LIFESTYLE: Teenage Girls Gift Guide

I'm very happy to say that this blog post will be entirely dedicated to 'teenage girls stocking stuffers' something I know a lot about. I've put together a list of things you could get your daughter, sister, probably not you mum, grandchild or friend to make their Christmas special.

So without further ado lets get shopping(or reading).

1. Chocolates, this present is probably the most versatile gift you could possibly give someone. Big it's always nice to unwrap a big box of chocolates. Maybe get a slightly more expensive brand of chocolates for the older generation and save the £2 chocolate boxes for your siblings or children in your life. Hotel chocolat has some cool things on offer this year.
ON MY LIST:Hotel chocolat chocolates

2. Something for pamper time, this is a very obvious one, especially for teenage girls. If you know the person you buying for likes a nice bath, you need to make your way to lush or the bodyshop.
ON MY LIST: Zoellas fizz bar on my list along side a big long list of lush products.

3. Beauty related; Something high end, it so nice to unwrap a Chanel or Bobbi brown little box on Christmas day *secretly praying for the bobbi brown warm glow eye palette*. Treat them, buy something they might not be wanting to spend their pay day money on but you know secretly want.
ON MY LIST:Too many...

4. Underwear; You may think this is weird to buy pants but they are very useful and helpful in today's world(strange i know) and something that you don't actually want to spend your money on through out the year(think of all those galaxy bars you'd rather have instead). Personally Pants is a good gift.
ON MY LIST:Jack wills Hartford boy pants

5. A book, something educational under the tree. Well that is if you count reading about fashion and Alexa Chungs biography as education... I've wanted to read it by alexa Chung for so long now and it is not making its way off my Christmas list!!
ON MY LIST: It by Alexa Chung

6. A nice perfume; And last but certainly not least is a perfume, I've opted for Chanel because it's every girls dream, but of course swap it for a fragrance that your Customer would like. I actually don't want to the one shown in the image, I like the Coco noir.
ON MY LIST:Chanel Coco Noir spray 50ml

Now you've spent all this money on your gifts you need to get some bloody awesome gift wrap just to live up to the presents inside. My favourite place to buy gift wrap is definitely paper chase. It's got
everything you need to make your gifts look absolutely fabulous underneath the tree.
Christmas pudding present toppers// Metallic raffia- Gold, White and Silver// Silver craft wrapping paper // Wild stags wrapping paper //Multicoloured sequins //

BEAUTY: Lush haul

 Oops i did it again, i went into lush, got lost with the sent. Wow, i can be the new brittany. Hello all, how has your week been. My week so far has been lovely, went to lush which made it 10x better than an average week.
This post, i'd like to think is quite self explanatory? So there will not be much writing involved... All products will be linked at the end. If you do want me too review one of the products please comment which one you'd like to see.

Agnes approved of candy mountain.

Snow Fairy body wash
Butter Bear Bath bomb
Candy Mountain Bubble Bar
Lush Charity Pot 
Tea-Tree Toner Tab

LIFESTYLE: November Favourites

Hello from me and from Maggs and Agnes the two creatures clutching at my jumper. Or just my guinea pigs. Today I have a favorites post and I've never done one of these so bear with me if mine is cr*p. Oops.
I have picked out a selection of things that I have enjoyed using in November. That could be beauty fashion, films, books or anything really that I have enjoyed or liked in November. So without further ado let's make a start.

You may ask why there is a picture of my cat in my favorites, well to say the truth, I don't really know if i can say he's only a favorite for November because I love him all year round...

I think I am the last person to Read this book. In November I was reading Hunger Games, Catching fire. Is it called Hunger Games catching fire or just catching fire of just hunger games because I really do not know... But I thoroughly enjoyed this book and am now reading mocking jay.

I bought this film mid way through November and I'm not going to lie, I've watched it about 5 times. Oops. I just love the story line and think that Renee zellweger, she is just such a funny actress and is just perfect for playing the character Bridget.

Vitamin water, I discovered this when I was walking home from school. I really needed something to quench my thirst and so walked into morrisons. I had £1.70 in my pocket and all i wanted more in the world was a little bottle of sprite which i knew was 60p or so. I scanned the drinks shelves for the sprite bottles but unfortunately all i found was coke, smart water and vitamin water. I didn't want coke and i thought smart water was a little boring for a Friday afternoon so instead painfully decided to spent every last penny i had on a bottle of vitamin water and as you can probably tell by the empty bottle in the picked are the fact it is in my 'monthly favorites' i enjoyed it, alot...

