BLOGGER SHOOTS & ITALIAN ADVENTURE | VLOG WEEK 12

Good morning, I am starting this week's vlog at, I don't know if you were able to see there, but I'm at York Designer Outlets which is in MacArthur Glen Centre. I'm working with them today so I of course will bring you along with me and show you what we get up to, but I'm running a bit late so I'm going to have to dash and I will catch you in a bit. So I've just arrived, we're just having a little hair and make-up top-up waiting for the other influencers to arrive and then we've got some amazing looks behind there that we're going to be shooting. This rail in particular is like safari-inspired so I've kind of gone on trend with the whole all-nudes and yeah, looking forward to an exciting day ahead. So this is Bella, do you want to say your Instagram? Oh right, um, Arabella on the floor. Right, I already know it. I'll leave it linked below anyway. We're just heading out to do a bit of shopping and some shooting, we are here at MacArthur Glen. You excited? I'm really excited. We're actually heading outside as well because it's quite sunny. We're not sure how long it's going to last, but we're hoping it will. And yeah, let's go shopping. It's fairly empty isn't it because we're quite early. I think it will get busy though. I feel like I quite like it quiet so when people don't stare. Yeah, everyone always stares. Blogger problems. George, how does it feel to be in front of the camera? It feels particularly challenging. But more the point is that I knock into everything with the camera. See, just watch out. So we have just done a bit of shooting and now we are going to go shopping. I am shopping in Safari Trend. So I'm kind of on trend myself today. I'm going to go around and have a look at some of the stores to see what I can find. So for my Safari themed, I've picked up quite a few bits. All with the same kind of colour palettes of that nudes, beige. And this I think is my favourite. Love this. And then cute little bags. This one is French Connection. And this one I think is my favourite. This one is Osprey. And also I got some sunglasses from Sunglasses Hut. So I think we're just going to have a lunch break now. And then carry on filming this afternoon. I spotted my mum. My mum's come shopping here. She didn't know I was here. And I was like, hi mum. Just getting my hair done. It's now after lunch. So we're all full up with pizza. We're trying to breathe in. And yeah, we're going to go shoot some looks. So I've gone with this khaki dress from, I think this is from Reece. And then my nude shoes which are misguided. We'll link them below. Just got back. I am naked. I've just realised I've left my coat there as well which is kind of annoying. Because if you didn't kind of get a gist of what I was doing there. Because I very poorly kind of introduced it. But essentially I was working with MacArthur Glenn today up at the York Outlets. And then I'm going to be back at the Cheshire Oaks one sometime soon. And all the socials, basically we were filming all day today. I had to get up at 5.45. My alarm was set. And I've only just got back now and it's like half 8. So I'm very tired. And then the rest of this week we're off to Italy on Saturday. It's Tom's birthday on Friday. What I'll do though is I'll include a link to my previous Cheshire Oaks vlog and haul. I'm literally just going to take off all my makeup. Throw my hair up. Put my PJ's on. And go to sleep. Hi guys. Welcome back to my channel. Today I have a very exciting video for you. I will say this video is in collaboration with MacArthur. This is the reality of filming. Good morning guys. And welcome to Wednesday. I'm getting confused with days. As you'll have seen that I've just filmed a video. It's like a spring, summer, 2018 trend ideas and style ideas video that I have filmed. So if you're yet to watch, I'll leave it linked below. Today I am just going to be editing and uploading this video that I've just filmed. I'm going to go grab some breakfast first from Boots because I'm starving. Tom's just headed off to the gym. I kind of want to take it easy before going away. Because like I said, we're going to Naples on Saturday. Check the weather forecast. Rain the whole three days that we're there. Brilliant. But yeah, I just want to take it a bit easy because I've been feeling a bit chesty and a bit coughy. And a bit ugh at the minute. It's just literally, I'm not stuffy or anything. Hopefully, fingers crossed I won't get that way. But it's just my chest is very like ugh. You know, I keep waking up in the night and coughing and like losing out on sleep that way. Which is kind of annoying. But yes, I am going to take it easy in terms of gym and workouts. Just because I don't want to push myself before going away. I still have his presents to wrap at some point. I'm going to do that. I might do that today actually. How pretty are these necklaces by the way? These are like one of the trend that I picked