Anya Marie Ball

Black Friday Deals...

Anya Marie Ball Monday, 30 November 2015 Leave a Comment

Well wasn't Friday busy with it being Black Friday? It was certainly busy when I was working, that's for sure!

I definitely thought I should write a blog based on some of the deals I managed to find, I do think that last year there was more deals around though compared to this year what do you all think?

Of course, I couldn't resist having a sneaky peak on Superdrug and of course I ended up spending some pennies!! I'm really excited, as I now have the beautiful Soap on a stick which I have been waiting to buy from the Zoella beauty collection. I'm obsessed with the collection, I swear!! (Isn't the designing beautiful and shows such a festive feeling?!)

Not forgetting, my little purchases (well I say little purchases) on Missguided and Boohoo but sadly my Boohoo purchases haven't arrived today and my Missguided one arrived today but I haven't had time to try my new buys on yet! Honestly, the discounts online were amazing though and it had me really excited to buy new clothes!!

Can we just take a minute to appreciate the new Missguided bag please? I love, love, love it! I'm actually in love with the design, I think it's fascinating!!

What was your Black Friday deals like? Did you manage to buy yourself anything nice?

Much Love, Anya x

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Feeling Festive & Little Surprises...

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Well guys I can't actually believe that it's under one day away from the first of December.!! Can you actually believe it, because I can't?

The countdown officially starts tomorrow doesn't it? Have you got any advent calenders this year to join in the festive fun countdown?

I'm so lucky this year as I have been bought a few from my family. Scott bought me a milky bar advent, my nan has bought me a Cadbury's advent so has my mum, alongside her also buying me little gifts and popping them inside a Christmas fabric advent. Of course not forgetting, the advent my cousin Heidi bought me which is the Revoulution make-up advent calender!! Oh my god, I am so excited to open all of my calenders!! I'm sure I will be full up on chocolate before Christmas day comes he-he!!

What advent calenders have you got this year? Let me know, as I always look forward to reading your comments!! What sort of chocolate is your favourite as I bet it's hard to choose right?

I'm literally so excited for Christmas, the festive season makes everyone excited and jolly right?

Has anyone found themselves taking a festive selfie yet? I think I have found mine, as I managed to capture my checked scarf in the photo showing the festive season colour, red of course!!

I've found myself browsing Pinterest and Instagram recently and falling in love with Christmas inspired photos and I have included one of my favourite photos above as I just love it!! Have you been inspired by any social media's?

I couldn't help myself but snap away when I was doing some wrapping as well as show you a little insight into my advent calenders... I'm so excited now!!

What I have been meaning to share with you, is something for you all to share as it's a little treat for you all to celebrate the fact I have reached over 10,000 views...

Have you spotted what the little surprise is yet?

I wonder if you guessed right?...

I decided to create a little Christmas touch towards my blog and update my name to show the Christmas spirit! What do you all think as I would love to know your opinions?

Much Love, Anya x

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Reaching 10,000 Views..

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Wow, so where can I start? :)!! I am honestly, over the moon and of course really over whelmed to be able to sit here and write this blog.

In fact, I am lost for words, I never once thought I would sit here and be able to say that my blog has reached over 10,000 views! I never once imagined, my blog would reach this many views!

I honestly, never thought I would even reach into the thousands. When I did reach one thousand or two thousand, I never ever expected this to happen. Even then, I was really shocked and really grateful for your support but I would never have dreamt for this to happen especially with my blog still being quite new...

Six months ago, I would have never thought my blog would have reached this far. I suppose, everyone is very anxious and people are very unsure if something you love is going to be something someone else enjoys too!

Actually, someone asked me the other day if blogging is risky and I most certainly followed up that question with the response that it's very risky, it's a risk worth taking though but of course it's a risk as you will find there's people who love reading your blog as they have same interests or there's people who will dislike your blog... Again, this is like everything in life right? We weren't born to love the same things, we were all born to have different tastes and interests!

I would like to take the time to dedicate a massive THANK YOU to everyone who reads my blogs - my family, my boyfriend, my friends and of course all of you readers out there! It means the world to me!

I knew a couple of weeks ago that my blog was near to 10,000 views and my aim was to have reached that by Christmas but it looks like Christmas has come early for me!! (So excited to be able to share this with you all!)

I couldn't have asked for anything better than this, knowing I am keeping people interested and potentially helping you all makes me so happy! So thank you for everything and I hope I continue to keep you interested...

I've decided, to share this photograph that was taken a couple of weeks ago when my dear Scott was down which of course is my happy place being surrounded by the people I love and seeing the smiley faces as that's what we all love right? So I wanted to share this with you all too as my blog also reflects what I love as well as you guys!!

Thank you so much!! :)

Much love, Anya x

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Three ways to style an evening look for Christmas 😍🌲🎅🏻🎁

Anya Marie Ball Thursday, 26 November 2015 Leave a Comment

So it's finally that time of year... It's party season and let's get one thing clear us girls certainly know how to party right? We also know how to party in style too, don't we?

Everywhere you go shopping now you will find inside shops there will be a dedicated party section for you which we love right? But there's just one problem there is so many to choose from isn't there?

I thought I would put a little handy essential guide for you all, red, black and white are must have colours for any party... So I thought why not style the colours and keep it simple but stunning?

And that is just what I did for you all!! So from left to right, you can see three different styles!

Style 1) a black knee length dress which can I just say is beautiful! I love the fur detail at the top of the dress, it certainly caught my eye. It's quite an easy dress to style, as you can wear red heels to bring a bold statement of sass to the dress or keep it simple in a pair of black heels, it's up to you! Pairing it with nice simple white coloured nails, with either a white or metallic silver clutch either way looks beautiful....

