Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - Travel Diary

Hello lovely readers,

Last night I stayed up crazy late finally editing the footage from our 3 week holiday into a little travel diary montage and would highly appreciate if you gave it a look!

(Ps, Sorry for lack of posts)

pictures from paradise

Hello lovely readers, 

It has definitely been a while, I've been uninspired and when I don't really know what to post I don't want to just post things just for the sake of posting. I have just got back from a 20 day trip to the Dominican Republic. It was the perfect getaway and I really needed this holiday. 

Whilst in this beautiful island I took a fair few pictures and felt like I wanted to share them on my blog. 

Paradise Island 

Hotel Riu Merengue- Puerto Plata

20th birthday celebrations

Birthday surprises

Puerto Plata

Paradise Island

Fresh coconut water on the beach

The most real reaction in a photo (wet shoes)

My best friend

Blue skies, Blue seas

Dress- Topshop

Sandals- Primark

Underwater selfies 

These are a few of my favourite photos from the holiday, I honestly don't know how to get back into normality after spending 2 weeks and 5 days in paradise. 

xox

Post christmas shopping

Hello lovely readers, 

I definitely said I was going to do a few blogposts in december and that absolutely didn't happen, sorry. 

I really did want to do some christmas baking blogposts but then i realised how bad I was at baking :)

Anyway.. I hope you all had a lovely christmas, this year I had a pretty amazing christmas my nan arranged a boxing day party with most of my dads side of the family. It was so great to be around all my cousins who we rarely see. 

Another new year is approaching and I can't believe how quickly 2015 has come and gone. 

2016 is the year I turn 20 and I want to make some amazing memories and go out and see some of the world, I really hope I do. 

So, what's the logical thing to do after spending a ton of money on christmas presents.. going out shopping post christmas? Exactly. 

Lush Bath Bombs

Honey Bee- £3.50 

Intergalatic- £3.50

Sakura- £3.50

LaRoc makeup brushes

 Groupon £4.99 (such a bargain!)

Nike SB

JD £25 on sale

VS Pink

Sunkissed body spray- £3.50

Topshop 

Red off the shoulder playsuit- £18 in the sale

Topshop

Coat with hood fluffy inside- £30 reduced from £65

Forever 21 

Denim shirt dress- £15 in the sale

I have also ordered a few things online which are yet to turn up so I'll do a separate blogpost with those as I may do a review on the products. 

So that is all, I hope you all had a very merry christmas and have a fabulous new year… until next time!

Thanks for reading 

xoxo

Christmas Wishlist

Hello lovely readers, 

As it's kind of nearing the end of november, not really but whatever. I decided that now would be an acceptable time to make a "christmassy" style blogpost. I know, too soon? 

There is nothing I love more than this time of year. 

As I mentioned in my previous post, I love festive seasons and anything I can go all out with decorations and fairy lights, i'm all for it. 

So today's post I decided to show my christmas wish list. 

Now of course, when you were younger it was so much more exciting whacking out the argos catalogue and circling all the toys you wanted santa to buy you, then writing out a list to the elves and santa himself up in the north pole. Obviously as you get older the things you ask for are a lot more "essential" or boring, it's still fun nonetheless. 

So here goes… my christmas wish list! 

1. Socks 

I ask for socks every year without fail, so boring, so essential but you just can't go wrong. 

I also tend to ask for fluffy socks because in the cold months these are life.

2. Perfume

To be completely honest I never, buy myself perfume. 

I always wait until christmas or my birthday and then ask for one and it'll literally last me the whole year, don't ask how but it does. Last year my boyfriend kindly got me the victoria secret "eau so sexy" perfume it has lasted me all year and is almost ending which is so sad. I bought paco rabanne black xs for my mum for her birthday and i'm obsessed with it. 

So i'd say that's a definite choice on my wish list. 

3. Pjamas 

Another obvious essential, who doesn't get pyjamas for christmas? 

But seriously I just found this random picture on the internet and I actually really want these reeses pi's. Anyone know where they are sold...

4. Gold casio watch

You know there's those things that you don't want enough to buy yourself but wouldn't mind if someone else got it for you. Yep, this is one of those things. 

I have had my original black one for about 2 years and I wear it constantly, I've always really wanted the gold one so maybe someone will maybe hopefully get it for me for christmas.. or not. 

5. Twilight special edition (Life and death) book. 

I went through a crazy obsession with twilight when it first came out, like crazy. 

I saw this in asda a few weeks ago and so nearly bought it but I then thought, christmas is coming up so it's something that I could just ask for. I really do hope someone get's me this though, I really want to read it. 

6. Gold hoop earrings 

I haven't been wearing earrings recently because I don't have any nice ones and fake metal earrings have really been hurting my ears, I have never had this problem before so it's so strange. I really like wearing small hoops so some nicer ones would be a great christmas gift!

7. Victoria secret body mists

These mists, are amazing. 

They also last such a long time which is fabulous and the smell soooo good. 

I went into victoria secret recently and the packing had changed for all the mists however the old style was the only one that came up when I searched for images, so i'm confused to whether they've changed the packaging or not. Irrelevant but YAS.

8. Yankee candles

I've currently got "christmas treats" burning right now.. again, too soon?

Its smells so yummy. I definitely need a few more sweet scents.

9. Mac mineralised skin finish

I have wanted a mac mineralised skin finish for a while but I am terrible at trying to make my mind up on which one I'd want to get. I am so indecisive, hopefully I can make my mind up so I can ask for one this christmas.

10. Nike free runs 5.0

An excuse to get back to the gym, right?

I've always loved these but never wanted to spend the money on them although I know it'd be totally worth it. 

And as of right now that's all I can come up with, I'm sure i'll think of plenty more things though. 

