Black and Blue || NOTD

If you have been following me on Instagram (velvetvogue1 nice self promo there Chlo) you'll know that I recently painted my nails gold and pink however yesterday every single nail on my hands snapped and got all short and horrible meaning that the nail varnish ended up all chipped and horrible so I obviously had to paint them again!

I never usually go with a dark colour, I am more for loving bright and vibrant colours like pinks and baby blue's. However I thought I would change it up a bit and choose black.

I couldn't have all my nails black so I had to add a cheeky bit of glitter on my ring finger ovcourse. Who doesn't love a little bit of glitter?!

Before Picture- I picked all the nail varnish off due to boredom.

The colour of the nail varnish isn't on both the bottles so the brands are... O.P.I- Black
Barry M- Sparkly Blue

What are your 'go to' nail varnish colours?

Have a good day and I hope you enjoyed my constant daily uploads of blog posts for a week!

Maybelline Baby Lips: Cherry Me

Reviewing this has been one of those 'long time coming' posts. The Baby Lips line was released in August 2013 and it's been a staple item in my makeup bag or hand bag since the day it was in my local store. It's soothes my lips but also giving them a nice look as it has a pink tint to it. I'd highly recommend this if you are not a lipstick lover like myself but you're keen on your lip balms or lip gloss! 

Short and quick post today but I thought you would get sick of reading super super long ones (I waffle a lot O.K!)

Hope you're having a fab night!

PS- Share this post with people if you appreciate my amazing photography skills.. the reason for them slacking in quality and in my editing is because my camera broke but all will be well for tomorrow's blog post... 

Get Up and Do More

I broke up from school a few weeks ago and so far I've done nothing with it apart from lay in bed or lay on the sofa watching Geordie Shore or re-runs of The Only Way Is Essex. 

I made the effort today to actually make myself look some-what alright for a small family gathering that was being held. I did my make-up and my hair and put decent clothes on which felt strange as I've literally been living in joggers. It was today that made me realise I really should get out more whether that's going out with friends, going for a walk, exercising or spending quality family time instead of sat slumped in my room. I say this all the time, 'I need to get out more' but this time I really mean it, I don't want to go back to school into what is going to be the hardest and longest 10 months I've experienced and say that I've done nothing with my six weeks, as from September the 3rd I'm going to be drowned in revision and extra classes so there will be no time for myself anymore!

                         

Even if I spend my time walking my dog, doing my hair or going for morning/late night strolls on my own to take time to think about things it gives me something to talk about when people ask 'So what did you do in your summer holidays?'



What do you do when you have time off?

Hope you're having a really good day!



PS- HAVE YOU HEARD TRXYE YET?
I cried when I heard it, its so damn good!!

Summer Months: Part 1

These next few blog posts are going to be like a 'series' explaining all my plans for summer and sharing some photos. The first part to my series is about my holiday this year that I am so looking forward to!

Summer is slowly but surely approaching us which means suntans, sun and sand. My summer this year is going to be really good (I hope)...(If everything goes to plan!). I have my friends theatre performances to watch, holidays and my birthday as well as 1001 other birthday's I have to remember!

My favourite part of summer for me is defiantly heading back to Menorca! Every year me and my family take the two and a half hour plane journey to the little island amongst the popular countries of Mallorca and Ibiza and every year we come home with tons more clothes, a really good suntan and some very funny memories. We stay in a little house that is tucked away, close to the beach and close to the ice cream parlour (always good when walking down to the beach).

The past 2 years we've had quite an experience with getting to Menorca but looking back they are quite funny. Back in 2012 we were on our way and flying over France until we heard the pilot say 'I'm sorry to be saying this but we're going to be heading back as the autopilot isn't fully working' So we flew back to the airport but had to circle around for an hour to burn some fuel so by this time we'd been in the air for 3 hours. We eventually landed however couldn't get off the plane as there was nowhere for us to go it was also lashing rain outside so opening the door was a no no. After an hour and a half (4 and a half hours after first taking off) we got transferred to another plane which took about another hour but then back we went. Eventually after a round total of 8 hours in a fairly small confined space we arrived. Then last year we got there fine and in one piece however coming home it was extremely hot in the airport and we got delayed nearly 3 hours due to the fact that the suitcases from the previous flight wouldn't come out as some compartment had broke so we had to wait for another plane to fly in but by the time that it had flew in all the suitcases were out! I will cross every finger on my hand and all my toes that everything is sweet and dandy this year with no problems or delays!

In 6 weeks I'll be enjoying these views all over again!

...and the best thing I'll be straight off to the shop to buy some more of these!

Hopefully you've enjoyed the first part to this. I'm not going to be consecutively putting up my plans for summer I'll try and mix posts up.

What plans do you have for the summer? 

