Exciting News

I've signed the contract today and can now spill my exciting secret... I've got a job at Company Magazine! Anyone that knows me will know how ECSTATIC I am to be able to say that! As I've said before, it is my fave magazine so as you can imagine, I'm on cloud nine! My role is Web Assistant, and will include various duties such as creating beauty/fashion/other content on Company.co.uk, blogger outreach and being the mag editor's PA too. All together...

in with the new

Long time no blog! I'm not gonna lie to you guys, I've had some pretty great news that I will be sharing with you in the next few days... Clue: I quit my job on Monday. Details coming soon! In other news, I've been shopping up a storm recently (whilst still trying to be my savvy self!) I bought the jelly shoes I blogged about! I ordered every colour (so I pushed the postage cost past the...

Review: John Frieda Full Repair

*Disclaimer: I do not operate on a freebie-in-return-for-rave-review basis. If I don't like the product, I won't feature it. Or if I'm in a really bad mood, I'll feature it anyway..!*Well, after yesterday's DIY hair dye antics, it seems a good time to tell you about this hair care range I've been trialling for a while. John Frieda's Full Repair range features products that repair hair...

Tuesday Tip: DIY chalk hair colour!

I saw this fabulous idea over at The Beauty Department, a totally incredible blog that puts my limp attempts at creativity to shame! Appaz by using soft chalk pastels on damp hair  and then using a straightener to seal in the colour, you can create temporary dip dye and streaks! Full instructions over at The Beauty Department! (images from The Beauty Department)My hair is not made for...

DIY Nail Art: Felines at your Fingertips

The quest for cute stuff to stick on my nails has never been easy. Ebay is a big place, but it never seemed big enough to have cute cat stickers/decals other than cheesy cartoony ones. So, my eyes nearly popped out of my head when I saw Heather's amazing animal-adorned nails on her fab blog the other day. Off to eBay I went.Janchristie is a fairly new eBay store set up by two animal enthusiasts who...

A Faulty Foundation

(Any excuse to sneak pop punk songs of my yoof into the blog).So, let's cut to the chase. Here's what I wore to town with my gurl Jen on Wednesday:Jacket - H&M kids, Dress - Topshop (sold out now), Necklace - c/o Rock 'n' Rose, Snood - Topshop, Boots and Bag - Charity shopMy Rock 'n' Rose Kora necklace has been causing a stir... I didn't realise its 'anti christ' connotations, but old women have...

10 Years Younger

BEHOLD, my friends. The biker of my dreams - from none other than H&M's Kids section! (all H&M besides Topshop boots!)I've been looking for a replacement for my Topshop biker since it started looking a bit ropey (and since I got pink nail polish on one of the lapels at LFW...)  and it turns out, I'm aged 13-14 when it comes to bikers for kids! The price you pay for wearing clothes...

Love is Free

I'm running out the door to go on my shopping spree with my buddy but had to share these awesome pictures that arrived in my inbox yesterday! Charlotte Free, aka pink-haired goddess of my dreams, is the new face of Forever21's S/S 2012 campaign! Loving the abundance of collars and prints! Apparently this is the first of a series of edgy campaign's Forever21 will be globally releasing in the future....

Tuesday Tip: DIY Daisy Nail Art!

I've been super inspired by daisy prints since acquiring my fabulous Republic jeans and seeing the abundance of daisy prints at the Motel blogger event the other day! And what do we do when we love a trend but for hygiene reasons can't wear the same item of clothing every single day? All together now: Make it nail art! (Clockwise: Motel playsuit, Oasis dress, Motel crop top, Republic jeans, Topshop...

London Fashion Week Video Diary Finale!

Well, the final instalment of my London Fashion Week video diary series is finally here! I have been so busy in the last month that I haven't had time to sit and edit it all down, but this weekend was perfect for sitting on my derriere and watching endless videos of myself play the fashion week fool for your amusement/bemusement! *FUN!* Anyway, the way I see it, the next LFW isn't for another 5 months, so what is the hurry?This lovingly compiled...

Brand New

When I was in Brighton the other week, I thought my eyes were deceiving me when I spied this lovely rusty-burgundy chunky cardigan in H&M with a £5 sticker on. I queued to pay and was ready for a battle, expecting to be told it cost more, but it did indeed come up as a fiver on the till! I do love me a bargain!I wore it to work yesterday to prevent looking like a hussy in my new River Island bralet...

Lookbook Loving: Topshop High Summer

The Topshop High Summer lookbook appeared in my inbox recently and I have been rather fixated on it. I particularly adore the retro styling of the first few looks and the epic shoes in some of the other looks are also worth a mention - hello stacked espadrilles and jelly shoes! Glad I'm not alone in my ankle sock addiction too, they are quite a key theme here!TopshopWhat do you make of Topshop's offerings...

New Skirt

Thanks for the entries into my Dorothy Perkins giveaway in my last post! The winner will be selected on Sunday night subject to me being alive after an Easter choco binge.A fairly run of the mill outfit post tonight, wearing my cosy Topshop sweater and new H&M skirt which is rather nice. Although according to the boyfriend, "it looks like you've got it on back to front". Zip details, eh? Mind...

Dorothy Perkins 19nineteen collection + giveaway!

Today sees the launch of Dorothy Perkins' new capsule collection, 19nineteen - so-called as 1919 was the year the brand launched. The range is inspired by street style, with dressed down separates with edgy detailing. To celebrate the launch, Dotty P's enlisted a few style bloggers to play dress up with some of the items from the range... One of them was me!(Shop 19nineteen)(See my feature in...

Puppy Love

Here's something a little different to Caturday! Paper Magazine have summed up their latest shoot better than I ever could: 'Man's best friend is a girl's best accessory':(Paper Mag)AMAZING pictures and a totally adorable idea, don't you think?I'm not sure I looked this glamorous whilst picking up Jack Russell crap walking the family pooches this weekend! I also managed to fall...