Festival Fun!

Hey guys! Sorry it's been a while! I am soooooo busy at the minute. I'm going away to the middle East soon and we've been packing like crazy and buying clothes for my little sister cos she is growing so fast. But yeah.. I am so very sorry for the lack of posting!

Anyhoo! I saw Arctic Monkeys Saturday last week and the previous Saturday I was at the Longitude Festival for a day with 2 of my best girlies. For Arctic Monkeys, I posted a photo of my outfit at the bottom and there's one of me and my boyfriend there. I got up soooo late on the morning and had like 10 mins to get ready so I never got to take many photos! But anyways, I have a few photos up there!!

Then Longitude! I have posted my outfit belowwwww :D It was such an amazing day! Hozier, Sam Smith, The 1975, Haim, Disclosure.. they were amongst the many amazing people there! Pretty much everything in my outfit is Penneys/Primark, but the belt is New Look and the bag is vintage.... Twas mother's in the beautiful era of the 90s <3 its actually so weird because when I was at Longitude I got asked loads where I got my bag from! The woman who searched the bags wanted to keep it. It is pretty cool though. So thanks mamma for the bag if you're reading this! Ps. it's not real fur lol. 

So yeah! Sorry it's short I really don't know what to say lol. But there ya go! Hope you enjoyed this little post! 

Thanks guys!

Lucy xo

Festival Fashion Combos!

Hello! So yesterday I went to see Arctic Monkeys in Marlay Park in Dublin and they were amaaazinggg!! Special guests were Royal Blood, Miles Kane and Jake Bugg! The whole day was amazing, and surprisingly, I enjoyed the little showers throughout the day because it was just so hot!

But anyways! The day before, I wanted to see what I was going to wear so while I was deciding, I decided to take a few pics and make up some festival fashion combos! I didn't really do accessories because there were so many outfits, but these are the outfits that I liked the most! I have my DIY tops in there somewhere and if there is anything you want to know where I bought it, don't be afraid to ask! Also want to apologise as I am not the most photogenic and my bedroom isn't exactly a great background but I tried my best! 

Next week I am going to Longitude music festival so I will post next week what I wore to that and what I decided to wear to Arctic Monkeys! 

OH forgot to mention I was already tanned but I put a light layer of COCOA BROWN TANNING MOUSSE on!! I love this tan and I think it is so perfect for the summer months!

Hope you're all enjoying the festival season and I hope to be back soon with more posts! 

Thanks!

Lucy xo

DIY Crop Tops!!!

So I found some old swimming costumes of my little sisters that were way too small for any of us to fit in, so I decided to do some DIY. Its summer, I have a lot of free time so why not? These crop tops are super cute! They're a perfect idea for going on holidays or just for chilling at home during the summer months.  Swimming costumes are good to use as they are designed to cling to your skin and you don't need to stitch up at the bottom of the top. 

I am really not good at doing step by step details of things, I always feel like I ramble on and make no sense, so I will do my best to help. 

Step 1: Measure the swimming costume up against you, and in one side of the costume, cut a small hole at the height you want your crop top to be. Measure with a ruler or something with a straight edge, where the opposite side would match up to and cut a small hole in the other side.

Step 2: Cut across from one hole to the other. Do this on the front and back of the costume. Make sure to stretch the material so that it is a straight line with no rugged edges.

Step 3: Trim off any jagged edges. And voila, you are ready to go!

You can now wear this as a crop top for going out or just a casual top with high waisted jeans or something! Or you could also use the bottoms and make a 2 piece swimming costume! It is up to you what you decide to do with it! Get creative! 

 

Got an old t-shirt of your Dads? Brothers? Boyfriends? They're going to throw it out? STOP THEM NOW! You can reuse it and make a cool crop top! 

Step 1: Mark off where you want to crop top to end and make your cut off marks an inch or so below that.

Step 2: Repeat the steps from the first crop tops. 

Step 3:  Cut a line, about an inch in length, in the middle on the front, just above the line you have just cut. This is to be used to tie the other sides across. 

Step 4: Take 2 bits of material from either side of the shirt, and tie a not through the hole you have just cut down the middle of the top. And there you go, a cute crop top! PS. excuse lines on my belly, I was sitting over for ages cutting the tops lol. But who cares? ;) 

Thanks everyone, hope you enjoyed this post! If you recreate these looks, put a photo on instagram and tag me in it! Username, xxxlmgigglesxxx , surprise surprise!!

Thanks, 

Lucy xo

Shopping Haul!

