Secret to Happiness

There is no happiness apart from holiness and no holiness apart from Christ. ~Dave Branon

What is Salvation?

Salvation isn't turning over a new leaf; it's receiving a new life. ~Julie Ackerman Link

Priceless Wisdom

More valuable than diamonds rare Is priceless wisdom from above; With purest gold it can't compare Because it's filled with truth and love. ~Dennis De Haan(Proverbs 3:13-14)

Recent Outfits!

OUCH. I went to the beach today with my family after a good 10 minutes perusing Boots for *the perfect* sun cream... I bought a spray on aerosol type, and it turns out I may as well have just been spraying water on myself as I have unwittingly BURNT MYSELF TO A CRISP. Not amused. I'm going to look great for work this week! I'm seriously dreading going to bed tonight. Chafesville...

Anyway, here are some fond fashion memories from the past week or so before I decided to resemble a lobster with a perfectly white face (apparently the SPF in my No7 tinted moisturiser worked better than my £8 water spray). Let's reminisce: 

(Jacket: 5€ from Paris vintage shop, tee - H&M, leggings - Monki, boots - eBay)

(Playsuit - H! by Henry Holland, sandals - c/o Tesco, Jacket - c/o Dorothy Perkins, hair scarf - charity shop)

(Cardi - H&M, Dress - c/o MinkPink, boots - Charity Shop, Necklace - c/o Rock 'n' Rose)

SO, to fill you in: 

♥ All is still awesome at work. Have been doing some great stuff, including getting an exclusive tour of the Big Brother House! Surreal but so exciting! 

♥ I'm off to PARIS on Thursday until Tuesday with the boyf and his family! Can't wait! Have any of you got any shopping/eating recommendations for us? Any would be appreciated! 

♥ I'll actually be in Paris on my birthday (4th June)! I'm thinking of putting my birthday money towards an iPad to help make my 3.5 hours of daily travel a little more productive (although I must say rotating sleeping with painting nails and doing make up on the train as I do at the moment is still quite productive!) Although I've been researching blogging on the iPad and it doesn't sound too easy? I've heard Blogsy is supposed to be a good app for Blogger blogs like mine - can any of you advise me on this? Really want to be able to blog from the train so if it can't be done on the iPad I may have to explore other options!

Enough babbling from me. Time to slather myself in after-sun and weep slightly. Don't wait up. 

xo

God's Patience

When tempted to lose patience with others, remember God's patience with you.
~Bill Crowder

Be Expecting

Your expectations set the limits for your life. If you never expect anything good, you're never going to receive anything good. If you don't expect things to get better, then nothing will get better. God promises to meet you at your level of expectancy. That's why Jesus said in Matthew 9:29, "According to your faith be it done unto you." One translation simply says, "Have what your faith expects." ~Joel Osteen

Get Wisdom

Your level of wisdom determines your level of joy.
~Dr. Mike Murdock

The Right Thing

The right time to do the right thing is always the present.
~Donnie Alexander

Character Test

Our character is measured by what we do when no one is looking. ~Cindy Hess Kasper

Don't Give Up

Don't you dare give up on anything God has called you to do...you're breakthrough is right around the corner!
~Donnie Alexander

God's People

Valuable lessons are learned from examining the lives of God's people who've gone before.
~Bill Crowder

New Boots

Evening all! Hope you've had lovely weekends? I've had a lovely one hanging out with Alex and his family. We went for the most amazing dinner last night, which weirdly feels like ages ago! I'm sure weekends seem to be lasting longer since starting the new job... Maybe I'm appreciating them more or something, but you'd think that would make them fly by? Weird but nice! 

So, here's what I wore for a wander round town: 

(Totes addicted to my Rock 'n' Rose necklace (c/o)! Tee and Jacket - H&M, Jeans - Primark, boots, eBay)

Since starting the new job, I've been on the look out for boots with heels that are super comfy to walk in (well, run in, seeing as I'm almost constantly sprinting for trains!) These chelsea boots are some of the latest additions to my shoedrobe, which I got on eBay for £19.99. They are a bit of a bluey black which is a smidge annoying, but they are so comfy, I'll let them off.  My wishlist boots are the Topshop Alexy ones but I doubt they'll be quite as comfy! And they definitely ain't £20. 

