Shearling Hoodie / Abercrombie & Fitch / Similar here or here

Jeans / Topshop / Joni Jeans £36

Top / Abercrombie & Fitch / Similar here

Choker / Primark / £3 set of 6

A&F has always been a fave brand, I've had this top several years so updated it by tying a knot in the side. It's best to size up if you're wanting to do this so you have enough  material to create the knot. Simiarly with the hoodie, I prefer an oversized look and actually wish I got a bigger size - I guess I'll have to get another!

Top / Missy Empire / here £24 (others here and here)

Bottoms / PLT / similar here £15

Choker / Primark / £3 set

If you follow my Instagram, you'll know I'm obsessed with sleeves and these from Missy Empire are just gorge. I'm such a pink gal, so loving the colour too, especially the contrast with the red. You don't have to wear the top off the shoulder, and I will probably wear the top more often with blue jeans.

Top / Glamourous at ASOS / here £36

Jeans / Hollister / similar here £44 (other colours ava)

Choker / Primark / £3 set of changable pendants (recent)

Bralet / Primark / £8 (recent)

I absolutely adore this top! My mum was like 'eh, thats a cover up', but I think that's the beauty of it. Here I've done it up by the tassles with one of those amazing bralets Primark are doing at the moment. I'd also wear it with a normal cami if I wanted to cover up a bit. I'm intending to take this on holiday and use it as a beach or pool cover up too, I love how versatile this top is. 

Not to mention how amazing the sleeves are?! You can't quite tell fom the pictures but the litte circles are filled with silver relective stuff, and I love that! The colours are also neon and bright in person - lush!

I was lucky enough to be approached by Lily & Rose and invited to help introduce their jewellery brand to the UK. They are a Swedish brand and I was asked to choose three items from their online store and after having a look at their gorgeous stock on Instagram (@lilyandrosebyzetterberg), I was mega delighted! However, this was a much harder decision to make than originally thought! Lily & Rose specialise in luxury, occasion jewellery featuring lots of sparkles, crown jewels and beautiful gem stones - I was in girly heaven. If I had a special wedding or event coming up, I'd definitely have gone for some of the beautiful necklaces. I especially like this one for its delicate simplicity. Lily & Rose also stock a selection of hair accessories, bracelets and... Rings. 

I went for three rings in the end (after much "ok those three. No. These three. No. This one, but not this one. Wait..") as I know I would get the most use out of these. I love rings, they are easily the piece of jewellery I wear most of all. I've recently been less fond of costume jewellery from shops such as Primark, RI, Newlook etc and more interested in those made from precious metals. I'm happy to spend a bit more money on something that is going to last and not leave me with a green stain on my finger at the end of the day. Side note: I have never been one to wear a piece of jewellery ALL the time because I only ever bought cheapy stuff but I now own several slightly more expensive pieces that mean something to me and I tend to wear often/all the time. Hence, the band ring on my middle finger in some of the photos. It is a ring I bought at Christmas to remember my Grandad, I bought it with the last bit of money he gave me. It is sterling silver and it never leaves my finger... And it's kinda stuck... As much as I tried to get it off for taking photos of the Lily & Rose rings, it just wouldn't budge! It's actually got a diamond sat in it but I turned it to face the other way so it wouldn't be too distracting from the actual rings I'm trying to show you haha! Bloody hell, I'm rambling. Just ignore that ring is what I'm saying!!...

So, onto the rings!

I'm so chuffed with my choices! The three rings came beautifully packaged and sparkling beautifully when I opened them. On first impressions, they felt a little weighty so this made me think they were pretty good quality and they were super shiny, sparkly and the colours looked gorgeous. I don't tend to wear gold, so I purposely avoided gold. However, I am quite fond of rose gold! So my first choice was the Miss Eponine in Rose Water Opal as I loved the rose colour stone in it too. I also thought it would be nice to have all the rings matching some how. It would make my hand look super pretty with them all on and I thought it would be nice for this post to have a theme! So I found the Elinor ring in Silk which seems to have a rose gold looking gem in the middle which would match perfectly. This one is silver, which is my faave over gold so I thought the next ring I choose should just be silver. I went for the Miranda in Crystal. I wasn't 100% sure from the website pictures, how accurate the colours would be in person but when they arrived, they were exactly as I expected, and as you can see they look stunning worn all together!

Aside from the beauty of the rings, a super selling point for me is the ability to adjust the band by squeezing or stretching. I have really narrow fingers, it is always a struggle getting rings to fit, sometimes even the smallest size doesn't fit or its not available. So the benefit of being adjustable really is priceless for me. The rings do take a bit of working to get them to fit properly but I think this mimics the quality of the metal and I know they aren't going to easily misshape after wear. Even if you don't have stupidly small fingers like me, it is a nice feature to be able to wear the rings as midi rings which I think looks particularly nice with the three I chose. 

Overall, I'm really in love with these rings. I'm pretty fussy with what I wear on my hands, but I can definitely see myself wearing these very often, if not daily. My favourite is the opal rose one, it's so stunning and nothing like I've already got. I'm really impressed with the quality, I will update this post on how they are looking in a few months. I love the fact you can adjust the rings and Lily & Rose stock a number of rings that match and can be worn together. If you're after some sparkly, pretty, girly jewellery, definitely check out Lily & Rose's collection of gorgeous pieces. 

You can shop all of their jewellery at www.lilyandrose.com and receive free UK delivery!

Or shop the pieces I selected by checking out the links below:

Miranda Crystal / £29 

Ellinor Silk / £29

Miss Eponine Rose Water Opal / £29

Also be sure to check out and follow Lily & Rose on Instagram for beaut product photos, all the latest releases and offers: @lilyandrosebyzetterberg

This post is kindly courtesy of Lily & Rose 

As a break from my current final year uni work pressures, I decided to set myself a project to complete over the Easter weekend - To paint my bedside table! I just wanted to share this with you lovelies as I'm really pleased with how it turned out!

If you've seen my previous post on bedroom interior, you'll know my room has a luxury French/shabby chic theme with minimal colours in the way of creams and gold accents. All my furniture used to be solid oak, so a mix of orangey and neutral browns - hardly fitting with my room. So I've been slowly painting all the items to give a more modern, minimal look.

To start, I thoroughly sanded the whole unit to break up the varnished surface to ensure the paint would stick properly. This got really dusty, so I did this in an area where it didn't matter too much about mess. 

Secondly the unit required a base coat - just like painting nails, hey?! I used just a brilliant white emulsion paint from Dulux, and slapped it on. I had to do this quite quickly with quite a lot on the brush to avoid overly obvious bristle strokes. This particular paint took 16 hours to dry in-between two coats which covered the wood almost completely. After each coat was dry, I used the sand paper again to smooth out any paint lumps or uneven strokes. 

Finally it was time to apply two coats of my top coat, leaving 6 hours in-between each coat. For this I used a paint especially for wood products such as furniture, doors, skirting boards etc, in Jasmine White. As you can see from the photos, it is basically just white... But it seems to be a slightly warmer colour than the brilliant white undercoat. This went on beautifully, again having to work quite quickly to avoid those pesky brush lines! 

After a final, gentle sanding down - t'dah! It was done! I also changed the old wooden handles for these snazzy sparkly glass ones from The Range. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out and looks so much more fitting in my bedroom! Now just to tackle my bed..... 

Dulux White Emulsion B&Q £20 / Dulux Jasmine White Satinwood Paint Homebase £19.49 / Glass & Chrome Cupboard Handles The Range £9.99 / Lamp & Shade The Range £10.99 / Disney Photo Frame Walt Disney World Florida 2015 / Black Board Primark £5