Wednesday Wishlist

The Great Gatsby

Beaded Handbag | Beaded Dress | Shoes | Deco Headband | Necklace

It may be the historian in me, but I adore fashion trends that hark back to a by-gone era. The 1920's is such a beautiful, decadent decade in the sense that women wore such beautiful garments and accessories. I love all of the above items, but the headband is by far my favourite. Regular readers will know how much I enjoy adorning my head with fanciful things. It appeases my child-like desire to be a princess! I am so excited for The Great Gatsby film to come out. I'm hoping I will be able to see it on my Birthday (December 26th) as there is little else open on Boxing Day in North Wales for me to do...besides, I really want to see it because I have a penchant for Leonardo DiCaprio films.

How do you feel about the 1920s trend? Would you buy some key pieces to wear over the festive period especially due to the fanciful nature of them?

Wednesday Wishlist

Rocker

Spiked Bracelet | Peplum Top | Studded Boots | Studded Bag | Cross Print Jeans | Skull Collar Necklace 

I am definitely a bit of a rock chick at heart - my facebook timeline would show my 'goth' days if you went back to when I first joined the site. Black eyeliner and studs galore. So it's no surprise that sometimes I still want to tap into my inner teenage tastes. These are some of the things my closet rocker has been lusting after. 

Do you like the rock chick trend that seems to be dominating the high street at the moment?

Hello Terri Lowe Competition Entry

Howdy Partner!

Since I been a little 'un, running around the mean streets of Swansea, I've always wanted to be a bona fide Cowboy. Now, I know what y'all are thinkin'; 'You're a girl!'. Yes ma'am, I am. But that don't stop me wanting to don some genuine boots that a cowboy of the Wild West would be proud of, then mounting a horse and galloping into the sunset. 

While y'all were probably playing with your Barbie dolls, I was playing with my pogs, pretending to be a Mutant Ninja Turtle (Donatello, if anyone's curious), watching Western movies with my grandpappy and riding a horse on the weekends. Every time I got on that horse, I felt alive. So, in order to appease this childhood, and admittedly tomboyish dream, I hope to win Terri Lowe's here competition and finally slip my size six's into the boots they have so long pined over. It would make my inner child so very happy. Above are a selection of the boots that I would consider spending my hard-earned dollars on, should I be a lucky enough son-of-a-gun to win.  

For those wonderin', I do believe that if I were to resemble any of the characters from The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, it would be 'The Good' aka, 'The Man with no Name', aka 'Blondie'. Of course, without his facial hair and chiselled features, all of which I am presently lackin'...and will continue to lack, more's the pity. However, I would use my cowboy boots for good - no robbin' horses or guns, I swear it!

Nicole

Raglan Castle

For some reason I didn't take that many photo's of Raglan castle. I seemed to focus more on the vlog footage. So below are the only photo's I have of the castle. The vlog shows you the place in more detail, so take a look at that if you're interested. Hope you enjoyed this series?

The Black Prince vlog
Chepstow Castle vlog
Tintern Abbey vlog
Raglan Castle Vlog

Tintern Abbey

Tintern Abbey is just so incredibly awe-inspiring. These pictures simply don't do it justice. In the very first photograph, that's me standing in front of the window to give it some sense of scale (although I'm not standing directly in front of it, which would have been an even better indicator!). It is absolutely enormous. When you walk into the room with that window in, I defy you not to gasp or exclaim 'wow!'. Everyone else around me did too!

This is number three in the blog post series of my summer dalliances. Don't forget that these posts, whilst off the beauty and fashion content normally seen on this blog, are linked to the vlog series currently running on my YouTube channel. The vlog which is partnered with this post (meaning you can actually see the castle via the video footage I took) is linked below, along with the others in the series. Let me know what you think! I'm desperate for some sort of feedback on my YouTube and blog content. Thanks :)

The Black Prince vlog
Chepstow Castle vlog
Tintern Abbey vlog
Raglan Castle Vlog

Chepstow Castle

Following on from my previous post about Chepstow town centre, today's post showcases some of the pictures I took from inside the castle grounds. Chepstow castle is beautiful and if you enjoy that sort of day out, I would highly recommend it. For anyone who missed my previous post, I am running a vlog series on my YouTube channel that shows you some of the pretty and cool places I visited over the summer. I know it's no longer summer, but I thought I would share them with you anyway because if it's dry you can still wrap up warm and throw on some boots and see these glorious places. I hope you enjoyed today's instalment  Next up is the beautiful Tintern Abbey. 

Do you like castles and historical places?

The Black Prince vlog
Chepstow Castle vlog
Tintern Abbey vlog
Raglan Castle Vlog

Chepstow: The Town

Over the summer months when I was back home in Swansea conducting my MA dissertation research, I visited a fair few new places on the rare days I allowed myself some time off. Chepstow is one of the places I visited with my Boyfriend Ben, my mum and my grandmother. As I'm currently doing a vlog series of these summer visits on my YouTube channel, I figured I would share some of the photographs I took from my travels on here too. We visited the town centre as well as the castle, but today's post focuses on the town itself. Next up will be some pretty shots I got of the castle (although I'm no professional). I hope you like them! 

Isn't Chepstow pretty? Do you like visiting new places and taking loads of photos? I would love to see similar posts if you guys have any to link me to :) 



The Black Prince vlog
Chepstow Castle vlog
Tintern Abbey vlog
Raglan Castle Vlog

Grasping Summer

Warning: this outfit of the day post features sunshine and a summer maxi dress...in September! It felt odd to have such a hot and glorious day at this time of year, but you will hear no complaints from me. I decided to share this outfit with you, mainly because a sweet elderly lady stopped me in Waterstone's Llandudno to say that she thought I looked beautiful, which made my day! So, below are the pictures. Enjoy!

Dress: Matalan | Bracelet's: Accessorize | Rings: Cut Out and Keep | Flip Flops: Matalan | Hair Flower: Claire's Accessories | Handbag: Matalan

Statement Necklaces

Anyone who knows me personally, or who has followed this blog or my YouTube channel for some time, will know how much I adore statement necklaces. I feel they can add zing to your look on the days when you don't feel like playing up your make up, or are rushed for time. Not to mention perking up an otherwise simple, dare I say "bland", outfit choice. So, this post showcases some of my very favourite statement necklaces that I own. What's your take on statement necklaces: love, loathe or indifferent? Let me know! 

New Look Necklace - £3 in summer sale!

 

This is a beautiful necklace that the lovely Sarah sent me from Portugal!

This is a metal collar from Topshop. £2 in summer sale!

Black Tied

I know some of you will think I am being paid for this post or that I am in some way affiliated with this company; so, just to set the record straight - I am in no way affiliated, I have never received a free product from them, and they don't know I exist. I just wanted to share their products with you as they caught my eye. Despite being a regular lurker on ASOS (no money to buy, remember!), I hadn't come across the Black Tied boutique until I saw them mentioned on Lily's blog post in which she was wearing the most amazing cross bracelet. I fell in love, have lurked on their site, and wished that I could get my hands on that bracelet ever since. Alas, I have literally no income and am living off the kindness of others (and my savings) until my postgraduate studies are over in September. Maybe then I will find my dream job and earn money so I can buy pretty, shiny things like this lovely online boutique sells. Gutted. Still, here are some of my favourites (I hope the company don't mind me using their photo's for this! The copyright for them belongs to Black Tied, obviously).