Outfit Inspiration: Denim Shorts!

Happy Wednesday!

Another outfit inspiration for today. When I concentrate on denim shorts. As they are so popular on the streets in the UK now as the last warm days of summer continue to bless our island. Everyone is reaching for their shorts. As there is so much of variety with denim shorts. Everyone has a favorite. The high waisted variety with white embroidery is currently on discount at Primark. There is the normal variety frayed with holes like the one Kylie Jenner had that showed some of her butt. Then there is the mini shorts which I bought for myself today. It enhances your butt and gives you an ample one even if your Taylor Swift in that department. We all didn't want a a butt like Kim, who looks like she hasn't changed her diaper in a few days, lol. A natural butt and if you do a lot of squats is going to be a super good looking one.
Did anyone actually notice Blue Ivy's shoes at the VMA's? Well if you were Holly Willoughby she did! Did she have to brag about her daughter wearing the same shoes as Blue Ivy. I find it ridiculous that a presenter can afford to buy shoes for her child that are the same that Beyonce can afford. So somebody is being overpaid. Considering her hubby ain't as rich as Jay Z, Shame on Holly. I actually liked her. Spoiling her child is not doing her any favors considering all the poverty in Britain. Pay someone's rent instead, Holly. One month. It would give people a break now and again. Middle class families are struggling in case she didn't know! On another subject, did Eamonn actually want Marnie to get her boobs out? Bet Ruth would've been shocked if she actually did. I guess as you get older your tongue gets loose, lol. Or maybe he hasn't seen breasts in a while!

Enjoy my outfit selection and all the items are available online.

1. Frayed denim hotpant / 26 dollars / boohoo.com
2. L/S top / 18 pounds / Nelly.com
3. Chunky mule pumps / 39 dollars / Shein.com
4. Metallic gold mini backpack / 30 dollars / Johnlewis.com
5. Golden gala earrings / 23 AUD / Shopbop.com
6. Gold chain waist belt / 12 dollars / Luxurydivas.com

Have an awesome day and keep smiling!

Love & Peace.

Casual Chic With a Leather Skirt!

Happy Tuesday!

Hope the Bank Holiday weekend was fun, relaxed, and special. The VMA's were on telly and I loved every minute of it. Although I must say I prefer the red carpet and the fashion side of it a tad better. Although I must say most sparkled and were glamorous. The worst dressed for me was Nev Schulman's fiancee. Far from dressing up, her lack of clothes over her pregnant body was in poor taste. Considering she's not a celebrity, she should have taken more care in a sophisticated outfit. Although her hairstyle was spot on!
I like Rita Ora but the granny pants, fur, and shoulder pads look was so wrong. Will Smith's son was a mess, although I loved a lot of the celebs who embraced the full jumpsuit look.. Beyonce's outfit was fashionably terrible. Maybe she should have changed outfits with Blue Ivy, her dress was far more glamorous. Loved Britney Spears's dress and Taylor Hill's who were by far the best dressed. Can't forget to mention Jojo's brocade Erika Cavallini flared pants, which were absolutely beautiful.

Here is an outfit selection for casual chic.

1. Flare leather skirt / 9.89 dollars / romwe.com
2. Chiffon blouse / 25 pounds / hm.com
3. floppy hat / 43 dollars / bluefly.com
4. Black faux suede bacpack / 20 dollars / lamoda.co.uk
5. velvet matte lipstick / 7 dollars / nyxcosmetics.com
6. Lace up ankle boot / 25 dollars / shoecenter.com
7. Ruby sterling silver / 19 dollars / Jewelry.com
8. silver tone cuff braclet / 31 dollars / macys.com

We don't go anywhere grand like the VMA's but for our lifestyle we could look pretty cool.

Have an awesome day and keep smiling!

Love & Peace.

