Back in Business ♥

Hello loveliess, I'm back! My exams are finished and I'm free as a bird (for now anyway). I have so many different posts lined up I couldn't decide what to start off with but then I thought I'd just do a little Instagram post to show you all some of the things I've been up to since my exams and my blog break! 

I'm relatively new to Instagram but I love it, the nosy person inside me loves being able to look at what people are getting up to, and I really enjoy it when bloggers do Instagram posts as I love seeing lifestyle related posts as well as beauty. So here is a little snapshot of what I've been up to since my last post, as well as 4 exams and lots of revision! 

1) Mid-revision treats 2) Face of the night 3) Cocktails with the girls 4) Pimms Royale 5) Estee Lauder goodies 6) OOTN before our meal and new blazer 7) Sisters OOTN 8) Fillet Steak mmm 9) Last night with uni friends 10) Same again 11) Snugburys on the way home 12) Polished it off 13) Jubilee cakes 14) Club Tropicana theme at Pangaea 15) Outside stage at Pangaea festival 16) Day after pizza lunch with the bestie

Are you on instagram? What do you think of instagram posts?

P.s. If you want to follow me on instagram and see my latest updates then feel free :) my username is @zoenaylor1

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Daydreaming ♥

Hey beauts

Hope you're all enjoying this gorgeous weather (I know I should stop talking about it, but it's making my dissertation writing days so much more bearable!) Anyway, due to horrendous amounts of dissertation writing and *should-be* revising times, I've naturally been daydreaming about my holidays and sunbathing, and cocktails in the sun, and golden tans and I could go on and on, so I thought I'd post some lovely pictures of previous holidays which have been making me feel so excited and summery and share the sunny love! I know this isn't exactly beauty related but my blog is also about travel so it does fit in with that :)

P.S. That weird little face thing top right was a yummy cocktail in Mexico called Coco-Loco, and was so creative I just had to put a picture of it up! 

I hope this little post has got everyone in the mood for Summer '12! I really can't wait for it to hurry up and get here! 

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J'adore la Paris ♥

Hey lovelies,

So as my facebook and twitter has shown over the last week I haven't been able to contain my excitement about having a little rendevous with all my besties in Paris this weekend for the gorgeous dance with emily's 21st birthday! I had such an amazing weekend full of so many laughs and gossip and just general celebrating and mooching around! I didn't realise how much I missed my girls whilst being at uni, until getting together! So here's a little selection of my fave photos from the weekend!

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Things to see:

• Explore the gorgeous vintage shops in Marais near Chatlet for some great bargains and amazing clothes
• Obviously, the Louvre, Notre Dame, the river Seine (for some lovely photo opportunities) the Champs Elysee for some amazing shopping time, the Arc de Triomphe
• Get off at the Metro Trocadero for a GORGEOUS view of the Eiffel Tower (pictured above) - much better than seeing it from below.
• The latin quarter near Saint Michel at night, for beautiful little cobbled streets full of restaurants and bars. Perfect for lots of cocktail drinking!

So that's my little weekend post, hope you my pictures as much as I do, I had such a great weekend!

As you can see, I also had my hair cut off and went for a fresh new style after trying to decide how to have it here - such a relief! :) 

 Have you ever been to Paris, and have you ever been on any adventures with your best friends? 

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What I'm LOVING right now.. #2

So, to continue this little series I have a brand new list of everything that I'm loving at the moment and things that have generally made me happy recently:

