At Easter I went to the Caribbean and it was amazing. So I thought I'd post some of my favourite photos to make you all jealous.
I would happily live there, its so relaxed, impossible to be stressed, and the local tourist attraction involves holding baby turtles!
Crisp blue seas, white beaches, it was so surreal.
Enjoy the pictures and I've included how to recreate one of my holiday outfits below!
The difference in weather definitely dampened my holiday blues even more.
generic 'loving life' holiday photo.
Babyyy.
Maxi skirts are everywhere at the moment, even in this honking UK climate, its nice to know we're optimistic. So here are some similar outfits, both of the items I am wearing however are from Topshop.
If you're a regular reader, you will know I like to do a spot of moodboarding on Polyvore.
So I was uber excited to try out their new IPhone app.
I'm going to India next week so I thought I would do a moodboard around that theme, with an outfit for the hot nights or day trips around the village.
I have to say I thought the app was pretty average!
The way the products were displayed was the same, however you couldn't narrow down the search by price and colour on the web.
I'm not sure about others, but mine kept freezing, so much so that I had to re-download it!
Apart from that they'd pretty much thought of everything to suit the phone format, with resizing the items using touch.
The only other thing was when uploaded, you can't post it anywhere else, there's no share button or anything, I think there was an option to do it whilst uploading, but not after, which meant I had to post this on blogger through the web.
Despite the mishaps, I'm quite impressed I made this moodboard on my phone!
So I'm back from my little holiday weekend, and because it was a camping holiday and it rained a lot, and I have 3 sisters, I was doing loads of nails. So to bore you further, here are some of the designs I did whilst there.
I promise to do a non related nail post very soon!
But I'm suffering from holiday blues at the moment, and I'm very very lazy.
For instance, I've watched about 12 Jenna Marbles videos in the last 10 hours and not much else.
But, I did buy a french grazia (which is already 'so yesterday' because its weekly) andddd I've started on my DIY bunting, so stay tuned!
First off, my favourite patterns of the weekend (above) I did my sisters nails in a pink and white theme, You can probably guess I used my new nails art pens to do hearts and bows and a ribbon, and dots and flowers and stripes, really cute, and would definitely do this again.
My sisters are going to Turkey next week, so I did holiday themed nails,(below) with a mini cocktail, palm tree, star fish, eye and sun.
Then I did my older sisters, who loves kate spade, so these simple blue and white dotty nails looked so nice!
Then I did mine, little daisies on a blue background.
And mine again, did yesterday, sort of geometric shapes with a pink background.
I also ordered 500 fake plain acrylic nails as soon as I got home for £2.60 on ebay, which I'm going to do designs on and then hopefully start selling them!
May as well make a bit of money out of my favourite little hobby!
Now, I never use fake tan, ever. I always thought it was too hard to put on. Girls are always complaining about streaks and smell. So when my mum told me to try this Vita Liberata 'pHenomenal 2-3 week tan' I was skeptical. When I tried it however I was pleasantly surprised!
Vita Liberata are all about skin, mostly producing tanning products with this product being their newest creation. Supposedly used by all the celebs to give them their summer tan top up, its no wonder that each bottle costs a whopping £37.50. This is a small price to pay for some pseudo sun but when you're on a beauty budget it's best to get saving those Boots points for this one.
The ins and outs:
The self tan comes in three shades - light, medium and dark.
The bottle pumps out a foam which is easier to apply than the thick cream of usual self tan solutions. All you need is a tanning glove and your away!
This is the foam when it comes out. It's not the most appealing thing to look at but once you lather it onto your legs it feels really light and smooth. It takes a few seconds to settle into the skin, so you can rub out any streaks if you're quick to notice them but as the consistency is different, the lines were no where near as bad as when using fake tan creams.
Although drying quickly, it leaves you sticky for a minute or two so I wouldn't recommend putting clothes on straight away. My mum made that mistake and found her white blouse covered in orange stains after a brisk walk to work!
This a before and after shot, this is after two applications and there is quite a difference!
Apologies for my scrappy pins!
However when putting it on for the second time, when pumping out the solution, it didn't come out as a foam. The tan had become very watery and dripped all over a nice cream towel, not really what I wanted to achieve!
