Merry Christmas and Upcoming Reviews

Merry Christmas!

I hope you had a lovely day, everyone!

Since it's Christmas, I'm going to have a load of reviews in the next couple of weeks so this post is just to outline what I'll be reviewing soon (and also some of what I got for Christmas! So happy with all of these!!).

BaByliss Curling Wand

LUSH products: Whoosh and Snowglobe (I think, but it doesn't have the packaging!)

Yankee Candle Wax Tartlets in Clean Cotton and Midsummer's Night

Christmas Dinner Outfit (I know it's early!)

This evening I had an early Christmas dinner. I go to a boarding school (but I'm not a boarder?!) so the people who live on site have a huge Christmas dinner a couple of days before we break up. Although the food isn't michelin starred, the dressing up is fun! I absolutely love the Christmas season because you get to dress up, not only for Christmas parties, but for New Year's as well. And who doesn't love dressing up?!

So I've decided to do a post on the outfit that I wore tonight. I wore an electric blue dress from River Island and black heels from New Look. Unfortunately, I bought them almost a year ago so I doubt they will be in stock now but you can always find something similar.

Here's an overview of the outfit. The dress was one-shouldered, and the 'skirt' was ruched but the top part was loose. I don't usually go for that style, I'm more of a bodycon dress kinda gal, but the draped part is balanced by the skirt. The shoes are about 4 1/2 inches and are a suedy kind of material. There are three bows that go down the front of the shoe and they are surprisingly easy to walk in, even though I had to get a size too small.

The material is sort of shiney, not overly shiney, but shimmery. Enough to stand out anyway :)

The shoulder had this beaded detailing on. I don't really like the beads, they are sort of inbetween gold and silver which annoys me because I don't know whether to accesorize with gold or with silver. I was also going to wear the pair of reindeer earrings that I mentioned in this post, but I forgot them so I couldn't :(

The shoes are about 4 1/2 inches and are a suedy kind of material. There are three bows that go down the front of the shoe and they are surprisingly easy to walk in, even though I had to get a size too small. It's so annoying being a size 8!

I hope you enjoyed my outfit post and I hope to write to you again soon (!?)

Christmas Party Outfit

Hi everyone! I've just got back from a Christmas party and decided to do a little post on my outfit. I haven't taken a picture with the outfit on because I was in a huge rush but hopefully I can find a nice picture on Facebook to post within the next few days.

I wore a Metallic Lace Body Con Dress from New Look, some huge red heels (which unfortunately I can't find on the website but I will post a picture below, I mentioned them here as well) and Christmas Tree Earrings from Accessorize.

I don't think this dress actually photographs that well (you won't believe how nice it is until you see it in real life, but it's worth it) and, like most dresses, it looks better on but this is the best I could do.

The back (there was quite a big dip in the back but it wasn't too low)

A close up of the sleeve. The whole dress was lace but the sleeves were the only parts without a black underlay bit.

I actually adore these shoes! I think I'm slightly obsessed :) The theme of the party was red and green so these were the perfect shoes! And they weren't too uncomfortable, which can only be a good thing!

Close up of the bow. It looks like a sort of satin material but it isn't, the main part of the shoe is slightly suede though.

Christmas tree earrings with the flash

Without the flash.

They're so tacky but I love them!

10 things I love about Christmas

To get you guys into the spirit of Christmas, I thought I would write a list of the 10 things I love about the Christmas season. One of my friends recently bought a Christmas songs album and it's got us all in the mood for Christmas! I hope my list makes you as excited as I am!

10 Cold Weather

Cold weather means I can wear snuggle jumpes and cosy socks without looking like an overdressed muppet.

9 Leaves

I love jumping in piles of fallen leaves (yes, I still do that!) There's something about the 'crunch' ...

8 Fires!

When it's winter, we always have the fire burning in the living room. I love snuggling up with my cats in front of a cosy fire :)

7 Buying presents!

One of my favourite things about Christmas is buying people presents of things they actually want and watching them open it and look genuinely happy! The worst thing is to get/give a present that you don't actually want but you have to keep anyway.

6 Christmas parties

At my school there's always a Christmas Dinner when everyone in the school sits down in the dining hall and pulls crackers, eats turkey, stuffing and mince pies and dresses up. It's usually a really great night and this year, my year is going to have Christmas themed party at a local 'club'. So looking forward to that! (Don't worry - we're not all dressing up as Santas!)

5 Christmas Breakfast

Everyone always says they love having a massive dinner on Christmas day, but for me it's just like a Sunday Roast but bigger. I enjoy Christmas breakfast much more because my mum wraps up little presents for all four of us so we can open them first. Then we all sit down and eat breakfast together (which we don't normally do because everyone gets up at different times).

4 Decorating (the tree and the house!)

Putting up the Christmas tree is a really special part of Christmas for me. We have all these (paper) ornaments that me and my sister made years ago and we spend ages putting tinsel on it and making paper chains!

3 Snow

Obviously snow is high on my list. I could just sit for hours looking out of my bedroom window at the trees and roof tops with snow covering them. And I love snowball fights, building snowmen and sledging.

2 Presents!

Well, everyone loves presents! I would have put this at the number 1 spot but for some reason the thing I love most about Christmas is....

1 Christmas songs!

They're so catchy and happy. They just make me smile and want to sing along. Haha, I sound like a right loon! But Christmassy songs just put me in a good mood. :) (My favourite is Last Christmas by Wham!) I'm so old...