up on. Like layered gold necklaces. These ones are just from Primark. You will have seen in my Primark haul if you haven't already. I will leave that link below as well. Spoiling you for choice. Tom's just in the shower if you can hear that. No, focus. There we go. Got a couple of parcels this morning. So I thought I would just open them up with you. I believe this will be my tickets for Ladies Day. Myself and Tom are going to be going to Ladies Day this year. We went last year. Did a blog post about it. Then I'm working with them again this year. These are our access passes. Look at the picture that I submitted for us. This one's mine. Which is fairly normal. It's like the one I use for everything. The one that I did of Tom. It's obviously been stretched. So he's got a really long face. Funny. Anyone else going to Grand National Ladies Day? Let me know. And then I've got this parcel here as well. I have no idea what this is. I think I know what it is. I love Hotel Chocolat. So they sent me just milk, extra thick egg. Order by 6pm on the 28th March for guaranteed delivery. Oh my god, thank you so much Hotel Chocolat. Will we save it until Easter? That is the tricky question. So I had a quick change of outfit. I'm going to head into Burnley to pick up some glasses that I ordered when I had my contact lens last week. Contact lens test last week. We've got our passes for Aintree. They've obviously stretched your face out. And we've got a car parking test as well. Yay! I always win at races and Tom always loses. I've never known him to win a race. Yeah, only when I tell you what to bet on. So yeah, that should be fun. And I'm going to pick out my outfit from Outfit in Liverpool next week or two weeks away. I can't remember. 29th of April. 29th of March it is I think. But yeah, so off to Burnley now to pick up my glasses. That's the plan for this afternoon. Are you coming with me or do you need anything? Yeah, I'm here to pick up some glasses I called up this morning. So I've gone and picked up my glasses. They're in the boot at the minute but I'll show you them later. So you can let me know what you think of them. Just waiting for Tom to come back. I think he's at the hairdresser's somewhere. We're just going to move the car. Go for Thai food. We also picked up some travel monies. We've got some Euros for when we go to Italy. Picked up a few bits from Poundland. So I think I might film at Poundland Hall. That's not him. I thought that was him then. Just quickly dropped Tom off at home because I know he won't be happy about this. So in order to do my Poundland Hall later on this afternoon, I just wanted to pop into our local one as well in a place called Calm. So I'm going to have a quick look in. And then if I find anything additional to what I found in the previous one, then I will add it to my haul that I filmed today. And then that will be up week commencing 20th-ish. Probably 20 seconds, something like that. Anyway, yeah, let's head in. Second video of the day filmed and this is kind of the aftermath. So I've done a big Poundland Hall. I had quite a lot of stuff actually, more than I remembered. So it's a pretty big haul, I will say that. First job is to put all this away, go to the office, print off those docs, and then we'll see what we end up doing tonight. I really don't know yet. Just one of those days where I've got two videos filmed, I need to edit the first one still and upload that. So yeah, work day today. Oh, and I've just remembered I haven't shown you my glasses yet either. So let me pop that down there. So this is what they look like. They're quite like retro, which I really like. They were from the men's section. You know me, I don't shop by correct sizing or correct gender quite often in my Primark hauls. A lot of you guys love the fact that I will pick up something in a size 18, and if I want it to be oversized on me personally, then I will just do that. And likewise, if I see something in the men's section that I really like, I'll get it. Because, you know, same with my glasses. So what do you think? The reason why I'm wearing it here is because if I wear them here, I'm literally blind. It's like, whoa. Because I've got my contact lenses in, so double prescription. Just makes me realise how blind I actually am. Full price, they are £45, those ones, and you can find them in the men's section. It's a shame they've not got the fire on. Mind you, it feels warm enough. I like this. Can have one of them at home. This is my little set up for the afternoon. I get some editing done. This is a place called The Lounge in our little village in Barraford. It's so warm in here. I just fell asleep. It was international nap day yesterday. We are heading to the restaurant to have some dinner and then call it a night because I'm quite tired tonight. I feel like I might have an early night. Oh, actually, we want to have a look at some places in Sorrento that we can go and eat and in Naples as