Since starting University a couple of weeks ago, my social life has exploded, instead of staying in at home with a tub of Ben & Jerry's watching my favourite woman, Mary Berry, on The Great British Bake Off, I find myself agreeing to go out at any opportunity which is neither great for my bank balance or my minimal wardrobe.  So here the 'Student Style' post was born; I thought It might be nice for people who are also at university to gain some inspiration, or just to be plain damn nosey, I know in my case it would definitely be the latter option. So here you go, welcome to my student style...

Printed shirt- /Next

Chunky knit cardigan- /Dorothy Perkins

Black skinny jeans- /Primark

This Has turned out to be a really good outfit to wear to uni as I am currently battling with 'Freshers Flu' so layering is much appreciated. I have found black jeans are good staple when your at uni, they look cool and you can get away with wearing them a few times without washing them, if you're careful, fellow students take note. Oh and I am a sucker for a pattern so I teamed the jeans with this almost tribal looking red shirt which is super comfortable for when you have those long lectures. 

Evening: 

Collared jumper dress- /Primark

Statement necklace- /Primark 

I am slightly ashamed but impressed at the same time that this whole outfit was purchased from Primark, us students can't afford Topshop prices, unless we want to live of beans. Monochrome is something that will always stay in fashion and keep in your wardrobe for a long time. Because this is a jumper dress it's one that would also work well in the daytime by just adding a pair of tights and a cosy coat. 

Now excuse me whilst I go shopping for more clothes.

If you enjoyed this type of post, please do let me know. 

lots of love 

Jess.xx

Now you may think that everyone has a twitter account, well if that's you your wrong. I have always had a love hate relationship with the idea of creating a twitter account but I have had a bit of a brainstorm and thought, why not, there is no harm to be done and its a good way to meet new people and create some new opportunities. To be honest I don't really think anyone will be too interested in anything I have just wrote, but hey, it felt good to write it down. 

So if you want to, why not give me a follow on twitter. 

twitter.com/thatfashiongir1

lots of love

Jess.xx

I think you will all agree that it has been a long time since I posted on here about what songs I am loving so I thought why not do a quick post on what songs I am listening to on repeat at the minute.

If you are a fan of The XX then this band is probably one you will like also. Their music just instantly makes you feel relaxed and calm, which is something I really enjoy after a long day at University. With their new album, 'If You Wait', that just came a couple of weeks ago, I really think that they are going to do pretty well, mark my words. 

30 Seconds To Mars- Do or die

This is another classic by the band, I wasn't too keen on their previous single as it felt too 'pop' for my liking which did make me go off them for a little while (well when I say a while, I mean like two weeks) but once this song came out, my love for the band was most definitely re-kindled.

HAIM- Don't save me 

This is a pretty obvious one but I had to put it in this post because it's such a catchy song. I love HAIM they just seem like the coolest sisters ever and I wish I was one of them, sad I know. This is a really good song to sing super loud, yes I have done it multiple times. If you haven't heard this band before I would recommend them to anyone as their songs are just so catchy, oh and you find your self doing a sneeky foot tap whenever you hear one of their songs, not to be ashamed of. 

So those were a few songs that have been going round in my head for the past few weeks, make sire to tell me in the comments below what songs you are all loving at the moment, I would love to know :)

lots of love 

Jess.xx

Hey everyone, I did mention in my previous post that I would be starting University, well after a week of living in halls I can call my self a proper student. I must admit I was so scared and nervous of moving out and to another city but thinking about it I don't think I would of had it any other way, so far it's the best and biggest achievement of my life so far. Anyway enough of the cheesy stuff I just wanted this post to let you all know I am still here, I will try and put up more posts given that I have the time to do it. Nobody may even read this post but it feels good to get things written down as they say. I hope everyone is doing well :)

Have you recently started uni? Hows it going for you?

