Highstreet to Ascot – Highstreet Hats worthy of Royal Ascot

19 Wednesday Jun 2013

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Accessorize, Ascot, Beauty, British home Stores, Debenhams, Fashion, hats, High Street, horse racing, House of Fraser, Inspiration, John Lewis, Royal Ascot, shopping, summer, women

Here in the UK each year Royal Ascot takes place, a series of horse races at Ascot Racecourse which the Queen and members of the royal family attend. The event is just as important for fashionistas as it is for horse race enthusiasts and you would be out of place at Ascot without a beautiful hat. But you don’t have to spend hundreds of pounds to crown your head with something fashionable. There are Ascot worthy hats right on the high street. I’ve rounded up a selection for you to look at. If you watch any of the Royal Ascot coverage see if you spot any of these :

Alexon Purple Large Disc Fasinator from Debenhams for £49.00

Alexon Purple large disc fascinator from House of Fraser for £49.00

Black Natural Gabby Disc from John Lewis for £50.00

Black spot Trim Fascinator from BHS for £22.50

Coast Marla fascinator from House of Fraser for £45.00

Contrast Lace And Satin Mini Top Hat from Accessorize for £27.00

Debut Cream Lace Saucer Headband from Debenhams for £30.00

Debut Light Grey Loop Quill Hair Piece from Debenhams for £26.25

Designer Light Gold Looped Feather Headband from Debenhams for £26.25

Fuchsia Linda Pillbox Hat by John Lewis for £35.00

Hatbox Dark Grey Floral Hat from Debenhams for £40.00

Lilac Chloe Disc Hat from John Lewis for £45.00

Organza Hat with Skirt from Accessorize for £32.00

Paris Hat from Accessorize for £39.00

Phase Eight Dusty Pink Organza Rose Fascinator from Debenhams for £17.50

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Phase Eight Shell Pink Hayden Fascinator from Debenhams for £27.50

Top Hat by Stephen Jones Designer Red Orchid Wave Headband from Debenhams for £85.00

Untold Flower trim oval pillbox from House of Fraser for £31.50

Untold Lace covered pillbox from House of Fraser for £31.50

Untold Sonia saucer hat from House of Fraser for £38.50

White Whiteley Fine Mesh Fascinator from John Lewis for £40.00

Let me know if you spot any of these 😉

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Summer Steals Series : Sandals Under £15!

08 Saturday Jun 2013

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ASOS, Bargain, beach, Beauty, cheap, clothing, Debenhams, Fashion, feast your eyes, flat sandals, Frugal, holiday, Inspiration, jelly sandals, new look, Quiz, Sandals, Shoes, shopping, style, summer, Sun

Hey 🙂

Need some sandals? Or just feel like Window/Blog shopping? Then feast your eyes on this great sandal selection. Each and every pair costs no more than £15.

Pink Studded Gladiator Sandals from Debenhams for £15.00

Turquoise Diamante Strap Jelly from New Look for £12.99

Tan Twist Plait Sandals from Debenhams for £12.00

Skye Cross Strap with Ankle Strap in Snake Gladitor from BooHoo for £12.00

Purple Krasceva Jewel Trim Flat Sandals from Debenhams for £15.00

Nude Diamante Jelly Sandals from Quiz for £14.99

Gleam Jelly Diamante Flat Sandals from New Look for £12.99

Mel Dark Red ‘Citrus Ii’ Flip Flops from Debenhams for £12.60

JuJu Brown Fergie Jelly Sandals from New Look for £11.99

Isabella Flower Detail Sandal from BooHoo for £15.00

Ipanema Light Green Neon Beach Flip Flops from New Look for £14.99

Faith Light Gold Metallic Flower Sandals from Debenhams for £14.40

Elsbeth Open Toe Cross Strap Gladiator from BooHoo for £15.00

Ellie Bow Detail Jelly Sandal from BooHoo for £5.00

Coral Woven Strap Sandals from New Look for £7.99

Black synthetic ‘jazmin’ studded toe post sandal from Debenhams for £13.00

Black Stud Jelly Sandals from New Look for £12.99

Black Diamante jelly Sandals from Quiz for £14.99

ASOS FACTOR Flat Sandals for £12.00

Odeon Light Orange Flower Trim Jelly Sandals from Debenhams for £12.00

ASOS FAREWELL Metallic Flat Sandals for £14.00

Leopard Print Fabric Sandals from Quiz for £12.99

Here are the websites where you find all of the above sandals :

