Los Angeles Day#1 - The Flight

Flying over Las Vegas

The plane food wasn't so bad, the adorable afternoon tea complete with scone, jam and clotted cream.

Honey, I'm home! Sorry, been dying to say that since I arrived back in crappy England. I do apologise if this is a short post, but I'm feeling rather jet lagged right now. I'm not really sure where to begin with this trip, apart from the fact it was one of the best experiences of my life. Maybe even the best so far? So anyway, about day 1. The flight was... er, long. Very long. Horrendously long. Incredibly long. Just long. It may of helped if I'd slept, but I was just way too excited! plane food wasn't as bad as I'd expected it to be, and all the air hostess's were so lovely. Jessie J was on our flight, and we saw her at US customs, but she was so moody so we didn't really want to approach her. One of the best feelings was leaving LAX airport and stepping into the warm air outside, everyone quickly took off their hoodies, trying to absorb as much Vitamin D as we could! For the rest of the day we just unpacked, went to a supermarket called Ralphs, and then went out for dinner. I must have had been awake for about 32 hours, with the 8 hour time difference and having to get up at 3am the previous night with only one hour sleep beforehand. Anyway, more exciting stuff to come tomorrow in the next installment of my trip to Los Angeles.

Chow for now,

LA Love

Hey guys, yet again I haven't posted for a while. But, I thought I would let you know that I'm finally off to Los Angeles tomorrow! It's come around so quickly since Christmas, and after counting down from about 381 days I can't believe it's finally happening. I can't wait to experience America, it's been a dream of mine for absolutely ages, but I can't wait to also get out of this freezing cold weather. Hopefully I'll have plenty of goodies to show you when I return next tuesday, and there will of course be plenty of posts about the trip.

Here's a little summary of what I'll be getting up too...

Day One: 11:25AM flight from Heathrow to LAX - Arrive in LAX at 14:55PM (12:55AM in England)
Day Two: Visit to the Getty Centre and Warner Bros VIP Studio Tour
Day Three: Universal Studios and Pinz Bowling
Day Four: Starline Homes Tours, Hollywood Boulevard (Walk of Fame, Chinese Theatre ect.) Santa Monica, Universal City Walk
Day Five: New York Film Academy Workshop, Farmers Market. 20:30PM Flight from LAX to Heathrow
Day Six: Arrive in Heathrow at 15:00PM (sad face)

Now, I better get packing I guess. I'm dreading having to wake up at 3:00AM, but I think leaving in the early hours of the morning will make it all that little bit more exciting! Just before I bid you farewell, is there any American food that I should definitely try, and does anyone know of a shop where I can purchase Vans (as in the shoes)? Thank you for being lovely followers, and I'll be back next Tuesday probably with horrific jetlag. Now for the difficult decision of what colour to paint my nails...

P.S Apologies for the photo stolen from http://www.latourist.com

NOTD: Models Own Leopard With A Twist

Models Own, yet again. To create this look I used, Gold Rush, Top Turquoise, Pink Blush, and then the Black nail art pen, and don't they look pretty? I'm a bit gutted I have to remove the polish tonight as I have work at 8 tomorrow morning, sucks to be me. I've done this exact design before, but this time I've just swapped the blue and pink round, top turquoise is the perfect colour for Gold Rush.

Do any of you have any ideas for other easy nail art designs I could try out? I'm getting a bit sick of leopard print. Hope you're all having a great Saturday night whatever you're up to!

Mad for Models Own

I think, possibly, maybe, there is a slight chance I have a bit of an addiction to a certain brand of nail polish. If you read my blog often, then you'll know about this already, seeing as it's the only brand of nail polish I ever wear or even talk about. So, due to this, I thought it would only be polite of me to showcase my collection to you. This time last year, I rarely wore nail polish, but now, as you can see it is a totally different story (side effects of blogging). The only problem I have these days is choosing which colour to wear! I now own 20, but there's still a few colours I need want, namely Emerald City, Snow White, Pink Fizz, and Blooboo. They're all just too pretty.

(L-R) Pink Blush, Raspberry Crush, Coral Reef, Pastel Pink, Fuzzy Peach

(L-R) Feeling Blue, Top Turquoise, Jade Stone, Peacock Green, Betty Blue

(L-R) Purple Blue, Disco Mix, Purple Haze, Lilac Dream, Blackberry

(L-R) Gold Rush, Lemon Meringue, 3 in 1, Silver Fox, Smash-Up Silver

Oh, and a little bit of insider gossip for you. I went to Clothes Show Live after winning VIP tickets from Models Own, and after speaking to a few of the lovely girls who work for them, one of them let slip that they should be releasing some more nail art pens in February. EXCITING OR WHAT?! I also shook hands with the owner, who was a man, but he wasn't wearing any nail polish disappointingly.

