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Rings// My Obsession

                                                                       
                                                                Rings!

As you've probably guessed I have a huge thing for rings! In my eyes the more unusual the better, and the creative I can be with them again, even better!! I use the little organiser (seen above) to organise them into little sub groups so It's easier for me to quickly pop a few on before I leave the house. And oddly, I have now go so used to rings that whatever I'm wearing doesn't feel complete without them and my fingers feel naked. I never thought I'd say my fingers could feel naked, but apparently they do. This organiser is so cute for storing little bits and bobs in, and I adore the style and colour! (It was a piece from TK MAXX, but I can't quite remember how much it was, sorry).
The picture above is a collection of my most worn. The rings range by place of purchase quite variedly, but I love that they are all a little different, and unusual.

These are my most worn 'night out rings', and are a little bigger and bolder than the style I usually go for. Most of these rings have been presents from various people, and that's how the collection of varied style came into my possession. 

These are my 'everyday' rings and I am much more favoured to wearing these generally. All my favourite rings are in this little collection, and again some were picked out as presents, but many here were picked up by moi.

This little silver rings, is one of my favourites. Picked up from a boutique arts and crafts shop in North Wales, it was cheap as chips at £3 (although sadly isn't real silver so may not last too long, but for the price who can complain). I was drawn to this particular ring because amazingly it's double sided!! I generally wear the Celtic swirl towards the front and leave the black bead with rose gold wire embellishment at the back, but it's easily a versatile piece, and is so unusual, I just love it.

Although this ring is a little different to my favoured style simple, unusual and silver, it is still one of my up most favourites! Bought from a little stall/store in LA, California and again a really great price $4, this is more of a statement piece I wear to match up with outfits. I love the colour of the turquoise centre piece and the detailing in the silver coloured metal around the centre piece. 

This little piece is arguably my favourite piece in my whole collection. It's actually an earring which I use as a midi ringer on my baby finger. In the middle image you can see the hinge mechanism from the back of the hoop. I love the little colour discs which lit through the silver hoop, and the brightness of these in contrast to the silver hoop. This is a really delicate piece, and sits really well on my baby finger (I have super skinny fingers which makes stuff like this quite easy) and I always get a fantastic reaction when people find out it's an earring. 

This ring is the one I have owned the longest and is my favourite piece with such intricate detailing. The almost art Deco style gives an old twist on a modern ring style. I think this was from Accessorize, and if I remember rightly was a reasonable price for the  quality, and style as it has lasted me a very long time! I love the shape of this piece and it's linear almost branch shaped lines. I find this to be the perfect thumb ring, and absolutely love it!

Lastly (I'm sorry I know I've babbled a little) is another ring which most frequently worn on my baby finger. This piece is the last of my favourites and another ring that is very fitting to my usual style. The Celtic entwining pattern is what first brought my attention to the piece, and although this is a toe ring, I've always much preferred it on my finger. I love this simple and small little ring which is a staple piece in my ring collection.

I'm so sorry I rambled on for such a long time, this was meant to be a quick post! But thankyou if you read this far down, and I'll be posting again soon. 

Bye for now lovelies xx

OOTD

                                                OOTD

Hello.

Quick post here showing my outfit of the day (or OOTD). This was a quick little throw together of simple pieces which I could just bob on, and then bob out of the door. It's not very warm at the minute in the UK, so I wanted something that was light, comfortable and would keep me fairly warm (I added plain black medium thickness tights). This playsuit piece has to be one of my all time favourite buys. I picked it up at The Clothes Show live-an annual exhibition/convention of beauty brands and fashion brands alike, with some charity shop and vintage stalls in there too. This piece was actually from a vintage stall, and I loved it as soon as I laid eyes on it. The simplicity of the piece with the added uniqueness of an open back (I ADORE open backs) drew me in, and I tried it on for size. It fit almost perfectly, the shoulders were a little too large, but that's nothing some quick altering wouldn't fix. It had a flattering a-line shape throughout the bodice, and an elasticated waist which created a small flare and little pleating effect to the shorts. All these elements linked with a tie piece open back, and for the cheap and cheerful price of £25 it was mine! I love styling up this piece for day and night, as it is so versatile, and jewellery, a bag and an alternative jacket brings it straight into 'heading out' territory. 