Hello my lovelies. So my lovely mum took me shopping on Saturday as a tiny break from my exams. I had a little bit of a haul and put the things I like the most in this post! I didn't spend much at all and I got loads of lovely bits. The photo above is the outfit I wore shopping. Kimono was bought in h&m in New York, shorts are Primark and top is New Look. 

First of all, I went to my one and only, Penneys. Or as my followers outside of Ireland say, Primark. You can't go in and not buy anything, that would be a crime! So I got the pack of bobbins that is like €1.50, I got some plain black running shorts for €4, I got my boyfriend a mug with a pug on it for €2 (we are both obsessed with pugs) and then I got the prettiest pop up linen basket as seen below. I have been looking for one for ages and this one is so cute and it matches the theme of my bedroom perfectly! Also, I will possibly be moving out in September for college and I thought this would be perfect in a little apartment bedroom. Okay, I also got this gorgeous white hippy top.  It cost me €11 and I am in love with it. I will probs be wearing it all summer. It's just so cute and so me! Okay so I also got 2 necklaces, the green one was €5 and the colourful one was €6! :) They are as cheap as they come guys! And they're so pretty and will make any outfit pop! I really can't wait to wear them.  I think that was all I got in there but I can't remember! Anyways! 

I went into boots and got a few things also. I got this Garnier deodorant for €2 something on offer. I have used it once and so far so good! I am really loving Garnier products at the moment. I think they have a new business plan or something because they're releasing loads of new products at the minute, there are loads of offers on everywhere for their products and they are all really working well for me! Whatever you're doing guys, keep it up! My Mum bought me the Rimmel sun shimmer instant tan. I have not used it yet, but I hope it's good! I have used one of their tans before and it made my skin go red after a few minutes so I hope they have improved their products and this mishap won't happen again! And the last things I got were some Herbal Essences hair masks. I have used the purple wash out mask before and it is amazing. It makes your hair super soft and shiny for days. I highly recommend you use this product with the matching shampoo and conditioner. I may do a before and after with the hair mask?? Yeah guys? ;) Okay so the red mask is my sisters, I have never used it and I bought the little purple one for the first time and am yet to try it out. Each of these products cost €6.49 on their own. But this is the best part. They had an AMAZING offer on these products. The 3 of them cost me €6.50. For 1c extra, I got 2 more products. The offer ends sometime in JULY so ladies, GET YOUR BUTTS TO BOOTS AND GET THESE PRODUCTS. Seriously they are amazing. 

Okay, I saved the best till last. I went into tkmaxx and found the most beautiful kimono. It was €27, I think. They only had it in medium, and I am quite tiny but I had to get it! I am so in love with it! This photo really does not do it justice, it is so colourful and feels beautiful. The black detail on it is velvet and the rest is sheer and just so soft. I love it love it love it! I don't want to wear it out incase I ruin it! It looks like it is vintage and beautiful and its just so perfect. I have a current obsession with kimonos so I was pretty excited when I found this. But because I am such a good girl and I am doing so well in my exams, my beautiful mum bought it for me... <3 This gorgeous kimono will make any outfit pop!

Sorry this has been so long! I am very happy with my shopping trip. I think that is everything I bought. Ah well. Hope you enjoyed this post!

Thanks, 

Lucy xo

Pink is the new Black

I love pink. Pink is perfect. It is such a beautiful colour. But this summer it is all about the hot pink shade of pink. I keep seeing it everywhere and I cannot get enough of it! The colour can be combined with a lot of other colours, or can be added to a simple colour like black or white to give it the pop that it needs! This colour is just so fun and it didn't take me long to look for some gorgeous, cheap hot pink clothes and accessories. Hope you enjoy this trend as much as I do, I know for sure that this summer my wardrobe has to contain this colour! Enjoy!

River Island Was €67.00, Now €35.00

Couldn't not include this cute donut top, WHITE DONUT TALK TO ME T-SHIRT €22.00 River island

  PINK EMBELLISHED BOX CLUTCH BAG €45.00 RIVER ISLAND

Make-up bag € 5.95 H&M

Parisian Pink Flower Necklace Trim Playsuit £22.99 NEW LOOK

             Neon Pink Scuba Crop Vest £14.99 NEW LOOK

          Satin kimono€ 19.95 H&M

Christina Off The Shoulder Bodycon Dress €12.00 BOOHOO

DV by Dolce Vita Brielle €47 Zappos.com

Hot Pink Pat Lthr Dr Martens €95 heels.com 

Hope you guys enjoyed this, sorry my links probably aren't that great or my layout, tried to keep it as close as possible but different websites changed the fonts and stuff so I just couldn't change them without having to get rid of the whole thing! I love all of these pink things, hope you do too!

Bye guys!

Lucy xo