http://www.asos.com/

http://www.boohoo.com/

http://www.quizclothing.co.uk/footwear

http://www.debenhams.com/

http://www.newlook.com/

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Summer Steals Series : 50 Dresses under £15!

12 Sunday May 2013

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ASOS, Bargain, bargain hunting, Bargains, beach, Beauty, Bizarre, bright, cheap, chic, clothing, colourful, Debenhams, dresses, Fashion, holiday, Inspiration, new look, new-season, Quiz, River Island, Sale, shopaholic, shopping, style, summer, Under £15, USC, women

Hello 🙂

I have been trawling the internet for ages and I have put together an AWESOME selection of Summer dresses for you to have a look at. They are all £15 or under (most of them are under) and they are all available to buy right now. Take a look:

Abandon Colour Block Racer Dress from USC for £9.00

Abandon Carly Bird Dress from USC for £8.00

Abbie Shoulder Detail Printed Shift Dress from BooHoo for £15.00

Alice China Blue Ruffle Fron Chiffon Dress from BooHoo for £12.00

Black & Cream Stripe Mesh Skater Dress from Quiz for £9.99

Cartoon Print Cut-out Dress from Quiz for £9.99

Cassidy Tassel Detail Ombre Bodycon Dress from BooHoo for £15.00

Chloe Check Shirt Dress from BooHoo for £15.00

Cream and green polka dot print dress from River Island for £15.00

Cream Floral Strappy Sun Dress from New Look for £14.99

Cream Popcorn Knit Cap Sleeve Dress from New Look for £7.00

Daisy Long Sleeve Ombre Bodycon Dress from BooHoo for £15.00

Eve Animal Print Mini Flippy Dress from BooHoo for £15.00

Faye Aztec Print Bodycon Dress from BooHoo for £10.00

Jolie Moi Open Back Pleat Dress from USC for £9.00

Katie Border Print Bandeau Maxi Dress from BooHoo for £15.00

Leanne Rainbow Effect Knot Front Bodycon Dress from BooHoo for £15.00

Lindsey Neon Tie Dye Effect Bandeau Dress from BooHoo for £15.00

Lindy Paisley Front Panel Dress from BooHoo for £15.00

Lydia Ruffle Bust and Hem Crepe Strappy Dress from BooHoo for £15.00

Michelle Urban Floral Print Shirt Dress from BooHoo for £15.00

Molly Floral Bandeau Dress from BooHoo for £10.00

Olivia Galaxy Print Knot Front Bodycon Dress from BooHoo for £12.00

Olivia Large Latina Floral Bandeau Maxi Dress from BooHoo for £15.00

Only Blue Abbie Maxi Dress from New Look for £8.99

Orange Tie Dye Sleeveless Midi Dress from New Look for £14.99

Paprika Floral Peplum Dress from New Look for £10.50

Phoebe Acid Wash Roll Back Sleeves Step Hem Dress from BooHoo for £15.00

Purple Cosmic Print Step Hem Dress from New Look for £10.00

Rachel Check Shirt Dress from BooHoo for £15.00

Red Pink and Blue Aztec Cap Sleeve Mini Dress from New Look for £12.99

Rosie Cut Out Shoulder Dip Back Tunic Dress from BooHoo for £15.00

Scoop Neck Floral Burnout Vest Dress from Marks&Spencer for £15.00

Shelley Shirred Bandeau Maxi Dress from BooHoo for £15.00

Tina Cap Sleeve Rainbow Print Knot Dress from BooHoo for £12.00

Vero Moda Leena Dress from USC for £6.00

Blue and Brown Ethnic Paisley Bead Halterneck Bandeau Dress from New Look for £14.99