well. Although, I've heard mixed reviews about Naples, so we are spending two nights in Sorrento. We're going to try and search tonight some places to eat and then snooze, and then tomorrow's just a work day, so I probably will see you on Friday. What's happening Friday? It's your birthday. It's good, that. Truffle mac and cheese. Oh, my God, I can smell it. Do you feel older? Happy birthday. Tom's off to work for the day on his bath bow, but you're back early, aren't you? So we can do prezzies, card, and then I'm going to get some work done this morning, and then we're off to Italy tomorrow. Bright and early. My alarm's already set for quarter to six in the morning. I also put in a late order last night for Pretty Little Thing, just because I did it on next day delivery, just to get here in time for today, so that I can potentially take a couple of new outfits with me. I'm thinking along the lines of Sofia and Cinzia-style joggers, hoodies with a jacket, that kind of attire for when we're abroad, because the weather is meant to be, I mean, it's forecast rain, which is brilliant. On and off rain, so to have a hoodie would just help. I've got us a couple of umbrellas to take, but yeah. I think just casual. It's not going to be dressy. I might pack a pair of jeans. I will show you what I got, because I ended up spending about £160, so yeah. We had some of this last night, probably half of it, to be honest. So we still have the other half left, but it didn't last until Easter. It tastes incredible. The little eggs that you get with it are so good. So yeah, it'll probably be gone by tonight. Mind you, I have got Tom a chocolate cake. I am going to head off to the office and have a real hard morning of busy working, and then come back in a few hours' time and blow up some balloons and set out Tom's cards and prezzies for when he gets back, probably early afternoon, well, mid-afternoon-ish. Well, that's impressive. Just got into the office, and my pretty little thing bag is already here. I ordered it just before 9 o'clock last night, and it was here between 8 and 9 this morning, which I think is brilliant service and delivery. So excited to try on those pretty little thing bits, but like I said, I'll try them on later, get some work done first, and see you in a bit. I'm back home now. Came back a bit earlier so I can get this little setup organized. I've got a happy birthday 29 on the wall, some balloons, which, by the way, I feel so lightheaded now after blowing all of them up. I had a balloon pump thing from Poundland. Broke after two attempts, didn't it? So they are all of his presents, and then a little cake here, which I got, and I wrote the icing myself. Let me tell you, that is the hardest thing to do, and it literally looks like a two-year-old's done it, which is kind of annoying, but never mind. Tom's due back any minute, so I thought I would just quickly try on my pretty little thing bits that I got. Let's get this bag open. What I will do is I will leave links to all of these things below for you. The first thing that I got are these ash grey joggers, I think they were called. I did have to get these in a size medium, which is kind of annoying, because I was hoping to get them in a small, but they had run out. They feel so comfy, but I feel like are these just more casual rather than... I do love the colour of them, to be fair. Are they just more casual rather than something that I can actually wear out and about in Italy? Probably a bit too casual. These are the second pair, and these are definitely more of what I was after in terms of they are high-waisted and they are fitted. Yeah, I think I prefer these ones. I like just how they're a bit more fitted, and I quite like the stripe. I was a bit worried about these, because they described them as jogger leggings, so I thought they would be too thin, too legging-like, but actually I really like these. I think I will keep these and take these ones with me. And then these ones are just their basic grey ones, which were the cheapest, I think, if I remember rightly. And they are just plain grey. But I actually really like these ones as well. I think I might even prefer the fact that they're plain grey as opposed to the stripe. I'm going to take just my trainer's jacket and hoodies, that kind of thing. These ones are, I think these are the exact same as those grey ones I've just tried on, but in cream. And I love them, but you would definitely have to wear these with nude underwear. These are the ones. These are the main reason why I put in a Pretty Little Thing order, to be honest with you. I love the material, the fact that it's a bit different, but the bottom is a bit snagged, which is kind of annoying. I might just cut it off and see what it looks like. But I also thought this was meant to come. I'm pretty sure this is meant to come with a top, which it hasn't. I might have to write to Pretty Little Thing and find out what that is all about, because you