My (small) Shoe Collection

    I wasn't sure how I was going to do this post originally because you normally see "shoe collections" as videos on youtube (which I might do in the future) allowing you to show off the shoes better but instead I've taken a birds eye view then side shot of the shoes. I'm going to put this under a read more after the first pair as well just to keep things neat on my blog, enjoy!

    This first pair of flats were originally my holiday sandals but I bought another pair which are coming next. I bought these from Primark the week before my holiday for roughly £10 (I can't really remember exactly), there was a selection of different colours i.e pink, lilac, black but I decided gold/light brown would work best as I'm not all fussed about colours. The gold detail across the toes gave the sandals a very chic touch with a little bit of shimmer in the sun. Now the reasoning why I didn't take these on holiday with me is the backing of the sandals, I have very sensitive skin of my ankles and as the backing material didn't soften they started to rub and dig into my ankle, if you don't suffer with this problem then go and buy them quick!

Moved House || First Stages of Decoration

    Those of you who follow me on Twitter will know, I recently moved house closer up to my Nan and some college friends. I'm planning on totally revamping my new bedroom over the course of the summer, so I thought I'd take you through these steps with me to see the process from start to finish. I've already picked up a few bits such as my clothes rail, Ganesha throw and a lovely set of draws which are pictured below. 

    I'm still debating on a bedroom colour theme but at the moment I'm edging towards white and sea foam green (a pale green shade). Finding white items such as photo frames is an easy task as white is a universal colour for bedroom furniture and accessories. However sea foam green is proving to be rather difficult, with only ridiculously expensive pieces being available. A trip to Ikea is being planned for the beginning of summer, but if anybody could recommend any online stores that stock chic sea foam and white pieces it would be highly appreciated. 

    As you can see from the images below, my bedroom is extremely plain at the moment as I decided to bring as little items to the new house with me. I'm in desperate need of some new thicker curtains as they're pretty sheer and let the sun in very easily. Along with a new duvet cover as I only have the duvet it self at the moment and a rather large DVD rack.

High Street vs. Designer Brands || Sun Glasses

    Thought I'd do something a little different today and start a new segment to my blog; high street vs. designer brands. As summer is hastily approaching and I'll soon be on holiday in the Canary Islands, I thought it would be perfect timing to compare two brands of sun glasses that I own. If I get good feedback on this particular type of post then I will intend to do a lot more, so please comment down below your opinions on the post.

    These are the most recent purchase of the two and it's Urban Outfitters silver framed sun glasses. These were quite pricey considering the silver was imitation in my opinion at £18.00 but, the over all finish justifies the price. Gold and silver metals are quite crucial when accessorizing, personally I'm a silver jewelry girl although a few gold pieces are slowly creeping into my late purchases. Something that stuck interesting to me with the extended bridge on the glasses, whether this is allowing it to fit all bridge sizes are not I'm not sure but I feel this feature allows the glasses to lay comfortably on my nose without imprinting on your skin.

    I thought the free sun glasses bag was rather considerate, with their own store name printed across the bottom in a lovely neon yellow. Ensuring that your sun glasses remain in pristine condition till you want to start using them (in my case two weeks time). The lenses are sun protected and tinted, preventing any damage to your eyes. I find this again justifies the cost as when your on holiday stores and restaurants and normally pale, white shades which increase the reflection of sun into your eyes. Over all if you don't mind spending a little money on sun glasses then these are perfect for you!

    The final pair are my 3/4 year old Ray Bans which were bought for me as a present one year for my birthday. Shamefully during the couple of years I've owned these, I've only really got my use out of them once when I visited Venice as there was 2/3 days of boiling hot heat so my judgement will be based purely off those few days. As these were a gift I'm unsure on the exact price but I know Ray Ban sunglasses can range between £93+ so they're an investment purchase. I really like the lilac colour of these glasses as they can brighten up an outfit, while staying in the constant pale colours trend for summer.

    Like the cheaper alternative, both lenses have sun protection to reduce the sun damage to your eyes, also tinting extra strong light. The case for Ray Bans is much stronger and is a hard shell with a popper clasp, compared to the draw string UO bag. This is rather understandable however because of the price your paying, ruining or breaking these sun glasses would be heart breaking. You also receive a complimentary lenses cloth, this is a delicate piece of material which is branded that is used simply to wipe any dust from the lenses. You normally receive these when buying prescription glasses at the opticians. Over all I would recommend both sun glasses but unless you have the money to splurge on expensive sun glasses then I would personally stick with the high street brand. Purely on the fact that sun glasses can easily break and as a teenager I'm unable to afford such designer sun glasses regularly.  

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Miniature Sale Haul

    I visited Manchester the other week to do some recordings for a YouTuber that is close to me and decided to pick up some things as the sales are in full force right now in the UK. I didn't pick up as many things as I'd wish due to lack of money at the moment, but I hope some of the items might appeal to you.

    The first thing I picked up was these book ends, in the next month or so I'll be moving house and starting college. I thought these quirky melted down vinyls would do wonders for the amount of new text books I'll have to use on a regular basis. 

    I picked these up from Urban Outfitters for a cheap £5, originally £10. Inside you get two melted down vinyls that are the exact same design as those on the box above. I've already tried these out with some books I already own and they work wonders. Would defiantly recommend picking these up before they go.

    As well as starting college soon, I'll also being going on a family honeymoon to a location in Spain for a week. I'm not a regular swimmer, and hardly visit foreign countries any more so buying a new bikini was a requirement. Priced at £12 from £26 this is a bargain you can't miss out on for Topshop clothing.

    This one has a really nice rose gold metal bar in the middle of the top half giving your boobs support (along with the halterneck strings) also making them look quite nice. The patter is very flattering to all body shapes, the soft tones would enhance to appearance of your tan as well.

    This is the last item I bought from Topshop, being roughly 5ft 9 its hard to find a decent dress from any shop that has the proportions to where the waist goes in, the length and the hips due to them being under average proportions. With Topshop providing an excellent 'Tall' section I jumped at the chance to purchase this in the sales.

    Again, being from the 'Tall' section, the prices of all clothing is slightly increased due to more material being used. This dress in particular was originally £38/£40, higher than the average Topshop dress. I was able to snatch this for £20 which is a bargain. Being light but thick material this dress is perfect for all seasons, I would purchase this again in separate colours, if available. 

    Fagan x

UO Easter Wishlist

    Contrary to the latest hype of dip dyed t-shirts and colourful shorts, I believe it is all too early to be baring skin as were still in the spring season. Along with this, living in the UK a hot summer is varied each year, leaving spring to be also very unpredictable. All these items are from Urban Outfitters and will be linked down below, keeping things in the light material section I believe this is something just right for the British spring weather. Easily layered with a thick knit cardigan or an anorak, this is the perfect combination of colours to lighten up from the dull browns and grey's of winter.  The shoes give a nice pop of colour lifting the entire outfit to help stand out from the crowd, not just having basic grey leggings. These have glitter reflects in them, making your outfit have an edgy vibe that can be dressed up with a sheer shirt or down with an over sized t-shirt. 

Skull Bracelet - skull-friendship-bracelet

Daisy T-Shirt - truly-madly-deeply-daisy-tee

Glitter Leggings - glitter-turn-up-leggings

Matte Purple Doc Martens - dr-marten-blueberry-1461-shoes

    Fagan x