Friday Cocktails | OOTN

Thank you to my camera lady and cocktail buddy Nadine for helping out with this post!

Burgundy Top - Topshop

Pleated Skirt - H&M (similar here)

Studded Clutch Bag - Primark

Bangle - Azuni London*

Necklace - H&M (similar here)

Cocktail Ring - Azuni London*

Midi Ring - H&M

Heels - ASOS

Individual Lashes - Eyelure

I realise this OOTD isn't halloween-y, if that's what you want take a browse below:

Pumpkin Carving 

Halloween Nails with Bourjois 

Halloween Costume Tutorial 

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What to wear to work

When you reach your early twenties, I feel like it's normal to have a bit of a fashion crisis... if you went to uni you will have, like me, spent 80% of the time in pyjamas, 10% of the time in fancy dress and the other 10% in something you just threw on to run to a lecture. So after three years of this, you're thrown into a job where you are expected to look professional and sophisticated...

This isn't a year 10 work experience placement, your black school trousers and your mum's blouse won't cut it this time!

So I've made a list of tips to share so you can manage your workwear style without taking as many wrong turns as me... enjoy!

Please note...I had a dilemma, I couldn't take the pictures at the end of the day because I look all tired and flat, so I had to quickly snap them at the beginning of the day, hence the bad mirror selfies... I hope that the outfit inspiration makes up for the bad photos ;) 

I don't have to dress mega-smart at my office, so if you need to be suited and booted I'm sorry, I guess grab those black trousers and hope for the best... 

TIPS

• It can be hard to think of five work outfits, the trick is to mix and match. As long as you have some smart staple pieces, you can wear them with anything to smarten up the overall look. 
• I think monochrome is always a winner if you need to look smart, a simple black dress or a white shirt will work wonders.
• Footwear is important to finish of the look. I'm not saying you have to totter around in massive heels all day, ankle boots and brogues work too... but heels always look good. ( I realise I have flat sandals on in one outfit but it was like 30 degrees that day, I wanted to be comfortable...)
• Don't wear mini skirts... its awkward. I speak from experience.
• Try different hair styles. My hair is wavy and untamed naturally so I usually pin it back to make it look like an actual hair style... If I want it tied back I often do this style, its really easy to do and looks pretty.

And then forget all about it for casual Friday! ;)

That's all my tips! The links are attached to the picture :)

Thanks for reading,

Georgia x

Spring/ it's still quite cold OOTD

Floral Textured Crepe Shift Dress | WAREHOUSE

Pastel blue jumper | TOPSHOP (similar here)

Cutout Ankle Boots | OFFICE

Mini Office City Bag | ZARA

Name necklace | ANNA LOU OF LONDON

Gold short necklace | H&M (similar here)

Rose Gold Watch | MICHAEL KORS

Now that I have a job, I have had to get back in to the swing of coordinating nice outfits everyday. Being a student for three years and then in an almost constant state of pyjamas when I was job hunting, my dress sense has been quite relaxed for a while. So when I heard the good news and then went to look in my wardrobe to plan a first day outfit, I was faced with a distinct lack of smart 'office' wear! Of course I've used that as an excuse to do lots of shopping :)

I call this outfit, 'spring is in the air...along with quite a lot of wind and rain so don't ditch the tights yet...' What do you think?

Hope you're all having a good week and looking forward to yet another Bank Holiday! What's everyone got planned?

Thanks for reading,

Georgia x

Lace, backpacks and fishtail plaits

I've been finding myself dressing a bit more 'grungy' lately, I think I'm either trying to relive my teen years or trying to be an extra on Mad Fat Diary. I even went as far to rip my own jeans! 

Luckily it went better than when my 13 year old self attempted it...

They are quite old and faded Topshop Leigh Jeans which I never wore anymore because they'd seen better days, who would have known cutting holes in the knees could give them a new lease of life! I think the lacy top from H&M makes it a bit more feminine and the backpack from Primark adds even more 90s grungy-ness. 

I discovered this hair style when I was attempting some pretty milkmaid braids like this but failed because my hair is too short! But I played around and found out I could manage this pretty hairstyle which I shall call, 'milkmaid braids that have fallen down your head'... or something.

It's really easy, you just separate your hair messily into two sections, and do to fishtail plaits starting just behind your ears. Then twist them backwards and cross them over, tucking the ends of the hair under, and pin in place. I like it to look messy so I pulled at the roots and tousled it until I was happy with it and then sprayed it with hairspray and that's it!

Tweet or Instagram me pictures if you give this a try :)

@georgiabeeee

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Have a nice weekend!

Georgia x

Fancy seeing more hairstyle posts? Click here for a low french roll and a hair bow!

Autumnal Wishlist...

