THANK YOU!!! and OOTD ft Cambridge Satchel & Bowler Hat

Hi guys,

Before I start this post I just wanted to take a quick minute to say a massive thank you. I've recently reached over 200 followers on my blog and I'm so happy!

Can't believe that many people actually want to see my ramblings and what clothes I put on on a day to day basis, it's insane. Anyway, if you're one of my followers, a big fat hug goes out to you. Yes, you! And if you're visiting my blog for the first time and you like what I'm posting then please don't hesitate to drop me a comment and even better, join my followers list just over there. -->

I appreciate every single one of you, so thank you once again for taking your time out to read my posts. 

Lots of love and on with the outfit,

Neeny 

x

Here's what I wore today!

First off, my lipstick is Up The Amp by MAC.

The bag I chose to use today is the 14" Classic Satchel in Yellow from The Cambridge Satchel Company.

Bowler hat is from River Island, and my sheer, striped shirt is from Topshop.

As per, my jeans are the "Second Skin" skinnies from Cheap Monday and my boots are my beloved Ash Tundras.

I finished the outfit off with my Michael Kors MK5128 Rose Gold watch and my Scrabble ring from So..Kitsch! (Find it HERE!)

I made a Minute Outfit video, too. Watch in HD and subscribe on youtube for more :)

Love you guys!

Byeeee!

xxx

Trafford Haul and OOTD ft. Coca Cola & Carhartt!

Hi everyone! It's been a while... well, a few days. I feel like I haven't stopped all week! This is literally the first time I've sat down and had time to relax by myself in what seems like ages.

I wanted to show you what I wore today, and also wanted to share a few bits and pieces that I got on my friend and I's shopping trip to the Trafford Centre yesterday. I got some awesome things and I'm so excited, eeee!

Anyway, first off, here's my outfit of the day...

My bag, as pretty much always, is the Alexander Wang Rocco.

The "Drink Coca-Cola" tshirt I'm wearing is actually one of the first things I got from the Trafford Centre, I couldn't wait to wear it. I got it from River Island in the sale section for £10. It was actually still scanning at full price (£20) at the till, but it had a sale ticket on it so the girl took it down to the price it said for me. :)

The shirt, as you've probably seen before is from Zara.

My hat is from Carhartt. I'm really loving boy beanies at the moment. I curled my hair with a mix of GHD flat iron and my Jose Eber curling iron so my hair would get a bit of volume (for once in it's life!) Grr. Any tips/products for getting light, voluminous hair would be greatly appreciated!

Skinny jeans are the "Second Skin" jeans from Cheap Monday.

Shoes are from Converse and my watch is the Michael Kors silver and gold MK5137.

So now for the exciting bit! On to the haul....

No word of a lie, this is how much we came back with. Bank account zeroed, daren't look.

I'll have to get round to taking some good pictures of the clothing items I bought. I took some to put in this post but none of the pictures do the items any justice, so I thought I'd just show you some of the makeup and bitty bobs that I got for now.

First off, we went to the Shu Uemura counter at Selfridges because my friend wanted to repurchase a foundation that she'd first got in Hong Kong. While I was there I was eyeing up the Karl Lagerfeld collection and decided to pick up a pair of eyelash curlers. I currently use Shu Uemura eyelash curlers, and have done for years. My original pair has served me well, but I accidently lost one of the refil pads and have been surviving on buying cheap-ass curlers and using their pads in my curlers instead (why does noone sell the refils!?) 

Anyway, it got to the point where my eyelashes were being bent in half rather than curled, so I thought it was time to repurchase. Cease the moment, and all that. These limited edition KL curlers are the same price as the originals but come with a cute dangly Mon Shu girl and red curling pads. SOLD.

 We then turned round and found ourselves at the MAC counter. I knew I wanted a lippy, but didn't quite know which. After reading THIS post by The Tattooed Tea Lady the other day, I fell for the colour "Chatterbox" (the pinky one on the right of my picture) so grabbed that one straight away, but then saw the amazing "Up The Amp" which is a purply colour and that decided to come with me too. Deffo my new fave.

I also picked up one of my favourite MAC products ever, the trusty eyebrow pencil in the colour "Spiked". I first used this product a couple of years ago and never repurchased as I started using powder to fill in my eyebrows, however, for days where I can't be bothered finding, cleaning and using a brush to give my eyebrows some shape, I'm going to use this little baby.

Died a little inside when I got to the counter and they told me the price. Y SO EXPENSIV? But it's okay, it's nearly my birthday....*ahem*

Speaking of nearly my birthday - how many times can I use that excuse? - I may have accidently bought something AMAZING. But obviously as it's a "surprise" I can't let the cat out of the bag, can I?

Here's a sneaky peak....whatever could it be?!

Teehee!

Anyway, that's all I'm showing you for now from the Trafford Haul. If you're interested I will show you the clothing items soon, but I just wanted to share one last bargain before I go. I went into Superdrug today to stock up on some Batiste Dry Shampoo (despise paying the price but NEED dry shampoo in my life) when I came across this ammmmmazing deal.

Buy one...get TWO free.

It's not Batiste, but for that price, who really cares? How different can dry shampoos be, anyway? It's the Superdrug's own brand dry shampoo, so I decided to buy two (at £1.99 each for 150ml) which meant I got FOUR for free. Bargs of the century, right? I just grabbed every scent - except the chocolate as I don't want to be going round smelling like a Mars bar - so I can see which ones I like.

They all smell pretty nice, to be honest. I think my favourite are the purple and green ones, which is a bummer as those are the ones I only picked up one of!

Eep! Slap me on my wrist RIGHT NOW!

Happy (not yet my) Birthday to me! Love from me.

