Motel Rocks Internship

Hello Everyone! 

I just wanted to share with you my internship experience at Motel Rocks, the online fashion brand, so far. 

Working in the Press Office Show Room on Great Portland Street, my title is Social Media Assistant and I love it, it's one of the funnest jobs I've done! 

When I started off there in January, I was collating imagery and writing the content to publish across all of the social media platforms which include Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Polyvore, Tumblr, Pinterest, the list goes on and on! 

I now act as Blogger Representative, dealing with all the 2000+ existing bloggers on our system, gifting them samples, finding new ones to collaborate with, and ensuring they feature anything we send them! So if you're a blogger wishing to collaborate with us, you'll most likely be in correspondence with me. Until April any way! 

What I look for in a blog to collaborate with: 

Well the main thing is the amount of followers. If you have over 5000 followers on one platform such as Instagram or Lookbook (they're the best for imagery) but I will look at Facebook and Twitter as well, then you've got through the first stage. However if your imagery is extremely good, but you've only got 2000 followers, I may be able to overlook this.

I then look to see if you wear Motel, or the type of clothing Motel sells. If you do, and you have a good look/ styling ability and the pictures are quite editorial and would look perfect across our social, then you're in! 

It's quite strange having this sort of power. Not saying I'm the bloody Queen, but when I'm sending out my endless emails to bloggers from all over the world, it's nice to know I've made someones day by offering a collaboration (A.K.A free clothes!). 

I do still dabble in the social world, I write a few tweets, maybe help out with Facebook posts and Instagram imagery, but the one I still collate everything for is Tumblr. The Motel Rocks Tumblr page is my absolute social baby, I LOVE finding the images and seeing the followers grow, it's become my favourite platform by far. If you fancy checking it out you can do here!

I also got to help out at LFW on behalf of the brand which was an experience to say the least! I was in charge of collaborating with brands to get samples for about 300 goodie bags we were giving away, organising the girls to work to give out the goodie bags, as well as contacting all the bloggers that were going to LFW and arranging to meet up so we could get a few snaps of them for the blog. 

It was hectic but a lot of fun! And I even managed to feature on the blog here and the Youtube vid which you can see here!

AWFUL picture, where I seem to have lost my eyebrows, but beggars can't be choosers!

Company Fashion Forum!

As soon as I saw this advertised on my FB newsfeed, my ticket had been bought 5 minutes later.

For the past year or so Company has fast become my favourite mag. 

Unlike others, it focuses on the reader, making the connection between you and the industry stars, to reinforce that we CAN make it, and showing us how.

I'm so so excited for this event taking place at Manchester Uni on the 18th of April. 

As I'm quite a shy person, I am already ringing around to see if I can drag anyone with me, but I will happily go on my own for such an amazing opportunity to rub shoulders with the experts I so greatly admire and only dream to work with (gush gush). And the goody bag and bubbly is obvs a bonus.

This ticket is £27.50, and seeing as I'm already living on rice and soup, I had to dip into my savings, but I know it will be worth it! 

And of course the only question on my mind right now is, WHAT THE F*** AM I GONNA WEAR?!

Here are a few of my favourite outfits from last years event in London, a post without pictures is not very narce! 

If anyone is going to the Manchester event, please pipe up and let me know, would love to meet some of you! 

(I'll be the six foot awkward blonde one in the corner no doubt.)

My Nails Featured on LOOK Magazine!

STOP all the work and put Heather Small on and scream 'What have you done today to make you feel proudddd' because THIS is my proud moment of the day, if not the week.

Procrastinating this afternoon I scroll down my news feed to see MY nail 'Neon Leopard' design featuring on LOOK magazine's Facebook page!

I couldn't believe it! 

I instantly shared it in any way possible and print screened everything as well, because I'm that sad, but to me this is amazinggg!

Below you can see another of my designs that was featured on their Street Style Nails feature as well as the design on Facebook. 

Blomming

Blomming is a site in which users can buy or sell their products from your own little shop. 

This is like Etsy, you might say. Well, this is where you wrong.

