August Wishlist

Hey everyone! I've literally been saying this every month this year but oh my gosh, hasn't August gone by so fast!? It's ridiculous how in two days it will be September! Wow! At this rate, it won't be long until I'll be writing up my next wishlist post and it will already be Autumn :) I am so excited for Autumn, yay! Anyhow here's my August wishlist; I hope you enjoy reading! 

1. Lara Dreamcatcher Layered Necklace I fell in love with this necklace has soon as I saw it! I've always wanted a layered necklace because I think they look awesome, but until now I've never been able to find one that I loved all of the pendants on each chain. This one is lovely! I have a dreamcatcher necklace and it's one of my favourite necklaces, so I would love to own another. I love the moon and crystal pendants too. 

2. Punky Pins Lola Enamel Pin How beautiful are these Mel Stringer X Punky Puns pin badges!? I absolutely love Mel Stringer's artwork and I would LOVE to add any of these gorgeous collab pins to my pin collection! I love the important message on this badge, 'my feelings are valid' and I would love to rock it with my outfits.

3. Punky Pins I Am Beautiful Enamel Pin This pin from the same Mel Stringer X Punky Pin collab is just so pretty! I absolutely love the colour of the girl's hair and the big pink bow she's wearing. It looks super kawaii! I love that she's naked too because I think it helps spread the message that #NudityIsNotPorn. Written on the pin is 'I'm beautiful' and this is so nice. Whenever the wearer looks at their pin, they will get a positive reminder that they look great!

4. LimeCrime Opal Highlighter Powder I really want to start experiencing with highlighter and this looks like a lovely little palette to start with. It comes with three colours, and my favourite is the Opals palette, which has a pink, a gold and a peach shade. I want to try some more subtle shades before I use bright coloured highlighter. Can anyone recommend any other highlighters that would be great for beginners? 

5. Top Shop Bunny Hair Scrunchie This item has sold out since I put together this wishlist! I hope that I can find it in store! Since my hair is so long, I wear my hair up in a ponytail most of the time and I've been on the look out for cute bobbles for a while. I like that this one has a simple design and is black so I'll match most of my wardrobe. It would be cute worn in any situation with any outfit! 

6. Stabilo Boss Pastel Highlighters I love that it's 'Back-To-School' season so all of the stationery stores are having sales and introducing money off their essential items! I have wanted some pastel highlighters ever since I spotted some on tumblr because the shades are really nice! Ryman's have reduced this pack of six from £7.99 to just £3.79! They are sold out online now and I'm not surprised so I'm totally going to pick them up in store when I next go shopping. It's too good an offer to miss! 

7. Boohoo Plus Embroidered Smock Dress I am actually so gutted that this dress has sold out and I regret not ordering it when I checked if it was still available yesterday! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the embroidered floral pattern on it; it's just so gorgeous! I also love the design of the wrists because whenever I buy dresses with sleeves, they always end up being too long! I really want this dress! Please let it come back in stock!

8. Metal Tealight Holder I'm seriously in need of a tea light holder to use in my bedroom. I'll be finally getting my own bedroom at home soon and will no longer have to share with my sister, so I will be able to relax more in my own space and flickering candle-light really helps calm me down when I'm stressed. This silver and white starry tealight holder from Boohoo is super cute & only £3! 

Thankyou for reading! 

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August Wishlist

Happy Saturday! At the time this post goes out, my friends & I will be in Manchester city at our first ever Pride event. I can't wait to spend the day supporting the LGBTQ+ community & celebrating everyone's right to be able to love whoever they want to! I'm going to be sharing snaps of the event throughout the day so follow me on snapchat if you wanna see what's happening (add me at raiin_monkey). Anyhow, here's my wishlist for this month :) Enjoy! 

 

1. Pets Pop! Vinyl Figure German Shepherd How cute are the figures from the new Funko Pop Pets series!? I'd happily have one of every dog breed that they have available in the series, but German Shepherds are my second favourite breed, after Belgian Shepherds, so this has to be the first to join my Pop collection. It's sad expression looks so adorable, makes me just want to give it a cuddle!

2. Oversized Hand Print Tee I've been curious about trying the plus size range at Boho.com for a while now and I'm gonna start with this lovely shirt. I absolutely love the Hamsa Hand and the symbolism behind it. It is a protection symbol in many religions, representing happiness and good fortune. I love the beautiful, intricate design of the Hamsa, and I would love to own this tee. The range is also called Plus Sarah apparently, so it's literally made for me haha

3. Urban Decay Moondust Palette This new eyeshadow palette is so flippin' gorgeous! Just look at all those shimmery, vibrant colours! I especially love the blues and the green shade, and the names of the shades also sound awesome. Glittery eyeshadows have really grown on me, and I'd love to experiment with more colours.