This meant it was harder to apply, and did leave a few streaks this time.
As with any self tan's it does leave an off smell on your skin until you shower.
It's meant to last 2-3 weeks, however I only put it on last week so I can't prove this works yet! But so far so good, even after showering my legs have stayed the same as when applied.
They give you a bit of summery themed thinspiration on the side of the box too!
Overall I was impressed with the product, the price seemed a bit steep, but if it is being bought for me, I can't complain!
I would definitely use it again, it seems a lot less hassle than the usual self tanning ranges, and the compliments speak for themselves.
My mum bought it from boots, but if you order it from the website here you get a free tan mitt!
I love listening to music in the sun, and although its not particularly sunny, I have a few holidays coming up, so I thought I'd share a few tunes that I love listening to during this season. It's a bit of a mixture, and theres pretty much something there for everyone. I am not one of those people that listen to artists that no one's heard of or really 'out-there' music or even amazing DJ's that only the cool kids have heard of, give me The Vaccines and Nicki Minaj any day. There some old, some new, some classics, and a lot of them remind me of past summers which really have been the greatest of my life so far.
So sit back, have a listen and hopefully you'll pick up a few that can make it onto your summer play list!
I easily have a list of about 50 songs here, so I'm going to cut it down to my favourites.
Starting with M.I.A-Paper Planes,
This has to be the ultimate summer song for me, its such a classic, and it never fails to please.
Alex Clare - Hummingbird
I'm sure a lot of you have heard his new song 'Too Close' but I just love this song even more, really relaxed and feel good, excited to hear more stuff from him.
I'm no music critic, I can't use the right terminology and I don't know the inspiration and inflection of these songs, so I'm going to state the obvious.
The Drums - Let's Go Surfing
This is a classic video, and this bands are like a modern day Beach boys, and this is an awesome tune to bop along to.
Forget Primadonna Girl, Radioactive from Marina and the Diamonds was released last year and it's such a good summer song, a dance tune mixed with the Marina's voice is a perfect combo.
I'm a lover of old music, my iTunes is filled with them, but this has to be my favourite, and believe it or not its a great one to get everyone out of their seat, especially at a family summer do.
The Beatles - Twist and Shout
Not to everyone's taste, but Holiday by Dizzee Rascal takes me back to Reading 2010, so many amazing memories that are all brought back with a little help from this song.
A couple of Dubstep tracks now. Again, not to everyone's taste but if it is, then Sunlight Hurts My Eyes from Modestep is a classic.
Also released last year, but back on the radio for this summer is Skrillex's Bangarang, I love blasting this out whilst roaming the streets in my tiny car.
A calm tune now, Jose Gonzalez - Heartbeats, you might recognise from 'Scrubs', I saw this live at a festival 2 years ago and I've been in love since. I doubt I will but it would be amazing to be able to play this on guitar.
Bob Marley - One Love
One of my dad's favourite songs, takes me back to childhood summers, running around on the beach at dusk, such a feel good, relaxed song.
Again, saw this at a festival a few years back and it's stuck, such an unusual voice and melody, but perfect for a hot day.
Passion Pit - Sleepyhead
Another weird one, also saw it live, such a good festival tune.
Basement Jaxx - Raindrops
This is a really powerful song, only become popular in the last year, Awolnation - Sail.
This reminds me of a clubbing holiday last year, Memories by David Guetta feat. Kid Cudi is a classic.
This new track from B.O.B is a bit hit and miss with most but I'm hooked.
Both of Us, featuring Taylor Swift.
Such a huge track last year, this song will forever remind me of going out at University.
Mama do the Hump - Rizzle Kicks
I'm not particularly indie, but I just adore this quirky band, The Vaccines can do no wrong but this is my favourite, and some of the lyrics were the inspiration behind one of my blog title idea's, Norgaard.
I think that's quite enough for one day, although my playlist could have gone on forever with The Kooks - shine on, One D - what makes you beautiful (shameful I know!) Beyonce -End of Time, Ben howard - Move like you want, Rihanna -Cockiness, and many many more I'll leave you with something recent from Florence and the Machine. I love this, Spectrum.
If you have any summer songs that your loving at the moment, just leave a comment below!
