Union Jack Nails

Sorry for the massive blogging break due to revision, exams, assignments and basically no time. This post is a different style to normal and really should have been posted when they were still current, aah well.  I love painted nails and  I have always been interested in nail art so as it was the Diamond Jubilee last week I decided to try something quite advanced - the Union Jack. I have done nail art before including flowers and paw prints (for my sister!). I 'm soo pleased with how they turned out, I love them! I tried them out first on my sisters much smaller nails and I loved how they looked so decided to take a risk and do my own. The risk paid off for me! I felt all British and Jubileeish!  It was hard and simple to do at the same time - I used a deep blue base coat and then painted a horizontal, vertical and two diagonal lines in a white. This created the borderlines of the flag. Then was the final red lines to complete it :)  Do you like my nails? Would you ever try to do them? I think I'm going to do them when it's the Olympics too!  Hope you've had a great week! xxxx

Every little thing is gonna be all right

What is with the British weather at the moment!? Burning hot sunshine a few weeks ago made it seem that summer was most definitely on its way but now the temperatures dropped and we're back in the winter/early spring phase! I'm sad that it's cold again but at the same time it gives us more time to wear our winters clothes yaay :) but then again I wanna wear spring/summer trends! Dilemna! Well along with what clothes we choose to wear we need accessories to complete the look, hence why this is my current wish list!

1. I love these vintage style pumps, so chic and stylish! I couldn't decide which colour and style I prefer so naturally I had to feature both ;) even though these lean towards more of a wintery look, I'm sure they'll look amazee with cute florals and dresses!

2. I am in love with the Marc Jacobs Lola perfume, such a perfect scent and so summery and springy -love it!

3. Next are the most expensive items, the Mulberrys! I know the chances of me getting one of these is so slim, but a girl can dream can't she?! I love how there are so many styles on the high street that are inspired by the Alexa or are just similar! I love satchels and especially in any shade of brown! LOVE! The Bayswater is such a classic shape, I love it! I also love the Cookie Bayswater as it gives a classic bag a fresh twist/look.

4. My next summer-essential-wish list-pieces are Ray-Ban sunglasses! I've coveted these for ages but the price tag and the fact I don't know a shop that sells them which would mean I'd have to buy them online makes me rethink. But I want some soooo much! Though I'm torn between Clubmasters and Wayfarers; I've always lusted after the Wayfarers and never really given much thought to the other styles but someone said they wanted some Clubmasters and now I can't decide! Helppp meee! And does anyone know where you can buy genuine raybans? Like a shop? Thankssssss :)

So that is my current wish list, hope you liked it and have a great week! :) xxxxx

think one happy thought, and you'll fly like me

This is what I wore the other day :) It's my go to top and I love it so much! The top is a dark mustar colour and has lots of tiny blue and purple flowers all other! :) It also has my favourite style of the moment - a peter pan collar! Seriously I have such an obsession with peter pan collars at the moment :o The cardie is a navy colour and the perfect long length for throwing on outfits to finish them :) It's a lightweight material so not too warm for summer, but its warm enough for indoors in winter :) The gold detailed buttons are amazing! Add an unusual twist to a simple cardie! The ring is amazing and I featured it previously here :) Love the leaves joining, instead of a silver solid band :)

Hope these outfit snippets interest you, I think it might become a regular feature! Hopefully my photography will get better over time *sigh* Also I need to find a way to make them bigger without losing quality!

Anyways, enjoy the rest of your day lovelies xxxx


ps. The blog post title is a quote from Peter Pan....as I'm featuring a Peter Pan collar ;) haha

A Thousand Sorrys

SO ANNOYED RIGHT NOW!!!!! Just wrote a post all about my lack of blogging and how I will be back soon & then blogger signs me out and loses it all!!! :@ :@

I'm in such a rush now that I can't retype it all which I'm really sorry for but I will be back to blogging often asap :) In the meantime please follow me on twitter  - @theccollection. LOVE twitter - if only blogger had phone app!


Mucho Love xoxox

Another ring, another day

I know I only just posted a haul that included two new rings but I saw this one the other day and fell in love! Its like a bunch of gem flowers on a ring aha. My camera decided the flash would be extra bright for it  - sorry! I also love how its cos a younger feel too it, feels a bit disney-esque paha. Goes beautifully with my pastel purple nails too :) ignore my hand and focus on the ring haa!

