Lifestyle | Intu MK AW17 Style Garden Event

To say that I am excited for Autumn and Winter to arrive might be an understatement! I am *super* excited! I love the change in weather, making the house feel warm and cosy with a million candles and, of course, switching my summer clothes for pieces more cool weather appropriate.

To start off the season for me was a visit to the AW17 Style Garden at Intu Milton Keynes. If you're local to the area make sure that you head down there, the event is on this weekend (23rd and 24th). If you don't get a chance to go, carrying on reading and see what I got up to on Friday night!

First of all can I say how spoilt we were, waiting for us were complimentary mini facials or massages from the ladies at Clarins, make up sessions with make up artists from Laura Geller and Bare Minerals, AW fashion from TopShop, New Look, Miss Selfridge and Karen Millen and hair styling by Rush Hair. I did not want this event to end, seriously.

My first stop was Clarins for a mini massage. After 5 minutes in the chair I felt ready to go and try everything but, not before I tried some of their Double Serum, it felt so nice on my skin, definitely on my list of skincare to purchase.

Next I went to visit the Bare Minerals stand. Lets just say this might have just become my new favourite make up brand. I'm going to be doing a separate post on this next week so watch out for that. I had to prise myself away from the chair. If you visit Intu MK please visit them in Debenhams!

 There was more beauty from Laura Geller, I could not resist a peek at this stand before the event started. Next to it was Glam Glow, I have heard so many good things about this brand so, no doubt I will be trying this in the near future.

 You can find all these brands inside Debenhams. Don't forget to pick up one of their Beauty Club reward cards as well!

Now of course alongside the beauty there was plenty of fashion. New Look and Miss Selfridge had some beautiful AW pieces. Top Shop had the most beautiful bags, jackets and jumpers. There were a few items that really caught my eye from Top Shop, first off this beautiful bag. I can see this with the white shirt (below), some light denim straight jeans and a pair of converse for a smart casual weekend look.

Karen Millen pieces had AW written all over them., everything had the perfect hues and textures to add to your wardrobe. I definitely had some style inspiration to take away after looking at this stand. My favourite piece was the white shirt, I love the way a crisp white shirt can be worn with a smart suit or just casually with jeans and trainers.

Lots of lovely hair products from Rush. They also have some travel sets available for £24.95!

At the end of the event we received a goody bag which was full of amazing goodies! I can't wait to try everything!

So, don't forget to head on down to Intu MK to see the Style Garden for yourself, its on this weekend.  You can keep up to date with Intu on Instagram here.


Thank you to Intu MK for such a fabulous event!

Style | Outside my comfort zone

Hi!

Recently I have been updating my wardrobe for the last of the summer months and also preparing for autumn, which is my favourite season. I have been tending to reach for black, blue and white items so, when I saw this dress, I thought it would add a really nice pop of colour in amongst all the solids.

This floral print dress was so far out of my comfort zone! However, I was pleasantly surprised when I tried it on. The floral pattern against the white makes for a beautiful contrast, I would normally have just gone for black but there was something much more appealing about the white. The dress is slightly see through so you need to wear a little top and shorts or a slip underneath. The V neck is also quite deep so, if like me you are not comfortable with low cut clothing, just add a thin vest top underneath and it still works perfectly.

I've worn this twice so far and I absolutely love it. I am just keeping my fingers crossed that the weather improves so I can get more wear out of it before summer is over!

Dress - Lovedrobe*

Vest Top - Forever21

Shoes - New Look (old)

Bag - Kate Spade

*Item gifted for review