Took a trip - BFWSS13

Fashion weeks occur twice a year around the globe in the four major fashion capitals of the world (such an overused cliche/phrase, won't hurt to use it again); London, Paris, New York and Milan. They are followed by fashion observers all over the world with a hawk-like eye, high street stores looking to bring the trends into their own shops for much cheaper prices, fashion editors looking for the next hot thing (cough *Cara Delevigne* cough), and all round amazing bloggers like Susie Bubble and the like. 

These weeks are wonderful and essential to the fashion industry, but very inaccessible for small fashion bloggers like me who have just started out with little under twenty followers. So what more wonderful than smaller fashion shows featuring high street brands, who often give away free passes (I repeat, FREE) for bloggers and fashion students. The Mall at Cribb's Causeway in Bristol is just one company that offers these weeks, and I attended one this year, which after complications was not the blogger's show I was originally invited to, but a public one, was amazing, featuring clothes from John Lewis, River Island and Next. Admittedly, not high end fashion houses, but a lot more purse friendly for students like me.

I went to the show with my fellow friend and blogger Katy (from Palette), and we had such a lovely time, using the chance for a good ol' beauty trip afterwards, which we thought was well deserved. Unfortunately, because I went on the Sunday, no photo's were taken, but Ben Allen's flickr photostream has plenty of beautiful photographs taken from the friday's show, all the main outfits and my favourites are there! Of course there was a small bag of gifts, or more bluntly, goodie bags, and they were surprisingly lovely so i photographed their contents for you all. (There were food items, but these were unfortunately eaten, apologies from my stomach!)

Rather generous, don't you think? I was especially excited to see the Tea Pigs in there, the tea lover that I am.

 A Lush Times is always appreciated, especially with the incredible Vivienne Westwood as a cover star! // My show programme and event guide

A little OOTD : River Island Blouse and Vintage Necklace

   

Lips of the Day : S+G A Great Kisser in Chocolate Cherry , Revlon Kissable Balm Stain in Honey and Lancome Juicy Tube in Sorbet de Cerise

After receiving a Boots voucher from a family friend for my birthday, I couldn't resist picking up these beauties which I have wanted for such a long time! Essie's Mint Candy Apple and Barry M's Peach Melba are sure to be my new favourite spring shades, though I have yet to try them on my nails yet! 

Have you ever been to a fashion show like Bristol's? Or have you been lucky enough to be a visitor to LFW? I hope you all had a lovely Monday, as lovely as Mondays can be anyhow!

love

annie 

xxx

Singtank - The Party

This french sister-brother duo were a major 2012 mucic mojo for me, this song is one of my special favourites, and the video is one of my favourite music video's ever, so majestic, and Josephine makes it even more incredible by climbing the set in her incredible shoes!)

Lately..

Wow, so this week has probably been one of the most hectic yet this year. Not even that much has happened , only my birthday, a script concert and the most coursework deadlines to date. So sorry for being a horrendously sporadic, please just enjoy my pictures instead.

  A Card from one of my best friends in York // Lovely chocolates // Waiting // My Final Art Piece, finally completed! // The Script // My cake, made by my fantastic mother

I have a few interesting posts planned in the next couple of weeks, I cannot wait until exams are over so I can start blogging properly again! Hope you are all having lovely weeks,

love

annie 

xxx

p.s: I got instagram with the arrival of my new phone, it'd be lovely if yo could follow me @annieoliviapoole

Ellie Goulding - Anything Could Happen

The only mistake is if you stand still.

I went shopping Saturday last, and thought you guys might like to see what I've bought. It was only a small trip, I also bought a dress for mine and my best friend's joint birthday party that's happening in three week but because some of my friends read this little blog I thought i'd leave it as a surprise ;)

  

Aussie Dual Personality Coloured Hair Protectant and Shine Serum

I picked this up on the recommendation of my lovely friend Emma, and have found it to be pretty good so far. When just used on the ends without anything else it makes my hair look so much healthier, but when used with my other products it didn't look so good, we'll just have to wait and see.

Dove Summer Glow Nourishing Lotion

I've tried this already, and I love it, it;'s great for someone like me, with fairly pale skin who doesn't want to look orange, and I love how it contains a really subtle shimmer. You build up layers over time, but I tend to only do a couple of layers to keep it more natural.

Soap and Glory Sugar Crush Body Wash and Soap and Glory Calm One Calm All Bubble Bath

You guys know how much I love Soap and Glory, and these are my favourite new additions to my collection. Both deliciously scented and amazingly moisturising, I love using these two!

 River Island Blouse

Definitely my favourite purchase of the day, I love this blouse to pieces. With it's gorgeous pattern and divine button-down back detailing, it's a winner for spring and summer, and I will be wearing it with anything from my leigh jeans, to my lace skirts.

I hope you enjoyed this post, sorry I've been absent of late, life seems like a whirlwind right now with exams and concerts entwined every week!

Love

Annie

xxx

Shake Shake Shake - Bronze Radio Return

I'm picking out the stars.

Just a quick little post today to share my absolute favourite show at London Fashion Week. This is the Brit-award winner Tom Oddell performing a beautiful rendition of his latest single 'Hold Me.' If you've been following my blog for a bit you'll have seen that nearly every song of the say for a long time now has been one of his. The Burberry Prorsum AW13 was definitely my favourite show of LFW, everything was perfect. The glass arena was the perfect setting, and to me Burberry always pulls off the best show.