Such a sucker. I sell some bits and bobs on ebay and then accidently buy myself a new bag with the proceeds....EVERY TIME! Please tell me this happens to other people and not just me. I just can't help myself.

Anyway I will be saving this for my birthday...(maybe..) as to not make myself feel so guilty. 

*Drumroll please*

Introducing my new "Eugene" bag by Alexander Wang in Feather Grey.

So exciteddddd!

(Click to enlarge the picture)

Okay, okay, I know that a light bag for winter is probably not the best idea, but loooooook at it. I saw it and just fell in love. And my boyfriend approved, too, which is a feat in itself.

What do you guys think? I'm thinking of teaming it with simple all black outfits and maybe a big fluffy coat - when it's not raining, anyway!

Weeeee!

<3

Jewellery by So..!Kitsch

So in my last outfit post I featured some yummy hand made jewellery by a friend of mine. She kindly sent me some goodies for me to feature on here for you all!

So..!Kitsch Jewellery is run by a lovely lady called Clair who hand makes loads of funky, fun jewellery. My two pieces that I got are these good enough to eat M&M earrings and quirky scrabble piece ring (with N for Neeny of course!)

She sent me them in some cutesy wrappers so the jewellery wouldn't get damaged in transit.

So here's the Scrabble ring. Isn't it a beaut? The ring itself is adjustable so is suitable for pretty much any finger size. Of course I picked the letter N for my name, but obviously you can get any letter you like. Maybe even get a few and spell something out! ;)

The ring is sturdy and comfortable and is very well made. Looks just like a scrabble tile and would make a really cute, personalised gift, I think.

As you can see, the ring isn't too overpowering on the hand. It's a good size and is really light to wear. Goes with pretty much anything as it's a neutral colour, too. The ring retails at just £4! All order details will be below if you want to have a look around her site.

I wore mine for the first time yesterday with just my watch on one arm and stacked bracelets on the other. Clair also stocks loads of arm candy including the Kitsch Bracelet (£9) which you can hang various charms on of your choice...they would look so good together :)

I also got the M&M earrings which are so cool. These are available in so many different colours, it's untrue. I think pretty much every colour of the rainbow, so the world is your oyster when coming to pick which ones you want. 

I couldn't choose so Clair surprised me with the red ones :)

Again, as with the ring, the earrings are very light and comfortable. They do not weigh your ear down at all. They have a standard length and size earring post with a butterfly type stopper on the back which is very sturdy.

Here's what they look like on :)

These retail at £4 a pair, too.

So, here's how you can have a mooch around So..Kitsch!

For the So..Kitsch! Facebook page, click HERE!

Follow So..Kitsch! on twitter HERE! @KitschSo

Email Clair with any questions regarding her jewellery at clairmiagrace@gmail.com

Ordering is easy, for full information, visit the Facebook page and click on "Notes".

Make sure you quote NEEN10 to receive 10% off your order!

OOTD - Skull and scrabble rings!

Hi guys,

I went shopping (aagggaaainnn) today in Preston with the bf. I was very spendthrift and didn't buy anything aside from a Granny Smith apple for the drive back, but he got a few bits that he's been after for a good while.

We took a few outfit pictures when we got back, hope you like!

Jeans from Topshop.

Slouchy top from Topshop.

Fluffy green coat from Topshop....again!

Bag from Cambridge Satchel Company.

Hat from Carhartt.

Shoes from Converse.

Various bracelets from Tammy, Links of London, Pandora, Sam Ubhi and BHS.

Skull ring by Alexander McQueen.

Watch by Michael Kors 5128.

My N ring is from a fab new handmade jewellery company called So..!Kitsch!

I will be doing a review on this ring and also some cute earrings very soon!

:)

If you're interested in the ring and other really cute jewellery you can visit So..!Kitsch's facebook page HERE!

I have a discount code which I will be putting in my review post, so have a mooch around the site and fill your basket ready!!!

OOTD - Snuggly Scarf and Converse

Today I did as I normally do and went for a quick shopping trip in town. I mainly went to pick up a few bits I needed - namely an extension cable as I managed to blow mine up the other week by plugging too many lights into it, trying to get good lighting for a picture at 10pm at night. Bad decision. There's now a big black burn mark on my carpet!

I also wanted to pop into Primark to pick up a beautiful flannelette bed set. I saw it on @meganisobel 's instagram and instantly needed it in my life. Look how beautiful it is! So snuggly, too.

Anyway, here's what I wore! I made a sixty second OOTD video on my youtube, check it out :)

I actually ended up putting my hair in a top knot and switching up my jacket to a faux fur forest green coat because it was sunny but really chilly outside.

My snood is from Warehouse and I think I paid £1 for it. Yes...ONE POUND! It was in the sale (obviously, duh!) a few years back.

My slouchy top is from Topshop and is also available in grey. I love the shape of it.

My jeans are from Topshop.

Leather jacket is from Oasis.

Trainers from Converse.

Bag is from Cambridge Satchel.

Hope you're all having a lovely day! I have a few days off work so hopefully I will have a bit more time to get some blog posts up! I've been neglecting you, internet! I'm sorry!

See you soon, guys!

x

OOTD - Studded Collar and Chunky Knit

Hi guys.

Here's my outfit of the day, which I wore on Sunday. The rainiest Sunday in the history of time!

Studded collar, polka dot, sheer shirt from Primark.

Black tights from anywhere!

Chunky black jumper from Topshop.

Ash Tundra boots.

Denim shorts from Warehouse.

Cambride Satchel Company 11" Classic Satchel

I actually ventured out shopping as well in the torrential rain. Hey, a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do! (Also bagged myself some lavly chelsea boots from Topshop!)

See you soon! 

x

Today's Outfit Details

Studded collar and dark lips.