Fun Finds #3

Nasty Gal Coco Punch Shades // Romwe Pineapple Crop // Nasty Gal Zero Gravity iPhone Case

Romwe Strawberry Transparant Bag // Topshop Cactus Oven Glove // Topshop Kigu Parrot Wellies

Romwe Lip Print Sandals // Motel Orange Print Skirt via Topshop

Here are some fun finds I've stumbled across this week, I really enjoy doing these fun finds posts as they're really light hearted and I always succumb to buying things like these as they're just cute and make you smile, although this edition is not as wacky as the ones I've previously done!

I absolutely love the pineapple crop and zesty skirt; Motel prints never fail to entice! These posts always seem to veer down a fruity route, especially in summer but who doesn't love a brightly coloured fruit print!

Hope you like this post and are enjoying summer!

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Berlin Day Three

So the sun decided to pack up on our last day in Berlin but we weren't too bothered as we had planned to go to Berlin Zoo and didn't want to be sweltering in the sun all day! As one of the best zoo's in the world, this was definitely on our Berlin Bucket List. We were lucky to see so many of the animals up close, I'm not the biggest animal person but we had such a fab time. This took up most of our day but we managed to squeeze in a mandatory shopping trip and visit Charlottenburg (in the rain, sadly) which is home to this beautiful palace to finish off our sightseeing before heading to a posh square for some nice grub!

I wore my DIY Maxi Skirt turned dress which you can find my Youtube tutorial of here, I paired it with a pastel pink cardigan, cute sunhat (although it wasn't needed I wanted to whack it out!) from eBay and choker from Depop.

This was such a lovely chilled out end to an amazing trip, I wish I could just travel forever but sadly in reality no-one has an endless supply of money for such things. I saw an ace quote on instagram the other day which has really stuck in my mind 'Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer'.

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Berlin Day Two

We jam packed our second day in Berlin with all the main tourist sights; Brandenburg gate, Reichstag Dome and the Holocaust Memorial. We firstly headed to brandenburg gate to see it in all it's glory in the blazing sun before nipping round the corner to the holocaust memorial which was stunning. I love the simplicity of the memorial yet the impact it has on you when you walk around and amongst the tall angular blocks is extraordinary. It really is a beautiful and thought-provoking memorial to all those who lost their lives.

We then sun-bathed the afternoon away by Reichstag dome and took some embarrassing tourist photos holding the German flag and getting an unexpected snap with some locals!
I wore a cute African printed co-ord that I bagged in the H&M sale for £17 with TK Maxx sandals (which I had to embarrassingly resort to wearing socks with as my feet were completely massacred after wearing them for about an hour).

For dinner we roamed Potsdamer Platz checking out some cool skyscrapers and more Noir art as seen on the East Side Gallery before settling for an American Diner for tea (really immersing ourselves into the culture!) To top the day off we headed bag to Reichstag and Brandenburg gate to catch them as the sun was setting and managed to get some striking photos with a gloomy sky! Panoramic camera mode has never had so much use in it's lifetime!

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Berlin Day One

My best friend and I decided to take a last minute 'yolo'-esque holiday to Berlin, here is a photo snapshot post of what we got up to on the first day. We were lucky to get fab weather and so far it's definitely one of the best places I've ever travelled to and would recommend it to anyone!

We commenced our tourist activities at the East Side Gallery of the Berlin Wall, it was interesting to learn about the civil unrest here which still continued through the 80's, I had no idea this was still quite recent. The artwork on this stretch of wall by artists from around the world was great to see and somewhat brings light to the end of a dark period for Berlin whist being a something to remember what happened. We walked past a busker along the East Side Gallery and gave him some spare change who then insisted on us having photos with him and having an awkwardly confusing cross-language conversation but he was so fab! 

We then gallivanted around Alexanderplatz to see the TV tower and Berliner Dom/Cathederal and went up to the 37th floor of a hotel for only 3 euros to see these great panoramic views of Berlin!

I wore this fab eye dress which I got from Sheinside but of course this dress is being sold in multiple places after selling swimmingly in Zara.

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Ballin'

Dress ZARA // Shoes Dunnes // Family Jewellery // Clutch Bag Gift

At the start of April I attended the material society ball with a few of my course friends beings as we're going our separate ways next year; I'm studying in Hong Kong and they're doing placement years so we thought it'd be nice to go to the summer ball despite it being a main event for third years. 

I wore this beautiful navy crochet dress from Zara which wasn't too dressy but was dressy enough for such an event, the crochet detailing on it is gorgeous and I will definitely be able to wear this dress again! 

I accessorised subtly with nude heels, navy clutch and amber necklace and finished with a half up-do.

The summer ball was held in Manchester's Midland Hotel in Deansgate which was a gorgeous venue, one of our friends was too sick to come which was a shame but we had such a fab evening despite her absence! We were popped on a table with some lovely third year girls and had some ace food, including that bad boy cheesecake! The girls we met were definitely after my own heart as we manage to wrangle some extra free bottles of wine for our table, all in all it was a great evening and was a fab way to send off my second year of study at Manchester!

Hope you're all having a lovely start to summer with this beaut weather in the UK!

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Eye love this dress

Sunglasses // Pink Boxy Jacket // Pink and Blue Tote // Eye Dress // Orange Jacket // Orange Cream Tote

'Eye' absolutely love this dress and ordered it from SheInside a couple of weeks ago and I love it, I was going to wear it over the weekend at Parklife festival but didn't want to get it ruined in the mud n all that from the delightful Manc weather!

In this quick post I've shown how I would style it for summer - ideally with a colourful boxy jacket that frames the turtle neckline of the dress or an A-Line colourful jacket to complement and mirror the A-Line style of the dress. An obligatory pair of sunglasses and matching bag in tow complete the outfit, I cannot wait to rep this dress over summer.

Did any of you guys go to Parklife festival? I had an absolutely ace time; sick music, too many selfies, a tonne of mud and the best people made it the best! Do you like this dress?

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