♡ Lisbon 2015 | Lifestyle/Travel ♡

Hello everyone!

As I mentioned in my previous post, I spent some of my time away in Lisbon with two of my closest friends. We had been planning to go away together for a while, but because of our exams and schoolwork, we ended up being quite last minute with deciding where to go! When my friends mentioned Lisbon, I initially wasn't too keen, it was never a place I imagined me going to. But I'm so glad that I agreed as I had one of the best weeks of my life and I'm so glad I got to spend it with them.

During our time there I took quite a lot of photos during the first few days and have decided to share them here also! I thought it was a massive shame to just have them on an album on Facebook, in which most of the time, people would just have a glance at the photos then scroll on. So why not share them here? Not only can I show the photos in decent quality, but kind of expand the content on this blog; like I mentioned earlier this year! Although, in this blogpost I've avoided sharing certain photos as I want to keep some things personal!

Our journey to Lisbon started on the 24th July! Our plane journey there was only two hours or so, it felt so odd, as after only travelling to America for years now, this trip was so short in comparison. Whilst our plane was in the air I managed to take a few photos.

♡ SheIn Stripe Off-shoulder Crop Top & Oversized White Sweater | Sponsored Review ♡

Hello! I hope you're all well!

It's been about two months since I've blogged, but for the past two months I've been quite busy; I had exams, prom, my birthday and then pretty much straight away went away to Lisbon with my two closest friends!

 I'm back with a Sponsored review, however I'm hoping to have some other content on here soon, would anyone like me to show my photos from Lisbon? 

Anyway, today I'm going to be reviewing a shop you should all be familiar with by now - SheInside. Since I've been away SheInside has now changed to SheIn! It's still the same store, selling  a huge variety of clothes, makeup and accessories and they still offer FREE Shipping!

Like usual, SheIn offered me two items of clothing.

♡ Cosplay Sky Anna Cosplay | Sponsored Review ♡

Hello everyone!

So today I'm doing another review for you, but this time I'll be reviewing something a little bit different!

I got the opportunity to be sent a Cosplay from the wonderful CosplaySky. CosplaySky is an UK based online store who provides a large variety of Cosplay Costumes, Props and Shoes! I was so excited to  work with them, as a keen Cosplayer it gave me a chance to Cosplay a character soon than I expected to!

The owners at CosplaySky let me pick a Cosplay from their large collection, it was a hard decision as they have so many but I finally made a decision! 

Apologies to those who are sick of Frozen, but I couldn't resist choosing Anna's Winter Dress! I know so many people are over Frozen, but me? I'm still in love with it, I still find myself singing the songs and Anna and Elsa have been on my Cosplay list ever since I first saw the film. I got sent the one without the cape which you can find here for £59.99. CosplaySky also do a version with the cape here for £84.00. Both versions come in 7 different sizes and also have an option for Custom sizes ( which is another £40.00 ).

Once I had chosen out my Cosplay, I planned to do a photoshoot at a hall near me! It was probably best that I had received the Cosplay without a cape as the weather was absolutely perfect for the shoot! Although, in the new year I will be either making or buying a cape a have the Cosplay début most likely for Birmingham MCM in March! 

Once my parcel was sent out, it took about a week to arrive to my house! I was so surprised at how quick it arrived! The Cosplay was wrapped in two layers ( one being the parcel it came in ), I'm guessing if you have more fragile pieces then there would be more protection, but since all the sections on Anna's Cosplay was soft there was no need for many layers! 

So here's the first photos from the shoot, as you can see the Cosplay consists of three different parts. The undershirt, the 'bodice' and the skirt. I found that the Cosplay in real life was far more impressive in person than on the stock photos. The shirt being more of an accurate blue colour, than the paler one in the stock photo! The Bodice section is made out of a velvet-like material, which I like as it looks similar to Anna's bodice in the film! It's super soft, a tiny bit shiny, but nothing which makes it look like a cheap Cosplay Costume! It's thick and warm, despite it not having sleeves. One of my favourite features about it is the embroidering on it, it's neat but also very accurate ( apart from some missing detail on the shoulders)! As for the way it fits, I chose a small, but I could of done with an extra small as it's a little big on me, but I can easily adjust that! The shape of the bodice I feel is also very flattering, but once again accurate to Anna's design. Along the back there is a zip so there is easy access into it.