lots of love

Jess.xx

Todays look: //DOUBLE DENIM

Navy Boyfriend Coat: //Primark

Denim Shirt: //Next

Light Acid Wash Jeans: //New Look

Black & Leopard Print Creepers: //Matalan

lots of love

Jess.xx

Navy Blue Boyfriend Coat- //Primark

Grey Tight Knitted Jumper- //Pirmark

Black Skater Skirt- //New Look

Red Wooly Socks- //Primark

Black Cut out Shoes- //Primark

Statement Necklace- //Wallis

Small Brown Satchel- //New Look

Hey everyone, yes it has been a while since I have been on this very blog *slaps wrist*, I got back off my holiday in Greece, which was amazing (will do blog post if interested), and I arrived home just not being bothered to do anything, so I didn't, but now I'm back and ready to blog after having a few words with myself. Now in the near future there may be a few changes around here as I start University this coming Sunday and I can't promise any consistancy in my blogging, not that I am ever consistant, so I had a little brain storm to think how could blog regulary and that very way is to take pictures of my daily (ish) outfits and post them up on here seeing as after all this blog is suposedly one of a fashion kind. I will try to do more in depth posts at times as it's something I enjoy and hope you do to but I can't promise anything as my main focus will be my degree.

Apart from that I hope you are all doing well, Summer has clearly gone now so we can all bring out the wooly jumpers ( not a euphemism) and drink even more tea.

Lots of love

Jess.xx

Today marks the last post of the easy summer hairstyle's series, so here we go.

Plait within a plait...

U really like this look as it adds a different texture to your bog standard plait. All you need to do is to split your hair into two sections and take an even smaller section out of those two larger sections, plait them and secure with a hair band. You can then go ahead  and plait your hair as normal, including in the two smaller plaits and secure with another hair band.

And that's this mini series complete, do let me know if you like this kind of thing as I really enjoy doing it for you all :)

Be sure to check out my other posts in this series if you missed out.

lots of love

Jess.xx

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In todays post I have combined two hairstyles, hope you enjoy :)

The twisted pony...

I think this hairstyle looks way more complicated than it is but I can't tell you how easy it is to achieve it. All you need to do is tie you hair in a fairly loose pony tail, you then want to make a split in your hair above the hair band and thread through the hair below the hair band, are you with me? After this you simply need to tighten the hair band and the look is complete!

The twisted pony with fishtail...

If you wanted to advance the look why not add in a fishtail plait the the rest of your hair. Split the pony into two sections, take a small piece of hair from one section and pass to the other and the same with the other section. Continue this to the end of your hair and secure with a hair band.

Please do make sure you check out my other hair posts from this week, tomorrow marks the end of the easy summer hairstyle's series.

Hi everyone so I hope your enjoying this mini blog series so far, its different to the normal thing I do and I am really enjoying it so let me know if you are too.

The fishtail plait...

Today we step it up a notch, this hairstyle is really easy once you get the hang of it. What you want to do is to bring all your hair to one side and split it into two even sections. Then you need to take piece from one section and pass it over to the other and then repeat on the other side, you want to do this right down to the bottom of your hair and secure with a hair band. To make it look less formal you can ruff the plait up a bit by gently pulling out sections to make it look loose and less put together. Then why not add a hair garland for a cool summery look, great for a festival.

Make sure you check out my two previous post for other easy summer hairstyles and stay tuned for two more :)

lots of love 

Jess.xx

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Hope you all enjoyed yesterdays post, I wanted to start off super simple and gradually build up to other hairstyles which require a little more skill but are still really easy, so even I can do them.

The messy pony...

This is another really easy style to achieve which works best with unclean hair, sounds wrong, but its true. To create this look it works best if you put your head and gather your hair into a hair band and then pull pieces out to make it look more casual and lived in. Feel free to then add any accessories like my sister has done to add a bit more interest. 

