Fashion Influx

Bikini - c/o Simply Beach I think I've almost made it through everything holiday related, with this bikini being one I've saved until towards the end as it is a special one. Most of my bikinis are pretty inexpensive for holiday - I end up buying way too many so if they were all extra swish I'd be needing to sell a kidney.. But oh how it's lovely to have one that does feel a bit fancy pants. I got this Seafolly one from Simply Beach , and while it is a little more expensive than I'm used to, it's worth it for the quality. It fits perfect (I went for an 8 top and 10 bottom, always in need of a little extra room on the bottom half) and it's sturdy. By that I mean that it's not that flimsy sort of fabric that leaves things feeling like they aren't in place.. With a bikini I want as much sucking in and support as I get with undies, if not more! The top has a bit of padding (thank the Lord for that) and I think the bottoms are quite a flatterin...

Bikini - H&M, Sunglasses - New Look Scrap everything else I'm supposed to be talking about. That boat has a freaking slide on it. A slide. Oh how the other half lives! Me & my ma spent a good portion of the morning discussing who could be on it.. There are usually a few glam looking yachts around the beaches in Skiathos and I love being able to speculate about what these fancy folk are up to. It's probably a little bit sad, but if you are a bit of a people watcher then it's a good one.  Aaaand I've gone off on a tangent. Although there isn't much I can say about this bikini other than it's pretty and it's nice and I like it. It's one I saw last minute and really didn't need to buy (I ended up with more than one bikini a day.. WHY), but I thought it'd do me good to get something bright in my life. Just about all of my other bikinis were black or white. I saved this for the last day when I was as tanned as I'd ever get ...

Sunglasses - New Look, Bodysuit - eBay I think everything lace up is a bit of a thing right now? I've seen loads of those Kimye inspired tops doing the rounds and I am a bit of a sucker for them. It's the sort of thing you can only really get away with over summer so I guess I've jumped on the bandwagon - in true cheapo style. This version was another one of my eBay beach ready purchases and only cost £7.99. I think that's enough when it's quite a trend led thing  that'll probably be a goner in a few months. It's actually just a bodysuit, but it's more of a swimming cozzie  material so I braved it on the beach, hoping the poppers didn't ping open (it was fine, no awkward flashing).  Now I'm back from my jols I think I'll wear it with my denim skirt on a warmer day (if it gets that warm now.. Summer seems to have done a bunk). Sheffield may not be Skiathos but I'm hoping I can get away with it for an evening out or something! ...

Bikini Top - Triangl, Bikini Bottoms - eBay, Sunglasses - Ray Ban What's a blogger's holiday without a Triangl bikini? Haha. Yup, I think every blogger and their grandma has one but they are rather nice. This is the second holiday I've taken one with me and I do like them for a bit of a 'special' kini. Y'know, the one to save for when you're really wanting to go all out with the beach outfit. Like last year though I did swap the bottoms for a slightly comfier pair off eBay. They were about £3, that Brazillian sort of style that means minimal tanlines.. When in Greece right?! I do love the Triangl bikinis but for a full day sat in the sun I do find they're a wee but uncomfortable. youtube / bloglovin / twitter / facebook / pinterest / tumblr / instagram x

Birkenstocks, Sunglasses - Quay Australia , Crochet Bikini - eBay Sometimes I get things off eBay and admittedly, it's a total flop. I guess you get what you pay for and if you're thinking it's a bargain at £4 you can't expect a whole lot. On a whole though, I've had some really decent and inexpensive bits from eBay, a few of which will be coming on holiday with me. One of my most recent buys was this crochet bikini. It was under a fiver, really good compared to the prices you see on some crochet stuff! Currently on my pale bod it doesn't look quite so great, but I'm hoping with a tan it'll be okay. This 'it'll be okay with a tan' thing is becoming like my catchphrase. It is small sizing, so I would say go bigger but with the tie fastenings you can get away with it being a bit big. I will quickly mention those sunnies too.. Another Quay Australia pair that I'm loving (I need to remember to say 'key' and not pronou...

Bikini - New Look , Sunglasses - ASOS (oldies) I just thought I'd stick this bikini out there on it's own because I do indeed think it's larrrvely. Yeah, I'm not quite over the whole  strappy, sexy 'kini thing quite yet (I keep ordering them off eBay for about £2.. cheap stuff is officially addictive), but I think I am heading more towards the pretty stuff this year. Something a little more girly.. And if girly means big old Bridget Jones pants then I'm cool with that.  That's the holiday shopping started anyway! This one is in the haul I just uploaded, alongside a load of cosmetic-y bits & bobs that I probably didn't need. Ahhh you know how it is! youtube / bloglovin / twitter / facebook / pinterest / tumblr / instagram x

Sunglasses - Skiathos Town, Bikini - H&M, Top - Primark, Rings - c/o La Moda , Birkenstocks - c/o Sarenza Now, this bikini is quite an old purchase. Some of you might remember it from H&M's summer season maybe a couple of years ago? I bought it in the hope that I'd be off to somewhere fabulously exotic - unfortunately the closest I got to 'exotic' was Cleethorpes. Not quite what I was thinking. It has since been in a drawer, lurking there hoping that one day I'd actually get to wear it - providing I did actually book a holiday and my ass didn't get  significantly bigger (we squeezed into it - only just, but it was a victory all round). I wore this on one of my last days in lovely Skiathos - hence why I'm a tad browner than I am in some of the other posts. If only it didn't have to peel off in snake skin esq style! Yup, I'm wearing that Primark crochet top again too. Can you tell I tried to pack things that I could mix & ma...

