This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at St. Andrews chapter.
Having spent the week at home in London, Christmas shopping, seeing friends, and eating home cooked meals, I was not exactly thrilled at the prospect of returning to St Andrews to revise for my final exams. However, the new dress and nail polish (‘set in stones’, one of essie’s luxeffects topcoats) in my suitcase reminded me that I had one more night of excessive drinking and dancing before my long-term confinement to the library. Helena, Holly and Lucy look beautiful in their ball dresses shortly before heading out to this year’s Mermaids’ Christmas Ball, Lucy embracing this season’s obsession with dark, sultry velvets, while the others play it safe in monochrome get-ups.