Birthday Haul

So suffice to say I may have gone a wee bit over board with the whole "I'm gonna treat myself for my birthday" excuse, but heck I was turning 40, a pretty hefty milestone I feel. Not to mention, being a November baby means their is some awesome stuff in the shops for holiday season. Too much. Lol

So here's a look at what I picked up.

Floral Sock Boots - Topshop

Distressed Vinyl Patent Ankle Boots - Forever 21

Distressed Vinyl Patent Ankle Boots - Forever 21

Crushed Velvet Ankle Sock Boots - Forever 21

Naked Palette in Heat - Urban Decay

Faux Leather Bralette, Velour Bralette, Diamante Hair Band - All Forever 21

Polka Dot Top - H&M

Faux Fur Coat, Wide Leg Trousers, Polka Dot Top - All H&M, Ankle Sock Boots - Topshop

As you can see, my love affair with footwear is still very strong, but as I said it was my birthday 😉 😊

I've linked anything that is still available and tried to find alternatives for some things that are not.

Sometimes it's not about changing your whole wardrobe, it's about finding those one or two key peices to update your look.

Thanks for dropping by

B xx

Accessories For All

ACCESSORIES FOR ALL 

Anyone who knows me will fully be aware of my love of accessories.  I am a stylish worst nightmare. Where most are say more is less and keep it to a minimum, I sway in completely the opposite direction and I'm never happy unless you can hear me rattling down the street. So as you can imagine, coming to somewhere like India really is not helping to kurb my obsession with all these amazing treasures. 

I would like to share with you some of the little treats I've managed to find over the last few months. I swear these shop keepers must have seen me coming or maybe that should be heard me ;-)

Main Bazaar, Paharganj, New Delhi, Ring

Main Bazaar, Paharganj, New Delhi, Ring

Accessorize Elephant Pendant 

Aldo, sunglasses 

Aldo, Sunglasses 

Janpath Market Delhi

Gifted, Topshop, Necklace 

BGs DLF Place, Saket, Tkas

Topshop, Oxford Circus,  Necklace 

Janpath Market, Delhi, Earrings 

Janpath Market, Delhi, Earrings 

Main Bazaar, Paharganj, New Delhi, Bangles

Vishal Footwear, Main Bazaar, Paharganj, New Delhi, Sandals 

I'm such a firm believer that a good accessory can make any outfit.

Thanks for dropping by

B xx

June Fitting Room Selfie Lookbook

Head to toe (H2T) H&M

I had a couple of work meetings in the West End yesterday at My Area Office and finished my work day on a real happy high, which is always awesome on a beautiful, sunny Friday afternoon and thought why not have a peruse around some shops whilst I'm here. So there I am in Topshop having a wonder when low and behold I find myself in the fitting room with an arm full of goodies to try on. Now I'm not some 15-25 something, still living at home with some big ol' disposable income. Neither am I one of those daughters who are regularly tapping into the Bank Of Mum & Dad. I'm a big ass grown women who has a mortgage and pays all of her own bills. Therefore I do not have the funds to be buying up a whole hell of clothes so I can blog about them and not just bombard you with what I buy from work. So as I was taking a blatant selfie of the outfit I already had on so I could post it to my instagram a brilliant idea came to mind. Why not do lookbooks of fitting room selfies. That way I get to show you guys a whole heap of different outfits and looks without being evicted from my flat from not being able to pay my mortgage because I've bought too many clothes. So here it is, my first Selfie lookbook.

Duster waistcoat - Topshop everything else as before

Top - Topshop, Culottes - Topshop, Necklace - H&M, Sandals - H&M, Bangles - H&M

All as before

Lace Blouse - Topshop, everything else as before

Culottes Jumpsuit - Topshop, Necklace and Sandals as before

Culottes Jumpsuit - Topshop, everything else as before

I'm not going to lie I had so much fun making this post and so interesting that not one person batted even the slightest eyelash at me taking all of these selfies in the fitting room where as a few years ago everyone would have been looking me up and down wondering who is this narcissistic a-hole taking pictures of herself. 

One thing I will say though is Topshop Oxford Circus will you please for the love of all things sacred sort out the aircon in your fitting rooms. I love heat be jeez louise it's like a fricking sauna up in there. Really not pleasant to be in there at all. Ok mini rant over.

I've tried to link as many items as I can as I know I sometimes forget to do so. If you have enjoyed this and would like to see more fitting room selfie lookbooks please thumbs up or leave a comment below. Would be good to know which stores you'd like me to stalk next.

Now as much as I was trying to be oh so good, one of these outfits did find it's way home with me. Can you guess which one it was. To find out keep a look out for my next post, my June Haul, where all will be revealed.

Until next time, have a good one

B xx

January Haul

For the first time in my adult life I can honestly say I didn't go too crazy with the January sales or general purchases. January is already a very difficult month as it is anyway. Many of us are trying to recover from the dent in our wallets the holiday season has bestowed upon us and then on top of that if like me you have to wait a good 5 weeks between your December and January pay, then you know how even more precious every single penny is. This year I played it clever. Somehow during the latter months of 2013 I made double final payments on 2 of my cards and between them was in credit near on £80. I also had a couple of gift vouchers stashed away. I had the good foresight to save them for the tighter months of January so I could indulge in some sale shopping.

Anyhoo this is my little haul of goodies.

Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Skin Protectant £25

Strappy Ankle Boots  £34.99 - H&M

Necklace £7.50 - Miss Selfridges   Shoes £30- Topshop

Shoes - Topshop

Clutch Limited Edition £10, Earrings 1 £2, Earrings 2 £2, Bra £4

Jumper  £15 - Topshop

Chelsea Boots £39.99 - H&M

What goodies and bargains did you get in January, I'd be interested to read about them. Please feel free to comment below and of course please don't forget to G+1/like this post

Thank you

B xx

New Year, New Hair

As much as I did love the deep red Marley twists I'd been rocking all autumn I felt that with the new year it was the time for a new do. 

This time round I've opted for a big old 90's style poodle perm AKA big hair. To achieve this look I used 3 packs of HH Deep Wave Wvg hair by Sensationnel in a much tamer 1B colour.

Sensationnel Premium Too HH Deep Wave Weaving

 I bought 3 packs of this hair, 2 in an 18 inch and 1 in a 14 inch at £24.99 and £18.99 a pack respectively and at the time was really worried that I'd not bought enough to have a really full style. When I got it home and out of the packet I could see that the wefts had already been doubled and actually the root of the coils were quite full.

 Before installing my extensions I always wash, condition and leave the wefts hanging to air dry. This helps to get rid of that packet smell, soften the hair and in the case of curly styles allows the curls to drop to their natural state.

 To make life a little easier on myself I chose to use this hair as a u-part wig. I still braided my hair down into corn rows underneath but instead of placing the cap on my head and sewing the wefts of hair directly to my head I placed the cap on my dummy's head and sewed them on in that way instead.

As you can see 3 packs was more than enough and I hadn't even fully finished separating the curls at this point. I also cut some layers into this unit to give it more dimension. Once finished I braided down my hair leaving only a very small amount of leave out then sewed the unit to my perimeter braid and that was me done.

3 weeks in and I'm still totally loving this hair. It has definitely made it onto my repurchase list as I think I may stick with this style for a while now.

Anyway here are the before and after shots.

Before: Natural Afro

After: I gots me some big old hair

Even works with a beanie and headphones lol x

So what do you think??? Please feel free to leave your comments below and don't forget to hit the G+1/like tab ;-))

Thank you

B xx