Hope you're all having a lovely weekend,

Love

Annie 

xxx

February Favourites

I can't believe it's the the beginning of March already, it just seems like a couple of weeks ago that it was Christmas! This month has been full of nice things, trips away, baking, and going out with friends, but also a lot of work as well! Here are my (mainly beauty) favourites for the month of February for all you lovely people. 

 Soap and Glory The Breakfast Scrub / Boots

This has won countless awards and is the favourite of many a blogger, including me. It smells DELICOUS and does such a good job that I would never consider anything else. I haven't met anyone that doesn't like the new maple fragrance either. 

Micabella Cosmetics Mineral Blush in Terra Cotta

I am not a huge fan of mineral make-up, but this blush that I received in my February Glossybox is lovely. It contains very few ingredients, which is great for my sensitive skin, and the colour is beautiful, a coral-peach that will be perfect come summer. I don't wear blush a lot, but I did reach for this quite a few times this month. The top swatch on my hand in this photo is it lightly dusted on with my finger.

Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain in Honey

This has no faults in my eyes. A stain and balm combined in a 'your lips but better' shade, basically perfection in a tube, I have been wearing this every day without fail.

 Milk_shake Conditioning Whipped Cream

Like, the Soap and Glory scrub, this is another product that I love for it's smell. This smells exactly like whipped cream and you apply it through a squirty cream nozzle - amazing for your inner child! This is great for my ombred hair, and always leaves my hair smooth and soft, I can't wait to try more of milk_shake's products!

 Docteur Renaud Raspberry Soft Cream

Yet another product that smells absolutely divine. I also got this in my February glossybox, and it left my skin so soft and hydrated, AND smelling lovely. I couldn't ask more from a day moisturiser, and will definitely be purchasing this in full size when my other moisturisers run out.

Captain America - The First Avenger

Thanks to my friend Isis, I now have a slight (or more likely, major) obsession with the Marvel Avenger films, and I haven't even watched all of them yet. After watching Thor and then Iron Man one after the other I watched this, which is probably my favourite so far (though I really liked Chris Hemsworth in Thor too.) I don't know why, but I'm loving these films.

The Simple Things magazine

I love this lifestyle magazine so much it hurts. Okay that might be a bit of an exaggeration but I do love this magazine, with it's gorgeous photography and beautiful articles on everything under the sun. There book recommendations are always great as well. 

I hope you enjoyed this favourites post, would you like this to become a regular feature? What have been your favourites in February? I hope you're all having a lovely Saturday, I'm going off to see Les Mis for the second time because I totally have a life.

Love

Annie 

xxx

Shake Shake Shake - Bronze Radio Return

I shouldn't say it, but I'm starting to think I care.

 
I took a trip back up north to York over the weekend, it was so lovely to see all my childhood friends, and of course we had to go shopping! My main priority was to pick up a new pair of jeans from Topshop, after hearing so many lovely things about them and I thought it was definitely time to treat myself to a pair. 

Leigh Jeans / Topshop

These jeans are so lovely and comfortable, and the perfect fit for me! I tried a lot of different pairs and these were by far my favourite. A good price too. (Just noting here that the link I've given doesn't go to the exact jeans that I have, as mine weren't on the Topshop website, however these were the closest match I could find!)

 

Shirt / Urban Outfitters

I picked up this BDG shirt in the new (well new to me) Urban Outfitters in York for £10. As usual, it was from the clearance, as all my purchases from UO are!

Black Maxi Skirt / Topshop

This was deffo my buy of the day! Only £5 for something I've wanted for ages, I couldn't believe it, and neither could the sales assistant! (Again, because it's a sale item I couldn't find the exact product online, so the link is a suggested alternative from Topshop, unfortunately at full price!)

Soap and Glory Supercat Eyeliner Pen / Boots

A lot of people I know love this, and I decided it was time to try it fro myself. With a felt-pen style tip, it's easy to use and has a great colour density to boot! Love it, as I love all the other S+G products I've tried.

I hope you enjoyed this post, as soon as I have some free time I'll snap a couple of outfit posts to show you what these things look like on.

I have exciting news to announce as well, I will be blogging at the Bristol Fashion Week 'Live Blogging Show' for SS13, along with 99 other bloggers from around the south west and beyond. I am so excited to take part, I'll have more news to share soon hoepfully.

Also, I was flicking through my favourite blogs before writing this post and read this article from the blog 'Gin and Ginger'. It was such a great article that I had to share it with you guys, please check it out!

Hope you all had lovely weekends,

love 

annie 

xxx

Tom Odell - Hold Me (One word. Addicted.)

Took a trip.

I took a trip down Falmouth way, which was lovely, as I've never been down there much before. Of course, a lot of charity shopping ensued as well as eating rather well.........c'mon guys, we're talking about me here.

 

 Of course I bought a couple of things, namely this beautiful skirt from Enjoy in Truro, which you must visit if you're ever in the area it's full of boutique and vintage items for amazing prices, there's some pretty crazy stuff in there! This plate was in a charity shop and it reminded me of my beloved I Capture The Castle, so I had to have it. 

We took a trip to Penzance as well, and stopped off for lunch at the lovely Honey Pot, a cafe which does the most delicous food! I had some ciabatta with mozerella, tomatoes, and red pesto, which was lush! Accompanied with a pot of darjeeling, it made the pefect lunch time snack. (I'd like to thank Auburn for giving me a fully fledged tour of the charity shops, it was great!)

Hope you're all having a lovely week so far,
love
annie 
xxx

Tom Oddell - Hold Me (this song has been on repeat, it's sooo good)