What Was I Wearing: Audrey

I realised last night that I haven't done an outfit post for a long looooong time. So here you go. I was trying to rock a little of the Audrey Hepburn look. Did it work?


The boyf and I decided to make the most of the lovely sunny evening in Cardiff and have dinner at Chapter Arts - after a meeting with a mortgage advisor!! (Scary stuff!!)

I am wearing: Mango dress, New Look heels (ooooold!) and Ted Baker sunnies (a birthday present - more soon).

Today I'm Wearing: Day 2

Asos ring

Thank You Handpicked Media and Asos and Nivea

When Asos and Nivea decided not to hold the usual London blogger event to launch their competition to celebrate the new Nivea Invisible deodorant and instead invited bloggers to hold their own event at home last night, with the help of a bottle of something lovely:

And some fabulously yummy brownies (with my own addition of some ice cream, naturally):

And, of course, it isn't a party without party rings, in my humble opinion:

Whilst Asos were kind enough to offer a gift voucher to add a little retail therapy to the evening:

Thank you Handpicked Media for organising the event and Asos and Nivea for providing the goodies that made the evening so fabulous! And a particularly big thank you for allowing those of us not always able to get to London easily to participate too.

WIN a collection of LBDs and LWDs courtesy of ASOS and Nivea!

To celebrate the launch of Nivea's newest and innovative deodorant, Invisible for Black and White, Nivea has teamed with Asos to create an exclusive capsule collection consisting of two LBDs and two LWDs:

Nivea's new deodorant is the first anti-perspirant from Nivea that protects both black and white clothes from those yucky deodorant stains that result in your summer tees ending up in the charity-shop bag and you changing your LBD for the third time before a night out!

To coincide with today's launch Asos have launched a competition to win one of the four dresses. All you have to do is play stylist and team the right dress with the right accessory for the occasion. Here's how I got on:

Now it's your turn to go play stylist and try for your chance to win one of these dresses! You have until 31 May to enter the competition and if you do enter, let me know, won't you?

*LBD = Little Black Dress and LWD = Little White Dress


**This post is sponsored by Nivea Invisible for Black & White

T-Shirt and Tails, Weekly Loves:

30 for 30 Challenge: Day 29

The penultimate outfit of the challenge. Can you believe that I have nearly completed it? Me neither!! I know it has taken me somewhat longer than most to do so, but I was determined to finish and finish, I will.

This outfit is a weekend one, hence the casual nature of it:

I have two of these tees from Asos as they are so comfortable and fall in just the right places. Whenever I find a piece I love like this now, I get two, as it doesn't happen too often.

I've been wearing my hair curly for the past few days and am liking it, what about you? I think these Dorothy Perkins' earrings blend in well with the curls:

And finally, these Marks and Spencer shoe boots are the real star of the challenge. They were included as they had survived the wardrobe detox earlier in the year but I hadn't really ever worn them. However, at £15 in the sale, they had been such a steal and were so beautiful, that I couldn't bear to just get rid of them without giving them a fair go. Well, turns out that despite the height they are surprisingly comfortable:

I am wearing: Topshop skinny jeans, Asos tee, Marks and Spencer shoe boots and Marks and Spencer cardigan.

What do you think?

T-Shirt and Tails March Loves

Affordable Art Fair – A great place to browse art, discover talent and of course, pick up a bargain or two.


Paris Fashion Week highlights – From Chanel’s post-apocalyptic show to McQueen’s chilling ‘The Ice Queen and Her Court’ collection; It was incredible week for fashion.

Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx – Gil Scott-Heron’s first album in thirteen years, produced by music darling of the moment, The xx’s Jamie Smith. A fantastic collaboration.

Holly Fulton scarf for Asos – Celebrating Fairtrade fortnight, love the art deco skyscraper print. Definitely one for my wish list.

Yunis & Eliza jewellery – Scupltured jewellery never looked better. A name to watch out for!

Clocks go back – Dust off your summer clothing and get ready for evenings spent in a pub garden. British summertime officially begins on Sunday 28 March. Summer here we come!

