Turquoise Pop!

So every time the AVON book gets posted through my door I can't help but have a look through it. Overall I enjoy using AVON products, I think they are good quality and good value for money... Now and again I will order things and be really unhappy with them but that's not often. This time I ordered two of these Speed Dry +30 nail varnishes, one in turquoise pop and the other in ballerina which is a very pale pink. I also ordered a nail tool which I will be trying out soon too. I have only used this colour so far but I am SO pleased with it... The colour was a little more green than it looked in the book but I still really like it. I've tried many nail polishes that claim to dry super duper fast but quite often they don't, this one however dried so so fast.. I was actually shocked. A thin coat dries in about 20-40 seconds and a thicker coat in maybe 40 seconds to just over a minute, when I use it again I will time it properly but I am pretty impressed. The brush is a nice quality and I feel the nail polish went onto my nails really smoothly and evenly. I am so happy with this product, after trying it out and painting all my nails in it I have nothing bad to say so far and I've already been looking at what colours to pick next!
Anyone who uses Avon will know their offers are forever changing and there's usually various offers on many items throughout the book, the offer at the time was buy one nail polish and get one free, so I paid £6 for both of the nail polishes. At the moment the offer is two items for £8 over a few pages and these are on one of the included pages. Also in the little 'sale' book that has been handed out this time a few shades of these varnishes are in there for £2, which is a right bargain!!

How many of you use avon products?

Love Charlotte x

What I've been instagramming.....

 

 

 

 

 Sunday 5th May

1. My party outfit from Saturday night 

(floral trousers-£5-Primark)

(Studded loafers-£cant remember too long agoooo!- ebay)

2.Found my kitty eating cat food from the tin!! Naughty naughty!

3. It was a sunny day so me and my friend had a 'picnic' haha

4. Our vodka & juice mixtures

5. Sittin on the grass :-) 

(high waisted/wet look leggings-£18ish-ebay)

(studded loafers- ya can them on ebay! :-D)

(leather backpack-£5sale-primark)

Monday 6th May

My hilarious pup pulling a face (she had been trying to chew up my bandana about 

5 seconds before this photo was taken!)

 

 

 

Tuesday 7th May

1. Me and my dog... I like to pretend that we were both pulling faces for the photo...

2. Photo collage, a selfie, my outfit and picnic set up for a photoshoot!

3.The outfit I styled for the shoot.

(Blouse-99p-New Look via charity shop)

(Skirt-£1-Vintage/Charity shop)

(Shell necklace-£5ish-H&M)

4.The picnic being set up for the shoot, with real cherry bakewells and wine and muffins!! mmmm. How cute is the picnic basket too?!

 

 

Thursday 9th May

1. Topsy peeking into the bath at me and crying to get in. 

2. Me and Topsy, taken on Tuesday... her face is just too hilarious hahahhaha

3. Throwback Thursday! This was 2009, crazy how much my hair has changed!

 

 

 

 Friday 10th May

 1. My baby, Spot

2. My friend brought me some jelly haha!

3. My cat Lola gave birth to two gorgeous little kittens

4. Me eating yet again, cupcakes!

 

 Sunday 12th May

On Saturday I went to the cinema with my boyfriend and managed to find myself a coke with my name on it! Obviously I had to take a photo of it for instagram the next day, duuuh. :-)

Soooo here is my week-ish on instagram, my instagram is @charlibellexx if anyone is interested in following! :-) I am hoping to get a more detailed post up on here about the photoshoot I was a part of on Tuesday as I'm pretty excited about it. It was suchhhh a gorgeous day so I was really glad to be out in the sun on a 'picnic' and it was definitely one of the cutest shoots ever & it was lots of fun.

Hope you've all had a greatttt weekend!

Love Charlotte x 

Soooo fringeyyy!

Soooo fringeyyy! by charlibellex featuring topshop

GUESS graphic tee / Union jack tank / Forever 21 t shirt / Rare London fringe top, $46 / Vero Moda short jacket, $55 / River Island fringe vest, $69 / Topshop / River Island biking jacket, $99 / Rare London printed shorts, $55 / Floyd s / Topshop / Pull&Bear fringe bikini, $24 / Rare London cotton shorts, $11 / By Caprice bikini swimwear, $43 / Topshop / Topshop / Zara fringe messenger bag / Leather handbag, $46 / Crossbody handbag, $24 / Miss Selfridge fringe handbag



Hey guys! 
Sooo yesterday I went back to uni after the Easter break and I'm starting to work on my final major project! So here is just a quick post on fringed items....

I love fringed clothes and accessories for summer, I think they look really cute and can either give a grungey biker feel or a hippy chick kinda look. They can be great statement pieces in an outfit so you can keep everything else simple and let the fringe stand out! I already have a pair of tan fringed shorts which I bought in primark maybe two years ago? And then a few fringed tee's and tassely tops and also a cute fringed bikini with gold beads on the fringing which I got from tesco! But for the summer & festivals and even the autumn for some items, I need more fringe!!!! I'm definitely guna get my hands on a leather jacket and a bag of some sorts and I have also decided I'm going to customise a few old and unloved tshirts by fringing the bottoms or the sleeves. When I get round to the DIY I will blog about it to show the results! :-)
 

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 Also if you like my blog pleasey please can you nominate me in the company style blogger awards? Preferably for 'Best personal style blogger -Newcomer' as my blog is only a few months old, or under any category you think my blog fits! I LOVE company magazine so would be so cool :-)
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Hope you all had a great weekend!
Love Charlotte x

Style crush right now.... Lindsey Troy!

 

Lindsey Troy, vocals & guitar from the rock duo Deap Vally! Came across these girls & fell in love with their style, but Lindseys especially adore her hair and her voice too....

Click for more!!! :-)

Spend or save! Sickly sweet summer skater....

Spend or save! Sickly sweet summer skater.... by charlibellex featuring a sun hat

 I did this just for fun more than anything! But also to get me into more of a spring/summer mood, as I said in my last post about feeling uninspired & still stuck in winter, I don't feel quite like that anymore. Although, I was looking at my posts on polyvore and they all seemed to be pretty dark and grungey, so I thought I'd do something pretty and girly haha! & this is how it turned out..... Feeling sliiiightly sick now after all the cuteseyness and pink, but this has really put me in a good mood and brought out some of my girly-girl-ness... I think I'm making up words? All the pink has made me dizzy....

I did this spend or save because I always enjoy reading them in magazines etc. & as much as I love designer clothes & expensive items, I also hate them.... I'm a poor student and can't often afford to spend a lot of money on things & especially not one dress or a pair of sunglasses, so finding cheap alternatives is always great. I absolutely LOVE the Wildfox rainbow dress, but I do not like the price tag.... This New Look skater dress is much more in my budget & I was thinking maybe you could add your own rainbow? Either with embroidery, stitched on fabric, a rainbow patch, fabric pens or dyes, I love customizing clothes & I think it's a really good way of making your money go further. I actually prefer both the sandals and the bag that I chose for the cheaper outfit & I'm tempted to treat myself to both when I get money..... The sunglasses though... I'm definitely preferring the ones on team £1001, how cute and quirky are they?!

Which look do you prefer?!

Spend.....

Dress: £320

Sandals: £425

Satchel bag: £93

Sun hat: £280

Sunglasses: £110

Lipstick: £25 

Save......

Dress: £25

Sandals: £56

Satchel bag: £13

Sun hat: £25

Sunglasses: £11

Lipstick: £12

Please click to read more for the brands of each item and links to each! :-)