My Lunching In London Outfit

You may have already seen this outfit featured in my previous post all about how I style my hair with straighteners (link here) but I thought it deserved its own little post as I really liked it and thought it was the perfect outfit for going to lunch at Pergola in Paddington. It was so aesthetically pleasing and the food was very tasty. You can help yourself to whatever food takes your fancy and they had a variety of drinks. We chose to drink Pimms which I had never had before but I did really like it and it was the perfect drink in the heat. The atmosphere was so happy and positive (I'm guessing the football playing on the TV helped with that).

Shorts and Blouse - Primark

Wedges - New Look

It was such a hot day this day so I knew that I had to wear as little clothing as possible (but still keep it PG). I really like the fit of the shorts but they're still really comfortable. I would recommend going to Pergola as it is a hot spot for instagrammable pics and nice for a chilled afternoon.

Have you been there? Where do you like to go in London?

How I Style My Hair Using Straighteners

I never really got the hang of using straighteners to style my hair and as I have naturally straight hair, I didn't really need to have any. Now that I have more layered hair, I don't always just want to use a curling wand. Sometimes I just want a bit of styling rather than having proper curls. I used to own Lee Clarke straighteners and they were left untouched for years until a few months ago I wanted to experiment with styling my hair. However, I feel that they were better suited for actually just straightening the hair rather than styling as it doesn't have a lot of grip and is hard to twist with the hair. So I decided to invest in some new ones. I have previously borrowed my friends GHD's and I found them to be amazing but they're quite pricey.

So I searched further online and I found the Remington Proluxe Straightener. Of course I read the reviews first and a majority of them seemed to be really positive. I bought them from Boots and I have not regretted it. It has all different temperatures which is handy and the lovely bag it comes in (which is light pink, whats not to love?) can also be used as a heat matt which is very helpful.

I turn the temperature up to around 190 or 200 and I usually take small pieces of hair. You probably could use thicker parts but I like to have lots of style in my hair. I shut the straighteners on the piece of hair about half way up or near the top towards the root and twist the straightener slightly to give a slight curl. You could twist it even further to make more curls but I like it a little more subtle. Hairspray is a must to keep the curls in place, so I spray lot of L'Oreal Elnett to the ends of my hair. Not only does it smell nice, it also is really good for keeping hair in place.

Here is how it looks:

How do you like to style your hair?