Mango Shakin' Party Frocks

Every gal needs at least 5 (million) fancy frocks to get their groove on in, and well Mango is here to fulfill your glad rag needs girls! Mango isn't normally my place of excess retail expenditure, however, their forever alluring window displays always seem to have me questioning why it isn't. Whilst all is good and well with the endless amount of summer clothing currently available on the high street, Mango have still kept our partying needs in mind and have produced a fabulous selection of disco diva dresses. These dresses are perfect for when you're in need of trading in your flowing summer maxi for something a little more 'take the town by storm'; so let the party invites roll in and steal a beauty at mango and I promise you girls, all eyes will be on you! 
I've lined up my personal favourites, and it's fair to say there is definitely a lil something out there for everyone. So sit back, relax, but mainly glue your eyes to the screen and check out what mango has in store for you.

1. Introducing my personal favourite, 'Chiffon Beaded Dress' - £109.99

2. For all the serious party girls, I bring you 'Coral Motifs Sequined Dress' - £89.99

3. Love a bit of classic, slightly vintagey looking style? Look no further than the 'Crochet       Cotton Dress' - £54.99

4. Consider yourself the dark, mysterious woman of the night? Go get yourself the 'Brocade Dress', how can you say no for a sale steal of £49.99?

5. And finally for those girls that just love anything with that little bit of sparkle, go chasing Mango's 'Sequined dress'. Act fast and grab it for its fabulous sale price of £27.99!

So ladies, whatever your style, I will be completely and utterly gobsmacked if you can tell me Mango has nothing in store for you. Click here to check out their full range of cocktail and party dresses. And whatever the occasion,  I hope it is one to remember. Happy shopping and partying! :)

Oh Dougie, Dress Me in Saint Kidd and Tell Me I'm Pretty

So aside from Dougie Poynter being the ultimate hunnie and just everything I dream of in a man and more, so much so I'm starting to drool as I think of him... Kidding, kinda; he also has this cheeky wee clothing line which is pretty freakin' awesome. Introducing, Saint Kidd. I've been aware of Saint Kidd since it was first born due to my unhealthy infatuation with Mr. Poynter, so I'm actually surprised with myself I haven't yet blogged about it. But seeing as they've just brought out some new funky looking tee's I suppose it's better now than never. Described as the 'brain child' of Dougie himself, Saint Kidd exposes some rather eccentric tee's all boasting weird but wonderful designs. Let's face it, the t-shirt is one of the ultimate pieces in any person's wardrobe and aside from Black Score, Saint Kidd is up there with my fave's. And if you don't mind me saying, I do believe that a wee Saint Kidd number would look absolutely fabulous teamed with a pair of basic reformed Levi shorts this summer.. Don't agree? You clearly have no taste. Anyway, aside from their t-shirts, Saint Kidd also have their 'Trinkets' and 'Curiosities' which are built upon a selection of bracelets, necklaces, bags etc; you get the idea. Well out of this lot, I am dying for the 'Saint Kidd Skull Bracelet' to definitely bring out my darker side, gotta love a bit of fashion personality contrast! So yea, check 'em out for yourself, their blog's pretty cool too! And Dougie, I know you're just shy, so don't you worry I'll just keep waiting patiently till you're ready for me. Love you always. xo
Click here to visit the Saint Kidd website. Happy shopping! :)

Dougie himself in the 'Freedom or Death' tee - £32

*cough* Marry me?

'Saint Kidd Skull Bracelet' - £25

Festival Chic at Rockness

Again apologies. I have been such a busy bumble bee and this clearly is shown on here. But I PROMISE, I am back and ready to blog. Ok, so last weekend I attended the music festival Rockness. Being a skint student and whatnot I worked with Festaff which turned out I only had to work fourteen hours doing wristbanding and then I had the rest of the weekend to get a little tiddly and dance my troubles away, all for the cost of a tenner; sounds like a fair deal eh? Anyway, seeing as it was held in the Highlands, I had my doubts as to what to expect with the weather and packed a selection of outfits. However, I was completely flabbergasted when Inverness started hitting out with rays of sunshines as hot as 23 degrees.. Ooh la la, c'est tres chaud! So yea, I got my festival chic on to rock the weekend away, which even resulted in me getting snapped for the cover of one of the local newspapers.. No biggie, just your ordinary highland style icon (I JOKE), but no seriously, I enjoyed my five minutes of fame, even if it wouldn't quite reach down to Glasgow! So I had my friend snap some shots of me in my festival gear and just to warn you I'm not really that vain it was just a bit of fun and just to give all you future festivalers a few ideas! F.Y.I, all of you who are going to T in the Park this year, I am insanely jealous and I may need to hunt you down and cry in your face! Anyway, here goes, my day by day festival looks.

