A Pop of Pastel

This is my first ever fashion post - ooh how exciting! I personally am a lover of fashion and textiles, especially when developing my own style as well as adapting trends to fit my own personality. Pastels are colours I tend to wear in the summer and spring, but recently I've been loving incorporating them into my favourite autumn outfits, especially via an item typical of the season such as a hat or a coat. This is my (less extreme) take on trans seasonal dressing. If you don't know what trans seasonal dressing is, it's where really bomb models accustom their outfits for all year round wear by pairing a turtle neck with summery trainers etc. I thought, if they do such a good job swapping the items they wear - what about the colours? Anyways my chum, that was a whole lotta waffle that you most probably skipped through, so should we get to the items?

I have been obsessing over this super cute raincoat from Topshop! It's such a gorgeous mint colour that is perfect for the cutesy vibe I was going for. It's also available in pink, yellow, white and blue, other great pastel colours. Whenever I wear this, I seem to receive loads of compliments on it. I pair it with basically an outfit, adding a fresh feel to it.

This jumper from Miss Selfridge is actually my favourite thing in my wardrobe at the moment! I'm obsessed with the exaggerated sleeve and the fit of it. It's super cute and I love it.

Mom jeans are a great way to add a little colour, but not as much as a big jumper. My favourite are these from Miss Selfridge , which is also my favourite shop for jeans and for anything recently. They're really dainty and pretty, and they go perfectly with my pink jumper if I want something super colourful.

Sorry this is quite short and very different to my usual kind of post, I just wanted to share something I've been thinking about for a while. I am by no means a model or a fashion influencer, I love nothing more than wearing my pyjamas all day! Hope your having a brill day chum x

Goodbye,

Ellie x

September favourites 2017

30 days has September, and haven't they gone fast! I have discovered/rediscovered  quite a lot this September so I thought it only right to share them with you. So, my chum, shall we get started?

1. Gossip Girl
I have started watching Gossip Girl this September and I have just started Season 3. It can become quite repetitive/boring at the start but you have to just power through and  get to the really good bits (Exhibit 1: Chuck and Blair). It's basically about a bunch of super rich kids in High School and there's this blog called Gossip Girl (obvs)  that talks about what's happening in people's lives. It sounds very teen but I know a lot of adults that love it.

2. Holding Up The Universe by Jennifer Niven
I actually started reading this book on holiday in summer but I was determined not to join the hype because I didn't want to seem generic. Ok, I have to eat my words on that one because this book is SO GOOD. It's about a boy Jack with prosopagnosia (face blindness) and a girl Libby whose mum died and she was lifted out of her house as 'America's Fattest Teen'. It's a heart warming story and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

3. Gingerbread Maple Yankee candle
This candle is Autumn and winter in a candle to me. It's like a gingerbread man that's been dipped in maple syrup. That sounds a tad odd but it's amazing and the perfect mix of spicy and sweet. It fills the whole room with it's scent and it's honestly my favourite candle (which is saying A LOT).

4. Rimmel Kate Moss lipstick in the shade 08
I loved this last winter and I recently rediscovered it. It's such the perfect mauve nude and it's perfect for if you want to wear a colour on your lips but you don't want it to be too out there. It isn't matte so it does transfer and wear off through  the day but not excessively and I tend to touch it up once or twice a day. Because of its creamy formula, it is quite moisturising so it's great for a kind of every day look but you could also wear it as an evening colour as it is that deep shade.

5. Estee Lauder Sumptuous Knockout mascara
I have this product in a mini because I wanted to try it out before getting a full sized one but the mini size is actually quite reasonable. I love this because you can make it completely natural by just one small coat or you can make your eyelashes look like fake lashes with a few. It doesn't smudge but is quite hard to get off at night so it can be a challenge. I think this might be my new favourite.

6. Pumpkin Cranberry Cider Pocketbac
I love Bath & Body Works Pocketbacs and when I got this one for Christmas I was extremely excited. I loved it but it was not really the right time to use it in winter as I preferred to use 'Fresh Sparkling Snow'. But now it's Autumn I am fully embracing this hand gel. It smells exactly like the title: Pumpkin based but with a kind of sugary layer that I totally love but others will hate because of its sweetness.

7. Gingerbread Green Tea
I beg you, please go and try some of this stuff - Its life changing. As you have probably guessed, gingerbread might just be my favourite taste and scent. So when my mum pointed this out to me I was like yesyesyesyesyesssss. It tastes like you are sipping actual ginger bread. It's quite hard to describe so I'm just going to tell you you need this and leave it at that.

