Sweater weather is better weather,

Now then, despite the fact that the past few weeks I've seen the best weather since I went to Malia on holiday this summer, the weather is finally beginning to act its season - and that season is Autumn/Winter. 

Given the fact that my accommodation is not on campus I've got to walk to my lectures, and with recent weather I've been more than thankful for my absolute plethora of chunky knit sweaters - which for some reason I appear to be the queen of I just have so many! 

Jumpers are my favourite thing about winter, there's nothing better than snuggling into a cosy jumper and sitting under your duvet with a cup of tea and a good book/movie and the good thing about chunky knit sweaters like these is that they can pretty much go with whatever - be it jeans or leggings (if they're long enough for you to wear them with leggins) 

However not all my jumpers are the chunky type, I love these thinner more slouchy sweaters just as much - if not more - and will wear them none stop throughout the coming months.
Personally I feel that every girl should have one staple winter jumper, or in my case millions.

What do you think about jumpers? Do you have any favourites? 

Review - Benefit Total Moisture facial cream,

Recently whilst out and about I spotted this pot of Benefit Total Moisture facial cream for just £1 (its only a 0.3 oz pot so definitely worth £1) the packaging stated that it was the perfect product for 'normal to dry skin' and considering the fact that the skin on my face is constantly dry no matter what product I desperately throw all over it I decided that for just £1 this was worth a shot.

I can say that after using the product for only 3 days (every time I get out of the shower and again when I take off my makeup before bed) I've seen a world of change. My usual peeling skin are now thoroughly hydrated and generally softer to the touch which to me is a completely new feeling and something I'm extremely happy and excited about. 

I'm extremely happy with this product and thankful for what it's done to my skin and I can assure you that even after only a few days of usage my skin felt both hydrated and fresh - I was even complimented by one of my flat mates on how nice my skin was looking which was rather unexpected but lovely.

I'll definitely be purchasing the larger 1.7oz tub when this one eventually runs out despite its somewhat high price of £26.50 but hey if it works, it works.

Do you know of any good moisturisers or tips on how to keep skin hydrated and refreshed?

ps. can you believe I have 80 followers? I cant! Thank you so much!

My obsession,

This post was inspired by the wonderful Abbi's post about her Cath Kidston collection.
Now I've long been a fan of Cath Kidston and so I decided to make my own collection post - regrettably, once I decided on this post I realised that the majority of the Cath Kidston things I own are still at my home in Southport as it was pretty much impossible to bring it all to university with me, instead I simply bought a few notebooks/journals and brought those with me instead as well as my trusty bag!

Top row - Left: 3 small notepads Middle: Wash bag Right: Address book

Bottom row - Left: Pad of post its, journal and notepad Middle: Small mirror and a ticket holder (for my oyster card)

My prized possession.

I cannot explain just how upset I am that I forgot my favorite mug! I'll definitely be bringing that back with me after visiting home, along with a few of my other fave items. 

Have you got any obsessions/collections? Big or small let me know! 

Formal attire,

One thing I think everyone needs to know about uni before they arrive is what clothes you should really take, there's a couple of categories I can group them into: Comfy, clubbing and 'formal'. Realisticaly all you're going to need really are comfy clothes and ones you feel comfortable going out dancing/drinking in because the number of formal events each term are very few, however they do come along once in a while.

Take today for example, our entire university headed off to Kempton races for the afternoon and we were expected to 'dress to impress' now before I'd come to uni I was completely unaware that any formal events such as this would be taking place - as were basically all my flat mates - so we weren't really sure what exactly we should be wearing.

Here are a few dresses i've had my eye on for a while that would have been perfect today at the races where  the general trend was, simple dress paired with a statement blazer/jacket and a pair of plain heels.

& here are a couple of photos from our day at the races

Hello uni,

So I'm officially moved in, finally living in London and so far completely loving it! The weather is so unbelievably brilliant, I'm definitely not used to this kind of heat in September in the North West - there are actually girls walking round in nothing but shorts and vest tops...in September! Madness I know!


Since I only moved in yesterday I'm still not completely unpacked and I've not got my bearings at all (I was late for my first departmental meeting this morning oops!) however I'm sure i'll figure it all out eventually. The first night was utter madness, I live in a flat with 9 other people (6 girls and 3 boys) and so far we're all getting on really well. We had a few predrinks then headed out to the bar to meet everyone else, got pretty bored of that eventually though and instead invited everyone - and i literally mean everyone - that was in the bar back to our flat and had the best house party I've ever been too seriously it was mad. One of the guys in our flat even managed to get the professional DJ from the bar to pack up and come DJ our house party instead. Needless to say so far I'm really enjoying myself.

I miss everyone at home like crazy but I've spoken to all the important people more than enough to stop me feeling homesick. I've also realised that some people who I thought cared about me actually clearly do not as they've barely spoken to me at all. Interesting.

Anyway, we're all off for a family trip to Asda so that we'll actually be able to feed ourselves, its going to be exciting! My posts will be a little irregular for a while until I'm completely settled in but I'll be back on form asap with my student budget fashion ideas etc. etc. etc.

My last week at home pt. II

1. A picture of me and all of my best friends // 2. Last ever Nandos with the wolfpack // 3. Chris and Simon looking sad and cold at 6am in McDonald after a night out // 4. Drunkenly asking Sophie where the taxi is before our last night out in Southport // 5. Buying Antony some goodbye Capris // 6. Me & Sophie 

I'm so upset at the moment, that and confused. I don't really know how to leave things with people before I move away tomorrow morning. Hmmm.

Uni Clothes Wishlist,

1. Cami top - River Island // Jeans - Topshop // Bag - River Island // Shoes - New Look

2. Jumper - Topshop // Jeans - H&M // Bag - Topshop

I've been trying to work out what i'm going to be taking to uni with me for the past couple of days and its dawned on me that I have NO CLOTHES! well that is a lie i actually have quite a few clothes but I've been surfing the web and there's so many clothes I simply adore. I've been trying to figure out some simple uni outfits, something that can just be thrown on before a lecture but still looks quite nice.

I absolutely adore that Topshop bag it's so unfair :(

I've also caved and bought the River Island cami and the H&M jeans - oh well it's payday!

Whats your essential uni/college outfit?