The Battle of Truth vs Lies - Lies Wins. Truth Gains You No Friends

Happy Saturday,

I just finished reading a piece on ''why the truth hurts and it's so hard to take.'' I have always been way forthright and honest with all my opinions if someone asked I only ever gave the truth but in today's society invariably you will be left with no friends and hardly anyone will want to speak to you if you give the truth. So over the last year or so I have learnt to speak less and not speak the truth or give an opinion Today's society is very fake with no morals, do as you please and no love or respect for anyone. So it's far better to believe in a manner that society now dedicates. In other words better be fake. The truth seems to hurt everyone and people live in denial their whole lives, often in their last years a sense of a wasted life wakes them up and striving for sudden goodness. Somehow to redeem themselves takes over their day to day living.
An example of three people who somehow couldn't take any truth turn their back. One was a good friend and just over a photo where he had been at a shooting practice and I remarked the holes seemed like in the wrong places was met with such anger, he never spoke to me again. Then there was my cousin and apparently saying something about virginity angered her so much, she never spoke to me again. And it's a pity because I liked my cousin a lot! Then there was a girl-friend who I knew many years since school. I thought I could speak my mind with her but apparently after she be-friended my brother (who I have no contact with) and started giving him 'likes' etc on Facebook and I told her it hurt me and I was upset since I thought she was my friend and had loyalty to me. But apparently loyalty also doesn't exist and she wanted to be friends with everyone so that was the end of that friendship. Speak the truth at your peril. The world is now a dark cloud of lies, deceit, unjustness, and a class divide between rich and poor.. Then there is Ryan Lochte making up such a story about being held at gun point! How did he think he'd get away with it, everywhere in the world CCTV cameras exist. So shameful! But that is a lot of people everywhere. I have learnt to hold my tongue and allow the truth to be swept away although for me it's very hard and I'm struggling with living in this fake, horrible world. We need changes and quick! More love & peace, more money for everyone and most of all understanding for every single person in depression, despair, hard times, homelessness, etc. etc. Do more and the world will get better.

Keep smiling and have an awesome day.

Love & Peace.

Delicious Vodka, Cranberry Cocktail for the Weekend!

Happy Thursday,

A heat wave has hit us and with the weather so warm and sweaty the only thing we can think about is how to cool down. Loads of ice-tea, ice cream, and swimming at the local pool. Luckily these warm, warm days are so rare hardly two dozen in the whole year. So it's pathetic to complain but just because it's so rare it's rough acclimatising to the heat. I really do prefer the cold and temperatures above 9-10 degrees Celsius I can cope with!

Today I have a movie recommendation , it might be a pretty old movie but it's definitely worth seeing it! I don't know how I really missed it when it was just released in 2002. But I always intended to see it given the chance. I remember reading the book when Oprah Winfrey first recommended it at her book club (tv show) in 1999. It was a very well written book. If I still haven't written the name, forgive me but I'm sure you will have all heard about it ''White Oleander.'' It's about a young girl of 14 and her coming of age! After her Mum is sent to prison she is sent to a series of foster homes. Her life as it develops and her experiences at each place as she struggles to grow up with all this baggage she has emotionally. It's a very good movie and the book was a very good read. If you get a chance you must see it.

So before I end here I want to share a cocktail recipe that I love. It has a little bit of alcohol, fruit, and all other lovely goodness to make the end of each day as you lay back in the evening, just perfect.

Vodka and Cranberry cocktail

Ingredients:
200ml/7fl oz each vodka and Cointreau
600ml cranberry juice
400ml orange juice
strips of peel from 2-3 limes
crushed ice, to serve

Instructions:
1. Pour the vodka and Cointreau into a jug, then add the cranberry juice and orange juice. Stir well.
2. Pare strips of peel from 2-3 limes. Fill 12 glasses with the crushed ice, then pour over the cocktail. Finish each glass with a strip of lime peel.

Have an awesome day and keep smiling.

Love & Peace.

Poetry: the Seeds of Time

Good Morning / Afternoon / Evening / Night, wherever you are in your day - I hope you're smiling ear to ear!

As a lover of poetry, in between my hectic/rushful/calm/sudden life I'm hit with days when the urge to pen some lines is more dominant than the peaceful surrender of laying back on the couch and watching some Celebrity Big Brother!

