Summer Wishlist

1: Diptyque candle in 'Roses' 

 Rose is one of my favourite scents. Often can candle/fragrance company's get the rose scent wrong and end up with something revoltingly sweet, but Diptyque knows how to do it right. unfortunately they cost like £40 for a full sized one, and since that's more than what I earn in a month I think I will have to wait till I marry into the Kardashians - and too be honest I'd rather lose a limb.

2: 13'' Mac Book Pro with Retina

 This is something that I am going to be purchasing soon, I wont say too much about this though as I wrote about it in the post below too, but I cant wait to have a computer that's not second hand or broken.

3: Some real techniques brushes:

  I haven't heard a bad thing about Real Techniques. My Godmother is going to America for three weeks and I discovered that these brushes are about half the price that they are in England, so I'm going to buy the core collection, the starter collection and the expert face brush.

 If I was to buy all of these brushes In England it would cost me nearly £60, but in America (transferred into pounds) it should cost me around £30.

4: Caseable Mac Book case 

If I'm going to be spending such a ridiculous amount of money on a computer I really need to protect it, I stumbled upon Caseable a website which allows you to design your own laptop cases which I thinks so cool! I found this random picture and used it too design my own. I think it looks so pretty, and it would be a shame to cover such a pretty machine in an ugly bit of plastic.

5: Miista Shona Rose Gold sandals 

 Miista are killing it this season in terms of summer shoes. How cool are these rose gold metallic ones? I think I have an obsession with metallic shoes.

 I think I might have bird flue because I'm turning into a magpie.

6: Asos Sunglasses 

I love the gold rims on the top of these sunglasses, I think they look a lot more expensive than £12.

Whats Going On? Rose? Hello?

 

 

I am still alive, just. exams are quite draining but that's not really the reason I haven't been posting much. My computer is a complete pile of **** and has been taken over by viruses.

  Most of the time it refuses to turn on, It's served me well, it was about 3 when I got it second hand and I've had it for quite a few years now. Its so bulky and big its more of an occasionally portable computer than a easy to use laptop. I've decided that I'm going to buy myself a new Mac Book Pro. I know they're hideously expensive but I'm hoping that I will be able to edit videos more easily and that it will help me with work when I go to college and university because they are built to last.

That's not the only reason I haven't blogged In ages.

I feel like I have changed so much as a person since writing my blog when I was fourteen, when I was fourteen I was quite depressed about everything and I used to cry loads because I thought life was pointless, I didn't want to talk to anybody about anything and I used my blog as somthing to do when I didn't want to think about other things  - your probably thinking classic teenager. But writing this has made my throat feel like sandpaper.

 I now feel completely different to how I felt then.

But people are bound to change in 2 years especially when they are young, two years ago I was scared that life was just going to rush past me so fast I wouldn't now where I was, I think that the past few years of school/ life have gone very fast but instead, I know where I am and I look back and think instead 'how the hell did I fit that into 2 years'

The Future:

There are so many things I want to do in the next few years but they flow round so fast in my head  that I cant organise them and write them down, but I know that YouTube Is now something I enjoy doing and want to do more videos I also want to run my blog a little differently because of this. You can expect to see a different section where I will run posts along side my videos.  Also because I leave school on Friday I can post more often and write better quality content other than the odd scrapped together outfit set.

I just want to thank everyone that reads my blog because I think this actually changed my life.

I'll now if you didnt read this post if you just write somthing like 'Cool camel toe' but I wont mind because that will provide this evenings entertainment.

Cire Trudon - More Than Just Wax And String

Cire Trudon candle in 'Nazareth' c/o Selfridges.

Candles are funny, aren't they? How on earth did they come about?

 Maybe a caveman stole some bees wax and then the bees got angry and decided to hunt the caveman down, so he put some string through it and burned it to hide the evidence and then realised that wax, string and fire is a pretty cool combination. 

Saves having to borrow 'fire' constantly from 'Dave' in the cave opposite.

