Tartan and Stripes : Style Diary

Todays outfit expresses the epitome of casual.

 A slouchy knit jumper with a voile trim, paired with my favourite ripped jeans and soft scarf makes for the best uni look! I don't know if it has something to do with the colder weather, but I love being able to dress up in warm winter jumpers and boots without worrying about being too hot! 

My striped jumper is an oldie from Hollister that I picked up in the Braintree outlet store. What a lifesaver that shop is! You can pick up some great bargains. My jeans are Topshop Jamie jeans with rips. I paired the outfit with my Cashmink scarf from House of Fraser and love how comfortable and soft it is. The best £5 spent in the black Friday sale! Finally I paired the outfit with my classic Zara tote bag. This bag is perfect for uni as it fits all of my sewing materials as well as my other bits and bobs. Plus it is super easy to just throw things into it! 

I put my hair into a side fishtail braid. One of the most easy plaits to do which looks like lots of effort has been made! 

This is what I spent most of my day staring at today! Although I wouldn't change it for the world! 

After getting in from my water aerobics class my mum told me to pop upstairs and look in the bathroom. She had very cutely put out my pyjamas and dressing gown on the towel warmer so they were lovely and toasty for when I put them on. She is super duper cute! (Pyjama Set- Victoria Secret, Dressing Gown- Victoria Secret) 

 Hope you have a lovely rest of your day! 

Let me know what you have got up to!

Lots of love, 

Manicure sunday?

Now I know that usually you are supposed to post your manicure Monday blogposts on a Monday, but I was far to excited about this post! I am going to share my first (I think) nail tutorial! This is something that is very easy to do but looks really complicated when finished on your nails. It is also a nail tutorial and design that you can very easily do on yourself!

What you need for this tutorial are three colours which compliment each other really well. I went for Pink, Lilac and dark purple. I also got a base/top coat and a sponge. You can also use a makeup sponge if you don't have an painting sponge.

First step is to paint your nails with a base coat. This helps the nail varnish to go on smoother and also protects your nails from staining.

Then you need to paint your nails of the colour you have decided to be the base of the design. I went with Barry M's Gelly Hi Shine varnish in Grapefruit.

Then you need to apply some of the next colour you want to use onto your sponge. You really don't need very much on the sponge. Then begin to dab it onto the top of your nail and slightly gradient it down into the pink. You need to make sure that the pink polish is fully dry before doing this step. I used Barry M Nail paint in Berry.

Finally you need to add some drops of your final colour onto your sponge and then dab it right at the top of the nail to get a little of the colour onto the nails. Seal this in place with a topcoat when finished. The Purple I used was a small polish from No7 Collection.

I love how this design looks on the nails. It looks so chic and effortless that it is one that I think will be a reoccurring thing on my nails throughout winter. I am going to try this design out with other colours too, although these three together may be my favourite!

Let me know if you try out this design. I would love to see your results, Tweet me at @bellamomentox

I hope you let me off for posting my manicure Monday post a day early! 

Thanks for reading!

xoxox 

Soap and Glory heaven!

I am so excited to share this little box of goodness with you! It is quite known to my family how obsessed I am with every Soap and Glory product so to receive this gift for christmas, well you can imagine how happy I was! I believe that my mum and dad bought it for me from boots. The bag it comes in is limited edition in itself which means that sadly you can no longer buy the products all together but you can buy them all separately in store anyway. 

The bag is a limited edition Jonathan Saunders design which is in a gorgeous pink and silver colour which matches all Soap and Glory products.

The contents of the box

L-R- Butter Yourself moisturising lotion, Peaches and clean face wash, Sugar Crush body wash.

L-R- Hand Food, The scrub of your life, Heel Genius. 

Righteous butter moisturising butter

L-R- Selection of Soap and Glory Samples, Extreme Plump lipgloss, Thick and fast mascara. 

I am so excited to use all of these products although most of them I have already used in the past and are old favourites for me. If you would like to see a review for any of this products let me know down in the comments!

Thanks for reading!

Francesca

xxx

Manicure Monday!

I have a sunday night routine which includes washing my hair, getting my bag ready for uni and painting my nails. Last night I decided to go for my last girly nail design for a while as starting from next weekend I am going to be in full christmas festive mode!

The nail varnish I used was Maybelline in 'Feline' and my Rio nail art tool pens. I then sealed my design with a Barry M topcoat. I decided to only do the rose design on the accent finger and to keep the other nails pretty simple as I thought it made it look chic and a little sophisticated. Let me know if this type of post is something you would be interest

Sorry that this post is a little short, I wanted to try something a little different with my blog! Let me know if this type of post is something you would be interested in!

xoxox