To those of you who read my Bloggers Ball post (find it here), you'd know that I was really looking forward to my TOAD Diary to arrive. To those new readers (hi there!), at the event I was given a promotional code to customise my very own diary for free, which I did so straight away and this is the result!

As you can see, I wanted to include a Mean Girl element onto my diary because I'm absolutely obsessed. I'm really chuffed with how it looks, it's so cute.

The process of personalising your own diary or notebook is very simple, which is something I really liked about this brand and their website: here. It's all very clear and easy to get done. You start by choosing what kind of book you'd like: a diary or a notebook. Then you choose the size and format which can be made to track your appointments, your fitness regime or the classic weekly view diary, which is what I opted for.


I chose a minimalist cover theme as I thought it was so cute with the little cupcakes, but you have a complete wide range of themes to choose from, from really awesome molten themes to even UEFA Euros ones too, if you're into football. I like to have some notes pages at the back of my diary to add more detail to some of the things I have planned throughout the year, so I was glad I could add this onto my order. And it also comes with a contents page which I thought it was quite interesting, as I'll be able to find my notes more easily.


You then choose the duration of your diary which can go up to cover 36 months and the month and day you want it to start on.

I'm really glad I came across TOAD Diaries as I really like that it's made in the UK and that you have control of how you want your diary to look.




On the back page, I decided to add my blog name as I thought I'd use my diary for blog planning. The 'werk it and twerk it' is a motto I came up with when I was back in school and I since then my friends use it quite a lot and it's sort of become like our thing.

If you'd like to try TOAD Diaries, they do a sample diary on their website which you can test first!

Do you own a TOAD diary?

Laila xo

Hi everyone! So on Saturday I went to my first ever blogger event organised by the fabulous Scarlett London at DSTRKT in Soho and I came back with so many goodies which I will show you at the end. My arm literally felt like it was going to fall off!
Before I start with showing you all what was inside the bags, I want to just talk about the #BloggersBall for a sec. So it was a glitzy ball themed event where various different brands came together to showcase their products and give bloggers the opportunity to chat with them, find out more about their products and even network and collaborate. The atmosphere was really chilled and friendly, that it didn't matter if you were by yourself as there was always someone to talk to.

I must admit that I was slightly nervous to attend the ball on my own at first because, as I said, it was my first ever event and I did't really know how to approach brands or even talk about my blog. But to be honest, I was worrying for nothing. I met some amazing people there and got chatting to brands straight away.

Since it was a glitzy event, everyone really made an effort to dress up. I must say that all bloggers looked amazing in their outfits! This is what I wore:


The palazzo trousers I found at a charity shop and the top and wedges are from Primark! I'm all up for a bargain here, haha! It was a really comfortable outfit, and I'm glad I opted for trousers rather than a dress because it was slightly cold even if we're in the middle of June.

Anyway, as we entered the venue (I say 'we' because I came in with five other girls whom I had met up for lunch beforehand) we were greeted by Scarlett herself who was handing out a brand directory guide to us and thanking us for coming. We were then lead inside where we were greeted to a free drink from Luscombe which was really nice. I tried the Raspberry Crush which was made from organic fruits and tasted so good, I wanted to try all the flavours but resisted because I didn't want to finish their samples!



This is where I separated from the gang and I can't even remember how; there were so many people that I just got lost in the crowd. But I actually bumped into them later, which was good. Meanwhile, I went to TOAD Diaries who gave me a promo code to customise my very own diary for free! I obviously did so straight away, and now I can't wait for it to arrive and blog about it. (So keep an eye out for that review!)

On my way to the bar, I stopped by The Handbag Spa who had a Mulberry bag made out of CAKE! There were also two girls dressed as Chanel bags walking around who I managed to get a snap of. They looked so cute!




Each brand had a little something to give out to us, some were more generous than other in the sense that they gave us so many of their products for us to try that I felt like I was getting spoilt. All the brands I spoke to were so kind and passionate about their brands that I spent almost ten minutes at each stand listening to them talk about their products. It was really nice getting to know brands that I hadn't heard of before.

One brand I particularly loved was Jody Bell, because I was made to feel like a model when asked to try out an outfit. But I will talk about the brand in more detail next time as I'm waiting for the pictures to be sent to me. Scarlett was actually wearing a jumpsuit by them which looked great on her, and she features in their promo video too!

Jewellery Box had such beautiful, cute and dainty jewellery on their stand that I absolutely loved, especially their dinosaur necklaces!

All in all, it was fabulous event. It really was amazing hanging out with people who genuinely understand what you do and not just smile and nod. I'm also super glad I went to the lunch beforehand which was organised by the lovely Vanisha, because I met some amazing people who I can't wait to see again!

Now onto the goodie bags! I'll be reviewing all of these products shown below very soon, so do come back to see what I had to say. But for now, it's just a mini peak at what I got.



Lastly, a massive thank you to Scarlett for organising this fantastic event at this fabulous venue in central London. It was so nice speaking to her and I'll definitely keep an eye out for any other events she'll be organising. If you want to come to one of her events check out her page here; there's a Bloggers Festival coming up in September which I plan to go to, so do come along if you haven't been. It's honestly not as scary as it may sound!

Laila xo