School Style ;)

Long time no blog post, huh?! Myself and Ellie have been so, super busy with absolutely everything, and as much as we have been meaning to do a couple of posts, we have just never got around to it ... SORRY! Anyways, who is excited for Christmas?! We are, and we have a post dedicated to Christmas coming up after this one, so if you fancy it, have a read! Back to this post... As you may have gathered, Ellie and I are only 15 and we live in quite a small town which doesn't experience many new, exciting things (the only thing we can think of is that this year we have an ice-rink in the town centre). So we don't really get the opportunity to do any posts on things we see during our day-to-day lives. And as much as we are grateful for everything that we get to experience and do, because of our limited age, we have to plan most of our events. Therefore, this is why we have decided to this post - our version of Street Style! About 2 weeks ago (see what I mean with being busy?!) our school held a wear what you want day. However, as it was a charity event, we had to wear white or a silly hat. Although, I don't think many people did! Myself and Ellie decided that we would use this opportunity to take a look at some peoples outfits, and if we liked them we'd ask them if it was ok to take a picture of it and upload it on to our blog. Thankfully, our school is full of lovely people who were fine with having their photo taken by us both to use :) Unfortunately, we both had loads to do during this particular day at break and lunch, so we didn't get as many photies as we would have liked, but we are happy with the ones that we got :) Here it goes! First up is Liv.

Ellie and I liked her outfit because it's simple, but with the detailing on her scarf and shiny hand duo it makes it slightly different. We both love the leather sleeves on Livs jacket, and I’m not sure how well you can see it, but the cranberry red coloured jumper/top she wore with the forest green jacket really work well together and are perfect for this season. We were both besotted by her nails and ring! Like most girls, we love a bit of sparkle so we really love it on Livs nails. Her Swarovski ring is BEAUTIFUL! And the slight pink tone matches her cute boat style shoes (which you can see in the pictures, sort of!) Ellie and I were both surprised by how much we love the skull patterns this year. Ellie is a bit more experimental with patterns than I am, however, during the summer we both fell in love with the edgy skulls and roses pattern, so we loved Livs scarf and think it goes perfectly with her outfit adding a slight girly touch with the pink on it matching her ring and shoes :) Next up are Cathy, Marissa and James. Marissa is the organizer of the wear what you want day and said that she felt the need to make the day a bit silly (hence the silly hats we were told to wear!)

We really liked Cathys necklace, as we said we like a bit of sparkle, and we like the way our attention was drawn to her necklace under Cathys atumn toned outfit.

Ellie also has the skirt that Marissa is wearing here. We pointed out to Marissa that we liked it that she paired the outfit with a brown belt rather than a black belt. We thought that a black belt would have looked nice as it would have matched her top and skirt, but we were super happy that she chose brown as it looks lovely with the colours on her skirt -even though her Mum told her she should have worn black- and because it "makes the outfit" (and because it is what we would have chosen!)

Marissa said that she chose this skirt to add a bit of colour to the season, hehe! We love Marissa! We also like the lace detailing on her River Island top with the velvet collar. It's very pretty :)

We really liked James' hat and pattern on his jumper.

It may look sunny on the photos, but it was FREEZING that day. So James' outfit choice was perfect for the weather :) Ellie is always wearing hats similar to James' and she always looks so cute. I really need to invest in one! Next up is Harriet’s outfit. Bless her she is one crutches :( Hope your feeling better Harriet!

Ellie and myself both love her studded jacket. She also has studs on the collar of her top. We both love the wear a jumper over a collard top look! To accessorize her outfit, Harriet chose this fun headband and bracelet. We love them both! I love to experiment with different hair accessories, and Ellie is good with cute clips as well, so we now both really want a headband similar to Harriett’s. We saw them in River Island AGES ago, we just never got round to buying one :(

Myself and Ellie think that bracelets are so much fun to use when accessorizing and outfit - do you agree? - we love to layer them up or just have one or two simple, dainty ones. They really add detail to an outfit, in our opinion, and they are so easy to just whack on! So they are the piccies we took of a couple of people in our year. Now you get to see what we both wore! Yey! Lucky you ;) Here we are looking very goofy (we just can't take a serious picture!)

We bought part of Ellies outfit in Nottingham earlier this year (you can read about our trip HERE). I love Ellies hat! See, doesn't she really suite them?!

