Summer Loving

CAYTON BAY BEACH

Photography by: A very appreciated boyfriend.

Earlier this week myself and my boyfriend took a little road trip along the coast near Scarborough, to Cayton Bay to make the most of the sunny weather on our day off work. In hindsight I would've definitely took a jacket with me, because lets be honest, it may be Summer but it's still the UK - and it was beyond windy. I was particularly excited for the day trip because it meant that I could wear my new shirt from Zara for the first time. 

I think the most expensive items from out the outfit were the Daniel Wellington watch and the Max&Co shades, as everything else was £29.99 or less from Zara (shirt) and Primark. I got my sunglasses in my prescription from Specsavers over a year ago just before I moved to Sydney, but i've doubled checked the website and they're still stocking them for £149 here! Yay! I absolutely love mine and never leave the house without them; even when it isn't sunny I slip them onto my head and use them to keep my hair out of my face.

What I loved most about the outfit was how effortless it was to put together and feel put together. There's nothing better than leaving the house feeling confident and comfortable in what you're wearing. I'm loving pretty much everything from Zara's new AW'16 range - as you can tell from my last post Graffiti City - and there's ALOT more on my wish list that I hope to be buying over the next few weeks.

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Graffiti City

CURRENT OBSESSIONS:
ZARA AW'16

Image is my own | Insta @marialitiziaxo

On my last day working at Zara, I needed an excuse to use my discount for one last time. Obviously. So as I was waiting for the cashier to put through a plaid shirt that caught my eye, I scanned the floor just in case anything else stood out. As it happened, one of my colleagues was trying on the above Graffiti Parka that had just come into store that morning - I immediately had to grab my size and try it on. I was instantly in love with an inanimate object and felt my life was complete. Then I looked at the price tag and felt that £59.99 was perhaps a little steep when I wasn't supposed to buying anything to begin with! In the end I decided that I just wouldn't tell my other half how much I had spent and let the warm-fuzzy feelings cloud my bad financial decisions.

Today was the first time I took the parka out for a spin, but I was in too much of a rush to get a picture of my outfit so I thought I would put it together on Polyvore for you to see. If you love the parka as much as I do, you can get it by clicking here. 

MAC: MATTES

MAC | MINI HAUL

If there's one rule I should probably stick to in life, it's that I should not enter a department store using the make-up hall entrance. Now i've never been one of those girls who goes crazy over lipstick - in fact, i'm not even the type of girl to wear lipstick, but for some reason or another these days I just cannot get enough! If I'm scrolling through insta I'll immediately go to the makeup artists that I follow just to see what new products and shades they're using to create their realllyyyy unrealistic, yet enviable 'every day' looks. 

It's for this reason that I was easily sidetracked when shopping for my mum's birthday present today. Walking into Debenhams I had to walk past MAC and thought I would make a little pitt stop to swatch some matte lip colours. Purely for research purposes, I began chatting to the artist to see if she had any colours to recommend for my skin tone (read pale complexion). We quickly established that deep tones tend to compliment me better than anything else, so after fifteen or so trial and errors I found my soulmate in matte Mehr. The formula was so easy to apply, didn't dry out like so many matte's can do (I left the colour on for the rest of the day to continue my shopping) and gave the rest of my face a nice glow that I hadn't expected. I matched the colour best with Soar lip liner and dragged myself to the cash desk so that I wouldn't spend any more.

When you're so used to seeing yourself with the same sort of look every day, it can be a little strange when you suddenly inject colour; but I absolutely adore this look and will definitely be wearing it more and more. It's such a strong pre-fall colour and will really compliment the warmer tones I'll be wearing when the weather starts to cool down over the next couple of months. Plus it made my teeth look whiter and that's always going to be a bonus!

Side note: is it just me who can't get over the fact we're ALREADY in August and it's only ten or so weeks until Hallowe'en?! 

Anyway, if you've got this colour let me know how you wear it, or comment with the colours you're lusting over - i'm hooked already and just want to buy every colour I can at this point.