It's a known fact that I have been graced with hands larger than your average female. As a result, I spend an inordinate amount of time painting my nails trying (and mostly failing) to beautify my massive, manly hands in any way I can. And in a more recent attempt to mask the manliness, I invested in a set of stacker rings from New Look.

 

 

I still had some money on a gift card from my birthday and as a little post-essays/pre-exam pick me up, I saw these shiny little (or large, thanks to my chunky knuckles) rings that I hope will do the trick.

 

There are ten rings in total and I love that there are so many different combinations to be worn (it's the simple things.)

 

 

I really like the detail on these three, the ring at the bottom in particular. These will be the ones that I envisage I'll be wearing more regularly because they're pretty yet plain, so should compliment most outfits.

 

 

The ring on the left  (and on my middle finger below) is very similar to a ring I used to own but sadly broke. This one is a lot chunkier which hopefully will mean my man hands won't completely demolish it. I have a very bad habit of twisting my rings around my fingers when I get nervous (and I get nervous a LOT) and I swear my fingers see new rings as some sort of a subconscious challenge.

 

 

The two below are perhaps my least favourite of the set. I'm not a massive vampire fan (I was going to try and make a pun on the whole fan/fang word play but I figured I've made you endure far too many bad puns in the past. I hope you appreciated my restraint.)

 

 

They are kind of cute though, perfect if I'm feeling like embracing my soft grunge side. But my absolute favourites have to be these three below.

 

The classic pearl, the geometric print, the dark and mysterious one on the end. Yep, I love them ALL.

Definitely worth waiting to spend my gift card on and as long as I can make these last long enough to wear in Paris, I'll be happy!

Jade :)

As promised, a quick look at a few of the things I've bought in the last week or so.

First off, my newest perfume. I adore perfumes: I love buying them, wearing them and keeping the bottles afterwards. I do tend to go through perfumes pretty quickly but I don't mind because I love going out and picking a new one to try. I very rarely go for the same one twice (especially not one after the other) but I will be making an exception for my "special perfume." After waiting and saving for a Chanel perfume, I was lucky enough to get given one for Christmas last year and I absolutely love it. It's Coco Mademoiselle and I will 100% save up to buy it again once I've finished it. I do, however, only use it on special occasions and is not by any means my everyday perfume.

Which is where this one comes in:

After to-ing and fro-ing between this one and Zara'a Rose fragrance, the design on the box tipped my decision and I'm so glad it did. This is probably one of my favourite every day perfumes I've had in the past year or so, mostly because it's so light and fresh and is not intoxicating like others I've used previously. Definitely worth the money.

Also worth the money was this cheeky little sale item I stumbled upon without even meaning to. Mum and I were just about to queue in New Look when we saw a bunch of bags in the sale and after being taken with a cute little black bag, I saw this sequin number and there was no way I wasn't going to buy it!