Cire Trudon is the worlds oldest candle making company still in existence, I have to confess that I do like a candle. I hate candles that smell overly sweet or candles that are scented with odd things like cookie dough or chocolate, I just find them sickly and a bit bizarre. The candle pictured above is called 'Nazareth' and I can kind of imagine the three wise men saying to each other

 'yo, scrap the mur this waxxy shit is what we need fo our home boy Jesus'' 

It smells like a mixture of orange and cinnamon and when lit fills the whole house with its scent. 

I find it very relaxing but at £60 a candle relaxing comes at a price.

When you inspect the candle, everything is beautifully made the seal on the front is embossed perfectly and the wick is woven from 100% cotton and because the glass is red and bevelled when the candle is lit it looks like a ruby is on fire. 

But is it actually worth the money?

I would say that there is definitely £60 worth of candle in the package.

 The candle will last for around 60 hours so it costs £1 an hour to burn, I personally would pay a £1 now and then to burn this candle for an hour because the scent is mind blowing, but paying the £60 in a chunk would make me weep.

 Whether you spend £60 on a dress or a candle its quite a lot of money, what you spend that money on is entirely up to personal justification of the cost. If I had lots of money I would fill my house with Cire Trudon candles but since I have about 60p and a depressed money box I can't have either.

I do like the trend at the moment for people re-using old luxury candle jars for brush holders, at least there is a recycling aspect you could add to the list of price justifications.

Rose xo

& Other Stories: Brand Hype & Opinion

Here are some of my favourite beauty things:

So about 30 minutes ago I think I fell in love.

I'm getting so bored of Topshop, H&M and Zara and all the other ones in between. What I mean by that is I just know what to expect from each of the stores, it's quite annoying when I'm looking for different styles of clothing to try out because I know everything will be very similar in each shop, obviously they have there own style which they interpret the trends into but the interpretations that I've become accustomed to aren't just doing it for me right now. It's not that I'm going to stop shopping in these places its justs its nice to have somthing a bit different.

 Now I've known about the looming arrival of '& Other Stories' for quite some time, but I think with everything else that's been whooshing around in my brain the whole idea of a new scandi store opening just got pushed out, I blame surd's..damn you maths. Anyway back to the point I just went onto there website and cant explain how excited I am about there products; they are just what I've been looking for! The prices are higher than they are in H&M but I am lead to believe that the quality is better.

 I love the simplicity of everything, the clean lines and sparkly accessories are just perfect.

 I do however have one gripe about the site and all the other sister sites of '& Other Stories' and that is none of them have a search bar..whats that about?

The beauty section of the site is great too! It makes me want to throw away all my ugly packaged make and replace it with the simple white packaging with pretty fonts and cute names.

 As far as I can see '& Other Stories' seems to have been meticulously planned by a group of people who know they're target market inside out, just check your wardrobe for any hidden cameras. This is just my opinion - you might think differently. The shop just seems to have everything I've been wanting and more which is such an annoying/amazing thing.

My bank balance and Scandinavian design are going to fall out soon.

Rose x

Find me elsewhere:  

Twitter // Tumblr // Bloglovin'// Ask Fm 

D.I.Y How To Update An Old Mirror Cheaply

How to make this:

 From this:

 

 What you will need:

A mirror  (I've seen some really nice cheap ones on eBay)

Emulsion (any colour, use left over paint or buy a test post as it is only needed for a small area)

I had some left over from a paint tester I used in my nephews room you can buy the same colour here

Small paint brush 

masking tape

I bought this mirror in a charity shop for £3.99, I was lucky to find this but I'm sure you could find a similar one somewhere. the pictures are terrible but it was painted with primer paint, which was a pale green (yuck!).

Before you buy a mirror make sure that the glass is in good condition, I.e no cracks.

wash the frame with a non abrasive sponge and some soapy water.

Put masking tape round the mirror so you don't splash paint on the mirror.

Then apply 1 coat of your paint, try to get all areas covered and then leave for about 2 hours until re-painting. You could use spray paint, but I have found that it chips more easily and that you have a better choice of colours with emulsions.

 

 I found some star shaped fairy lights with suction cups on the back so I stuck them round my mirror to make it look like the mirrors you see in dressing rooms! I don't know where mine came from but you could buy some ordinary fairy lights or led's that run of a battery and attach them to suction cups like these: