30 Day Snap #19 | Puzzle

Right, 

so my aunty has been doing this puzzle for about a week now, and it's finally done!!!!

It's a pretty big puzzle, not gonna lie, and congratulations to her for completing it, it's so pretty I don't want her to get rid of it! Perseverance pays off!!

See ya :)

Sofia -xxx-

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30 Day Snap #16, 17, 18 | Pool, O2 and Perspective

Howdy, 

so I've had many the late night this weekend, so I'm shoving 3 days into one blogpost.

Again this weather was SO amazing, that I went for a dip in the outdoor pool near where I work. It was so refreshing and I will definitely be going again!

My little cousin performed at the 02 arena in London with loads of theatre train groups and she was brilliant. She's in the bright blue group in the middle between the red and other lighter blue group. So proud and I had so much fun!

Every time I walk over this path, (which is rare) I always want to take a photo of the train tracks and now, I finally did it, as the sixth form went to support the younger years in their sports day in the field just to the right ^^

It was so much fun and we just chilled the whole afternoon in the sun or shade and had a good laugh with water balloons and sweets.

Soon, on the 22nd of July I will be going to Thailand for 10 days, and therefore will not be able to finish my 30 day snap challenge :(

However, I will be doing a post when I get back about the trip and show you a few of my photos. and include my 30 day snaps within the blog post. (pre warning)

Enjoy, and thanks for stopping by.

Comment, share and follow <3

Sofia -xxx-

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30 Day Snap #15 | Nail Art

Hellooo, 

If you like this nail art, let me know in the comments below and I'd be happy to do a tutorial for you:)

I am a guilty fan of nail art and continually try new things, I've done cupcakes and ice creams and animals and strawberries and tonnes more.

So today I basically went for a Cath Kidston kind of look with the pale pastel colours, flowers and polka dots. It was quite simple to do and you don't need special nail brushes or tools either. I just thought it looked so cute, so I gave it a go and I loooove it :)

Comment, share and leave links 

Sofia -xxx-

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30 Day Snap #14 | Class Party

Righttt, so today was my teachers 30th birthday and my friends 17th, so my english class decided to celebrate for the whole lesson, we had tonnes of food and it was just good fun :D

Thumbs up for lemon drizzle cake which by the way was insaaaane.

Sofia -xxx-

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30 Day Snap #13 | Exhibition

Today was 30degrees and guess who decided to be a total idiot and get sun-burnt.... :(

On the upside, it was my art exhibition at school today and I would like to share with you my favourite final piece :)

Not the best photo, I know, I apologise, but this was my 'layout' if you like and I got to show my family and teachers my work and all the others in the exhibition room too :)

It's done in oil paints and it's of my little cousin and my inspiration was an artist called Mary Jane Ansell :D

Sofia -xxx-

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30 Day Snap #12 | Twirling

 Now all caught up!

Because my sister never wears dresses and she should because she looks so beautiful in them. I made her twirl for me because it looks so cute and it's one of my favourite dresses. Again, SO hot today!

Sofia -xxx-

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30 Day Snap #11 | My Hound

Helloooooo, 

I literally have no words for how beautiful he is :3

I want to snuggle him forever, my beautiful dog max, and a lovely Sunday lunch.

Sofia -xxx-

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30 Day Snap #10 | Sushi

I am sooooo sorry for being 2 days late, but with this amazing weather here in England (30 degrees, which is rare for us) it's so hard to find time.

Today, was sushi and BBQ day. After a long hard day at work, I came home to chillax in the beautiful sunshine! I was such a lovely day and not to mention I totally love sushi and it was very tasty. Shout out to my cheffie uncle Philip!!

