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!

Hipster Princess Leia

A face of the day/outfit post combined today. I felt like wearing a skirt and yearned for a different hairstyle. This combo is the result! Sorry about not getting all of me in one full length shot, I was taking the photos on my own and it was proving tricky to do with a tripod as I don't have a camera with a flip out screen to check my positioning. 

I had been wearing the hairstyle for a good few hours by this

point, hence why it's messy!

The only problem with doing outfit of the day posts when you're so poor that you can't buy new clothes, is that these clothes are no longer available in the shops. However, I hope you can draw inspiration from my outfit posts, whether that's 'I should never wear that' or 'I really like the way that's styled, I can use X in my wardrobe to achieve a similar look'. I just want you fine people to know how I tend to wear things as it helps me look back and think 'yes I liked that'  or 'dear God what was I thinking?!'. I won't list items for this post as all of the clothes were purchased a year, if not two years, ago. Sorry!

These are a few of my whimsical things

I am sat here in a turban with my hair damp from the shower whilst I type this. I have no outfit post again for you today, sorry to those who like them. I haven't bought any new clothing in a long while as I have no money to do so (damn Masters!), hence why I've been slightly uninspired as far as new outfits for the blog go.

Anyway, I do have a rather vast collection of girly, whimsical and vintage pieces that I thought you might like to see; that's what this post will therefore be about. I love looking at pretty things on blogs, much more so than reading product reviews at the moment as I can't afford to buy anything new anyway. I like to get inspiration from other bloggers so that I can make the most of the items I already own, and learn how to wear them in a way I might not have previously thought of. On to the shiny things then!

This is a vintage 1940s Rhodium plated Shamrock with a 

Pearl set in the middle and Marcasite stones surrounding.

I am part Irish and I thought this was a great way to 

recognise that fact. So sparkly and shiny in real life! 

This is a bit of an odd one. I bought it at the RHS 

Flower Show in Cardiff last year. It isn't vintage

but I just loved the design. Pretty, pastel blue and 

featuring an embossed design of historical nature.

This teapot and tea cup charm necklace is not vintage

but handmade. I bought it in a gallery here on

Anglesey. It is so sweet! I love it. Tea, anyone?

I cannot express how important this ring is to me.

The green stone in the middle is in fact Irish

Connemara marble and it was bought by my grandfather

as a gift to my mother on her 18th birthday. She gave it

to me when I was just about to finish university. I only

wear it on special occasions.

Have you got any beautiful vintage jewellery that means a lot to you personally? I'd like to see some of your blog posts along these lines. I love pieces that tell a story.

Nicole x

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