I remember my first burberry trench...

It was beautiful and I wore it to death; I still have it, but now I'm not really in a suitable job to wear it. I can't believe I used to wear it to school! (even if it was the poshest school, where our skirts were measured to make sure they were all the same length and we wore straw boaters in the summer haha ahh memories).

I was perusing the internet as usual when I came across the latest Burberry photoshoot by Mario Testino, starring none other than Romeo Beckham.

  

There's no denying that, even at 10 years old, you can see that young Romeo is probably going to be a bit of a heart breaker when he's older, he's got that cheeky grin going on already.

I'm usually a massive Testino fan, and a massive Christopher Bailey fan as well, but I'm just not sure of this choice. I like the Burberry campaigns with the up and coming beautiful 20-something actors/models who I can stare at until my eyes hurt, and aspire to look like even though I have no chance...not a 10 year old kid. Remember Eddie Redmayne and Cara Delevingne S/S12? Thats more what I'm talking about Burberry!

I guess I still have Charlie France, and rRomeo's cute in a little brother sort of way...

Whats your favorite fashion campaign? What do you think of this one?

x

I never get the chance to paint my nails, as I work with animals, but since it's christmas and I have a couple of weeks off I decided to go for it and be all festive!

I picked up these two nail varnishes from B&M (if you haven't heard of it its basically like a pound shop, everythings really cheap). They were £1.79 each which I think is very good for nail varnishes as usually you can end up spending around £5 per bottle! I've used W7 products before and have found they are actually pretty good; I think I've used a liquid eyeliner by them and and was quite impressed.

So, I used the white as a base and put the glitter on top...kind of snowy and sparkly. The white varnish needed 2 coats to get a good even coverage, but it dried within a minute so it was fairly easy and quick to do. I was really impressed with the glitter; I usually find with glitter nail varnishes you have to put about 5 layers on to get a good amount of glitter, but this only took one coat and the particles looked really good. Its easily removable aswell, (unlike other glitter varnishes!)
I'm not sure that I'll use the white very often, as it reminds me of when people used to pait their nails with tipex at school, but the glitter is great value and will look good over any colour, I'm going to try it with a dark colour next I think!

Does anyone else have special christmas nails?

xxx

I have an ongoing dislike of my hair; when I was a child it was so long I could sit on it. Then some girl at school got a hairbrush tangle in it and I had to have the chop. Age 15 I started experimenting, from blue, to red, to lego hair...eventually I decided to dye my naturally black hair blonde. After a couple of weeks I couldn't cope and shaved it all off; think This is england (but I was way ahead of my time).

Since then I've been growing and growing, 2012 will of been my 5th year of hair growing. I'm "blessed" with insanely thick, wavy hair. I have the equivalent of about 3 peoples hair on my head. It gets frizzy, it doesn't straighten, it gets knotty. I'm just too old for messing with my mane now!

So today, I went for the chop.

(sorry for the crap picture, I don't know how we're meant to tale good photos with the lighting at the moment!)

I've never had a bob before, and it's actually completely different to what I asked for (which was a long wavy bob a la alexa chung), but there's not much I can do now its cut. I don't know how manageable it is going to be either, I mean yes, it looks nice all straight and sleek, but I don't do hairdryers and straighteners, so as soon as I wash this I dread to think how it will turn out!

So yeah, unsure at the moment, but I'm hoping to grow into it. Even if I don't like it theres nothing that I can do anyway!

xxx

So this isn't your normal "OOTD" or "beauty review". This is something of much greater importance. As some of you may or may not know, I work in the animal industry. and have recently been working at the RSPCA.  

They have a serious problem with the amount of cats that they have to take in, this week alone they have taken in 20 cats, and only a few have been rehomed. Literally, they have had to turn their kitchen into a pen, and cats are sleeping in the sink.

This video will show just a little of what's happening.

I've socialised most of these cats and they are all adorable. Why anyone would want to abandon and mistreat them I do not understand.

 These are some of the kittys i've been socialising this week.

