Rose above the Thorns

Rose above the Thorns

Saturday 24 January 2015

Too Glam to Give A Damn!!


My little sitter bought this outfit when we went out shopping to Primark. 
I thought this outfit was more edgy than what I would wear, so asked her would she let me photograph with her amazing tattoo tights!
Yes! Minnie and Mickey aren't real but tights you can buy from Primark for £2 in the sale (original £5)


Tights: Primark £2
Shoes: Primark £9


Top: Primark £5
Cardigan: Primark £10

Thank you my little sister!

Love 
Charlotte
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Thursday 1 January 2015

Re-deorating your bedroom for 2015?

Hey, so it's 2015 and I know quite a few people like to redecorate this time of year. 
I also have to redecorate too, my old bedroom! Unfortunatly I'm moving back to my mums in the new year till I find a place just right for me. 
Until then I have to share a room with my 18yr old younger sister, who lets put this politely has let the room get in such a state!
But that's another story entirely, So getting on with this post, I have to redecorate it entirely whilst trying to fit my whole house into one half of a bedroom! (insanely difficult isn't the word!).

I've been spending a lot of time on Pintrest and watching Room Tour's on Youtube for inspo. 
So I thought I'd share with you my findings and maybe inspire you to change your room up a little? 

If you want to see a before and after of how I transform the room from a dark boxed and bagged up room to (hopefully, even my toes crossed) white clean cut space for me to blog, sleep, dress and love my cutie cats. Leave me a comment below to let me know :)


This is the girls room who I've taken major inspo from, she has created a 'diy fairy light backdrop' to cover her diy closet behind.


I love how even though this room is really dark, it looks so warm and light at the same time if you get me?


I'm not a huge fan of feather dream catchers but I absolutely love the idea of this one, plan is to find as many trinkets (take apart old necklaces) and create one of these to put over my desk or in my big window.


Dividers will play a big part in my new bedroom, that way I can see easily if my sneaky sis has 'borrowed' anything again.... 


You can get these from Ikea in the 'Ribba' range I believe, they are picture ledges but I plan on using some for nail varnish storage!


I love the tidiness of the shoes on the wall, only down side is you have to make sure they are clean before hanging back up!


This room looks so cosy,  this would be a great idea if I could find a shelf and wall sturdy enough to hold some clothes on a rail.


There may be a few more interior design posts up over the next few weeks as I have always been into re-designing a room. So make sure to follow me to get notifications of them.

Love 
Charlotte
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Thursday 25 December 2014

Lets Make Quick Melted Snowman Biscuits

You Will Need: 

1. Digestive Biscuits 
2. Icing Sugar
3. Water
4. Big Marshmallows
5. Choc buttons
6. Mixing bowl
7. Cutlery
7. Baking Tray
8. Greaseproof Paper












Hope your all Enjoying your Christmas
Sending Christmas wishes your way!

If you do make these biscuits, take a picture and tweet it to me at 

Love 
Charlotte
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Sunday 21 December 2014

Last Minute Christmas Gift Guide Under £10

Today I have a post on all the under £10 christmas gifts I have bought.
So need a quick idea as forgotten a family member or just had no time to think/shop till now?!
I'm here with my little gifts to help inspire you!!


£8 - Nivea Heavenly Hands - Contains: Smooth nourishing hand cream, emery board, cotton gloves


£1.87 Each - Superdrug - L'Oreal Studio Line Hot & Smooth, Studio Line #TXT volume hairspray


£3 - George - Super Boost Concealor


£1 Each - Primark - Christmas & Fashion Fake Nails


£1 - PoundWorld - Flawless Eyes - 5 fake Eyelashes


£10 - MakeUp Revolution - Eyeshadow Palette (I already own one of these and it is incredible! So many colours and glitter additions)


Okay so I lied this one is a little over £10 Sorry!!!! £12 - Blueinc - Twisted Soul Scarf


£5 - George - Thermal Insulated Set of Gloves and Hat


£4 - Primark - Foxy Mittens


£3 - Primark - Gingerbread top (Bought as a private joke gift to my sister, she'll prob use as a pyjama top though)


£8 - Primark - Mens Faux Suede and blue cotton Backpack


£9.99 - H&M - Green Glitter Sequin Bodycon (very small in size! So I would suggest going up a size!)


