Work work work!

Hey guys,  I just wanted to make a little post explaining why I have not been blogging in a while! First of all, I hope you all had an amazing christmas and spent lots of time with family and friends & received everything you wished for! 

Getting down to business, the reason I haven't been blogging is because I have just started a new job. I am now working for Victoria's Secret which I am so so happy about, the only downfall is I am working full time so that means I don't have as much time to blog anymore which is definitely going to change so don't worry! 

I am definitely going to prioritise my blog and it will become a hobby I will do when I have my days off, my two days off can be any days so for now, I will say just keep looking out for my new posts and if you don't already, I post on my twitter account when I have wrote a new post so if you want to keep up to date make sure to follow me on twitter. The button to do that is on my side bar. 

Sorry it isn't a exciting post but I thought I should explain myself!

Thank you so much for reading and I will be doing a fashion or beauty post very soon so keep checking. 

Love, Melissa Victoria x

My top 5 best films to watch at Christmas!

Hi guys! I hope you are having a festive December so far & to add onto that todays post is going to be my top 5 best Christmas films that I watch all through December...

Number 5 - 

Merry Madagascar! When I got given this as a present a couple of years ago I didn't think it would be that good. I was wrong I now watch this every December... 

Number 4 -      

The Snowman - My family absolutely love this film and it is now a tradition to watch this every Christmas. I have never really loved this film but since my family watch it, it has grown on me. 

Number 3 - 

Mrs Doubtfire - Now I bet you are thinking "Mrs Doubtfire isn't a Christmas film" But in my home it is. The vibes from this film just make me feel Christmassy and homely & for me, that is what Christmas is all about!

Number 2 - (Runner up)

Miracle on 34th Street - I love this film so much. This for me just represents Christmas. It is set in New York which I am pretty sure is amazing at Christmas time to begin with so this is my runner up. 

Winner - 

Santa Clause 2 - This film is by far my favourite Christmas film ever. I just love it. I even sometimes but this on in November... Which is bad I know but I just can't help it. This film really makes me feel all festive & makes me so excited for Christmas Eve.

That guys is my top 5 best Christmas films! 

What are your favourites? 

Thank you all for reading & I hope you enjoyed this festive post.

Don't forget to follow me on all my social media links.

Love, Melissa Victoria x

Lush 'Christmas Penguin' - Review

Hi guys! I hope you are all well & excited to hear what I have to say about the Christmas Penguin from Lush.

Again I do apologise that I didn't take a picture of The Christmas Penguin as when I got round to using it, it had kind of become miss shaped & its nose had melted... I didn't really think it would make a good picture but you can check it out on Lush's website here.

To start off, I was a little skeptical in buying this product because of the smell. It smells like old soap, but because it looked so cute I bought it anyway!

I have to say I really really enjoyed using The Christmas Penguin as it left my skin feeling extremely soft & moisturised. I was pleasantly surprised.

It turned my bathwater a lovely light blue colour & it didn't actually smell too bad. I would say it has a very clean scent. You have probably read by now in another Lush review that I have very sensitive skin & I suffer from eczema, so branching out in products that I use on my skin was a bit scary but turned out to be well worth it!

The Christmas Penguin bubble bar left my skin feeling great and it will definitely be purchased again.

How to use a Lush bubble bar - Simply crumble (in my case) The Christmas Penguin under a running tap & it will result in changing your bathwater a light blue colour.

What was your opinion on The Christmas Penguin bubble bar? Comment below.

Thank you so much for reading guys!

Hope you enjoyed reading my thoughts on The Christmas Penguin.

Don't forget to follow me on all my social media links...

Love, Melissa Victoria x

Lush 'Magic Wand' - Review

Hello lovlies! Today I am carrying on with my slight addiction to reviewing the Lush Christmas products.

The product I will be reviewing is the Magic Wand reusable bubble bar. Unfortunately I do not have a picture of this product as silly me used it thinking I had already taken a picture but I hadn't! Oops.