Bright Pink Dip Hem Bandeau Dress from New Look for £9.99

Black Floral One Shoulder Maxi Dress from New Look for £14.99

Bright Pink Strappy Vest Dress from New Look for £5.99

Cameo Rose Black Tropical Floral Dip Hem Dress from New Look for £14.99

Petite Cami Swing Dress from ASOS for £15.00

Pink satin Sleeveless belted shirt dress from River Island for £15.00

Vero Moda Stripe mini dress from ASOS for £14.00

Ileana Sheer Asymmetric Maxi Dress In Coral from Missguided for £14.99

Adrienn Cut Out Detail Dress In Blush from Missguided for £9.99

Juliette Jersey Maxi Dress In Nectarine from Missguided for £10.99

Caliana Tropical Sunset Long Sleeve Midi Dress from Missguided for £14.99

Haritta Tie Dye Cut Out Tunic In Grey from Missguided for £11.99

Eleonora Thunder Print Midi Dress from Missguided for £14.99

So there you have it, 50 summer dresses all under £15.00, I hope you found some that you liked. The websites that you can buy these dress from are below :

http://www.missguided.co.uk/

http://www.asos.com/

http://www.boohoo.com/

http://www.riverisland.com/

http://www.quizclothing.co.uk/

http://www.marksandspencer.com/

http://www.debenhams.com/

http://www.usc.co.uk/

http://www.bhs.co.uk/

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Summer Steals Series : Skirts

11 Saturday May 2013

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ASOS, Bargain, beach, cheap, Comic Book, Debenhams, Fashion, new look, party, River Island, Sale, shopping, Skirts, style, summer, Sun, Under £10, Under £15, unusual, Zebra

Hey Everyone,

It’s that time again. Summer. The sun is starting to come out, the days are longer and your wardrobe needs an update.

That’s where I come in.

I will be posting a new item everyday in my summer steals series. All of your summer essentials will be covered : Dresses, Shorts, Sandals, T-shirts, Crop-tops, vests, bikinis, bathing suits, sarongs, hats, sunglasses… anything you could possibly need for summer. And the best bit? None of it will be over £15. Every item I tell you about in this series will be £15 or under and available to but right now. The first items in the Summer Steal Series are skirts. Most of the ones below are under £10! So if you are in need of a few skirts for summer have a scroll through these :

Oh My Love Zebra Mini Skirt from ASOS for £8

Yellow belted latern mini skirt from River Island for £8

Silver dip hem wrap maxi skirt from River Island for £7

Parisian White Comic Book Mini Skirt from New Look for £9.99

Beige chiffon drape maxi skirt from River Island for £10

Red Label Turquoise Floral Skater Skirt from New Look for £9

Silver zebra print dip hem wrap skirt from River Island for £7

Grey print dip hem skirt from River Island for £8

Cream studded detail mini skirt from River Island for £5

Stone Belted Skater Skirt from New Look for £8

Purple print skirt from River Island for £8

Black & Stone Print Midi Tube Skirt from Debenhams for £5.59

Cream jacquard skirt from River Island for £7

All of the skirts above are available from the following websites:

http://www.riverisland.com/

http://www.debenhams.com/

http://www.asos.com/

http://www.newlook.com/

So did you see any skirts that you like? Would you like a bigger selection to choose from? Any brands not featured that you would like to see featured in my next post? Maybe you would just like to hi? Then leave me a comment 🙂

Hope you liked this post and if you did that is what the ‘like’ button is for 😉 Come back tomorrow for part 2 of the Summer Steals Series, DRESSES!

