Living at home for University: Perks & Preparation

Living at home perks

So as most of you know I will be studying at The University of Sunderland in just under a weeks time, to study Fashion Journalism. I'm super excited to see everyone again that I met at summer school and to finally experience freshers... I'm a year behind okay most people in my year went to uni last year, I just didn't have a clue what I wanted to study. Although I will be studying in Sunderland I am going to be living at home and travelling through. Sunderland is about a 20 minute train journey/30 minute drive so it really isn't that bad at all. I chose not to live in halls as I've already got everything here on my plate, speaking of plates I can't cook so I would probably starve or live on pot noodles and look like a whale, I also don't particularly know how to use a washing machine (even though I used the one at work today, shh don't tell my parents). I know University is good for learning all of that kind of stuff but I'm just not interested in that yet, I don't think I ever will be with cooking, maybe next year, plus your parents are the best people to learn from, right?

Interning with AX Paris ft Manqunian lifestyle

Hi everyone!

I'd say i've had a well deserved break from blogging possibly about 3 weeks but whilst i've been away I've been learning some valuable experience in the fashion industry before starting The University of Sunderland in September where I will be studying Fashion Journalism, 19 days till freshers, whose excited? 

After my work experience on Newcastle Fashion week I was eager to learn more about the fashion industry, but through the area that I will be studying in. I emailed around magazine's and online websites and eventually got a reply from the team at AX Paris who are based in Manchester. I originally only wanted to do a couple of days as I've never really been away from home on my own but 2 weeks was the minimum and there was no way I was turning an opportunity like that down. Fortunately, my dad's step sister recently moved to Manchester which is where I stayed for the 2 weeks and boy we had so much fun.

I arrived at Manchester Piccadilly on Monday 3rd August real early and I basically got straight to the busy, city working life, I made my own way to where I needed to be (without my precious car), I met the team at AX Paris and got straight into the Social Media side of the company. I looked for bloggers that they could work with, companies to collaborate with, I did work through Instagram and work on the website itself such as linking Celebrity style steals to the product on the website, linking bloggers and also working behind the scenes so that the new collection went live on time. I also got to write a piece for the AX Paris blog about Rosie Fortescue's style steal, you can view it at the very end of this post. I felt so privileged to be with the team at the time of AW15 launch, if you haven't already shopped the style go ahead here.

London Travels

So I haven't really blogged for the past two weeks because I literally haven't stopped working or going on train journeys, which I quite like doing now, I use to be terrified of trains. All of my train journeys have consisted of getting on the Grand Central to Kings Cross, London. I haven't been to London in over a year I think and I've literally been twice within a week. 

I get a starbucks in Kings Cross every time. 

Transformation Tuesday

Okay so I've kept this quiet allllll day. Everyone knows I've been wanting to change my hair (again) but I wasn't quite sure how. One minute I'm thinking extensions, next minute I'm thinking short, then its 'oh I'll just have a trim. Oh and obviously the colour, I'm always changing that to. So last night I was sat flicking through google images 'Celebrity hairstyles 2015' to be specific and trying to see what I think would suit me and my personality best. I like to be a lady but I've got my edgy way about it. As much as I love long hair and you can do so much with it, it just gets in the way sometimes and especially when its hot and its stuck to your neck, ew. Short hair has its downfalls though, you can't tie it back if its too short. What would I prefer though loads of hair stuck to my neck or little bits sticking down ? Well you can see where this is going really can't you.

I went for short!