The Magic Wand reusable bubble bar is meant to create lots & lots of bubbles & smell like sweet treats. The actual smell of this product is Snow Fairy but I just didn't think it did. I thought it smelt way to sickly & ended up making me want to get out of the bath.

I think the Magic Wand was the one I was most looking forward to using but I was sadly very disappointed. I was a little bit surprised by the price of this product which I believe is £5.25, but I bought it thinking I could use it over & over again & it would dry out quick and easy.

Onto my next rant, it took the absolute biscuit to dry out properly and left my windowsill all sticky & stained it with pink marks. I changed where I placed the product several times but it just would not dry out properly. I had to put what was left of it in the bin because it really was getting on my nerves. Even the colour it turned the bath water wasn't that exciting.

Overall, I think this product is overpriced, messy & really hard to dry out. I was very very disappointed by the Magic Wand & will not buy it again. Sorry Lush!

Thank you all for reading this post & I hope you enjoyed it!

Don't forget to follow me on all my social media links...

Don't hesitate in leaving any comments about how you felt about this product & any recommendations on other Lush products are welcome :)

Love, Melissa Victoria x

Lush - Snow Fairy Review

Hi guys, I am back again with another review for you...

The product I am reviewing is the Snow Fairy shower gel from Lush. I know around this time of year it is some peoples tradition to go and get a few Christmassy products from Lush, this year I jumped on the band wagon and went for a look myself... I actually ended up spending around £25 (oops)!

Before buying this product I read a couple of reviews to see if people actually liked it, all the reviews I read seemed to be positive so I added this into my basket. 

I am always weary of using shower gels that I haven't tested before as I suffer from dry / sensitive skin and eczema which is a pain in the bum! Later that evening when I came home from shopping I ran myself a bath and tried this shower gel out. 

I was pleasantly surprised when it left my skin smelling and feeling amazing. The scent is very very sweet but if you are like me and is a sucker for sweets this product is perfect for you. The scent does cling on to the skin for around 1 hour after which can get a little annoying but it does wear off eventually. I only bought the 100g bottle as I was just trying out, however I am waiting until payday and going to get a larger bottle so it lasts longer. 

Although, if you are a person who isn't a fan of anything glittery going onto your skin or if glitter affects your skin this product does actually have glitter in. I didn't realise this until I started using it and I started seeing little specs of glitter on my body. Personally, the glitter doesn't affect me so coming from a person who has really sensitive skin it should be fine! 

The link to this product - click here

That is the end of this post lovelies! 

I hope you enjoyed this review and I hope it gave you some insight as to what lush products won't affect sensitive skin. 

Thank you so much for reading and don't forget to go follow me on all my social media links. 

Love, Melissa Victoria x

L'Oreal Super Liner 'Perfect Slim' - Review

Hey guys! So I think I should update you on why I haven't been posting for a whole month... basically my old Sony laptop decided to break on me so I was left without any laptop for around 3 weeks. Lucky enough my family decided to get a MacBook Pro as they were getting annoyed with my old Sony laptop breaking. Therefore, I am back and now with a MacBook Pro... Yay! 

Today, I am going to kick off my blog with a review.

The product I am going to review as you have probably seen by the title of this blog post is the L'Oreal Super Liner in the colour 'black intense'.

Over the last month I have been using this product religiously. I love it. I have been looking for a really great eyeliner pen for absolutely ages, I think I have tried nearly every drugstore liquid liner but this one is by far the best. 

It has a really good quality nib which can make different sized lines on top of your eye to make a cat eye or just to give the eye more definition. 

This product is really easy to use for eyeliner beginners and it even makes it easier for people who are brave enough to attempt the cat eye effect. Coming from me who really is useless at doing flicks I have found this is the perfect one to make them look perfect (almost). 

I do know some liquid / pen eyeliners can make the skin around the eye sting but honestly this is amazing. It glides over the eye smoothly with no trouble at all. I am definitely going to be re-purchasing this product over and over, also I used to think L'Oreal products could be quite pricy but this eyeliner wasn't too bad, I believe it was around £6.99.  

