Back to School Supplies!

Hey lovely people! I apologise for not posting in 9 days I was visiting friends in the north of England and got back last night. I feel like I start all my posts apologising for something haha. Anyway, I thought I'd do a back to school supplies/what I've bought for the new school year kinda post. I can't believe how fast the Summer has gone but at the same time it feels like I've been off forevvveeer! Also, if you didn't know I am going into my first year of Sixth Form and that means it's time to get out my organisational skills - eeek!

I'll start with my school bag. In my school we tend to use backpack/rucksack type bags and get a new ones every year (well until the fashion of side bags). So this is my one for this year

 

It's from Animal but I can't find it on the site I bought it from or on Amazon - sorry! It's the Dakota backpack in White so you might be able to find it in the Animal shop or something. It was around £20 which is what I normally pay for my school bags as I think it's reasonable for a years worth of use. I still keep the bags after the year as a weekend or beach bag just incase you thought I wasted them or something haha. I prefer these backpack style bags as they distribute the weight evenly between your shoulders especially if you're carrying around A4 files full of work. That's the other thing I like is they are actually advertised as being able to carry A4 files in them and I can vouch that they do.

 

Next is my pencil case. I also get a new pencil case every year and most of the supplies. (Apart from the things that are still in good condition and pens.) This one is from Sainsburys and was £3.99ish but their school supplies are on buy one get one free at the moment. I normally jut get my pencil cases from Sainsburys as they're normally a good price compared to somewhere like WHSmiths and technically it works out cheaper with the free thing too.

 

 

I've put these in my pencil case already. The memory stick is a Kingston and I put it in the front pocket of the pencil case whilst the rest is in the back. I bought this memory stick last year for all my coursework and what not for GCSE but it is still useful for this year's work. The ruler is from Maped, the highlighters are from Stablo Boss and the glue is from Pritt. I bought these this year in the buy one get one free in Sainsburys. The sharpener is Maped also that I got last year but can still be brought and the pencil is a Zebra mechanical pencil. The pens I use for school are blue Bic medium point and the lighter one is Staedtler I believe. These are just the ones I prefer to use as I like blue biros better. I am yet to buy different coloured biros.

 

 

 

These are just the two folders I have bought already. Both are from Tesco and were resonably priced. The peacock feather one is a ring binder and the flamingo one is a lever arch file. I know for the subjects I have taken I am going to need these and will probably need more but I will get them when the time comes.

 

 

Also in the buy one get one free in Sainburys, I bought two packs of 200 polly pockets and these are just to put in my folders obviously.

 

 

Lastly, I have this purple papered Pukka Pad. This is just lined paper that's coloured purple if that wasn't obvious haha. I have something called irlen as it says on the cover which I'm not going to go into but if you have it you know haha or google it!(Also the reason all my posts have blue writing!) But anyway my mum wondered if these would help the size and state of my writing so ordered me a few as these are what she recommends in work. (Not sure where from - sorry!)

 

I start back on the 4th of September and am a little excited for the first day but probably won't be after that haha. When do you start back and what year are you going into?!

 

Thanks for reading!

Holly

xx

What's in my bag?!

Hey lovely people! So I know I said I was going to post about my holiday but after thinking about it I decided not to for 2 reasons. Uno: it would be a suuuuuper long post and duo: who really wants to read me going on about my holiday, ey? Especially if it would be uber long. Anyway, I thought I'd do a 'what's in my bag' post as it's late on a Monday night and I felt like writing. Also, I really like watching these videos on YouTube as I'm nosy and as I don't do YouTube (I have actually filmed a few videos just never uploaded them) I thought I'd write a blog post showing you all what's in my bag.

Firstly, I'm just going to apologise for the photos as I don't have a fancy dancy camera so just took them on my little digital camera and the lighting is terrrrrrible! I took them at like 9 this evening with artificial light so don't judge! Also, I've tried to edit them a little bit to make the lighting look a bit better.

Here's my bag.

As you can see it's the one that everyone on youtube seems to have with the studs at the bottom. I got mine in this grey kind of colour. I would've normally gone for the black as I prefer black bags because I feel they're more neutral and don't show up dirt or anything. But, I already had a nice black bag and wanted something a bit lighter for the summer that wasn't white.



A little sneak peak as to what's inside!

First off, I have these bits and bobs. I have a mini Impulse True Love body spray(which I should've really photographed with the front up!), an inhaler, a Boots lipsalve, a Sephora lipgloss in frosty white reflex and 2 nail files. The inhaler and lipsalve I keep in the little pocket on the inside of the bag. The lipsalve really isn't that great but I was in Boots one day and decided to use the Soap&Glory Sexy MotherPucker lipgloss(obviously used my finger not the wand) - bad move! Just as a warning, don't ever use this when you have slightly chapped lips. My lips started buuuuurning! I didn't have any lipbalm/lipsalve on me so I had to buy this as it was the cheapest one. Anyway, I just keep that in there just incase anything similar ever happens. The smaller nail file is from a set from Boots I believe(they were a present) and the bigger one has a case and is from Sainsbury's. I needed a new nail file and saw the bigger one whilst food shooping with my mum. I thought the case was a really good idea to keep the file nice and tidy in my school bad as I had one before that the edges all frayed on. Obviously now that I'm not in school at the moment I threw it in my bag. The Sephora lipgloss was just something I threw in once when I was wearing it and the Impulse is just incase I smell - phwoar!

