I live in a pretty small city (cue protests from the people who live in even smaller cities and towns around South Africa) so finding something new and exciting do is always a challenge. My friends and I love hanging out at the mall, grabbing lunch and doing a spot of shopping but when a friend of mine suggested we visit the aquarium at uShaka Marine World we jumped at the opportunity. For myself it was a new experience since the last time I'd been to the aquarium was back when it was still the old Sea World (basically, a LONG time ago). I have to admit there's something calming and awe-inspiring about seeing just a fraction of all the fish that inhabit the ocean including sharks, jelly fish and angel fish and we toured the aquarium with a friend of mine leading the way.I definitely plan on repeating the experience again! 

After the aquarium and lunch (I had a delicious Caesar salad) we made our way to the beach (conveniently located a short walk away from the aquarium). We couldn't resist the opportunity to take some snaps and things got a tad silly as my outfit snaps show. Somehow we all ended up in black blazers and black shoes and I spent the day telling my friends how like a mob we looked while secretly thinking we looked rather chic. I paired a casual look up with some red lips and one of my favourite necklaces to jazz it up and I loved the overall effect. Plenty of selfies and some night time driving escapades later I concluded the day had been a resounding success!

My Outfit:

Beanie: Mr Price

Top: Woolworths

Blazeer: Woolworths

Necklace: Sass Diva (now Zuri)

Jeans: Edgars

Shoes: Topshop

Bag: Woolworths

Are you a fan of the aquarium?

Yours In Style

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PS. I finally took the pics for a beauty review I've been meaning to do. Can't wait to share!

You know one of those things that happens completely by chance but that ends up being a ball? This Saturday was definitely that for me! One of my best friends and I took ourselves off to the Vodacom Durban July for the first time ever and can I just say, boy have I been missing out. She messaged me the night before and asked me to come along and I scoffed, yeah right, be serious, only to find out that she actually was. This is an event people plan their outfits for months in advance and when I considered whether to tag along all I could thing was: what will I wear?! I had a look in my closet (and my mother's one too) and found this Dorothy Perkins number sitting, never having been worn before at the back of my closet. I tried it on and thought, I could make this work. Since the dress was grey I picked up on those details with my silver clutch and my blush pink wedges (the only shoe to wear anywhere near a racetrack I think). I fooled around with my hair a bit and finally decided to part it down the middle and pull it to the side. After putting on all my makeup I had to decide on the lipstick and Mac's Dubonnet was the perfect choice (made literally five minutes before leaving). My nails were a fun purple and I used my new favourite topcoat to finish them off. It was a beautiful day at 28 degrees and the view of the track from the balcony was amazing (my fear of heights aside). There were a lot of laughs, a case of mistaken identity, some misdirection and really yummy beef stir fry throughout the day and I would definitely recommend attending the event to anyone who hasn't been. Horseracing for competitive folks like my friends and I was just a new thing to obsess over. We tried our hand at betting and lost a bit but won too so all in all I'd try it again. Thanks to my friend for inviting me, it was an experience I'll never forget.

Dress: Dorothy Perkins

Shoes: Sissy Boy

Bag: Gifted

Lips: Dubonnet by Mac

Nails: Prom Berry by Essence

Now I know I've been absent a long time but there are a whole lot of reasons for that! I have products to review and maybe a Life Lately post coming up! In the meantime you can follow my blog on bloglovin' and me on Instagram to keep up with me.

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