Links to the product mentioned - Click here

I recommend this product to every girl who struggles with creating the perfect cat eye effect. It works wonders. 

That is the end of this post, I hope you enjoyed it guys, 

Thank you for reading, 

Love, Melissa Victoria x

Collective haul!

Hey guys! Today I am going to be showing you a few things I have bought in the last couple of weeks. 

I know I haven't blogged in a little while but that is because I have been extremely busy working and getting money saved up for a new laptop (which I desperately need). I should also just say that I have finally purchased a new camera so my pictures should be a lot better quality! To add to the massive intro to this post, I have come up with a timetable of the days I will blog for you guys. I will be blogging (hopefully) every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I hope you enjoy! 

Recently, River Island have had a huge sale on to sell the rest of their summer clothes... Of course me being a shopaholic and in love with River Island's clothes, I had to go and have a look straight away. I'm not kidding, I got an email from them and within five seconds I had my laptop fired up and was browsing through their sale section haha!

I never normally shop online due to me always enjoying being able to see the clothes in person. However, to my surprise I went and bought some things off the website using click and collect. The first thing I picked up was this...

Now as may have seen I bought this exact same top but just in a different colour in my Autumn inspired haul. I firstly bought this in a maroon colour and I loved it that much that I looked for it to be in the sale and it was! I was so excited and black is one of my favourite colours for clothing. I believe this originally priced at £16 but was reduced to £7. I can't find this top on the website but be sure to look in your local River Island store because they may have it in!

The next thing I ordered online were these shoes...

Normally, I would never go for heels as I really can't walk in them. I always look like I am about to fall over and break my ankles which isn't too great haha. However, these really stood out to me and as you guys have probably seen in my First ever haul post I bought some sandals very similar to these which also have a block heel and they are ridiculously comfy! These originally were priced at £35 and got reduced to £17 which is pretty good. I wore these today when going with my friend Anna to get her hair cut and they felt incredible on my feet. No pain! Click here to see more about these beauties. What I will say is I am normally a size 5 in shoes but when I went to collect these I tried them on and the size fives were way too big so I had to get a size smaller. To warn you, you may need to try your size on before purchasing them :)

The last thing I ordered online from River Island was this top...

If I am being honest, I have three other tops exactly the same shape and style just in different patterns. So really, I didn't need this but I couldn't resist! I knew they fit perfectly and are really flattering for my figure as I am not the skinniest of people. Plus it was in sale so why not spend money that I do not have! The pattern really is pretty and hides any lumps or bumps that you don't want on show. Unfortunately I can't find this on the website either, but be sure to go to your local store and they might have some left!

Obviously when using click & collect it means you have to go into the store to pick up what you have purchased online. Bad thing to do, as I have an addiction to shopping. So when me and my mum went to pick what I had ordered up, I started looking in the sale and found these...

Yes these pair of shoes are quite jazzy, I know! I am still to this day indecisive whether I like these shoes or not. They look really lovely on with a pair of jeans and jumper but I just don't know guys! I wore them for the first time to my local shopping center and they are quite comfortable but I am sure some people shot me a few looks. Or I could have been paranoid like I normally am. I bought these also in the sale for £10 but I noticed a couple of black marks on them so they reduced them a further 10%. So the price wasn't really that bad, I am going to keep them and try them out with a few outfits and see if they will be staying with me. These bad boys have also been taken off the website, but again be sure to check out your local store.

To end my River Island shopping spree the last thing I bought in there was this...

I have been looking for a decent bag for ages. To be honest, I think bags are so overpriced and their shelf life has to come to an end at some point! I was just wondering around picking over the left overs in their sale and I come across this bag. I L.O.V.E it so much. It is the right size, style and material. I straight away bought it so I was a happy girl! I believe it was the last one in store and in all other stores in Leeds so I was very lucky. It was £45 reduced to £20. I couldn't not buy it... right?

This item is the last thing I have bought in the past couple of weeks. It is this...

