Lovebox Festival Fashion Wishlist

Hooray, I'm super excited I'm going to Lovebox festival this weekend. I thought I'd compile a few lovely pieces for outfit inspiration for the day! 

4 Festival Hair Styles

Before I go to a festival I love perusing the web to find some inspiration for festival hair-dos so that 3 days without a shower won't be a problem for my locks! 

Boho hair (source)

Winter Style Inspiration (SATC)

I have pretty much every episode of Sex and the City sitting in iTunes on my laptop. Every now & then I'll go through a phase of watching a few episodes a day whenever I have a little bit of free time. I was having one of these very enjoyable & addictive series-bouts recently, reliving the wardrobes of the nineties/noughties and couldn't get over how relevant & wearable the outfits still are. My SATC style inspiration mostly comes from Carries's more casual layered looks, paired with the ubiquitous tousled curls & flushed cheeks.

These are my favourite Carrie looks for Autumn/Winter. I love how quite often she wears a neutral palette of black, sludgey greys & taupes but has a pop of colour coming out from her accessories, be it a bright red umbrella or purple scarf. Even though the series ceased filming almost 10 years ago you can spot many current trends for this seasons fashion in the images below.

    

       

I'll leave you with this little gem; Carrie & Samantha doing THE A/W13 trend circa 1999. Pastel coats SATC style.

  

What's your favourite SATC outfit?

Harriet x

Inspiration

Although I'm excited for the arrival of Autumn, crunchy leaves, layered jumpers & tartan scarves; I'm not ready to give up on summer just yet. I'm hoping for an Indian Summer dwindling out over September 'til October.

 Balmy evenings with cocktails in the garden, the last of the seasons peonies, soaking up the sun on a wooden jetty, braided hair for a day at the beach, fresh creamy avocados for breakfast, falling asleep swathed in crisp white bed linen, beachy California styling & days spent perusing piles of books with no makeup & a pair of dungarees.

All images taken from Pinterest.

Harriet x

Workout of the Day 01. 01. 13

I finally got back to the gym today after about 2.5 weeks of rest from proper training! I've still maintained an active lifestyle (lots of dog walking) and some bodyweight exercises at home. But with December packed full of Birthday celebrations, my boyfriend returning to London and the lead up to Christmas I just hadn't had the time or inclination to hit the gym for a full workout.
I really let myself relax over Christmas and enjoy the festivities with family & friends, this meant my diet and alcohol consumption was slightly all over the place. I haven't gained any weight as such, but I  definitely feel softer and less defined especially in my upper body and midsection. So I set off to the gym today keen to get my pre-Christmas abs back and get back on track.

Today 

Not wanting to give my muscles a massive shock I decided to do a light full body workout & some cardio.

Warm up 

10mins brisk uphill walk, maximum incline
Dynamic stretches

     Strength     

Squats
warmed up with empty bar (20kg) 15reps squats, 5reps squat thrusts x 5 sets
after the 5 set warm up my body was fully warm and feeling loose so I loaded up the bar to 50kg 10reps x 5 sets
Deadlift 
using the same bar (50kg) 10reps x 5 sets
Lat Pulldown superset with Pushups 
(started the lat pulldown on 15kg increased by 5kg each set)
10reps lats superset with 10 pushups x 5 sets

Bodyweight

Incline Pushups superset with Tricep Dips 

10 reps each x 5 sets

Walking lunges 

1min x 3 sets

Plank 

1min x 5 sets

Cardio

20 mins sparring with my boyfriend (really got my sweat on here!)

A good little workout for New Years Day, in and out of the gym in an hour & a half. I haven't lost any strength during my training break, however endurance and fitness I struggled with. Boxing completely kicked my arse but I'm feeling very virtuous now as I kick back on the sofa watching The Wizard of Oz.

I hope your having a lovely New Years Day. If your having any trouble getting back into your fitness routine after a Christmas break, just remember that you never regret going to the gym once its done. You just need to get that first session in and from there its easy! Hx

(I'll update progress pics as I get back onboard with my diet & training)