Garment Durability Survey!!

Hey Y'all!! 

Please can you take two minutes and follow the link below and fill in my survey!? 

I'm doing some research into garment faults and hopefully going to come up with some way to fix them!! 

If you think ive left anything off please just leave me a comment!!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GLS5D88

Much Love xx

Big Student Night In!!!

So the big student night in was on Tuesday 30^th September, my excuse for not writing this post sooner is that I was a typical student after this event and went to get drunk with my friends at another student event so I was too hung-over the next day… so I do apologise!! J

So I was invited down to this event be Vikki and Helen at LFJ PR, I jumped at the opportunity as I love going to events and it is always good to get a post out of them! I am in my final year at university now so I do not really attend student stuff as I have always lived in the city and know my way around, plus I kind of fell to grown up now to be a ‘proper student’ but I thought I’d branch out and go!  

 

This event has been running for ages, it is on around the end of September so that everyone has time to settle in, it’s also a good event for you to go to with all of your new flat mates! There are sooooo many discounts on for students it is ridiculous, so be warned if you go next year save some of your student loan!

Topshop was a war zone area, they should have had a sign on the front saying

'Enter at your own risk!'

DJ's outside on Market Street, drew a crowd of people and dancers!

Chance to win money!

Busy, busy streets of Manchester

 

I took my little sister along with me for the night, when we arrived there was just a mass of people walking around, it was held at Manchester Arndale. We had a wander round as I had to find the PR manger, and then we got going. We queued up for a couple of the things as there was loads going on, you could spin this big wheel to win prizes, if you were wearing yellow you could enter a competition to win money and the list goes on.

 

#MASTUDENTSELFIE 

 

I didn’t really get the chance to do much shopping as all of the popular shops were literally queuing out of the doors, and for the sake of a new top, I just couldn’t be bothered. This event takes a lot of stamina and preparation to queue! Eat first and take a drink… you’re going to need it!!

So other than the manic student shoppers and queuers it was a good night. There were DJ’s on throughout the Arndale and outside on Market Street and some shops even had their own little events going on, it was definitely worth a visit. Plus if you pre-register you can get a £5 voucher to spend! I was lucky enough to recieve a £10 gift card which I will go back to spend, so thank you to LFJ PR for that!  

I must say my favourite thing was these two grannies driving round, we couldn't stop laughing!!

 

 

We then grabbed an ice cream from outside the Arndale and hit The Picadilly for a burger and a bottle of Wine!

 

 

Minion Mad!!

So I've not posted for a while, I've either been mad busy working loads before I go back to Uni or dying in bed from tonsillitis and my bad knees! So I had yesterday morning off work and I had to go get some new work pants, I bobbed to primark and stumbled across the best pyjama pants I've ever seen! 

If you don't know by now, I'm obsessed with Despicable Me and the Minions! So these PJ bottoms had to be purchased! 

             

I finished work at 6pm today so I decided to sleepover at my aunties as I've not seen her in forever!!! This called for the first opportunity to get my pants on, DVD night with nachos, a glass of gin and my comfys!! 

My Minion top was a present for my birthday from my aunty, I think it was from HMV

Minion Trousers: Primark £10

Worlds best accompaniment to a DVD night, Nachos!!

• Cost - around £5 depending on if you get them on offer!

• Prep time - 5 mins

• Cook time - 2-5mins 

• Serving - 2-4 depending on size of the bag of Doritos

Ingredients: 

• Cool Doritos

• Doritos Salsa Dip

• Doritos Sour Cream Dip

• Cheese Slices

• Grated Cheese

Method:

• Pour Doritos into an oven safe bowl

• Pour on some Doritos salsa dip and mix into the Doritos

• Crumble some cheese slices into the Doritos and mix in

• Grate cheese over the top and grill until melted

• Dip into Doritos sour cream dip

Trust me you won't be disappointed!!!

The night wouldn't of been complete without some of the bad boys below... 

The purple ones are my fav!! They taste like grape :)

And of course we cannot forget about my minion phone case!!!

eBay, bought a while ago, around £5 just search for minion phone cases there are sooooo many it's ridiculous!! 

So I've had a cracking evening which cheered up my long working weekend! 

I hope you've all had a fantastic Sunday and haven't missed me too much whilst I've been gone! I'm back to stay now with lots of post ideas ready to come your way!! 

Peace, love and sweet sweet dreams! XxX

September Giveaway!!!

Hey Guys!!

Well September has come around so fast and everyone's gone back to work, back to school and before we know it there will be snow on the ground and twinkly lights will be everywhere!!

