NYE look

The night before last was New Years Eve! Had great fun, with too much vodka, definitely too much karaoke, a few fireworks, a couple of drinking games and even a watergun.

I always love New Years as it gives you an excuse to wear the lovely new garms Santa brought you!

I went for quite a muted colour palate - lots of greys and black. I wore a high waisted skirt and long sleeved crop.

The skirt was a faux leather wrap-skirt from Topshop, and an absolute bargain at £15 in the Christmas sales! 

It's really flattering as it's close fitting but not so tight that you have to feel self conscious about a bloaty tum after all the party food and drinks!

Furthermore, as a girl of considerable height (5'10), finding skirts and dresses that conserve my modesty can be a struggle - this skirt is an ideal length for me! 

Sits right on the most flattering part of the waist and looks fab with crops, but I think it would also look good with a chiffon blouse tucked in.

It's a really versatile piece as this can be easily dressed down with a jumper or dressed up for the evening.

Although it's faux leather it looks pretty convincing! 

The top I wore was a long sleeved scoop necked crop top in what I would describe as a scribble print.

I bought it sometime in October from New Look. It was about £12 and I love it!

Have a massive soft spot for crops of all types but I like that this is long sleeved as you can still flash some skin without looking half naked.

I apologise for the awful, cringe mirror pics! need to find someone to take pictures for me!

I kept accessories simple and just wore a chunky silver chain, also from Topshop and £8 in the sales.

My shoes were grey suede wedge boots and stolen from Mother's wardrobe.

In terms of make-up I wanted a pop of colour to brighten up the tonal look of my outfit. I wore my new bright purple Topshop lipstick in the shade 'Straight Up' - if you want to hear more about it then do read my post about Purple lipstick (http://primpingandpreening.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/my-hunt-for-perfect-purple.html?m=1) as I review it there :) 

On my cheeks I just contoured a little with a peachy-brown blush and highlighted with MACs cream colour base in Pearl.

For my eyes I applied a shimmery nude all over the lid and blended a sparkly dark grey into the outer corner of my lid and lower lash line to bring out the blue in my eyes.

Both shadows were from Stila's 'In the light palette' - the nude is called Kitten and the Grey is called Night Sky.

(Sorry to get sidetracked, but it's a lovely palette with really wearable shades, and I may review it sometime if anyone would like that)

I don't really have any good photos of my makeup as I was in a rush to get ready and didn't have much time for selfies! 

This will have to suffice:

Oh and I matched my nails to my skirt - I used Essie's nail polish in Master Plan

I suppose grey is not a very celebratory colour and doesn't reflect the excitement of New Year's but it's actually a very light grey so the outfit wasn't overwhelmingly dark.

Hope ya like! xx