Next, I have 2 pairs of sunglasses. Now, I know what you're thinking! Holly, why do you need 2 pairs? Well, imaginary blog readers, why not? Basically, the top ones in the case are from Claire's about 2 years ago and were £4. I really love them and only ever wore those until I found the below ones in Primark this year for a £1. I keep the Claire's ones in my bag constantly in a case and always have just incase I'm out and have forgotten sunglasses then I was wearing the Primark ones and just threw them in. That's the basic answer! I liked the Primark ones so much I went out and bought a second pair. And I thought they were such a bargain at £1. The other day I went to a friend's and didn't realise I had the other pair already in there and wore the second pair so when I got there I had 3 pairs of sunglasses which was perfect as the other 2 girls didn't have a pair themselves!

Here I have my mp4 player&headphones(too cool for ipods;)), my keys, a flannel and a random 20p. I really love my headphones. I got them recently at Sainsbury's for half price. I like the in ear ones and normally get just poundland ones or something but they always break! Anyway, I got these one and the ear buds actually turned out to be memory foam! How cool is that! Obviously I'm not old enough to drive yet(not long left!) so I just have my house key. The kermit the frog one is my current front door and the smiley face one is for my old front door before we had the windows and everything done. Each keyring means quite a lot to me(as stupid as the sounds). The giraffe that says Holly on it was for my latest birthday off my mum. My favourite animal is a giraffe and obviously my name is Holly. The black circle with a H on was from my dad's parents as my cousins kept arguing over their keys so they bought all of us them even though me and my sister never really had that trouble haha. The star keyring my grandad got in his cracker one year and I really like stars. He didn't want it so he gave it to me so it kind of reminds me that time. And lastly, the pound thing is for like lockers and says Holly on it. Wow, that was a lot about keyrings! I have a flannel basically because I hate having a sweaty face - ew! As disgusting as it sounds to carry around with me(don't worry hasn't been used yet). It looks like it has a yellow tinge to it but it doesn't really I promise! I bought 2 so I could swap them and wash them. But yes - ew!

Next I have my purse and my 'gym purse'. My purse is from Disaster Designs and I had it for christmas this year. I really love it! As you can see it pretty much has your average money and cards in it. The picture in the little window is of my and my sister sleeping the day I was bought home from the hospital - cute! My 'gym purse' (you guessed it!) holds my gym card and my key that you use to put in the machines like a memory stick type thing. The purse is from Claire's and my mum bought it for me as she used to look after my card, but she had to change her hours in work and so I had to find my own way to the gym. I don't normally keep it in my bag as I normally just take that and not everything else but I was meant to go to the gym today but didn't unfortunately. In school time I go to the gym every Monday with my friend Naomi and not so much in holidays haha. Sorry the second photo is the flash one as the one without flash was slightly blurry.



Lastly, I have my 2 baggy things. The revlon one holds my make up and was a gift from a girl I was friends with long ago but it's the perfect size to hold everything. The butterfly bag has all my tablets and what not in there. I have something which we haven't really gotten to the bottom of yet and I won't really go into much detail about but I basically have all the medication I would need for it.

I have a mirror(gift), Rimmel Stay Matte pressed powder, a puff, Avon supershock gel eyeliner, Maybelline one by one volume express mascara and nivea pearl shine. These are my basic everday make up items minus my foundation and concealer. I normally carry around my concealer as well but I haven't really been wearing foundation over the summer.

So these are all my medicines like travel sickness tablets, ginger biscuits to soothe sickness, ibuprofen and also some plasters as well.

So that's all that's in my bag! D'you think it's too much? haha

Thanks for reading!

Holly

xx

Outfit Numero 1|Leaving Meal

Hi lovely people! So I know I said I would post about my holiday next but I thought I would do my very first outfit post before it.

On Monday one of my oldest friends had her leaving meal. I hadn't spoken to her in about oooh say 6 months? until I had a mail on Facebook in June inviting me to a meal with about 20 other people. Only 15 of us came in the end though due to people being on holiday and what not. I was a bit worried about it at first but ended up having loads of fun and catching up with people I hadn't spoken to since school finished.

We had been pretty good friends since we were 3 and have always been in school together until we had this argument in Decemeber and didn't speak until now. As you can imagine I was pretty shocked to find out that she was moving to England to go to a musical theatre college. Although, It was my stubborness that stopped us speaking, I will miss her and do hope she enjoys it and what not. Anyway, enough with the life story, on to the outfit...

