OOTN: White Lace & Neon

Woah, look who's stepping out of their comfort zone! That's right, me! Doing an outfit post?! Better cherish this moment because they're rare. This was what I wore last night for bank holiday celebrations, known to us as 'Super Sunday' - but that seems to just be local terminology.. Does anyone outside of Cumbria ever call it that?

Anyway, I liked what I was wearing and felt all summer-y by embracing the tan and subtle hints of neon to brighten things up, so thought I'd be brave and share just a couple of posey pics with you. Everything is a pretty recent purchase, so if anything catches your eye then you should still be able to get hold of it now ..except maybe the dress as I did find that in TK Maxx and stock can be a little hit and miss in there across different stores - it was only £14.99 too, such a beautiful bargain!

Dress: TK Maxx | Brand: 'Hearts'

Shoes: H&M

Bag: Missguided.co.uk

Nails: Models Own 'Luis Lemon' (Ice Neon)

Toes: Topshop 'Green Room'

Lips: Mac 'Vegas Volt'

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OOTD | Moustache Tee & Disco Pants

Helloo. Today I'm doing something that hardly ever appears on my blog and that is an outfit post. I think in the 6 months I've been writing on here there has only ever been ONE outfit/OOTD/OOTN post and it was this one was HERE before I went to a wedding in the summer. If you have a look back through past posts you'll see that 95% of the images included are only really snaps I have taken of products and cosmetics that I have purchased/loved/reviewed and there isn't a whole lot of 'me' on this blog ..but I'm taking a slight direction change and would love to gradually change this lack of personality on Cosmetic Crave.  

 

So, I'm starting right now, here, today, with a few little snaps of me taken before I went to uni yesterday, mainly because I liked my new t-shirt a lot and I want to share it with you ..although I'm either going to have to employ a personal photographer or get more practise with these self-timed photos if I want to do more outfit posts in the future because this was hard work getting any half decent pictures. Such an amateur.

(You may have seen a sneak preview of this new tee if you follow me on Instagram).

 

| Waaaah - The flash made me look ghostly white! Pass me the fake tan! |

Disco Pants - Own The Runway

Moustache Tee - Strawberry Moon

Trainers - Primark

 

My disco pants were from Own The Runway but just so you know.. I would not reccomend this particular pair. I had an experience of awful customer service with that company so have now boycotted them completely and also the quality is pretty shoddy - loose threads coming out all over, the black button has worn away to be silver and anything that comes into contact with them ends up with blue dye transferred all over them! Hmm. Despite this, I still wear them day in day out because I love the style and fit of them. I have my heart set on a navy pair now but for these I will go to Glamorous for.

 

The cute 'Moustache's Of The World' t-shirt was one that I spotted inside one of those cheap little market style stores that often don't hang around for very long. If you live anywhere near Preston then I found it in the shop called Strawberry Moon that is inside the Fishergate Shopping Centre - tacky as hell in there but my friend was on the hunt for some long black gloves to complete a halloween outfit and this caught my eye. I'm only supposed to be spending on essentials now that I'm back in my overdraft but this was £5.00 and that was too good of an opportunity to miss and I justified it by saying that I'd buy the t-shirt instead of getting a coffee from Starbucks!

 

The burgundy high-top converse style trainers are a pair that I picked up from Primark for a measly £6.00 and despite my instant love for them this was the first time I wore them and I picked a bad day for their trial run because yesterday I'm convinced the temperatures were sub-zero and I couldn't feel my toes! As cute and comfy as they are I need to remember that they're not so great at keeping my feet warm.

 

| Moustache Loving |

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Wedding | OOTN

I don't know about you but the weather for us on Friday was aaabsolutely gorgeous. It was one of the hottest days that we've had for weeks months and there was not a cloud in the sky - An absolutely perfect day for a wedding.

Me and my friends had been invited to the night do of the wedding of one of our friends mums. Is that a mouthful of a sentence or what? I couldn't figure out how to word that better! Basically my friends mum was getting married. It was a lovely evening, the bride (and of course her bridesmaid daughter) looked beautiful and her huge smile never left her face. I absolutely love weddings and can't wait until a few years from now when my own friends start tying the knot! Happiness just seems to fill the room, everyone gets dressed up to the nines, drinks are in full flow and then the 'dad dancing' comes out, something that we saw our fair share of last night. Even ended up with two dads having a 'Top Gun' style dance off in the middle of the dance floor!

We'd known about it for months and months and that's also how long I'd had my outfit planned for. I'd had this maxi dress sitting in my wardrobe for a long, long time with no occasion at all to wear it for as I'd bought it because it was pretty, not because I needed it. Even though the weather was super hot and a shorter, lighter coloured dress could have been more appropriate I really needed to get a wear out of this dress; even if it was just for a couple of hours in one night then it would mean it wasn't a waste of time and wardrobe space buying it!

I do absolutely love the dress and the illusion of a slimmer body shape that it gives because of the black paneling. Wait for the good part: I bought it from...... ASDA. For just £18! Everyone seemed so shocked when I revealed where my dress was from but honestly George has got some pretty trendy clothes in recently. (Did I just say 'trendy'? Yeah.) It's a very flattering style and a lovely soft jersey material, doesn't feel cheap at all. Because of the bright and bold design down the front panel I decided to keep accessories to a minimum and teamed the dress with just a simple gold bow bracelet from Miss Selfridge, a clutch bag from ASOS, and white sandals from New Look. Also, my nails are 'War Paint' from Topshop - a recent purchase that will feature in a haul and a NOTD coming soon.

 xxx.