb

10. You are in a rush, what are the essential makeup products you use?

Mascara and Eyeliner and some lipbalm/lipstick

11. Name one feature that you like about yourself.

My hair

I nominate

Katie

Emily

Nicola

Emily

My questions for you

1) Facebook or Twitter

2) Favourite makeup product.

3) Celebrity Crush

4) Favourite TV Show?

5) Morning Routine?

6) Winter or Summer?

7) What are your goals in life?

8) What does your playlist consist of?

9) Your go to fragrance? 

10) Favourite Blogger?

WHAT'S IN MY BAG - UPDATED

Hi guys! I thought I would update you with 'whats in my bag' since its been about a year since I last posted a 'whats in my bag' so...

My bag is actually from Primark and I got it about a month and a half ago, because although I have a load of bags, the Marc B one I was using had broke (zip) and I really wanted this one because it's very similar to the Zara City Girl Office Bag (or whatever the name of it is) and it's black. It has a 3 compartments, the main bag area then on either side to quite spacious zip compartments, which is very handy..

 Okay, so the first thing I pulled out my bag was my purse, obviously I always carry this with me because yours going to need money everywhere you go, so that's that. My purse is from Topshop and was £22 I think and I absolutely adore it and use it all the time and I actually need to stitch it because the inside stitching has worn away but yeah it is my favourite thing in my bag.

 I thought I would just add a quick picture of my bank card because it is so cute with my picture of me and some friends whilst in Disneyland Paris and just how cute?!

The next thing I pulled out was my umbrella from H&M, I have just recently started carrying this all the time because I live in the UK and the weather is so unpredictable and to be honest, it rains everyday and I would forget to pick my brolly up on a morning and get soaked when the rain came. So now it just keep it in there all the time.

Make-up bag is an essential because through out the day I will top up my make up or put some lip balm on and its just easier to keep everything together in a little bag than the have it all over in your bag! My makeup bag is also from H&M and was £4.99.

Batise, Impulse body spray, hair grips and a pen, pretty much everything a girl would have in her bag. Self explanatory really..

 I also always carry my Tangle Teezer because my hair goes really tatty in the wind so I can give it a quick brush if I need to. I also currently am carrying the book I am reading at the moment which I love and you should definitely check it out!

My charger is also something I carry with me everywhere because I am constantly on my phone listening to music or playing the Kim Kardashian game, so I need my battery to last for the day I am out and if not I can pit stop in Starbucks and recharge in there. I also had a Lipton Peach Ice Tea in my bag today because it was on special in a shop in town so I grabbed two of those but drank one already.. FACT: I don't actually like Tea but I do like this....

From the little pockets in side of my bag I pulled my Bus pass which gets me everywhere I go, a 10 pence which was change from my bus ticket, a Topshop Lipstick to remind me to top up my lippy and my housekey's which have a lot of disney key rings on. 

From the first large side compartment I have a beautiful note book. I always carry this really cute little notebook around with me incase I ever need to jot anything down or I can write ideas I have for blogpost's or fashion inspiration and its the cutest thing ever. I got this from Home Sense and I think it was £6.99 but its a leather notebook and has little bells on the the string ties on the side.

And from the other side compartment I have CV's which I tend to carry with me because I am desperately looking for a job and the only way to get a job is handing your CV out everywhere you go. I also have a pair of sunglasses just in case the sun does ever come out (rarely) and I don't want to be blinded by it. The pair I have in my bag are just from primark but they are beautiful and I love them so that makes me happy, I also got the case from primark just to protect them but all together I dont think I paid more than £5 for the glasses and the case, so it was a bargain.

That is every thing that I have in my bag apart from some crumbs and stuff but yeah...
-L

20 QUESTIONS TAG

Hey guys! 

So here is my 20 questions tag, Enjoy...

1.Thing you cannot leave the house without?
My phone and headphones

2.Favourite brand of makeup?

I don't really have a particular favourite, I love Mac, Urban Decay, MUA, Maybelline, Rimmel London..
 

3.Favourite Flowers?
I love Wild Roses, Daisies and Blossom (Can you count that as a flower?)

4.Favourite clothing stores?
Topshop and H & M

5.Favourite perfume?
Daisy by Marc Jacobs or Black XS by Paco Rabbanne 

6.Heels or flats?
 Either, although it depends on the height of the heel. I am definitely not a High Heel person and really love comfort.

7.Do you get good grades?
Yes, I recently got a Distinction* in my first year at college which I am UBER HAPPY about! 

8.Favourite colours?
Black and Lime Green

9.Do you drink energy drinks?
With Vodka (naughty, ik)

10.Do you drink juice?
yeaah, Cranberry is my favourite (heart eyes emoji)

11.Do you like swimming?
love it, I love being a little mermaid, diving in and out and doing water acrobatics 

12.Do you eat fries with a fork?
Most of the time.

13.Whats your favourite moisturiser?
Palmers Cocoa Butter (smells unreal!)

14.Do you want to get married later on in life?

Yeah, I kind of already have it planned out..

15.Do you get mad easily?
It can depend what is making me mad..

16.Are you into ghost hunting?

