#stylebloggerawards

It's always been a dream of mine since I was old enough to spell fashion to travel to London, I don't know why I've never been. I've traveled all over the UK but for some reason I just never make it to London. So when I found out I had been shortlisted for the Company Magazine #stylebloggerawards2014 and that we would get an invite to the awards ceremony in London it was safe to say I WAS OVER THE MOON!

I've not stopped talking about it since and the topic on everyones mind including mines is - What do I wear?

So here I sit less than four weeks away until the awards, rummaging through the copious amounts of clothes I own and still not one stitch can be found that I can say is eligible to attend the awards with me. DIVA or what?

So I did the next best thing and hit up ASOS! Why cant I just have an ASOS warehouse attached to my walk in wardrobe then most of my lifes problems would dissapear haha.

Anyway I've chosen three outfits from ASOS and would love to know what you think!

 

The Statement Outfit - I believe that this outfit screams the words FASHIONISTA to me. I featured this suit in a previous post and I'm still in L-O-V-E with it. This is definitely a suit that will get the heads turning, it's also a very on trend piece and I think it's great for an awards ceremony.

The Heritage Outfit - As I will be travelling down from Scotland to London (where I've never been before AHHHH!) I thought about sticking to my Scottish roots. Now this isn't a Scottish Tartan or anything but I believe it gives off a Scottish kind of feel and green being a favourite colour of mine I thought that this suit would also be perfect!

 

The Pretty In Pink Outfit - A couple of months back I attended an event where we got a consultation from a colour expert, she said for my skint tone/complexion any pink/salmon/peach colours would sit well with me. When I saw this colour, which, is waaaaay out of my comfort zone I kept going back to it and when something does that to me I just have to give it a go. I think this will be perfect for the #stylebloggerawards and I'm also loving the suit-short combo rather than trousers.

The Shoes - Anyone who knows me knows I'm a sucker for a tasseled loafer as well as a bit of Vivienne Westwood so here I've chosen three pair of shoes which I think will compliment the above outfits.

Now here is where I need your HELP - Which outfit would you love to see me in? Please leave your comments for me below.

Today & Tomorrow are the last days available to vote for www.scottnothingtodowithyou.com for a chance to win BEST MALE STYLE BLOG. I'm only a newcomer and love blogging and met some fantastic friends for life through doing so and things like this give me the drive and determination to do better. I would love for you to give me your vote it would mean the world - if you click the image below it will take you to the voting page, I am page 7 then continue to the end and leave your e-mail address then even send a little tweet for your chance to attend the awards as well! Good Luck to everyone who made the shortlist <3 !

#scentinthecity + giveaway

  

 

Hello my lovely people, it seems that scottnothingtodowithyou has went a little candle crazy lately ! So when I was invited to the #scentinthecity bloggers event at Shearers Candles I was over the moon, It was my chance to find out how my beloved candles are made. Shearer Candles is a family run business which has been owned by the same family for more than 3 decades although the actual company itself began back in 1897 - can you believe it?

I took a subway trip to the event, it was a gorgeous sunny day in Glasgow which is very rare so I had a little spring in my step and smile on my face. Upon my arrival to candle factory I made my way through the store and was automatically taken in by the mixture of scents drifting through the air, I later found out that this was actually the discounted gift shop where they sold candles and gifts at discounted prices due to the fact they where slightly damaged (I will let you in on a little secret - you couldn't even tell with the majority of items). In the next gift shops it was candles, reed diffusers galore as well as a selection of nibbles and prosecco awaiting us. 

Let the fun begin..

Rosey the Artistic Director of Shearer candles firstly gave us an insight into the company telling us about both the past and the present. We found out about the history of the company which I mentioned earlier and how it was founded in 1897 and how through the years it home moved from the Candleriggs to ibrox then on to its new premises in Govan. 

Rosey then spoke us through the fine art of creating the most perfect candle and let us in on a Shearer Candles secret lets just say its about getting the right balance, selecting the best ingredients having a strong passion and extensive experience. Although the candles are made here in Glasgow the ingredients, packaging and everything else needed to make a candle are sourced from some of the most exotic countries all over the world.

Shearer candles have many a ranges and also some major retail collaborations such as Tesco and Sainsbury's some of you might be saying "I've never heard of Shearer Candles before" but I bet you've had one burning away in your home without knowing. We also found out that a lot of celebrities are major fans of the candles - and why would they not be? These include the likes of George Micheal who is a massive fan of the Persian Lime, and we where told that Janet Jackson had been to the very gift shop we where all sitting in - AMAZING !

Chat over with and it was onto the factory where the magic happens! We where given a tour of the production line and got to see a  candle made from scratch to finish (see pictures below)

Production Line - Wick placed in candle, on route for wax pour.

Hot wax, if my memory serves me right it was peach!

Wax poured, time to set.

Cooling stage, depending on weather outside fans are used to help the cooling.

Complete, time to be packaged and boxed.

Different range of candles.

Some more factory pictures.

The hot wax runs from a container that's outside through pipes and into the factory.

After a few slips or two from me and the other bloggers on some of the wax it was time to put our candles making skills to the test and we all got to make our own candles FUN FUN FUN!

Tour over and back to the gift shop we went for some more prosseco and nibbles. Shearer candles where kind enough to let us choose 3 candles of our choice. After sniffing around for what seemed forever making sure I chose the best scents I decided on Watermelon, Hollyberry & Clove and Hogmanay. 

yummy cakes.

The girls at shearer candles also gave us a goody bad which had some gifts for us to give away to our readers.

 

 

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RREMEMBER I'VE BEEN SHORTLISTED FOR THE COMPANY MAGAZINE #stylebloggerawards MAKE SURE YOU CLICK THE IMAGE BELOW TO TAKE YOU TO THE VOTING PAGE

 

VOTE FOR ME

Well guys, yesterday they announced the shortlist for the Company Magazine #stylebloggerawards2014 and we done it ! scottnothingtodowithyou.com has made it and it's all thanks to you wonderful people for nominating me. I just want to say congratulations to anyone who entered and congratulations to those who made it through to the shortlist as well. I've made a little pack with myself to continue to deliver on my blog and that means working harder on my posts, showing you all my style more often and having FUN. I only started my blog back in October and can't believe we've made it this far so soon. It couldn't have been done without the support of my blogging community so thanks to all the #scottishbloggers out there ! and of course my followers and my readers too - keep coming back for more I won't let you down.

The voting page is here http://www.company.co.uk/magazine-hq/company-style-blogger-awards-2014 and can be a little tricky to vote - you can either vote for someone in each category or go straight to my category which is Number 7 - BEST MALE STYLE BLOG but then you have to continue to the end and leave your details (see photos below)

FLAMINGO CANDLES

Okey so it seems that everyone these days has a crazy mad candle obsession, or is that just me? Anyway I'm always sharing my new finds with you & next up is the one and only Flamingo Candles! 

Flamingo Candles is a company who strive themselves on being fun and quirky, and guess what? that they are! The candles are all handmade, organic and come in jam jar like pots with the statement acrylic flamingo attached which gives it its own very unique look. These candles are perfect for giving away as gifts and I already know of a few peeps that I'll be ordering some for, including myself.

To change my candle obsession up a little bit this time I decided to to try out the Flamingo Candle Scent Melts. Scent melts are like little circles of wax that you place in a burner and light a tea light underneath which of courses causes the wax to melt and fills up your room with a fantastic scent, it does a better job than what a candle does in my honest opinion. When my delivery from Flamingo Candles arrived with my six chosen scent melts I was super excited because before I could even open the box I could smell how AMAZING they where. After a couple of days waiting on my burner arriving I could finally get down to business and try out these scent melts that had been sitting in my bedroom drawer filling my room up with a mixture of different scents, yes they even worked when they where sitting in a drawer doing nothing believe it or not. Now I wasn't sure if you where to insert the full scent melt into the burner so decided to quarter it - I'm not sure if it would make a difference scent wise but it gave me the chance to move onto a new one quicker rather than waiting for the full scent melt to be burned up. The great things about the scent melts is that they can burn up to 15 hours but the smell lingers for what seems like forever!

The first melt I tried was Candy Floss Candy Shop Scent Melt and it filled the room up straight away, the scent must have took about 5 minutes for it to turn to liquid but the smell was just out of this world all I could think of was the smell of those American candy sweetie shops for some reason. When the tea light ran out the smell still lingered through the room, we had visitors up that night who complimented on the smell of the flat which I'm always paranoid because having two cats sometimes I get worried in case all they smell is cat haha! I tried this smell out in the bedroom and the next day the smell was still floating about which is great! I hate these candles that you buy and the smell just disappears immediately you feel done out of your hard earned cash.

The one I'm using at the moment is the Black Raspberry & Vanilla Scent Melt which is my favourite so far! My boyfriend who is a hairdresser had a friend coming over to have her hair done and as soon as she walked in she said the flat was smelling Funky Fresh and that's a good funky fresh of course! The scent totally filled up my hall bedrooms and living room. I think the key to having the scent travel is to have it positioned in a predominant area - for my I know we get a windy draught through the bottom of our flat door so placing it at then end of the hall means that when there is a gust of wind it will pull it through the rest of the house haha is that weird? I'm not sure but definitely give it a go you never know it might work.

 Green Tea & Lemon - £2 / Bubble Gum - £2  / Cranberry, Orange & Cinnamon - £2 / Fresh Peppermint - £2

I've still got another 4 scents to try but going on what I've already experienced I know I'm not going to be dissapointed! I'm totally in LOVE LOVE LOVE with flamingo candles and just want to try them all! Now that I've tried the scent melts I want to give the candles a go because not only will the make the flat smell adorable but they also add a bit of character to a boring old worktop or chest of drawers.  

Here are the four candles I have on my wish list!

Pink Lemonade

          White Tee & Mint                                                                              Cranberry Ginger Spice Tea

Vanilla Milk Bottles Candy Shop

May I add this is my favourite childhood sweet!

So there you have it the lowdown on Flamingo Candles Scent Melts! Have I inspired you? or have you already tried Flamingo Candles out? If so leave me a comment below and tell me how you got on if not then hurry up! 

 

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