My Birthday | ♥

Hello Lovelies! 

This year, I turned 16! 

My birthday was on Tuesday the 8th of October and I have hand-on-heart had the best birthday ever. I've celebrated it in different ways with all my family and friends and I feel so lucky to have them all in my life.

On Friday the 4th of October, I went out with my friends for my birthday... we went to Laser Quest. Oh my, it was such fun (Miranda reference anyone?) If you're considering going with your friends... do it! We had such a laugh. We went to Megazone in Leicester and it was just such a relaxed and fun way to celebrate my birthday. I love every single one of my friends so much, I'm incredibly lucky to have a group of friends who I feel so happy and comfortable around. It really was a good night.

From smiling, to piggy backs to all shooting eachother... mixed emotions hey!

On Saturday, I had plans with my Auntie Bec and Cousin Charley to go out for Afternoon Tea. This was a really cute idea for them to treat me as it was such a lovely afternoon out, a chance to catch up, eat cakes and of course drink tea... what more could you want? The food was yummy and it was nice to see Bec and Charley, as I don't see them all that often and love them sooooo very muchly!

my girls. xxxxxx

On Sunday me and my mum went to a hotel/spa for the night. It was such a nice thing to do. I have a big family, full of brothers, which I really, really love having... but on the other hand it was lovely to have some quality time alone with my mum in the sauna, steam room, hot tub and pool. We had a meal and a few glasses of wine (cheeky) and some really good chats that I really needed and value. I feel like me and my mum are closer again now after a real good catch up and that makes me very happy because my mum is my absolute world. Her birthday is actually the day after mine (I was a good birthday present) so the getaway was a treat for both of us really.

talk about pamper!

Monday was back to school... yay. It wasn't too bad as I was soooo excited for my birthday. I get mega excited for birthdays and Christmas's. On my birthday morning, I woke up at 4am but mum said I couldn't wake her till six... so I got her and my stepdad up at 06:01 and went to open my LOVELY LOVELY presents which i am sooooooooo grateful for... (post to follow) 

Then I went to school. My friends bought me some amazing presents and I wore a "super sweet sixteen princess" sash all day with with a "birthday girl" and a "bang tidy" badge along with a "sweet sixteen" tiara. I looked like a tit, but at least I was happy. 

After school, I got ready to go out for the evening with (I thought) was just going to be my immediate family and my boyfriend... but no... it was literally my whole family! Around 40 members of my family all in one room. I've never been so overwhelmed and happy. I felt so lucky to have such a fabulous family who all love me so much. I honestly had one of the best nights of my life. Here's just a few pictures of my special night :-)

me and Mumsy

I, my stepdad and my baby brother

3 of my cousins, Charley (whom I look so similar too) and my littler cousins, Hattie and Lily. 

I did so many different things to celebrate my sixteenth and I enjoyed my birthday week soooo much. 

My sixteenth was  most definitely THE best birthday... ever.

m o l l i e ♥

Pick of the Week #1 | ♥

More often then not, I find myself yet again scrolling down through Topshop's 'New In' section despite the fact I am absolutely skint. Still, no harm in looking at pretty clothes right? Here's one of my favourite dresses I've spotted in there recently, as well as how I'd style it. :-)

Daisy Dress - Topshop , Leather Look Jacket - Topshop, Frilly Socks - Topshop, Tights - New Look, Denim Jacket - similar at Missguided,  Chelsea boots - Boohoo, Cut out side boots - Boohoo 

I absolutely adore this dress from Topshop. It's £34 which isn't cheap, but this dress could be worn in so many ways to make it worth it.

I'd wear this dress in A/W time with some thicker tights, frilly socks, boots and a leather jacket to keep warm but still girly. In S/S time it could be work without tights with a denim jacket and ballet pumps to keep it cooler.

I love the dress itself because it has the daisy print which 1) I love daisy prints and 2) is very feminine. However the black lace detailed on the body of the dress gives it a more grungy feel which I also love. 

The Chelsea boots would give a very closed look to the dress and keep your feet nice and warm whereas the cut out heeled boots are a more feminine, going-outy option.

I adore this dress, for such a detailed piece I think it is so versatile and could be worn in many different ways. Also I find this shape of dress to be very flattering on my body shape.

What more could you wish for?

What do you think of this dress? Would you buy it? Do you prefer the grungy winter leather jacket look or the girly summery denim jacket look?

Thanks for reading :-)

m o l l i e ♥

How much is your face worth? | TAG | ♥

I've seen the "How Much Is Your Face Worth" tag circulating the internet for quite some time now. I thought I'd see how much my face is worth on an average school day. To school I wear neutral makeup and all of it is drugstore therefore I wondered what the overall cost of it is...

