COMING TO THE END OF AN ERA

Dress - Topshop

Necklace - Topshop

Heels -  Dorothy Perkins 

So on Thursday was the 'geography ball', and for those of you who don't know me personally, I am currently in my third year, studying geography, at Portsmouth. It was the last geography society event, and it turned out to be the best one! This wasn't instead of grad ball, but that isn't until July.

Anyway, this is what I wore! Such a simple dress but I absolutely loved it. It was a really flattering colour, and the fit was really loose, which I think really suits me. I bought this cute little necklace from Topshop too. The heels were the 'barely there' sandal style, but on the heel part was a side of gold (probably see it easier on the website). All of the outfit turned out to be pretty cheap, especially as I know I will wear it again, especially on holiday. 

My makeup was done using my usual go-to foundation by Laura Mercier. It is very full coverage, which for events like this is perfect. My eyeshadow was done using the Naked Palette. On my lips was Soar Lip Liner from MAC, and HoneyLove lipstick, also from MAC. My hair I curled using my babyliss wand.

I absolutely loved getting to be dressed up, and hope you like the outfit too! 

H&M LOVING

Shirt - H&M

Jacket - New Look

Jeans - Topshop

Trainers - H&M

Bag - Topshop

At the moment it is 20% off at H&M for students, and recently I have really been loving the store, it has got some really nice pieces, plus so reasonably priced. I have posted these trainers previously, and I think they are a really good copy of the Stan Smith Adidas ones. The other item from H&M is this shirt, which is super cute, can be very casual, and very light weight so perfect for going into warmer weather. Obviously I just wore it with my boring old (but my favourite) black jeans, leather jacket, and black bag. 

I had another quick browse on the H&M website and these are a few things that caught my eye, unfortunately I don't really like the H&M website so I won't actually make an order. Despite this, I might have to nip into H&M and see if I can see these items in person! 

THE TRENCH COAT

 

Coat - New Look

Blouse/ Shirt - Topshop

Jeans - Topshop

Cutout Boots - River Island (Last year)

Bag - Zara (Old)

The other day I finally persuaded my mum to take her poor student daughter shopping (yippee!), and she very kindly treated me to a few bits, and one was this lovely trench coat.

I was off for a meal and a catch up with some friends and this was the outfit I wore, which included the trench coat. This coat is such a good piece to have in my wardrobe, especially going into warmer weather, and also it looks really smart. These cut out heel boots, which I have worn previously, are great for when you want to dress up, but don't want to wear proper heels! Finally, this blouse is really nice, and the cross over front is very flattering. 

CASUAL OOTD

T-Shirt - Monki

Khaki Shirt - Topshop (similar linked)

Jeans - Topshop (similar linked)

Bag - Topshop

Trainers - H&M

This is just a simple outfit I wore out to lunch, which is super casual! I am absolutely loving trainers at the moment, I want some Stan Smith Adidas which are super old school classics, but these are some really nice and cheap alternatives from H&M. I'm also loving the colour khaki green, and this shirt is super cute! 

KILLER BOOT

Cami - Topshop

Jeans - Topshop

Cardigan - H&M

Coat - ASOS

Bag - Topshop

Boots - River Island

In the River Island sale, ages ago, I bought these beauty's! As with a lot of people, most of my wardrobe is black, or at least on a daily basis I will wear black jeans so these snakeskin print boots are perfect to change up an outfit! I got these for around £25, but a few months back, but currently there are so many of these style boots out there at the moment, from leopard print to snake print! My particular favourites are linked here and here, which I REALLY want to buy especially the leopard ones!!

A DAY AT ASCOT

Dress - Topshop

Blazer - New Look

Coat - ASOS

Boots - Topshop

So the weekend before last I went to Ascot races for Dan's birthday. What a good idea for a day out! It's so good, everyone had such a good time, you can bet if you want to, or for me you don't as you are too poor! I would really recommend going up to the upstairs part, I think its called 'premier admission'. It cost £10 I believe. It was busy but nothing like the downstairs section which was ridiculous, and you would never have been able to buy drinks!

This is what I decided to wear! There wasn't a dress code, but there were some people who were super dressy, and others who weren't, so I was in the middle, which was good. I know you can't see how beautiful these boots are so go over to the link and check them out as they are gorgeous! Also look how handsome the boys are! 

Hope you are well, I have a few posts to go up so I won't go awol like I have been!!

Lots of love

Alice

xxx

WEIGHT LOSS AND HEALTH KICK

I thought for today I would do a bit of a different post and talk about my recent weight loss and where I want to get to etc etc. There has been quite a lot of people talking about this due to 'New Year, New Me' but I have tried to lose weight (properly) since October. 

I think I'm one of those people who always thinks of themselves as larger than I am. I have never been massively big or anything, but especially going to Uni and those booze-fuelled nights, with the next day  full of food to attempt to cure my hangover, I put on weight. I understand everyone does etc, so this is normal! 

At the start of my final year I intended to lose weight. And fortunately that has happened. From October - December I used Protein World meal replacement shakes (link to website here) to help me do this, I used the 'weight loss collection', which is £62. This would mean that for breakfast and lunch I would have a Vanilla protein shake, then have a normal dinner. I would say that probably once a week I didn't do it for two meals, due to the fact that I was probably hungover, or people were going for lunch so I would join etc. Despite this, I think doing this sort of diet helps, especially getting off your 'excess weight' as I like to describe it. So with this I lost a stone over 2 and a half months, but I understand that's slow, but again I haven't put any of that weight back on even with stopping the shakes, so this weight loss is permanent. The fluctuation in my weight is not as what it used to be either. I would recommend trying protein world shakes, even if it is just to try, as I've heard mixed reviews, but it did work for me. The taste isn't bad at all, and the vanilla one it's easy to add to a smoothie, or make pancakes. 

Just before December I stopped the shakes as I wasn't losing much more weight. Since then I have been trying to go to the gym 3-5 times a week, me and my friends do classes which I love, especially Arms Legs Bums and Tums, and Step and Tone. I'm also trying to eat relatively healthy. 

As I said my weight loss hasn't been drastic; firstly because I wasn't necessarily that big in the first place, and at the moment I've only lost a stone, but also because it's been over a long period of time. I think this is the best way to lose weight as there is less of a chance to put the weight back on, and since stopping the shakes I haven't put any weight on. 

Do you have any tips for weight loss? 

Sorry about such a lengthy post!! 

Lots of love 

Alice 

xxxxx