See you :)

Sofia -xxx-

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30 Day Snap #9 | Southampton University

Heya, 

So today was the Southampton Universities Open Day. Our college took the whole year group as a compulsory school trip. The day was so good because for me, I got to see what it was like on a uni campus for a day. The food, the weather, the social life and I got to go to talks about subjects I was interested in and the student life. I surprisingly really liked the university feel and will genuinely consider it :)

See you all tomorrow

Sofia -xxx-

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30 Day Snap #8 | Canon

Well hello, 

Today I want to introduce you to my baby:

Now, in all honesty, I love my camera a bit too much. It goes everywhere with me, occasionally to college, always on outings and if i'm not in a photograph, i'm the one taking the photo. I love this photo purely because my camera looks beautiful and my nails are blue! I use a canon 1100D and would like to familiarise myself more with my manual camera which is a canon 500N and an Olympus (OM10).

See you tomorrow :)

Sofia -xxx-

♥

30 Day Snap #7 | Bloom

Hola,

Day seven already! 

I chose this photo as my photo of the day, because my garden is starting to look really beautiful and even though this flower is small, it really stood out with its bright blue colour. I also like the style of the photograph with the greens all blurred in the background. I love flowers :p

Until tomorrow!

Sofia -xxx-

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30 Day Snap #6 | Candlelight

Yellooooo, 

So if you are unaware of my unhealthy candle obsession, then I will introduce it to you ;)

These plates were bought from a charity sale and I also got this beautiful canon 500N and bag for £15 which is literally amazing. I light candles quite a lot, not so much in the summer, but this little one on my desk is lit the most, alongside the ones on my windowsill and around the bath. I think the plates really look cute and it's different to normal candle holders. 

Send me links to blogs and keep followingggg!!

Sofia -xxx-

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30 Day Snap #5 | Doughballs and Laughs

Two posts in one day....tut tut tut.

Chosen photo: food, OF COURSE.

So today, a group of friends and I went out for a lovely meal to Pizza Express (a really amazing pizza and pasta restaurant in England). I got my usual, doughballs and a margherita pizza. (Adventurous, I know...) It was just a nice afternoon with good company and delicious food. I mean, my mouth waters just looking at that photograph....I can still taste them. :p

Keep posted for tomorrow's photo of the day!

Sofia -xxx-

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30 Day Snap #4 | Take The Crown Tour

Hey y'all,

I am so sorry I couldn't post this for you yesterday when it was due, but I did only get home at 12:00am and therefore did not have time to post.

After ALOT of photographs, I decided to go with one of the finale shots.

I had so much fun and spent the whole day dancing and singing along to Olly Murs and Robbie Williams! It was such an amazing day and I decided to choose this shot because you can see all the people, him, the stage and the fireworks and the atmosphere. If you want to see more of the photos I took then just click here to go to my other blog where more selected photos have been posted!

Keep following me guys!!! Let me know your thoughts!

Sofia -xxx-

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30 Day Snap #3 | The Dog and The Rabbit

Yooo, 

Looovvving this challenge, I have taken so many photos since I started, and I've had to choose my photo of the day out of quite a few. 

I'd like you all to meet Max the dog and Bubbles the rabbit, both playing huge parts in my life. Spending every weekend and holiday with my aunt and uncle allows me to snuggle up with my dog whom I love very much and my cousins rabbit, who actually scares me a bit, even though he is so cute. 

Just wanted to show you a rare sight of a dog and a rabbit being best friends that actually play with and love each other. This photo is one of many (believe me, catching a rabbit in a photo isn't easy, especially when it's hyper) and I wanted to share it with you because I love them both so much and it is adorable.

P.S: Tomorrows photo is gonna be AWESOMMEEEEEE, if you follow me on twitter you'll probably see my excited tweets throughout the day ;)

Sofia -xxx-

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30 Day Snap #2 | Graduation Ball

Hey guys, 

Day two of the challenge:

So at my job today, we did silver service for this beautiful ball which is held for the leaving students and parents. It's a beautiful evening, where the guests show up in ball gowns and diamonds and there is live music in this elegantly decorated marquee. The lights and canopy created such an atmosphere and it was a fun evening I was glad to be a part of. 

