Fuschia night sky

beyond retro crop jumper £12, topshop necklace a gift, models own lipstick in deep fuschia, DIY galaxy skirt charity shop £2

Step 1: Get a cheap galaxy coloured tube top/skirt. I chose purple.

Step 2: Get some bleach. I used toilet bleach*.

Step 3: Soak skirt in water, and shake bleach randomly.

Step 4: Leave to dry.

Step 5: I dipped it in some left over pink dye to add more nice starry layers

Step 6: Wash 300billion** times to get rid of chlorine smell.

That was my gift to you in apology for not posting for like a month or something.

Models own lipstick's really smell like greasepaint. The price for pigment...

*And I'd reccommend doing a bleach test first, some materials go yucky

** How many stars there are in the Milky Way!

Sweet dreams are made of these

asos crop tee £9, new look shoes £25, topmadeintoskirt ebay £2, vintage bag, asos ring, carboot sale necklace 50p

GALS-ON-TOUR

Had a weekend trip with ma gals Izzy and Meg to check out various northern unis. These were taken in Newcastle Univeristy's grounds, by Meg whom I gave a crash course in photography (new 35mm lens!) it was so lovely there. Went to Leeds and Durham too - Leeds shocked me with its cleanliness and heavy amount of hen/stag nights, but I don't think I could live in a "big" city in England thats not London, which is why I preferred Durham. Anyway, post title is obviously from Sweet Dreams by Eurthymics, but I'd reccommend the Marilyn Manson version. Luther always has the best ending-episode tracks.

PINK DIP DYE SHORTS && MORE ON EBAY HERE!
truebloodtruebloodtruebloodtruebloodtruebloodtrueblood

Rolling in the deep

+ So, ombre... thoughts and opinions? I used Garnier Nutrisse 8.13 radiant blonde, clueless as to what dye to choose - so 2 for £8 on Garnier and got the greyest blonde there was to avoid ginger. HA. Well I prefer the term "gold" as one commenter said. I'm very happy with the results, but will probably do it again for a lighter result, apparently two hours wasn't enough. If you want to know how I did it, it's as simple as putting the dye in the bottom of your hair and more in the very ends.

++ If you were single this Valentines day, this story should cheer you up: my boyfriend cooked me a meal, hit the main course, turns out he thought that two cloves of garlic was two bulbs - and to top it off he didn't peel them. Bless :) Still had a very romantic day, thank you x

+++ Saw Black Swan today - was quite unimpressed with the film, but impressed with Natalie Portman. I think it's just by poor attention film that makes the cinema boring for me...

NB: Oh, it really didn't taste that bad - the garlic, being in such large chunks hadn't managed to break through. && Adele - Rolling in the Deep is a brilliant song.

Under the influence

charity shop shorts (£2), river island DIY-ed collared top (£3), vintage bag (from mother) &  belt, flea market earrings (£1), car boot sale cowboy boots (£1), primark sunglasses (£1)

Underage festival on Sunday - Courteeners, Darwin Deez, MIA, Lightspeed Champion, Tinie Tempah, Tinchy Stryder, Chiddy Bang, Ellie Goulding, Stornaway... And so much more. Special thanks to Meg, who got the tickets :) 

It was my second time to the festival, and ended up being a very dusty experience.

And yes, I'm wearing a bumbag/ fannypack. It was my mums from the 80's, true vintage. This isn't my first time at a festival, and I've always hated carrying a bag when jumping around in crowds and being sucked into moshpits. This is the answer. When I'm not bouncing about, I wear as a shoulder bag. Hey, if Louis Vuitton, Dolce & Gabbana and Marc Jacobs can do them, so can I.

1. Looking back, I'll chop slash fray these shorts shorter. I think I'm accidentally channelling "lesbian clown". 

2. Isn't it a weird moment when you realise you're wearing nothing over £3? Oh sorry, you wouldn't know, you're not a tramp :)

3. See y'all

Into the garden, under the ivy

I went to an evil themed party recently, I went as a vampire (original, I know) and I've got a Moulin Rouge themed party next - my outfit will be pretty much the same but with more things feathery, glittery and red. And minus the tears of blood from my eyes.

Under the leaves,
Away from the party,
Right to the rose,
Right to the white rose
For me.

Not sure I like this post, its a bit too messy for my liking...
I've eventually got round to showing you this dress I made. It's a bit of a basic outfit, floral dress and a leather jacket (or should I say "pleather"?).
Really basic sewing: rectangle of Laura Ashley fabric, hemmed and then sewn to form a tube. Which is why it doesn't fit great, but there wasn't much fabric to work with. It was just leftover curtain material in my house.

handmade dress, h&m boys leather bomber jacket, vintage belt
Revised lyrics taken from Under the Ivy by Kate Bush

In the spring I shed my skin

Now its summer (ish) I've rediscovered my love of cycling. On the road. Sometimes I find it a lot more interesting and enjoyable because of the lovely smooth surface. What do you think?

vintage silk shirt && satchel, DIY bleached shorts, second hand sandals, dads grey top :)

p.s i got lookbook! check this look out there in the spring I shed my skin

p.p.s i sorted out the broken link, so sorry!

Cold desire makes a moon without a tide

My bleached shorts! I added black ink to them as well when wet to create more of a tie-die effect. The ends need some work though, they were originally some nasty grey jeans donated by a friend.

In addition to this (recently took a history exam, its my favourite "intelligent" phrase) the post title is from The Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I've had them on my iPod for some time now, but have recently been listening to them too much lately. Especially "Maps". It's very good. Go buy it :)

various chains, vintage blazer, DIY-ed cut offs, primark top, boots market, bracelet gift