What Zoe Did #1

donkeys at Scarborough - funny poses with the girls - me and the girls ready to go out

starbucks break - Princess with her teddy - my two kittens, Alfie and Princess

iphone 5 baby - pancakes and waffles for desert - some b&j as a treat

yummy kopparbergs - easter chick from my fave chick - me and Steph almost ready to party

As you can see: I eat a lot, have a bit of a sweet tooth, spend most of my nights out with some great girls and some sort of alcoholic beverage and of course, I love a cute shot of my two kittens!

This post is from the last couple of weeks, every so often I'll do another update with another batch of photos to entertain you all of my whereabouts and doings!

You can follow me on instagram at @zoeskerrett (send me kitten memes and I'll love you!)

I'm Loving...Mulberry

A girl can dream...right? Well I do that's for sure - about those pretty little Mulberry things. When I have a couple of hundred pounds to spare I'll buy one. One day. I hope. 

I've piled together a collage of my favourite bags, purses, satchels and clutches. Looking back it might not have been that good of an idea. I've fallen right back in love with the classic Bayswater and the burnt orange colour of the Continental purse is absolutely gorgeous! 

(L-R) Cosmetic Purse - Daria Wallet - Effie Satchel - Cecily Tote - Continental Purse - 

Flower Lock Bag - The Del Ray Bag - Bayswater Tote - Alexa Messenger Bag

Amazing, right? You don't even need to answer that. In fact I'm sure you're already totting up the totals and working out in how many days/weeks/months/years (delete as appropriate) it will be til you can have one of these babies sat on your arm. If it's anything less than a couple of decades then I'm incredibly jealous!

I'm going to have to stop rambling on about all things Mulberry now before I fall into some sort of leather handbag related coma. 

Which one is your favourite?

Long Lashes with Lash Boutique False Eyelashes

Since the Clothes Show Live 2012 I've been hooked on Lash Boutique eyelashes! The quality of them is without a doubt the best I've ever used, possibly due to the fact they are sterilised human hair or maybe it's just great work put into them?

I picked up three pairs from the Clothes Show: Lou Lou, Chloe and Melanie, and since then I've bought four more pairs: two more Lou Lou, Jenny and Lydia. Can you tell which ones are my favourite?

As you can see, they're all quite similar, but so different at the same time. Lou Lou is my favourite for a night out, they give great volume but a really long, natural look. Whereas for daytime I'd wear Melanie which provides the lashes with a soft natural looking flutter, while these lashes are quite thin but the strip is dense which gives a full look to the eye. 

The lashes come with a black glue which is something I'd never heard of until then - I'd never look back now, it really is the best eyelash glue I've ever used and blends really well with eyeliner and the lash line! What's even better is that at the end of a night when I take off my lashes it's so easy to pick off the glue with tweezers leaving the lashes good as new and ready for their next wear. I've had plenty of wears out of each pair, probably around 10 times if you're careful when removing the glue.

In this photo I'm wearing Lou Lou lashes. You can see that they are there, but they aren't too 'in your face' and off-putting which is what I was always scared about when it came to false eyelashes. After using these lashes I can honestly say I'd never swap to another brand - amazing.

The lashes are priced at £6.99 each but what's better is the fact they are on offer - two for £10!

What Zoe Wore #1

Easter Sunday saw a spontaneous trip to Scarborough beach and for once the sun was actually shining. Until mid-afternoon when the snow started to fall, but at least the morning was nice!

I wore a (not-beach-suitable) midi dress with stripes all pointing different ways! I only bought this dress a couple of days ago so it was the first time trying it out and I can definitely see this becoming a regular item I'll pick out my wardrobe! It can be worn with or without tights but considering our current temperamental weather I went for the safe option of thick tights.

With the dress I wore a leather jacket and some black ankle boots. Nothing too fancy but the dress was the main part of the outfit so I didn't want to distract from it!

 

Dress - Primark

Jacket - Miss Selfridge

Boots - Primark

Necklace - Topshop
Tights - Topshop

Although it was a bit chilly when the wind was blowing, especially on the sea front, it was actually quite warm with the sun was shining!

We spent the day drinking milkshakes, eating waffles for breakfast, popping in shops, walking along the sea front and obviously we spent silly money in the amusements and had a chip shop lunch.

Amusements are probably my favourite thing about the beach, I'm a child at heart really! Did I even want a little keyring with a duck on it? Of course I did - I'll use it ALL the time. I'm sure. Not. But I pushed in those 2p coins until I got it.

My little brother took these photographs for me, you can check out his tumblr of all his amazing photography here.

Happy Birthday Breton Stripes

If I look that good at 155 years old then I'd consider that to be some great achievement! Last week saw the 155th birthday of The Breton Stripe: the iconic navy blue and white stripy tee that became the official uniform for Brittany navy seamen in 1858. Since then it's not left the catwalks, appears as a standard in almost every wardrobe and has been worn by a whole bunch of celebrities. The list is so long I couldn't even begin (I'll leave you with some true style icons though - Kate Moss and Alexa Chung are huge Breton fans!)

Two different styles yet two amazing ways to wear the classic tee:

 

Alexa goes cool and casual by wearing a Breton striped tshirt to a festival, accessorised with jeans, layered over a plain grey top and with a chunky necklace on top. Kate, however, styles it in a more sexy way. The longer top takes place of the trousers but she'd still be one brave lady to leave the house with a dress that short - in fact I couldn't even class that as a dress! She's layered it will a tasselled scarf and a shiny leather jacket to smarten the whole outfit up a bit more.

There's plenty of ways to style it up or down for every occasion, and who says you should stop with blue stripes? Who says you should stop at a tshirt?

Topshop have a lovely Breton collection at the moment and I love the three-quarter length dress with simple stripes. Along with this they also have plenty of items in different colours such as pinks, reds, oranges and of course - blacks.

I love this monochrome Breton striped skirt, the different width of stripes looks great too. Just goes to show how the Breton style has inspired and transformed over the last century and a half yet it's still a massive part of today's fashion.

Midi Skirt - Topshop

I Need...Make Up

A wishlist this time, I can dream - can't I? So yeah if anybody has a few spare coins lying around I honestly wouldn't mind if you fancied buying me a little summit summit off this list of beautiful things!

Left to right: YSL Teint Touche Eclat Foundation - Real Techniques Limited Edition Duo-Fibre Collection - 

YSL Volupte Sheer Candy - MAC Cremesheen + Pearl - MAC Lady Danger - Benefit They're Real Mascara - 

Nars Orgasm Blusher - Naked 2 Palette - Dior Vernis Pink Kimono

One day my make up collection will be blessed with beauties such as these, to name a few. I've literally just read about the Real Techniques brushes less than 24 hours ago and how could I not include them? I have you seen them! Perfection in a box.

As for the three lipsticks, three different shades for three different occasions. One bright red, one subtler pink and one almost nude. In fact I couldn't think of another colour needed....well I could, in fact I'd like to own every colour possible but that's a different subject.

Next comes the They're Real mascara from Benefit, something I'd like to try in hope to bring a bit of length and depth to my own eyelashes without the aid of trusty false eyelashes!

And of course, the Naked 2 palette from Urban Decay, I was hooked from the moment I dipped my brush into Steph's! It's like little magical colours dancing over my eyelids, beautiful!

Finally we've got a popping pink nail varnish from Dior and the infamous Nars Orgasm blusher. As for nails, who doesn't like to stand out? You might as well and there's no better way than with this neon pink. Perfect for 'jazzing' up a plainer outfit without too much effort. The blusher however is something I've read so many review on but never been able to justify spending over 20 smackers for..one day my purse will allow this. Please.