The Monday Piece - Warmer Days

This week's Monday Piece is on warmer days! It's been so lovely having warmer, dryer days - last weekend was a mega wet one but also a busy one, i spent the bank holiday out for lunch and shopping, had an evening at the boxing, attended a close friend's wedding, then ended it at a chilli festival! So this weekend i've had a chilled one, relaxing in my jeans and and running a few errands, plus enjoying the warmer weather and having a picnic in the garden and some tasty gluten free food at a country pub! My weekends usually revolve around food :).
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*Zara top, here*
*J Brand jeans*
*c/o Fred N' Mates belt, here*
*Missy Empire boots, here*
*ASOS choker, similar, here*
*Bracelet, gift*

Wrap Dress and Knee Highs

A quick mid week outfit post today! Wearing my beloved knee high suede boots, I wanted a pair of ridiculous patent pvc thigh highs from Kurt Geiger but when I went to purchase they'd sold out...story of my life. I've had this dress years, literally, and it still feels as good as it did when I first bought it - wrap styles are my saviours!
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*In Love With Fashion dress, here*
*Dune over the knee boots, here*
*Saint Laurent sunglasses*
*Boohoo necklace*
*Bracelet, gift*

The Monday Piece - RUSH Birmingham Balayage Review

This week's Monday Piece is on RUSH Birmingham balayage review! I've been wanting to start the balayage process for a while now but wanted to go somewhere i knew i could trust to do a good job, so i went to the RUSH salon in Birmingham to review their very popular balayage service! My hair is fairly long so i want to avoid the 'stripy' or 'blocky' standard ombre, i explained to my lovely stylist Lewis that i was looking for something more natural that blended into my hair that i could then build up as and when i please - Lewis was great and reassured me that they'd make it look as natural as possible, adding in some honey colours to break up the brown a little.

They started off by dying my hair, and left it to develop, once done i went to have it washed off and a toner put in to get rid of any weird colouring the dye might have produced - followed by an amazing Kerastase treatment that left my hair smelling, looking, and feeling amazing! My hair was a little scruffy and needed a tidy up, so Lewis trimmed the ends taking an inch off whilst it was wet to give it a more sleek, healthy appearance. I'm not the biggest fan of having it trimmed as i'm always scared the stylist will take too much off, but Lewis reassured me and showed me exactly how much was going to be taken off which definitely put me more at ease! When blow dried and styled i couldn't wait to see the finished result and how it looked - i was in the salon for around 3 hours so it took a little time, and it was dark outside when we finished, so i'm hoping the pictures have captured the colours well, if not then this blog post also shows the colours nicely in a more natural light. I've included a before, during and after photo so you can see the change!

I'm mega happy with how it looks and as it's a gradual change it wasn't too much to get used to, i'm loving the lighter style and think it'll be great when the weather gets brighter too - Lewis recommended another 2 balayage slots to get to the final result and full ombre style so watch this space! RUSH Birmingham looked after me so well and are awesome at what they do, so if you're after a new salon to go to then definitely check them out!
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*Haircut c/o RUSH Birmingham, for full details of the salon click here*