BASE
L'Oreal Paris Infallible Foundation (porcelain -I'm a pale girl) - £12.29 
Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Concealer (shade 1 or 2) - £4.19
Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder (silky beige) - £3.99

EYES
Rimmel Glam Eyes Quad eye shadow (sun safari) - £6.99
MUA undressed pallete (matte brown on eyebrows) - £4 
Miss Sporty Just Clear mascara - £2.99
Miss Sporty Studio Lash Liquid Liner - £2.79
Natural collection eye lines - £1.99
Rimmel Scandal Eyes Waterproof Kohl Liner (white)- £3.99
L'Oreal Volume Million Lashes mascara - £10.99
No7 Exceptional Definition Mascara - £11

CHEEKS
MUA Blush  (shade 4) - £1
Rimmel Sun Shimmer Compact Powder (light matte) - £5.61
Maybelline Expert Wear Blush (Rosewood) - £5.19

LIPS
Maybelline Baby Lips Lip Balm (pink punch) - £2.99
Rimmel Apocalips Lip Lacquer (celestial) - £6.49

school makeup look (taken from instgram sorry about the edit)

£86.99!

My drugstore school look total's almost £90.

In someways, this seems ridiculously high considering all the makeup was drugstore and it's only a light, natural look. However, when I consider the fact that a high end foundation is probably around a 1/3 of this price tag I think it's amazing how my drugstore makeup provides me with a look I like for a fraction of what a high end makeup look would cost.

How much is your face worth? Do you use drugstore or high-end make up?

Thanks for reading :-)

m o l l i e ♥

Yellow nails? | NOTD | ♥

Today, I was planning on writing my 'Fashion Pick of the Week' post, but my Microsoft Office won't work, so what can you do? So today, it's another nails post and it's a pastel yellow colour :-) 

Ring from Pandora

I didn't really know what to make of yellow nails... do they look like smoker's nails? or pastel and summery? I'm still unsure, but painted them anyway and surprisingly got a few compliments on my colour choice. Maybe it's an exception. This is an AVON nailwear pro+ polish and I love the formula. Personally, I think it applies well and lasts around 3 nails with no chips, that sounds like nothing, but my nails are AWFUL for chipping and usually do within the hour... so 3 days is pretty sturdy. This is the colour Lemon Sugar. It's grown on me, to say the least.

m o l l i e ♥

My Summer 2013 | ♥

The Summer holidays have drawn to a close and I'm reflecting on my activities over the break. I've had 7 whole weeks off school and I've thoroughly enjoyed it. I've had a brilliant summer and for once I don't feel like I've wasted it in bed. I needed the time out from school and I feel so much happier than I did a few months ago. However, I also feel ready to go back to school as getting back into a routine doesn't seem like SUCH a bad thing.

Anyway, here's some photographs of just some of my fun shenanigans over the Summer... a little insight into my life, if you will. 

I missed the last week of School to go on holiday with my family. We went to Cala'n'Forcat in Menorca and it was such a lovely, relaxed, sunny holiday. It was fab. 

Here's me, my 11 year old brother, Josh, my 1 year old brother Reuben and my stepdad Ady smiling for the camera before an evening venture out. 

Here's me, my mum, Josh, and Reuben, posing next to a 'giant pineapple' at our holiday resort. Happy smiley faces all around (except awkward Reuben, of course)

This was the absolutely stunning view of the little cove next to our resort, it was literally a three minute walk. Unfortunately we couldn't swim in the water, due to masses of Jellyfish, but that didn't ruin the beautiful scenery.

My mum, Ady and Roo posing before a meal out. 

Me and my mum (also posing) before the meal. Isn't she beautiful?

 Holiday romance?! of course. The batman statue was mighty fine. 

All inclusive alcohol is not always a good thing. "Tonight I am sleeping on this banister." 

My holiday was well and truly fabulous.

After returning from one holiday, I was off on another a few days after. I went on a boating holiday on the Norfolk broads with my best friend Emily. It was such a chilled out holiday and a really slow pace of life and I'm really grateful I got the opportunity to experience a holiday like this.

Me and my VERY beautiful best friend Emily, chilling in the sunshine on the deck of the boat. happy happy happy times. We also went with another family and their kids as well as Emily's little sister and below is a picture of all us kids ;-)

My Grandma turned 70 this summer, so she obviously had a kick-ass (kinda) party to celebrate. She requested that everyone was to dress up in 1960's rock and roll gear, so we tried our best. 

My mum looked so glamorous on the night of the party, as you can see. I think our outfits were really good, we didn't look stupidly over the top, but you could tell we'd made that effort. Such fun! 

My brothers didn't "dress up" as such but they did all wear matching outfits which was adorable. Cuteness overload. 

Me looking slightly tipsy towards the end of the night posing with my boyfie,who coincidentally was also wearing an outfit that matched my brothers...

Group shot... we definitely pulled off the fancy dress. 

I also received two of my GCSE results as at my school we sat two GCSEs early (in year 10) I did really well and I'm really proud of myself, so of course celebrating was in order!!!

Me and Emily celebrated with a cheeky glass of champagne, and my mum and Ady took me out for a meal (world buffet...mmm) 

Celebrating with a mocktail at the world buffet. 