Bella Pierre, this is a new cosmetic brand that i had not heard of until i got given this little pallet. I got given it by one of my mums good friend because she bough it online and then when it arrived didn't like the colors, she couldn't send it back; don't ask me why. But fortunately for me, i really like the colors and think that they really compliment my eye color, hazel with tints of green, if you where wondering.

Im not going to go into too much detail about these as i have explained my love for them in my previous blog post, if you have not read i would highly recommend it. I just really like the two colors and think that L'Oreal is a really good brand.

AND LAST BUT (PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT) CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, a big big BIG, mug full of hot chocolate!!I like mine with marshmallows and the other night tried using a candy cane as a spoon and oh my goodness guys, if you are going to make yourself a hot chocolate, use a candy cane as a spoon. It is like drink winter.

Well that's it from me, cheerio
Bella xxx

LIFESTYLE: Holly jolly Christmas TAG

December December December where have you been all year?I've decided as tomorrow is the first of December to do the holly jolly Christmas Tag because I thourght it would be fun and funny...
Holly Jolly Holiday Tag Questions:
-Favorite Christmas movie? If I was to say elf I would just be a cliche so Im going to have to go for either family stone or home alone 1 because the are very good. Family stone has a great cast and an amazing story line, defiantly watch it if you haven't!! Home alone i don't really think needs a lot of explaining. Macaulay Culkin fits the bill very well.

-Are you on the Naughty list or the Nice list? I wouldn't be the one to awnser this one but I guess the naughty, oops.

-Have you ever had a White Christmas? Yes a few, we've had more white Christmas eves which have been very fun, once me and my brother went out in our pjs to have a snowball fight because we where just so excited that it's was snowing, normal children.

-Where do you usually spend your holiday? At home, we usually will go out to relatives for new year.

-Play or sing your favorite Christmas song! You want me too pick one, I have a 100 song playlist on spotify and I can only pick one? Well my fave Christmas song would then have too be, baby it's cold outside, the original. Or driving home for Christmas by Chris Rhea.

-Do you open any presents on Christmas Eve? Yes we get to open one present that we pick. Lots of people open pjs on christmas eve but we just chose a present to open, like a lucky dip...

-Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? 
Without googles help(I'm going to fail): rudolf, dasher, dancer, prancer, blixon, is there one called comet? Cupid and I think there's donner... silently singing the song.

-What holiday tradition are you looking forward to most this year? Making new ones, we don't really have any.

-Is your Christmas tree real or fake? Real, of course, they just smell so so good!!!

-Hands down, what's your all-time favorite holiday food and holiday sweet treat? Hands down it's has to be candy canes. Snuggling on the sofa watching a Christmas movie whilst holding the guineas and drinking a hot chocolate using the candy cane as a soon. That Is winter in a nutshell. 

-Be honest: do you like giving gifts or receiving gifts better? Both, I love planning the gifts I will be giving and doing late night Christmas shopping and I love to wrap the gifts. I think I should work at Lapland gift wrapping all the toys...

-What would be your dream place to visit for the holiday season? New yoooooork!! Do I need to say anymore!?

-Does your family have a special holiday recipe you like to help make? My mum makes a pretty good Yorkshire puddin'. They blow up like balloons in the oven and go a little crazy. 

-Are you a pro-present wrapper, or do you fail miserably? I love gift wrapping but I do have to pace myself because I will get frustrated that the paper won't go the way I intended it to go.

-Most memorable Holiday moment? Has to be when I was about 5 or 6 and I got a white Nintendo ds for Christmas, I was over the moon with this present, litterally the best thing ever. I loved mario cart so much that I didn't look where I was walking and walked strait into the kitchen cupboards, still remember thy moment to this day.

-What made you realize the truth about Santa? My silly brother told me one day.

-Do you make New Years resolutions? Do you stick to them? I do make them but there usually broken within the first week of January.

-What makes the Holidays special for you? The atmosphere of it all, the jollyness of everyone and how joyful people get. And the presents, well there just an extra layer of happiness for everyone.