Keep following me through the challenge and let me know your thoughts, and link me if you decide to partake too :)

Sofia -xxx-

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30 Day Snap #1 | The Art Room Is My Haven

Hi guys, 

So this is day one of the snap challenge. I just wanted to do this because I was inspired, all the information is in my previous post. I just thought it would be really fun and let you guys find out more about me through photographs.

So these are the steps leading to the art room at my college. They are painted really colourful and I love it because it instantly gets me feeling creative as I go to lessons or to do extra work. The photo is quite bright and you can't see, but the walls are painted too.

I wanted this to be my first photo, because it lets you know I'm quite artistic and creative and it shows you how my week days usually begin.

Let me know if you're joining in the loop ;)

Sofia -xxx-

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30 Day Snap Challenge!

Hello everyone, 

♥I have been inspired by Louise, also known as 'sprinkleofglitter'  (a beauty blogger), who did the 30 day snap challenge and I think only has 4 days left now. :(

♥I was really inspired by her beautiful photos that she managed to capture everyday and still write a little piece on her blog. I also loved the idea of daily blogging, because I definitely don't blog enough, and this will challenge me and set me a task to do everyday.

♥If you haven't heard of 'sprinkleofglitter'. Go check her out, on Youtube and on her blog because she is amazingly hilarious, and has the most beautiful baby girl called Darcy. 

♥The rules are simple. Upload one photograph every day. You don't need to use an amazing camera, you could even use your phone, you just have to take and upload one picture a day. Most of my pictures will probably revolve around my house or college, but I will try to "spice it up" for you guys.

♥I challenge all readers to try it too, even if you don't have a blog, do it on twitter or instagram or facebook.

Send me links, if you decide to do it. I'd love to see your ideas!

I think it will be a fun 30 days and I hope you keep popping back to follow me through this challenge.

Thanks for reading and join in!!

Sofia -xxx-

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London Haul

Hello,

So, it's been like a thousand years since I last even looked at my blog, and I apologise to all my lovely followers who have probably been like "so...this is great."

♥But GOOD news. I went to London today and of course went crazy, and I did think of you guys, so I took some photos of the things I bought and I am going to share them with you.

BEAUTY

♥The above is the beauty selection. I went mad at Topshop because I swear the London store is the only one to do makeup and it's not everyday i'm in London so I wanted to get all the things I needed whilst I was there.

This is the "Browzings shaping kit" from the Benefit range. It is quite expensive £23.50, but if you like doing your eyebrows dark and notice that pencil rubs off and goes all patchy then I would highly recommend this. It lasts all day and doesn't smudge, the actual product lasts a long time too so it is worth the money.

These are two of the 'BarryM' blushers that I purchased in Topshop. I usually get 'Coralista' from Benefit but I want to try other colours and see if I can create different makeup looks. It doesn't actually say what name these blushers are, but on the back the orangey shade says BL7 and on the pink shade it says BL2. They are really pigmented and last a while and I thought it was good because they are only £4.50 each.

This is a Topshop cream highlighter, contouring and blush set. It doesn't have a name but if you go looking for it in Topshop, you will definitely see it. I thought it would be really easy to have it as a set because it's small and I can take it anywhere. i.e ( on the plane, or a train journey). It's just handy and the creams I just apply with a foundation brush or my finger and blend. It's about £12.50 which is not expensive considering how many parts it comes with.

From left to right. the first lipstick is called 'see sheer' by MAC, £15, the second lipstick is '111 Kiss of life' from the Rimmel Kate Moss Range, £5.49 and the last lipstick is Infrared from Topshop, £8. They are all really pigmented and last all day which I love. I have really got into lipsticks this year and I will have a beautiful collection by the end of the year :)

♥Some other things that were in the main beauty photo that I didn't elaborate on:

- benefit's 'the POREfessional'

- the 'real techniques' makeup brushes

- basic eyebrow brush

- the vintage cosmetic company 'nancy' fake lashes.

CLOTHING

♥This top is from forever 21 and it's a lemony bright colour and a polyester sheer fabric. I loved it because of it's different colour and the scalloped collar.