Fresh From The Shop

With it recently been Easter I got a little bit carried away with the Easter sales and the first place I hit up was ASOS. By God I love it. I can always seem to find good deals and you get good quality products for your money which is always enjoyable. I also love the fact that ASOS have other brands inside their online shop rather than just their own brand and i say this because I have found my one true love... Pull&Bear. I stumbled across their website ages ago and found they didn't have many shoes (which is what I intended on buying) and then found that they were on ASOS, now I wanted a decent pair of boots and I was willing to spend a bit of money for something that would last me and I found these... 

      (buy here: Buckle Flat Ankle Boots)

I did actually get these in the sale for just over half of what they should have been.

I think that with this type of shoe it can go with anything you wish. You can go casual or smart or fancy and wear these... They are 'versatile'.

 How long do they look on this photo?! They aren't this long in real life!

I have to admit, the heel on them are bigger than what I thought they were going to be however they are the perfect height! They aren't uncomfortable if you wear them all day like some mid-high heeled boots are.

Sorry for the lack of blogs and tweets lately, school work and revision comes first... Exams all next week, wish me luck! 

My Boudoir...

I have so many ideas for future blog posts and one of them was a little taste into what's inside my bedroom however since last year I've really wanted to decorate it but I just had no idea  what I could possibly do with it. Do I have it pink? Green? White? So, February 2014 I bit the bullet and just thought 'lets just see what happens and go with it'. At first I thought I wanted to downsize in bed size, I've had a double bed since the age of 5 but I had seen so many daybeds that looked so good! After sleeping in a single bed for a night I decided I couldn't get rid of my double! Then I wanted a place where I could sit and work but also sit and chill. I wanted bright, happy colours in my room because before it got done it was dark purple and made my room look quite small! Me and my parents started to paint it all white and instantly it made it look huge. I was up to my eyes in picture frames and lamps and bedding! But after a month of pulling it all together it's finally done! Walls and radiators are bright white along with all the door frames and doors! Everything has been built up and put exactly where I want it! The following pictures are some of the favourite things in my room that I chose.

(Duvet Set)

(Lemongrass fitted sheets)

I chose my bedding first. I wanted something that would stand out amongst the white walls and I was 110% adamant to get something flower related. I chose this bedding from ASDA Living and as you'll see throughout this post I got quite a lot of things from ASDA because I do think they sell really good things for your room/home!

(Throw)

Next thing I bought was this throw just to put over the end of my bed. I put this over me as well as my duvet in the winter when its too cold and then in the summer when its too warm I can just put this over me instead of a heavy duvet!

(Lush)

(Buy Similar- Glass Jar Candle)

(Small Yankee Candle)

(Cherry Smelling Hearts- Sold out)

I got an old fish-bowl from my grandparents a few weeks ago and straight away knew exactly what I was going to put inside. Now as my auntie works in Lush she sends down all the left-overs quite often and as Easter will shortly be here I'll no doubt be receiving some Easter Lush things! 

If I go out shopping and smell something nice it will probably end up coming home with me and this is how the two candles ended up in my room...they smell soooo good!!

And finally, the cherry smelling hearts are like a present from heaven. I have hung these above my wardrobe and my wardrobe is near my bedroom door so every time I walk out of my room I just get this strong smell of cherries and its just too good.

My grandparents went on holiday the other day and bought these lilies the day before so obviously as it was a waste if they were just going to sit in the house whilst nobody was in for a week so I claimed them and now they feature in my room and I love them. I'm going to make a point of buying different flowers every few weeks as I think they look gorgeous!

 I'm a sucker for sweets and you'll soon realise that very quickly. I used the last little bit of the coffee the other day and the best idea I had ever came up with popped into my head so with that idea I went out straight away and bought 6 packets of jelly beans. (Whilst writing this I am currently sat with the jar in-between my legs and eat them). The live next to my Lush fish-bowl and I've even asked my gran to save her coffee jar the next time she finishes one so I can put more sweets in!

(Chair)

(Pillow- Sold out)
(Buy in purple: Lamp)

(Desk)

The last thing I wanted to share was this little part of my room, its by far my favourite bit. I can sit here and do homework and everything but also put my feet up and relax whilst watching my television or on my laptop. I bought the desk on Amazon when I seen it had a super good deal on it... It was meant to be £60.00 but I got it for £38.00!

I hope you enjoyed this super long post (the next one won't be this long!)

I'll be uploading a mid-week post next week!

Well Hello There!

Hello! My name is Chloe and I don't want to bore you a lot on my first post but if you want to know me better just click on the 'About Me' tab above!

I have been wanting and meaning to create a blog for ages as I've seen other people do it and said they enjoy doing it throughly so I've made one! Now I'm not promising blog posts every single week due to school work and coursework and exams coming up in a few weeks so the pressure is on and it's on quite heavily too! I have a lot of ideas in mind and I am going to try my hardest and get them up for people to read. You'll also soon realise that I like things plain and simple but also very colourful and eye catchy!

I'll try and put up a blog post sometime this week but if not this weekend it will be definitely up next week!

I hope everyone enjoys reading my blog!