london: day 3

I woke up this morning like an over active child on Christmas day! Today is the day I'll be seeing Halsey and I can't contain my excitement!

We started off the day by heading to Bill's for breakfast, I had pancakes with bacon and maple syrup, it was absolutely delicious! Then headed off to see the queen in Buckingham Palace. I've been to London so many times but never visited Buckingham Palace, which was an incredible experience and something to tick off the bucket list. The weather today is clouded with a spot of rain, which was when we took shelter and headed to Covent Gardens to have a look around the markets. I picked up a few gems for some family memebers but not myself this time.

We then stopped for a late lunch/early dinner at Frankie and Bennys.. I had a meatball pizza which was pretty peng! Then started slowly heading back to our hotel not forgetting to stop of for some pre-party supplies in Tesco. Some people find getting ready for a night out a chore but I don't! I absolutely love getting all dressed up and making an effort for a special occasion. For the concert I wore a rainbow stripe sparkly dress, which is a little gem I found in Primark prior to the show, for only £13!

Doors to the concert opened at 7pm and we we're there a little early to get merch. We managed to see one of the opening acts a singer called Raye who a lot of people having been raving about to me recently. She's a London girl, who's pretty wild and her voice has such a lovely tone to it.

Halsey's performance was so incredible! I had a video call with my friend Brandon before we headed out and he's was so hyped for me and we've both been back and forth wondering if G-Eazy would make an appearance, but unfortunately he didn't. Halsey is such an incredible artist and i have so much respecf and admiration for her. She opened the show with her song 'Eye's Closed', I was convinced she would have opened with 'Now or Never' it was so beautifully done. During her performance she had multiple outfit changes and I was envious of every single one, Halsey has such an incredible sense of style, I wish I could raid her wardrobe for the day. My favourite song that she performed was 'Don't Play' when teetee joins her on stage and she splashes water out to the audience and does a fierce dance routine.

I didn't leave the show empty handed, I had to get some merch of course! I got the HFK Tour hoodie and T-shirt. I'm in love and never want to take it off!

It breaks my heart to know that tomorrow I'll be heading home and back to work and back to reality. I've had the most wonderful time here! I'll be counting down the days until I'm back again next month.

london: day 2

Waking up in a sunny London never felt so good! And exciting day ahead as I'm heading off to the London Fashion Week Festival and Jess is popping out to Kew Gardens.. two very different types of day! This is my first experience at a London Fashion Week. I have no idea what to expect but I'm excited either way! Today I'm wearing a burgundy lace dress with black heeled embellished boot. Deciding what to wear was a challenge and after countless Snapchats back and forth to my girl friends this is what I settled on..

This past week I've been seeing pictures everywhere from Fashion Week and it's been making me super jealous and excited all at once. I booked the tickets a few months back and all I knew was that I was seeing 2 shows.. the first one being a trend show with mixed designers.. And the second one being a designer show but they didn't announce the line up until the day. During the trend show they focused on 3 trends.. Check Mate, Prince Charming and Prim and Proper. Which I'll go into detail on a later blog post.

I was so pleased to hear that the designer show would be none other then Katherine Hamnett! Katherine Hamnett is an incredible designer who kick started her career back in the 80s. She's outrageous and rebellious, her designs are a work of art and every item has something to say (quite literally sometimes). While I was wondering around the stalls I saw her in a crowded room and knew i had to speak to her! After having a short conversation with her, she gave me early access to her show, which meant I got to be on the front row (I cried). My heart is so full it could burst! She is the most humble and out spoken woman I have ever met and after today she has become one of my biggest role models. Thank you Katherine ❤ I'll be doing a full in depth blog post about her show very soon so keep your eyes peeled!

She wasn't the only celeb I met today. I also met Made In Chelsea stars Millie Mackintosh and Rosie Fortescue. Which was lovely.

During the course of the day you had not only the catwalk but live hair demonstrations from Toni and Guy and talks from the fashion council, designers and people in the industry. There was also stalls, which you could shop to your hearts content! Everything was discounted at special prices from brands like Burberry, Phillip Klein, Givency, Moschino and many more. I just made a single purchase of a dress from Wylder.. it was originally £265 down to £50, which I had to snap up!

After Fashion Week I payed a a quick visit to Oxford Street to go to the Victoria Secret store and have a wonder around Primark. Then I started heading back to our hotel for a quick change before going out to dinner. We ended up going to TGI Fridays for burgers and cocktails, which was so good. I then had the brilliant idea to go to the G-A-Y bar in Soho, which was an absolute blast! Although some of their song choices were a bit questionable. We ended up meeting a lovely group of people.. one person in particular may have caught my eye but we'll keep that quiet for now...

Overall today has been super full on and I would have had it any other way. I feel so incredibly fortunate and lucky that I'm able to do these things and meeting Katherine was just the cherry on top of the cake! Hope you've all and a wonderful day.

london: day 1

It's 10am on Thursday 20th September, so far I've been travelling for 20 minutes and I'm already getting fidgety. So I came up with the brilliant (I'll probs regret this) idea, to write a blog post everyday while I'm in London to give you guys a little insight to the incredible/or maybe a little boring things that I'll be up to while I'm spending my time there.

On today's agenda! Lots of traveling approximately 5 hours worth. Check into our hotel in Hammersmith, unpack and take a minute to breathe. Then going out for a spot of dinner (we went to Nandos, it was incredible). Then to top today off I'll be heading to Piccadilly for a wonder and I've also got tickets to go and see the Heathers, starring the babe that is Carrie Hope Fletcher.

So far travelling has been okay, I'm going up to London with my friend Jess so I have company and I'm not a complete loner. On our way up We were sitting on this table with the most adorable old lady who told us 'to make the most of our time in London', which I thought was really sweet.

There are parts of this trip that Jess and I will be going our separate ways so neither of us get bored and we're both getting to do and see what we like. Tonight for example I'm taking myself to see Heathers.. like the strong independent woman that I am. Heathers is being shown at the Royal Haymarket Theatre in Piccadilly. I've not been to Piccadilly for a few years, I'm really excited to go back and see how much it's changed and I hope I get to go to the M&M world too.. that place is a thing of dreams.

Little update since I started writing.. I saw Heathers and it was phenomenal! Before I saw the show I didn't watch the film or know anything about the storyline, which I often think is the best way to do it. I was so impressed with not only Carrie but the entire cast. The show was a rollercoaster of emotions from murders to middle age men kissing on stage and singing about how much they love their dead gay son. I got to admit then when I left the theatre I was singing to myself 'seventeen' quietly, while walking through the streets of London, as it's one of my favourite songs in the show. If anyone is in London while the show is still showing I'd highly reccomed you get tickets and see it for yourself!

While that's it for me I'm off to bed, let's see what day 2 has to offer!

P.S. if anyone was wondering I did get to go to the M&M world!