Thursday 23 May 2013

The Liebster Award

Hello!

Guess what, I was nominated for the Liebster Award! eeep! (thanks Alice! love you lots and lots xxx) The Liebster Award is basically an award for blogs with less than 200 followers, and thats me! This excites me way more than it probably should but lets crack on!


The Rules:
1. Answer the 11 questions left by your tagger.
2. List 11 facts about yourself
3. Nominate up to 11 bloggers with under 200 followers
4. Create 11 questions for the bloggers you tagged.

lets get started then!

Alice's Questions: 
1. Describe your style in one word. 
  Feminine

2.What do you consider your biggest achievement? 
  Winning the Performing Arts Dux of my primary school :) ahh happy memories...

3. What's your favourite type of blog post to read? 
   Uuummmmm...I really like hauls and lifestyle posts. I'm very nosy I think

4. What's your favourite colour? 
   Neon pink!

5. Phone or computer?
  Computer definitely. Hello big screen HD shirtless One Direction pics!

6. Jeans and converse or dress and heels?
    I'm more a dress and converse person, but if I had to choose I'd say jeans and converse

7. What's one beauty item you couldn't live without? 
  My Rimmel Wake Me Up foundation, i adore it!

8. Do you have a favourite memory?
  It's actually really recent. I went on a school ski trip last year with my friends ans I had THE best time imaginable and we made so many new memories together and became so close as a group, it was so nice :)

9. Who is your inspiration?
  I know this is gonna sound mainstream or whatever but Little Mix. They're so gorgeous and down to earth. I aspire to be a singer one day and they all have such beautiful unique voices.

10. When did you get into makeup? 
 It was originally from watching Tanya Burr when I was like...11 or 12 or something. I started actually wearing and buying makeup when I was 13.

11. If you had one wish, what would you wish for? 
 I don't know if this is selfish or not but i'd wish to never have pimples again!

I Tag...
1. Rose (rosiepeach.blogspot.com)
2. Jess (beautifulbenifit.blogspot.com)
3. Eve (lazybluesundays.blogspot.com)
4. Molly (mollyewins.blogspot.com)
5. Alex (alexrocksxo.blogspot.com) not sure if he has less that 200 but i'm gonna nominate him anyways. 
6. Cate (theperksofbeingahipster.blogspot.com)
7. Natalie (buttonsandlipstick.blogspot.com)
8. Carrieanne (imjustalittlepixie.blogspot.com)
9. Amber (amberluiselove.blogspot.com)
10. Zoe (colourfulmakeup.blogspot.com)
11. Kelly (thebellelavieproject.blogspot.com)

 11 Facts About Me:
1. I love the sound and smell of rain
2. My middle name is Paris
3. I think polka dotted things are super cute
4. I'm addicted to Made In Chelsea
5. My new favourite colour is neon pink
6. My favourite flowers are tulips
7. My favourite possessions are my vintage mirror, my pony merry-go-round that i've had since I was a baby and my little ivory elephant my friend brought me back from Thailand (it reminds me of the one in The Secret Garden, I love that movie so much!)
8. I love buying stationary. Never use it, just buy it.
9. I cannot draw to save my life
10. I'm a massive Harry Potter fan
11. I'm a dancer and have been dancing for 10 years (I even have a badge to prove it!)

My Questions: 
1. Describe your music taste.
2. List 3 places you want to travel to.
3. Favourite high end beauty brand?
4. Favourite drugstore beauty brand?
5. Favourite season?
6. 5 travel essentials?
7. Do you have any special talents?
8. Are you a bath or shower person?
9. Favourite blog to read?
10. Blusher or bronzer?
11. Whats your favourite posession?

Done! To the people I've nominated, have fun guys! Thanks again Alice for nominating me! Enjoy your friday everyone :)

Pip pip!
Alex xx



Friday 17 May 2013

Special Delivery!

Hola!

I know its been a while since i've posted and i'm very sorry. I've just got tonnes of assignments and i'm just about to go into exams and ARG! Anyways, I was a-scrollin through asos and came across a couple of things I really liked and after intensive begging, I bought them!

I ended up buying a pair of boots and a pair of tights for the fast approaching cold months.

New Look Calypo Studded Black Flat Boots-$38.43
view from the side
view from the back
close up of the stud detailing
I really needed some new black flat ankle boots as my ones from last year, which were absolutely gorgeous, grew mouldy and mildew at the back of my wardrobe which i'm terribly allergic to and I had to throw them out. I have been on the lookout for a new pair for a while now and i've been loving the stud trend thats in at the moment so when I saw these I knew they were the ones for me! I had seen a few around like this but they weren't as nice and were way more expensive so I felt I really couldn't go wrong. I can tell i'll be pretty much living in these boots this winter, look how nice they are! I love the way they dip at the front and the back and how the studs are only on one side of the boot, the perfect pair of casual boots in my opinion! 

ASOS Swallow Print Tights- $13.37

What they look like on (minus the weird circles, thats just the camera)

I didn't really need these but I saw them on the side bar as a "recommended item" and I couldn't scroll past. I super love them, and at 13 bucks were super affordable! I wore them with the boots last night on a night out and they looked super cute! If you follow my instagram (alexxhorne), you will be able to see the outfit I wore (just a casual plug there).

I really like asos, it has clothing to suit everyone and free shipping! Now that makes me one happy camper! I'm absolutely sick of websites making the shipping just as much as the product you want to buy, it's just ridiculous and unnecessary in my opinion. I'll leave the link HERE so you can check them out. Just a quick warning, I may not be posting much in the upcoming weeks as I have exams soon and I really need to study but i'll see what I can do. Have a fantastic weekend! 

Pip pip! 
Alex xxx
p.s if you have any requests on a post you would like to see just email me or pop a comment below! x



Friday 3 May 2013

A New Look!

Hola!

If you've looked at my blog the past few days and thought "Oh wow! That looks flash! However did she manage to do all that?!" well this is the post for you! My blog has gone through some changes for the better recently and I thought I would write this post to explain all the techy bits and pieces involved in case you're interested. I first found out about Designbyte when I was reading through Amber's blog and thought "wow, I need this!" so I messaged him on facebook and away we went!  



I had a few ideas about what I wanted so in my email, I just listed all my ideas and he designed around them (as well as using his own fantastic ideas). I asked him to design my header, a button and link buttons and I only had to wait a day and he was done! wowee, talk about talent! After a bit of tweaking here and there and many many emails, he had sorted everything out for me (i'm not very good and techy things, i just don't understand it all) and we were all set! He was lovely and so patient with me when I was bombarding him with emails and he got everything spot on which made me a very happy camper indeed.

If you need some help with your blog design, go to his facebook page or email him at designbyte.ltd@gmail.com. He's happy to help you and isn't charging anything at the moment as he wants to build up a portfolio so you would be helping him out as well, happy days!

Pip pip!
Alex xx