Oooh and The C Collection is now on twitter! Please followww I would love to hear from yous : @theccollection
Also now has email tooo: theccollection@hotmail.co.uk

xoxoxox

Purple Rain

So this purple inspired post was actually just an excuse to show you my new nail varnish! It is such a gorgeous pastel perfect, it's perfect for the forthcoming summer trend :) It's a much stronger pastel perfect in real life but the flash doesn't work in its favour lool. So back to the actual nail varnish - it's 17's Lasting Fix in Woo Me. I actually bought this colour after it was reviewed in Look and saying how chip resistent it was and I needed a new colour to wear as I've become too addicted to Rimmel's Grey Matter (Seriously Beautiful btw!) I just love how summery I feel and the fact its purpleee eep!

I reeeally wanted to show the nail varnish but I didn't want to have a post just for it, so thought I'd pick three other purple things I'm loving right now! The Clean&Clear Dual Action Moisturiser is amaaaze-ing! My mum's being using it for years but I only used to borrow hers sometimes but now my face is getting drier (booo! It's already sensitive haha) I use it everyday! Love it! So light on the skin and my skin feels really soft after :) Btw the moisturiser isn't purple, it's just in a purple inspired bottle lolz.

I was helping my sister on her project when I found this ribbon on the floor and the colour was beautiful that I decided to find something to use it for! At the moment, I have nothing in mind but might use it as a bag decoration or something. Ideas welcome!

Lastly is the delicious 'Purple Rain' Wetherspoons Cocktail that provided the title for this purple post! I love purple rain and when we go to wetherspoons we often buy thiss :) I don't have a photograph of my own of Purple Rain but I went on the Wetherspoons website and got this one :)

Hope you enjoyed my purple post! xoxoxox

Mini Haul

No. 7 Stay Perfect Damson Dream / Natural Collection Lipsticks in Rosebud, Biscuit and Sorbet / Mustard Ring / Bead Bracelets / Silver Leaf Ring / March Elle


Here is some photographs of a mini haul I bought the other week. I decided to buy a No. 7 nail varnish after I got a £5 off from Boots :) It makes No. 7 purchases more affordable! I love the colour of Damson Dream, it looks beautiful! I also have a growing obsession with buying lipsticks - dun dun durrrrrrn. Natural Collection is my current favourite as they're relatively cheap and really nourishing. And there's also so many colours! Rosebud is a lovely, pretty pink colour that reminds me of the pastel trend thats hitting the stores ready for spring! Biscuit is a more caramelly/golden colour, and it's such a different colour to my normal ones - love it. It's also good as the lipstick isn't full on brown, it's more hints :) Sorbet is actually a different style of lipstick to the others and is part of the sheer lipsticks collection :) Even though on the photos it looks quite bright and maybe a tad corally/orange its really light on your lips - kinda gives them a lip balm effect! :) pretty much makes them look in much better condition with a tiny hint of colour, love <3

I love rings so much, its another obsession! This mustard ring is so cool - It's quite big and a lovely colour with the ring bit being quite tortosieshelly in colour :) ranging from dark brown to light! I chose some bracelets with similar colours and they're beautiful - look expensive on too! The second ring is so cute and I love it so much! It's like two silver leaves entwined with gems that meet in the middle - perfect for nights out and glamming up an outfit for a meal :)

Lastly, I bought the new Elle magazine which is a monthly must for me! I started in 2010 and it's such a good magazine! I like the designer adverts too as they give me inspiration though unfortunately they do make me want to splash out on the clothes!! aha :)

Hopefully you like my purchases, sorry it was so long since last post - I did them take them the day after just took a while finding the time to upload them :(

xoxoxoxo

snow is falling, all around us

So it's snowing quite alot and I couldn't think of much to do on a Saturday night indoors so thought I'd do a bit of stuff on Photoshop :) love a bit of Photoshopping ha! Well anyways a while ago I decided to change my blog from the generic 'Sweet Little Ramblings' to a more personal blog name :) I just put the name in blogger text with a little description with the aim of doing it properly soon....months later I have finally done it! I love how it's more personal now and how I've made it myself. It was actually harder than it looks to make loool.

