disco crosses

(Velvet Shirt - eBay | Cross Top - Primark | Disco Pants - AA | Lipstick - MUA, Shade 1 | Nail Polish - Models Own, Disco Mix)

Finally, here is my first outfit post! I managed to convince Dom to snap some photos of me, which he did quite well, considering he isn't creative at all, bless him. We ended up using his iPhone 4 camera, as my camera died seconds before we were about to take the first photo, annoying but the quality isn't too bad luckily.

I am absolutely in love with my disco pants, I can't stop wearing them, I really do think they are worth the £70 price tag, although I managed to get them for £49 when AA gave their subscribers 30% off! I've noticed alot of dupes are available, including a pair by Glamorous, which are the best I've seen so far, a little bit gutting after I'd splurged on the real thing but nevermind.

The top half of my outfit is a complete bargain really, with the velvet shirt costing just 99p from eBay and the top was £6 from Primark. The top reminded me of a jersey dress I had seen in Topshop a while back, which was also embellished with silver beaded crosses, but there was no way I could justify the price... even though I can justify the price of disco pants haha. Primark also sold the top in cream with gold beaded crosses, which of course I also bought, I couldn't resist at that price!

I've been wearing my hair up an awful lot recently, which I don't really like but deal with it because I'm in desperate need of a haircut! I've been growing my hair for a year now, it has finally got to a nice length but all the layers have grown out so my hair is a massive frizzball that needs sorting out ASAP! I have really thick hair anyway but I used to have it thinned out every 6-8 weeks so it's actually nice to have a load of volume back in it. I need a proper fringe back in my life too, I used to have a full on emo fringe which I was so proud of hahaha ~loser~ but I really miss it so I'm gonna snip it back in properly when I'm feeling brave enough!

Oh! and I didn't show my shoes in these because I was wearing little leopard ankle boots that didn't really match, I would have preferred my creepers but I didn't have them at Doms house ): and I'm sorry some of the pictures have a slight blue blur to the right of them, the phone case slid over the lense abit, hope this okay for my first outfit post!

Have any of you got AA disco pants? What is your favourite way to wear them? :)

L x

leopard studs

Leopard Shirt - £6.55 | eBay | Zara 

Studded Shirt - £13.76 | eBay | Zara

Over the past couple of weeks I've been ridiculous and spent an actual fortune on eBay, I can't help myself though because there are so many bargains to be found! I came across these two shirts, but couldn't decide if I should risk buying them as they were from China and I am impatient when waiting for parcels to be delivered. I went ahead anyway and to my surprise they arrived within 10 days!

I was nervous to buy these shirts because they are listed as one size, and I am quite small so I didn't want them to drown me, luckily they both fit nicely, a little oversized but thats okay :) They are both dupes of very popular Zara shirts, the leopard one even has a Zara label attached to it! Overall  I am amazed with the quality of these two shirts, especially for the price of them! The price of the studded shirt has increased slightly since I bought it, but the original one from Zara cost almost £60 before the sale. I can't wait to take some photos of me wearing them. 

Have you ever bought anything from overseas on eBay, if so did you have a good experience? Do you like buying dupes of popular items or would you prefer to buy the real thing?

L x

recent buys!

Recently I have been going a crazy and spending a fortune, I wanted to update my wardrobe a little as I feel like I always wear the same old outfits! I've also bought quite a lot of new products to try out, so some of these feature in this post too! Above are a few of my purchases, sorry I've used photographs from the internet rather than my own images, my camera is currently charging so I'm hoping to feature a few of these things in outfit posts/full reviews!

Topshop petite dark wash denim shirt - I finally found the perfect denim shirt! I can't even remember how long I've been searching for a shirt like this, so when I saw it in Manchester yesterday I ran over and grabbed it. I think everyone needs a denim shirt in their wardrobe, they're a great staple item and can be worn in so many different ways. This cost £32, but I got student discount.

Topshop basic crop tee - I LOVE these! I'm so glad I got hold of one, even though it's been raining and quite chilly in England recently I'm hoping it warms up so I can wear it with my other recent purchase DISCO PANTS! I bought those when American Apparel emailed their subscribers a 30% discount code. I feel like my life is complete now they are in my life (saddo)! (£8)

Soap & Glory flake away body scrub - I've heard good things about this exfoliating scrub so I thought I'd give it a whirl! I did only buy it in the travel size just in case I didn't like it, plus I adore mini products, but I absolutely love this stuff. The smell is amazing, and it's not rough on my skin either which is great. My skin feels lovely after using this. I will definitely be repurchasing the full size! (£2.50)

Essie mint candy apple nail polish - Okay so I really did jump on the bandwagon with this product, but I couldn't resist the colour sorry! I think it applies quite nicely, and if you use a topcoat it will last ages. I recently painted my nails with this colour as a base and then did leopard print accent nails, see my instagram (loulabeth) for a picture! (7.99)

Spike earrings - I found these via Victorias blog vipxo, as she does an eBay post each week, which I love to read! The earrings arrived super quick, considering they were from Hong Kong and they are a good size, not too big or too small! also, they are ridiculously cheap which is another bonus! (£1.39)

Hope you're all having a lovely sunday afternoon, I'm about to go and tuck into a roast dinner, mm!

L x