Day 1: Thursday, staff training and camp set up

I decided as this wasn't a day of major importance I would take advantage of my skint student factors and do some fashion recycling. My dress is from Topshop last year and was a little favourite of mine last year at TITP. I teamed this with a gold chain necklace from Topshop which I purchased this year and burgundy knee high socks I got in Tokyo last year. The wellies are of course Hunters, the essential festival accessory. and my headband which I stole for the entire weekend off my friend is from Accessorize. My sunglasses are a pair of Primark cheapies, I didn't want to be destroying any nicey nice pairs and finally my leather scrunchy on my wrist is from Urban Renewal.

Day 2: Friday, Vintage and Thrift Shop themed day

Being a lover of anything and everything vintage, you can only imagine how excited I was by the chosen theme for the Friday of Rockness. However, due to the fact I was working 8-6 I decided to keep it simple yet still undoubtedly fabulous. This dress is from Urban Renewal and it's one of my favourites! The fabric like everything vintage is just outta this world and the dress in itself is actually one of the only shirt dresses that sits so perfectly without awkward bunching or that little bit too short for a glimpse of a bum cheek to give a guest appearance! Following the colour theme, yes my hair matches too, I added my burgundy socks, again from Tokyo. The daisy headband remained on my head for the duration of the festival as did my gold chain necklace. I loved this wee ensemble, however it was definitely not one for getting down and dirty in, so thank god for the glorious sunshine!

Day 3: Saturday, Example raving with flowers in my hair

I only worked 4 hours on the Saturday so got to enjoy basically the whole day, however sadly missed Steve Aoki due to a last minute act swap; sad times! Anyway, Saturday's outfit consisted of one of my favourite wee summer garments at the moment; my little denim, lace-up back dress from Topshop. I teamed this with a simple white tee from Topshop underneath and of course the gold chain necklace and daisy headband. I topped it off with my hunters and a pair of grey knee high socks. However, and I'm not pleased to admit this, I furthered this with a pair of peace earrings from...... Primark. Yes, Primark. I'm poor ok, the shop makes me feel physically sick. But desperate times called for desperate measures! Wow, looking at this now though I look like Topshop threw up on me, so lets pretend that you don't know exactly where everything came from, agreed?

Day 4: Sunday, not showered since Thursday but hey ho, I'ma rock it

So Sunday I had the whole day to enjoy the sunshine and dehydrate myself with excessive amounts of vodka, but aside from that I also had the whole day to strut about in the last of my festival looks. Please excuse the ugly face pose I'm not quite sure what's going down, maybe I was already slightly worse for wear. So following the Topshop spewy look I teamed my denim Topshop skirt and grey cropped top from Topshop together to give a rather neutral festival look in contrast to the vintage day. Following this I added the usual gold chain necklace and daisy headband and furthermore the excessively oversized peace earrings. To top this off however, I ditched the Hunters and traded them in for Vans. Whilst on this topic, I know I am not graced with the skinniest of pins but please, just humor me on this one! Anyway, Sunday's weather was absolutely fabulous and I have the sunburn to prove it! However, as it got colder I changed my ankle socks for grey knee highs and added a vintage jumper on top in a variation of red's etc (previously blogged about the jumper its a beauty from ASOS marketplace) to complete my look whilst stay warm. Unfortunately due to the patheticness of an iPhone battery I couldn't snap this look, so if you would like to see it you're going to need to let your imagination run wild! 

For all of you lucky enough to be festivaling it up this summer, have an amazing time and hope you have as much fun planning your wardrobe as I did! Happy summer! 