I decided to go with this smart-casual (smasual?) outfit as I wasn't sure what the dress code was.

Sorry for the rubbish in the background, the smudgey mirror and the overall pretty bad photo haha but it's the only one I managed to take

If you can't tell from the picture, I basically wore black leggings, a white vest top and a wrap around turquoise/teal patterned top.

I wore it with these wedges

and this leather look jacket

Sorry I didn't get a photo of me wearing the jacket and shoes either.

Leggings - Moda at Asda

Vest Top - F&F at Tesco

Wrap Around Top - Weird Fish

Wedges - New Look

Jacket - New Look

I found the wrap around top in a village/town near to where I live. Now I don't normally go for Weird Fish as a brand as I find they're quite over priced but me and my mum had gone into a surf type shop looking for a back to school bag(weren't any - boo!) and came across this in the sale. I believe it was about £12 which isn't that bad and was in a size smaller than I normally get so I was pretty chuffed that it fitted nicely. I saw this as the perfect time to wear it!

The wedges I also found in a sale in my local New Look for £6! Thought they were a bargain as I have big feet and find it hard to find shoes that fit. However, these were the tiniest bit too small for me so at the end of the meal when I stood up to go outside, my feet were in agony! Hopefully they will stretch though haha!

This jacket is this seasons stock at New Look and is £39.99 and can be found here. You can also get it in burgandy and brown. I wouldn't normally pay that much for a jacket but my mum bought it as a present to me for helping her at work with admin stuff and I had been lusting over a leather jacket for ages! I would wear an outfit and think the only thing missing was a leather jacket. Anyone else get that? I obviously wouldn't get real leather but this feels pretty much like leather and as strong as leather so hopefully will last me a while. The fact that people's leather jackets seem to last ages justified letting my mum pay that it in my head haha. Also, I had at least 3 people at the meal say they like it or it looked nice.

Here's a picture of me and 2 of my girlies.

Hopefully you can see the top a bit better in this even if it is black and white. I wore my everday makeup with my 'speacial occasion' foundation haha. Basically my more expensive foundation that I got from Sephora so isn't easily accessible. Also, I had my hair natural with a few bits, that had to decided to go straight, curled. I put in some Tigi Love, Peace&The Planet Totally Beachin' Coconut Mango Vanilla Body&Waves Styling Mist(mouthful!) to give it more texture and make it more 'poofy'.

Face

Make Up Forever HD foundation in N115

Collection(2000) Lasting Perfection Concealer in 1 Fair

Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder in 001 Transparent

MUA Mosaic Blush in English Rose(as blush and highlight)

Eyes and Lips

Avon Supershock Gel Liner in Black

Maybelline One by One Volume Express Mascara in Black

Sephora Lipgloss in Frosty White Reflex

So that was my outfit! Sorry for all the bad photos haha.

I'd love to know what you think!

Holly

xx

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Well Hello Again...

Hello lovely people!

Ok, so I haven't posted in months but I do have good reasons, promise! Well some good reasons...

Well first off I have just finished year 11 and for those of you who know (well and don't know) that's the year of the dreaded GCSE's. When I uploaded my first post I thought "I'll upload like once a week" but that clearly didn't happen! Firstly, I had coursework to complete and hand in. I took Child Development which is 60% coursework based and pretty much took up a lot of my time what with visiting the child, writing the visit up, having it checked then altering it.

My schedule during term time since the start of GCSE's looks a bit like Monday-Friday: school; Saturday: go out with friends and Sunday: do all homework/coursework. So you see I really didn't have much time free, which some of you may disagree and think I could've fitted in like half an hour here or there but I mean how many people are actually reading this? haha.

Anyway, then this took me up to exam period where all my waking hours I spent revising at home or in school. (Well at least I was meant to be haha.) I had 14 exams and the last one was on Monday 18th June. I spent the rest of the week just enjoying having nothing to do. I did contemplate blogging during that week as I had though once my exams were over I would write again but I left for Mallorca for two weeks on the Sunday and thought I may as well start after that. Then I got back and it just slipped my mind. Which is no excuse really. I have spent the past couple of weeks seeing friends, helping my mum at work and on the days where I am doing nothing, I spent the day watching Youtube videos haha. I really don't know why I didn't sooner but I guess I just thought "well no one's reading so why does it matter?" But I really do love reading blogs and lurrvveee writing as well and since it's a boring Sunday, I thought why not now, ey? I will try my best to post regularly and have some ideas of what I should write.

Phewwf! That was a big paragraph! I probably should put some pictures in of my holiday to to break it up a bit, shouldn't I? Well here goes...

mmm sandy...

Our hotel was brilliant! Would really recommend it!

Really loved these tufty umbrella things. So cute! (excuse the black dot at the corner of the picture by the way)

So I'll leave it at that for now:)

Was thinking of doing a holiday type post of what I can remember anyway haha. What d'ya think?

Sorry for all the excuses!

Holly x