destiny is calling me

shirt: next via oxfam
shorts: vintage levi
shoes: sebago
watch: river island
necklace: eBay (buy the 18" length)
lipstick: revlon 'cherries in the snow'

I picked this shirt up in an oxfam in Nottingham when I was staying at Ellie's house the other day, I think I paid £3 for it so it was a massive bargain! I love the baby blue and white stripes on it too, I think they look really cute and perfect for summer! 

I've had loads of requests for a hair routine recently, is that something you'd like to see? What else did you want me to write up? New York wish list? Everyday makeup? Skincare routine? Please let me know if you have any suggestions as I'm kinda stuck for ideas at the moment!

I've been drawn!

the other day I got a lovely message from Nora saying she'd included me in her favourite bloggers post- it was much to my surprise when I clicked on the post to see that she'd actually drawn all of us, how amazing is that! I love it so much that I decided it needed a whole post dedicated to it, I wish I could draw because I would so love to be able to do this sort of thing as it's such a good idea and I love it!

Thank you again to Nora for drawing me and including me in her favorite blogger post, don't forget to check out her blog 'hello you' and the other bloggers she's featured in the post too!

summer ball outfit and photos

it was my year 12 summer ball on Wednesday and quite a few of you wanted to see my dress so I thought I would do a quick post with some photos in for you! The first photos were taken by my friend Emily's dad and the ones on the white background were by Crena Watson. Summer ball is pretty similar to a prom, ours was at Goodwood which is a race course near Chichester. I had such a lovely night and I can't wait for the year 13 one next year- I'd better start dress shopping!

dress: tfnc via Topshop
shoes: amazon (they're seriously so comfortable!!!)
bag: accessorize
lipstick: maybelline 'coral tonic'
nails: rimmel 'infinite coral'*

cath kidston nail art

this is just a quick post, this photo was from a set of OOTD photos that didn't turn out well so I thought I would just post a photo of my nails instead as I'd just painted them! I have done a Cath Kidston nail tutorial for this design which is so easy to do so check that out if you want to see how to do these! I used all essie polishes and the Rio nail art pens for this design as per usual!

I hope you like these, have you done any nail art recently?

Casetagram personalised iPhone case review and giveaway

if you read my post on the casetagram cases the other day you will already have an idea what Casetagram is all about. Basically Casetagram is a company that allows you to design and completely personalise your phone case using your own photos to create a kind of collage on it. As you can see from my one, I have designed it using photos from my instagram (islaay) which I have taken and designed into a collage using the Casetagram free app which made it so easy to do. I really love how it's turned out, it's even better than I was expecting! I've only had it on my phone for around a week and already I've had so many people asking me where I got it from as it's so different and cool! Also they don't just do iPhone cases- they also do custom cases for iPad, iPod touch, Samsung Galaxy and Nexus which is great as I know non iPhone people get annoyed that they can't find interesting phone cases for their phone.

Casetagram personalised cases retail for $35 (around £25) but currently they have a 20% off offer until the 4th of July using the code 'JULY4TH2013' and they also have free international postage too which is a bonus!

Now for the giveaway- Casetagram were lovely enough to let me give one of my readers the chance to create their own personalised phone case, I'm using rafflecopter as it's easiest for giveaways. You must be following my blog by GFC to enter and I will be checking. I will announce the winner on the 15th of June just before I go on holiday and will contact the winner via email. Good luck! ps the giveaway is international!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

although the Casetagram case was very kindly sent to me to feature on islaay.com and to host the giveaway for the chance to win a personalised Casetagram case this does not influence my opinion and it is 100% honest as always