I like the programmes but I have never done it in real life..

17.Any phobias?
Meeting new people.

18.Do you bite your nails?
Sometimes, it's a really bad habit. My cuticle biting/picking is worse...

19.Have you ever had a near death experience?

No that I can remember...

20.Do you drink coffee? 

I only like Bubble Cha's Mocha Milk Cha, its the closest, coffee thing I can drink..

I hope you enjoyed getting to know me a tad bit better..

~L

3 FAVOURITE JEWELLERY PIECES

Hi guys!

 

I have seen a lot of people doing this blog post recently so I am joining in with it. These are my three current favourite jewellery/accessories items at the moment.

 

My first favourite is a newish thing and it is my baby. It's my Michael Kors watch which I purchased whilst on holiday in Florida in June. I have kind of planned buying a Michael Kors watch whilst I was over there but it depended on whether or not I could afford to buy and if there was a one I fell instantly love with. Luckily, there was 3 I had fallen in love with. One was a oversized silver runway chronograph watch with a blue face. Another was a oversized chunky black and silver one and the final one was a oversized black watch with gold hands and time markings. The final one was the watch I ended up going for after spending almost an hour in the Michael Kors shop deciding. The watch it's self was $180 without tax, it was so much cheaper compared to the pricing of them in the UK! As you can tell by the image, I still have the protector on the face because I am too scared to take it off in case I damage it (haha..) because I do wear it everyday. So far I haven't seen this model of the watch anywhere in the UK or online, so I am thankful I chose the one I did.

 

 

My next items are my Pandora rings! The first one I bought was my princess one. I bought this one a couple of months ago because I had a gift card for the shopping centre I bought it at. I love it, which is why I went on and bought another which I equally adore and it's my favourite colour. I bought the enamel ring in black so I could stack it with my princess one and I just love them. They are definitely worth the price and I wear them everyday!

 

Please excuse my horrendous nails and cuticles and btw, the ring on the ring finger is just a new buy Topshop which I am loving right now but it is not my top favourite.

 

My final favourite is my Cartier Love style bracelet. Obviously it not real because I could never afford a real one but it is close enough. I actually own three of these, 2 Gold and One Silver with the Diamantes. Because this bracelet is screwed onto my wrist I leave it on everyday but I honestly love it too much to take it off anyways. It goes with everything I wear and it is probably my favourite bracelet I have ever own. All of these bracelets I own I have purchased off Etsy and I know there are more places starting to now stocking them.  

 

That is all for this week. I hope you enjoyed reading and love my top 3 jewellery pieces as much as me.

~l

Long time // No see

Aloha,

So yesterday I attended Newcastle Fashion week's Northumbria University Graduate show. It was amazing. All of the work produced by the students were amazing, I would buy it all straight away if I could. It was very inspiring and with my FMP coming up I intend on using the images I got and what I saw as inspiration. Having seen this show and done my works experience at Northumbria University, yestderday made my mind set on being a Fashion Design student at Northumbria. The pieces created were absolutely amazing and you could definetly see where their inspiration came from.  Below are some of my favourite pieces.
 

 

 

It was such a good day and I would really reccomend it for any whom is wanting to go into fashion in the future or even if you go just for fun. An excellent day.

-lauryn

GOODBYE TWENTY THIRTEEN

HAPPY 2014


























I hope you all have a lovely Christmas and A Great New Year! My resolutions last year were pretty same old -not going to stick to- resolutions. This  I owe it to myself to be more thorough in what I want from 2014 and try and at least stick to them. 

Get Healthy & Feel happy

The one thing I really want to succeed in this year is dropping a dress size or two. I am very uncomfortable in my body and to be happy means I need to get healthier and drop a couple of pounds. My metabolism is definitely not what it was when I was four and running to nursery and back. I can't even run up the stairs without having a near death experience. This must change. It's time to change my lazy habits and train as though Im competing in the Olympics. Happiness is the key. 

BE AN OPEN BOOK 

Last year, my diet was always going to start the next day. I would push out the things that I didn't want to do  or in the case of a diet, I just enjoyed the chocolate to much. This year, for my self I want to feel comfortable and not push the things that I am wanting to do into the back of me and leave them there until the next year. I kept a lot of struggles to my self and found out that, that would never work out for the best. There for I want to be able to be an open person and fight for myself in the terms of getting what I want.

Get rid of the junk in my life

I have a lot of fake friends or people that I have discovered are always gonna push me down and trail me like a dog. I need to get rid of these people and start preparing for a better life of real friends that are going to want to be there for me and are actually a best friend. I also need to get rid of the hoarder 'crap' I have built up in my room, where it be: clothes, shoes, old magazines or whatever. I need a clear room environment for a fresh start into 2014.

GET my drivers LICENSE 

I have been learning to drive since last september yet, I still haven't done my theory, It's time I got over my fear and just put in for it, so I can go on and get my driving license. Broooooom! 

Another thing I want to achieve in 2014, GET A JOB! I desperately need a job and I'm sick of being nagged by my mum. This is defiantly a priority. 


Thanks for reading guys. I hope you can achieve your New Years resolutions! -lauryn