What Zoe Did #3

Can you believe we are nearly half way into July? No, me neither! Here's a little Instagram collage of what I've been up to in the month of June. As you can see it includes plenty of food and cocktails - as it should do!

What did you get up to last month?

The pool in Portugal | Portugal's finest beer | Yet again, the pool

A hanging kebab. Amazing | My new fave cocktail - Lazy Red Cheeks | An egg on a pizza

My two best friends | Eggy bread and bacon stack | Formby beach

A lovely view in Formby | My new tattoo | Happy Birthday Steph

How I Keep My Eyebrows In Shape

Eyebrows are one of the most important features on your face - they frame your face and make you look all in proportion and 'finished off' if you know what I mean. If I could only use one make up product, forget mascara, blusher or lip balm, mine would be my HD Brow Kit!

Naturally, my eyebrows are the lightest, most see through things ever and without a bit of powder you can't even see them. Fab. For the past few months I've been getting them tinted: once HD style and twice just a wax and tint as a 'top up'.

HD Brows at the salon is a seven step process including a tint, wax, thread, tweeze and trim. Personally, I love going through the whole HD process but I don't think it's necessary each time, perhaps just three or four times a year with a tint and wax in between.

As you can see in the pictures, they are a little bit pink, especially between my eyes but the colour difference and shape is much more defined! It has been a little over five weeks since my last wax and tint and I'd not touched them with tweezers since - the hardest thing to do when the stray hairs start popping up all over.

I also got my eyelashes tinted for holiday, I like to have mascara on to open my eyes up but during the day when you're sunbathing or in and out of the pool who wants to be worrying about the dreaded panda eyes?

How do you groom your brows?

OOTD ft Dollface London

This weekend me and a few of the girls went over to Manchester for a night of cocktails, cocktails and yet more cocktails. We stayed in a lovely apartment with beds the size of a house - okay maybe that was a slight exaggeration, but seriously they were huge!

The lovely girls at Dollface London kindly gave me some gorgeous jewellery for the occasion - a gold double band midi ring and a silver unicorn necklace. You may think that silver and gold don't go together but to be honest, this is 2014 and we should never stick to the rules?

The dress, Topshop, actually belongs to one of my housemates - it's great living with my two best friends as I've gained two new wardrobes! Finally the shoes, a chunky black pair from Garage. The champagne is an optional extra to the outfit but if I'm honest, it's the best accessory you can add!

Dress: Topshop | Shoes: Garage | Jewellery: Pandora & Dollface London*

 

Summer Ready With Quiz Clothing

The perfect summer outfit includes anything bright, anything floral and anything white. I've picked out an outfit from Quiz that incorporates all three of them in order to look summer ready, show of your tan and make the most of any sort of legs-out weather we may have.

As soon as I see the bright clothing coming back into the shops I immediately start to feel summery, I want it all and I want a bronzed tan so I can feel my best when it comes to baring a little more skin than I would the other ten months of the year.

With Quiz Clothing I've picked out a bright lime summer dress and paired it with a black floral kimono and some white chunky platform heels.

This zingy citrus coloured dress has a contrasting PU leather trim around the neckline and sleeves making it look sophisticated and smart. When paired with this floral kimono the colours all pop together and it's always nice to have something to cover up with - you know what the weather can be like in England. Well, actually you never know, one minute there's gorgeous blue skies and the next you're frantically trying to find some shelter as the heavens have opened!

Finally, something that always give us confidence, especially when showing off our legs - heels. This white faux leather pair are extra chunky and you know what that means, they're easier to walk in! Hooray for all!

Kimono | Heels | Dress

What are your summer essentials?

Top Summer Picks From Darccy

If you’ve not heard of Darccy yet let’s just say, where have you been? They have a gorgeous selection of dresses; many of them are ice cream pastels and exactly what you need for the summer. If frills, collars and cute dresses are for you then this is the place you need to head too!

While having a browse through their collection there was far too many pieces I could imagine myself in but I’ve managed to whittle it down to just three to show you my favourites!

First up is this golden ivory dress, the Uniform Dress, with a mesh top leading up to a white collar and down to an appliqué floral pattern it’s something that you summer wardrobe is in dire need of.

Next up, something you would but shouldn’t turn your back on for summer: the black skater dress. The Bunny Dress has a lovely textured top half with a netted layered skirt making it a pretty twist on the classic skater dress. For the summertime it’s pretty much garden-party-come-evening ready with a pair of pastel pinky-nude heels and a matching clutch!

Finally in the pick of top dresses is the lovely pastel pink dress – they really do love the pastel colours at Darccy, but can you blame them? This dress has popped into the sale, which couldn’t be any better for our purses, and when paired with neutral accessories you’re good to go. Summer ready in next to no time.

The lovely people at Darccy have offered you lot an exclusive 10% discount using the code darccy10 – as if you needed an excuse though.

Uniform Dress | Bunny Dress | Lace Skirt Dress