♡ Syndrome.storenvy Review ♡

Hello cuties! Today I'm going to be reviewing a store which I'm really excited about!
Today I will be introducing you to the store Syndrome; an storenvy located in China which sells clothes, accessories, jewellery, wigs & more! I'd be really surprised if you couldn't find anything that was to your style on there, there is so much variety & on top of the amazing products they also ship internationally. I was really glad when I found out I could work with Syndrome, I've ordered from them before so was already a big fan.
The owners at Syndrome let me pick out an item to review from there store, it was hard to choose but I finally settled on this:

✿ Choies Review ( Gingham Dress ) ✿

Hello dolls! 

It's been a while since I've done a Choies review but I'm back today to review to items I was sent! 

For those who don't know about Choies, they're an online store which sell clothes, accessories, makeup, jewellery & shoes! They have very good prices for their clothes & do worldwide FREE shipping! They always seem to have good offers on as well! 

So lets begin!

♡ Pink Gingham Cami Dress with Buttons Front ♡

I think it's obvious why I chose this! This is currently $24.99 & once again is one-size! It was also available in blue but it currently Sold Out! 

♡ My trip to Florida 2014 ( Photo Heavy ) ♡

Hello everyone! Today I thought I'd take a tiny break from my reviews & do something a little bit different.

As you know, I took a three week break from blogging ( & my 'normal' life ) as I was away in America! Me & my family all took a holiday in Florida, we actually went to three different parts of Florida so we could experience different things. This post is mainly about the first week as that's the week I got most of the photos & actually did the most. I did upload the photos to Facebook, but of course, since a lot of you don't have me added, I'm going to upload most of them here!

Our journey began on the 11th of July, this meant missing school for me which was great, aha! Our flight there was meant to be straight forward, arrived at around 10:00am, then fly at 2:45pm & arrive in America in the evening. Instead our flight got delayed by two & a half hours, which meant we had to stay in the airport for ages. To make things worse, we had to queue up for another hour & a half to actually get on the plane & another half hour or so before we set off ( considering we were last on the plane as well ). The only thing which made the plane better was the good in-flight movies; I ended up watching Catching Fire, The Book Thief & Divergent on the way there, and the fact that we were sat across from no one! This may not seem so great to some, but for me & Robyn it was great, we get very anxious not knowing who we're going to be sat across from ( as weird as that sounds ). But we did end up in Florida really late, not to mention we had to actually make it to our first villa - put it this way, we ended up food shopping at midnight & eating McDonalds at 12:40am. It was exhausting, BUT I guess worth it as the next three weeks were amazing!

♡ Downtown Disney ♡

The first place I actually took photos at was Downtown Disney. We had never been there before, but it was a nice experience, it's mainly shops & restaurants, but there is other stuff too! It's also free entry which is great! 

♡ Mini Update & Collective Haul (Photoheavy) & small update ♡

Hello everyone! Today's blogpost is going to be a collective haul as for the past few months I've been buying quite a lot of things. Also, a few weeks a go it was my 17th Birthday so I also would like to show you what I got for that! I would of done a blogpost like I did for my last Birthday but I didn't do much as my friends still have exams to do & I was at school! 

Anyway let's begin! Just a warning, there's a lot of photos!

♡ Really early this year, probably in January I bought a 'Sleek face Contour Kit' in Medium. I've wanted one of these for a while now & I'm so glad I bought one. I've used it everyday & it matches my skintone perfectly! I bought mine from the Superdrug website for just under £10 including postage! ♡

♡ SheInside Favourites June 2014 ♡

Hello everyone! Today I'm going to do a quick SheInside favourites for you all!

So for those who don't know about this store; SheInside is an online store which sells a huge variety of clothes, makeup and accessories. They also offer FREE Shipping and always have a good offer on!

♡ Dresses ♡

♡ 1 | 2 | 3 ♡

♡ Shop Spotlight/Favourites: GFD Store ♡

Hello everyone! I hope you're all doing well!

I do apologize for being slack with blogposts, it's actually exam season & as well as that I have loads of Art Coursework to do! 

But today I have been able to take some time out of my day to do a blogpost on a store that I came across a few months back on Instagram.

Glitters for Dinners or GFDstore, is an online shop which is based in Melbourne, Australia. Now I'm not entirely sure as to whether the store is ran by several people or just one person, but the designs in the store are so beautiful & I know that each piece is handmade. 

The store isn't the cheapest BUT they do offer Free Shipping Worldwide which I'm always a fan of! 

So lets get onto my favourites!

♡  Cher Yellow Tartan Blazer & Skirt Set ♡ 

If you're a fan of 90's Chick Flick Clueless then you sure will love this! Inspired by Cher they have produced their own set for those who want to recreate the look!

This is by far my favourite piece! You can buy the blazer & skirt separately also!

Skirt | Blazer 

( it's also available in pink! )