Obviously this wish list i'd say is pretty realistic things that I hope if I asked for I'd actually receive. 

I know a wish list can be things that you just wish you had but weren't expecting to get it all, as it's all super expensive. Whereas in this I've only included a couple of items that'd be classes as "more expensive". 

I hope this wasn't too boring and that maybe it gave you some inspiration on a gift you want to receive, or want to give to somebody. I'm hoping to do quite a few festive blogposts in december as i've been slacking like crazy with my blog, honestly I really want to try to up my blogposts because I really enjoy doing them. 

Let me know what you are wishing for christmas in the comments :) 

Thanks for reading 

xoxo

A touch of Halloween..

Hello lovely readers, 

When it comes to festive seasons I wish I had my own house so I could decorate it completely head to toe. This time of year is honestly my favourite I absolutely love Halloween and christmas, any excuse to add candles and little festive touches i'm all about it. As I still live with my parents I only have a small space to work with and obviously I don't want to go too overboard with tacky decorations. 

I did a similar post last year around the christmas period and showed my windowsill setup, I've gone for the same theme just "Halloweeny".

I LOVE how this turned out I think it looks super festive but still quite simple and affordable!

As you can see I have the three halloween themed candles which are so cute they're also glittery which is a win in my opinion. These candles don't really have a scent so I used a vanilla scented candle to add some scent. I have added some skull fairy lights which I got for an absolute bargain and you can't go wrong with some cute fairy lights let's be honest. Lastly I scattered some little halloween themed sweets around just for an extra little touch.

I hope this gives you some inspiration for decorating a windowsill if you have one or even a desk area. 

(what happens when I try to take cute blog pictures, ye nope)

Candles- B&M £2.99

Skull lights- B&M £1.99

Sweets- Home Bargains no more than a £1

Shoes- Tease shoe shop £20

Beanie- Topshop £12

Fur gilet- H&M £29.99

Top- Boohoo £12

Jeans- Topshop £36

Thanks for reading 

xoxo

Winter/Fall inspired outfits!

Hello lovely readers, 

As I have been trying hard not to splurge all my money on a full new set of fall/winter clothes I have been doing a lot of looking on many clothing websites. I love looking at what new items shops have in stores even if I'm not going to buy them. I decided to go on polyvore and create a few outfits which I'd love to have in my wardrobe for fall. 

This first outfit is definitely me. 

I absolutely love turtle neck/roll/high necks in the winter they are so cosy. 

I decided to pair this grey one with a denim button town skirt and some black tights. 

Then went for a 'dr marten style' boot and a floppy black hat. I think all of these items paired with a cute black coat to finish it off would look so cute in the fall/winter. 

Again with the turtle neck.. 

These jumpers are so cosy and I definitely need more in my wardrobe, I think this grey one paired with a nice pair of ripped 'mom style' jeans and some high top converse would look amazing. 

Definitely more of a lazy day look but still looks like the effort has been put in. I also just paired it with a black belt. 

Lastly I have this mainly white look. 

I chose a white long sleeved v neck, with my favourite jeans which are the topshop joni jeans, and I decided to have a sleeveless jacket/cardigan to go over the top just to give it that extra something also some extra warmth (not that it'd make your arms any warmer but you know!). 

Then to finish it off some slip on white vans which are super comfy and think go well with this outfit.

You can probably tell from this that I am totally into grey especially in the winter/fall months. This is definitely extremely monotone however you could throw in some rusty oranges, burgundy, or khaki green as these are all colours which I love to wear in the winter, I'm sure you'll be seeing a few blogposts to confirm. Slighty different blog post today but I hope you liked it and maybe it gave you some inspiration for your winter wardrobe. 

As always if you would like to contact me my email is - paisleysx@hotmail.co.uk

also leave me a comment if you wish I'd love to know your opinions. 

Thanks for reading

xoxo

Autumn day/evening outfit!

Hello lovely readers, 

Recently I have realised that in the shops they are clearing out all the summer clothes and bringing in all the autumn/winter clothes. This gets me so excited for the winter months, I absolutely love wooly jumpers and beanies and I can't wait to start getting some wear out of them.

I decided to show an outfit which I am going to be wearing tonight and it's very much autumn inspired. These type of blogposts are my favourite ones to do, I love sharing my outfits and I also love seeing other blogposts like this to get inspiration for my own!

At the moment the weather is so awkward it's too warm to wear a big thick coat but it's too cold to wear just a top so wearing a knit jumper is perfect. Last winter the colours burgundy, khaki green and mustard were definitely in and I'm really hoping that it stays that way this year because those colours are my favourites. 

The jumper i'm wearing is a pretty thin but still warm, it's a mustard colour which I think is perfect for autumn! 

I bought this last year and it's lasted pretty well so far, i'm definitely going to get some wear out of it this year too.

This skirt I have actually featured in another outfit blogpost which was a summer outfit so it shows how versatile this skirt can be. I think it looks really cute with the jumper slightly tucked in and a brown belt. I have also paired it with some plain black tights. 

I live in these chelsea boots when winter rolls around they go with so many things and are super comfy. 

You can't go wrong with a pretty pair of boots.

Lastly I feel like this may quickly become my favourite hairstyle, I've seen a few people wearing their hair this way and I'm not sure why but i really love it! It's so simple to do and it gets the hair at the front out of the way and looks cute. I also did it with three braids the other day but decided to go with just two today.  

Let me know if you like this hair trend? 

Jumper- H&M £7.99

Skirt- Boohoo £15

Boots- Topshop £42 

As always if you have any comments/suggestions for my blogposts leave a comment or email me at paisleysx@hotmail.co.uk 

Thanks for reading 

xoxo