£1 - Primark - Dispicable Me Playing Cards 
£5 - Asda - Topple Tower (Basically Jenga)
Perfect for Kids or any Minion Lovers (like me!). Great for games after christmas dinner with the family!


£2.75 - Boots - Eyelure Lashfix Clear Finish Lash Adhesive 

Any questions please ask away, Also have you got any christmas gift guides? 
Let me know in the comments where to find your links!

Have a wonderful Christmas 
Love 
Charlotte
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(Everything shown in this post is bought out of my own earned money)

Tuesday 9 December 2014

Part 1 Company Bloggers Style The Hight Street


So today I am going to split my London trip into 2 parts. 
Part 1 (This one) will be on the main reason I visited London 
Part 2 (Up soon!) will be on what I did after the BSHS and photographs of London

Let's Go: 

I was already subscribed to Company magazine and frequently visited their online website. I had already noticed the bshs advertisement the first time they printed it in the magazine and decided I really wanted to go. (plus what a great excuse to visit london & meet people) 
So I took to twitter and tweeted would anyone be interested going to the event with me. 
It got quite a few favourites but only one lovely girl seemed pretty keen Charlotte over on Countrified Londoner. We chatted over twitter for a few months and got to know each other a little bit then the time came for me to spend over 3 hours on a bus and venture onto the tube (with two huge suitcases and a backpack) to find my hotel and meet Charlotte after work. 

We met not far from tobacco dock and opted to not arrive early or on time so went for a little drink in a small pub. We got to the event and I think we both realised that mightn't of worked out in our favour because other than a handful of other girls we were last in the very long line. 

We got inside and handed over our tickets where we got given a pink wrist band to prove we were over 18 for the free cocktails and wine. The tiny party room was jam packed we grabbed a drink dodging the line of indecisive girls and went for a wander. There was stalls for eyebrows, glitter makeup, nails, hair, impulse photo booths and probably much more I'm leaving out. 

We queued for a bit in the eyebrow line so Charlotte could get hers done, unfortunately as we turned up late there wasn't enough time till we got called for the fashion show. Which was kind of a saviour as my feet were beginning to hurt from the long walks in the day.
Up the stairs we went and into a very beautifully decorated hall, everyone exclaimed how they didn't expect it to look like this. I think we all expected the usual lines of chairs but this was so cute and quite personal. We got seated almost at the very front and little did I know that we were actually behind the table of bloggers who styled the models. Eek! (I hope they didn't hear me & charlotte dis two of the outfits) I managed to video quite a lot of the fashion show mainly because they were walking so fast my camera would just not pick them up without blurring like they were a vampire running in twilight!. 





We all enjoyed the nibbles, well mostly the others as there was meat and sardines on the plate. I am a fussy veggie (in other words I am a sucker for the occasional McD's and do eat chicken on a pizza) but everything being in a rather unflattering pinkish/blue light I didn't fancy trying anything I couldn't actually see. (such a wimp I know!). 


There was 5 other lovely ladies on our table, I was kinda afraid I would be the youngest but nope the girls ranged from 17-21 like me. Phew, I didn't really get to speak much as they all looked stunningly confident and talked about The only way is Essex, something I really am not familiar with. 
I very much enjoyed watching my first fashion show and I liked the laid back style to it, wasn't particularly keen on the cheesy dancing but hey that's just not my thing. 

Did I mention gorgeous Nina Nesbitt opened the show with two of her songs? She has such a pretty voice and hearing one of the songs I have listened to a lot, heard live was exciting and felt like such a treat. 




I was hoping to stay awhile and meet a few people in the party but we didn't get to stay long so we took a few fun photos at the Company board and headed towards the Impulse photo booth. It was a very long time waiting for the photo booth but I love our little fun photos (even with me looking like a flaming sheep, I really look like I fitted in with the land of the welsh sheep don't I!).





That was that really for the fashion show, 
Please scroll through the pictures below and let me know what was your favourite outfit? 
&
I shall see you soon in Part 2 of London.

Byeeee
Charlotte 
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