Floral Skirt and Collar Tips

Shirt Rare Fashion* / Gold Collar Tips eBay / Skirt Room31* / Nails Merino Cool from Essie*

I blogged about these gold collar tips back in February and I have bought a couple more since then, but these are the ones I always go back to. They will look really nice with a pastel colour top, as inspired by Zara's latest collection, and I have been looking for the perfect mint or lilac sheer shirt to go with gold collar tips but not luck as of yet! I guess you can never go wrong with the classic white shirt (this one is from Rare), it goes with everything including this floral skirt from room31. Room31 is an online fashion retailer, and they are offering the readers of this blog 20% off their order. Use promo code TEMPSEC20 (ends 9th June 2012) 

Most of you will know by now that it's that time of year for nominations to be placed in the Cosmo Blog Awards. Now, I do find it a little awkward to ask - but it's just the nature of the game so everyone will be in the same boat and if you don't ask, you don't get! - So if you like reading my blog, I'd love it if you voted for me here. If you have a blog too, don't forget to join in! I guess it's just a bit of fun, we have nothing to lose and you never know where it might lead! :) 

Dahlia Fashion: Margot Dress

Dress Dahlia / Hat Monki / Nails Essie (Merino Cool) / Bag Topshop / Boots Schuh

It has been about 2-3 weeks ago since I posted a "What I wore" blogpost, I've been so out of the loop with it and sort of lost momentum. However, it's that time of month again when I blog about my new Dahlia dress. This one is the Margot Nautical dress, and it's a really flattering white dress made of lace. The nautical collar is my favourite part, it makes the dress special and unique. My monthly post is up on the Dahlia Girlfriend Blog where I mention that I am attending a food festival this weekend. I forgot how busy and crowded it gets so didn't manage to stay as long as I'd hoped. I got some cakes, a few jars of caramel sauce (to make ice cream fruit salads more interesting), a couple of bottles of cherry and raspberry vinegar (to make vegetable salads more interesting) and also a couple of bars of organic soaps. 

During the week, I was featured on ASOS Fashion Finder - you can read it here. I did the interview in the beginning of March so had forgotten about it until it went live this week so it was a nice surprise. Has anyone joined ASOS Fashion Finder? It really makes you want to buy things!

I have made some subtle changes to the menu bag at the top of my blog (just under the blog header). I've separated fashion posts and beauty posts so it should make things easier to navigate depending on what you'd like to read about. Let me know either way, I really value feedback and often make changes based on what's easiest for everyone.

I probably won't start doing any proper "weekly instagram round up" posts on the blog because I don't lead a very exciting life and I only post silly things on there anyway. I still really love seeing everyone's photos though, especially pet or food photos! My user name on instagram is tempsec, here's just a small snapshot of recent photos:

instagram user name: tempsec

Love Heart T-Shirt

T-Shirt and Grey Blazer Fashion Union / Hat Monki / Cardi Topshop (old)

My second month guest blogging for Fashion Union's Blog - here's the link to the post. There has been sight delay which is entirely my fault for completely losing track of time! Really can't believe it's mid April! 

For my next Fashion Union blog post, I chose an outfit of T-Shirt and jeans with a grey blazer. I chose a dress last time, so I thought I'd go for "seperates" this time and challenge myself to see if I've chosen items that would go together as an outfit. The T-Shirt is lovely, I like them baggy so it is the perfect type of fit for me. I will blog about the blazer in a separate blog post because I don't want to overload the post with so many photos. I like to stick to a maximum of 6 images per post if I can (unless something has a lot of details). I also chose one of their coloured skinny jeans to complete the outfit, as I loved them ever since I saw them on their Facebook page and if you're in to the trend of coloured skinny jeans, then Fashion Union have a wide range of them at £20-£25 (bargain!). Unfortunately, they didn't fit my short legs but I am one of those people who find it difficult to find the perfect pair, which is why I only own 2 pairs of jeans. Which brand is your favourite to go to for jeans? And have you bought yourself a pair of coloured jeans this season?

Broderie Lace TopShop Dress

Dress TopShop / Jewellery T:S / Nails Rimmel

This is one of my favourite dresses ever! I know so many other girls who have it too, it's one of those dresses where I just had to have it! it was quite pricy for a high street dress, but you know what Topshop are like! I've made sure that I've worn it a lot to justify the cost. The front bodice of the dress is layered with tiers of pretty broderie anglaise lace and the back is v-shaped with a heavy exposed zip which I think is quite a nice contrast.

Recently, I have developed a love-hate relationship with Topshop because it is becoming out of my price range. I don't mind paying extra if the quality is good... but sometimes the quality is just not there with Topshop garments and I find it hard to part with my money! However, I do find it so reliable in terms of fit and length for short petite girls like myself (under 5ft3) and I admit that it is the first shop I go to when I want to buy new clothes just for the sake of knowing that I'll be able to quickly find something in there that fits me properly. ("Liiiike a glove" as Ace Ventura would say)

Talking of Topshop! I have written my 3rd article for Modern Girl's Guide, and it's about S/S Trend Under The Sea. You can click here or the image below if you'd like to check it out. I struggle to come up with blog posts for MGG last month but I think I'm going to stick to writing what I know best; fashion!

Green Dress and Bunny Ring

Dress Madam Rage (gifted) / Bunny Ring T:S / Hat ASOS / Nails 17 Cosmetics and Barry M

This dress is actually sleeveless but I'm wearing it with a cream short sleeved top. The green colour is really pretty and best of all, the fabric has got a stretch to it which makes it really comfy which is good because I'm getting food baby from excess consumption of Dominos recently. Don't think I want to see another pizza again in my life!

Do you all like my new bunny ring? It's only £6.00 :) We've made a big batch of them a few weeks ago! Bunnies are the cutest!

I have joined Pinterest so you can find me by clicking the button below. I'm getting a little bit addicted to it! Let me know if you're on it too and I'll follow you! I have a board called Trendboard and Colour Stories which some of you might find useful.