pay £30 for the set, surely, not just the pants. This is definitely going to have to go back. The body is so short, I can barely do it up. I got a size 8, but generally my torso's not that much longer. So, yeah, if you're getting this top, definitely size up. So I'm going to have to send this one back. How attractive is that? This little top I got just in the sale for £3, just to kind of wear with this, but in a nude version, which I get from Poundland. And just to kind of have it as a layering piece as a crop top. So it'll be like, imagine that as a nude colour. So it'll be like a nude on nude on nude kind of thing. You know, I'm liking my beige and nudes. Okay, I've got this hoodie in a size large. And then if it is raining, I can just throw the hood up. So that was the intention with this. It is quite oversized, actually. But I do like it. I've honestly never had an issue with bodies in the past being too short. But again, this one feels quite cropped. I think I'd probably just size up, maybe. Because the actual material of it is from the second skin range, this one. Excuse the fact that you can see the black. Again, I'd probably wear a nude one underneath, or just no bra. But it's from that second skin range. So the material of it, it kind of, like, suits these joggers quite nice as well, actually. Okay, so this black body I think is from the second skin range as well. So it's that same material, but in a long sleeve version. This is going to keep me so warm, I can tell already. I got this one in a size 10, and it does fit my, like, torso. It does fit a bit better. So maybe I just need to size up to a size 10 in future. But that is this one. Okay, so this is this body. Again, it's so short. How annoying. So yeah, these are my little bits. I'm not sure what I'm going to keep yet. I need to fully pack and see what else I've got. And make sure that I've got everything for these next few days. And I can't wait. Tom is due back any second now to open his birthday presents. Yeah. For you. It's your birthday. You've been working all day. I have to put the React Ryan number. Little update. Which I thought I would fill you in on. I'm just currently watching Gogglebox while I wait for Tom. As you know, it's his birthday. So he has just gone to meet his friend for a beer. And I have no makeup. I've just washed my hair. And we are actually going to head off to Manchester tonight. We've booked a hotel, which also has parking included, for the four days that we're there. And we forecast heavy snow. Well, not necessarily heavy. But snow this evening into the early morning. Which is when we're setting off. So rather than risk it, we thought we would just drive over tonight. And then not have to set off super early as well. So we are heading off to Manchester airport tonight. Wearing my new Pretty Little Thing hoodie. Which is in a large. And it's so comfy. And then in my new Pretty Little Thing joggers as well. Which these are so nice. But they definitely came as a set. I did have a look online. So I emailed them. And they're looking into it for me. I'm all tucked up and cosy. Because I feel like I'm going to fall asleep any minute. It's 10 o'clock. We have set off to go to the airport. And we got about 10, 15 minutes into the journey. Tom forgot his driver's license. And he's the one on the insurance to drive the hire car. So we had to turn around. And the worst part is, he has no idea where it is. Which is just brilliant. So great start to the trip. But we will get to the hotel eventually I'm sure. I'm just going to pass out as soon as I get there. Go to sleep. Got alarms set for 6.30. And then we are going to head straight to the airport. Oh, he's back. Does this mean he's got it? Have you got it? Yay. Right, let's try this again. And we've arrived at the airport. Got to check in and go through security. And do some shopping. We're just waiting for the shuttle bus now. To take us to the car rental place. Where we can pick up our car. I think we're going to drive into Naples today. And then head to Sorrento to our hotel in the afternoon. Like late afternoon after some food. We've got a little black number, haven't we? A courser is it? That was a painful process. We've been queuing for about 45 minutes. Nearly an hour. So now we are pretty hungry. So we're going to head to Napoli for some pizza. So Maps.me, I trust you Maps.me. If you've seen our Barbados and Barcelona vlog. It just allows you to basically plug in where you want to go. Get directions. And it doesn't use internet. So we've plugged in the sat-nav. And this is the street that we're in. I think we're meant to walk here. But let's just park up and eat. We are literally right in the centre. Is that arancini? Yep. And then what's the other one we've got? Let's have a look. It's got pasta in that one. And rice in that one. Are you excited? Yeah. Watch your head. Legal plans, okay? In Italy it's still not allowed. I mean, decriminalised. But you cannot