Have a nice week, cheerio
Bella xxx

STYLE: Monochrome winter

Good morning all! As I type this I feel as if my fingers are going to stop working mid sentence. The weather is insane at the moment. Aposoutly FREEZING!! I don't know how people live in such extreme temperatures else where in the world! It's been down to -3 degrees today and oh my goodness is it so cold.
Alas the cold weather means wrapping up warm and wearing nice cosy clothing items. Therefor I do have a OUTFIT  post for you all today!! Woop woop. It's an asos edit and that therefor mean I did indeed go slightly crazy. But when I saw their selection of Christmassy socks, I decided that that was an exception I was willing to make(and dos go slightly crazy).

Monochrome winter wishlist by bellaaaykroyd featuring asos handbags

Asos is a definite favorite shop for me, I think of it as a communal online shopping center because it brings lots of shops together into one sight which for me is perfect because, if Im being honest, I cannot be bothered to go looking through a billion different online shops to find several clothing items I want.
My set is definitely very very monochrome(basically my style) but I did find the shrug which I immediately fell in love with and adored.
I really loved the bag because it was very minimal and chic, easy to dress up or dress down depending on what I'm doing.
Despite it being winter, I do think that sunglasses are still a very handy thing to have and really liked the rectangular cat eyes I saw.
The White shoes are different to what I would usually go for and are a big fashion statement which I don't really have the confidence to wear but would try to pull them off.
Those where my favorites from this set I have made but I do think all of the items on here are lovely and would wear them all, particularly the bag and sunglasses.

I hope you all have a lovely week, cheerio!
Bella xxx

BEAUTY: Nail Varnishes

Hello or should i say welcome to my little guilty pleasure. no, no chocolate is here, its just a blog. Well, hello everyone! Id just like to start of by saying thank you all so much for visiting and commenting and liking, if you have, and please follow me! Ive been wanting to start off a blog for so long now as the whole idea of YouTube ing, isnt really my cup of tea. I decided that, after lots of pushing myself, i would start blogging about the lings i am passionate about, make up and clothes. Just kidding, On my blog you may find a variety of different things that could entail beauty or  fashion may even do a little cooking(i do love a bit of cooking) or just to sum it all up into a nutshell my blog is going to be a lifestyle blog so all those this under one http.

Ive made a few plans on some blog ideas but not many so would appreciate it if you would comment some ideas you may have and i can try them out.

Gotten all the rambley parts taken care of and so now am actually going to write about something you probably care about.

My Favorite Autumn/ winter nail varnishes- Ive picked out high and low end products to hopefully suit everyone budget. (this may give a little inspiration on Christmas gifts, i shall be writing a blog post on a Christmas gift guide as well)

My first set is what im going to call glitz and glamour because they are all neutral with shimmer, not mentioning the glitter nail varnish in the middle!! I really like the L'Oreal nail varnishes, i think its the brush that is just so easy to use. They're long but wide so you can cover your whole nail in one motion. I have two, the greyish toned one is called parisian roof and i absolutely adore this color on my nails i think it looks super chic and the other called macaron noisette which is more of a neutral beige with a slight shimmery tint. I think that the L'Oreal nail varnishes are a reasonable price for the product your buying as they do last quite a while. The middle colour is from primark and is a gold glitter, i think that this nail varnish is so pretty on a feature nail with a nice grey for the rest and it looks super chic and classy! This i got in a set for £2. Bargain.

L'Oreal Parisian Roof

Primark

L'Oreal Macaroon Noisette

My second set is more of a wintery scene. I think that the colors are very chic and classy when on and although black can be a grungey color i think the chanel one i have is perfect because when it catches the light it does go shimmery and really beautiful. They grey is from primark and was also in a set for £2 and although i really like the shade it produces it isnt very hard waring and does chip easily.

Primark beauty, grey

Chanel noir ceramic 337

My last but certainly not least is my Christmas nail varnishes. If you know me and you know me quite well you will know how much i love Christmas, if you don't know me, ill just tell you now, Christmas is my favorite  time of the year. I just love Christmas... These nails are perfect for The day or a Christmas party you may be attending and they are so festive and beautiful. They are both red but they look classic and you can wear the sparkle over the red and it looks so festive and lovely.

Nails inc- hampstead heath 

chit chat

Thats it for me, thanks for reading and commenting,if you do, and please follow!
Bella xxx