Winter Pampering with Bonmarche.

Dressing gown, socks and hot water bottle: c/o Bonmarche.

The lovelies over at Bomarche sent me and a friend the most fabulous pamper and snugly goodies for over the Christmas period unfortunately due to my grandad being in hospital over the season we didn't get chance to have a girly night in and when we planned to do it my bestie ended up with the norovirus which as you know is extremely nasty. I have since then had a bug myself, so it seems everything was against us! I decided to have a little pamper myself so this post wouldn't be any further away from the holidays!

I ran myself a lovely bubble bath, something I rarely have so it must have been cold over the last few weeks for me to have them. (FYI just in case you were wondering I do shower daily..) took a lovely soak something since getting my tattoo I'd avoided initially so not to dry out my skin with the hot water, hence the knee selfie popped on a face mask, one I luckily didn't react to unlike the one I'd put on originally. I have annoyingly teenage skin and more blocked pores than I'd ever like to admit, I feel like I've tried all sorts and nothing really clears them fully so if you have any tips or go to products let me know! After my bath I wrapped up in some old school pjs and this fabulous dressing gown, which may be the softest one I've ever worn! (to the point I may have slept in it on occasion) partnered with the fluffiest socks my feet have ever been treated to wearing and a snugly hot water bottle. Lastly not forgetting my cup of decaf tea kindly brought up to my room by my mum and yes that is a One Direction mug (#FanGirlForLife).

I'm hoping my bestie will be up for a girly night very soon so I can show exactly what lovely things we had planned! Bonmarche were also nice enough to send my friend the same things as myself, just in different colours! What do you do for a little winter perk up or pampering?

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Ladylike Glamour with Scarlett & Jo.

Dress: c/o Scarlett and Jo. Bag: Vintage. Earrings: Dorothy Perkins.

This lovely dress the babes at Scarlett & Jo surprised me with just before Christmas is something I'd usually shy away from. I'm definitely a skater dress, A-line, circle skirt wearing girl at heart they're my safety nets. I'm pretty much comfortable with now having my arms on show and I have no problem with my legs but something that always puts the fear of god into me are wiggle dresses and pencil skirts. I don't know if it's just because I spent so much time hating my tummy or what but it's something I never really comfortable of having visible BUT this dress may have just changed my mind!

This Scarlett & Jo Purple Lace Powerfit Dress helps to hold me in a little so everything sits better on me. This is thanks to the Powerfit which is a layer under the address which is put in basic terms like magic pants that hold you in! Such a fabulous idea and it does indeed boost your confidence a little, I'm wearing a UK20 here and it fits me well and I know I'm always this size with the brand. The lace detailing on the back yoke is also lovely and would look fabulous with an up do or just as I've done pinning some hair up. I utterly adore pretty much everything Scarlett & Jo do as a fashion design student myself I can see they truly think about how the pieces look on a plus size figure (something that unfortunately sometimes doesn't seem to be thought about with other companies) My only problem is there dresses are pretty long on me but I'm only 5'2 and can easily take them up if I need to. I finished the look with some earrings I almost forgot I owned and a vintage bag I picked up from a charity shop a couple of years ago, I know it doesn't match but I do feel that it still works with the dress!

Do you have a favourite piece from Scarlett & Jo's current collection?

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New Years Eve.

 Top and Skirt: Asos Curve. Necklace: c/o Daisy and Eve at Evans and Impulse Loves.

Well this is a New Years post better late than never I guess? As a group of friends we didn't go out anywhere conveniently someone had a free house so we all dressed up a little (I say all, mostly the girls...) and spent the night in good company! Now I don't drink but it probably looks like I was rather merry, which I was but just in a sober way, Hitting the hard stuff (lemonade) like there was no tomorrow! We rang in the new year with cheering in the back garden and watching all the neighbours fireworks then running back into the house and singing and dancing along to Queen!

I decided that I wanted to be comfortable for the evening and decided to wear me new bardot neckline top from Asos Curve. I'm currently having a love affair with off the shoulder pieces and I don't think this will die down any time soon! Of course I've always been addicted to stripes, ever since my wannabe emo days so I couldn't say no to this fabulous and really comfy top! I wore it with another Asos Curve piece I picked up in the summer, YES IT HAS POCKETS and I've been wearing it a lot over the past few weeks after I rediscovered it in the back of my wardrobe. I couldn't decided what necklace to wear with it but I knew it needed to be something quite bold and then I knew this fabulous Daisy and Eve necklace I was sent before Christmas from Evans would finish the look perfectly and you know what it did. Make up wise I thought I'd keep it to my usual lashing of red lipstick and a smidgen of mascara.

Do you have any New Years Resolutions? For once I don't really other than to keep being myself!

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