Style 2) A beautiful sassy red dress!! Who can go wrong with the festive colour? The colour looks amazing when paired with a nice simple pair of black heels. Again, if you wanted to make the dress look even more festive then I would suggest pairing it with a silver clutch to add that extra shimmer other wise nice and simple with a white clutch!

Style 3) The talk of the season, is definitely a jumpsuit which can I say I love! You can't go wrong in a jumpsuit as it keeps you glamorous but it also keeps you warm!! I personally love pairing a jumpsuit with a nice pair of white heels and again your choice of clutch!!

There you go that's my three easy styling tips for an evening look during the festive season!! :)!! I hope it helps you all and please let me know what you think!!

Lots of love, Anya x
Three ways to style an evening look for Christmas 😍🌲🎅🏻🎁 by anyaaa04 featuring a white purse

Zimmermann mini dress
£320 - zimmermannwear.com

Giambattista Valli short dress
£365 - 1stdibs.com

Topshop black jumpsuit
£83 - topshop.com

Gianvito Rossi heels & pumps
lanecrawford.com

Lipsy black shoes
lipsy.co.uk

Office red shoes
office.co.uk

Kate spade handbag
£150 - amazon.com

Santi white purse
£130 - shopbop.com

Marc by Marc Jacobs earrings
£32 - cusp.com

Estée Lauder estee lauder lipstick
£20 - neimanmarcus.com

Benefit lengthening mascara
johnlewis.com

Nail care
julep.com

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A Christmas Wishlist & Christmas Essentials 🎅🏻🎁

Anya Marie Ball Wednesday, 25 November 2015 Leave a Comment

A Christmas Wishlist and Christmas Essentials 🎅🏻🎁

I can't believe it's only a month away until Christmas day today!!!! It's nearly Christmas, it doesn't feel like one month from today that we will all be celebrating one of the most favourite days of the year, does it?

So I wanted to act on the fact that it doesn't feel like it's nearly Christmas, I decided to create a Christmas wishlist of mine and a Christmas guide for you all in the hope that it might help you with some suggestions of what to buy your loved ones for Christmas...

As you can see I have mingled a lot into one Polyvore inspirational board as I wanted to share some of my top favourite items with you as well as including handy hints of what's most popular to buy this year!!

1) Pillows - for those of you who know me you will know that I love buying new homely bits for my home and my bedroom but I also enjoy buying new pillows every so often as I just love adding an extra homely touch to my bedroom. As well as, having a new pillow to cuddle into. Of course, I love the pretty pyjama pillow as I think it's very girly and stylish but during the Christmas period having a Christmas inspired pillow is utterly stunning right?

2) Text Ornaments - I just can't seem to get enough of the text ornaments, I love the cute little dream one to the 'It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas' (I know now for a fact, I will be singing this for the rest of the day!) I love the Christmas ornaments as I think there perfect for the season and it manages to make your home look really Christmasy!

3) Candles - you can't ever go wrong with candles that's for sure! There are so many beautiful scented candles everywhere at the moment!! Everybody loves a candle right? I shall let you into a little secret, when we have candles lit at home I always think of family members or friends who have passed away as I watch the light flicker. So candles are very special and traditional during the festive season.

4) Handbags and Purse - for all you guys out there who are struggling on what to buy for your beautiful girlfriend or fiancée then I would definitely make the suggestion of a new handbag and purse to match as you can't go wrong!!

5) Beauty Care - my mum and my nan are probably reading this and thinking they always buy me beauty care products which I love as a girl can never get enough right? Soaps. shower gels and make-up treats are always a way to win a girl's heart!! Not forgetting to remember a new make-up case of course as they always come in handy...

6) A white watch - so I have become really interested in watches recently as I think they look stunning and show off elegance towards your look especially a white watch...

7) Hot chocolate in a mug & Mugs - as you all know, I love having a hot chocolate with my grandad in the winter and I get really excited when I have Wittard's white hot chocolate which my mum buys me every Christmas. I absolutely love how there's now hot chocolate gift wrapped inside a mug with little treats like marshmallows, it makes me want to put my slippers and pj's on watching a film by the fire. As well as new mugs, you simply can't go wrong when it comes too buying mugs as you can never have enough in my eyes!!

8) Gingerbread men, Biscuits & Sweet Treats - the Christmas season is all about sharing treats like candy canes, chocolate oranges, shortbread and gingerbread men! If your ever stuck for choice, don't forget that sweet assortments are a massive favourite for everyone too!

9) Diaries - everyone's must have essential is a diary for the new year. Nobody can ever go wrong with buying a diary.

10) Christmas Décor - let's not forget the festive season is always based around the fancy lights and décor don't be afraid to try and buy some festive decorations like snowflakes as they always look amazing!!

11) Perfume & Aftershave - are always a massive hit for Christmas as it's such a well known Christmas gift! I have to say my wish from Santa this year is for the Daisy Jacobs perfume by Marc Jacobs and for those of you who know me you will all know how much I want this perfume he-he!!

I really hope my Christmas wishlist and essential guide to the most popular xmas buys this year have been helpful for you all!

Please let me know if you have any questions or ideas to suggest as I will always take the time to listen and enjoy reading your comments :)!!

I wanted to share an extra little special surprise with you and I thought this would be the ideal way as Christmas is something we all share but we also share this blog and in total I now have 150 blogs that I have written!!

I am over the moon, to be able to share this with you all as well as thanking you for reading my blog daily and for all the support you have given me!!

Lots of love, Anya x
A Christmas Wishlist and Christmas Essentials 🎅🏻🎁 by anyaaa04 featuring Kate Spade