Blomming allows the user to create their own shop on Facebook, through their page, as well as on their blog, just by adding photos of your product! (none of the 'click on this link' hoohaa). 

You can feature your products on your blog posts, and sell them without ever having to leave the page!

Your products will also feature on your Blomming profile, so other users can see what your selling and hopefully spread the word!

Now, being a budding entrepreneur like my self (see Stray Nails) and not really knowing where to start sharing my product, especially when you have to pay to even put your products on a site, this is the perfect solution! 

As soon as I have enough product (again, stray nails) and some good photos of them (failure to prepare is preparing to fail) I will definitely set up my own little shop on Blomming, excitingggg! 

You can check it out, and open your own shop here. 

Stumbled on StumbleUpon?

Yet again, I'm behind the times. 

But with new housemates comes their influence of new music, a different routine and new websites.

One I'm now loving is Stumble Upon.

Now, you may have heard of it, you may not, either way its just great. 

I know people who can sit on the internet for hours, googling everything under the sun. I can't do that. I have mental blanks and just end up on Facebook. 

That's where Stumble Upon comes in. The site where everything your interested in, is found for you! 

So start off by ticking a list of your interests. Then Stumble away!

If you like something you find just 'like' it and more sites like that will appear. 

The only downside? Theres no personal profile, where if you like something, you can re visit it easily. This means you have to save everything you like yourself! 

Never the less, I have found some amazing sites on here, including making your own mix tape, the best places to visit around the world and a site entirely made up of pictures of puppies. 

It's also a different way to find fashion blogs.

Another procrastination tool for me to avoid work, I wish I'd never found it, but so glad I did! 

Liebster Blog Award

Its my first post of September, and what a start to the month!

A massive thank you to Cherry Fashion for this nomination! It's my second blog award nomination and it always mean a lot to know people actually still read my blog, and actually like it! 

       The liebster blog award is an award for blogs with less than 200 followers which is great to get nominees posts noticed and appreciated by fellow bloggers.

Ok, so, for all blog nominations there are a few rules:

-Thank the person who nominated you

- Each person must post eleven things about themselves.

- Answer the eleven questions the tagger has set for you.

- Choose eleven people and tag them in this post.

- Follow the tagger and visit at least three nominees.

I wonder who chose the number 11 for this award?! 

11 Things about myself:

1) I'm in the middle of reading Fifty Shades Darker, and cant stop!

2) I used to have 7 dogs, 6 guinea pigs, a rabbit, a hamster, and cats. Basically a farm.

3) I work for a small promotions agency at home.

4) I wear contact lenses, and have a habit of leaving them on the floor.

5) I once hugged Ben Howard in a club. Claim to fame!

6) I am always bored, but too lazy to do anything about it.

7) I'm going to take full advantage of the stud trend this season, love it!

8) I'm contemplating cutting off my hair for 21st birthday.

9) I love Aussie Shampoo.

10) I always want to learn to play my favourite songs on my old guitar, but never have the patience!

11) I hope this University year doesn't stop me blogging, so much work!

The 11 Questions from Nia:

What inspired you to start and what inspires you to keep blogging?

I started as part of my fashion course, and I continue because not only do I love doing it but it keeps me in the fashion loop in my own chosen way!

What is your most prized possession? 

At the moment, my new Zara leather jacket which was a present from my mum, post to come!

If you could travel, where would you go? 

Probably back in time, I would definitely change a few things, but I guess we cant have regrets.

How would you wear your hair on most days?

My hair is wavy/curly, and long, so I leave it wet put mouse on it, scrunch it and let it dry naturally.

What is your favourite blog post to read?

I think we all love a bit of Tavi of Style Rookie. 

What beauty products can't you go without?

Mascara, I have long eyelashes and I'm guilty of piling it on.

Carmex cherry, for the chapped lips. 

What colour are you nails at the moment? 

They are lilac and mint with dots and little flowers, I blogged about them on my neighbouring blog, Stray Nails.

Where would you like to be in 5 years time?

Hopefully have travelled around a bit, completed an internship/placement, starting my career in a fashion/costume company and thinking about starting my own business!