 ♥I liked this top because of the torn effect on the sleeves and the tie-dye effect. I think it would look really nice tucked into some shorts or disco pants or whatever, but I like the mint colour because it's girly.

♥I liked this top, again because of the mint colour and because it is a crop. I love that you can wear it with basically everything and it wasn't that expensive either.

♥I was drawn to this top because of it's luminous, bright yellow colour. I thought that it would look really good with a tan and again it's a crop (which I love). It's different to other tops because of it's colour and I like that.

♥I also picked up these cute salmon, coral colour socks as I was waiting to pay. I love how cute and girly they are and I think they will look good with skirts and dresses.

♥Lastly, I also did buy some black disco pants in Topshop, but the photo didn't come out great and well, you all know what disco pants are. And I got some high waisted black swimsuit bottoms, because I know they'd give weird tan-lines, but I think they are super feminine and they look really cute on. I also got one of Lola's cupcakes, of course. :)

♥In Victoria's Secret I got two bikini tops, with cute frills at the top, black and a teal/green colour and some panties...but I think taking photos of that and putting them on the internet is a bit weird and well, they're personal. ;)

Thanks for reading this blogpost and I hope you enjoyed it.

Please, comment, share and follow :)

ALSO I got a new camera :DDDDDDDDD yaaaaay, super happy. It's a canon EOS 1100D and I love it :) Just wanted to share my happiness ;) It also means, the quality of my photos will get better and I'll probably be posting more. Byee:)

Sofia -xxx-

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Edgy and Quirky

Yo, 

♥I'm so sorry I haven't posted when I said I would. I've been super busy and I just haven't found things to post about, I will hopefully be doing a post when I go to London on Thursday, so you will be getting more posts!

Anyway, the reason i'm doing a post today, is I have been doing a lot of research and I've been inspired to give you all a fashion post. Sorry, if you don't particularly like my fashion tastes, and you don't enjoy this post, I hope you can take something away from it :)

♥So, I have taken most of these images from the Lookbook. I'm sure you all know what that is, if you don't, its a website where people all over the world, give an OOTD and you can look at them I guess? It's about being inspired by real people in affordable clothes and not magazines: http://lookbook.nu/

I love this outfit so much! I have pretty similar clothes to this, and I wear it quite often. It's comfortable and looks good too. I usually wear it with my Docs and sometimes 

a hat too.

I loved this outfit, because it's girly and elegant. Obviously, for slightly warmer weather, but you could wear tights  with vans, or brogues or Docs again and if it's cold, a baggy cardigan or in my case, my fur coat:)

I love the socks pulled up because it gives a vintage kind of look, and it gives the outfit an extra edge. 

If you cover up the socks, you'll know what I mean. ;)

I like how this person has put a top, over another top. It pushes the pattern on top out and looks cute.

I love the tights, because they make your legs look thinner, and again create an edgy look.

Again, I love the denim, and I think this outfit would look really good with 

a denim waistcoat or leather jacket on top, preferably black ;)

When I first saw this photo, I thought it was Florence Welch. Lol. I love the scruffy look that jumper offers to this outfit, but the brogues and long skirt create a feminine and casual look but also slightly quirky. I am jealous to say this outfit does look good on a ginger. :(

Simple. This outfit is so simple, but so cute! I love the peppermint jumper and the torn jeans. If you notice, she has a white collar poking over the top of the jumper and the hat literally tops it off. You don't have to always go all out on an outfit, because something like this can look simple, but really effective at the same time.

I don't like the leggings. Saying that now. I love everything else, the oversized coat, the cute jumper. Maybe if it was plain leggings, or some denim shorts it would look really cute! But i liked the layering idea and again, simple, but edgy.

♥I really love the indie/grunge/edgy kind of look at the moment. Despite the fact, I have recently been going for feminine and cute. A total inspiration of mine is Miley Cyrus. Especially now she has cut her hair, she dresses so nicely, and she has become even more awesome!

I hope you guys have enjoyed this blogpost!!!

Comment, follow and share!

Sofia -xxx-

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