Sugarlips!

I literally screamed when this shirt came in the post. I am a total sucker for pretty shirts and this is no exception! I know I've probably said this before about other shirts, but this one is truly and utterly perfect. It has a lace pocket, a collar, an open back, lace detailing and it buttons down after the open back. As I said, this is a perfect shirt! I got it from Sugarlips, and they are fast becoming one of my favourite online stores. Everything is so pretty on there!

Sorry if this post is a little photo heavy. I finally have a new camera thanks to my very gorgeous and lovely bf , who got it for me for my birthday. But thankfully let me have it a few days early (my birthday is on the 13th) thankyouthankyouthankyou! I had too much fun running around the garden taking a stupid amount of photos in each location but I had to test the camera out hahaha.

Also I made the suspenders that I'm wearing myself!! Seeing as I hardly ever make anything, unless cutting up some jeans into shorts count?! I am ridiculously proud of myself. Hahaha, my best friend Maya, asked me how I made them and I replied with "magic", ha, if only. Can you imagine it?!

Carmen Ri ♥

What I'm wearing
Shirt ♥ Sugarlips
Bra ♥H&M
Headband ♥ H&M
Shorts ♥ H&M
Suspenders ♥ Made by me..I mean magic!
Socks ♥ Oasap
Shoes ♥ JC

Pearls

 I don't tend to do a lot of online shopping, preferring to go out and look at clothing in person. But, still the internet is a wonderful place in which to find new places to shop. The other week I looked in my inbox to find a lovely email from Maria from Oasap, asking whether I would like to take partner up with them. At first I was a little apprehensive, I don't want to be one of those bloggers who are clearly selling something for another company and are trying to hide that fact that they are so. I'm very selective about putting any advertisement on my blog, at the moment I only have three and they are only there as I would and have shopped from there before. But after looking through the shop, I realized I would wear nearly everything!

So I chose two things; the ultra cute denim shirt and a pair of over the knee pastel pink fishnet socks. The denim shirt is so cute, that when it arrived it made me squeal over how cute it was. For me, the best thing about it is the pearls that decorate the collar and I'm a sucker for adorable collars. The socks are so pretty, I'm in love with pastel colours right now, and these the perfect colour. Haha reminds me of candy. 

Carmen Ri ♥

What I'm wearing:

Denim shirt  ♥ Oasap

Dress  ♥ Free People

Socks  ♥ Oasap

Watch  ♥ Timex

Paris

As a Christmas present to my mum, my sister and I brought her tickets to Paris! So on Friday off we went on the Eurostar to Paris for 2 days. It was 2 days filled with lots and lots of walking. I haven't walked that much in years, haha. As well as the walking, we also did a lot of shopping and eating. I went to a few vintage shops recommended by a friend and was pleasantly shocked at how cheap everything was. I now have an overload of polka dotted items (one of the shirts I brought I'm wearing above). So expect a lot more posts filled with polka dots! Though we went to some other stores, such as Etam, Stradivarious and Eleven Paris. Eleven Paris was an amazing little shop, the clothes were gorgeously simple and I wish I hadn't spent most of my money in other shops, as I found such a lovely shirt I wanted there in such a lovely shade of green.

The first place we went to after we got off the Eurostar was Sacre Couer, which was amazing. You had to walk up a bazillion steps and then you were greeted by the sight of a beautiful church. The most rewarding part of visiting there was the view. It was gorgeous, you could see across most of the city. Also we went inside the church and there were nuns singing and they had the prettiest of voices! 

The next day we went to this lovely cafe called Cafe de Flore, which was so so lovely. I had the best hot chocolate I ever had there, and some really yummy French onion soup. This was the best place we went to eat, it was so busy and bursting with people. 

One of my favourite things about the city was the graffiti and posters that were placed everywhere. Whilst

shopping we came across a Mario on one wall and a really cool horror style poster that was peeling off on another. Though my favourite one was definitely the wall with "regarde le ciel" sprayed on it. 

Sorry about the amount of photos, I took a lot!

Carmen Ri ♥

What I'm wearing:
Black Jacket ♥ Vintage
Denim Shorts ♥ Vintage
Striped Crop Top ♥ Topshop
Flat Shoes ♥ Next
Buckled Shoes ♥ JC
Polka Dot Shirt ♥ Vintage
Polka Dot Shorts ♥ Mink Pink
Socks ♥ Topshop and H&M