Celebrity Style Sunday

Celebrity Style Sunday

This week's Celebrity Style Sunday is dedicated to the fabulous Nicole Richie. Nicole went from socialite to fashion icon after setting up her amazing line House of Harlow. If you want to know how to recreate Nicole's style, then keep reading :)

In January 2009, Nicole looked ethereal when she showed up to the Art Of Elysium's 2nd Annual Heaven Gala. She glowed in a Jasmine De Milo dress and a Pierre Cardin vintage beaded clutch. ASOS have a similar dress here:

A look which I absolutely adore from Nicole is back from October 2014, when Nicole attended the House of Harlow 1960 Holiday Collection Launch. She wore a pair of Chirstian Louboutin Iriza pumps in white, this gorgeous Emilio Pucci Spring 2014 creation and a House of Harlow 1960 Azure Mosaic collar necklace.

Nicole looked ready for her workout when she headed to the gym in November 2012. She wore a pair of Nike Pro Combat Core tight capris, a pair of House of Harlow 1960 Chelsea sunglasses in black and a Balenciaga city bag in black. Nike dri-fit are available here:

In September 2012, Nicole looked beautiful when she attended the Dujours cover party. She wore House of Harlow 1960 Stormy platform pumps, a House of Harlow 1960 Marley clutch, a Maria Lucia Hohan black velvet skirt and Maria Lucia Camille body nude.

Nicole looked edgy and stunning at the Style Awards back in September 2013. She rocked a pair of Vivienne Westwood Anglomania Isabelle pumps and Atonio Berardi Pre-Fall 2013 Velvet crop top and trousers. Korky's have a similar pair of heels available here:

In January 2013, Nicole looked like a beautiful mermaid when she attended the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards. She wore a Naeem Khan blue floral thread work embroidered and beaded jewel gown, with a House of Harlow Jude clutch and a pair of Brian Atwood Hamper pumps.

In April 2012, Nicole popped by the Conan O'Brien. She wore a McQ Alexander McQueen draped jersey dress, a House of Harlow 1960 Callan Suede pumps and a House of Harlow 1960 Pattern bangle set in gold and gunmetal. Cari's Closet have a similar cape dress available and it's on sale here:

In March 2015, Nicole looked edgy at the Golden Slipper Day in Sydney. She wore a Balmain velvet silk chiffon zebra mini dress and a pair of Siren Ivette sandals.

Nicole attended the VH1 You Outta Know Live Concert back in November 2014. She wore a Balmain Pre-Fall 2014 jacket and a Gianvitto Rossi double strap mules. Debenhams have a similar pair of shoes here:

In March 2012, Nicole was seen at Vesper Shelbourne in South Beach Miami. She wears a Todd Lynn dress and a Christian Louboutin Miss Clichy 140. She accessorized with a House of Harlow 1960 Marley clutch and House of Harlow 1960 triple arrowhead ring.

Nicole was seen out and about in Lose Angeles back in February 2014. She wore a pair of Genetic denim Shya cigarette skinny jeans in Gaze, a pair of Lanvin patent short boots and a Givenchy Nightingale bag. You can get jeans like Nicole's here:

In April 2007, Nicole was seen out shopping in Beverly Hills. She wore a McQ by Alexander McQueen playsuit, Christian Louboutin Very Prive peep toe pumps in Cork and a Balenciaga City bag in black.

In August 2012, Nicole stunned when she attended the Annual Sunset Strip Music Festival VIP party. She wore a Jimmy Choo Sepia pumps, a Winter Kate leather laser cut skirt, a Thierry Mugler black top and a Mugler cut out back blouse. New Look have a similar skirt available here:

My last look and also one of my favourite's is from July 2014, when Nicole was out and about in New York city it's so simple yet put together I just love it. Nicole wore a pair of House of Harlow 1960 Samy flats in nude, a pair of Celine C141805/2 New Audrey sunglasses, a Balenciaga loose fit blouse and a Saint Laurent Sac Du Jour bag in black.

That's it for this week's Celebrity Style Sunday, I hope you enjoyed today's blog!