For this day time outfit I styled the piece with my staple denim jacket. I love this jacket thrown over various outfits, as it's so easy to incorporate with almost anything, and adds an edgyness to many outfits with its Aztec print detailing across the chest. I picked up this from H&M (one of my favourite shops in the whole wide world) for I think around £24.99 at the time. For how much of a staple piece this is in my wardrobe, and the sheer number of outfits it can be paired with,I would suggest a denim jacket to ALL!

Lastly I added a simple dream catcher necklace. This necklace is a great piece for sprucing up a day time outfit! It's a lovely length, coming up between chest and belly height, and is made of material in the 'chain' section, so is adjustable if needed. I love everything dream catcher anyway, and this just caught my eye while I was out. I picked this up from a little boutique shop in LA on a recent visit for I think $3. In hindsight I probably should have bought more in various colours, but as blue is my favourite colour and this piece goes with almost everything in my wardrobe, however I'm super super happy I found it and absolutely adore it!!

Update

                                               Instagram

Hellloo. A little bit of a plug here, but I'm attempting to start up various online accounts and things which will feature pretty much everything and anything, from recent purchases, OOTD, beauty products/reviews, photography, videos, hauls, creative bits and bobs and little snippets of info and life about anything interesting that crops up. I'm starting this off as it's been a passion for a while and I finally have time to do it! Hopefully this blog and my other media mediums will help me gain an insight into the fashion and media world, help me learn various things which will be helpful in the future: as well of course meeting and keeping up with some fantastic people and hopefully making lots of new friends from all around the world (wishful I know). Even if this blog does none of this stuff, I'd love to be able to say I tried and will have learnt lots of things.

Anyho, I have an Instagram- 'redheadedness' and will soon be creating lots of other little things that will be kept updated as much as possible. I'd greatly appreciate if you would check it out or even give it a lovely little follow. Thank you, and speak soon chickens.

New nail varnish

                                 New nail varnishes!

I recently bought these little beauties from Boots (pharmacy/cosmetics store in the UK) and I absolutely adore them!! I have a huge weakness for Barry M nail varnishes as it is, but these new colours I found are my current faves. 

I love all the plain colours Barry M do, and most are my staple pieces  when it comes to a quick polish, but when I discovered this mauve, brownish colour (second from left), I immediately was planning out outfits it would fit with. It's such a staple, simple yet unusual colour and I can't stop wearing it!! (341 Cappuccino 308 colour)

I also picked up some glitter pieces while I was out, and although I sometimes find Barry M's glitter varnishes harder to apply (I use more of a blobbing motion than a 'painting' on) I loved these colours. I often layer glitter varnishes over plain colours to add some sparkle to the pieces, and these glitter numbers had a lovely texture and the consistency of the speckles of glitter was great! These two colours (third from left and first on right) have slightly different texture between them, and both look great, and apply (with the blobbing motion) well, creating a smooth thick coverage. (third from left 354 Amethyst Glitter 305/ first from right 352 Pink Sapphire Glitter 308) 

I picked up a new texture varnish whilst I was out, which at first I was quite unsure about (second from right). The idea of a textured nail varnish wasn't a new product to me, but I was extremely unsure how it would look. I decided to go for the baby pink colour, thinking that if the 'texture' idea wouldn't work, then the colour was lovely enough to be worn it's self (TNP 3 Kingsland Road 305). However I was pleasantly surprised with the small grain, sand like texture which surprisingly was easy to apply, and had a successful final finish.

The Seventeen nail varnish was a last minute impulse buy. I used a Boots voucher, and picked up this piece as it was cheap, and I was intrigued as to how good the product would be. I went for a simple colour to try out at first, and to evaluate the quality of the varnish. It is a lovely shade, and has a great little brush although it is a little stumpy; Is quick and easy to apply and although it does need a few coats, it's a fab little staple piece which was a great price and I would highly recommended for trips or holidays as it is the perfect size for a little make-up bag. It has a great glossy finish, and is a gem of a piece (Seventeen Quicker Slicker Colour, 10 NIGHTSHADE.