Being a big fan of Tanya Burr, I watch all her videos and her vlogs. She bought this hat in one of her vlogs and I really really liked it so I bought it. Honestly, I aren't a big hat lover but this one looks so cute on. Wearing it with my hair down and pairing it with a big chunky knit, jeans and boots it looks really lovely. This is from Topshop you can click here to see it.

That guys is the end of this haul post! I really hope you enjoyed looking at what I will be wearing this Autumn and seeing what is in the shops at the moment!

Don't forget to follow me on all social media to keep updated with what I am doing.

Thank you all so much for reading,

Love, Melissa Victoria x

Review: EOS lip balms!

Hey guys, today I am going to be writing a review on a product that has been around for years but has just recently become raved about in the UK. The product is EOS lip balms...

I only started really hearing about EOS about six or seven months ago due to one of my friends having one and me being very intrigued by the shape and smell! My friend had the sweet mint flavour and whenever she got it out of her handbag I would always ask her if I could use it or if I could simply smell it.

A couple of weeks after me hearing about these I went on the hunt to find where sells them. I discovered Harvey Nichols sold them but for a quite expensive price. However, I liked them that much that I paid the price which I think are £7.50. I bought the 'Strawberry Sorbet' flavour and instantly loved it. I used it everyday and up to 10 times a day! 

Later on in the year I went to Florida and found they sell them in Wal-Mart (my supermarket lover) for like $3 which was crazy! I went mad and bought three more... 

I can honestly say that EOS lip balms are the best lip care products I have ever owned. They leave your lips smelling and tasting lovely. They also leave them moisturised and extremely soft. I can definitely also say they last a really long time. As you can see I bought the Strawberry Sorbet one (the pink packaging) around seven months ago and it has only gone down a small amount. I know in the UK they are quite expensive but I would definitely try searching for them on Amazon or if you live in the USA or go on holiday there quite often I would pick them up there for $3 in Wal-Mart. 

I do have to say there are some flavours that I dislike more than others. In my case I really don't like the Summer Fruits scent as it is a bit too sickly on my lips and I do find after a while I take it off. My definite favourites are 'Blueberry Acai' and 'Pomegranate Raspberry'. The Sweet Mint flavour is very strong but it does turn into comforting scent in the end. 

What plays a big part in me loving these products are the shape and colours. The shape of the EOS lip balms are so unusual and are a cubed shape. I was honestly fascinated by them, (I am easily fascinated). 

EOS lip care range are made to soothe sore lips and protect the skin with vitamin E which helps skin to keep moisturised. I can say that they definitely do just that. I would recommend this product to anyone who suffers from dry and chapped lips or even if you just love using lip balms!

Which products are which?

The one nearest to the left is 'Blueberry Acai'.

The next one a long in the dark red packaging is 'Pomegranate Raspberry' 

The one after that in the pink packaging is 'Strawberry Sorbet'

Finally the last one in the light green colour is 'Sweet Mint' 

How do you feel about EOS lip balms? Good or not so good? Let me know in the comments!

Thank you so much for reading,

Love, Melissa Victoria x 

Top 5 nail polishes for the festive season!

Hey guys! So as you will all know its getting round to the best (in my eyes) parts of the year. Which of course are bonfire night and Christmas. By far, they are my favourite times of the year. I love going to Roundhay Park with my dad to watch the firework display and then I also love Christmas because that's the time where all my family come together.

Today I am going to be showing you my top 5 nail polish picks for the festive & firework season. I will be going from 5th to 1st so I hope you enjoy...

They are indeed all Barry M nail polishes. Barry M are my go to brand for nail polish, I love them! 

So to start of with, my 5th pick is 'Silvery lilac' by Barry M, I bought this a while ago around October time so just in time for bonfire night...

I wear this nail polish a lot in November, For me, the colour looks very firework like. 

Pick number 4 - Amethyst Glitter...

I wear this colour every bonfire night. It looks perfect for that time of the year and makes you look like a firework yourself haha! I have just found out that my bottle of this has dried out so I will have to buy another ASAP.

Pick number 3 is 'Emerald Green' - 

I usually use this colour in the festive month of December! It clearly is very Christmas like and would look great on nails!

