My parents were kind enough to buy me this dress for my birthday. I was daring, and asked for it in a size 16 rather than an 18, as I was starting to feel much healthier and happier in my own skin, and I thought it could be a good aspirational dress; something to spur me on with healthier eating and yoga,
Then, after getting in from my birthday meal, I tried it on with little hope of it fitting. And then, my dear friends, something magical happened.
Belt: Asos
Shoes: Joe Browns
Necklace: Tatty Devine
It fit, and I bloody loved it. I felt transformed into some sort of vixen bombshell creature. This dress is a winner, there's no two ways about it. It's a really great price too. I could definitely fancy this in a few diffent colours- particularly the green.
Of course, it was the first thing I reached for when we decided to go for an impromptu night out on Saturday. We just went to our local high street, but it's a canny night out there. This one culminated in some pretty ridiculous dancing to Old Skool classics.
Dress: Ursula by Lady Voluptuous
Shoes: Melissa
Hair flowers: Accessorize
Necklace: Asos
An outdoor picture, what a treat, eh? Especially with the compost bin right behind. And the massively overgrown weeds which I am optimistically calling "the meadow". I have some Maidenform shaping pants on underneath, but in the outdoor light that belly is a little too prominent for my liking. If I'm honest though, I didn't really care- I still felt mighty fine, and I suspect that with the fabulous cleavage the crossover neckline gives few people would notice my belly anyway. I had to adjust the neckline a couple of times to avoid showing off a little too much bra, but it wasn't too much of a problem. It was also a bit of a clart on going to the toilet, thanks to the shapewear underneath, but nothing too onerous.
I wore flats, as we have to walk up a massive hill to get to our local night life. I'm wearing some pearlised Melissa's that I picked up for a great price in a sale in London.
I added some red accents to really vamp it up. Two red orchids in my hair and bright red lips, courtesy of one of my new favourite beauty products. I curled my hair using my new clipless curling wand, so I therefore had a variety of tiny red burns all over my hands just to finish the outfit off. It makes for nice curls but my goodness, it befuddles me somewhat,
I get a My Little Box every month, just as a little treat to myself and to force myself into trying new beauty products. This So Susan Hybrid Colour tube came in the latest Gypset box, and it's really marvellous. I love the look of red lippy, but I normally can't be bothered with it as it ends up all over the place within femtoseconds and I never remember to reapply it. This product is more of a lip stain though- it's a beautiful colour and it really does stay in place all night, even despite some fairly rigorous kiss testing. It can also be used as a blusher, but it's so bright you'd only need a teeny, tiny bit and I think I'd be rather tentative to use it as such. The box describes it as a "game-changer". I'm usually highly skeptical of hyperbolic claims, but I actually think this may well be a game changer for me as it's so easy and long lasting. The only downside is that it only seems to be available in this one colour.
I topped the lip stain off with another My Little Box product; a Loved by Lou Lesage lip balm in Rouge Velour. It meant that I could occasionally reapply the lip balm for a bit of a gloss when I remembered(once!) but I still had the underlying colour so it didn't really matter.
H xxx
P.S. I know that a lot of posts about subscription boxes, clothes, or beauty products are sponsored or gifted. This isn't, in any way shape or form, I'm just genuinely gushing about a lipstick and a dress that I really like :)
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