Follow My Feet | Kensington Gardens

Hey guys, one of the things I love about London is that there are so many parks here, you can be pretty much be anywhere in London and find a park quite easily. Last week I visited Kensington Gardens which is such a lovely place. I have previously posted about Kensington Palace that I have visited previously but this post is dedicated mostly to the park.

The Gardens sit next to Hyde park and are connected by The Long Water built for Queen Caroline in 1730, it is connected to The Serpentine which is the lake in Hyde Park. Kensington Gardens is beautiful and to me looks a lot more natural and unkept than Hyde Park, the gardens attached to the palace are immaculate, there is a lovely variety of wildlife, and I was very surprised when I walked around a corner and saw a parakeet perched on somebodies hand. A lovely feature is the Italian gardens, situated at the end of The London Water, it looks like a setting of a roman novel, the pathways are sectioned off into different ponds with fountains in them and at the end is a little balcony over looking the The Long Water.

A feature I didn't know about until I got there is the Peter Pan Statue, as a child and still today, Peter Pan was my favourite story, and while every other child was waiting for their letter to hogwarts, I was waiting to fly to Neverland. I loved the little statue, it was placed there because parts of the film and the novel were based there.

Once we had looked around the gardens we ended up back at the palace and as we walked past it, a helicopter landed and Prince Edward got out and was driven to the palace, it was a surreal experience to have seen. The Gardens of the palace are gorgeous, boasting a mix of colourful tulips by the pond and pristine hedges. For me this will always be one of my favourite places in London to visit and I hope you like my photos.

**I would just like to mention, if you notice, 

some of my photos are slightly out of focus, this is because 

recently there has been a decline in my eyesight.

I thought the pain from straining my eyes was down

 to the migraines I have suffered with every day for 7 years,

 turns out its not. I actually have an eyesight issue, 

but my glasses will be here soon so please bare with me for the next few weeks, 

as I have had scheduled posts for a while.**

The Serpentine Bridge

Peter Pan Statue

Italian Gardens 

Italian Garden

Prince Edward arriving at  Kensington Palace

Kensington Palace

Albert Memorial

Albert Memorial

I have more posts like these coming up over the next few weeks, so be sure to check back for more.

Enjoy

Food Place Favourite | Noodle Stop

Living in London, no matter where you go you are surrounded by culture and another important think, food! Yes thats right food, and of course food and culture go hand in hand to create so many culinary delights. Since I have been here I have eaten out a lot and I'm not going to lie, McDonalds is practically my second home like many other students I know; but I have decided to to blog some of the other places in London you may not of heard of before. My first post will be on The Noodle Stop in Leicester Square.

So guys sit back while I set the scene: Image its Monday 7th of May, I have numerous university deadlines for this day, one of which isn't finished, and at 5pm I'm supposed to be in Waterloo watching Captain America Civil War. My friends had already ventured out to spend the day in central London. At around three I submitted my work and left to meet them.

Once in Leicester Square I received a few texts explaining where my friends were and after spinning in circles and looking like a tourist I finally found The Noodle Stop. Upon seeing the building I was slightly disappointed from the outside, it looked slightly run down, missing letters from the sign. After some time I decided to try the food, its really simple, you pick the size box you want and then you pick either rice or noodles then pick the meat and sauce you want. For me I got vegetable noodles and sweet and sour chicken, I got a regular size for £5.50 and it kept me full all day I loved it. This place is the classic tale of not judging a book by its cover. I recommend this shop if you are in need of food quickly.

Id like to apologise about the quality of this image because I had no idea I was going to be using it as a blog post.

Enjoy

Beginnings Of Sumer OOTD

If you live in the UK then you may have noticed that the weather has picked up so much over the past  couple of weeks. So I took the  opportunity to go for a walk through Hyde Park, Iv seen lots of little bits of Hype Park when iv been to London before, but never really ventured far in. Since I live so close now, I packed up my camera and went exploring with another blogger; Ellie from gingerandvintage here is what I wore on our little trip. One thing I must say is I really didn't think the temperature was going to rise as high as it did, maybe I would of changed my outfit up a bit if I did.