Off to tidy the bedroom now. Trashing it is the new Sunday habit while I plan out my outfits for the week! 

xo

my week in snaps!

Oh hiya! 

So, week two at the new job is over and everything's going swimmingly! Highlights of the week have been getting the opportunity to promote some great bloggers on the website in our Week in Style feature and new DIY fashion feature. I also did an ombre/leopard nail art tutorial for the site, and will be doing those weekly! Just like what I've been doing in my spare time for yonks, but I now call it a job - MADNESS.

So here's what I've been seeing this week...

My morning train must-haves - the make up bag (I can wake up about 20 mins later if I just do my make up on the train!), water to keep the brain going and a pad to jot down to-do's for the day and general ideas!

My train breakfast: Muller light (toffee - the only flavour worth getting!), and some Belvita biccies. I try to start the day healthily as it soon goes downhill... Keep reading...

I went to the Ann Summers press day on Thursday which was actually a rather tasteful do! It was mainly to showcase their new lingerie and shape-wear ranges, loads of which looked rather lovely in a pin-up sort of way (you can see some pics of the event here). They had these cool illustrations on the wall of the event:

Shoe heaven in the office at work!

Did you know Underground now do wedge creepers?! Not so 'in your face edgy' as their flat counterparts. Love!

Gaitane taking Alexxsia's outfit photo for the Office Style Blog! 

One *mental* thing about the Hearst building is the 'Good Housekeeping Institute' - a large kitchen area where food and drink brands come and demonstrate their new ranges and invite all Hearst staff for, essentially, free lunch! Yesterday, Theresa and I headed there to check out Tesco's new Italian range. I think we were the only fashion mag girls there (besides women's mags like Elle, Harper's Bazaar and Cosmo, Hearst owns a zillion other mags such as Country Living, All About Soap and Esquire) - and we went back for seconds! 

Turns out working for a fashion magazine is not the low-calorie experience I had imagined - food gets sent to the office all the time, not to mention all the yummy treats at press events! Here's a Parma Violet meringue Theresa gave me from a press day! It was amazing!

We also got sent in some muffins and Essie sent Beauty Ed Sophie some pretty cupcakes! 

Back to fash, here's a glimpse in the currently jam-packed fashion cupboard, with all of the clothes being used for upcoming shoots.

When you spend nearly 4 hours on a train every day, you learn to make yourself at home. This was me kicking back one evening and putting my feet up! I've got train-sleeping down now - my leopard print scarf makes a fine pillow! 

This is what I wore to work on Tuesday (I think!) I do have another couple of outfit photos but I left them on my computer at work so don't have them to show you now! 

(Jacket and dress - Topshop, Boots - Office, Necklace - c/o Rock 'n' Rose)

So those were some of the sights from this week! The weekend has been great so far, Alex and I woke up early (I was asleep by 10.30 last night as I was so whacked!) and read in bed for a little while before heading into town for a mooch. We're dining at one of our fave restaurants with his parents tonight, so I'm super excited about that. Tomorrow I'll just chill and blog a little bit more, too! 

Hope you're having lovely weekends where you are! 

xxx

Do What's Right

When you keep doing right things, right people enter your life. ~Dr. Mike Murdock

Delegate Tasks

Delegation is the golden key to uncommon productivity.
~Dr. Mike Murdock

Currently LOLing At:

These hilarious videos by Vice of the week's 'hottest parties', featuring ridiculous interviews between Billie JD Porter and randoms at The Ideal Homes Show and a Pet Show! Alex showed me them earlier and as I am in my PJ's by 8.30pm these days, I don't have an outfit post to share right now, so here's tonight's post! 

I thought this girl was a bit of a pillock on that TV show she was in, but credit where it's due, she made me chuckle tonight!

Think I've found my new LFW video format for next season..! 

Proper lifey update coming soon! 

xxxx

Way to Victory

The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy.
~Jennifer Benson Schuldt
(James 4:7)

Choose Friends Wisely

Every friendship feeds your future...or your weakness.
~Dr. Mike Murdock

A Soft Answer

A soft answer has often been the means of breaking a hard heart.
~Randy Kilgore

God's Love

The more we understand God's love for us the more love we'll show to others.
~Bill Crowder

A Mother's Prayers

I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
~Abraham Lincoln

my week in photos!

