Lizzie Gines x Tobi | Those Nights Out

We're coming towards the end of the Tobi collaboration, and today I'm here with the final of three outfits. If you've had a chance to check out my other two posts (you can find them here and here), then one of the first things you may have noticed could've potentially been just how girly and summery both outfits were.

Well today we're here to switch things up.

It was initially something that slightly worried me, as one of the products that I was asked to pick out from the Tobi website was a bodysuit. Now bodysuits until very recently were always something I avoided; they all seemed to be too skintight or felt incredibly uncomfortable as someone who is a little taller. However, as I was scrolling through the website, I was pleasantly surprised to find a fair few options that wouldn't cling to my skin and make me so undoubtably uncomfortable.

Lizzie Gines x Tobi | It's Disney Day

As I know many of you are frequent Disney World goers like myself, it seemed only fitting to include and outfit that I would deem perfect for a day at one of the Disney theme parks within this collaboration with Tobi.

I tend to head over to Florida within the early Autumn months... when the heat is still at its maximum, so comfortable and loose summer clothes are a must for me. In fact, if I had a choice I'd opt for either a comfy playsuit or floaty shorts for a day in the parks - those of you who watch my vlogs may have noticed! So when I saw these duckegg blue floral shorts on the Tobi site, I just knew I had to have them, and let's just say that I was beaming for joy when I received them; there's no doubt that these beauties will be heading over to Florida with me this year.

Lizzie Gines x Tobi Collaboration | Transitioning Into Spring

As you can most likely tell, something very, very exciting happened recently! I was contacted by the lovely people over at Tobi, an online fashion retailer based in California, in relation to a collab featuring their beautiful clothes. In fact, I've been scouring the Tobi website since circa 2013, but had yet to buy anything due to the higher shipping costs and customs fees. So on another note, I'm quite glad this collab came along, as by just quickly glancing back on their website again, I noticed that they now offer free UK shipping and have already paid VAT and duties for you... basically, they'll be no nasty customs fees waiting for you upon arrival (and I'll be buying more)!

Anyway, back to the collab!

I was given the chance to pick out a selection of clothing from their website; three which would have eventually been sent my way. Well they recently arrived and today we've got the first of three items on show.

Where I'll Be Looking During The Boxing Day Sales

Okay, maybe it's a little early to begin thinking about this, I mean, it's over a week away, but being the big spender I am, one of the things I greatly look forward to after Christmas day is embarrassingly the Boxing Day sales! Now I'm definitely not one of those people to get up at the crack of dawn and head down to my favourite store to try and scour for the best bargains, I much prefer doing it all from the comfort of my own home, online, as I'm sure many of you do too. 

Based on previous years, there's certain stores which I always love looking at as Boxing Day rolls around. So I've decided to share with you some of those stores, as well as some of my favourite items currently in stock - let's hope they all go on sale in time for the 26th!

Walking In A Winter Wonderland

I'm sure you're well and truly aware, but winter has certainly arrived here in the UK! A blessing and curse all at once, it seems as though us in the Midlands and those in Wales have gotten the brunt of the snow this time around. There's so much to love about the snow, yet I despise it all at the same time.

I love how Christmassy the snow makes me feel, especially in the run-up to the special day; I love seeing how happy all the kids are, knowing that they're able to spend the day sledding and making snowmen, and the fashion; I love being able to pull out my chunkiest scarves, oversized coats and wooly hats; I absolutely love it all!

But at the same time I'm absolutely terrified; terrified of slipping on the ice, as well as driving on it too! I'm sure many countries who receive feet upon feet of the stuff are probably laughing at how us Brits handle the situation - cancelling schools, having days of work, public transport grinds to a near halt etc. but in retrospect we're just not used to this weather here. I don't know what it's like where you live, but 90% of the time when in snows in my town, it just doesn't stick that much, and if it does it's simply a light coating, not the 4-5 inches we received in a few hours yesterday. Plus what's the point in purchasing snow tyres to use once every few years when the snow decides to stick?

The Christmas Jumper | Rudolph Jumper From George At ASDA

Until recently, or should I say last year, I'd never owned a Christmas jumper. I know, disgraceful! But since my first jumper purchase, all I've wanted is more! There are so many cute styles on offer now (check out my Christmas jumper post here), but I've really been holding off purchasing another one as I can really only wear it for one month of a year. With that said, it probably wouldn't be odd to see me in a Christmas jumper in May...