Pick number 2 is 'Foil' - 

This is one of my older colours I think I bought it around two years ago. It is a oldie but goodie! This colour comes out every Christmas and is worn a lot! 

Now for my 1st pick and my absolute must have is one of Barry M's Aquarium collection 'Mediterranean' - 

 I am actually wearing this colour now, I only bought it a couple of weeks ago and I can't get enough of it! This will definitely be worn in December over Christmas!

Links to all the products mentioned -

Mediterranean -
Foil -
Amethyst Glitter -
Silvery Lilac and Emerald Green have unfortunately been discontinued, sorry guys! However, I can't find a dupe for Silvery lilac but I can for Emerald Green.

Thank you all so much for reading this post and I hope it has given you some inspiration for what nail colours are great for Christmas and Bonfire Night. Be sure to leave your favourite nail polish picks in the comments.

Don't forget to go follow me and all my social media accounts!

Love, Melissa Victoria x

My everyday skin care routine!

Hey guys, today I am going to be blogging about my everyday skincare routine. To be totally honest, I have very recently just started getting into a skin care routine. This is because it is now coming up to winter and as i'm sure most of you will know that the winter weather can be very harsh on our skin!

So, the first thing I do is take my eye make up off. The products I use to do this are as follows...

So, I always use cotton pads and the Simple 'kind to eyes' eye make up remover to take off my eye shadow etc. 

The cotton pads I use are Wilkinson's own so they only cost around 70 pence and they do the job perfectly! So firstly, I take out two cotton pads (one for each eye) I lay one down on the side and with the one I have in my hand I apply two drops of the Simple eye make up remover...

You really only need one drop of this product but as I wear a lot of eye make up, I tend to need two. I bought this from Wilkinson's also as all of the Simple products were on offer so I think I got this for around £2.

When using this product I tend to just place the cotton pad with the eye make up remover on the eye and hold for a couple of seconds, This makes the make up moist so it comes off easier. When I have done that, I just wipe the rest off gently.

The next thing I do after that is splash my face with some water and then apply another product which is...

Do excuse my nails! I need to re-paint them so I am sorry haha! Anyway, the next product I use is this Witch gentle exfoliating face wash. I use this product for my annoying black heads. I get black heads on my chin and to me they are extremely noticeable. I bought this a long time ago and used it for around 2 weeks then completely lost interest in it. Now, getting back into my skin care I have started using it again and it is really making a difference. 

I pour out about a large circle sized amount onto my hand. It does look quite disgusting but it really is good for black heads! It has little grit like follicles in it which get into your pores and cleanse the outer skin.

How I apply this product is simply with my free hand I get some product onto my finger and rub it into my chin or wherever I see some more black heads. I do this quite rough so it really gets deep into my pores. Then I leave it on my affected area for a few seconds then rinse it off with warm water. 

The next product I use is Simple moisturising facial wash...

This facial wash is made to thoroughly cleanse and moisturise your skin. I bought this in Sainsbury's as it was on special offer and I got this and another product that is coming up later on in the post for only £5! 

How I apply this product by squeezing a large pea sized amount. It comes out a thick substance. Before I apply this onto my face, I splash my face with water again. Then when I have done that I normally will have some left over water in my hands, I simply rub my hands together to make a lather. When I reach the lather substance I gently rub this product all over my face. I do take my time when doing this step. 

When it is all rubbed into my face I wash the left overs off my hands then wash it all off my face. I make sure I wash every last bit off! 

Nearing to the end of my skincare routine I now go onto moisturising... 

This is by far the most expensive product I own for my skin. I think previously I have said I struggle with dark under eye circles and very dry skin around the eyes. I had been searching all over for the best eye cream and I finally come up with this one. I bought this straight away and I can honestly say it is a miracle worker, It soothes my skin around the eyes and I have seen a big difference under my eyes. It has done me proud! It is obviously from Clinique and it was £26. 