Evening all! Hope you've had a lovely weekend! 

A bit of a cobbled together post for you as I've been a busy bee what with the new job and all that! I thought "I know, I'll take outfit photos when I have time at the weekend" and then proceeded to spend almost the entire weekend loafing in my PJ's! Oops! Luckily, another blogger, Alexxsia, works at Company too (she's a fab writer and has loads of features in this month's issue!) so we're going to try and steal some time at lunch to take eachother's outfit photos for our blogs! 

Until then, a few photos of what my first week at Company has entailed! 

Afternoon tea at the Savoy to celebrate the launch of Schwarzkopf Professional's new Oil Miracle range:

Having a nose at the new stuff in the fashion cupboard! Love this playsuit by Finders Keepers!

The fashion team have been brainstorming styling ideas for an upcoming 70s themed shoot...

Does this count as an outfit pic? Haha - this is a tee I bought off eBay (for a little more than I would've liked..!)

Here's my desk! It looks even better now though, as my Mac just arrived! A bit untidy looking as I'd only just 'moved in' when this was taken...

Seeing as I'm covering the beauty side of things on Company.co.uk, my little windowsill has started filling up with products to trial and consider for future features! Eep! 

Sunny South Bank out of the train window on Friday evening:

My first week at Company was amahz... It feels like I've been there a month already, which is weird. I have learnt so much of the technical side of running a website, which has been fascinating, and I'm basically loving every minute of the job. I think my enthusiasm is making people in the office think I'm slightly strange, but any of you bloggers that have met me in real life will know I'm pretty much the most excited person ever... It's just my way! I do have my moments, though. Like when there was a kid screaming at the top of its lungs for fun for an eternity on the (delayed) train home on Friday. I definitely didn't want to kick it in the throat... But besides my commuter rage, I'm a truly happy soul! 

I look forward to updating you with more of the stuff I'm getting up to and shall try and get into a routine of taking outfit pics to share, too! 

xxx

OOH, also!!! If you'd like to be considered for Company's Week In Style feature, please email 7 outfit pics (along with a couple of sentences describing your outfit) to weekinstyle@company.co.uk! Don't forget to tell us your blog link if you have a blog! x

The Last Word

The best way to get the last word is to apologize.
~Anne Cetas
(Matthew 5:21-26)

Victory in Store!

Today, what are you believing God for? Does it seem impossible? Has it taken a long time? Consider your God. Consider His Word. Consider His faithfulness. Just like Abraham, you’ll grow strong in faith as you give glory to God. Your faith will open the door for God to move in your life, and you will experience the victory and breakthrough He has in store for you!
~Joel Osteen
(Romans 4:19–21-Photo Thomas KinkadeWinsor Manor)

The Blueprint

The Bible is the Christian's blueprint for life.
~Joe Stowell
(Hebrews 4:12)

Possible with God

When God gives us an impossible task--it becomes possible.
~David McCasland
(Luke 1:37)

New Kid On The Block

Sooooo, today was my first day at Company Magazine! 

It was a fab first day, much of which was spent getting my head around the content management system - a bit like Blogger but marginally less user-friendly..! I sit with Theresa the Web Editor (aka 'boss'!), Sophie the Beauty Editor and Georgia the beauty intern, so there are beauty products absolutely everywhere! It's heavenly. 

Part of my job is to update readers of Company.co.uk with my Daily Beauty Lust Have (the first of which I wrote up today about Bourjois' new magic polish remover!), and also take lots of street style pics. So if you're in London and looking hawt, I'll be coming to find you! 

So here's what I wore on my first day. Company's Editor Victoria and I ventured out into the street together to take each other's outfit pic!

You can see all of the item details in my blurb on today's Office Style Blog, and keep an eye on the Company HQ tab for mine and the team's future outfits! 

Off to bed now, am knackered after my 5.15AM start (which really wasn't necessary, I just wanted to be extra prepared - won't be trying that one again!) 

Looking forward to tomorrow's outfit, which I'll hopefully update you with on here! A bit more of a girly affair...

Nighty night!

♥