Tuesday 27 August 2013

Val D'Europe

 Agh! I loved coming here so much! Sorry, getting too excited already....calm hannah.....ok. Hi! So while I was at Paris for the week, we decided to take a trip down to Val D'Europe. It is a maaaassive shopping centre that is more like a town than a set of shops (hence the name 'Village of Europe'). My favourite part was a street filled with designer shops, I was in heaven! I actually went in a Versace shop and touched the clothes, oh my.
 The whole street looked stunning and something straight out of the High End in LA or Central London. I literally dragged my parents into every shop! So upsetting that I couldn't buy anything:( Sad times.
The inside part of Val D'Europe was more promising as there were ordinary shops in there. As the centre was in France, there were other shops in there that aren't in the UK so I loved it! I went a bit crazy in KIKO with the nail polish, and bought a gorgeous bag from Zara (we have a Zara in Norwich but I never buy anything in there!) which I'll upload an outfit with later. There was another shop called 'Berksha' which I loved! It was kind of like Topshop, Primark and H&M all blended together, it was beyond perfect! They also had a Sephora! I've never been in a Sephora before as we don't have them in the UK, but it felt so much more posh than Boots or Superdrug, it was more like a House of Fraser type place. So tempted by the OPI's though!

Hannah x

Maison Dior

 Hello everyone! So while I was in France for 2 weeks, I was lucky enough to catch a glimpse of Christian Dior's childhood house. While I was staying in Granville, Maison Dior opened its doors during the annual festival to the public. For only 4 euros (equivalent of about £3.50), I had a wander around the inside of this beautiful house. Each room had been transformed into a museum of mannequins each wearing clothes from the Dior collections over the years. Unfortunately I wasn't allowed to take photos inside the house but I took plenty around the house and its gardens.

Here's little old me standing in the rose garden infront of the pillar dedicated to Christian Dior (this isn't his grave by the way! I thought so too! haha). He designed this part of the garden himself while he was staying in the house during the World War. The blouse I'm wearing is from primark (OOTD here), topshop skirt and primark bag. The mysterious white bag is what I purchased from the museum (holiday haul coming soon).
The entrance to the house was beautiful! The massive board outside featuring Natalie Portman made me so excited! I bought a poster from the gift shop with the same design on as this board, it is proudly hanging beside my bed. The photo below is the view from behind the house, which is also so so so stunning!! As soon as you exit the museum you are encapsulated by the scenery overlooking the sea at Granville. The sea was so blue/green and so much better than the english sea! Even though there was a graveyard underneath the garden, I think it added a Grecian feel to the scenery and it's not spooky at all! I would love to live here so much! It's one of the best places I've ever visited. Lucky Dior!

Hannah x


Tuesday 20 August 2013

Disneyland Paris!


Here's me, looking all spotty, standing infront of the Disney castle (sorry about camera quality...these photos are from my iphone, my normal camera is a Fujifilm s9280). I haven't been to Disneyland since I was 8 so I was so go damn excited to go back.
Excuse the oily face (again), but Stitch is my favourite Disney character and there was a massive one in the shop (€60 -cry-). Sorry in advance for the amount of pictures in this post...
We stayed at night to watch the Disney Dreams fireworks. Everyone thought they started at 10:00, although they didn't start till 11:00. So we stood, among thousands in the pouring rain, waiting for the show to start but we gave up and walked away. The next night we returned and watched the full show...it was amazing! I felt like such a 6 year old, it couldn't be faulted (bit disappointed it didn't have a little mermaid bit:/).

I'll update this post next week with more pictures from my camera or even upload a completely new post:)

Hannah x

Saturday 17 August 2013

I'm in France!



Hey everyone! Sorry for the lack of posts over the past couple of weeks, I've been in France for the past week and I'm still here this week. The pictures above are from last week when I went to Granville, the sea was beautiful! I went to Christian Dior's childhood house on wednesday, I will make a post on my day when I get home, and it was one of the best days of my life!! I'm in Paris at the moment and I'm going to Disneyland tomorrow! Dead excited hah! So sad that I can't be at home writing regular reviews but hey-ho I'll be home soon!