1. Primark 2. Accessorize 3.Topshop 4.H&M 5.ASOS 6. H&M 7.Zara

Hey! I have been out of the blogging game for a few months now but I'm back! I haven't forgotten about you I've just been soooo busy working VERY hard... pretty much all the time... long story, I shall explain later!

But I have a few posts lined up so I'm really excited to start blogging again :)

Hope you liked my AW wishlist, look out for more coming soooon!

Georgia xxx

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January Favourites!

Hiya! How are you?

It's time for January Faves! I really like doing these posts, and I love reading other peoples too! It's nice to have a little round up of what you love, it makes me feel all appreciative! I've had a busy January! I kicked off the New Year in Cambridge with all my lovely friends, then I did the last two weeks of my internship at ASOS which was amazing, then I moved back to uni and braced myself to get going with my dissertation :/ It's going ok, but still a long way to go! How was your month? I do like a catch up! Right let's get on with it, hope you enjoy :)

Tartan Scarf H&M

It's been crazy weather recently, Portsmouth must be the windiest place ever, (or maybe I'm just not used to living near the sea) and I hate it because I have to walk to uni with an uncontrollable fringe but I do like to wrap up in this massive scarf from H&M and keep warm!

Body Shop Beautifying Oil

I got this in a set for Christmas from my boyfriend and it's really lovely! I've never really been into using oils, I love the body shop body butters and have a little collection going but I've recently been neglecting them for this! I really love using it, it dries really quickly so ideal to use in a rush and it's really moisturising on the skin. Apparently it can be used on your face and hair too so I'll have to give that a try!

Wah Nails Book of Nail Art

I also got this for Christmas from my little sister and it's amazing! I've been trying some of the ideas from it which you may have seen on instagram if you follow me, and the fact that it has stickers in the back excites the child in me greatly!

Soap and Glory Lipstick in Pom Pom

I'm so glad Soap and Glory bought out more colours in their lipstick range because it's such good quality lipstick and lasts ages. This colour is such a lovely berry colour and I've been really enjoying wearing it over January!

Vivienne Westwood Naughty Alice

I also got this for Christmas from my Boyfriend! I'm sure you've all smelt it, it's really lovely and I'm doing a full review on it really soon so look out for that!

I've also really been loving Revenge Series 2! AMAZING!

What have you been loving this month?

Thanks for reading :)

Georgia x

January Sales Picks

1. H&M Flower print trousers £24.99 down to £7

2. Topshop lips in legend by Louise Gray £10 down to £5

3. ASOS white leather elastic clutch £70 down to £29.50

4. ASOS Hi Bye mittens £10 down to £7

5. H&M Pleated skirt £19.99 down to £5

6. Topshop Lassie stack platforms £55 down to £35

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Halloween Costume Tutorial!

So every year when halloween rolls around I can't think of anything exciting and just reach for the cat/mouse/some sort of animal ears ('I'm a mouse duh...') But because this is our last year at uni, me and my housemate Kat decided we wanted to dress up properly! But of course on a student budget so we went for a DIY Dead Nurses!

I took some snaps of the getting ready process to show you a long the way...

My Halloween-y Make-up kit!

Fake blood and white face paint - £1.99 each from You Need Us.Accessorize Lovely Day palette.Stila in the light palette.Skylash mascara.BenetintClinique cream eyeliner

Step 1: Kat already had her base makeup on so then I smeared some white face paint in random places on her face, then applied a matte grey from the Lovely day palette in her crease and under her eye and blended it out.

Step 3: I then drew a thick line with the cream eyeliner ending in a small flick at the edge of her eye.Step 2: I then used Ebony from the in the light palette and applied it to the corners of the eyes, blended this out and made sure the line from underneath her eye up to the corner was neat and straight.
Step 4: Apply mascara. I used false lashes on myself as well for a more dramatic effect.

Step 5. Apply Benetint to the lips.

So that's the makeup done! Then we back combed out hair, and smeared fake blood all over our dresses and all over our arms and legs!
Tennis dresses: £7 H&MApron and headband set £5 from You Need Us.

Hope you enjoyed our Halloween tutorial! What are you dressing up as this year?Thanks for reading! :)Georgia and Kat xx
P.s. Did you see the last ever Guest-ober post by Clare from a bit of this and that? 

I'd like to report a bargain...

You know that really chuffed feeling when you buy something that is soooo pretty, perfect fit and a great bargain, and you just feel like you have to tell everyone about it? Well I have already told all my friends about this beautiful dress (so you know there will be an incident where we all turn up dressed the same at some point!) and now I shall share it with you...

H&M is a wondrous place, sometimes I search through for hours and all I can see is luminous orange ripped leggings and a green crop top with a picture of a horse on it... but occasionally I find something amazing!

Taadaaa...