Birthday wishlist

1) Topshop peep toe boots
2) Topshop gingham skort
3) Topshop white mules
4) Topshop monochrome jacket
5) Topshop faux leather jacket
6) Thomas Sabo 'H' charm
7) Kurt Geiger courts
8) Thomas Sabo '21' charm

As its my birthday in a few weeks I compiled this little wishlist of things I'd buy for myself/give the bf a bit of a helping hand (*hint hint mike, size 4 in shoes, size 8 clothes, thanks*).

It seems there may be a bit of the colourful theme occurring....cough...I don't know what it is but I just can't help falling for black and white. Maybe next year there will be a bit of colour injected into my wardrobe. This wishlist also goes to show what a little topshopaholic I am #guilty!

Ciao for now,

P.s. don't forget you can follow my on Bloglovin' if you click here

OOTD #4 - spring is arriving

Jumper - Primark, Mom Jeans - Topshop, Socks - Topshop,
Boots - New Look, Sunglasses - Topshop

Finally the sun is starting to break through the rain clouds and attempt to heat the icy breeze! Although, as I live in Manchester it still only manages to rain whenever I step outside the house (typical). It is a lovely day today but I shall be keeping myself well inside the house writing my dissertation so I don't ruin the weather for the rest of you. That doesn't stop me putting together a nice spring inspired outfit though.

I think this is a result of all the My Mad Fat Diary episodes I've been watching recently but I got the old mom jeans out and paired them with this lovely pastel purple fluffy jumper I got the other week from Primark. I think it was only about £6...maybe £10...but it's a perfect piece for Spring.

Right, back to work now. Soon this long slog of work will be over (praise the lord!).

Ciao for now,

Outfit #3 - leather joggers

Top - Primark

Leather Joggers - Topshop

Heels - Asos

How gorgeous are these shoes? Seriously fell in love the second I saw them on Asos, but alas they didn't have them in my size so obviously I went back to check every day and finally they had them in my size and they were even in the sale by that time. Goes to show, everything worth having is worth waiting for!

I love the sudden change of weather recently. Today has been beautiful. If today is anything to go by I feel like spring has been completely forgotten about and we're straight into summer. We've been at my Mike's mum's house this weekend as Mike had a game yesterday against his old team, Fylde. So yesterday I went to watch his game and then today we went to play a bit of frisbee by the beach because it was so nice out. Sometimes it's just really nice to go back home away from the city and get some fresh air and give your mind a bit of a break too. With final year deadlines fast approaching it has definitely been a break we both needed.

Anyway, I hope the weather stays like this now because I cannot wait to start getting all my spring/summer clothes out. No doubt I will compile a wishlist together soon because there are so many things I've seen recently that are just perfect for the warmer seasons.

Ciao for now,

OOTN

Finally, work and stress free for a couple of days! I feel I didn't even live during January, and so on Wednesday night the boyfriend and I celebrated coursework hand in's and to attempted to reunite with the vino. We went to Pizza Express for a lovely meal (highly recommend the pesto risotto, so yummy!) and of course it was gobbled down fast enough to get home in time for the Celebrity Big Brother final! Eugh, how I miss BB...I am now constantly stalking Sam Faiers and Ollie Locke's Twitter accounts to see if the love is blossoming yet. So cute. But I have to say that Sam looked absolutely stunning all season.

Anyway, back to Wednesday night. Following on from CBB, a few homemade cocktails later we headed out to a nice small bar/club in Fallowfield, where we actually felt so old in there it was painful. So to bring the spirits back up, cheesy garlic bread with plenty of garlic mayo was purchased and the heated blankets were on. Luxury.

Here is what I wore:
(Note, I did wear a coat. I live in Manchester, it would be crazy not to!)

Dress - Miss Selfridge (here) 

Shoes - Primark

Necklace - Topshop

Spiral ring - Primark

Midi ring - Topshop

I absolutely love this dress. It's so flattering, well made and good quality material. And will be great for Spring/Summer with a nice belt, leather jacket and some sandals.

Also, I'm wearing my new dirtylooks.com clip in extensions. I got the HK quad weft in melted chocolate brown 20-22" for just £36.30. These are such a nice quality and the quad weft is heavy for the great price. I only got the quad weft as my hair is getting pretty long now so I just use extensions for the little extra volume and a tiny bit more length, and this quad weft was perfect for that. It blends in so naturally and easy that I would definitely recommend getting while they have a reduction on.