Sunglasses - Skiathos, Top - Forever 21, Bikini - Primark, Trousers - H&M, Bag - Matalan, Birkenstocks - c/o Sarenza I got pretty obsessed with these trousers whilst on holiday. To be fair, I'm a bit obsessed with all black trousers anyway. I probably own about 4 pairs (why?!) and I'm forever stopping myself from adding the latest must have version to my life - maybe I'm on a quest to find the perfect black trousers?! It definitely seems that way. Anyhoo, these ones are just that cheap pair I wore a few posts previously ( here ). They were just right for wearing during the day over my swimming cozzie and dressing up for the evening. I dunno, I just think a high waist, loose black trouser is pretty flattering. Plus they go with the Birks that I cannot stop wearing! My little ma plaited my hair for this post - I think she'd still quite like me to be the age when she'd do my hair in cutesy styles for school. I'm feeling a bit Lara Croft (the po...

Sunglasses - Skiathos Town, Kimono - H&M, Bikini - c/o Beach Riot After well over a year I finally found an opportunity to wear this kimono just how it should be worn. In some fabulous sunny setting with a tan. Big woo. I actually remember posting this bikini/kimono combo on Instagram sometime last summer.. now that really is planning in advance.  Keeping it short & sweet today as I don't want to ramble on about the irrelevant when there isn't much to this 'outfit'. I think this is more of a lifestyle post anyway - the snippets from my holiday that don't fit anywhere else. Still, they're pictures that I made my lovely Ma faff about taking before I let her sit down for a day of sunbathing.. plus she's a dab hand with that camera now! youtube  /  bloglovin  /  twitter  /  pinterest  /  tumblr  /  instagram x

Sunglasses - Skiathos Town, Birkenstocks - c/o Sarenza , Bikini - c/o Triangl Swimwear Another bikini post.. nothing fancy but it is a pretty nice bikini. Now, I do feel a bit like these days there isn't a blogger in the world who hasn't got a Triangl  bikini (their blogger outreach team must be on forrrrm!), but I can't help but be completely drawn into the latest blogger obsession. Not only do they look good, but that scuba-diving-esq material makes them feel extra good quality.  I will say that as much as I like Triangl bikinis, they're not the most practical. I'm one for getting totally zoned out with a book, which means I want to be all comfy and chilled in whatever I'm wearing. I'd say these are more the thing to go for when you want to impress - they look fabulous on but they can definitely be a wee bit stiff & sweaty to sit in all day. To be fair, I am a hard-core-8-hours-in-the-sun-sunbather.. I lasted about 3 hours before I swapped t...

Sunglasses - Skiathos Town, Necklace - Accessorize , Dress - Primark, Flip Flops - Primark Nothing all that fancy here - just an outfit for tripping down to the beach. I mainly wanted to post this to show you the little dress, a £3 bargain (I think it was around that price anyway..) from good old Primark. It's probably designed to be worn as a vest top & I definitely wouldn't brave it as a dress in this country but it was fine for a wander down to the sea - it's amazing how on holiday you suddenly decide it's okay to walk around with a bikini VPL (maybe a VBBL - visible bikini bottoms line?) and not mind if your dress flashes your bum a bit. You do see some sights on holiday, and after seeing many a bloke walking down the strip in Speedos I came to the conclusion that I'd be fine like this. I'm wearing a pair of sunnies that I'll be wearing a lot in these posts. They are indeed knock off Ray Bans (I'm thinking they're probably call...

Flip Flops - Primark, Book - Collard Manson , Phone Holder (Poundland - could spend a day in that place), Bikini - c/o Triangl , Sarong - c/o Debenhams, Sunglasses - Primark, Argan Oil, Clip - Primark, Aloe Vera Vaseline So I'm baaack! Yep, I'm into that horrendous week where you spend half your life saying 'this time last week I was...', y'know the thing. Anyway, less of the thoughts about last week's sunny trip - it's only making my fingers itch to pop on the Thomas Cook website & book myself a second jolly holly. Over the next week or so I've got plenty of holiday outfits to post.. Hopefully people will be interested in seeing them?! To start off all this holiday stuff I thought I'd post my bikini day essentials. Me & my ma basically spent the week on the beach - chill time, book reading & topping up our tans. Lovely. Whenever I packed my beach bag up I made sure I included all these essentials - yep, I'm a Mary Poppin...