16.5.13

Life's A Beach


My outfit: Shirt - Monki, Riding Pants - American Apparel
Necklace - H&M, Bag - Zara, Shoes - Primark

Last night I attended the South Beach Blog Party, which was hosted at Frurt in Spinningfields, Manchester. South Beach only launched this Spring/Summer, so they're a fresh new brand with lots of beautiful pieces to see you through a sunny beach holiday.

On offer at the event were strawberry bellinis, mocktails, frozen yogurt (mine was chocolate with raspberries and marshmallows) and a look at a selection of their Spring/Summer swimwear and Autumn/Winter loungewear. We were given name tags to hang around our favourite item, with the chance to win it. I absolutely loved the blue embellished Lucy bikini, but in the end I chose the red Summer beaded fringe bikini as my favourite!

After a hideously rainy day, the sun came out just in time for the event and it really brightened up the space. The room was filled with lots of lovely northern bloggers and I met Sindy of Article 21, Joanna of Minty Essence (both pictured) and Emma of Purpleee Rose.

If you fancy anything from the South Beach collection, make sure to use the exclusive discount code TOPBLOG15 for 15% off your order (valid until 30th June 2013)

A big thank you to South Beach for hosting a great event and for the amazing goodie bag too, I slurped my Vita Coco in the bath as soon as I got home!

15.5.13

The Colours Ball


Dress - Jones + Jones, Shoes - H&M, Makeup - CKone @ Debenhams

I've been super busy as of late, with my university life coming to an end this Friday, but I thought I'd share my prom dress style outfit for The Colours Ball. It was a Student Union organised ball for all of the sports societies and activity groups at uni and I went with my snowsports society. We even ended up winning 'Sports Society of the Year'!

I wore this gorgeous Audrey Poppy Dress by Jones + Jones, it was lacy at the top and all poofy at the bottom. I felt so pretty in it! Can't recommend their dresses enough, they're so flattering and the perfect length for showing off your pins. Me and my friend Rosaleen (pictured above) also had our makeup done by a lovely girl called Freena at the CKone counter in Debenhams Manchester on Market Street. I've only worn red lippy once or twice so it was fun to wear it again for a special occasion.

Have you got a graduation ball or prom coming up soon? What will you be wearing?



19.3.13

The Lust List - Hurry Up Payday!



Lately all I've been thinking is 'hurry up payday!'. I'm not usually a fan of spring/summer clothing (closet goth obviously) but my mental shopping list has been increasing by the day.

I'm really loving smaller brands at the moment, like Illustrated People and even the quirky pieces that Lazy Oaf has been putting out there. They've definitely come far since their printed tee's days, but still have super fun collections.

What's on your lust list this month?