Hopefully it will give me the incentive to blog alot more often *fingers crossed*. Also, I'm going to try photograph some of my recent purchases to do a mini haul tomorrow woo :)

xoxoxox

ps. sorry for the christmas song titled blog post but the lyric was suitable for today :)

New beginnings in 2012

When I decided to take the plunge and create my own blog, I didn't really think about how I could make it as successful as the blogs that I loved reading. As a result I haven't really given much effort to this blog, which is disapointing and something that I continually say I'm going to change but to be honest never had. One of my 'sort of' new years resolution was to try and blog more, so that is what I'm going to do. I can't say if it will become successful, but I've decided I want to carry on blogging because I enjoy it. It's my little piece on the internet and that makes me smile. So I might be the only one who reads it, but I will continue to develop it and see what happens in 2012.

xoxoxo

Freshertingz

Hellooo, I know I said I'd post everyday but to be honest this week wasn't the best for me to decide to blog everyday! That's because it's freshers! :D woo! This week has probably been on of the most tiring weeks ever but so much fun! haha that sounds weird, but seriously it's been so good to meet new friends etc.

So next week hopefully I can blog everyday and see how it pans out. That's all for now at the moment :) Have more to say sooooooooooooon! xxx

It's time for a change

At the moment my blog is worse than usual. This is due to the fact that whenever I logged onto blogger, I saw how good everyone else's blog was and felt disapointed in mine haha. And I really didnt like the name "Sweet Little Rmablings" anymore - it just sounded childish and just generic. So I thought I'd try and reinvent my blog. Hence a new name "The 'C' Collection". It tells you why I thought this name up in the description but soon I'll create a proper title logo with it all included. For now it's a temporary solution.

Also I was reading my previous posts and had a massive cull. I went a bit crazy and deleted the pointless posts I didn't like etc haha. New start with university and all the jazz kicking in. So yeah starting different style posts from now on and shizz. Going to try out doing some outfit posts/more hauls but still with not the total focus being on fashion. This way if I'm not as good with the outfit posts as other fashion posts such as Lily at LLYMLRS , Kelly at  A Twenty Something and Charlotte at Girl Next Door Fashion, it's not totes disastous ;) haha. (sorry for the links, they're my favourite blogs) So yeah, this is a very focused post for me and sounds really professional for a blog with one follower! I still love you follower!

If any one chances across this blog, please comment and tell me how you think I could improve or what you'd like to see in a blog.

Love xxxx

Welcome to my world

Long time no see :) I never forgot about my blog, I just didn't think what I could of wrote on that day would have been worthwhile. I've kept reading the posts of blogs I follow and also having the occasional tumblr stalk. haha. Hence why I'm now going to post some of my favourite tumblr photos in this post!
I have nothing to say reaally, just that I wish it would be autumn now. The summer weather is depressing which means we have the dilemna of "its cold so I need to dress for warmth" and "its still august I should be dressing in summer dresses" aaarrgh. What are you supposed to do?!
Anyways I hope everyones well and safe (:  loooveee xoxoxoxo

too cool for school

(via jessie baylin: tumblr)

I love this photograph. To me it screams 'too cool'. It reminds me of a rock, hippy, carefree lifestyles and whether you see it or not, of americans. It just seems to suggest american rock times.  I wish I was like this/friends with people like her! haha!

Summer's weather is being a bit depressing as of late - it's july, wheres the eternal sunshine? ha. just realised how cheesy that sounds. sorry. anyways i'm hoping for future hot weather but not unbearably hot! off to get a drink and have a nosy on the twitterweb! xoxoxoxoxoxo

Primark Hauuuuul

Hello loveliees :)

Here is my primarrk haul from early last week :) I didn't buy much but I wanted to do a post cos you know :L haha

I love this top like super much :D its so pretty and floaty and girly! I wanted one for ages but I didnt want to send a lot in case they didnt suit me. *TA DA* off to primark I went and baam beautiful top for a reaally reasonable price :) Its a pale pink colour and sheer (: don't worry I wore a black vest top underneath so no exposure ;) hahahahaha! I wore this out on a night out so I'll do a seperate post for that soon. I loved this top so much I bought it in cream and I think it looks totally different when worn in the "same" outfit haha waa :)

This bow was not much at all and the pretty flowery detail was calling out to me! haha! I haven't worn it yet but I think I might put it on a bag for a customised kitsh look :) <3

The ring is actually quite big! It's quite attention grabbing cos its so big haha :D I love this turqiouse colour so summery yet is not full pow summer that if it was cloudy I'd love ridic :L haha! I'm such an overanalyser seriously.

