My 16th Birthday was Wednesday 27th of February and I had a lovely day with all my friends and family! I enjoyed a lovely day (is that acceptable?) at school and then a nice bitta' cake with my family and bestie chums and then a meal at TGI Fridays with my family and boyfriend. These lovely people who made my day ever so special also suprised me with some lovely gifts that I wanted to share with you! As you all probably know from reading similar posts on other blogs this is not me bragging about anything I recieved. Purely, I wanted to write this post to share gift ideas with others and to thank my lovely loved ones for their amazing generosity! If this is not your thing, you are very much invited to click the 'x' now! You've been warned haha!
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iPhone 5
My 'main present' if you will, was the iPhone 5. Thank you to my lovely mummy and daddy for this! It just so happened that the renewal of my phone contract coincided with my 16th birthday so I was so surprised when my parents said I could have this beauty! It's wonderful! After struggling through 2 years of 'shitberry', pardon the language, I was thrilled to recieve a phone that didn't fall to pieces in my hand! I love my iPhone as it means I can do all my social media bits and bobs on the go - including instagram which I am OBSESSED with - find me here: jessgrimmel!
Topshop Haul-a-roonie
Anyone who knows me will know that I have an incy-wincy obsession with topshop - I don't know what it is about that store but I find their clothes extremely flattering and I can always find something to fit my style! (I'm not going to lie, topshop is known for being quite 'out there', but I'm talking about the relatively simple pieces okay!)
I am a self-confessed utter nerd I must say, so it did make me chuckle when I recieved these tees from topshop! The first one was from my nanny and pops, it's a grey oversized tee with cuffed short sleeves from the brand 'tee and cake' at topshop. It says genius on the front using symbols from the periodic table - how suave! I got this in a size 'S' and it is quite oversized on me (a usual size 6 or 8 in topshop's clothes) but I really like this tshirt! The material is incredibly soft!
The second one was this dork shirt. I'm not gonna go into this as everyone has seen the geek ones (which I also own). This was from my parents and I love this also. Again this was a size S/M which was the smallest they did and again I find that this is very oversized. However, I like to tuck it in to leggings or disco pants and I think it looks less like a tunic, haha!
I also received these two cropped lace shirts from topshop which I had been eyeing up for a while and I absolutely love these (as you can see, I bought all the colours haha!) They look great with highwaisted disco pants or shorts and can easily be dressed up or down. The only problem I found with these was the sizing. Before I purchased these (I went to the store to get them with my mum), I was reading the reviews on the topshop website and everyone was commenting on how the sizing came up extremely small and it was recommended to buy 1 or 2 sizes bigger than you usually are in the store. When I tried this on, I found that was extremely true! I tried on an 8 but found although it fitted fine, the arms were quite tight and noone likes to feel constricted haha! So I purchased both of these in a 10. Keep sizing in mind when trying these, don't be down heartened if you have to go for a couple of sizes larger than normal, it's worth it!
American Apparel!
My nanny must have been on an American Apparel spree - coolest nan ever, as she bought me these beauties. The american apparel hair bow in large, black velvet which is amazing. I saw these in macbarbie07's youtube videos and I think they are the cutest way to style your hair.
I also received the American Apparel nail laquer in 47189 'Neon Violet'. This immediately caught my eye as it is the exact same colour as my prom dress and I adore this bright pop of colour! It's going to be perfect with spring and summer coming up. Thank you Nanny!
Bit of a sing-a-long!
Every girl loves a good showtune! (Well, not every girl, but I certainly do!). I have wanted this for ages so was thrilled when my mummy bought me this! 'Now that's what I call musicals' - 40 tracks from some of the biggest west end musicals - my showers will never be the same again!
Birthday Reads!
I have already informed you of my utter geekiness so these bad boys were at the top of my birthday list this year!
- 'It's kind of a funny story' by Ned Vizzini
- 'The fault in our stars' by John Green
-'The perks of being a wallflower' by Stephen Chbosky
-'14,000 things to be happy about'
I was excited to receive these after reading amazing reviews on all of them! I am definitely going to review them here on my blog once I have read them - I'm excited to start!!
Birthday Beauty Products!
This excited me immense amounts! My gorgeous best friend Sianie bought me this!!! The urban decay 'NAKED basics' palette. I have been swooning over the urban decay palettes for a very long time so I was just slightly excited to receive this (I sort of jumped on Sian...). I am soo excited to try this out and will definitely be reviewing that on here at some point!
I wanted to share this one with you as I thought it was SUCH a great idea and so thoughtful! My other bestie Jacqueline bought me this - a coupon for a manicure and hand massage at our local salon! I am so excited to go and redeem this in the summer! What an interesting and thoughtful gift for someone who loves beauty like I do - thank you Jacqueline!
Now this is my favorite perfume ever and I was lucky enough to receive this from my beautiful boyfriend. The 'fantasy' fragrance by Britney Spears. I am a huge fan of all the Britney 'fantasy' range of fragrances - they all are sweet smelling, long lasting and I always receive compliments when I wear them! However, this is definitely my favorite of all her scents. I love this so much!
Thank you so much to everyone for all the lovely gifts and for making my birthday so special. I hope you have enjoyed this post and it has hopefully given you some gift ideas to surprise you friends or family! See you soon xxx
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