8. Autumn Leaves by Ed Sheeran
This is actually 1 of 3 songs I have to share with you. As you could probably tell from the name, this song puts me in a very Autumnal mood and is also a very cute love song (which is a common theme in my playlists). It's slow but not boring and I think it's so beautifully written.

9. Helplessly by Tatiana Manaois
This song is extremely catchy and cute so it gets stuck in my head all day. I love the tune and the style as it's acoustic.

10. Million Miles Away by Keegan Allen
I originally found this as the artist played Toby in Pretty Little Liars. It's about how much he loves someone even though he's far away from them and I just think it's so cute.

So, there we have it, my September favourites. A bit random but all great. I'd love to know what you've been loving recently!

Goodbye,

Ellie xx

A Week In Morocco

If you are looking for a post about an amazing holiday in which I learned to live with the locals and trekked across the country for a week with only a rucksack then you have definitely come to the wrong place. If I go on holiday I tend to spend my time on a sun lounger or in a pool reading a good book and sipping a mocktail. But I thought I would right a blog post about my holiday in Morocco anyway because it was still so much fun.

In The Hotel
The hotel I went to was called the Riu Tikida Dunas and it was part of a chain of 3 hotels in the area. It was positioned on the coast of Agadir and was not about living with the locals. This was an all inclusive tourist destination with a spa, gym, 5 pools and A LOT of bars.

If you ever visit Morocco for whatever reason, I advise you to go to a Moroccan Hammam which is a traditional relaxational process. First you sit in a steam room, you get exfoliated all over, a mud mask is applied, you are wrapped in plastic, the mud mask is washed off and finally a massage with the Moroccan argan oil. The whole experience was very relaxing and serene, it left my skin so soft.

The food was a buffet and filled with Brits piling their plates with chips, burgers and pizzas. However, they did have a Moroccan section and a Moroccan restaurant. The olives were local and absolutely delicious and the Moroccan dish of vegetable or chicken Tajine was especially tasty. I would love to tell you I tried some amazingly unusual dish that shocked me massively but I'm not a massively adventurous eater so I can not.

The staff were extremely friendly and I loved the salt water pool for swimming in as it was a bit more buoyant and less harmful. The hotel had something called a 'Cat Cafe' which was basically just giving kittens and cats food and a home. They vaccinated and raised them as pets. They were all ADORABLE and I swear one of them was my cat Wiggie's long lost brother because they looked so much alike!

Bus Tour
The only form of exploring we did was a coach trip around Agadir to see some of the culture.

We visited a little museum about the Berber culture, the Marina, the Kasbah ( an ancient wall up in the atlas mountains), a mosque and the Souk market.

Agadir used to all be up in the mountains but in at 23:40 29th February 1960 there was an earthquake that killed between 12,000 - 15,000 people, injured 12,000 and left at least 35,000 people homeless. It forced the remaining out of the mountains. The Kasbah is located around the ruins and it is extremely shocking to see.

The Souk is FULL of markets with everything from spices to toilet roll to electronics. The locals will  come here instead of a supermarket to get their everyday essentials and as I was there right before the Muslim celebration of Eid al-Adha , it was packed full of people.

This was most probably not the most interesting travel update but it was the truth and just updating you about my holiday.

Comment what your favourite holiday ever has been - I would love to hear all about it!

Goodbye,

Ellie x

Lunch in Charlestown

Charlestown is a very historic town and also where the tv series' Poldark and Taboo are filmed. I had the joy of visiting there on a rainy day on my holiday to Cornwall and I just thought I'd write a post about it.

I love how moody these pictures look and this little cove on the way to Charlestown was so cute. I could tell it would be a lovely spot to sit on a warm, sunny day. However, this was not one if these days.

Peppa had a little run around with some new friends as I snapped some photos.

Charlestown itself is very cute and heaving with History. Kids were jumping  into the sea in their wetsuits as lots of tourists were taking pictures with certain spots from television.

We had lunch at a little pub as it had outside seating for the dogs but luckily there was a gazebo to sit under so we didn't get absolutely soaked by the rain.

Charlestown has a museum called the shipwreck museum which is about the only kind of attraction in the town. I was reluctant to enter and they had the CREEPIEST mannequin things that were meant to show what life used to be like or something.

I am quite enjoying these little travels updates so let me know if you are too! I'd also appreciate it if you shared this blog with others, as I know I'm not exactly Shakespeare but I do like this little blog of mine and would love other people to as well.

Goodbye,

Ellie x