Floral Garland

I really love putting things in my hair - mainly because I'm not great at styling it! I tend to use hair garlands, headbands, flowers, all sorts on the days where my hair is a limp mess in order to try and disguise it. So here is just one of my garlands that I like to wear to spruce up my hair and an outfit. I always feel girly when I wear it! It was a bargain at £1 in the Matalan sale a few months ago. Well worth the money in my opinion! Do you like headbands, flowers, etc. to adorn your hair?

Daisy Nails

I am an avid follower of Vic's blog at www.hashtaggollygosh.com and she recently posted about her camo and daisy nails. Needless to say I saw them and fell in love! I wanted to recreate them entirely, however I'm so snowed under with MA work right now, that I don't really have much time to dedicate to blogging/YouTube and beauty or fashion stuff generally, which is making me a bit sad to be honest. So I had blue nail polish on from the weekend and decided to put daisy's on top of that to save some time. All I did was apply more of Barry M's Cobalt Blue to the tips of my nails where I had nail wear, then added some daisy's using a dotting tool and white and yellow polishes, both by Rimmel, then the Barry M top and base coat. You could also use a kirby grip or a toothpick and any polishes of your choice. I'm happy with the results and I can only improve on my nail art as I'm still an amateur!

Would you rock daisy nails for summer? I can see me putting daisy's on coral polish for a boho look in the summer. Would be pretty for festival season! (Not that I can go to any this year, annoyingly!) Also, please let me know what you think of the new blog layout!

Plaits and messy buns

I thought you lovely lot might want to see what I did with my face and hair to spend a Sunday evening visiting friends of ours. Nothing spectacular really, but the hairstyle is certainly different for me as I'm not great at doing my hair in anything other than a simple messy bun, a simple pony tail or loose and wild! I was inspired by a hairstyle I saw on Morven who is currently competing in ASOS's Future Stylist competition. She was in turn inspired by another fashion blogger whose name escapes me right now, but she does mention it on her blog. It's a hairstyle that looks effective but isn't that hard to do, with a little practice. This was my first attempt and I'm sure I will get better at it the more I attempt it. I hope you like it!

Face-wise I don't have much on; Boujois Healthy Mix foundation with serum in 51, Collection 2000 concealer, Clinique Mascara, Avon gel Supershock eyeliner smudged on the lower lashline, MAC Creme Blush in Lady Blush and Benefit Browzings in Light for the brows. That's all there is to it. I didn't really want to plaster my face in make up when we were going to our mates house for dinner and to watch a DVD (Captain America in this case!).

Hope you're all well. Do you have a failsafe look for a casual evening relaxing with friends or do you always go all out?

Nicole x