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  • 4 STYLE TRENDS THAT I AM LOVING THIS SUMMER | QUEENBEADY

    4 STYLE TRENDS THAT I AM LOVING THIS SUMMER | QUEENBEADY

    WEARING Dress C/O River Island | Necklace C/O Daisy London Jewellery | Shoes Miss Selfridge (similar) | Bag H&M (similar) 

    Ah alas, the UK has been hit with something that actually resembles a summer over the last month or so. We actually now know what that big, bright ball of gas is capable of.  (The answer is that it burns us little Brits to a crisp.)

    And, with a hot summer comes a summer wardrobe. Yes, that means the big woolly jumpers have been put in to hibernation for the foreseeable future and out comes anything that allows our body to breath in this hot, hot heat! I’ll be honest, I’ve always loved the Autumn/Winter dressing season much more, our coats give us warm, winter hugs when we are cold, we don’t have to shave our pasty legs because our jeans keep us on lock down, and with winter layers, it gives us that option to keep warm or cool down; the possibilities are endless.

    But I’m afraid this summer, our body temperature gages are just simply set at “boiling” regardless of whether we are wearing a swimming cozzie, shorts and a t-shirt or a little dress. So, with the best will in the world I’m desperately trying to spice up my summer wardrobe and I’m actually beginning to feel like I’m on to something now my body is slowly climatizing to the incessant heat and I’ve managed to find 4 style trends that I am loving this summer (that don’t make me melt like “Tobe-Le-Rone on the beach in Malta!)

     

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  • 9 PROMISES I’VE MADE TO MYSELF | QUEENBEADY

    9 PROMISES I’VE MADE TO MYSELF | QUEENBEADY

    9 PROMISES I'VE MADE TO MYSELF | QUEENBEADY

    Jumper c/o River Island | Jeans c/o River Island | Belt c/o River Island | Boots Boohoo | Bag Gucci | Watch Larsson and Jennings | Photography Matt McCormick

    Without sounding too braggy, it’s safe to say that 2017 is going to be a hard year to beat. I feel like I’m so raised after such a brilliant 365 days that surely it can’t get any better? They often say that the higher the fall, the greater the hurt. Well, I’m determined not to let that happen. And try as I might, 2018 will hopefully be just as good year as the previous. If not better! By the power invested in me and these 9 promises I’ve made to myself, I’m going to (try) live my best life this year…
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  • 2017 IN REVIEW | QUEENBEADY

    2017 IN REVIEW | QUEENBEADY

    RIVER ISLAND QUEENBEADY 2017 IN REVIEW

    Hat c/o River Island | Coat Matalan (similar) | Jumper c/o River Island | Jeans c/o River Island | Belt c/o River Island | Boots Boohoo | Bag Gucci | Watch Larsson and Jennings | Photography Matt McCormick
    I wanted to make sure I got one of these posts out before the end of the year. I’m cutting it a little fine, I know. But when I was scrolling through these photos (my last shoot with Matt of 2017) I realised just how far I have come in a mere 365 days. I really thought that 2017 had passed me by as an uneventful year, when really it was possibly the start of something very special. My journey to finding both self-confidence and self acceptance. Two things that have seen me blossom as a more well-rounded human being. Sounds corny really, doesn’t it? However, it’s so easy to look at someone’s blog or social media and think they have it all, but sometimes, deep down it isn’t always as it seems. Luckily, towards the back-end of this year I became truly happy and more accepting of myself and my fate. Which saw me have one of my most successful years to date.
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  • CELEBRATING 20 YEARS WITH WHITE ROSE, LEEDS #WR20YEARS | QUEENBEADY

    CELEBRATING 20 YEARS WITH WHITE ROSE, LEEDS #WR20YEARS | QUEENBEADY

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    Who doesn’t love a good ol’ shopping spree? Not me, that’s for certain! With any opportunity to give my plastic some serious thrashing, I am always ready & raring to go. Ya feel me? And when White Rose, Leeds asked me to style three mannequins for their 20th Birthday Celebrations, I could not have been more involved if I had tried. To celebrate them opening in ’97 (I will have been 7. Yes, 7 years old) we were given £97 per mannequin to create three unique looks. The sheer prospect of it was enough to make me giddy.

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  • MY NICE OUTFIT DIARY | QUEENBEADY

    MY NICE OUTFIT DIARY | QUEENBEADY

    H&M FRILLY DRESS

    I love fashion. I love travel. So why not put the two loves of my life (sorry hubby) in one post. Some of you who follow my blog or on social media will know that I just went on an amazing trip to Nice, in part I was working with University Rooms but I got to enjoy the time I was there as though it was a holiday with Mr C and to say it was blissful would be an understatement. With a holiday to somewhere as chic as the South of France, required a little bit of holiday wardrobe prep before we stepped off the plane in sunnier climes. #SozBankBalance. Without breaking the bank too much, I managed to pick up some amazing buys in the summer sales and I just had to show you my Nice outfit diary!

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