Best Ballet Buys | Clothing Goals For Ballet

Best Ballet Buys | Clothing Goals For Dancing 

Hey, hope all's well,

I am one for the sales: like the sales that give you 70% or more off items for great prices. And so it should be too with Ballet clothing and accessories.

My cross over cardigan
before it's tied.

My cross-over cardigan
connected on one side
through the loop.

    Ballet clothing and accessories can be expensive. A skirt can cost over thirty pounds, or a branded bag can cost up to fourty pounds. So I've decided to give a bit of inspiration on my recent purchase, especially when you're like me, where being a full-time student means you can't work that many hour to earn enough to spend on ballet expenses or on other fashionable dance items as well.

I recently purchased a short wrap cardigan, perfect for Ballet with it's light weight material that's short in length, and its cross over effect that can be tied into a bow to the front or side of your body for a casual look. When it comes to Ballet items, as long as they're suitable for their purpose, such as size or length, then whatever you find that doesn't have to be specifically from a big Ballet brand, like Pointe shoes, can be used for your usual dance lessons.

Cross-over cardigan
connected from behind which
is done through connecting ties
through the
loops on either side.  

The cross over cardigan
completely tied with the cardigan
crossed over and tied to the side
for a nice elegant finish.

This cardigan was £7.00 from H&M and I have been looking for a short, wrap cardigan that's perfect for my usual Ballet lessons, and at a good price. In the past, my only other cardigans I have to wear for ballet is a bat-wing, over-sized effect cardigan, which persistently kept falling off my shoulders when I went to do an arabesque or a jump; so I think I can say that this cardigan definitely wasn't ideal for my usual Ballet lessons and was extremely annoying to have to constantly adjust.   

Hope this was useful and proved just how much easier it can be to find the perfect dance wear, such as for Ballet that's cost effective and looks great too. 

Thank you for reading,

Yours truly,

Caris

Summer Rush | Catch up

Summer Rush | Catch up

Hey, hope all is well,

Now it's been a while, well a very long while, since I've posted anything; and I'll explain why to you all following both, or one of my blogs. It appears that over the past few mall why. It appears that over the past few months, since my mock A-Level exams around April time, I've been extremely busy with revision for my first year of A-Level exams, my AS exams, which if I don't pass successfully, my chances of continuing A-Levels can be reduced because of these results that my A-Level exams will display. I've also been busy revising for my GCSE Maths re-take which is still the one exam that stresses me out the most, as unfortunately I don't find maths easy apart from the simple things.

Maths revision sat in the sun
for my GCSE Maths
re-take.

   
After I had my mock A-Level exams at college, a few weeks later I had my real AS exams, which again have the ability to affect my progression onto my second year of A-Levels, and so I've beenglued to revision, bit of Drama and Theatre-Doll's House is one I am glad to put away-English Language and Literature, and oh what fun I've had with good old pal William Blake and his in-depth poems, and of Fitzgerald's novel 'The Great Gatsby', which I must admit is a well structured and detailed read. 

     Alongside the majority of my revision being that of Sociology, which strikes as the most demanding subject I've ever done in my whole life and as the most horrible exam that I unluckily experienced because of my nerves getting the better of me with six questions to answer :/ And as expected, my Sociology revision sessions at home and at college ended up lasting for two straight hours of social science theory, facts, research methods and terminology, and of course social statistics; be warned, if any of you want to do A-Level Sociology this September, it's very demanding with over 30 modules to study for just one exam, so it can be easily composed the idea of me sitting on my bedroom floor complaining that my brain hurts and that I need a break but have to keep on going xD So as you can read, see, well you know what I mean, things have become kind of hectic for me; until now.

My Sociology revision cards for my AS
Sociology exam, which are about 1/3 the total number of
revision cards I have now I've finished my revision.

Because now, I am glad to say that I will now be literally "free"-meaning not attending college for over a month, yet alas I've still another year to do-and will be posting again, including any holiday posts with a multitude of images once again with the next eight and a half weeks of summer holiday I have been given (beginning today Friday! :) ) 

       Also, I am glad to say, that after a year of A-Level English Language and Literature, I am finally starting work on creative writing and ways in which different interpretations and versions of, say 'Fairy tales' -which I've been doing in lesson during these past few bridging weeks at college- can be produced and will start on my course work this summer, and no worries, I'll still be here sat in my room, with my trusty old pal 'Lenovo' laptop and lazy-day clothes typing away for hours on end.

My dance shoes for all three seperate
dance performances ready and waiting
to be worn.

To add to my massive catch-up for you, look out for possible Ballet fashion and best-buys posts, as I have come to the conclusion that it would be interesting to add to my blog's Ballet page, and that I will be posting about my dance school's dance show where I performed four times, performing twice a day from Friday to Saturday, and where I took part in three separate dances and the finale, and not forgetting all the technical issues we faced, which has some humor to it I think :),

Have a great few weeks, if you're on holiday already, say just finished your exams, then well done and enjoy, and if you're still at school or college; then hang in there like I did, it'll all be worth it! :)

Thankyou for reading,

Yours truly,
Caris