River Island Chunky Boots

River Island Boots £45 (here)

I have been dying to get my hands on these boots for absolutely ages and after 2 weeks of saving pay checks, I got them. On saturday, I zipped straight from work to the city and literally ran through the shopping centre to River Island. I had a horrible vision that the last pair would be bought just as I got there...so I was running...pretty quick too. I got there and found the last pair in the shop, and they fit perfectly! These boots are the best, and most expensive, item of clothing I own and I love them to pieces! I seriously think that they go with any outfit. I have worn them with a black skater skirt and striped blouse, but they also look good with skinny, light, turned up jeans. Admittedly, a day of wearing these while traipsing round the city did give me a blister, so have plasters handy and a spare pair of socks.

As most of you know, I'm going to Clothes Show in 2 months for my birthday. I think I'm going to wear these boots with a skater dress teamed with my leather jacket. Sound good to you? Seriously need help with my outfit!!! 

What do you think?

Hannah x

My Music Taste

I hope you guys don't mind, but I want to change this blog up a bit so it isn't just fashion, I want to include some other cultural factors. Due to work experience opportunities, I want to keep my blog as broad as I possibly can, therefore I'm incorporating my music taste into this post.

My music taste is so varied it's unbelievable but my eyes have been opened to the world of NME recently (thank heavens for that). This guy at my school asked me to go see Peace with him, I had no idea who they were but I wanted to go none the less! After a quick google, spotify and download later, I fell in love with Peace (pictured central). Think Arctic Monkeys and Two Door Cinema Club mashed together, ah perfect. I've now got a ticket and I'm seeing them on December 10th!

Another girl on Instagram (who goes to my school) posts a lot about Swim Deep (pictured bottom), so I thought 'd check them out too...wow. Who would have thought that Instagram was such a musical hub?! Their music videos are seriously to die for, beautiful stuff.

Lastly, another band called Palma Violets (pictured top...I'm doing this in the worst order aren't I) are touring at Norwich next month and I'm eager to go to that one too! I'm a bit gig crazy at the moment...it is gig season anyway! But I have actually only heard one of Palma Violet's songs, but I have downloaded their debut album (180) to gear up my lyrical know-how.

I'm interested to know if any of you guys have got a similar music taste to me. I reaaally want someone to talk to who I can swap songs with! I think it would be really sweet to talk to you guys and help each other out.

Sorry again if you don't want me to change my blog straight away, but there will still be fashion posts I promise! It's just that I'm contacting companies such as Sound and Vision to help me boost my creative writing goals. Also, I am hopefully basing my next BTEC Media project around my blog, this will also help me achieve my grades and improve this blog on the whole! Pleaaase give me feedback in the comments if you like/absolutely hated this post and where my blog is now going.

Thanks for the support,
Hannah x

Sorry!

I've been such a bad blogger recently oh dear. Sorry to my followers who keep reading to check if there's something new. I have been caught up so much in exam revision (I had my English Language mock on friday and it went well I think...to anyone who may have been interested. I just thought I'd take this opportunity to apologise and I will hopefully be updating more often now...well after my proper English Language GCSE exams in November anyway!

Also, my friend Cesca from school runs a nail-art blog and I personally think it's really good so I think you guys should check it out! Click here to see her blog and please try some of the designs from her background, they're all her own genius work!

Hopefully check back soon, sorry again guys!

Hannah x

Rimmel Stay Matte Foundation

Holy Moly...I'm in love. I've been using the sample sachets from Company and Glamour magazines for as long as I can, but I picked up 2 of the full size bottles in Boots last week and am head over heels for them. The only way I can describe the texture of this foundation is a liquid mousse, it's like Maybelline Dream Matte mousse but more stiff and creamy. I genuinely cannot get enough of this product and is so perfect for my skin tone. Although I have found that I've been breaking out on my chin a lot more since I started using this product, I don't know whether to blame the foundation or my love of pizza... Such a perfect product for such a reasonable price of £5.99.

What do you think?

Hannah x

Seventeen Graffiti Polish

Oh gosh I'm in love. Hi! I've finally got round to reviewing this polish after about a week of it sitting on my 'to review' shelf...bad hannah. Seventeen's 'Off the wall graffiti nail effect' polish in Monochrome is one of my favourite polishes I own. It is a Salt and Pepper top coat polish filled with suspended strands of black and white matte glitter. The most popular Salt and Pepper polish is one by L'Oreal which I believe is £5.99, and this polish was £3.99!!! So cheap for the quality of the product itself! But if I'm honest, it is a pain in the backside to remove and takes absolutely ages to come off. I've used this top coat over Essie Fiji and it is now one of my favourite polish combinations. It looks dainty but with a punky edge. I'm happy with this purchase and hope you guys will give this one a crack.

Hannah x

New Models Own Collections

 If you guys haven't guessed yet, Models Own is my favourite nail brand. I'm in love with the formulation, the variety of colours, and hello, have you seen the bottles?! When I saw LLYMLRS had written some posts (here and here) telling us about the new Models Own collections, I jumped. The new collections are called 'Fireworks' and 'Velvet Goth'. I bought one of each collection to give them a whirl. These each retail at £5 like a standard Models Own polish, and I think they are definitely worth the money and aren't a splurge in my opinon.

The pink glitter polish (Roman Candle) is from the Fireworks collection. I love how the polishes are named after various different types of firework (others in the collection have names such as Sparkler and Rocket). This polish has a clear base with black, pink and silver strands suspended through it. I find that the polish can be very opaque over the nail and is a very dense polish. A cheaper dupe of this polish is Barry M's Pink Sapphire (retailing at £2.99). The greeny polish (Absinthe) is from the Velvet Goth collection. The lid of the bottle is cased in velvet in the corresponding colour of the polish. I personally like this touch but I can see other people not being so fond of the lid. When I first saw the name 'Velvet Goth', I thought the polishes were going to be texturised and fuzzy, but thankfully they're not. The polish is quite hard to explain, it's quite a thick consistency and could get away with one coat. It has small flecks of glitter through it and dries matte on the nail. My favourite of the two is probably Absinthe as I think that it is definitely a autumn/winter colour and a christmas staple.

The Fireworks collection is out September 4th in Boots, and the 25th in Superdrug. The Velvet Goth collection is out now.

Maybelline Baby Lips

Yo, so before we start, yes I'm aware that my nail has chipped....sad times (Topshop Parma Violets by the way). So BabyLips are finally in the UK and I decided to pop out and buy some while all the buzz was around. There are 6 in the collection but I only grabbed 2 to test (Hydrate, left, and Cherry Me, right). They were around £2.99 each which is very reasonable for a lip balm from a makeup brand rather than Vasaline/Carmex. Hydrate is a clear balm, and I personally think it smells of Harribos...but Cherry Me tints your lips a berry purple colour which looks really nice against my skin tone. The tint stays on your lips for about half an hour- an hour, but it's good while it lasts. The packaging promises 8hrs of moisture, sadly it doesn't live up to these expectations. I would say it lasts around an hour before you have to apply it again, but your lips aren't too dry afterwards. I have a problem with my lips flaking and this product has stopped it completely, so I'm a happy bunny. Will be re-purchasing more of the collection.

Hannah x