Ciao for now,

Time for the Chop?

I think I go through a phase of wanting to cut my hair short every winter (crazy as it's probably the time of year when you'd want long locks to keep you warm). This winter, however, I'm feeling even more and more tempted to chop the locks. And there are a few reasons for this:

1.  I have very fine hair and for some reason it knots like hell, even without moving it will suddenly become a nest and it literally takes me an hour to brush it every morning with the use of a million detanglers/leave-in conditioners and oils. So, in the winter time when I'm constantly wearing coats and scarves the problem seems to double. Therefore, the idea of short fuss-free hair sounds like absolute heaven
2. The bob/lob trend seems to have come in with all guns blazing this winter. I've seen so many celebrities ditching their long locks for a shorter style, and it looks so sophisticated and fresh. But for me llymlrs has to be the one who is influencing me the most, who is pretty famous for her blonde locks and, in my eyes, was one of the first people to have ombre/dip-die hair which was clearly a massive trend. Her new do makes such a massive difference and completely mixes up her style. 
3. Having a new grown-up look may be good for me this year as I'm graduating from uni and so will (hopefully) have some job interviews. 

Here are photo ideas that I have put in my 'hair inspiration' board on pinterest

You see, the only thing stopping me is that I've been growing my hair for the past 5 years because when I was 15 I gave into temptation took over and I did cut my hair short...a bit too short to be honest. 

Before

 After

It's only just grown back to the length it was before, and I love it.

So, to chop or to not? That is the question....

I think for now I'm going to keep growing it. My hair is in pretty good condition so it will be a shame to go. Maybe once I get a job I'll cut it, but for now I'm going to enjoy the length and enjoy what I can do with it.

What do you think? Are you considering a new style for the new year?

Outfit #2

Quilted top - Topshop (here)

Jeans - Topshop (here)

 Heeled chelsea boots - Topshop (similar here)

A very casual outfit today as I am just mulling around the house trying to do anything apart from coursework. I went shopping to Blackpool the other day and picked up this top and jeans along with a few other things (oops!) so I'll blog the other things I bought and maybe the things I got for Christmas over the next week.

If anyone would like to help me out a bit by filling out my survey for my final project it will be much appreciated. The link to it is here.

This won't be my usual background for outfit posts. I'm currently at my boyfriends mums house, following a very lovely NYE here, and there aren't many places with a plain background with good lighting but I will be back to my home in the Midlands for a few outfit posts this week, and then back to Manchester next week.

Let me know what you think in the comments below. Don't forget to link me to your blog.

Insta-update #1

As I haven't blogged for a couple of months, I thought an instagram overview of the those months would be good.

O C T O B E R

Halloween/Mike's 21st/Date night selfie/Trying out new cocktails/Jamie's Italian/Peach Lemonade/Friend's 21st/Coordinating nail polish and highlighter

N O V E M B E R

 Too much pouting/Visit to Cloud 23 at the Hilton in Manchester

D E C E M B E R

 Merry Christmas/Black tie 21st/Mike forever sleeping/Lovely sunset in Manchester

If you want to follow me on Instagram my username is hazelise.

Happy New Year 2014

Only a couple of days late but I wish everyone has a healthy and happy new year.

Just a few resolutions this year for me. I don't really tend to stick to resolutions for very long (who does?) but I've tried to make this years ones more simple and more about this blog and self improvement rather than the norm 'get fit', 'quit sweets/chocolate', etc. So, this year I have gone for:

1. Stop letting what you think other people think about you affect the things you do.
2. Be more adventurous with beauty products
3. Try to not get too stressed out about small things, and not let stress affect how you live
4. Blog more!

This is going to be such a big year for me. I will be finishing university in May and so will (hopefully!!) have a job by the end of this year. That will mean moving out of Manchester to a new city (most likely London) and finding a flat. However, this may mean that Mike (the boyfriend) and I may have to live apart...but fingers crossed we are able to get a job reasonably near each other so that we can live together. So crazy thinking I'll be finishing education in 6 months and starting off my life and career. Crazy but extremely exciting. (I can't wait to buy a new kettle and toaster for my flat)

What are your resolutions? What is coming up for you this year? Leave a link in the comments to your blog.

Next post will be an outfit post. Hopefully I'll get it up tomorrow.