#MotelXmas:

I’ve never tried to hide the fact that I’m a huge fan of Motel; in fact, they were one of the first brands I ever went to, in search of party dresses, as soon as I deemed myself old enough to need one (or two, or five…), and they’re still a staple in my wardrobe, even now – although their collections have expanded far beyond pretty dresses since then.
With this in mind, when the annual invite to the Motel Rocks Christmas party, hosted this year in the gorgeous Floripa, arrived in my inbox a couple of weeks ago, I knew it was an event I’d have to haul myself back to my hometown for, with my favourite pair of heels in tow. Motel events have always been my favourite.

Lots of brands were present at the event, from one of my favourite beauty companies, MyFace Cosmetics, Lee Stafford and his team were there to style bloggers’ locks (I opted not to terrify any of them with my frazzled Ombré!), and a lovely girl from Eylure was applying some of their bestselling lashes.

As some of you might have spotted over on Motel’s Instagram, I decided to brave my first ever pair of falsies, and opted for this ‘super full’ natural pair (Eylure Naturalities #100, £5.25 from Superdrug), and fell in love with them – although I’m not sure I could do quite as good a job at applying them – I’m definitely in the market for some to expand my non-existent collection!

My favourite part of the evening was, quite obviously, gawking at all the gorgeous items on offer in the coming weeks at Motel; gorgeous textures ranging from velvet, to embroidered baroque, to head-to-toe sequins littered the selection on the rails, and even one or two studded items graced the collection, all of which scream ‘party season’!

The best part of the collection, aside from the luxe textures, however, would, for me, have to be the gorgeous necklines on offer; sweetheart dresses, off-the-shoulder crop tops, and playsuits with some seriously impressive bodices built-in, what’s not to love?

I was lucky enough to meet a few lovely ladies on the way to the event, and spent the night sipping on one to many cocktails in their company (name-drop: Jessica, Amy, Stacey & Kirsti, to name a few)…and even went away with a gorgeous little Christmas present from Motel; a pretty impressive start to the Christmas season, I’d say!

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