Monthly Fashion Picks

Hello, Everyone :)

Welcome to (drumroll please....) ''Fashion Week'' :) I love fashion, but I love finding stylish pieces that will last and fit for years and years even more. It's all about style once you pass that 24 years old mark I think, because usually by this time you have experimented enough to have found what works and what doesn't for you. If you are still searching then there is nothing wrong with that too. Have fun with fashion, mix it up and do try new things every now and then :) And where do I go for those new trend buys I think I need...Missguided...

I think if you have been reading my blog for a while, then you know how much I love this super affordable on-line fashion retailer. The quality is so good and the fashion is on trend. But even if you're not into edgy new fashion pieces there are lots of classic items like cigarette pants and shirts, awesome footwear and amazing accessories to choose from. So I will try (I'm not going to promise :D) to bring to you my favourite pieces from Missguided every month...

And here are this months picks :)

So I seem to be obsessed with Khaki, Navy blue and grey. And that is absolutely ok with me :D I'm also gravitating towards really chunky cardigans and really tight dresses :D Maybe a few more weeks in the gym and I will treat myself to one of these beautiful bodycon dresses :)

Hope you enjoyed my little Missguided picks

Stay tuned

xoxo

Meril

WORK IT

Hello, Everyone :) I think we all know I don't work any more, but that doesn't mean I can't enjoy a good pant suit. In the summer though a whole suit can look a bit too boxy and you will probably melt and get sweat patches and...anyway. I think in the summertime it's ok to jazz up your work attire a little and have a bit more fun. SO here is my take on a summer office wear outfit :)

I chose these peachy and light blue colours for the outfit, because we all know dark colours attract Sun. Light colours will keep you cooler in the summer...FACT :D I added some gold, dark purple and brown leather accessories and voila. I do actually wear contacts because I'm slightly blind :D but my glasses seemed to work with this outfit as well, so I thought why not share these bad boy nerdies with all of you as well :D

I love the flowy gypsy top from Primark. It's just the prettiest thing and I the delicate flowers go well with the pale pink cropped peg leg trousers from Missguided. The shoes are from there as well. AND they are probably the most wonderful comfortable heels I have come across lately. The short block heel looks super fashionable but it also makes walking a whole lot easier than with a thin heel. I think a medium block heel is a perfect middle way between a flat shoe and a high heel :) So give it a try and let me know how you feel about them.
The bag is an old find. I got it from one of those stands you find in between places :D It was £10 and worth every pound :D I do like a good structured bag anyway :)

WEARING: MISSGUIDED - trousers, MISSGUIDED - shoes, PRIMARK - blouse, H&M - belt, OLIVIA BURTON - watch, ACCESSORIZE - bangles, NEWLOOK - rings and earrings, UNKNOWN - bag

SHOP THE STYLE

Hope you enjoyed todays look :)

This outfit was the 5th look for my 10 Days of Summer Style series, so we are half way trough :) 

I will also try to get myself to work out the ''shop the style'' for each look, but it's mighty time consuming...bare with me on this one :D IF there is something you think you can't live without ;) let me know and I'll find the item or similar faster/

Stay tuned for a faux leather look next :)

xoxo

Meril

ICE CREAM

Hello, Everyone :) Another day, another white dress. This time it's actually a recent purchase rather than an old piece out of my wardrobe :D. I picked up this lovely cotton gypsy dress from the Primark section in Selfridges when I was shopping with my friend. Ok I must admit she found it first and I just copied her :D But it's a lovely dress and it was only £13. I wore this outfit today for a little trip to the local ice-cream cafe :) It was such a nice sunny and warm day we decided to have a little walk there. Even though Oscar is sick for the first time in his life, and was not really feeling too well. We figured a little bit of fresh air will only do him good.

 Because it was just a casual daily outing I opted for flats rather than wedges that I would normally pair with this kind of dress. I really wanted to wear some sandals...but I realised I don't own any sandals...how sad...shopping trip me thinks :D But my old favourite tan braided flats from Missguided worked very well. I also added a fringed bag and some mint green sunglasses for a little pop of colour :) The whole look is very simple but kind of pretty in its peasant way :D Hope you like it :)

WEARING - PRIMARK - dress, PRIMARK - bag (a few years ago...I'm sorry I can't stop myself from wearing stuff from waaaay back :D)MISSGUIDED - shoes, OLIVIA BURTON - watch

Next outfit for the 10 Days of Summer Style will be a business lunch outfit :) So stay tuned :)

xoxo

Meril

Denim and Yellow

Hello, Everyone :)

I have not done an outfit post in a long time again. I had to have a little look around in my closet (read rails) because I have to find outfits for a trip we are going on. And summer was so long time ago I have kind of forgotten what I actually have. And in the midst of finding summery outfits I found my beloved pair of distressed boyfriend jeans, which made me think of a nice and bright outfit :) hope you enjoy :)