So I thought why not do a giveaway to cheer everyone up!? Plus I had a pile of samples that I thought I should share!!

For this fabulous giveaway you could win:

An Identity London Watch

an IPhone 5 Little Miss Chatterbox case

A Gorgeous Lace Headband

A Vi-Id bag

2 Aveeno Hand Cream Samples

A Flava-It Barbecue Marinade

2 Redken Shampoo and Conditioner Samples

3 Redbush Teabag Samples

A Renew You Face Mask

A Despicable Me 2 drawstring bag (great for a kids swim bag)

All you have to do is enter below or enter on my Facebook Page!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Only one prize winner will be picked for the prizes in the image.

You must Like the Vixen Fashion Facebook page to participate.

Entrants open to all countries.

You must be above the age of 18 to enter, anyone that is under the age of 18 must have parents permission to enter.

Please share the giveaway with friends!

Giveaway ends 30th September at 00:00

August - September

Hey Guys!

So we are coming to the end of August and potentially the end of our summer! I'm still praying for an Indian Summer in September as I'm not ready to get the jumpers out just yet!! (I'm still wearing flipflops for goodness sake!) :) But I wanted to do like a conclusion of my favorite parts of my month and fill you in with with what I have planned for September!

My favourite parts of what I did in August...

1. My favourite meal... It has to be Bangkok Orchid in Hazel Grove, I love a good Thai and this was exactly it, really friendly atmosphere and great food!! You can read my full review HERE!

2. My favourite clothing buy...My Levi jeans, I've always wanted a pair of good quality jeans but always refused to pay the price, but I got a  bargain buy at Cheshire Oaks! Post about that fantastic day is HERE!

3. My best beauty buy... This has to be my Nailene, after my traumatic thumbnail incident I had to somehow get the acrylic off my real nail. I did a late trip to Tesco after A&E and bought it, fantastic product! It has little bristles inside to scrub your polish and nail off! I have a review of this fab product which will be out this week!

4. My best day... Going to see my big brother!! He recently moved to Poulton (near Blackpool) with his girlfriend as they are opening  a restaurant next month so I don't get to see him as often now, so I really appreciate the time I do spend with them! Plus he's a great Chef and I always get a yummy dinner!

5. My best feeling... Finishing my University placement. I was asked to stay on after my contract so I have completed 1 year and 3 months as a Garment Technologist at GSD in Preston. I have learnt so much about the technical industry of fashion, I can't wait to go back to University and apply my new skills.

What I have planned for September...

1. First thing I have planned is work! I have always worked through Uni to fund my car, phone and social life so I am going back to Mottram Hall Hotel as a waitress. As much as I have enjoyed my placement year I can't wait to get back to a busy customer service based role where I can interact with people... (I'm not sure a little office job is going to suit me for my career!)

2. I will be starting a  sketchbook again. I have kind of let all personal drawing, sticking, ideas disappear whilst I have been busy working at my placement so I am looking forward to getting back to my own creativity!! 

3. I have a summer project for Uni so I'm taking a trip to Manchester Art gallery, they have an exhibition on that I wanted to see anyway, 'Cotton Couture' I haven't been to a fashion exhibition for a while due to Whitworth Art Gallery being closed for development. Plus I'm also looking forward to seeing Bernhard Schobinger, 'The Rings of Saturn', he makes 'discovered' objects really quite beautiful, I'll post some more information when I have been. My dad has also recommended me to look at the 'Make Every Show Like Your Last' By Ryan Gander, I actually think he will tag along when I go so he can see it!

4. Events, Events, Events... I will be going to Stitching, Sewing and Hobbycraft Show at Event City on 13th September, I figured it would be good to get back into the swing of things ready for Uni, plus I got the tickets pretty cheap on Livingsocial! I'm also going to try and get to 24 Fashion Live also at Event City at the end of September.

5. Finally, I'm back to Uni!! Hurrahhh I have induction week from the 22nd and then my lectures start from the 29th so I'm sure there will be lot's of posts to update you with my final year of study and my stressed days and successful garment constructions!

Hope you have all had a fantastic Summer...

Peace & Love xx

My Weekend...

Happy Monday! 

WARNING!!! Gruesome Picture at the bottom of the post!!

Cheshire Oaks

So I started my weekend with a trip to Cheshire Oaks with my boyfriend. (After he'd given me my gorgeous new handbag below for my birthday) We both had birthdays in July so thought we’d go and spend some birthday money. If you’ve never been or never heard of Cheshire Oaks you must go, the quality of the products is no different at all, and it’s all the genuine stores outlets so they are just loads cheaper!