Xoxo

Sophie

Beauty Thursday

Beauty Thursday

This week's Beauty Thursday is a post dedicated to my perfume collection. As you know from my Make Up Storage post I store my perfume in one of the bigger drawers in my Alex drawers with my manicure items. As well as this, I also have some perfumes scattered in handbags and my desk.

My perfume taste can be quite strange I think because it really depends on my mood or the season on what perfume I like to wear, it varies from celebrity fragrances to Marc Jacobs. I'm currently out of some of my favourites like Marc Jacobs Daisy and Kate Moss Vintage. I also put a bunch of perfumes somewhere when I moved house and haven't been able to find them since but these are the ones that I keep in my drawer and would use.

 My most signature scent I would probably say would be Britney Spears Fantasy. I have bought countless bottles of this fragrance over the years and I always have to have a back up bottle. It's just one of that perfumes that once I smell it again I will wear it non-stop for ages later until I try a new perfume and then the cycle starts all over again.  I would say collection wise Britney's collection would definitely be my favourite even though it's a celebrity fragrance brand, I think she makes great perfumes and there has only been one I wasn't a fan of.

I finished my Beyonce Heat perfume during the Summer but another great scent for the Summer is Beyonce's Pulse, it's a great holiday scent.

I received Ghost last Christmas and I love using this perfume when I want to go for more of a clean, crisp scent than a sweet one.

I have tried all of Christina Aguilera's perfumes and my two favourite's have to be her orginal one and By Night. By Night is up there at one of my favourite scents and I have like three drops left which makes me absolutely devastated because I can't find it anywhere.

Another collection which I possess is Kate Moss'. As I said earlier I adore Vintage so that is among my very long list of needing to repurchase, LilaBelle is a great feminine perfume and I love wearing it in the Spring and the Kate Moss scent is also quite feminine but still a strong scent. 

I have two, yes two of Rihanna's Nude perfumes there is probably two uses left in each of them which has how that is happened. I love wearing this scent on nights out, it's a very sexy, sultry scent and I always get compliments wearing it so that is definitely high up on the need to repurchase list (why does everything run out at the same time!)

The next scent is Elite, it's a really nice spicy scent and is great during Winter time.

I got Halle Berry's Closer fragrance as a gift about two years ago. This is another elegant and clean scent.

My Hilary Duff perfume is another one that I would probably put up there as one of my favourites but I've never been able to repurchase it since, I love how sexy and sweet this perfume is it's another great one for Winter night outs.

Katy Perry's Killer Queen is an amazing scent and I was pleasantly surprised. I love how big this bottle is because it has lasted my ages, the only downfall is that the amount of perfume is surprisingly heavy in your handbag. This is definitely a flirty scent which is great for day time or nights out, just you wouldn't want to carry this around on a night out.

I got Covet by Sarah Jessica Parker as a Christmas gift either last year or the year before and it has lasted me so well. It's a very strong floral scent which is why I think it has lasted so well because two sprites are plenty.

My last fragrance is the Sex and The City perfume. I adore this perfume so much, it's super sexy and flirty but is great for wearing during the day or nights out. No matter when I wear this, it's another one that I always get compliments on.

So that's it for somewhat of my perfume collection, I hope you enjoyed today's blog! When I am fully restocked up I might be able to do another post but with that amount it might be a while.

Xoxo

Sophie

What I Wore Wednesday

What I Wore Wednesday

This week's What I Wore Wednesday is another college outfit. I wore my black and grey cape which was from Penney's/ Primark and my skinny jeans from ONLY and a black tight fit t-shirt from Dunnes Stores. I also chose my UGG's to match my cosy outfit, it was extremely cold that morning so I felt like I had a nice big blanket in my cape and my toasty UGG's.

- You can purchase my UGG's here
- You can purchase my jeans from ONLY here
- You can purchase my tshirt from Dunnes Stores here


That's it for this week's What I Wore Wednesday, I hope you enjoyed today's blog!