In my opinion, her outfit is very comfy (she even said that herself!) and chilled out - Ellie all over really :)! I really adore all of the colours that she wore! Ellie chose to pair her outfit with her trusty converse. As for myself, I chose to wear this top because I love the velvet detailing on the bow, down the front of the top and on the polka dots on the sleeves.

I love the Victorian style high neck of this top :) This top is out of the Kardashian Kollection from Dorothy Perkins. I chose to finish off the outfit with an American Apparel hoodie (it's the first one I EVER bought! I got it almost 2 years ago! They are such an investment ;) ) and a pair of comfy Supergas. If you want to know where anything that anyone is wearing here is from, then leave a comment and myself and Ellie will be sure to get back to you! What do you think of all of these outfits? Please let us know! Love from Dom&Ellie xx

Magazine Freebies & A Few Other Bits And Bobs!

First of all I would like to apologize about the lack of care and attention myself and Ellie have been paying to our blog recently, we have been unbelievably busy with school work. This week is full of mock exams :( And over the past few weeks we have been to all sorts of college/sixth form open evenings, so as much as I hate to make excuses, I am SORRY! On the brighter side, when I began this post I had just returned from my schools sixth form opening evening. Things are looking positive as I have finally decided on what subjects I would like to study at A Level and where I want to study them; I did have a rough idea but now it's certain. I think Ellie has made her mind up too :) Fantastic, anyways... I absolutely love magazines, all of them! I tend to buy certain ones more often than others, but if they have a person on the front who I like, well then I'm likely to buy it! Last month I bought 3 magazines, and I'm not sure if they are still in the shops, but this post is about the freebies I got with them (hence the post title). The magazine buying last month consisted of Cosmopolitan (not a normal buy for me as I think a lot of its contents can be a bit old for me, and with the stuff written on the front cover, it can be a bit awkward to hand to my dear mother to buy for me...) Marie Claire (again, not a regular buy, but I receive the e-mails daily from them to keep me in the loop) and More (out of all 3 I purchase this the most, a lot of the time it's weekly to be honest).

With Cosmopolitan magazine I got a 100ml VO5 Smoothly Does It Frizz Free Creme Heat Defence. I opted to buy the Kardashian Kover (see what I did there ;) ) for this magazine as it was that or One Direction, and as much as I do (slightly shamefully) love One Direction, I had to stick with the girls in this case following the highly anticipated release of their Kardashian Kollection in the UK last month.

Next up, Marie Claire - with the wonderful Nicole Scherzinger on the front! - came with the Jemma Kidd i-define Volumising Mascara.

And finally, with More magazine I was very happy to find that I got a Models Own nail polish in Nude Beige. The magazine only cost me £1.50, so how much of a bargain is that?! You could also choose to get another nail colour or one out of two shades of a lip-gloss. I thought I'd opt for this one as I need a nude colour so this was/is perfect :)

And here are images of the other nail polish colour I could have chosen and the lipgloss colours:

So that was last months magazine freebies, and now it's time for a few bits and bobs that I picked up in boots a couple of weekends ago. To start with I bought some VO5 Hot Oils. I have been using these for about 8 weeks now and absolutely worship them! I use them every Sunday and they do a phenomenal job for my hair. Both of my older sisters use these Hot Oils but they get it all in a bottle, but I think it's still the same, I just thought these would be more convenient for me.

The instructions recommend using one of these little cuties once a week in order for the potion to work properly :) On my mini haul I also picked up some Dry Shampoo and Dove Hair Care Stay In Conditioning Spray.

I haven't used this Dry Shampoo brand in years. Basically, I used to use it quite often but in the end I decided I wasn't really a big fan. I obviously didn't know how to use it properly as I was getting big grey/white marks all over my hair (embarrassing) and I felt that the smell was too over-powering after use so I didn't buy it again. This was, until, I read on someone’s blog (I can't remember whose, sorry!) that Batiste are now offering a wider range of Dry Shampoos. The one I bought is for Medium Brown hair so you won't get marks all over your hair (if you use it properly). It also smells really nice.

As for the Dove product I bought... I have been using this for an age now and I absolutely adore it, however shortly after I began using it I discovered I was using the product for dyed hair! My hair is all natural so when I restocked this I went for one more suitable for my hair which I cannot wait to try!