How I apply this is I take the tiniest dot out of my pot and share it between my two middle fingers and start from the outside of my under eye area and drag the cream across to the inner part of my eye. Then I take it up and around the top of my eye. Then I leave that to soak in and that's my eye cream done! 

Finally, I apply my last product which is a face and neck moisturiser...

This is suppose to fully hydrate your skin and make it feel moisturised and pampered! I have had loads and loads of different moisturisers in the past and I just had not been loving any until this! I have heard lots of bloggers and youtubers raving about the Simple moisturiser and I have finally agreed with them! I bought this along with the facial wash for £2.50. It is a bargain. 

How I apply this is squeeze a pea sized amount and dot it around my face. I then gently rub it in my face softly until it is all rubbed in. With the left overs I rub it down my neck to keep that moisturised also! I don't rub it under my eyes though, so if you are like me and use the Clinique or whichever under eye cream make sure you don't rub this on the top otherwise it could wipe off the eye cream. 

That guys is the end of my everyday skin care routine! 

If you would like to take another look of the products mentioned here are the links...

Wilkinson's cotton pads - 

Simple eye make up remover - 

Witch gentle exfoliating face wash - 

Simple 'Kind to skin' moisturising facial wash - 

Clinique 'all about the eyes' eye cream - 

Simple 'kind to skin' hydrating moisturiser -  

I really hope you enjoyed finding out what my skin care routine is! Why don't you tell me in the comments what products you use so I can try them out also. 

Thank you so much for reading! 

Love, Melissa Victoria x

A trip to Florence!

Hey guys! Most of you will have seen from my last post that I am currently blogging about my trip to Italy. So for this post I am going to be talking and showing you pictures of when I went to Florence. I hope you enjoy!

Florence is genuinely the most beautiful place I have ever seen. Also, I am a huge fan of the Kardashians and as Kim Kardashian got married there, I was even more excited to see it!

As I did in my last post, I am going to pick out my favourite pictures I took and show them to you. Here they are...

Personally, I nicknamed this street the 'Fashion Street' as all the best shops are along this street. Including, Michael Kors, Prada, Miu Miu, Dior and Roberto Cavalli. Of course, you can imagine this was like my full on dream. When we walked down this street I seriously thought I was in heaven and i'm sure all of you fashion lovers will agree that it is like heaven! 

The next pictures I am going to show you are what I took walking down this insane street...

When I walked past this shop I was like a little kid in a sweet shop. One of my top priorities in my life time is to own a Celine bag. I saw inside the store that there were security men which I am sure are to keep people like me out. I was overly excited!

Walking past these shops was ridiculously exciting but then again it was quite depressing as I would never have the money to go shopping in the likes of these stores! But that doesn't mean you can't safely window shop from the outside. As I said, walking past these types of stores is unreal. 

Now moving onto the scenery and the incredible monuments in Florence such as the duomo. However, my pictures of the duomo and other monuments are not the greatest as they were took on my iPhone so I do apologise...

I'm sure you can just probably see the duomo peeking out from behind the cathedral in front. I must say, the Florence cathedral was breathtaking. The carvings on the outside were incredible and so beautiful. I would recommend everyone to visit Florence at least once in their lifetime. I did actually go inside the duomo but as expected I couldn't go in with just my shorts and cami top on due to being respectful. I ended up going in with trousers and cardigan on. My best friend Anna looked so funny as she had a sarong and a checkered shirt on. What a beauty haha!

This picture isn't the greatest and it is the only one I took due to me feeling disrespectful as it is very religious place. However, everything on the altar was stunning and it was amazing to look at. 

Now onto the bridge in Florence which I believe is called 'Ponte Vecchio' which is the oldest bridge in Florence. I do believe my picture is from the other side of the river and so the actual bridge with the old buildings on is what I was stood on. I took a picture of the view and the other bridge that faces it...

I should have really taken a picture of the Ponte Vecchio itself but I must have forgot. Silly me! The view from the Ponte Vecchio was indeed beautiful! 

Last but not least, onto the food, I was lucky enough to actually get a pizza in a great restaurant in Florence. Unfortunately I can't remember the name but it was amazing. I did take a picture of the pizza I ordered though... 

