My Style Diary - Feeling a little like Spencer

Hello

Once again, it's a Sunday morning and I'm sitting here with my cup of tea writing this post. I'm quite enjoying this little routine of mine. :)

These photos are from yesterday when I went out to lunch with a friend to celebrate his birthday. We went down to Fremantle to a relatively new cafe called Bread in Common. It had great atmosphere, the food was amazing, and it was a gorgeous sunny day! So basically, my idea of a perfect day - good food, good company, and lovely surroundings - it doesn't get much better than that!

Moving onto the outfit - I picked this dress up on sale from Jay Jays and I love the cut as well as the daisy? print. I'm really excited to wear it again as it's so versatile and can be styled in so many different ways. Expect to see it making many more appearances on this blog in the future! 

Looking at this outfit now, I feel quite a bit like Spencer from Pretty Little Liars... It's definitely something she would wear. Out of the four girls, I like Spencer's style best (most of the time), but it's not always something that would be easy to pull off! The interesting fashion is one of the reasons I (and I'm sure many other people) like the show. It's a little unrealistic sometimes, but it's fun.

Anyway, I'll leave it at that for today. I hope you're having a lovely Sunday!

Lots of Love

Lauren

xxx

Dress - Jay Jays

Cardigan - Pull and Bear

Belt - from Singapore

Shoes - Country Road

Bag - Jigsaw

Nail Polish - Essie "Penny Talk" 

(I'm a bit obsessed with this rose gold colour at the moment!)

My Style Diary - Leather and Plaid

Heya :)

It feels like it's been ages since my last post! Last weekend was pretty crazy with work and other things, so I didn't get a chance to do any blogging or even to take any photos. To tell you the truth I've been rather uninspired outfit-wise lately. I'm ready for lovely sunny, warm days so I can break out my summer dresses and shorts, but unfortunately the weather is not really co-operating!

This what I wore a few weekends ago just hanging out with friends and playing boardgames (yes I'm such a party animal aren't I? :p)

I recently bought one of those hair bun donuts, and I'm quite liking the effect. I never usually wear my hair in a bun so it's nice for a bit of a change. Honestly though, the first thing I thought when I tried it out was that it would be perfect to use if you were dressing up as Princess Leia. I'm a big Star Wars fan and have actually dressed up as her on a number of occasions!

Anyway, I'm off to watch the latest episode of The Vampire Diaries. I hope you're enjoying your Friday night!

Love Lauren 

xxx

Top - Cotton On

Jeans- Forever 21

Leather Jacket - from Hong Kong

Shoes - Converse

PS - Yes... that is a leaf in my hair... I'm not sure how it managed to get stuck there but I didn't realise until after I'd finished taking photos ... so let's just pretend we can't see it :p 

Oh also... Thank you very much to Lizzy from

Beautylicious

who nominated me for the Liebster Award. I've been so busy I haven't had a chance to do the tag but will hopefully be able to this weekend! Definitely check out her blog!

Beauty Bits - Purple Champagne Makeup Look

On Saturday I had a bit of time and was in the mood to play with make-up, so I thought I'd do a (very subtle) purple eye look, as I was off to watch the Dockers play in the AFL Grand Final. As I said in my last post, I am not a football follower, but thought I may as well jump on the Freo bandwagon, and it was an excuse to have a bit of a play with colour.

It's a very simple look with a champagne colour all over the lid, purple eyeliner smudged along the lash line, and a browny-plum colour in the crease. It's very subtle, and perfect for those like me who are a bit too scared to wear a full-on coloured eye look. 

I realised when looking at these photos that I could have done it all with just the Naked 2 palette and purple eye-liner, but I was having a bit of a play with my make-up stash, and ended up using the MAC Illustrated Face Kit as well (you can read my post about it

here

)

Here's a quick run-down of what I did

1) Maybelline Colour Tattoo in "Barely Branded" all over the lid as a base. 

2) "Booty Call" from the Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette on the inner half of my eye

3) "Plum Reduction" from the MAC palette in the crease. 

3) Purple

 eyeliner along the upper and lower lash line

4) Champagne eyeliner on the inner half of the lower lash-line (mine is from Shiseido, but has sadly been discontinued)

I smudged and blended it all together, added some mascara, and that was it!

I also used MAC blush in "Dame", a Revlon Balm Stain in "Crush", and painted my nails with Essie's "Bangle Jangle" which is a really pretty lavender colour. 

So that's it!

I'd love to hear how you like to incorporate colour into your make-up look :)

I hope you're having a lovely day

Love Lauren

xxx

PS - I'm sorry for the extreme close-up!! :p

My Style Diary - Pop of Purple

Hello there :)

This week has been rather exhausting, so it's nice to finally be able to sit down and do some blogging! My parents are away in New York at the moment, so being the "responsible adult" in the house has meant lots of early mornings dropping my littlest sister to school (she starts at 6:50am), driving her to cello lessons, and just getting all those little things around the house done. I'm not complaining by any means, I'm more than happy to do it, it's just  been very busy! It does really make me appreciate all the things my Mum does though!

Anyway, yesterday was the AFL Grand Final (that's Australian Football League for those of you who aren't Australian). I need to start off by saying that I am by no means a fan of football, I usually watch one game a year - the Grand Final - and it's more a chance to catch up with friends and eat food than really pay much attention to the game. However, this year the Fremantle Dockers were playing for the first time ever, and the whole of Perth seems to have gone football crazy, and jumped on the Freo bandwagon. It's all I'd been hearing about all week. 

I went to my boyfriends house to watch the game with his family and thought I'd show my support for Freo with just a little touch of purple in my outfit (admittedly it's more like lilac... but I tried :p). I actually also watched the whole game this year... and discovered that I should never watch any form of competitive sport again. Not because I was bored, but because I get much too worked up about the whole thing! Obviously I wanted the Dockers to win, but it wasn't a particularly big deal to me if they didn't, and yet I was getting very nervous during the game. I realise that is quite ridiculous... but... it's true! Oh well...

Let's have a quick chat about my outfit. As always it's very simple, just jeans and a girly top and cardigan. I also did a purpley/champagne eye make-up look, which you can't see in these photos (it's very subtle), but I'm going to show in my next beauty post. I had a bit of time in the morning and was in the mood to play with make-up :)

Anyway, that's it for now.

I hope you're having a lovely Sunday afternoon!

Love Lauren

xxx

Top - from France

Cardigan - Pull and Bear

Jeans - Siwy from Subway DC

Sandals - Therapy 

Essie nail polish in "Bangle Jangle"

My Style Diary - Country Road Overload

What better way to spend a rainy Sunday morning than sitting down with a cup of tea and doing a spot of blogging? :)

I didn't realise until looking through these photos that my outfit was pretty much all Country Road (excluding accessories that is). I am a bit of a Country Road fan, as I'm sure you can probably tell - the brand just suits my simple, relaxed (ok lets face it - rather boring compared to most bloggers) style.

What can I say? -  I like basics! 

Although I often admire the cute/quirky/intricate outfits of other bloggers and think - "I want to dress like that!", when it comes down to it, I just don't feel comfortable in that kind of style.

 That's the thing about fashion, there are so many different definitions of "style", and there's no right or wrong, it's just about what feels right to you. If we didn't all have different takes on what "style" means, the blogging world (and fashion world in general), wouldn't be nearly as exciting as it is!

Anyway, I hope you're having a lovely Sunday!

Love Lauren

xxx

Top, Pants, Shoes - Country Road

Bag - Jigsaw

Necklace - from my Bisnonna (Great Grandma)