4. 104 Things to Photograph Recently, one of my lovely friends sent me a picture of this book, and it went straight onto my mental wishlist. I have other books from the 'Things To' range but I never knew they had a photography version. I'm really curious to see what prompts are inside this activity book, and I'm hoping they will help give me some blogging inspiration, too. The book is hardback & I know that it includes slots inside for adding your photographs, so it's pretty much like a photo album which I think is really cool. 

5. Lush Cosmetics Roller Bath Bomb I'm always on the look out for new Lush bath bombs to try! I really love bath bombs, as they make me motivated to have a bath VS a shower. Living with chronic pain, chronic illnesses or disabilities can mean that tasks that others may find simple are challenging. When I am feeling very fatigued, I don't have the strength to stand up for long in the shower, but I am put off by the idea of having a bath because it sometimes worsens my back pain. Using bath bombs makes getting into the bath both a fun and pampering experience, so they are really helpful for me. I've never tried the 'Roller' bath bomb before and I would love to, since it contains citrus which is one of my favourite scents and geranium, which I'm curious about as I really enjoyed the Mother's Day special ladybird bubble bar that contained geranium oil. Have you tried this bath bomb before? Tell me what you thought of it :) 

6. Five Cream Heart Drawers I've been searching for a pretty set of drawers like these for a while now that I can store all of my make-up and jewellery in. These are just perfect; I love how they look and the heart shaped cut-outs that work as 'handles' are super cute! For just under £20, I thought they were fantastic!

7. CowCow Watecolour Beetles Skater Dress I had heard so much about CowCow online because they made the prettiest dresses in plus sizes, and so I decided to order myself some to see if they were as good as they looked. I absolutely adored the dresses I received, they were really comfortable and the designs didn't stretch when the dress was on, which is a new for me. I have been able to find lovely plus sized quirky skater dresses online but when you get them, they are either not very flattering, or the design almost always stretches, making some of the patterns look all misshapen. Well, this didn't happen with my CowCow skater dresses & I was over the moon! I now want to order sooo many of their dresses, and at the top of my list is this watercolour beetle dress, because I love watercolour designs & I really love insects. I'm a bit of an entomology nerd. Yes, I'm the weird person who finds bugs fantasinating (even wasps, although they can be fascinating behind a glass barrier thankyou very much!). Anyone else a proud bug lover?

8. Pets Pop! Vinyl Figure Maine Coon The new Pets series of Pop figures includes cats too! Yay! So of course, I also need one of those. When I was little, I was almost 100% sure that I preferred dogs to cats, but as I've gotten older, my love for cats has definitely been awakened. I now can't actually decide which I prefer, since they both have qualities that I adore. Norwegian Forest Cats are my favourite breed, however since Maine Coons are so similar, I love them too. This Pop! is really really cute! What's your favourite type of cat?

Thankyou for reading!

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Birthday Celebration Outfit | Fashion

I had such an awesome night on Friday! My best friend & I celebrated our 23rd birthdays with a joint party. Our lovely friend helped us plan our night and since he studies at UCLan University & lives in Preston City, which has a great night life scene, we started the celebrations at his place. He always hosts the best pre-drinks, which never fail to get everyone in the partying spirit! It was also great to meet two of his friends from Preston and with an awesome playlist and lots of drinking games, the five of us had a fantastic time. Afterwards, we all headed to my favourite nightclub in Preston, The Warehouse. I have a very varied music taste and each floor in this nightclub plays a different genre (Rock & Emo, Pop and Indie) which is fun! It has a great atmosphere and the majority of people who go there are friendly so I'd really recommend going for a night out at The Warehouse if you're ever staying in Preston. It has been a while since I'd gone on a night out so I'll just say I got very merry, but it was all worth it and I thoroughly enjoyed my night :)

So anyhow, here's what I wore on Friday...

(1) Dress from Yours Clothing

(2) Boots from Deichmann

(3) Leggings from Select Fashion

(4) Lipstick by Maybelline New York

(5) Cardigan from Yours Clothing

Being plus size, I used to find it difficult to get pretty dresses that were not too pricey and both fit comfortably and made me feel great, until I discovered Yours Clothing. I absolutely love their clothes, especially all the different styles and colours of dresses they have available. My favourite type of dress is the skater dress, so this purple sleeveless skater dress caught my eye as soon as I saw it! I also really like the lace detail on the dress and the feel of the material it is made from. I've had the boots for a while now (purchased last year) to wear for nights out at uni. I don't wear heels because I have weak ankles & I'm ridiculously clumsy, so I don't want to risk injuring myself! I have too many pairs of these simple black leggings from Select, and they are more suited for chilly nights or cold times of year because the material is quite thick. The lipstick is from the Maybelline Colour Sensational range, and the shade is called Plum Passion (365). It's a lovely colour and even though it's more of a pink than a purple, it still went well with my dress. And lastly, the cardigan is nice, buttonless and not too thick so I didn't feel too warm in the nightclub. 

Thanks for reading everyone!

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Who else loves Yours Clothing? What's your favourite Maybelline Colour Sensational shade?