Green Jeans

Primark: Fox Print top
Internacionale: Green Highwaisted Skinny Jeans - £19.99
New Look: Lace Up Wedges - £24.99

So, this post is my first attempt at one of my New Years resolutions...to do more outfit photos! I started off trying to do it inside but my yellow walls weren't very suitable so I decided to venture outside into the freezing cold garden. On the camera viewer they didn't look great but I'm happy with them! Excuse my messy garden!

I recently purchased the Internacionale Green Highwaisted Skinny Jeans with a voucher I got for Christmas. I can never get on with jeans that aren't from Topshop. They are usually too big round the waist, but fine round the legs and vice versa but I decided to give these ones from Internacionale a try and was really surprised that they fit round the waist (although a little tight!) and round the legs/ankles. I'm so happy as they are over half of the price of Topshop jeans. I'm not keen on the high waist of them so I usually wear a longer top to hide it.

I picked up the fox print top from Primark when I was going through a bit of a sleeveless shirt/blouse obsession. Annoyingly Primark don't have their own website for me to link to but I remember it wasn't very expensive! I love the print!

On the same shopping trip I picked up the New Look Lace Up Wedges in my quest to wear heels more often! They are really comfy and the height is perfect for me, someone who isn't used to heels at all.

I picked up a few other bits too, which I'm also hoping to photograph!

A back to work week in photos

Models Own Jack Frost / Christmas dinner / Turkey soup / Present to myself / Risotto kit / New Yankee Candle / New shoes / New skincare / Green Jeans / My face! / Cakes! / Shopping trip goodies / New Year fireworks / My first Risotto / New purse / New iPad case / More food / Getting some blog tips / Aesthetic mag / Roast pork dinner! / Fun House!

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This week has been the one that everyone dreads, the 'back to work' week. Luckily, I only went back on Wednesday so I had a pretty short week.

I made good use of my mum and dad's left overs with some Turkey soup and Vince and I even had our own little Christmas dinner at our house. On New Years Eve I spent the majority of the day at home and plenty of the evening as well. Vince didn't get home from work until quite late so we didn't get to his parents until about 11pm! We had some lovely food and watched the countdown and fireworks. They were pretty spectacular weren't they? We also watched the ones that are sent off from the seafront, which were also really pretty.

This week I also received lots of lovely parcels containing things I ordered before Christmas! I've got some new books to share with you and some new products too. I'm still waiting for a few things to arrive so they'll all be on the blog at some point!

My sister and I made good use of the sales last week and spent our vouchers. I got quote a few bits in my favourite shop, Internacionale. I'm hoping to put together some outfit photos in the near future as well!

Has anyone been watching the Old Skool Weekend on CITV? It's been brilliant and I've watched loads of my favourite childhood programs such as Fun House, Art Attack and Rainbow! I've got Rosie and Jim on record this morning!

Winter Wonderland with Models Own - Jack Frost

Models Own Jack Frost - £5

I found it pretty difficult to photograph the Models Own Jack Frost polish. It's so light and shimmery, not good for photograph taking!

I was also a bit disappointed with the polish in general. I applied a basecoat of Models Own Blooboo, which as you can tell from the image above, is a bit old and hasn't been used in a while, but I thought it would make a nice frosty-esque base. However, the Jack Frost polish was really gloopy and thick so is already chipping off after less than one day.

I'm also not a fan of the yellowish tinge it's given to the nails. I thought this lovely frosty polish would look great on the baby blue shade, but alas it does not work entirely.

When the polish catches the light it looks very pretty and festive but overall I'm not entirely impressed. It's a real shame because I really wanted to love this polish but I hate it when they're so gloopy they aren't really useable, and as you can see, it makes the polish horribly bumpy looking.