Xoxo

Sophie

Gift Guide- Brother/ Boyfriend

Gift Guide-Brother/ Boyfriend

I have found males in general are just so hard to shop for so if you are stuck for shopping for your brother or boyfriend, maybe even just a male friend then I have created this post dedicated to helping you out. There will be a separate post dedicated to a gift guide for your dads so don't worry about that.

The first item is this navy knit beanie from River Island. It costs 18 euro and will be really appreciated with the cold weather plus it looks quite nice too so you know they wont go out in an ugly hat. Also if navy isn't their colour, the beanie is also available in in rust brown.

If you have a male person in your life who is really into smelling good (I mean who isn't!) or you know their favourite scent then a great idea is to get them a gift set of their favourite aftershave or scent, The Perfume Shop have great gift sets for men at the moment so definitely check that out.

If you know a man who is super into his fitness then you should think about getting him the Fitbit Flex Activity and Sleep tracker for 99 euro. These things have become a phenomenon over the past year and it's a great way to keep track of how your sleeping and how much exercise you're doing.

Another great person which your brother/boyfriend would love is his favourite football team new jersey. Elverys have most football teams jersey's to purchase here: and if they are football mad it will truly be loved.

PC World have some great speakers and docking stations which are always an appreciated gift.

This next item is something I only found out about recently because a friend has a similar one and now I'm dying for one. So if your brother/boyfriend/male friend has a car that you aren't able to plug your phone into to play music then the Belkin TuneCast would be a great gift. For 33.59 euro, this device locates the clearest FM station and you can plug your phone into it and then look for the FM frequency that is on its screen on the car radio and then you can play music from your phone!

A great gift which I love giving (and receiving) is DVD or Blu-Ray boxsets or just DVD or Blu-Ray's. I especially love giving someone a box set of their favourite TV series or movie collection. Amazon are definitely the best for the variety of box sets.

I am personally more of an earphones person than headphones but which ever the persons preference between the two would be a great present. Beats earphones cost 99 euro and you can pick which colour you think they would prefer or you can go the other route, also the more expensive route and for 299 euro you can get the headphones in their favourite colour.

So that's it for this Gift Guide, I hope you have gotten some inspiration and enjoyed today's blog!

Xoxo

Sophie

Celebrity Style Sunday

Celebrity Style Sunday

This week's Celebrity Style Sunday is dedicated to my best dressed list from the British Fashion Awards last week.

First up on this week's Best Dressed list has got to be the Beckham's, Victoria and David were definitely the best looking couple on the red carpet. The Beckham's opted for a "his and hers" look, Victoria opted for a fitted suit which had a 3/4 length trouser from her own collection

Karlie Kloss also stunned on the BFA red carpet. She rocked this metallic dress by Chanel. A classic beauty in a classic designer.

A lady who played it safe but still managed to look stunning in black was Kate Beckinsale. Kate wore a Vionnet Fall 2015 open back dress. If you want to steal Kate's everyday style, you can do so here:

Arizona Muse looked STUNNING when she showed up on the red carpet. She glowed in this white Ralph & Russo creation.

One of my two for definite favourite looks goes to Jourdan Dunn. She looked amazing in this black and white gown. She stunned in this gorgeous monochrome Mugler gown with a thigh high slit and a pair of Jimmy Choos.

My last look for this week's Celebrity Style Sunday has to go to Rosie Huntington Whiteley. She oozed sex appeal in this Burberry gown with a plunging neckline If you want to copy Rosie's everyday style, you can do so here:


That's it for this week's Celebrity Style Sunday, I hope you enjoyed today's blog!

Xoxo

Sophie

Beauty Thursday

Beauty Thursday

This week's Beauty Thursday is dedicated to my recent empties. Oh my word I have a lot of products to go through with you all, normally I like to do a big gap between empties post's because I like to accumulate enough products to be worth talking about however, the past month I have been going through products like crazy so, let's begin!

First up I have two shower gels. I finished another big bottle of my Aveeno body wash and I also finished up a travel size of Nivea Creme Soft. As you know I love using Aveeno because it works great with my sensitive skin so I have already repurchased it. The Nivea I had from a little travel set a while back so I used it until I bought another bottle of the Aveeno but I ended up really liking it, it smelled so nice with a clean, vanilla scent and felt nice and soft on my skin so I would definitely consider buying a big bottle if I find one.

