You're a puzzle to me

(sneaky Maximo Park lyric there) 

Every year around this time, Wollaton Park (a park in Nottingham about 10 minutes away from my house) hold a one day long music festival called Splendour. For city residents under 18 it's only £15! I go every year because I might as well as it's so cheap and so close to my house. This year Jake Bugg headlined the main stage and Maximo Park headlined the Jagermeister stage. Other acts such as KT Tunstall, Nina Nesbitt, Dog is Dead and Squeeze performed. There's also been many other really famous names there for example, Dizzee Rascal, Calvin Harris and Madness. My favourite by far was Maximo Park, I love them anyway but they were amazing live, it was so energetic and I managed to get right to the front (I had to wait at the stage an hour before they started to get there but it was so worth it). Dog is Dead were also amazing, it was their 5th time playing at Splendour as they are a band from Nottingham and I think I've seen them about 8 times live but they are still great every time! 

I also like how it can introduce you to new music as well. I had heard of Nina Nesbitt before but never actually listened to her and after hearing her at Splendour I might start listening to her properly.

Most of the music was country or indie rock because of the headline act being Jake Bugg so the other acts were in a similar genre to that. Personally I thought that was quite good because I prefer that genre of music but a lot of people complained that the acts weren't as famous as previous years because last year Dizzee Rascal headlined. But I prefer this years line up because I'm not really a fan of Dizzee Rascal and I love Maximo Park loads. 

It's really family friendly too, you don't have to get right into a mosh pit to listen to the music and enjoy yourself, a lot of people just take picnics and just listen.

(that seems a bit rambly) 

So here's the outfit post bit! 

Me and my boyfriend

Top - Hearts & Bows at Ark (shown in my haul from yesterday)

Under top - Bikini from Matalan (my bralet was in the wash and this just looks like a bandeau top)

Shorts - Levi's shorts from Cow

Flower crown - gift from a friend

I feel like this outfit is really cliche-festival-fashion with the flower crown, shorts, crop top combination but cliches aren't always bad!

There isn't a lot of photos because my boyfriend took them and it turned out that there was just a lot of photos of me blowing my nose and awkward laughing faces. ooops. I would have liked to take photos at Splendour but I didn't want to risk my camera getting smashed in a mosh pit or something so I'll give you a link instead!

Riot photography Splendour photos

Lots of Love

Sophie

xxx

ps hype my look on lookbook if you like

Ark and Topshop haul

This is only a little haul but I wanted to show you the things I bought the other day! I don't think I buy enough things because I end up spending my wages on pizza and Mcdonalds, when really I should spend them on clothes and things that last a bit longer. 

This crop top is from Ark and is by Hearts & Bows. I used to think that Ark was expensive but this lovely top was only £12.99. I love all the detail and how delicate it is. (outfit post with this coming soon)

This skirt is also from Ark and by Hearts & Bows. It was £16.99 which I think is reasonable as it has an underskirt too. I really like how the colours are bright and neon but the pattern is still pretty. Hearts & Bows is only available in Ark and it' such a pretty brand with floral patterns and bows (as it says in the name). 

I've wanted this for ages but I didn't buy it because I didn't want to give into my nail polish addiction, but it's hard to go into Topshop and see all the pretty sparkly nail polishes without buying one, right? It's called Magpie and was £6 (the same price as the other glitter polishes from Topshop) it's quite similar to the other glitter polishes from Topshop such as Razzamatazz but it's more yellow and gold than silvery so it can be paired with nude polishes. I really like it, however it's hard to get the consistency right, I used two coats of this over Bees Knees to get the right amount of glitter.

Lots of Love

Sophie

xxx

ps. sorry for the lack of blogging recently, I think it's because the weather's been better so I've been out a lot on bikes rides and what not, also I feel like I'm ruining out of outfit post ideas because I don't really have a lot of clothes but from today I will try and post more!