Wearing: JEANS - Zara, YELLOW TOP - Missguided, BAG - New Look, SHOES - Missguided, NECKLACE (SET OF 2) - Forever21, BELT - h&m, SUNGLASSES - Primark

Shop the style

Stay tuned everyone :)

xoxo

Recent Favorites

Hello, Everyone
I have been mighty busy lately, with getting ready for house guests and other visitors and just trying to keep up with my little monkey, who is now climbing on everything and pulling down everything that he can reach. So finding time to finish up one of my 9 draft posts has been pretty much impossible :D I keep starting them and then so much time passes that they are no longer relevant, so I just kind of have to start another one and the same thing happens :D But I promised myself to blog more often this month to keep myself busy. And I need to keep myself busy as my plan to go back home for a month with Oscar is being held back by the lack of passports in our house :D So here I am writing :)
The plan was to do an April favourites post but in the end I decided ''recent'' is a more relevant word :D

I will start with the beauty products.

The RealTechniques duo fibre brush set was a late find for me. I haven't actually tried any duo fibre brushes...ever...and I'm sad I hadn't discovered them earlier because they are AMAZING. They blend all the cream and powder foundations so well and leave no lines. I don't really use the small eye brush for eyes rather than blending out the contour line on my nose, but I'm sure it will be amazing for eye shadow as well, it's just that I have my tried and tested eye shadow brushes I use daily. Both the big face brush and small contour brush are used daily and I can't repeat myself enough, they are sooo goood. The set is meant to be limited addition, but they are still available in most drugstores and also online.

If you find something you like, buy loads of it :D For me it's plum and berry shades. I'm sure you know my obsession with purple lipsticks/glosses and now I've moved the obsession onto my cheeks as well :D The plum colored Expertwear blush by Maybelline is a very very recent find, and even though it looked super shiny in the shop but ended up being quite matte in real life I still love the colour. It's this super buildable blush that is just so pretty...That's it...it's so pretty :D The shade is 79 Flash Plum.

I also got a peachy tone in shade 62 Rosewood because peach is a bit of an obsession as well lately. To be honest they only had these 2 shades in Superdrug and not that they only had these shades left...it seemed that these 2 are the only ones out there at the moment :D But I will look into it and if I can find more shades I'll link them below.

Dry Shampoo. I have been meaning to try out the dry shampoo but never really got round to it, so when my sister came and recommended me this one I had no more excuses any more. I have to say Momma finds less and less time to wash her hair so this is a godsend...or sistersend shall I say :D It smells so nice and once I was taught on how to use it I was set to go. It just gives me an extra day to rock some loose waves or a straight hair do rather than a ponytail. I mean I have worn that ponytail for months now :D This CO Lab dry shampoo in classic fragrance is meant to be better than the Batiste ones, but I wouldn't know as I haven't tried the Batiste :D If you have tried them both and have a different opinion let me know :)

Maybelline Dream Satin liquid foundation in 02 cameo. I will say this right at the start...I have way too many foundations, but this is by far my favourite. It is somewhere between medium and high coverage so not too good for those hot sweaty summer months, but it leaves such a flawless finish that for now (spring) it is perfect. And it is very durable. I walked through rain and wind with this bad boy on my face :S yes that sounded weird and dirty :D but it lasted. So if you want a flawless coverage this is the one.

Moving on to another face product. NYX Born to glow Liquid Illuminator is the bomb. I use it on top of my foundation just on my cheekbones for that glowy dewy JLo glowy dewy look :D And it just leaves an amazing glow without rubbing off the foundation. I'm pretty sure it is meant to be used as an all over the face product just like the similar product from Revlon, but the tone 02 Gleam is just a bit too dark for me at the moment for that purpose...it will be perfect in the summer though :)

And the last beauty favourite is actually an old favourite of mine that I recently repurchased and it's the Intimately Beckham Womens Eau de Toilette natural spray. This use to be my go to fragrance for work as it's really light weight, smells amazing, it's not offencive and it's SOOOO CHEAP :DI bought mine from Amazon fro about 7 pounds and the bottle is 75ml :o I don't think you get any better than that :D It will last me for so long as well, and it's such a nice floral summery scent.

Fashion wise has been a bit slow these past months :D But I have managed to find some things I absolutely love.