Yes it really is my job to play with cats all day. 

Its not all fun though. This poor pigeon was bought in after someone had spray painted it pink. It will now live in captivity for the rest of its life.

 

The RSPCA is a charity, so any donations are also put to great use helping animals. Most individual RSPCA animal homes also have amazon wishlists, so if you can't adopt an animal yourself you can buy gifts and treats for the animals!

OOTD

While in London I managed to pester my boyfriend to take an outfit shot. Sorry I look so tired!

Hat- Crooks&Castles (£14.99); Scarf-Edinburgh Wool Factory (£28); Coat- Topshop (£120); Jumper- Ebay (£12.99); Tshirt- See by Chloe (£125); Bag- Primark (old £8); Jeans- a shop in Greece (€130); Socks- Urban Outfitters (£12); Boots- Topshop (£45); Flowers- Berwick St flower lady courtesy of my bf :).

Just as a little treat, heres me being a tourist (even though I used to live in London!). HP geek forever.

  

xxx

Beth/rest.

So last night I went to see Bon Iver play at Wembley arena. There's not much I can say other than that it was the best concert I've ever seen.

They were supported by London locals The Staves, three sisters from Watford. I'd never heard of them before but I was really impressed. They all had amazing voices and I'll definitely be buying their album. They're starting their own headlining tour later this month. Dates can be found on their website , I strongly recommend going to see them!

The main event was of course Bon Iver. I've loved them for a long long time. I would probably say they're my favorite band (after The Smiths obviously). There are rumours that Justin Vernon has said in recent interviews that Bon Iver will be going on an indefinite hiatus, which I hope isn''t true but that just gave me all the more reason to go, I mean what if this was their last tour?! I also purchased some merch, nothing really tickled my fancy, nothing was very "bon ivery" if that makes sense?! so I stuck to paying £15 (extortionate) for a tote bag.

I did take some photos, but theres nothing I hate more than people who watch a concert through a camera lense. This is as good as it gets I'm afraid!!

Introducing- Dior Grand Bal.

Dior have just released the their christmas 2012 make up collection, called Grand Bal (spellcheck does not like Bal!) Here are some of my favorite picks.

"From his first collections, Christian Dior reinvents the art of going out and transfers the festive and refined elegance of the 18th century ballgowns to his creations. Embracing the fantasy of christmas, the Dior house reinterprets the spirit of grand balls with a contemporary elegance and a cheeky twist.

Fleeting and flamboyant, the christmas 2012 makeup collection is an invitation into the extreme  refinement and utmost sophistication of winter balls for today's princesses."

 

Carnet de Bal Makeup Palette. (£60)

A carnet de bal was originally the dance card that you'd write the name of your dancing partner in, and Dior have made this into a makeup palette containing a platinum and gold eyeshadow, two lip glosses, a black eyeliner and two applicators.

 

I really like the look of this and think the design is really lovely. Such a good idea to use the vintage idea of  carnet de bal as the packaging. Imagine how good this would look in your christmas clutch!

Grand Bal False Lashes- Gold Crystals. (£19)

There a two different pairs of these limited edition false lashes, gold crystals and pearl drops.

They come adorned a strip of silver pearl drops or gold swarovski crystals and are meant to make your eyes take on a mysterious appearance and sparkle with glamour.

 

I think these look beautiful. So glamorous and elegant, like a movie star! I suppose £19 is quite a lot for falsies, but I wouldn't even hesitate buying these!

Diorific Lipstick- Marylin (£25)

This is Diors new interpretation of Diorific. It comes in four shades of red- marylin, diorling, diva and lady and is meant to be long lasting and matte.

I love the look of these, obviously assuming this shade is named after the lady herself, Marylin Monroe.

It just oozes eleglance and class to me. The design of the packaging is so opulent yet simple.  I would die to have this in my collection, so beautiful. It is a reasonable price aswell, not out of my reach!

I would buy the collection if possible it all looks classic and ladylike, definitely going on my christmas list!