Lifestyle - Allie Svarc

Christmas Gifts for The Creative Chick

12th November 2015

Christmas list writing season is here as well as Christmas shopping time and here’s a few little ideas for the girl you might not know what to buy for! Step away from the shower-gel gift sets and impersonal gift cards – here’s four ideas to get those creative juices flowing.

The Novelty Jumper

A cute jumper is a winter essential, I love this star-print one from Marks & Spencer but there are so many amazing novelty jumpers popping up all over the high street in places such as Topshop and on ASOS.com! Read More

6 Non-Soppy Anniversary Cards

Lifestyle

9th November 2015

I’m a fan of a weird card, I’m not into soppy cards with creepy messages inside them! It’s my anniversary coming up soon so I’ve been on the hunt for some cool cards as opposed to “I love you so much I’d die without you, my angel please never leave me.” Here are 6 non-soppy anniversary cards that still show you care! Read More

City Break Packing: London

Fashion Lifestyle Travel

5th November 2015

We’re off to London soon to celebrate our two-year anniversary. We’ve got tickets for Charlie & The Chocolate Factory and are dying to eat at some of our most-liked places on Instagram. Top Dog Soho – we’re coming for you.

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Here are a few essentials I’ll definitely be taking with me on our two-night stay. I like to pack ‘capsule wardrobe’ style pieces when I travel so I’ll be living in black skinny jeans and my dungarees. I can’t find mine to link to but these Dr Denim Skinny Dungarees available at ASOS are super similar. I’ll be pairing both of these staples with stripes and simple tees such as my new favourite Topshop Contrast Neck Stripe Top and Marks & Spencer Limited Edition Grey Tee. Read More

5 Tips for an Organised House Move

Home & Interiors Lifestyle

2nd November 2015

Nothing poses more of an organisational challenge than moving into a new house! Whether you’re relocating down the street or to another country altogether, the sheer overwhelming nature of it all can prove to be quite the feat. There are ways to make sure that your move is super smooth. Check out the below listing of tips to help you achieve an organised and stress-free move! Read More

Win A Pair Of Tickets to The BBC Good Food Show!

Food & Drink Lifestyle

31st October 2015

Fancy feeling all festive at this year’s BBC Good Food Show in either Birmingham or London? I’ve got the chance for you to win a pair of tickets to the show of your choice right here!

With mega-chefs like Mary Berry, Paul Hollywood, Hemsley & Hemsley and our absolute fave – Tom Kerridge, you’ve got the chance to watch amazing demonstrations, learn some new skills and answer those burning (sometimes quite literally) cookery questions! Read More

6 Chest of Drawers Perfect For Make Up Storage

Beauty Home & Interiors Lifestyle

29th October 2015

After being inspired by Anna from ViviannaDoesMakeup and Lily Pebbles on Youtube with their make up storage ideas I moved my teeny (in comparison to theirs!) make up and skincare collection to the top draw of my IKEA Malm chest of drawers.

I now have all my skincare, make up, nail varnishes and body care in one place as opposed to dotted around various places in our bedroom. I’m finding this a lot easier in the morning and things are so much tidier. With this in mind, here are 6 chests of drawers that are perfect for make up storage, whatever your budget and taste. Read More

Christmas 2015 Decoration Inspiration

Home & Interiors Lifestyle

28th October 2015

Christmas is definitely coming, the shops are bringing out all of their decs and the lights are going up all over town! Here’s my inspiration for this Christmas’ decorations and a few pieces I’d like to pick up for my tree this time around.

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My inspiration for the Christmas decorations I’m really loving this year is a Scandinavian Christmas, a lot of neutral colours and natural materials with pops of metallic and monochrome! There’s also a lot of geometric influences within the metals because I just love anything geometric at the moment, I just think it looks so cool and adds a different feel to Christmas as we know it. Read More

My Travel Bucket List

Lifestyle Travel

20th October 2015

I’m not really your standard 20-something ‘traveller’ where I’ve either been to or want to go to the majority or Asia and Australia or spent my summers on a night-train in Europe. I’m more of a beach holiday type of girl with the occasional city-break thrown in. A see a little every so often type of traveller. Here’s a few places that are on my travel bucket list for the future. Read More

Weekend-Rut Busting Ideas

Lifestyle

17th October 2015

As much as we all look forward to the weekend, sometimes we can fall into a rut of doing the same thing every time. I know I’m guilty of just thinking the weekends are for cleaning the house, getting washing done and going food shopping. We’ve been trying to make our weekends a bit more exciting recently by trying some new things! Here’s 8 things you can do to mix up your weekend. Read More

Top 5 Student Money Saving Tips!

Lifestyle

14th October 2015

As a student-marketer and previous student myself not so long ago, I’ve got a few handy hints and tips for saving money when money is super tight!

Student Discount Obviously this is my first and slightly biased approach. Sign up to UNiDAYS for free with your uni email address and benefit from loads and loads of amazing offers on food, fitness and fashion!

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Voucher Codes
Sign up for free voucher sites such as Vouchercloud and take advantage of things like O2 Priority as you can grab lunch for £1 on most Mondays! Save the student is also a cool site which hunts down a lot of printable vouchers and freebies for food and the like. Dealsland UK is also a great place to grab vouchers for places like Missguided.

Budgetting
First and foremost, you need to know exactly how much money you need to keep you going every week or month. Write down all your monthly incomings and outgoings and see how much you have left over (if anything) for your own shopping/socialising. This will make sure you know not to overspend and you can see if you need to get a part time job or not!

Bulk Everything
By everything, I mean buy bigger shampoo bottles as they’ll usually be cheaper and last longer, cook more food and freeze portions. Bigger bags of pasta and rice are always bette value, try to not shop day-to-day at convenience stores because these will definitely be more expensive. Do a weekly big shop and you can always do small top up shops for things like milk!

Make Money
I’d always recommend getting a part time job anyway if you can, even if it’s just at home for when you go back for the holidays. I had a job at home that I went home to and just bulked up on hours during the holidays as well as being a student ambassador and regularly selling and re-selling my wardrobe on eBay! Blogging is also a great little earner if you’re established enough for people to pay for advertising or guest posts. Plus you can get some great freebies which may mean you won’t have to buy as much stuff! Read More

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The Novelty Jumper