The poem I wrote today:

The Seeds Of Time

The big white wall, so bare
My focus fixed, a blank stare
Kaleidoscope vision, stars rotate
Zooming around, does my bed vibrate?
Is it just a dream, the vase of flowers still stands there.
It's not a dream,
I smell the smoke, the gas, the air the choice is harsh.
But my life can't compare.
Sudden thoughts, deep despair,
How high is high, to fall and not miss the concrete stair
I'll turn and twist and somersault
I'll be that diver, I think but it's not the pool I see!
The big white wall, a big white wall
so blank, a canvas, no grey, no black, no color..
I'll paint it blue. With stars and stripes.
It makes me smile, the kaleidoscope of colors.
Someone's rustling my sheets, are you awake?
Deep in slumber, a shocked state!
The cool breeze won't do much
Rested at last.. No, a foolish mistake!

Love & Peace.

Healthy Living, The Secret Art of Fruit and Veg!

Happy Sunday!

You are what you eat.. Take a minute to think about it. Did you know a can of cola can be used to clean your toilet bowl and get the stains of, imagine then what you are putting inside your body. Every 28 days your skin replaces itself. It takes four months for your liver and ten years for your bones. Your body creates new cells from the food you eat. You have a choice in what you are made of!
A huge problem with our society is that healthy food costs a lot more than junk  food. Did Jamie Oliver just say that Theresa May & the government has failed the people in the sugar campaign? Well, it's not the government's duty to boss the people's intake of sugar. People have to know better about the benefits of healthy eating and put better food on their tables for their kids. The increase of sugar tax is not going to stop the people to buy sugary drinks and soda. They will just make sure they spend less elsewhere! Such a waste the sugar tax which will help nothing!

The healthy art of eating fruits!
The RED fruits like strawberries, tomatoes, cherries, paprika, and watermelons help to improve heart and blood health and support joints.

ORANGE fruits like pumpkin, carrots, melons, mandarins, and apricots help to prevent cancer and promotes collagen growth.

YELLOW fruit like bananas, mango, paprika, pineapple, star fruit, and pears help your vision, heart, digestion, and immune system.

GREEN fruits like kiwi, cucumber, broccoli, peas, green apples, grapes - they are powerful detoxers, fight free radicals and help improve the immune system.

WHITE fruits like mushrooms, parsnips, cauliflower, garlic, white onions, activate our natural killer cells and reduce a cancer risk.

The BLUE/PURPLE fruits like grapes, figs, aubergine, cabbage, blueberries, prunes, improve mineral absorption and are powerful antioxidants.

So live healthy. Less soda, more water. Less driving, more walking. Less worry, more sleep. Less anger, more laughter.

So whatever you do, have an awesome day and keep smiling!

Love & Peace.

The Best Backpacks For Your Back To School Kids!

Happy Friday!

The weekend is here and the Olympics are almost coming to an end ( sad face :( ) but team GB has continued to do so well. Just finished watching the ladies hockey, GB won gold in a cracking match after pulling out all the stops and going 3-3 against The Netherlands. Team GB triumphed at the penalty shoot out giving the Dutch no chance to score. The Dutch goal keeper looked lost and out of her depth, lol. Woot woot, hockey history was made. A good day with Jade Jones winning gold at taekwondo.  Great match!

Now with just a week or two to go for schools to open, every parent is probably busy trying to find a great backpack for their little prince of princess. I have selected a couple which I love and is not too pricey to send you out of your pocket. All are available online to purchase. Hope you love them as much as I do.

1. disney Alice in wonderland backpack / 45 dollars / hottopic.com
2. Studio ghibli totoro backpack / 30 dollars / hottopic.com
3. pokemon backpack / 37 dollars / Amazon.com
4. multi colored backpack / 25 pounds / Zalando.co.uk
5. Wings backpack / 30 AUD / Newchic.com

A quote of inspiration which I love, goes like this ''Don't worry about failure, worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try.'' - Jack Canfield.

Have an awesome day and keep smiling!

Love & Peace.