BARGAIN HUNTER: snag yourself a bargain courtesy of ASOS and Diet Coke

So, you all know that I love a good bargain. What you might not know is that I am that person who collects and cuts out all of the money-off vouchers on tins/packets from magazines and scours the pages of moneysavingexpert.com. Yep, the boyf often refuses to accompany me to the check out for this very reason. I am also the person for whom the words "sale" and "50% off" and "buy one get one free" make me smile and my heart miss a beat. Now that I have confessed all of this, I can tell you about a new feature and page on the blog that I plan to develop over the next month or so: a voucher/discount page.

Which leads me very nicely to an email I received to, telling me all about a rather fabulous collaboration to give you your fashion fix for cheap:


Diet Coke and ASOS have teamed up to give "drinkers" £5 off a £20 spend at ASOS. Bascially (and in their own words);

To take advantage of this offer, look out for the limited-edition lip-smacking Diet Coke can, available in stores nationwide from March. Simply enter your unique on-pack code on Coke Zone to get your hands on vouchers worth £100, £20 and £10 to spend at the online store or £5 off your next ASOS purchase of £20 or more.

Taking its inspiration from the bold red lips on this season’s catwalks, the iconic silver can has been kissed with a print of the perfect rouge pout. So go on, pucker up and collect your own piece of Diet Coke fashion history.

If you do plan to take advantage of this offer (and I did last week), then it might also interest you to know that six-packs of Diet Coke cans are buy-one-get-one-free in Tesco at the moment.

Here are my top picks from ASOS for under £25:

ASOS Clean Line Double Buckle Satchel

ASOS Envelope Laptop Case In Faux Croc Effect

ASOS LEVAN Double Bow Flat Point Ballerina

ASOS Knitted Fit And Flare Dress

River Island Straw Hat With Blue Bow

ASOS PETITE Exclusive Slash Back Mini Dress

Vero Moda Contrast Camisole Top With Contrast Trim

What will you be buying? Would you find a page where I collate all of the vouchers I come across useful? If you have any that I might have missed, email me.

30 for 30 challenge: Day 19

My 19th outfit in the 30 for 30 challenge: what do you think?

I am wearing: Marks and Spencer cardigan (gift), Asos dress (£19), gifted belt, MAWI for Asos ring (£14.50) and Marks and Spencer shoe-boots (£15).

I introduce to you, in today's outfit, my boot-iful shoe-boots:

They were a complete bargain and despite being pretty high, they are surprisingly comfortable. My new favourite shoes. Although they have been sitting on my shoe rack for almost 6 months without being worn! Oh well, better late than never.

What do you think of the boots? And the whole outfit?

30 for 30 challenge: Day 18

I think I've reached a kind of "wall" in the challenge. I don't feel very inspired right now. So apologies for the uninspired outfit that I bring you today:

I originally began like this this morning. But when I headed home at lunchtime, the sun had come out and I realised that what I really needed was a bit of colour... So, I added some:

And then a bit more!!

Until it looked like this:

I am wearing: Dorothy Perkins maxi skirt (£10), Gap tee (£9.99), Marks and Spencer cardigan (gift), Oasis boots (£20), Asos belt (£3), H&M scarf (£2.99) and my fabulous new MAWI for ASOS ring (£14.50):

What do you think of my brightened up look?

MAWI for ASOS

Yesterday morning I found myself reading a post over at The Taxonomy of My Wardrobe about the jewellery brand MAWI at London Fashion Week. I have always loved the brand's designs whenever I have spotted them but they are a little out of my price range. But Veshoevius pointed out that MAWI have in fact collaborated with ASOS for a more affordable collection - a collection made even more affordable by the fact that it is currently on sale.

So I took advantage of 50% and FREE next day delivery:

This is the ring that I purchased:

What do you think? I personally LOVE it! It is my new favourite cocktail ring bling.

30 for 30 Challenge: Day 17

Sorry for the slight pause in proceedings on the 30 for 30 challenge. I am still on - don't worry, I haven't given up again!

This is today's outfit. You will have noticed, I love this dress. I am also starting to love the waist belt. I usually dress this dress down but today decided to add the Next heels for a bit of work chic:

I am wearing: Asos dress (£19), Marks and Spencer belt (£2) and Next heels (£30).

What do you think of this look?

30 for 30 remixes: