Gin Festival London

Gin Festival London is a once per year event. Filled to the brim with hundreds brands that bring in the crowds like a magpie to shiny things. This is a gin festival so if this drink isn't your cup of tea, then your probably not going to like it, but if your open to trying something new, I would definitely give this a go. I am a newbie to the gin crowd, so for me this was a perfect way to get stuck in.

When you first get to the festival you are given a booklet, a little bag which I found really useful to carry my glass in (if it wasn't in my hand which was 90% of the time), a pen and a sheet too add your details too if you wanted to purchase a bottle of your favourite after but not want to carry it home. We then headed to the tills where we each brought a card for £20 which gave us enough tokens for four drinks each. Off to the bar we went...

We were guided to a large room where four bars awaited us, each labelled from A-D. We found that each one had a rough theme to us based on the flavour notes given to us in the book, but it could have just been a coincidence. I personally found bar B was full of the strongest percentage ones and C full of spiced gins.  Deciding it would be a good strategy to try a drink from each bar we looked through our books to find one that took our fancy. The key flavours I was looking for were fruit and citrus as I find this helps to freshen the drink making it easier to consume. I already knew spiced gins weren't my thing so I stayed clear of those from the offset.

My first taste was from a brand called Brockmans, it was deliciously fruity with notes of blackberries, perfect with your standard tonic water. This was actually my favourite from the whole day and I will be purchasing a full bottle of it in the future. Now with each gin it tells you which tonic compliments it the best but after trying a few variations I noticed that the lemon and elderflower tonics overpower the gin flavour. If you were there to try the real flavours of the gin I would keep to standard tonic for this purpose. I personally LOVE elderflower in my gin so I was all over that and the lemon tonic made one of mine taste just like lemonade which was delicious and very easy to consume.

The are also food stands, (I tried an a-maz-ing nacho veggie burger with halloumi in - ugh dreamy) Live bands were playing in the bar, there was an outside area filled with deck chairs to sit with your favourites and enjoy the day. During the day I ended up consuming about six drinks and got quite merry from it. It was nice to forget the world and laugh at stupid things such as when I was explaining how people sniff their gins first for flavour and somehow managed to get a straw wedged up my nose.

It was a really lovely start to my bank holiday weekend and would highly recommend giving it a go next year. Are there any festivals you've been loving this year? Please let me know as I want to make a conscious effort to go to more in 2017.

LoveBox Festival 2015

Jessie Ware was incredible! If you ever get a chance to see her, do it! She seems like the nicest and most down to earth artist I've seen in a while, plus her songs are beautiful!

Heres my outfit that I wore to the festival. Top and shorts are from ASOS. Necklace from Oasis. Shoes from H&M. Choker and lace throw on from New Look. Sunglasses from Topshop.

Your probably thinking these chips look gross but let me tell you. Chips with gravy and cheese are just amazing! On those days where you go wild and forget about healthy food, this is what you need!

So I can bee a right nutter sometimes and this blog is one about me, imperfections and all so this just gives you a little glimpse into what I'm like on a daily basis. Life's too short to be normal - right? 

Lovebox 2015 was such a great day out. Music was good and it was great to spend some quality time with my man. Although we live together we don't actually spend much time together with our busy work lives. Today was a day for us to enjoy life without the annoying distractions ad create some memories. 

Make most of the days you have and live it to the full. Always do what makes you happy!

That can be a walk on the beach, getting an ice cream or sob in front of Netflix for half a day feeling sorry for yourself. You might not be an outdoors kind of person and prefer spending time in your happy place. I'm trying to make a conscious effort to be more social as I can be a bit of a hermit crab at the best of times. Its helping my confidence a lot and I always feel better once I'm in the situation than I do thinking about it. Don't ever feel like you need to live your life in a certain way, just make sure your happy doing whatever you want. Life really is too short. 

Try and enjoy your week the best you can. 

Ciao!

Love Khrissie 

KhrissieLoves....Lovebox Festival 2014

A few weekends ago I decided last minute that I wanted to go to Lovebox Festival. I managed to find some tickets and off I went, Nick ended up coming with me. We turned up and the crowds were so busy, most of the people waiting for friends I assumed. We got through the cue quite quickly and we were in! 

We spent the first hour walking around the festival and checking out what it had to offer.  We stumbled upon lots of music acts we hadn't seen before as well as a roller disco and a small parade which worked its way across the field. It must have been the hottest day of the year and I was sweating way too much but we managed to find some hammocks which we spent a lot of time chilling out in. It also confirmed that I NEED a hammock in my life! It made me feel like a chilled out hippy, just enjoying life with no worries or questions to ask. I loved it!

Dress as a Top / Ebay

Shorts / Forever 21

Kimono & Necklace / Select Fashion

Shoes / Topshop

Bag & sunglasses / Primark

Nail Art / Moyo Nail art kit

Head garland / Primark (ages ago)

This is what I managed to scramble together to wear for the festival. The kimono was a new find which you have seen on previous OOTDs as I havent been able to take it off since this festival (I have washed it, I promise). The kimono was the bases of my outfit and I loved the pink in the pattern and knew I had this dress (top) that I hadn't worn yet so I paired them together, working the clashing prints! I added shorts as I knew it was going to be hot! I threw these shoes on last minute although I should have gone with something different as the leather was heating up in the intense sun and burning my feet. 

I quite liked how the outfit came together last minute, although knowing how hot it was going to be I would have changed it up a little. 

While M.I.A was on glow stick were being thrown everywhere. I managed to get hold of one but it was broken so we ended up chucking it around and getting the glowing stuff all over our clothes, which was fun while it lasted. I won't be doing it again though as it stained my cat dress which I have to now throw away after one use. Sad face!

This was the sunset that day, it was so beautiful. It got cooler in the evening which I was really thankful for and ended my day perfectly. Lovebox festival was fun but the acoustics need to be improved, especially with what happened to M.I.A.

Below is a vlog of some of the day, I hope you enjoy it!

What festivals are you going to / been to this year?

Khrissie x