Starting with shoes...I mean I won't go into detail, you have seen me wearing them on Instagram and as part of a casual sweater dress outfit. These Missguided flats are so comfortable yet stylish...I love them, I love them a lot :D

I have also given into my obsession with sunglasses and purchased 2 pairs recently (they are on the beauty favourites picture) The balck ones are from Asos and were 10 pounds and the brown ones with gold accents are from Primark and they were only 3 pounds :O

Moving on to 2 more things I found from Primark. The 2 floral gypsy off the shoulder strappy blouses. They were 6 pounds each so I had to get both of them. And this whole off the shoulder look is very in at the moment, so I'm glad I get to try it out without spending a pretty penny. I got a one in colour grey and navy and I got the size 8. I won't be able to link them as Primark doesn't have an online shop :(

Another very affordable brand is Forever21. I mean you can't get better than that. I went in there and you do get a bit blinded by the lights and all the products but once you get right in there and start searching you will find some fabulous gems. I found the Acid Wash  3/4 length jeans in light blue. And they have been my favourites ever since. I only paid 14 pounds and I also have to mention that I bought size w26 rather than the usual w27 that I go for in other shops just because they are very stretchy and I don't want them to stretch out too much and become unwearable.

And then there is the New Look bag. I have worn it as part of an outfit for one of my fashion posts but never got round to actually tell you guys how much I like it. It is also now on sale for just 10.99 (I'll link it down below)

The size is just perfect for all your essentials and because it's nice and compact I can even take it with me when I go out with a pushchair as it goes over the shoulder. It's just this perfect little black bag for days and nights out :)

And this is it for my recent favourites :)

Hope you enjoyed the post 

Stay tuned

xoxo

Meril

Products

Intimately Beckham for Her Eau de Toilette 50ml • Red Carpet • £9.99
Maybelline Expert Wear Blush Rosewood • Maybelline • £5.19
Maybelline Expert Wear Blush Flash Plum • Maybelline • £5.19
Maybelline Dream Satin Liquid Foundation - Sun beige • Maybelline • £8
COLAB Dry Shampoo London 200ml • £3.15
FOREVER 21 Acid Wash Skinny Jeans • Forever 21 • £14
Woven Slip On Skater Pumps Tan • Missguided • £16
Real Techniques Limited Edition Duo Fibre Set • £23.99
NYX Liquid Illuminator - Gleam • NYX • £9
ASOS Oversized 70s Sunglasses - Black • Asos • £10
Black Snakeskin Padlock Chain Strap Bag • New Look • £10.99

Style Post

Hello, Everyone :)

Yesterday was the second day in a row that brought us Sun and warmth, so it was the perfect day for this amazingly comfy yet stylish pale pink sweater dress. I decided to dress it down with the tan and white flats and a hobo bag, but added some pearl, gold and diamond accessories to give the whole look a bit more sophistication shall we say. As always all the accessories and clothes are super affordable, but one of the issues might be that some of the things were bought years ago, which makes them pretty impossible to get right now :S :) But the sweater dress and shoer are from Missguided and still available in most sizes (I'll link them below :))

Outfit Details:

Sweater Dress - Missguided

Shoes - Missguided

Bag  - Similar found here or go to Primark :D they have a tendancy to bring back products from years ago :/ no really :D

Sunglasses - I couldn't find green ones anywhere but these New Look pink faded cat eye sunglasses ARE AMAZING :) I also found that New Look has an amazing range of sunglasses at an amazing price :) 

Turqoise Pearl bracelet - similar found from a set here 

Ring - This was part of a ring pack I got from New Look about a year ago, but now I can't find it. There is a similar one on their website It is silver and green, but similar style :) And if you go on etsy site you can find hundreds of similar style amazing rings.

Earrings - By Ted Baker

Bow Bracelet  - similar here

Pearl Bracelet - similar found from a set from Forever21

Hope you enjoyed the post :)

I will try to post an outfit with recent purchases so I could link the correct product rather than similar ones :) 

So as always, stay tuned. I have also managed to finish our bedroom, so I'll do an update post on that one very soon :) If you have any post request though or questions please let me know :) 

xoxo

Meril

Style Post

Hello, Everyone :)
This post has been a long time coming :D And I'm sorry about it, and that is all I'm going to say. I didn't do daily outfit posts for a really long time for the reason. I didn't want to put another mirror selfie picture up here. But I now have a camera that I can set up with a timer and voila ?? or not. Have you guys tried to take a photo of yourself with a camera and a timer and all that jazz? I felt like a right dick :D so please be kind...the photos are my first. I'm sure they will get better :D So enjoy ?! Also you can spot my new shorter shorter hair do :)

About the outfit. It is definitely a very laid back, casual outfit, but not like a ''let's go to the grocery store around the corner'' but more like ''lets head to town for a bit of shopping''

The sage green jean trousers are from asos. They are slightly high waisted and made out of super soft fabric :)

I also got the bag from Asos, but it's actually New Look.

The sweater and shoes are from Missguided. And the belt is an old buy from H&M. It's a bit worn and old, but my new gold and tan belt needs another hole as it's too big for this waist height.

Hope you enjoyed the post and are not too weirded out about how I look on the pictures :D haha

Stay tuned :)

xoxo