Cloud 23 - Afternoon Tea

I'm just going to apologise now for the quickness of this post!  So I went for afternoon tea yesterday with my lovely partner - it was absolutely fantastic. We went to Cloud 23, The Hilton, Manchester. It is located in Deansgate in the city centre, if you ever get a chance to visit I would definitely recommend trying to book into here. It is rather posh - but stunning views and delicious food.  I took a few photos - admitedly not very good but I just really wanted to share how amazing the afternoon tea was with you guys - on with the pictures...

Excuse the hair - it was raining and really windy! 

Not the best of days but still fantastic view! 

And so there we have it, not too many pics but I did just want to show you how amazing it all looked. And we were so full! We didn't actually get that much tea which was a little bit disappointing but the food made up for it. 

I hope you enjoyed looking at the photos - sorry this is short and sweet - got a wedding to get off to! 

Have a lovely day.

thanks for reading. 

Bea xoxo

June Favourites!

Welcome to my first favourites post!  How is everyone finding the heat? I hope there's not too much complaining as you always long for it when it's not here - enjoy it!  Anyway - I read so many monthly favourites and I always love them so, time to do one of my own. Here go's. 

1. H&M slip-on sandals £14.99.  I love, love these shoes so much. Having originally brought them for my hols, they have actually seen a lot of wear these past couple of days with the weather reaching highs of 31 degrees here in Manchester! They are really comfy and so easy to wear just throwing them onto my feet before I rush out of the house. The buckle detail is something I particularly like as it makes the shoe a bit more interesting and also the little quirky detailing of the sole. I actually don't know what I used to wear on my feet in the summer before I had these, so easy to wear, comfortable and the perfect summer must have! 

2. Black & Gold Earing Studs - Primark £2.50 I brought them on a pack of studs.  I have been obsessing over these this month, they are paired with pretty much every outfit. I love the vintage look to them which is the perfect accessory if you're wanting to add a touch of vintage to any outfit. They have a lovely spherical shape to them, not easy to notice on the photo - giving a unique 3D effect to the stud. They are just big enough on my ear that they make a statement yet don't look to big to fit my lobe. I also do tend to wear quite a lot of gold look jewelry so they match really well with other accessories that I own. 

3. Sweet Retreat nail varnish - Rita Ora for Rimmel London I paint my nails weekly so I'm a bit of a nail varnish hoarder, my collection is ever growing as I get bored quite easily of colours and I just love buying new ones to try. June was the month I treated myself to this lovely paint and I'm in love with it. It's so summery and sweet - as the name suggests - not too 'in your face pink' and it doesn't look sickly either. It matches really well to my skin tone as well which I like as sometimes paler colour's can my me look quite pasty. It has also lasted pretty well on the chip side and it goes on quickly only needing a couple of coats. Sometimes cheaper nail paints take 3 or even 4 coats to actually make it look like I'm wearing varnish, however I found with this one that, that wasn't the case. It dried within a couple of minutes and has lasted really well - very impressed! I would definitely recommend purchasing a one of these from the Rita Ora collection - all the colours are adorable and so summery! Well that's it, the end of my first favorites post! I really enjoyed doing this post and I would love to know what you are all enjoying over the last month as well, leave me some links to have a read.  Thanks for staying,