Back with a Zara Retract

I know I have been a very unfaithful blogger with a serious lack of commitment and posting, however I have had a billion trillion things of coursework and exams and other yucky uni stuff like that to complete and hand in. But it's officially the beginning of my summer and I am back and ready to post! I have been collecting a various selection of things to post about, however I'm going to start simple and plain and kick off with a retract on my previous post about Zara; 'Bag a Beauty at Zara'. This post showered appraisal for Zara's beautiful bags, however, fell short in compliments with regard to the fit and look of Zara's clothing when put on. Well, last weekend I went into Zara and as usual everything looked pristine and perfect and the newest line of their summer collection was stunning and full of life. Feeling wary about how the garments I picked up would look on, I proceeded anyway. I'm not one for admitting I'm wrong but at this moment, I feel it necessary. I left Zara with a patterned shirt and an absolutely gorgeous white maxi dress with a thin band running the width of the front of the dress at the waist in aztec print. - This is my ultimate piece for Tokyo, its a beauty! Anyway, I'm also ordering a pair of cream shorts online as they didn't have them in my size. (officially a small, thankyou fast diet) Aside from the clothes being absolutely gorgeous, they all don't bare a ridiculously big price tag, which definitely won me over due to my non-existent job at present. So yea, what I'm trying to say is, I've definitely changed my opinion on the clothes in Zara and I can now with confidence say, the beauty goes beyond the bags. So I advise you get yourself down to Zara and pick up some summer snazzies, cos with their rate of fast fashion, you don't want to be missing out! Click here to go to the Zara website. Happy shopping! :)

'Long Grecian Dress'- £29.99

My Tokyo dream this summer, so in love!

Summer Strutting in Three Floor Fashion

The moment has come, its finally here! Yes, I am talking about Three Floor Fashion's Summer collection. I have literally been counting down the days I've been that excited. Sad I  know, but I'm not embarrassed to admit it. The collection was launched today, but the sneak peaks they unveiled on Twitter and Facebook brought an excessive amount of anticipation and I've literally just been sitting on the edge of my seat waiting. And to make matters worse, I almost died when I saw Amanda Seyfreid wearing their 'China Blue' dress at the MTV Movie Awards, and I still had to wait, wait, wait. Style crush.
But yea, enough blabbering. I've been in love with Three Floor Fashion for quite some time now as you have probably gathered from my previous post on them. Their new Summer Collection has even furthered enhanced this; it is truly stunning. One of the main things I love about Three Floor Fashion is that their designs are so striking and unique, consequently meaning they are easily identified against other designers. Their summer collection shows a lot of stemming inspiration from previous collections, one of which being their previous 'Lace Up Dresses'. This is highly apparent through their; 'Asia', 'Shades of Blue', 'China Blue', 'Mademoiselle' and 'Mischief' dresses. Three Floor Fashion have taken a very 'blue' approach to their summer collection, and I must say this is absolutely fabulous combined with the nude tone they have collaborated many of their designs with. The nude gives a lesser impression of the garment, creating an almost optical illusion, allowing the garment to proclaim its sex appeal. However, the beauty and elegance of the shape and design of each garment, allow this illusion to be grounded and leveled, to further create enticing yet shy masterpieces. C'est très magnifique! The collection isn't entirely based upon this however, Three Floor are definitely one's for mixing it up. Expect pinstripes, patterns and perfection, this collection is something to watch! 
Aside from all this, Three Floor have worked wonders and even weaved in some neon yellow and of course their signature, contrasting black, seriously leather looking, PU. This leads me on to one of my favourite pieces of this collection being, drumroll pleaaaaaase... Introducing the 'Queen B Dress'. This is just an all round beauty and really portrays Three Floor at its finest. The contrast between the neon yellow lace and the black PU is just the ultimate dream, and with the added sparkly jazz of the skirt, this is an all round statement dress. 

'Queen B Dress' - £168

I am seriously struggling to narrow down my favourites as I genuinely am overwhelmed by the beauty and pure genius of this entire collection, however I feel it is essential to give praise to the 'Softly Spoken Dress'. This dress SCREAMS elegance, but in a more modern, edgy chick kinda way.. Catch my drift? Anyway, my heart is literally metling over this dress, it is just too gorgeous for words. The contrast between this dress and the 'Queen B Dress' fully exploits Three Floor's amazing ability to act like a chameleon in their designs, but simultaneously keep their signature look and identity that we are so familiar with. The lace in this dress is so gentle, yet the thick, black PU straps make it fierce, and I am 100% in love. I NEED this in my life, it is too precious a piece to let it slip by.