What is your go to items in your closet?

At the moment, my faux leather Topshop leggings with my sleeveless coloured chiffon top. Great for any occasion and most weather!

If you could choose 1 lipstick colour what would it be? 

Deep red. I got given one in a goody bag from mulberry, its from the kate moss collection and its amazing.

What social media sites do you use? 

I use pretty much all of them! But the ones I use the most are Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. Its hard not to with them all at your fingertips on the old iphone.

The 11 people I would like to nominate are: 

Tastes Like Gold

All This Fashion

Avant Mode

Beauty, Books and Fairy Dust

Bel Et Bien

Cinderella Rockefella

Emma May Louise

Empty Rack

F.Affiche

Fashion Analytics

Young Eyes of Fashion



And my 11 questions for you lovely bloggers are:

How did you come up with the name of your blog?

What is your daily skin routine?

Do you have any pets?

What is your favourite type of post to do?

Who is your fashion icon?

What is your best holiday memory?

If you could work for a designer, which one would it be?

Where do you see yourself in the future?

Roughly how many pairs of shoes do you own?

Twitter or Pinterest?

The best magazine is...?

Well done to all the nominees! hopefully this will get you a few more followers :) 

Have you seen Svpply?

Svpply is a website which endorses products you love from the companies you know (or don't) and lets you browse them all!

A lot like Pinterest but with just apparel/home products, all unique and beautiful! It uses the same 'follow' system as twitter and Pinterest. But instead of 'pinning' things, you 'want' them, with the 'want' button, the product then appears on your profile for others to see.

There is also a 'buy' button which links you straight to where the product is from so you can buy it yourself.

But be warned, if your like me, no money, then don't enter this website. I have got so down by not being able to buy any of the stuff I'm lusting after. 

You can also add your own products from your own store, or sites you love like ASOS and Etsy to appear on your profile to show off your own style for others to see.

They have a Shop with special hand picked products from the team.

The site can also connect to your Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Pinterest. 

I'm currently working on getting a Svpply widget for this blog, so you can see what I've 'wanted' and be connected straight to my profile to have a browse.

I've put a few of my latest 'wants' below.

Judging by the amount of followers, its clear this site is new, and not widely known. 

It's an american company, which is quite annoying at times for us brits, although most products are available in the UK, some are exclusive to the states. 

So I'm hoping by putting the site out there more, the company will expand and make a UK version!

I recommend checking out this website, you wouldn't believe the amount of beautiful things you'll find on there.

You can follow their blog here.

Nail It

If any of you have seen my Instagram, you might have guessed, I'm pretty obsessed with my nails at the moment. Boredom and any excuse for a creative outburst means I try and do them as much as poss. 

Despite my lack of funds (just paid for a week holiday in turkey- ouch) I have also recently purchased a 24 piece nail design set from eBay, so expect many more designs to come!

Here a few of my latest.

Everyone thought this colour splash design was stick on, but no! It's so easy to do as well, just dot randomly around your nails with different colours, filling in the gaps, until you have a fully covered colourful nail! 

This one was also real easy to do, start out with a base coat, I went with white, and sweep the brush diagonally across the nail to get this effect. I broke it up by using a crackle effect on one nail which really adds to the whole design. 

I did these simple metallic tips with a normal gold varnish to spice up the traditional manicure. 

And finally, I did this for the Motel Rocks Nail competition in association with Nail rocks. The theme was summer so I went with leopard print, a palm tree, daisies and tribal, using pastel base coats and decorating with different colours and the liquid eyeliner trick. I also wrote Motel Rocks just to butter them up a bit, the prize is clothes and nail wraps and it ends tomorrow so fingers crossed!

Like their Facebook Page for more competitions and offers like this.

Boohoo Blazers

The day after my Office Girl post and Boohoo have done a feature about blazers on their Facebook page. I was quite spooked so I decided to share it with you! Below are a few of their tips on how to work a blazer according to your body shape. They are always putting things up like this on their Facebook page so I strongly suggest liking them if you already haven't!

http://www.facebook.com/BoohooOfficial