Make sure you come back tomorrow for another hairstyle, I am doing them all week :)
Not sure what this is all about? Check out yesterdays post.

lots of love

Jess.xx

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So for the next five days I thought it would be a nice idea to do a mini series of hair posts. Now I haven't really talked too much about hair on here so maybe it's about time. If you are like me and often get hairstyle idea block of how to style your hair (and end up styling it the same way you have been doing for the past six months) then maybe this series will help to inspire you to push your hairstyle boundaries if you will . For the next five days I am going to show you a easy summer hairstyle that you too can create, and if this blog series works out then maybe I could do a series for each season? I have dragged my sister, kicking and screaming, into helping me out in this post as she has the most perfect head of hair so she will be doing the modeling for me, thanks sis, hope you enjoy :)

So I thought it was about time for the second installment of 'The dummies guide to makeup' series and today I thought I would tackle the go-to everyday look. I have chosen something really quick and simple that looks like you have put a bit of effort into to it but not too much and one that lasts all day. 

When it comes to creating your holiday playlist is it just me or do you forget every single song in history and end up putting a load of eighties pop in your ipod that you don't really care much for? Well thats definitely something that I do, so I thought why not put pen to paper, or in this case fingers to keyboard (doesn't have the same ring to it, does it?) and let you in on a few songs which I have added to my holiday playlist. Now I know that your music taste may be completely different to yours and if it is well there's not much I can really do about that, but maybe this will give you a little inspiration and get your brain into gear so you can put songs on your ipod that you do actually enjoy. Enough rambling, lets get on with it ay?

The chilled out beside the pool songs...

Jessie Ware- Wildest Moments

Matt Corby- Brother

Bastille- Overjoyed

Road trip songs...

Vampire Weekend- Diane Young

We Are The Ocean- Young Heart

The 1975- The City

The getting ready to go out songs...

Emeli Sande- Heaven

I saw that my Asos wishlist (which you can read here) post was quite popular with you all and so today I thought I would show you my favourite picks from Urban outfitters, hope you enjoy :)

                                                   House of Hackney smock dress- £285

Now this snazzy number caught my eye straight away and then I pretended not to like it when I saw the price tag, but hey a girl can dream. I thought this was a really versatile dress as it would look great on a summer evening with bare legs and sandals or could be worn right through winter teamed with thick black tights and some serious biker boots.

For a long time prior to me starting a skincare regime, my skin really was being neglected. Makeup wipes were used instead of a Micellar water  and I would rarely even moisturise my skin, however in the past few months I have decided to really begin to give my skin a big dollop of tlc and let it know what is has been missing out on.

Every so often on this blog I like to grace you all with a song that I have really been enjoying and today is no different.

Now this song by Mcfly is by no means a new song, however Tom Fletcher, the lead singer of Mcfly out out an acoustic version of She Falls asleep on his youtube channel which you can find here. Now it's not the most summery and upbeat of songs but its one where you cant help but listen to the lyrics and take it all in and the piano solos are just so cute in this song and make me feel instantly relaxed. Now if you haven't I strongly suggest you head over to his channel because he often uploads some really cool videos, my personal favourite is the video of his wedding speach which I think nobody on earth would ever be able to top, plus I have watched it twice now and have ended up with tears down my face.

lots of love

Jess.xx

Since leaving college I have found myself with a lot of spare time until I start university in September, and I have been spending some of my time doing something creative. Today I thought I would tell you how to make these really cute and easy vases from just old bottles, so I am also helping the environment at the same time, you can thank me later.

To make these vases you will need to find some glass bottles, I just used a lager bottle and a pop bottle but any bottle of your choice is fine and will look unique. Then you will need some paint that will actually stick to the glass, so paint glass will be fine, I went for more pastel colours just because I think they will be nice for the summer. If you wanted you could then use some string and beads or any little trinkets to wrap around the vase just to give it a more unique feel.

Instead of painting the outside of the bottle, I poured my chosen paint into the bottle so it covoured the inside, this means that you won't get horrible streaky lines. 

Then you just need to leave it to dry! easy. Once it has dried you can then add any final details like the string or you could stick shells to them, anything you like really.

I hoped you like these kind of posts, let me know if you do as I have really been enjoying making things at the minute and I like sharing ideas with you all.

lots of love 

Jess.xx