Record of achievement

Last Friday (20/06/14),  I attended my school’s Record of Achievement ceremony. The only was I can describe what the event was like, is that it was a graduation, without the diplomas, caps, gowns or crazy after party (to my disappointment). On the whole, it was a lovely ceremony, lots of speeches, songs and everyone looked incredibly smart/elegant.

The ceremony took place at my local football stadium, which held a significant amount more of the amount of places we were allocated, but still with all the Year 11 students and parents/guardians, the crowd held 500+ (eek!). Despite this, I still had the courage to sing a solo verse in the opening song “Seasons of Love” and to play Madam Thenardier in the closing song “One Day More”, which was very successful. Theres me on the far right (terrible photography by my mother).

The day itself was absolute chaos! We had so much to get through in so little time. In the morning, I had to pop back into school to drop off some coursework and go to a meeting for a London trip, which took longer than expected, so I ended up being very late to my prom hair trial. Even though I arrived late, the hair master piece (seen in the picture above) only took 30 minutes to complete! I was astounded. The magical fingers of Jade the hairdresser…

After the hairdressers, we went to the dress makers to pick up my prom dress and the florist to pick my corsage. (Be sure to check out my prom post coming soon!)

Fortunately, I had an hour and a half to get my outfit on and do my make up before getting the metro to the stadium of a soundcheck. For makeup, I went with a neutral/gold eye, using the Too Faced: Chocolate Bar palette;  white chocolate (for inner corners and highlight) and marzipan (rest of the lid). I used Benetint for my checks and lips and finished off my lips with a Mac lipstick in Blossom Culture (Sheen Supreme).

After the ceremony, I got some lovely photos which my fellow choir members, Emily  (left) and Emma (right). i must say they looked gorgeous too!

I am wearing a mint green tea style dress from Zara, which has a split in the back. Purchased this in Knightsbridge, I haven’t seen it in my other shops but I’m sure they’ll be some in the larger shops around but not in smaller one like my local Zara. My shoes are from Carvela at Kurt Geiger (GLOBE) which were quite pricey, but I’m also wearing them for my prom. My black and white flower choker is from Urban Oufitters, the silver heart pendant was give to me as a gift and my faux pearls are from Miss Selfridge (it used to have a clock on the bottom but it snapped off). my watch is from Urban Outfitters too. I also wore a small pearl bracelet and a white shawl, which you can see on these photos but the bracelet was from a pack, purchased at Miss Selfridge and my shawl (seen in photo 1) is my Mother’s.

On the whole, it was a great evening finishing off with a meal with my family.

Year 11 Prom

On 27th of June (2014), I had my secondary leaver's prom. I can honestly say it was one of the best nights of my life and it was a great way to end the whole secondary school expecrience. Just like Record of achievement, the entire year went all out and we had a great time and some right laughs. It was held a swanky hotel near Durham, the perfect back drop for many awesome photos!

The day really started around noon when I was picked up to go for my hair appointment. In my last post, i went for my hair trial and i decided to go with a slightly different style. Instead of one braid i went with two, lowered the bun and untwined the braid in-between the curled pieces.

After that we went to a sushi place for a spot of lunch then made out way to Fenwicks to the Laura Mercia counter to get my makeup done.

I made a point of making it look natural because I barely wear makeup and I was so pleased with the outcome. Sadly, I couldn’t get any names of the products but if you’re nifty with a makeup brush, you can try to recreate it.

After all that i had an hour to get back to my own house to get my dress on. 

I am wearing an aqua marine blue floor length gown from Sherri Hill. I absolutely loved my dress so much! I arrived a bit too big so i got it custom fit to my body…. resulting in it crushing my internal organs but oh well.. Beauty is pain.

My shoes are the same ones I wore to Graduation, purchased Carvela at Kurt Geiger (GLOBE) and the bag I’m not sure what the name is but it was also from Kurt Geiger. the bag to match they shoes was out of stock in Harrods when I went but they had this bag which had more of a blue rhinestone so it matched perfectly to the dress and the shoes.

My jewellery are all from Pandora. The earrings and blue ring were matching items and I received the heart stacking ring for my 13th birthday from my mother. All my female relatives have this ring so its kind of a tradition in the family.

I arrived to school in style in my Dad’s Aston Martin and then got a double decker bus to the prom location.

On the bus it was all excitement, nerves and attack of the moths when one got into the back of the bus and I killed it with my handbag… Ninja Maddie to the rescue. (Disclaimer: I apologise to all moths on the world… The girl’s screams were annoying me.)

The night itself entailed a lovely three course meal, endless amounts of selfies and awards, finished with a disco to rap it all up.

The people on my table and I all got  professional photograph taken by the photographer, which now stands in my bedside table. I also got to keep the party centre piece which was really beautiful! My award was just a small thank you for singing at Record of Achievement/Graduation and my runner up prize for Prom Queen. you could say i was Prom Princess instead hahah. (seen above!) 

Although my hair didn’t last two minutes of dancing and the moth apocalypse, the night was one to never forget! I love my year so much and good luck for the future. Trying not to be cheesy but oh well!