'Softly Spoken Dress' - £168

I am telling you now though, and I mean telling not recommending, you go on the Three Floor Fashion website this instance and check the full collection out for yourself, as I am literally becoming too overwhelmed to even go on. Three Floor Fashion are definitely up there as one of my fave designers and for all you Three Floor virgins, they are definitely a designer to watch. So keep your eyes peeled and I hope you fall in love with them as much as I did! Click here to go to the Three Floor Fashion webpage. Happy browsing!

Bag a Beauty at Zara

I must say, I admire Zara with its incredible fast fashion and ridiculously quick stock turnover (2 weeks from design to store), however I always go into Zara pick up a million things and then leave with one or none. This isn't because their garments aren't gorgeous, because a lot of them are, I just can't put my finger on it, but they never seem to look the way I expect them to when I put them on. Strange, but I feel this may just be me.

Their bags however, are a different story. Zara are the genius child of the high street when it comes to their bags. I am extremely picky when it comes to handbags, it has to be practical yet absolutely fabulous at the same time. Zara stock absolutely gorgeous bags ranging in size and colour and this summer I'm seeing lots of pattern, yellow and splashes of neon, which has me very excited! A handbag should complete your outfit, or turn a simple outfit into an exciting one! So for all you bag lovin' ladies, head down to Zara and do it quick, you don't want to be missing this load of stock! Happy shopping!

Click here to go to Zara's handbags

And I'm in love..... 

Leather Shopper £89.99

Fast Dieting for Fast Fashion

Summer. That time of year that get's us gal's excited to get all over the sundresses and floral prints; however, simultaneously, fills us with fear and dread, as we realise we have to first of all shift a good stone to fit into these garments. 

I've tried my fair share of diets over time to try gain that 'bikini bod' that we so desire, but due to my complete adoration for cake and carbs, I've repeatedly given up and accepted the fact that I don't, and never will, resemble Miranda Kerr. Last year I attempted the Slim Fast diet, which I surprisingly managed to stick to for a good two months! To be fair it wasn't too bad, you drink two of their milkshakes a day, these count as meals, and each shake is insanely sweet which was a plus for my ridiculously sweet side, and you are allowed one 600 calorie meal a day. On top of this, you are allowed three of their snacks or alternatively fruit or veg. I did this on the build up to my girls holiday to Malia and in the first week of dieting I lost 5lb, quite a satisfying result if I must say. However, after a week of binge drinking and eating crappy hangover food, it's fair to say I was back to my usual 'curvaceous' self upon my return to Glasgow. 

This year, everyone seems to be ranting about this 'Fast Diet', or the 5:2 diet as it's also referred to. So after hearing about it from a friend I decided to buy the book by Dr Michael Mosley and Mimi Spencer. I've only had a good skim through to get the jist of things, but it not only includes tips and information regarding the diet, but also a selection of meal ideas to stay within the 500 calorie limit on your designated two days. The diet works by eating normally for five days of the week and on two chosen days you can only consume a maximum of 500 calories. The diet claims to not only make you lose weight, but also prolong a healthier lifestyle, decreasing the risks of diabetes, heart disease and cancer.. Surely not? Well, I am going to put it to the test and try shed the pounds for summer so I can buy lots of lovely, flouncy dresses and bum hugging shorts without worrying about looking that extra bit podgy. To top it off, I found this great wee app for my iPhone called Nutracheck. By making an account, you type in your age, height weight etc and how much weight you want to lose. The app then tells you how many calories you need to both intake and burn each day to reach your goal. You can add each thing you eat to the calendar on the app, and what type of exercise you have done, (this even includes doing the ironing and sex) and the app will automatically calculate how much intake and burn you have left to complete your daily goal. 
So here goes, I started the Fast Diet yesterday and chose today as my first official fast day. To be fair, I'm doing alright, I don't want to eat off my arm quite just yet and I am not thinking about cake constantly.. Well now I am, damn it. But hey, I'll keep you posted if I make any progress, or if my bum gets any smaller (who am I kidding, it's not going anywhere) and yea, for those who try it... Good luck! Click here to go to the official website for The Fast Diet.