I have tried a couple of these products out already so I thought that I would do reviews on them all at some point. Nonetheless I would love to know what you all think of the products if you have tried them! Lots of love, Dommie x

Taylor Swift - Red

I have been meaning to do a quick post on this album for a few weeks now. Always a huge fan of Taylor Swift, excitment came my way earlier this year when she released her latest song as it has been so long since she last released a song and I became even more excited when she released her album - Red :)(You can tell I don't really get out much!) I never really expected Miss Swift to release a song like 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together' (like ever!), however I am so happy that she did! On the album there is a mix of songs, some slow and quite calming songs, and others which are more up-beat and ones that you just want to dance along to (I mean, it's not like I just dance around my room to them or anything...) and they get you in a really good/happy mood.

I'd have to say that my favourite song on the album is 22. But of course I love We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together! And Red, I quite like Treacherous too. If i'm going to be completely honest with you, I love them all!

Have you listened to this album or any of the songs on it? What do you think? Dommie x

Nottingham

A couple of Wednesdays ago Ellie and I returned to Nottingham for a little bit of retail therapy. You can read my post on a couple of things I bought on our last trip to Nottingham HERE. This trip had been talked about for weeks and we had both saved up a fair amount of money (this is considering that myself and Ellie love to spend money AND I had been to London the Monday before and only bought one top which I ended up taking back). On the train we expressed our excitement for Nottingham and it was clear that we both had the same goal, as much as we love make-up, we needed CLOTHES! I'm not going to lie to you though, we may have wandered into the beauty section in Debenhams for an hour or so, and I may have bought this beauty of a lipstick from Superdrug:

But, to be fair, I had been wanting it for ages and they didn't have it in my local Superdrug and it is a fantastic lipstick; long-lasting and you don't have to keep on going over it to make it actually apply onto your lips! Come on, look how beautiful it is! Anyways, after having been into countless shops with nothing that interested us both, myself and Ellie found ourselves wandering around the freezing street of Nottingham with no shopping spirit :( We thought all hope was lost, but then we strolled in to Topshop, and bam! I returned my top from London, and picked up some replacement beauties, and Ellie found a lovely top too! We really did get a great feeling when we both picked up a couple of items, I ended up buying both items I picked up, however Ellie only opted for one of them. It gave me such a great feeling when I tried them on in the changing rooms and they fit perfectly and looked rather flattering :) Aah, I can remember it now :) Here are my buys from Topshop!

The top was £32 and the dress was £26. I don't think they were too expensive, quite reasonable prices to be honest :) I love the detailing on the collor of the top, for me, it means that I can wear the top on a normal day, but it can also be dressed up for going out in the evening or to somewhere that is worth getting dressed up for.

As for the back, for some reason I love it when tops/dresses have this sort of button on the back. What do you think?

I am very pleased that I found the dress. I needed a couple that I could wear with some knitted tights and boots for the winter, so this is great for starting off my collection. I will definitely be buying some more winter dresses soon, so if you know of anywhere I can get some lovely ones, please let me know! Finally, I needed a notebook, so I text Ellie a couple of days before the trip to remind me to go in to the Disney Store to buy one. If you're going to buy a decent notebook, I believe the best place is the Disney Store! Plus it lights up! What more could you possibly want?! Hehe, there was so much more I could have bought, but I knew I needed to save my money. Here it is!

I hope you like my buys :) I think Ellie will be doing a post one what she bought soon. Dommie x

Christmas Is Coming!

Yey! Everyone loves Christmas (well, I hope so!) and as it is quickly approaching I decided to make a start on some Christmas shopping and lists of what to get people. Today we went to a Garden Centre. Personally, I love going to garden centres around Christmas time because they always have lovely decorations and gift ideas which both give me that warm Christmassy feeling :) And, to top it all off, The Polar Express was on telly when we got home! I have to say, that in addition to Elf, Miracle of 34th Street and all of the Santa Claus films -ooh and the Christmas Barney film- is my favourite festive film :) Hehe, I have loads!

This was the design on the bag, which I thought was lovely. On the family outing I bought my Grandad a pressie:

And a decoration to hang in my room:

My Grandad is a huge fan of honey with his cuppa so I thought this was perfect. It comes with various types of honey

And I love the bird house style box it comes in :) I think my Grandad will too.

As for the decoration, I love to make my room have the Christmas feel to it for when my friends come round. My Mum does a fabulous job with the rest of the house, but our own rooms are up to us. What do you think of the detailing? I love it!

I have definitely got loads of ideas of what to buy for family and friends this year; I cannot wait to hit the shops :) How is your Christmas shopping going? Dommie x