IOTW #4

Here are my Instagrams of the Week. Bit of a mixture for this one! 

Firstly, my mum bought some wacky flowers which are beaut so I took a snap. 

When it was sunny a while back I went to my bathe in my friends garden. 

I made the third picture a bit bigger so you could actually see it. I started using the 'No Crop' app which gets the whole picture onto Instagram which is handy, and used it for this coastal picture when I went for a cliff path walk. 

When I was at the Country Show last weekend helping my mum sell her lovely Bunting, they had an animal farm next door and this little bubba cow was inside, too cute!

I love a 'look I'm in the garden getting a tan' picture.

The selfie was for the BINTM 'selfie' stage of their competition of which you can read my post about it here. I had actually just been doing a shoot on the beach and therefore was in a selfie mood. 

I have been doing lots of my Davina work outs recently being unemployed (starting work at Next this week, thank god!) and therefore spend my morning doing a few sit ups, and I'm loving the effects! 

My newest nail design, cartoon nails, a woman saw them and said they were 'fab'. 

And lastly, a club photo from last weekend, wearing my new Topshop animal print top. 

Tan in a Can

I got this new 'tan in a can' by Glotanz the other day so I thought I would do a quick review. 

I've done a self ten review before for Vita Liberata, and although I don't use the stuff much its always useful to compare and contrast. 

This one is a bit different to the rest. 

Its a straight spray on tan. 

This can seem to be a bit tricky because the key to tan is making it even and not streaky, but I found the wetness (ew) of this made it easy enough to spray on. 

This was the difference in the colour of my legs after spraying it on one.

Can you tell which one? 

The difference is subtle yet sunkissed and that night I went out baring my legs to the world (my incentive for trying the self tan) and I have to admit I was loving the compliments! 

I'm quite a tanned/olive skinned person anyway so for me it just looked like a few sessions on the sun bed, without the added cancer risk, so I will definitely be doing it again until the sun starts to reappear. 

One thing I will say is, don't spray too close or else this will happen! 

I would also recommend a mitt to just smooth it out, especially for this leg! 

I didn't have one at the time and ended up using kitchen roll (typical student) and got some very orange fingers! Definitely a self tan newbie!

 The above is the end result and below is the result just a few days after, and I have to admit, there is no difference! The tan has stayed well, despite washing every day (obvs) so I'm pleased and hoping it will last another week or so!

(Apologies for my horrible knobbly knees!)

You can have a peak at all of Glotanz products here!

Back, with Goodies

I'm back from turkey baring gifts. 

As any fellow fashionista would know, turkey is filled with fakes designer goods, and of course I took advantage. 

Its made me want to go back with a large empty suitcase and fill it full of Louis and Bans. 

Whilst there I bought a small mulberry bag, two mulberry purses (one for the sister and one for the mum) which I didn't photograph because they snatched them up straight away! As well as some brown Ray Bans. I was then scorned by my family for not buying more!

Whilst there my mum messaged me saying I had a package, and it turns out it was my nail art pens that I ordered weeks ago! I can't wait to try them out and hopefully sell some designs!

 Thats all I have to report for now, and I'm away on a family trip to france for the weekend tomorrow, but I'll be back with more posts very soon!

Happy August guys!

Best Dressed for Less

Dianna Agron is the winner for me today in the best dressed category, no one else made much effort, chezza was in a t-shirt and moss was in jeans! But I love Dianna's summery Tracy Reese for Anthropologie dress with a cute clutch, simple and elegant. 

Heres how to create this style for less, a nice summer pleated floral dress, waist belt, with strappy sandals. 

Keep the hair and make up simple and natural, an up do and peachy cheeks to compliment the style. 

Summer Dresses and accessories by emilyrodgers18 featuring silk scarves

Dorothy Perkins has a lovely selection of these dresses, all in the sale!