We started in Levi’s my other half only really wears jeans from here. Anyone who knows me knows that I’m not a massive jeans person… comfy leggings first any day, but I may have been turned in this shop. The shop assistant (whose name I didn’t catch but she did criminology or something at Uni…I’m awful I know) anyway she was so friendly, I picked my jeans quickly so I sat in the changing rooms chatting with her whilst my bf tried his on, credit it to her she quickly went and got different sizes for us and complimented when we were trying things on which just made the experience nice!  I came out with two pairs and my other half thee. The best thing was if they had all been full price I’d have left around £700 lighter, but I didn’t, I left £125 lighter with 5 pairs of jeans, which is AMAZING!!

My two pairs, top pair are  boot cut with a higher rise and bottom pair are skinny with a low rise.

We then continued to mosey through the shops getting distracted by sparkles in Swarovski and Links London, the pretty bags in Michael Kors, suits in Next and Hugo Boss and clothes everywhere lol. My other purchase of the day was a dress from French connection for £18 reduced from £80, the coral orange flashed me as I walked through the store front, I didn’t even try it on I just bought it!

Bredbury Hall

So my aunty Susannah had just got a promotion to a senior position at work in a children’s home, so we decided it be best to go out and celebrate! I had also bumped into a very old friend the week before and mentioned we may be going out so a few texts later she was on the way too! I wore my new French Connection dress and new nude heels that I found in F&F Tesco, they are lower than my normal heel but really comfy!! And surprisingly still looked as good the next day!

My new French Connection Dress

Below Susannah on the left and my friend Kirsty on the right! (always  love a selfie)

WARNING!!! Gruesome Picture below…...

Unfortunately my night ended with me being in A&E, I’m posting this as this isn’t the first time this has happened to me and everyone should be warned! I’m clumsy yes but even so, I’m not quite sure how I even did this so badly this time! Acrylics, look so pretty until you catch it badly, I first did this a few years ago on holiday and ripped my entire natural nail off, luckily it grew back!! This time and a different nail, the nail was pulled from the nail bed and I’m now bandaged up for a week then I’ll have to see how it’s healing and decide what to do! Be warned not all nails are a great idea!! I’m still in pain now!! 

 And here it is....my poorly nail ripped from my nail bed!! After 6 injections and a painful procedure that I don't want to explain again as it was horrific!! I'm just about okay with a throbbing thumb and an nice bandage!!

I spent my Sunday hungover (again) Detox has begun this week, but I got to see my two best friends so we watched a film snuggled up in my bed having a good catch up and gossip as I moaned about my thumb nail!!

Hope you enjoyed the post and I haven't put you off your dinner!!

Peace & Love!! xx

Discount!!!

It's my birthday weekend so I figured it is time for some discount!!

30% Off all items on my Etsy page! Get your Tanklet now for the rest of Summer...

Use code 30BDAY

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MyVixenFashion

Happy Friday

Have a great weekend!! 

xxx

Nipples!!

Okay so I came across these bikinis when I was doing some research into social movements to do with feminism for University. I think trying to get complete equality of men and women is great, but I’m not a massive follower of it, and not exactly going to stand and join the rallies with a picket, but each to their own. I like to think I make a difference by standing up for us gals whenever someone tries to put us down! I am such a bold, strong personality, I work in an office with 10 guys, and I’d love to see one of them dare to say anything against women, lol, to be fair they are all really nice and I don’t think they ever would!  Anyway I’m drifting away from the point of the post…

Source

So these bikini tops…What do you think? Shocking…Too Daring…Fabulous?!

I tend to only get the chance to wear a bikini when I'm on holiday; the weather isn't particularly great in the UK so holiday is when I get to flaunt what I’ve got!! Personally I despise getting tan lines, and I sunbathe topless, much to my friend’s embarrassment when we go on a girl’s holiday (well if they don't like it, they don't have to look!!) My family have never bothered about it, and my other half sure as hell didn't have a bad word to say when we went away ;) I would love to holiday near a nudist beach, it is definitely on my bucket list to go completely nude sunbathing!!

I personally love the idea of these bikinis for those that don’t want to brave it bare. It’s such a bold statement to make; I can understand why they came up with the design! Why should nipples be so obscene to get out, men have theirs out no problem as soon as it warms up! There really shouldn't be an issue with women’s nipples, I love the feeling of wearing no bra, I shouldn't have to worry what people are going to think if it gets a tad chilly and the girls want to say hello! ;)

So let’s hear your opinion….Yay or Nay??? Take the survey at the top of the page!

I love them!!

Their site can be found HERE for anyone who wants to know more or get your own!
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Happy Friday
Peace & Love! xx