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.
Ever since I started my fashion course I've been in love with mulberry, (you might have seen my mulberry event post) lusting after each bag, purse and doggy jacket. I know its a long shot but it would be a right treat to receive one of their bags for my 21st, some people would think this amusing and materialistic, but a present that I admire, thats an iconic brand, which I'm going to use for years to come and remember forever, I would think it perfectly reasonable!
I was very impressed with their latest del rey bags (above), but the new tassle collection is to die for! A bayswater will always win my heart I think though. And although I will probably fall in love with something from their collections before my birthday I've chosen a few which I would love to find in my prezzie pile on the big day.
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!
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.
Motel Rocks have some amazing new stuff in at the minute. Below are a few pieces that have really taken my fancy.
I love the way they take the same printed fabrics and make different garments from them.
Especially these leggings, great to mix and match with a printed top for a casual summers day.
This fiji print is lovely, especially on the bodycon dress, definitely tempted to buy for a night out!
I'd heard of boyfriend jeans, but not boyfriend shorts! I'm probably behind the times, anywhoo, I love the vintage inspired Hawaiian style print with added belt, great to get your knees out!
Statement jeans are a bold addition to this seasons wardrobe, the striped ones would elongate the pegs, (not so great for me) and the pineapple ones are just fun!
Finally, I love this whole outfit, I bought a cropped tied top for a festival last year, I'm glad to see their still around, making a core piece to match with colourful shorts or a skirt.
Well done Motel Rocks, I'm impressed, if only I could afford any of this!
I love this Australian fashion company, ever since I found them on Instagram (strangely) I am obsessed with their elegant style, fun colours/prints and on-trend pieces each tailored to the companies own personality. If they were based in the UK, and I had some dollar, I would have bought at least half of the summer range.
Each time they post a design on Instagram I am instantly envious! The range may be fairly small, but being a relatively new company, I'm sure they are planning to expand with their success and I'm expecting great things!
Below are a few of my favourite looks, pieces and accessories that I'm dying to buy!
If you like what you see, visit the website now to shop the collection:
Ok, apologies for being A-whol recently, but finishing Uni and going on holiday will make that happen I'm afraid!
It's my Birthday in October, which may seem a little early to start making a wish list, but seeing as its my 21st, these things need to be planned!
Some of these wishes may be a bit unrealistic but it doesn't mean I still don't want them!
First on the list is a Lomography camera.
These quirky cameras create amazing photography with different lenses and styles as well as coming in a range of funky colours and ranges, I love them!
Created by 2 students in Vienna after they found the Lomo Kompakt Automat (in 1991 - the year I was born, coincidence? I think not!) and the amazing photos it snapped, the Lomography company has come on leaps and bounds, even being sold in Urban Outfitters, which is probably not their greatest achievement but still!
They created the world's first compact fisheye camera, The Fisheye. This creates a rounded circular effect, one of my favourites!
Price wise, its not exactly cheap, but the packages they do are amazing, and reasonable compared to a DSLR, they are not heavy, just simple little cameras, who pay homage to the times before technology took over!
The photos are disposable but can be scanned at a photo developers onto a disk which is a bonus.
Below are a few of my favourites and some amazing snaps that can be taken with these stylish snappers.