**I would just like to mention, if you notice, 

some of my photos are slightly out of focus, this is because 

recently there has been a decline in my eyesight.

I thought the pain from straining my eyes was down

 to the migraines I have suffered with every day for 7 years,

 turns out its not. I actually have an eyesight issue, 

but my glasses will be here soon so please bare with me for the next few weeks, 

as I have had scheduled posts for a while.**

Princess Diana Memorial Fountain

Obligatory mirror selfie with Ellie

Outfit:

-Shirt dress, Ark (Christmas present)

-Faux fur gilet, New Look

-Jeans, New Look (I put the rips in myself)

-Shoes, Nike

Hat, H&M

I love this shirtdress that my brother bought me for christmas and have been dying for the weather to warm up so I can wear it, because I'm a wimp when it comes to winter and cold weather so I always wrap up; so I took this as an opportunity to show my love for it. 

I wanted to wear my plain black slip-ons but the day before I decided to wear in some new shoes and they rubbed too much meaning my Nikes were the only comfortable option, but I do love them and for only £17.50 they are well worth it. 

I have had these jeans foe around 7-8 years (I know right?!?!) and once they started to lose their fit, I added the rips so I can continue to wear them.

The gilet was £17.99 on sale in New Look, it was so much softer than I thought it would be. 

We took so many photos on this day that I will do a separate post of our adventure around the park, stay tuned for that. 

Enjoy

Follow My Feet | Adventure in Richmond

A few weeks ago I was feeling so restless, before starting university work I decided to go for a walk in the local park to clear my head. After getting outside I decided against the park because I have been so many times, so I began walking in the opposite direction. Skip forward about an hour and a half later and I had walked into Richmond.

Within seconds I was in love, its on its on the Thames, I like the variety of shops and the pubs, you can sit on the side of the Thames and eat ice cream or sit in a beer garden and have food. There is a mix of franchise stores or one of boutiques and of course you could walk into Richmond Park. I didn't get chance to go to the park on that day but i will definitely going to be going back.

I will be visiting Richmond again tomorrow to show my friends around, I will be visiting the park as well and this taking my DSLR with me so i will be getting better pictures than these ones on my phone.

Enjoy!

January Favourites| 2016

Im back with a new favourites, I'm sorry this one is a little later than usual but I'm going to jump right in, first up, Makeup.

Makeup:

• Makeup Revloution Ultra Eyeshadow Flawless matte
• Maybelline Dream Flawless Nude
• Kiko Metallic shine eyeshadows, in the shade 02 and 06

All Matte colours

Fashion:

• Green bomber jacket from boohoo
• oversized denim jacket from urban outfitters
• Classic white Nike High Tops

Hair:

• John Frieda Sheer Blonde Shampoo
• John Frieda Frizzease Flawlessly Straight Conditioner

Shops:

• Urban Outfitters
• Whole Foods
• Tiger

Place

• Kensington Palace

Food:

• Harvester New York Style Cheesecake
• Lucky Charms

Music:

Taylor Swift- 1989

The Weeknd- Kissland

Thank you for reading! 

It's a Carnaby Christmas

The saturday after Black Friday me and my flat mates ventured out to Oxford Street to check out the sales, and to tell you the truth it was absolutely manic, but I managed to pick up a few things. I thought I would show you guys some of the pictures I had taken that day.

Personally I love Carnaby so when ever I visit Central London I inevitably end there, I wasn't going to put these pictures up because this isn't a planned post, I took these pictures to send to my family back home, but I figured you guys wouldn't mind seeing the christmas lights.

Carnaby is nestled in between Regent Street and Oxford street, it is a few small streets of shops all lined up and surrounded by old timey pubs and restaurants, some of the buildings are old and painted different colours with designs from different eras with modern twists to fit the shops they inhabit.

Of course while I was on oxford street I just so happened to pop into the Disney Store and happily found myself in the pumpkin cart from Cinderella.

Oxford Street in the evening

Oxford Street by day

Carnaby

Carnaby

Me sat in the Cinderella pumpkin cart in the Disney Store

I hope you guys have enjoyed this post, follow me on instagram for more pictures, all links are on the side of page.

Thank you for reading.