grow them and say I grew it. Anyway. Was this on film? Okay, fine. Are you ready for this? Oh my god. We've lost the rest of the party. Oh my god. So good. Look. Banksy. So we kind of just stumbled across that tour. But I would recommend doing it. I'll have to find out what it was called. Because we literally just saw a queue. And we were like, oh, what's everyone queuing for? They kind of ushered... You've got the leaflet again. Oh yeah, here it is. So it is the Napoli Sotterania. I'll tell you what. You can follow them here. So that is the tour that we just did. And it was €10 each. And it was actually well worth doing. We had some yummy pizza and salad. And a couple of street food bits as well. That white chocolate pastry thing was amazing. And so now we are just leaving Naples. And we're going to head to the hotel in Sorrento. Drivers are mad here. He is brave. I'm glad I'm not on that side of the car. Especially because you're having to deal with the opposite side of the road. And the clutch on the other side as well. Anyway. The what? The clutch on the other side. What? The gear stick. Why is that funny? The clutch is on the other side, isn't it? So you still use your left foot? Yeah. Oh, see I thought it was your right foot. Oh my God. Anyway. Blonde. Yeah, well I am blonde. That's why you fancy me. What is this here? Station? Bus station is it? You were aeroplane blonde. Blonde hair, black box. Still don't get it. What do you mean? See if anyone else gets it. We have arrived. Hotel Continental is where we're staying. We finally got here. We definitely got lost in Sorrento. About ten times. But we're here. Let's go check in. As you walk in we have some snazzy tiles in here. What do we have in here? More wardrobe space. Blue. And there's me. How does the bed feel? Orange. Orange you glad I got this room? And then we have our own little balcony. Which I'll show you in the morning. But all of this is the water. So I think now we're going to head out for some food. Because my tummy kind of hurts. I'm that hungry. And then head back and have a chilled on tonight. Because we're both pretty tired. What's it supposed to be? Pasta. What sort of pasta? I don't know. I can't remember the name of it. But they look like fries almost. Got some salad. Well that was rubbish. Delish. Happy birthday. What if you just walked out there now? What? Saccone Jolies? You'd be a proper fangirl. I would definitely fangirl. If you watch the Saccone Jolies, this is where they stay every time they come. The Bellevue Sirene. That is where we're staying. Hotel Continental. So yeah, this is fangirl moment for me right now. So the rain has started. So I'm going to put on a big jacket. But I am wearing these joggers from Pretty Little Thing. My Adidas and ASOS trainers. So I'll link them below. This bodysuit is from Missguided. And I'm going to put the big jacket on because it's cold. Let's go to breakfast. What's your outfit of the day, Tommy? Casual, chic. Right, let's lock our balcony. I did prepare by bringing umbrellas. So we've got them. Are we going down the stairs now? We can come back up if you want. The hoodie that I'm going to wear is this one from Missguided. It's kind of like a dark grey. It's from that New Essentials range. And then I'm going to throw my Vogue denim jacket on, which is just from Primark. Maybe a big scarf as well. Because it's kind of miserable. Never mind. Phone. Let's go. This lift is snug. You won't be able to get many more than just the two of us in. Heading down to breakfast. I'm hungry. I'm looking forward to an Italian coffee. Caffe. That's what they do. Let's go to breakfast. I like that globe. We can go have a look at the spa bit. And see what that's like. Savory. We are set. We're ready to explore. Straight in a puddle. It's a little bit wet. That's not stopping us. But you can't predict the weather. Booking a trip to Sorrento in March was a bit of a risk. But so was Barcelona in January and that was stunning. That's a nice big yawn in the background. Are you tired? Vesuvius is going to look smart tomorrow. Vesuvius? Why tomorrow? Yes, we are going to Pompeii tomorrow. But for now we're just going to explore Sorrento today. Smell them. Oh my word, they smell amazing. They are elusive. Even they are big. Look at them. This is cool in here. I think they do different classes and things. Cookery school. Seen anything you like? These are incredible. We're going to get one. Just having a coffee break. A little pastry. And then we did get one of these. What were they called? They're not a lemon. They're a chinko or something. But we're going to try it later. There's cats chilling in the bed. Is it good? Melon chalup. This is pretty amazing. It's all painted. How cool is that? What is it? Gaming? What are you going to say? So we've come to a place called Pizzeria Aurora. Sorrento. Artichoke aubergines. Margherita with aubergines. What's that? That reminds me of the film Matilda. We're