christmas gift guide for her

Hello again !! Todays post is a very late 'christmas gift guide for her', including a mixture of expensive and affordable items. This post is for all the *extremelly* late christmas shoppers, anyone still wondering what to ask for themselves or just for you to have a quick nosey ! Firstly, a diptyque scent in 'l'ombre dans l'eau' which has notes of blackcurrant leaves and bulgarian roses. This is a beautiful scent and, although quite expensive, a perfect gift for a diptyque lover. The second gift is any sort of hand cream; I suggest the body shop hand cream in grapefruit. To read my review, click here. Next is the Tanya Burr lip gloss in 'candy cane'. I got this quite early on (so no spoilers) in my Tanya Burr advent calendar. I love it lots and it's so handy to throw in your bag! A couple more gift/ stocking suggestions are glitter tape, nail varnish and makeup brushes. Lastly, this Oliver Bonas hanging photo frame would be perfect for a stocking filler or even secret santa. Hope you enjoyed!

Listening to: 

The less I know the better- Tame Impala

White Ferrari- Frank Ocean

Gemini Feed- Banks

Ailsa x

how i style my culottes

Another outfit post !! wooo cause these seem to be the only type of posts I can do at the moment lol. Before autumn ends and all the leaves fall, I thought I would do a post including my beloved culottes. I wouldn't recommend wearing these on a freezing cold day because the material is so lovely and flowy but not the most practical for winter. However, when the weather is not bitterly cold go for it! My style isn't THAT out there so when I went out to buy a pair I didn't go for the funky red stripes (although next time maybe) and also I thought the colours grey and white would go with tons of teeshirts I have. In this outfit I paired them with a simple grey tee, my zara coat (from last years collection) and stan smiths. Anyway, the point is I luuurve them a lot + can we just appeciate how beautiful Kew is at this time of year (where I took all the photos). 

Hope you enjoyed <3

listening to: 

Ivy- Frank ocean 

Firestone -Kygo

On melancholy hill - Gorillaz

ugly walls

 

 Classic Britain: autumn starts as soon as august is over. Although i'm not complaining seeing as autumn always has been my favourite season - hot chocolates, autumn fashion, weather. This outfit sums up the transition between summer and fall; a tee shirt as it is not yet cold enough to be wearing jumpers and coats, mom jeans and trainers. I recently replaced my super stars with stan smiths and I absolutely love them. I also came across this little bracelet buried somewhere in my drawer and it's so cute! I got the small rucksack for my birthday and it has honestly been the most useful thing to own. It is the perfect size to carry just a couple of things around, which is great for sight-seeing on holiday and just generally walking around the city. Hope you enjoyed <3

listening to:

needed me - Rihanna

let me love you - DJ snake

a very late june favourites

Ok, I understand this is 9 days late but I tried to think of a more original title than 'june favourites' and couldn't ahah. This is handful of knick- knacks that I thought would be cute to compile into a blog post!! 3 of the items I'm mentioning all relate to one thing I've been doing loving recently: scrapbooking/ making photo albums. The notebook, glitter tape and felt tips have been perfect components to a scrapbook (+ v cuuute). Another thing i've been loving wearing lately are small, trinkety bracelets; I bought one whilst on holiday a couple of months ago and got tons of compliments on it considering how small it was. Lastly,  Lush lip scrubs (throwback much) but honestly I forgot how much I love them. They aren't too harsh but are perfect if you have slightly dry lips as mine have been recently.

listening to:

soap - Melanie Martinez


sippy cup - Melanie Martinez


Oxford Comma - Vampire Weekend

yellow

 

 

top- brandy melville// jeans- topshop// jumper- m&s// shoes- adidas

Spring outfit post. What a revelation. This may be a super basic outfit, but who doesn't love a bit of basics every now and then (literally my whole wardrobe lol). I love love love this top, so much so that i've worn it most days since its purchase. The photos are a bit dodge, mainly because I don't yet have a tripod so I was relying on self-timer, a ledge and awful modelling, but i've sifted through the hundreds I took and these seemed to be ok. I don't actually have a clue where my necklace is from but it seemed to tie in well with the faded finish of the tee-shirt. Everything in this outfit unknowingly compliments itself, along with my ochre- blonde hair.  I am genuinely looking forward to doing more outfit posts in the future and I hope you enjoyed this one.

Ailsa x

things i've been loving

Hey again! I really have been loving all these things especially the cute little polaroid frame from UO. The nail varnish and body spray are both from & other stories: a shop my friend recently persuaded me to go into and have loved ever since. The patterned notebook is from Monki (another shop I have been loving) and the fluffy pen is from Paperchase. I have been using my polaroid a lot recently, hence the photo frame. The glass bottle is actually a spray on toner, which is incredibly useful and refreshing on the skin. Also, aren't the cotton buds from topshop just SO CUTE. Lastly I'm not sure where the necklace is from but it is beautiful and I have many compliments on it so I thought I would add it to the mix!

 Ok, where have I been for the last few months? The answer to that is basically hibernating from the cold and dodging every responsibility that comes my way. January and Feburary were pretty ok for post christmas, apart from the weather being rather dull. But the real question is: why haven't I posted?! The answer to that is I had a complete mind blank and thought of absolutely no ideas, until now :)) I hope you enjoyed and look forward to any upcoming posts. Right, now back to my maths homework (wish me luck).

making mince pies

Hi guys! I actually cannot believe that it is only 4 days until christmas arghhh. I made these mince pies with a couple of friends and look how cute they are. AND they taste good, perfect combo!