Thanks for reading 🙂

Sales and Deals

15 Friday Feb 2013

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Accessories, administration, Bargain, bargain hunting, Bargains, Beauty, cheap, clearance sale, clothing, Deals, discount code, discounts, Dorothy Perkins, e.l.f, elf, eyes lips face, Fashion, handbags, jewellery, make up, money, offers, Republic, Sale, Sales, Shoes, shopping, special offers, style

Hey 🙂

If you are looking for a bargain then I would head to republic today, they have gone into administration which while very sad has resulted in a massive sale.

Also if you are looking for some make up, E.L.F are doing some great discounts codes at the moment, see below.

To top it all off Dorothy Perkins are giving you an extra 15% off their final clearance sale online.

If I only I had the money to take advantage of all these offers

Thanks for checking out my blog 🙂 Happy Shopping!

Deals, Discounts and Vouchers

08 Friday Feb 2013

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Bargains, Beauty, budget, clothing, codes, Deals, denims, discounts, e.l.f, elf, elle magazine, Fashion, Free, Freebies, jeans, kurt geiger, Magazines, make up, new look, shopaholics, shoping, shopping, style, Trousers, vouchers

Hey everyone,

I’ve found some information that any shopaholics amongst you will want to know. Here are all the details. Happy Shopping 🙂

You will recieve a free £20 Kurt Geiger voucher when you buy a copy of Elle magazine, on sale now.

All jeans at new look are 25% off.

This weekend, ELF Shipping is just £1.

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Opinionated – It’s a NO-NO

29 Wednesday Aug 2012

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celebrities, entertainment, Opinionated, shopping

Maybe I’m overly grumpy or anti-social or easily irritated but a lot of things annoy me. So without further ado here is my list of No-No’s.

1. Shopping spree competitions with a celebrity. – Shopping spree = all good. Meeting your favourite celebrity = all good. Putting the two together = DISASTER. Seriously, who wants a celeb hanging over their shoulder on a shopping spree? If I ever win a shopping spree then I want to be flinging everything that I get my hands on into my basket, there will be no time for polite and possibly star-struck chit-chat with someone I don’t know. What are you going to do when your favourite celebrity picks up something you hate and says ‘this would look so good on you, you should get it?’ Well I would say ‘no thank you’ without hesitation which is probably why it is a bad idea for me to go on a shopping spree with a celeb.

2. Nicknaming your blog readers /followers. Now I know a lot of you do this. A lot of my blogger friends do this, and that’s their choice and I still love their blogs. But it makes me cringe so much. I don’t want to be called a beauty or fashionista or bookworm or cereal box when I read your blog about beauty, fashion, books, or cereal boxes. It makes me feel like your are trying to force you blog’s branding on to me and I always imagine it being said in the over-exuberant voice of a children’s TV presenter; ‘Now then explorers, let’s imagine that we are going on a magical spaceship ride to Mars..’ No.

3.‘You have a great blog, check out mine: http://randomannoyingpersonsblog ‘ , No.

4. Putting your feet on the back of my chair in the cinema, on the bus, on a plane. No. One day I will snap and your legs will break.

5. Shop assistants. No I do not need your help, if I did I would ask for it. If I am looking at a top what could I possibly need help with? I’m quite tempted to answer ‘yes’ next time this happens and have the assistant hold the top in lots of different places in the store so that I can see how it looks from 10 metres away, under a different light, against a white background, paired with a skirt…then I will say that I don’t like it and move on to the next top. Want to ask me if I need help while looking at this one? No.

6. Adverts for scary films. Are you kidding me? I’m sitting there happily watching TV when suddenly the monster/ghost/alien/demon from some new horror film is doing demonic and terrifying things on my tv screen. I will see that image when I am in bed at night. There should be a scary advert warning so that I can chose not to watch them. Surely I could sue these advert people for the nightmares that they cause.

7. Celebrities endorsing charities when they have enough money to solve whatever problem the charity is combatting.

8. Bad designers. Oh you designed a sink so small with a tap so big that I have to be a contortionist in order to wash my hands. Aren’t you clever? That sink should be the only one that you are allowed to use for the rest of your life.

So there you have it, my big grumpy list of no-no’s. Do you agree/disagree with any of them? What no-no’s would you add to the list? Tell us in the comments section.

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Things I don’t understand…

03 Sunday Jun 2012

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bbc, butterflies, men, shopping, tv, tv license, women

I don’t understand…

…why people like butterflies, especially people who are creeped out by insects, I mean they are creepy big bugs but everyone loves them because they have big colourful wings. To me wings do not make a butterfly pretty, they enable it to fly at my face.

…why people eat butter and/or margarine. I know I’m a total minority on this, a total weirdo. But if I’m the weirdo because I don’t spread salted fat on my sandwiches then I can live with that.

…why men are not catered to in the realm of shopping. If you think about the number of shops on the highstreet aimed at women and the number aimed at men you will understand what I mean. Plus in shops that cater to both sexes, it’s often the case that women’s stuff takes up like 90% of the shop and the guys only get some small space in the corner. Don’t even get me started on sales, we girls get them all the time but guys don’t, no wonder so many guys don’t like shopping.

…why those of us in the UK sit back meekly and accept the TV licence, yes it funds quality programming on the BBC, but I don’t watch the BBC, I pay money to Sky because they show programmes that I actually want to watch. It could at least be moved to a subscription service. I don’t care whether or not they have advertisements or product placements, I just care about them taking £145 out of my bank account every year because I dare to watch TV. Stop robbing me!

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ASOS Mid-season sale items under £20

24 Tuesday Apr 2012

Posted by masquerade21 in Fashion, Shopping

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Bargains, Fashion, Random, Sale, shopping

The ASOS mid -season sale is on and I have had a look through their website to find the best items under under £20. If you want some cool dresses, jeans, skirts, or accessories for under £20 then this is the post for you. Check out the items and tell me which are you’re favourites. If you want any of these items you should hurry because ASOS sale items always go fast! The featured image only has a few of the items included in my post.

Hover over the images below for full name and price information.

Dresses

Skirts

Tops

* I think this Kaftan has been styled all wrong, I would wear it and a pair of denim shorts over my bikini at the beach

Jeans

Accessories

All of these items are available at www.asos.com

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Free Stuff !

19 Thursday Apr 2012

Posted by masquerade21 in Budget

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Bath Bombs, Beauty, Free Stuff, Lush, make up, Moisturiser, Origins, shopping

Want some free stuff?

Fancy some free bath bombs and a free moisturiser that would usually set you back by almost £40?

In this post there are details of how and where to get free bathbombs from Lush worth £2.50 each and a free Origins moisturiser worth £36!

How to get free bath bombs from Lush

100 Lush branches are giving free workshops on how to make your own bath bombs and you will be able to make either a ‘Blackberry’, ‘Think Pink’ or ‘Space Girl’ bath bomb (all shown above) that will be yours to keep free of charge. These workshops will run from now until Saturday 11th August 2012 and all you need to do is check the Lush website ( https://www.lush.co.uk/content/view/4636) for a list of locations and dates.

How to get free Origins Moisturiser

Just take an empty facial mosturiser container (it doesn’t matter which brand it is or how big it is) to your nearest Origins store or concession, such as Boots or House of Fraser, and they will trade it for either ‘Starting Over Age-erasing Moisturizer with Mimosa’ (RRP £36) or ‘A Perfect World Age-defense Moisturizer with White Tea’ (RRP £32), plus you get a 10-minute skin consultation to determine which moisturiser is the best one for you. This offer will be available on Saturday 21st April 2012 and only 5000 moisturisers will be available so be sure to get in there quick!

As far as I’m aware both of these offers are only available in the U.K

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