defeated. We're going to have to take it home. Because we couldn't manage it all. Please get strawberry. Well you get your own. You want strawberry? I'm getting that cone. Just kidding. Look at these. It tastes like that yogurt that you get. You get a mini cone on top. Can I try yours? Tom always goes for strawberry. We have just had a change of clothes. A bit of a chill. I've been catching up with Coney Jolie's Sorrento vlogs. To see where it's good to eat. And I thought just before we head out. For some more food. I will show you what I got at Duty Free. I picked up some of my essentials. If you've seen the Barcelona vlog. You'll have seen that I picked up this. Long lasting makeup setting spray. Which I do actually really like. So I picked up another one. I think they're about £8. And then I also picked up. Like I said. Two of my absolute faves. The first being the BB cream. If you don't already know. I actually use this pretty much on a day to day basis. I don't or very rarely wear foundation. I use the shade 00. And then just bronze it up if needs be. Because generally I am the lightest shade. And then I also absolutely love these. So I've actually got two already. I've got Honey Glam and Honey. And then this one is also in Honey. But just because the Honey Glam one is kind of running out. And then I'm on to Honey. And they're only pretty small. It's just the instant light lip oil. These are so, so good. Like I'll show you what it looks like on. So it's just like essentially a lip oil. And it doesn't like leave the line or anything. It's not like a lip gloss. It's just an oil. But it lasts for ages. And then I also picked up this lip liner pencil. Which I've never tried Clarins for their lip liners. But I wanted to try a new nude. And if you picked up three things you also got a goodie bag. So I got this one in number one nude fair. So it's like a true brownie nude kind of colour. As you can see. Yeah, really, really like that. So I'll let you know how it goes. Tom, I'm just filming. I'm just having a go at Tom. Because, yeah. One of my favourite things to do. Favourite pastime. And yeah, they gave me this little bag of goodies. And it's in this gorgeous like maroon colour. Inside we have a toning lotion. We have a gentle refine exfoliating cream. I absolutely love this. This is one of my favourites as well from Clarins. And then we also got a beauty flash balm. Which is great to be used either as a moisturiser. Or I like to use it as a primer. Before putting my makeup on. And then this. Oh, number one mascara super volume. Intense volume and colour. So this is what the wand looks like. There we go. Generally in the past I've got on well with mascaras from Clarins. So yeah, that was a nice little treat. A nice little surprise to get those. Did we get anything else from Duty Free? I think that was it. And then I picked up a magazine and read a bit about Zoella. And also Patricia Bright and Huda Beauty is in there. And then I also picked up this for the aeroplane. Which I'll carry on doing when I go back. Because I like to do my puzzles. I'm coming. I keep going really, oh my god, really dizzy. Whenever I lie down and get back up. Like vertigo. Right, so we're going to go head in and get some dinner now. Listen to her shout at us when we get to the ground floor. Ground floor. It's still white outside. Crudoli lemons. Do a quick outfit of the day for you. We use this gorgeous door as our back up. So I'm wearing Coach Bagger standard jacket primer. Standard one. Perdi is from Pretty Little Thing. Topshop Joanie. Adidas. Which I got off Asos. Which I don't think they're on Asos anymore. But I shall try and find a link to them. So you can shop them if you want. What are you wearing Tom Lord? Reese, just Reese. This is where we're eating. There was a massive queue here at lunch time wasn't there? It's got very meat. Buon appetito. And a parmigiano. That's delish. That's the same pasta I had last night. Hazelnut pistachio. Hazelnut. So that meal, I've got my hood up. I don't know why because it's not even raining. That meal was pretty good. It was called Ziantonia I think. And they've got a second one. Along the coastline. I was hoping to put you off. And now we're going to go back. Put the PJs on. Cuddle. We've got Pursuit of Happiness to watch on Tom's iPad. Because the TV channel is pretty limited here. We've got about one. BBC World News. We've got 30 or 40 channels. But they're all Italian. Yeah, one British channel then. You wouldn't have a clue. In fact we were watching a Strictly Dancing in Italian last night. So yeah, that's the plan. That's what we're going to do tonight. And then we're going to get up tomorrow. Have breakfast at the hotel. And then set off to Pompeii. Which I'm so excited for. Weather isn't forecast to be great. But we managed to make it work this morning. And I've just seen about 10 dogs in front of me. So I'm going to have to go. Looks like a little Alsatian this one. Aww. Hello.