Mum bought me some lovely flowers, a well done card and of course my favourite chocolate to say well done, I am spoiled :-)

In January my Auntie got diagnosed with breast cancer and it's been a tough battle since, but recently she's been given the all clear. YAAAAAAAAAAY. We all took part in a Bra-B-Q where she burnt all her old bra's and we were required to bring one to burn with her, it was really fun and we all had a takeaway and it was so nice to all catch up. 

*kings of leon tune* OOOOOOOOH OUR BRAS ARE ON FIRE.

My beautiful, brave, inspirational auntie posing with her Bra-B-Q.

Bit of a rubbish picture, but me and my auntie all smiles later in the night. I had such a good time.

We also took a 5 day trip up to Yorkshire to visit family, but I didn't get many photos, other than this one of me and mum looking very disheartened as we had just left on a walk...and it began to rain. 

Also, I went to a baby's first birthday party... yes... I party hard... but anyway, I had this really cute picture taken with my baby cousin Ollie, isn't he just adorable?

Speaking of babies, I attended one of my mums bestest friends baby showers. Baby shower's are such fun events, I help plan my mums suprise one when she was pregnant with Reuben, it's just a chance for the mother to be to chill out with her friends and play silly games and chat for hours on end. Fun if you ask me...

Earlier in the summer, my younger cousin Alice had her prom, so I went to watch her arrival as her school (my old school) make a pretty big deal about it! 

Can you believe she's my younger cousin? She looks so much older than me. Also on this photo is my two other best friends, Jordan (left wearing denim shorts) and Ellie (right in the white dress) Alice looked like a princess and I was so happy for her. 

Finally, me and my friends had a get together at Emilys house two days before we went back to school, there was 14 of us in total and we ate chinese, played silly games, chat and drank and stayed up until stupid-o'clock in the morning. It was lots of fun and another great memory to add to all the amazing things I've done this summer. Here's a very smiley Me and Emily to end this very positive blog post.

Thanks for reading, and I hope all of your summer's were as fabulous as mine felt! 

m o l l i e ♥

The red ones | NOTD | ♥

There's nothing better than some classic red nails. This varnish is from Nails Inc in the shade St James and is a beautiful red with a discreet pink shimmery undertone. Very elegant and glamorous, applies like a dream although I find Nails Inc to chip on my nails in just a day or two. This nail varnish is available to purchase here.

A recent haul | Primark, Boots and H&M | ♥

Recently, I have been shopping and bought a few things or had a few cheeky things bought for me, so I thought I'd share them with you in a picture haul <3 

Candle crazy?! not me. Okay so I went a little overboard on the candles, but they smell sooo nice! In total I bought 7 of these lovely Candles: fruit fusion, fresh cut roses, vanilla satin, wild passion fruit, pink dragon fruit, vanilla cupcake and pink lady slipper. I think my favorite scent is pink lady slipper. I also bought another little glass holder to burn them in. Simple, but cute. Each candle was just under £2 and can be purchased here.

I also brought some adorable Navy patterned trousers from the Primark sale for just £7. They're cropped and finish half way down my shin and have such a lovely print and a classic belt with them. I bought them mainly because they reminded me of some trousers Serena Van Der Woodsen (gossip girl) would wear... and obviously that made me instantly love them!!

I also purchased two lip products. Firstly a Natural Collection lipstick in the colour Rose Bud. It's a your-lips-but-better pink and has a creamy half glossy consistency. I LOVE these lipsticks. I was then treated to a new Apocalips lip gloss from Rimmel in the colour Celestial which is really similar to the lipstick as you can see in the swatches. The gloss is more pigmented however and glossy, but the lipstick lasts longer.

Less than a month and I'm back to college, so the school uniform shopping begins. I picked up two pairs of black super high waisted skinny jeans from Primark for £10 each and a black skater skirt for £12.99 from H&M. I don't want to go back to school :'(

I also purchased some new nail varnishes. I bought a L'oreal nail varnish after reading that they apply brilliantly and stay on well. The L'oreal one is in the shade 106-versailles gold and as said, applies fabulously. The two Barry M Gelly Hi Shines are in the shades 328 Key Lime (the greenest one) and 326 Greenberry (the bluer one) and both apply and stay on wonderfully. Finally, the yellow polish from Rimmel is in the shade 280 Sunshine (pretty name!!) and I'm yet to try it out. 

I also picked up some plain black pumps from Primark for around £2 because my old ones were well worn out. Mother picked me up two new pairs of BEAUTIFUL heels from an outlet near where we live for SOOO cheap. Some bright blue and bright orange shoes with cork style heels... shame I can't yet walk in them.

I picked up a new pencil case for back to school from Primark... it has a cat on it... Meow. I LOVE it and it was only £3 as was this gorgeous statement necklace, also from Primark.

Finally I bought a new T-shirt skater dress from Primark for only £5 and a bowler hat from H&M for £7.99... both of which I love. I'm still working on developing the confidence to wear my hat in public... but I'm getting there and I love this new outfit!!

Thanks for giving my post a read, i hope you enjoyed reading about my recent purchases!

m o l l i e ♥