It's payday tomorrow, and 2 weeks until Los Angeles. Can anybody recommend me some beauty products to look out for when I'm in the states? Hope you're all well!

January 'Things I Want But Can't Afford' List

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I can't believe I haven't posted since December 26th. Things have just been hectic, and I've been quite honestly, staring aimlessly at my blog feel uninspired and unmotivated. But that's in the past now, and I'm back! (muhahahaha). A couple of things I want to say first though, HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! Nineteen days late but hey ho, and also a massive hello and thank you to my new followers.

So anyway, I am pretty much penniless at the moment, and I don't even feel too excited for payday because I won't be able to spend any of it until the 9th February as I'm using the majority of it for spending money in Los Angeles (AH 21 DAYS TO GO). But over the period that I haven't been blogging I've seen so many lovely things, and I wanted to put them all together in a pretty picture and share them with you lovely lot.

At the moment I have a real thing for pastel shades and Aztec patterns, so anything which is a combination of both is just a Godsend. I adore this skirt from River Island, and although I'll probably never own it, it won't stop me lusting over it. Basically all my shoes are falling apart, and I've had my eye (probably like a lot of you) on Topshop's Black Vectra3 Studded Slippers. For a girl who loves studs and pumps, these are just the definition of perfection - they have to be mine. Other than these items, I'm also looking for a new suitcase for Los Angeles. I don't want a boring black one, but that's the only thing I seem to be coming across. Any help guys? Hope you're all well, I'll try to be a better blogger.

Beautiful Christmas Gifts

I received some really lovely gifts from my family and friends this year. My main presents from my parents were my holiday to LA in February, and a beautiful chest of drawers which I actually got a few weeks ago. I wasn't really expecting them to get me anything else, but they surprised me with $50 dollars which was really lovely of them. I'll probably end up spending it on gifts for them when I go to LA, well, that's if I don't spend it all in Sephora or on cheaper MAC products, and don't even get my started on Victoria's Secret. I think you can tell I'm a little bit excited!

I've become a huge fan of the vintage chic, home furnishings shop Sass and Belle recently, and I was so happy to get the cushion and storage box set I've had my eye on for a while. In fact, I got quite a lot of storage stuff for Christmas, I think people are trying to tell me something! My friend Megan bought me a Russian Doll, and I don't know how she knew but I've really wanted one of these for a long time, so I was very happy when I unwrapped this. She also bought me a book all about Twitter, which I have to admit I haven't put down for the last couple of days. Oh my, I really am such a geek. I just have this huge interest in social networking, no wonder I spend half my life on twitter and facebook. My lovely best friend Alice bought me a scratch away world map (she knows me too well) and a Models Own Pro nail polish (she definitely knows me too well), but unfortunately I didn't photograph these. I may even do a separate post on the scratch away map. I can't wait to scratch away California next year!

So all in all, I had a really lovely Christmas. I'm off to Bristol tomorrow to spend some time with my Dad's family, it should be really lovely as I only see them maximum twice a year.

So here it is, Merry Christmas

A day late, but not to worry! I hope everybody had a fabulous Christmas, and spent precious and enjoyable time with family and friends. I'll have to be honest, until I sat down for Christmas dinner at approximately 2:00pm yesterday, I hadn't been in the Christmassy mood at all. I know, despicable right? And that was even after I'd opened my stocking! Nothing beats a Christmas dinner, and this year I realised my undying love for Pigs in Blankets (Sausages wrapped in bacon if you didn't know) which resulted in a middle of the night binge trip to the fridge. My brother demolishes the roast potatoes, so we made sure we kept them away from him until everyone else had taken what they wanted. I actually wanted to wrap them up in the dish for him as a present. Is anyone else dreading stepping onto the scales after Christmas? I'm scared the 1/2 stone I've lost will have gone back on. Should probably add, as I'm writing this I've just finished a bar of Cookie Crumble Galaxy to myself. Oh, the shame!

Giant Christmas Cracker

The Alternative Christmas Pudding (treacle)

Myself and my brother hate Christmas pudding, so every year my mum goes to the effort of making us an 'Alternative Christmas pudding', otherwise known as treacle sponge. If you've never tried it then I seriously suggest you go to the supermarket now and buy some. Trust me, it will be worth it! I got some really lovely presents which I shall do a separate post on later today.

Merry Christmas!