1. Spending lots of time with the boy before he goes back abroad for University. We've really been inseparable and have had such a lovely time, especially for valentines when he treated me to a night away and booked me in for a gorgeous massage and facial. Not loving the fact that he's leaving again though but that's for another day! ♥
2. The Decleor Hydrating cream, cleanser and toner and hydrating oil that were used on my facial. My skin felt so soft and looked super clean and healthy, which was amazing after my skin has been pretty horrible lately. Definitely going to purchase the lot when I have some pennies spare. ♥
3. The fact that our flights to Paris are now booked for my gorgeous bestie Emily's 21st birthday in March! Seriously counting down the days until I'm reunited with the girls for an amazing weekend of celebrations and cocktails a la gay pariii! ♥
4. I'm trying out Avon for the first time next week as I was lured in by the magazines and my housemates' massive orders and I will have some lovely new products waiting for me at my Uni home when I get back. As I've never used it myself I don't know what to expect, but just having a little stash of products waiting for me is exciting me. ♥
5. My Topshop Ambush boots! I got them last weekend and have literally worn them for the majority of the week already! They're so comfy and I LOVE them probably too much! It makes such a lovely change from wearing my UGGs in the cold weather and have made all my outfits this week look so much prettier. ♥
6. The fact that I finish Uni in a few months. Even though I have had such a great time and have so many amazing memories and will be uber sad to have to leave everything behind, I'm starting to quite look forward to going into the big wide world and starting the next part of my life and being a grown up (maybe).♥
7. My new Kate Spade iPhone case. It's so lovely and even though it's making me really obsessed with wiping it to make sure it's shiny (what a loser) it's great as it covers the whole phone unlike my others which didn't cover the top or bottom and didn't fight off any scratches, and did I mention it's really pretty?♥

So that's what's making me smile at the moment even though all my purchases and more wishlist items are making me very skint indeed! What's are you loving at the moment? 

Weekend OOTD ♥

Hey girlies,

I know this is pretty late but horrendous amounts of uni work is to blame for that. I'm actually sneaking a little break to write this because I'm just so fed up of writing about schizophrenia and a little blog reading and writing always helps.
So this weekend I went to London with my boyfriend as his mum was working there and booked us a room for the weekend for freeee! (we even had a suite! - lucky us :D). I had such a lovely weekend and it was just what I needed after stressing over my presentation all week. On the saturday we went to do a little shopping as I had a few things I wanted to get and we just did a little bit of sight-seeing. The weather was pretty chilly so I had to wrap up warm. My new jumper from Topshop was perfect as it's so cosy and snuggly. I put a little lacy top underneath as the jumper is quite short and I didn't want my tummy to get cold :). I even ended up wearing a little thin vest top underneath the other tops because it was THAT cold! I teamed these with my trusty Topshop skinny jeans and my 'winter' coat to keep me nice and snuggly! I also wore my fur headband out of necessity as I didn't want my ears to fall off. The picture does show me wearing my lovely slipper shoes, but in the end I couldn't wear them and had to swap for my uggs, and I'm so glad I did as I wouldn't have been able to do any walking around with my frozen little toes! I accessorized with my new necklace from Topshop that can only be described as a little gold rope and whipped out my trusty new satchel bag! :)

Jumper and Lacy top - both Topshop, Leigh Supersoft Jeans - Topshop, Slippers, Topshop, Satchel - Next, Fur Headband - Miss Selfridge, Coat - Miss Selfridge, Necklace - Topshop, Bracelets - Pandora & Thomas Sabo. 

I hope you all had a lovely weekend too! I recently started using bloglovin' too so please follow me on there if you like what you see :)

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Christmas Shopping. x

Shopping for Christmas presents is never the easiest job when you don't really have much of an idea what you're going to get people, but I just had the lovliest time with my mum today! It was so good to just have some proper girl time and retail therapy after a lot of work at Uni and you can't beat a bit of shopping to lift your mood! The little Christmas market stalls in Liverpool were so charming too, selling all sorts of yummy food and little crafts. I got some really nice presents for some of my 'giftees' and I was even treated to a gorge new coat from Miss Selfridge that I'm going to whip out to keep my nice and toasty in New York when I go there for New Year to celebrate the BIG 21! I'm actually feeling a little more festive now after feeling like a bit of a Scrooge for the last few days after being bogged down with so much work. I actually can't wait to give everyone their presents and spread a bit of joy. Whilst wearing my beautiful new coat. Only 26 days - and counting! :)

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