Hannah x

Wednesday 7 August 2013

Holiday Nail Polish

Hi! So I'm going to France for 2 weeks on friday so I won't be able to post on here as much, sorry. But I thought I'd show you which nail polish I'm taking. Yes, I know there's a lot for 2 weeks but if you know me, you know that I have over excessive amounts of nail polish anyway! Neons are big this summer and look great with a tan so I thought I'd take all of my neon polishes with me. I'm also taking a white base coat to put under my neons to make them brighter.

Left to right...Barry M Greenberry & Limited Edition A, Models Own Hedonist, Beach Party, Toxic Apple & Luis Lemon, Essie trio Naughty Nautical, Sunday Funday & Full Steam Ahead (full review here), Sinful Colours Snow White & 24/7, Collection Bright Lights.

I'll post what I can while I'm on holiday, hope you guys have a good week! What's your favourite summer colour?

Hannah x

Monday 5 August 2013

Essie Summer 2013 Collection

 Recently I went up into Norwich city (my hometown) with my dad to get some last minute holiday goodies before friday. I took this opportunity to grab the trio of this years Essie Summer Collection, and boy was I pleased. A normal Essie polish retails for £7.99 and this trio was £12.99. I originally only wanted 'Sunday Funday' (the middle colour in the trio), but I found the trio and fell in love with 'Naughty Nautical' (the left colour) and decided to buy the trio as it was cheaper. Although the polish bottles are smaller (5ml) than an average Essie polish (13.5 ml), I still thought you'd get a good amount of product inside it. The pack comes with 3 of the 6 polishes from the Summer Collection: Naughty Nautical, a deep turquoise, Sunday Funday, a pinky peach, and Full Steam Ahead, a pastel lavender. All 3 polishes have small particles of shimmer in them, this isn't noticeable in the picture above, but here are some swatches...
The shimmer still isn't really that visible in the swatches but it is there, I promise! I haven't seen a colour that resembles that of 'Naughty Nautical' and it is very unique in my huuuge collection. Although, 'Full Steam Ahead' is very similar to Topshops 'Parma Violet' (which I own), and 'Sunday Funday' is a shimmer version of Essie's own 'Peach Daiquiri' (I also have that too...starting to worry about my obsession...). As always, these polishes have a great formulation which all Essie products have. They are 2 coats opaque and don't take ages to dry! I am in love with Sunday Funday as it looks great with a tan! I am currently sporting 'Naughty Nautical' on my nails and it hasn't chipped yet and looks fab! Will hopefully be buying the full size bottles of my favourites and maybe some others in the collection, as long as they're still on sale when I get back from holiday!!

Hannah x

Sunday 4 August 2013

Red Floral Blouse



Absolutely in love with my new blouse from primark! It is a sort of jersey material, it's not a sheer cottony material. I first found this as I was looking for a dress that LLYMLRS featured in a recent video (video is here) with the matching pattern of this blouse. Sadly, I din't find the dress but I found this gorgeous blouse instead! It is loosely sleeved to the elbow and had a collar which can be joined up fully. I LOVE this shirt so so so much and looks great with a black skater skirt (the one I am wearing is from topshop) and chunky boots. It's such a great deal for £12!

Hannah x

Thursday 1 August 2013

I'm going to Clothes Show LIVE 2013!


I am so happy guys! My parents have bought me tickets to go to the Clothes Show in Birmingham NEC for my 16th birthday! To make it even more special, the show is 11 days before my birthday so its as if it's come early! I am going down to Birmingham on the 7th of December to watch the 3:00 viewing of the world famous, 45 minute long fashion spectacular! The face of this years show is former winner of Britain and Irelands Next Top Model, the beautiful Jayde Thompson (pictured above). My mum bought me a platinum ticket which entitles me to fast track entrance to the show, a platinum seat for the main show (sitting in BB, see seating below), an official show guide and a bag filled with goodies.
I am so so grateful for my parents buying me this for my birthday and am so excited for this day as I feel it will inspire me for my future. As I want to be involved in the fashion industry when I'm older, I think that attending this event will help me kick-start my future and get my foot in the door for how the industry works. This is also a great opportunity to purchase some great new products, as I am starting a new job in a salon as of September, I will have more money to buy some more higher end products and pieces of clothing. I am by no means trying to brag by writing this post, I am just so excited and think that blogging about this experience will get some new footage on this blog which will interest more people.
Thanks for reading! I'll update you soon on what's the latest happenings with the show.

Hannah x
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