It was the most delicious pizza I have ever tasted. I wish England did pizza's as good as these. I could have eaten five it was that tasty! 

To finish off our trip in Florence me, Anna and her mum and dad all got ice creams. Italian ice cream or as the italians say 'gelato' is the best ice cream. 

Again, I can't remember the name of this ice cream parlour but it was in the main city square with all the flower beds if that helps! I got the cookie flavour ice cream and it was delicious! 

Overall, I enjoyed every single minute of being in Florence. I desperately wish I could go back tomorrow if I had the chance! In the future, if I ever get the chance to go there I would have no hesitations and would do it in a heart beat.

Florence is truly the best place I have ever been to in my whole life. It is seriously amazing. 

On that note, that brings us to the end of this post. I really hope you enjoyed reading about what I got up to in Florence. I would honestly recommend Florence to everyone.

Thank you so much for reading!

Love, Melissa Victoria x

A trip to Rome and the Vatican City!

Hey guys! So as most of you will know in August I went to Florence, Italy with my best friend Anna and her family. I can honestly say that holiday was the best one I have ever had. Today and over the next couple of blog posts I am going to be showing and writing about what I did on holiday and the places I visited.

To start off with this series of posts, I am going to show you the places I saw in Rome!
Rome is just insane. Everywhere you turn there is amazing scenery and all the buildings are unbelievably pretty.

I am going to pick my favourite  places I saw and took pictures of in Rome that caught my eye the most! Here they are...

This picture is of some Roman ruins. I was very fortunate in having a guided tour around Rome and more than likely if I saw these without the tour guide informing me about the fact these are actual Roman ruins, I would have certainly missed out on looking at these amazing monuments. The tour guide did tell us all what they were before but of course it is impossible to remember everything they say haha! 

Some more Roman ruins...

The next place I visited was my all time favourite in Rome...

The Coliseum!! I had heard so much about the Coliseum but the fact I have actually seen it in person I was genuinely overwhelmed. Unfortunately, this was as close as I could get to this amazing monument as it was extremely busy and the weather on that day was incredibly hot. As this picture was taking nearer the end of our sightseeing in Rome we decided just to get pictures from there. Seeing this in real life was unreal to me as I had dreamed of going to Rome for a long long time! If you are going to Rome at any point I would make sure you go see the Coliseum! I do apologise for the pictures not being perfect but as you can see, it was really busy with loads of people.

The next sight I saw was this beautiful fountain. I do apologise, but I have searched for the name of this fountain but I cannot find it! I do know it was not the Trevi Fountain though as that was under construction! 

As I said, I am really sorry but I don't know the name of this fountain but it was amazing to look at and study the artwork/architecture. 

I do look a bit of a mess in this picture but as I said it was ridiculously hot in Rome so hair up, shorts and cami tops are necessities haha! We thought we should get some pictures of us in Rome as its not everyday you are able to. 

Now moving onto The Vatican City pictures... 

This was the view from the bridge where you have to cross in order to get to The Vatican City. As you can see it's pretty amazing! 

The square leading up to the Vatican...

A picture of the architecture surrounding the Vatican. 

Finally a picture of the Palace of the Vatican! Seeing this building was breathtaking. Not in a million years would I have ever thought I would be stood outside of where the Pope lives... It is crazy! I could have stood outside of this palace for hours it was that amazing. If you are in Rome you have to walk over to the Vatican City to go and see this as it is incredible. 

The highlight of going to Rome and the Vatican City I would have to say would be seeing the Coliseum, it is beyond amazing. 

The disappointment of going there I would have to say would be the Trevi Fountain being under construction. I was so excited to see that and it made me really sad that I wasn't able to. 

Overall, Rome and the Vatican City is one of my all time favourite places I have ever visited! 

That brings us to the end of this post. I hope you have enjoyed looking at some of the places I visited in Rome. The next post I am going to do is a trip to Florence city!

Thank you so much for reading.

Love, Melissa Victoria x