What I've Bought...

 Rimmel 'Scandaleyes' eyeliner in nude; Rimmel 'Kate Moss' lipsticks in 19 and 107 (matte); Eyelure Individual lashes; Collection 'Lasting Perfection' and 'Illuminating Touch' Concealers in 01 and 02; Monki Jumper, Sunglass Keeper and Collar Tips: Topshop Fur Lined Camo Jacket and Monki Shirt; Minnetonka Moccasins

Ok, so I may have had a big payday last Friday and I may have gotten a little excited about it and treated myself - a lot. As I'm now back at uni for third year though, I'd rather I spend the money on a winter wardrobe than drink it all away and be too poor for a vital pair of boots in a months time! And also, there have been crazy amounts of discount codes lately so I've been taking full advantage! 

The Monki items are all amazing and such lovely quality. I feel paying £6 postage for those bits was worth it because of the great prices and the fact I can't get it on my local high street. The Minnetonka moccasins are so comfortable and versatile and I'd highly recommend! I got mine 20% off through Urban Outfitters but ASOS sell them too, just size down because they come up big and stretch out too! My favourite makeup buy is definitely the Rimmel matte lipstick, I have shade 107 and I absolutely love it for winter. 

What have you been buying lately? Not that I need any more encouragement, there are 3 more packages to come eek!

LUCILLEX

Wishing for...

Moccasins: Minnetonka, Cardigan: Topshop, Jumper: Monki, Boots: Topshop, Shirt: Monki, Lipstick: Illamasqua in 'Salacious'

I can't even tell you how big my wishlist is at the minute! I'm just feeling so excited by all the coats and boots that are around and feeling inspired to kick off my winter wardrobe. I've already bought a fur lined camo jacket from topshop and some darker winter jeans (the new Topshop jamie's are so nice!) but that's nowhere near enough. Luckily for me, it's payday this friday so I'm hoping to purchase some of this before I had back to uni and have to use my money for actually living off of!

What are you wishing for at the minute?

LUCILLEX

edit: I may have just ordered the moccasins...

The Holiday List

Dip Dye Tee: Topshop £18, Drawstring Skirt: £10, Sandals: Office £25, Grey Tee: Topshop £16, Nail Polish: Models Own £5: Blush: Sleek £10, Floral Trousers: Monki £12, Floral Top: Monki £4.80,

I am aware that it is horrific and raining outside but to me that seems like all the more reason to get excited and prepared for my summer holiday. I haven't had two weeks away since I can remember so I think that definitely deserves a bit of a spend on some holiday items, but with massive deposits and a new passport to be paid for, I definitely can't allow myself to go too crazy. While the weather is uninspiring, the high street is actually full of lovely colours and prints and fabrics and a lot of it is on sale which is brill. I thought I would see if I could find some versatile holiday staples within a £100 budget to give my wardrobe and my makeup bag a bit of a boost for going away. This is what I came up with! Everything pictured comes to £100.80, but with my well loved student card it would be well under the £100 mark which I think is pretty good. Let me know what you think and what you think your holiday staples for £100 would be!


LUCILLEX

Short and sweet

Shirt: Monki, Necklace:H&M, Bag: Topshop, Blazer: Urban Outfitters, Nails: Barry M 'Peach Melba'

Gonna keep it short and sweet today because I'm just on my way out. Having another lovely, fun filled weekend but the rain is really limiting my wardrobe at the minute. Threw on my Monki shirt again because it's so easy to wear and adds a little bit of colour! Hope you are all having lovely weekends too and thank you ever so much for all your really kind comments recently.

LUCILLEX

Florals and spikes

Shirt: Monki, Necklace: Miss Selfridge, Jacket: Topshop, Nails: Models Own 'Balearic Cool'

I am officially back home now after going straight from finishing uni to 4 days in London for Graduate Fashion Week! I've been working on organising the stand, tickets, goodie bags etcetc for my uni (AUCB in Bournemouth) since January now and its been one of the hardest projects I've ever done. Blogging has definitely taken a back seat throughout but fortunately the hard work has paid off and we've been short listed for the stand award and we'll find out if we win tomorrow! I don't know if I would jump at the chance to do this project again but it has been a great experience and will look pretty good on my CV so I'm glad I took part. 

I definitely bought myself my fair share of 'treats' in London this weekend. I will show them all off to you at some point but my favourite purchase was definitely this floral shirt from Monki!! I don't know what it is about it that I love so much, I just keep wanting to put it on with everything! This week I've got job interviews and bits ad pieces of work but mostly I'm going to aim to have a bit of time to chill out and blog for the first time in ages.

Let my know if any of you have been at GFW and seen our stand! I'd love to hear your thoughts!

LUCILLEX

HAUL BABY

A massive hello to all of you lovely people and yet again apologies for such sporadic posting (sporadic is a great word). My course is seriously intense at the minute and I'm only second year! I'm trying to start making more time for 'me' things though, blogging being one of those things of course!

Sweater and blouse: Forever 21, Jumper: Warehouse, Scarf: Vintage, Bag: Monki

I went to the new Forever 21 and actually wasn't as disappointed as I thought I'd be. There is some crap that you have to rummage through before you get to the nicer bits but the two tops I picked up have been well loved since I got them, and were very pleasantly cheap. I also visited the new Monki concession in Selfridges and I urge you to go if you get the chance. Beautiful quality and really interesting and wearable items for very good prices, the clutch bag was only £15! The warehouse jumper has also been a very good buy. It's insane how warm it is and I got it with £15 off. I like the slubbiness of it and the cuffs and neck have a lurex thread running through which makes it a bit more special and certainly different to what other high street stores are offering. For now though, it doesn't look like I'll be buying any new clothes for a while (boooo), although I did just sell my old iphone on mazuma.

Once again, I'm going to try to promise to have some interesting posts to show you soon, desperate to get a decent outfit post but my uni room is just terrible for it! 

LUCILLEX