Well anyways I did say I'd post this yesterday but I was tired so I did it tonight :)

Hope you all had a great bank holiday day/weekend?

Loveee xox

 



Things currently making me a happy bee :)

These are a few things that have brightened up this week :) as I have been struck down with the dreaded cold! Aargh. I even had it when we experienced the laaaavely weather this weekend :/ boo! Though it's clearing up now so I will be a happy bee all the time, once more :)

1. These shoes I absolutely love! My auntie bought me them but the only teeny tiny problem is that they are a bit too small! :( not so good. BUT I refused to be beaten by tiny shoes! haa! I'm normally a 5/6 and these are a 5 (even if they look bigger on here ahah) but I felt it was rude to complain cos they were a gift. :) so they will be my perfect going-out-for-meals shoes :) where minimal standing and walking is required ahah!

2. This colour is a perfect grey colour with a slight blue tinge :) Howeverr on this photo it looks blue :( I don't know what actually happened with it aha! But it's rimmel 60 second nail varnish in grey matter if any one was wonderingg :)

3. Nina by Nina Ricci :) LOVE LOVE LOVE! my only real perfume and I love it so much (: mmm so fruity. makes me feel all summery.

4. New issue of Elle :) the May one! Gotta love a bit of elle reading, cheers me up wheneverr :) And just had to show yous the pack of tissues that have been superglued to my hand all week and last :L hah! well tbh not technically this pack cos I've used severaaaal ;) haha!

5. Natural Collection in Clear :) This is a great cheap and cheerful nail varnish! Perfect for use as a base coat and also a top coat too! (: loovely stuff guyss!


So yeaaah this is a few of my fav things guyss :L I'm thinking of doing more outfit photos if you think they will be good :) Need to work on my photographing noww! :L haa! :) Any comments and thoughts are mucho appreciated :)

Enjoy this weeek! xoxoxoox

it's a new dawn, it's a new day

"And the bad blogger award goes too....." MEE!
I just wanna say a huuuge sorrry for my shockingly lack of blogging :( I mean it's not like I've been super busy or anything, more just busy aha :) so what's new you ask? (or don't but I'm just saaying) well I'm a year older and... well thats preetty much it all! haha. However my busyiness has been to do with this said birthday :) which is two weeks ago this week! ahhhhhh as if it's been that long already :( well that week flew by in a blur of presents, goings out, partying and going out with family! Then the cold and illness hit me. and so I've been slogging (haha what a funny word) along this past week, only trying to do the bare minimum.

BUT enough with the yadda yadda, whilst I've been away I've realised I'm really bored with this whole annomity situ :| so I've decided I'm just gonna be myself aha, alreeeet? :) so to kick start this process, any questions you would like me to answerrr? or anthing you wanna know? :)

Also in regards to modelling outfits, I still don't think I'm gonna model them as I'm not reaally comfortable with taking my own picture #major lack of self confidence. :L haha! and also you see this all the time on blogs so what would make mine worthwhile looking at?!

Soo I've decided to recreate my outfits in "2d" form, if you get me, on my bed :) this way I can arrange them how I want to be portrayed and if people rate them I could model them occasionally? up to you lovelies.