Party Dress Season | Top Picks At ASOS £30 & Under

Boohoo Metallic Stripe Cut Out Mini Dress (£25) | New Look Metallic Ruffle Cold Shoulder Bodycon Dress (£24.99) | Boohoo Mesh Stripe Bodycon Dress (£24.50) | Glamorous Chevron Tassel Cami Dress (£28) | Missguided Bardot Bodycon Mini Dress (£21) | Boohoo Embroidered Top Mini Bodycon Dress (£21)

Yesterday it was Christmas jumpers, and today it's party dresses! Whether you're on the lookout for a Christmas party dress or for something to wear to bring in the New Year, (yes, that is happening soon), I have you sorted with a selection of dresses £30 and under from ASOS. 

ASOS as always have a wide range of party dresses in stock. It's usually my go-to site when I'm on the search for any specific pieces of clothing as they tend to have many different styles at all price points. Whether you prefer a tight-fitting bodycon dress or a floaty fit-and-flare dress, there's something to suit all your needs, and I hope I have you sorted too!

The (Not So) Ugly Christmas Jumpers You Need

Forever 21 Fair Isle Christmas Jumper (£19) | Simply Be Christmas Santa Jumper (£10) | Missy Empire Red Bambi Knitted Christmas Jumper (£20) | Forever 21 Chill Snowman Christmas Jumper (£20) | WearAll Knitted Fair Isle Christmas Jumper (£21) | Forever 21 #Elfie Graphic Chirstmas Jumper (£19)

Along with Christmas comes Christmas fashion. Those ugly Christmas jumpers are my number one fashion essentials as this festive season kicks into gear. If you're however still on the lookout for one, then fear not, because Lizzie has you sorted! After scouring the web for some time in search for some awesome Christmas jumpers (they're totally not ugly, let's be honest), I picked out a few favourites that will help to get you into that festive spirit before the big day rolls around!

Drugstore Makeup Haul ft. Maybelline & Revlon!

 

So after saying to myself that I was going to be good this month and spend absolutely no money on unnecessary clothes and makeup, I can safely say that this has pretty much gone tits up...

Sometimes when I have a little time to spare whilst at uni, I always somehow seem to end up in Boots, Superdrug or some clothing store, and then my purse just magically appears whilst I'm waiting at the checkouts with too much stuff in my hands...how does this always happen?!

 

I have been picking up both beauty and fashion items, however in this post I'm simply going to just show you the makeup products I picked up - if you want to see what fashion items I picked up, make sure to watch my new haul video at the end! Before getting started, I'd also like to apologise for the lack in posts this week. I've had a lot to deal with these past two weeks, but now as I have some spare time, I'm here again!!

Clothing Haul! Missguided, New Look, Primark & TopShop!

I know I've said before that I really struggled finding anything to purchase in the Christmas/January sales, but now I can take that back and safely say that I am completely spent out! After a few trips to multiple shopping centres and a cheeky online order, I need to stop spending money for quite some time now!

#Nextmas Wishlist

As I'm a member of the Next Blogger Network, I was recently sent an email from them regarding their new competition, the #Nextmas Wishlist. Basically, what we needed to do was create a wishlist containing a maximum of 10 Next products, with the 5 best entries winning one of the items within their wishlist, picked at random. As I'm a huge lover of Next products (specifically their clothing), and because they have some amazing stuff out right now, I jumped at the chance to enter this competition!

I have however done this a little differently to everyone else. Instead of just creating a random wishlist from products on their site, I decided to create a wishlist made up of two outfits (night and day) that I would wear during the Winter months!

Things Are Heating Up // Haul

Over the Easter break, I spent a large chunk of my time focussing on coursework. As a little reward to myself, I decided that the best thing for me to do would be a little shopping...aka spending money I don't have. I've picked up some really great things for the upcoming summer from Forever 21, New Look, H&M and Boots - we can only hope that at some point it gets a little warmer here in England!

 

Summer Wishlist // Topshop

 

Recently, I've found that I've been sooo obsessed with the new Spring and Summer fashion coming into stores. One of my favourite stores, like many bloggers out there is Topshop, however as I'm pretty poor right now, I can't really afford anything there. So I just spend my days lusting after everything online.

HAUL // £1 H&M Sale!!

Last week, my local H&M at uni was having a MASSIVE sale and being the typical shopaholic and bargain hunter I had to go and check it out! What was so amazing about this sale was the fact that over half of the sale items were £1, I'm not kidding, I swear! I managed to pop down on the second day of the sale so unfortunately a lot of the really good stuff had gone, but I still managed to find some pretty good things and for £1 per item I can't exactly complain!