Keeping with the shower theme, I finished up a bottle of the Redken shampoo. Since I got prebonds back in May it is one of the few shampoos that I can use in my hair as it is sulfate free. I have repurchased a blonde version of the shampoo as they were out of the pink one but I really like the Redken shampoo, they do cost that bit extra but I have used some of their other shampoo without having prebonds and you really are paying for quality.

I finished two packets of wipes recently. I finished a packet of the Water Wipes and the Johnson's Baby Wipes. I would only really use the Water Wipes to remove my make up if I have come in from a night out and I'm too tired to cleanse properly, or I would use them to remove eye make up. With the Baby Wipes, I usually just use them to remove swatches as they can be quite harsh when I use them on my face but when I ran out of the Water Wipes I did use them once or twice. I do have some Nivea cleansing wipes which I'm giving a go at the moment but depending on how they go, I will probably buy another packet of either the Water Wipes.

I have gone through another bottle of Essence's "Black is Back" nail polish. I have bought this nail polish about 6 different times, I love it so I will definitely be buying it again it's a great, affordable polish and every girl needs a black nail polish!

The last item I finished up was a Benefit Total Moisture moisturizing cream sample. I got this sample ages ago and I adored the little jar but I am always so scared to switch up my skincare. I have to say I absolutely loved this cream, it was quite thick so took a little while to absorb but my skin felt so soft and I felt moisturized throughout the day so I would definitely consider purchasing this bad boy. The only sad thing about the jar is that it's not the most hygienic so if it was a full size I would get a little spatula or something so that you weren't constantly putting your hand in but packaging wise it's so cute!

I finally finished my Britney Spears "Midnight Fantasy" perfume. I smelled this perfume on my friend years ago and bought a massive bottle but when I sprayed it on myself I wasn't as in love with it. I adore all of Britney's fragrance's and I own most of them but this was definitely not my favourite so I ended up using it as more of a room spray rather than a perfume to wear everyday. I'm sad to say I will not be repurchasing.

I finished my fourth bottle of the small Garnier Miceller Water. I adore this stuff and I have actually already bought two of the bigger bottles so I hope to say I will not have to repurchase sometime soon and that I'm well stocked up but we shall see. 

Another item I went through was a Kerastase Reflection Chroma Riche deep conditioning mask. I used this about twice a week and it was so nice on my hair, my hair felt so healthy and soft after use. It's a bit on the pricier side but  I will definitely be repurchasing soon!

I finished yet another bottle of Fassile detangling spray. I've gone through several of these bottles and it's a really good detangler and smells nice which I really like. I have already repurchased another bottle.

I went through two bottles of dry shampoo recently. I finished a bottle of the Batiste original dry shampoo, I've gone through about 10-20 bottles of this stuff over the years I love it, Batiste is my favourite brand of dry shampoo and I think it is most people's too. I also finished the Boots Dry Shampoo, this was the first time I tried this shampoo and I quite liked it, it smelled really nice and did the job. I have already purchase a bottle of the Batiste Blonde Dry Shampoo, which I love and a Co LAB Dry Shampoo which I can't wait to try.

So that's it for this week' Beauty Thursday, I hope you enjoyed today's blog!

Xoxo

Sophie 

What I Wore Wednesday

What I Wore Wednesday

For this week's What I wore Wednesday, I chose to write about an outfit I wore to a recent work event. I had two in the same night which was a little hectic but had such fun at both. I wore one of my absolute favourite tops of all time which is my white bardot style top from the Michelle Keegan for Lipsy collection (It;s a bit bunched up from my arm being raised in the picture but is super flattering otherwise!), I also wore my high waisted jeans from Penney's which had cut outs at the knees and I paired the outfit with my River Island Chelsea ankle boots.

- You can purchase my Chelsea ankle boots from River Island here:


That's it for this week's What I Wore Wednesday, I hope you enjoyed today's blog!

Xoxo

Sophie