So first outfit is this laavely outfit that is super comfortable but has a slightly stylish element :)
**I do accesorise heavily but I just wanted to get your reactions to this before including la jewellery :)**

*Obviously the more I do theses posts, the better the photos will become! Haha!*

Well I've already done a fairly lengthly description of this top here so I don't really need to here haa :) The scarf is one I loove so much! I bought it last year in Londdooon so that's an extra reason why I love it. also I love H&M aha :) Quite a plain outfit, but hey its my first! ha

Remember to ask me anything you want to know! Enjoy your week! xoxoxox

every little things gonna be alright

It's my birthday this weeeek! I've mentioned it before but to be honest I cannot wait. :) Hence the birthday pictureee :)
This year is a big birthday which is probably why I'm exxtra excited :) Got plans for most of this week with birthday related events :) queue meet up with friends on my birthday, meal with family, cocktails with the girls, out in town fridaay and then chill out with lazy catchups this weekend :) YAY! oh and then next week off out again to celebrate mine and my friends birthdaaays!
Also just want to say that I have made a kinda promise to myself that every blog post must include a picture of some sort just so it's not just text.

The things that I currently want so bad areeeee :

Basically any bag from the Choo 24:7 collection. Love the Rhys and the Rhea S :) tbh they're all beautiful!

Marc Jacobs Lola :)  It's so beautiful and summery :) I've tested Daisy but I can't really remember it so at the moment my favourite is Lola.

I really would love a scrabble necklace, would be amazing! :)

Theres lots of other things that I want but I felt this post was dragging on so I'll save my wants for my *new* monthly post of things that I want! In photoshop form I hope....

Enjoy this week, I know I will! Sorry in advance for lack of blogging as I don't know if I'll have the timeeee :)
xoxoxoxox

I won't ever be your cornerstone

 Thought i'd post a picture of the beautiful Kings of Leon. Aaaaah. I love this band so muuuuch :) I went to see them in concert last year and I've seen them at a vestival before too :) They've released five albums and they all have a slightly different sound to them so there's a high chance there is something everyone will love. Okay, over with the fan post, I just didn't know what to post so thought "hey, whatta bout some kol?" ha! actually I didn't say that in my head....
The countdown for my birthday is still on and it's so close! next weeeeek (L)
I'm off to bed now lovelies. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
xoxoxox

I'm walking on sunshine

Hello lovelies! I'm so sorry for the lack of blogging. I've just not had the time which I know is a terrible excuse but I've only had the time to browse other blogs without writing my own.

I can't believe the weather today and yesterday! It's absolutely beautiful :D I walked home today from the bus and changed into a summer dress from my jeans! I felt so summery. It's also unheard of that I'm wearing a summer dress before my birthday! and we've only just entered spring :) I hope it continues! Though there has been rumours about cold weather returning.... booo!

On another note, it's my birthday next week! Aaaah! I'm so exciting! :) I've got so many lovely plans with my friends and family, lavely :) It's one of my best friends birthdays the day before mine so the day after mine, we (and a few friends) are going out for dinner and cocktails! Yum! I'll try get some photos of them for youuus :) And then on the friday, I'm going out with a big group of friends to celebrate! Eeeep excited.

Got some looovely ideas for the blog :) I'm thinking of doing a 'wish' post of things that I would love to own or things that I want to happen/do :) eeep. I think I'm going to do it in photo/picture form and maybe once a month to start off with :) Hopefully it will attract more traffic / followers :)

Hope you enjoy this week! xxxxx

dancing in the rain

Wow, I haven't blogged in nearly a week. Not good. Sorry guys! :) Nothings really happened this week. Last weekend some of my family came up for the day and it was so lovely. Going to their house next weekend which will be nice, I miss my little cousins. This is the bad side of having family not living near you! Also this week I've been making plans for my birthday which is in two weeks time :D I'm so excited that I cannot wait, seriously. One of my best friends birthdays the day before mine but when I'm out for mine she's away so the week after we're all going out again for our joint birthday thingy. double partying ;) love it!
Two blogs that I'm really loving at the moment is Gavina at gvadlln and Cintia at Berries Love Beauty :) Check out their blogs!
Well anyways I'm going to bed with my cup of tea and April's Elle :) Enjoy the rest of your week! I hope I can blog more recently from now. Also got some exciting ideas concerning photos :) cos I feel like my blog is all text sometimes. I do try to include some of my own photos or ones that I love off the internet but I find it hard as most blogs include photos of the blogger whilst I like the anomity :) but now I really want to do my own style posts :/ hmm so confusing! Ideas appreciated lovelies
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo