Emma O Donnell: christmas
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December and January Photo Diary: Christmas and a trip to Dublin

January felt like a year so these photos seem so old but I wanted to catch up between Decemeber and now.

This Christmas I celebrated some of it in Cardiff and some of it at home in Ireland. This picture is from Winter Wonderland in Cardiff.

I've been loving festive beauty this year, particularily anything festive from Lush and the Body Shop.

Chris got me some amazing gifts for Christmas this year. My favourite is the Fred Perry bomber from the Amy Winehouse collection, its soo cool. I also got an amazing Edie Sedgwick vinyl, its a soundtrack from the movie Ciao Manhattan which I watched a few years ago and is quite confusing but it does have some great footage of Edie. I also got this amazing photography book on Andy Warhol's factory by Stephen Shore which has some great photographs and a few I haven't seen before. 

some more presents that I got for Christmas, I especially love the Andy Warhol badge and the Tarte gifted mascara, its so good I recommend.

I also got Black Opium by YSL from my brother for Christmas, Ive been wanting it for so long, it kind of smells like Jimmy Choo which is another of my favourites but its a tad sweeter

My parents got me some makeup (that I requested lol) including the Naked 2 palette. I love this palette because it has such a good range of colours and lots of shimmer shades which Im a big fan of these days.

This picture is of my garden at home just after the snow. I miss living in the country sometimes and I cant wait to go back to visit.

we celebrated four years together on New Years, we went out for food in Las Iguanas and then to gig before catching the fireworks. We went home soon after midnight though bc I was working New Years Day (don't you just love retail haha)

I treated myself to a candle from the white company because it was in the sale and I absolutely love their candles, they last so long too!

In January France Gall passed away so I thought Id commerate her by listening to a record of hers I picked up in a market in Paris. I love French music and its always sad to lose a star of the sixties

I went to see Paramore last month. It was such a flashback to my teens, I loved Paramore and went to see them twice in Ireland. I wish they played more of their earlier music but I still enjoyed seeing them again.

Dream Wife finally released their first EP last month so I got the limited edition copy with a signed zine because Im a sucker for limited editions. I love Dream Wife, I think they are a great band with lots of energy and I definately recommend that you catch them on their UK tour.

An outfit I wore out last month, I love the detail on this mesh top from Topshop. In hindsight though, maybe January isnt the best time for mesh, I was freezing haha

I also went to Dublin in January. I'm looking for a new job at the moment so I really wanted to see friends before things got busy. I love Dublin and it was really nice to be back and hang out in the city for a few days.

I went to a few of the book stores that I love in Dublin, this picture is from a shop called The Winding Stair, I also really like Books Upstairs too.

Dublin have an And Other Stories  now which Im super jealous of because I honestly love this store.

I'm really hoping to go back in August and maybe do a tour of Ireland and visit Dublin, Galway and Donegal.

I really hope that one day ill actually have time for blogging again, I miss it a lot...

all photos from my instagram where Im a lot more active

December Photo Diary: Festive Celebrations

I'm a bit late since its now January 5th (oops) but I thought I'd share some pictures from December.

at the start of the month, I got this cute jumper from ASOS which I absolutely love

I also got the new Last Shadow Puppets EP which I haven't stop listening to

I bought the Warpaint Ep Exquisite Corpse which I've been after for years

I got my hair cut into a bob again, it hasn't been this short since 2013

me and Chris had a pre-Christmas at our flat a week before actual Christmas because we were going home for Christmas and we didn't want to miss out on having Christmas together so we put on our best Christmas jumpers, gave each other presents and had a Sunday carvery 

I got so many amazing things including a ticket to Warpaint in March, the coolest velvet bomber and a boxset of velvet underground singles on vinyl :)

look how cute and christmassy

I went home for Christmas on the 19th and got to see my family, mum really aced the Christmas decorations this year 

I also went out with friends and wore this sparkly tinsel dress that I featured in this outfit post

I got this amazing Nars x Andy Warhol makeup palette which I've loved since it was released a few years ago, I cant wait to use it

we celebrated New Years in Cardiff this year and as tradition I got a picture in front of the fireworks. Chris and I also celebrated our three year anniversary on New Years Eve so it was a special night :)

Topshop Festive Look


velvet bomber - topshop
tinsel dress - topshop

Merry Christmas Eve!!! I thought I'd post some pictures of what I wore last night. I love all things glittery and velvet so the Christmas season is one of my favourite times of the year. I got the velvet bomber as a Christmas present and I absolutely love it. As it was so stormy last night I ended up wearing a heavier coat but I cant wait to wear it. I love this glittery dress that I got for the festive season. Both items are from Topshop and both are on sale!

  I hope you have a nice Christmas :)

Merry Christmas :)

Merry Christmas everyone :) I hope you've had a nice day x
I got the coolest things this year, my boyfriend got me a fred perry dress, the coolest chelsea boots, a record my Tess Parks and the new Morrissey book. My family cute me a few cute little things like Pandora earrings and this teddybear, you can see it all below

I took some pictures of my outfit today too, I feel so cool in Fred Perry ;) I just love the tennis skirt on this dress


dress - fred perry
boots - office

I'm so happy with all I got, I am well and truly spoilt. I've had a nice Christmas at home in Donegal with my family, how have you been spending Christmas? :)

Christmas Party Outfit


velvet playsuit - topshop (sold out similar here and here)
choker - river island
heels - clarks

only three sleeps to Christmas :) yay I'm not going out until boxing day but I think I'll wear this little velvet playsuit from Topshop that I got it last year. Topshop have some similar velvet playsuits this season and they are currently on sale, most have sold out online but some are still available in store.
I haven't been posting much lately because I've been so busy with college work but I'm free now for a whole month so I plan to post more regularly :)