Preparing For A/W || Part 2 - Coats

Soft Furry Blue Coat - Topshop £95.00 || Black Mohair Boyfriend Coat - Topshop £89.00

    Why not start off with my ultimate winter coat, the faux fur coat. I can't speak highly enough of faux fur coats they're a chic, timeless piece to anybody wardrobe and you must go through winter at least once with a coat like this being your best friend. You could go with the common dark shades of faux fur (black,grey,brown) which match any and every outfit. Or you could mix it up with a baby blue faux fur coat like the picture above. I personally love this coat as it brings a vibrant pop of colour into an outfit when most people are wearing darker shades during this time. Now of course you can stick with the more neutral shades and feel like a cuddly polar bear or be more daring, it's down to you. 

Grey Duffle Coat - Zara £159.00 || Twill Duffle Coat - Urban Outfitters £98.00

    Another common winter coat is the duffle, these coats come in a variety of colours and different faux fur collars whether that be sheep or fox. I'm personally not a fan of the notorious buckling details however I feel the grey duffle coat allows the buckling details to blend in with the shading more, giving a more solid look. These coats are perfect for those still in school as they fall pretty much into the school regulations of plain, darkly colours coats that aren't over the top. These are possibly the most practical type of coat for those in the UK, as they keep you nice and toasty all the time, acting as a wind breaker at the same time.

Maison Scotch Print Parka - Urban Outfitters £80.00 || Combination Leather Parka - Zara £109.00

    The final coat is known for the festival goers as a lightweight, durable coat that keeps you warm and dry. I've put two varieties on this post as parka coats come in a few varieties, there's the thin parka that most people take to festivals, wear for their walk to work or during a firework display. And there's the heavier slightly warmer parka coat, both keep away the substantial cold from your person. I've experienced both types of parka coat and I find the thicker, heavier parka coat is the best for beating the cold weather while still looking stylish.

REVIEWED || Ren Sample Skincare Kit

    For those of you glancing at the magazine aisle last month, you would've seen that Red magazine we're giving away a freebie kit of Ren's latest 'clean skincare'. Personally I've heard of all the hype behind Ren, but I've never had the opportunity to purchase any of their products simply on the grounds that, they are not stocked in my local beauty stores. So one can imagine the excitement I felt when I saw these three perfectly sized samples (which have not run out yet). A little history lesson on these Ren products is that they don't use parabens, sulphates mineral oil or petrolatum synthetic fragrance and many other bad chemicals for your skin.

Preparing for A/W || Part I - Footwear

    As soon as summer begins, the stores seem to start stocking up on AW collections and I'm not one to object as the fall months are my favourite! So this year I thought I'd join in with a four part series on how to prepare for A/W, these will consist of posts on footwear, coats, cosmetics and finally accessories. I hope this will be helpful to some of you who are as excited about the winter seasons as I am! So hope you all enjoy this series as I get myself back into blogging. 

Brogue's £39.99 Zara || Chelsea Boots £62.00 Topshop

    In footwear I think leather is the best option not only throughout the year but especially during winter, as far as I've experience winter it's guaranteed to rain, hail be windy or possibly snow. And that's where these lovely leather beautifies go into play, while I've been at college my schedule during the midweek would finish at dinner time allowing me to go home earlier. This meant I had to take a 10 minute walk downhill a very narrow pavement alongside a road to get to the bottom of the train station, which I then had to walk up to as it was on top of a hill ha. Now this procedure isn't physically enduring but it did cause bother to my feet when I wore poor shoes. I won't go into the details but eventually I bought a pair of primark faux leather boots (which are now broken) and the difference in the material and sustainability was incredible. I'm going to actually be purchasing either the brogues or chelsea boots pictures above this year to give my feet that extra bit of luxury.

Boots £100 Office || Flat Forms £14.99 H&M

    If you're lucky to live in a climate that doesn't pour down with rain as regularly or are willing to risk getting wet feet then suede shoes will be your next best friend over A/W. I own too many pairs of suede boots that I can't wear during the winter because of the unreliable rainy weather in the UK but when we get a dry spell I love to bring them out. I like to compare suede shoes in the winter to wearing the warmest slippers you own, which is quite ironic as I don't even own a pair of slippers. Regardless of this, suede give an extra texture to your winter wardrobe without having to think twice. I especially like the burgundy flat forms as I feel that you could possibly get away with wearing these in the UK with the rain, as the raised platform keeps the suede section lifted from the puddles, keeping them nice and toasty.

Blogging Draught

    I'm sure you've all noticed recently that I've not been blogging and I'm extremely sorry about this. If you follow me on youtube you will know that I've recently decided to make more comedy driven videos, so most of my time has been spent on coming up with ideas and filming/editing. Along with these new ideas, my new monthly series 'In Stitches' keeps me busy on a daily basis as I have to follow up any stories I've heard about to get the correct information for you all. In no way am I trying to make excuses as I'm 100% sure that if at the time I really wanted to blog, I would've blogged. This new creative outlet has let me indulge myself in something different compared to my fashion posts and reviews. 

    Living in the UK, I'm currently on my summer holidays which in total is 11 weeks long and I still have two and a half weeks left, which means I've also been taking a lot of personal days to do whatever I want whether it be sleep in till 3pm or.. that's pretty much it ha. Don't get me wrong I've not been living inside a cave all this time but after putting a crazy amount of effort into the last month of college, I thought it was something I earned without feeling guilty. Although during my time off college I did take part in a 4talent day with Channel 4 which was incredibly inspiring, so I did spend some time outdoors ha. On the subject of college, I received my AS results last week and I've got B's in all my subjects literally 10 points in each subject away from A's so I'm extremely chuffed with that outcome!

    So I know these reasons may not seem credible to you all, but I hope you can understand why I've been absent from the blogging word recently. I intend on catching up on everything I've missed (I have two reviews on the horizon) and I'd like to thank you all for sticking with me through this blogging draught.