GIRL HAIR

As my hair has grown longer I have made friends with my GHDs in a big way. There is so much hair it really needs taming. 

I've never been one for really long hair, I was a massive tom boy as a child and my teens and twenties were spent cutting it super short and then growing it out to chin length, before cutting it super short once again. After years of never really understanding how people grew their hair so long my hairdresser gave me some advice...stop cutting it! Sounds so simple but I needed to hear it from a professional. Even she admitted that her hair never gets as long as she wants it if she cuts it as more always comes off that you're anticipating. It's been 9 months now, so I figure get to a year and then I'll go for a trim. 

Jumper - River Island 

Trousers - J Brand 

Trainers - Aldo 

Boots - Galleries Lafayette 

RED BOOTS

Red boots seem to lift any outfit imaginable. 

Dress - Whistles 

Tights - M&S

Boots - Galleries Lafayette

Earrings - Chanel 

Necklace - Louise Gray x ASOS 

Rings - H&M & YSL 

T SHIRT AND BOOTS

These items are the sum total of my Paris splurge, pretty restrained for me, non? 

I saw the t shirt in the window of a shop in St Germain de Pres and went in to buy it. A rather supercilious and very trendy French woman looked me up and down slowly in a not very complementary fashion and said in English, "You do know dis eez for men, yes?" Wow. And yes, which is why I was buying the medium. But thanks anyway. 

And the boots. What a palaver. Give me the simplicity of buying shoes in Liberty or Selfridges any day. I lost count of the number of counters I had to go to with different slips of paper. I almost gave up and walked out...and that was after I'd paid for them.

So. Shops. Not great*. Wine and cheese on the other hand. 10/10.  

*This does not include the vintage shops, which were stunning, but holy mackerel I've never been anywhere so expensive in all my life. But then I've never such designer gear in all my life. And the Chanel bags. If I had a spare 3,800 Euros I sooooo would. 

T shirt - Eleven Paris 

Jeans - Topshop 

Boots - Galleries Lafayette