Identity Crisis

Today's outfit was a bit of a mish mash... I had a bit of an over-excited morning as another of the articles I wrote for The Times on my work experience was published today! Woop! It was a behind-the-scenes glimpse at how Me & Zena make jewellery. I so enjoyed the process of meeting and chatting to interviewing Zena and then picking out the comments that would be most interesting for Young Times readers. And to have it published is ridiculously rewarding. Very surreal to be on my hands and knees at work today, tidying up after crazed shoppers treating the place like a car boot sale whilst knowing my little article is in the paper... "Do your own tidying, swines!! For you are in the presence of the most influential writer the UK fitting room has ever seen". Haha, I kid! But you get the picture... I definitely love this writing lark and need to get published again ASAP! I feel like a journo junkie.  

(Me & Zena emailed me today and told me to make sure I let y'all know you can use the code at the end of the article too! 20% off!) 

So yes, it was a mad scramble to get dressed before work this morning... I couldn't decide between slutty goth (lippy and leopard leggings) and granny chic (vintage boots, chunky knit) so I chucked it all together and ran out the door hoping for the best! Notice Roxy's cat kennel in the background? Haha!

Posing for a quick air-smooch with my loyal photographer...

Ma lipz. I used my 17 Hot Chilli lipstick, which is a reddy orange colour (obvz). Not for the faint-hearted but available here if you're a badass. Can't tell if I applied it wonkily or my mouth is lopsided. Both?

One more thing, I must tell you this hilarious thing my mum texted me today. I was joking with her about my name being misspelt in the article (there's an 'I' in Royston-Claire!) and she replied this: 

I was once spelling my surname to someone and said 

"I've got an 'I' in the middle... like a Cyclops". 

Hahaha! If I can cling onto my immaturity until my fifties as she has done so brilliantly, I'll be one happy lady!

Spk sn,

xo

My article is in The Times today!

Gotta be quick as I am literally meant to be packing the car to move house NOW but my article I wrote during my work experience at The Times has been published today! I interviewed the lady behind WAH Nails, Sharmadean Reid!  Can you imagine how exciting/shitscary this was for me?!

I'm so proud because I had expected work experience at such a huge newspaper to be making teas and fact-checking, but to be allowed to pitch my own ideas, organise my own interview, take my own photos and write up the article was so unexpected and amazing. And terrifying, of course. And now to see it printed... Speechless! 

(I foolishly offered to paint Sharmadean's 'wrong' hand for her! My hand was literally vibrating! Didn't look TOO bad at the end of it though...)

I also negotiated an offer for readers of Young Times, so if you take the article into the Dalston salon by Monday, you'll get 25% off manicures! Woop! 

Thanks Sharmadean and the WAH team for being so friendly and to Daisy and the team at The Times for the amazing experience! 

<3

Tuesday tip: buy the paper today!

Morning!

A cheeky tip this week, as my Tuesday Tips have been features in The Times today! You can find it on page 21 of the Times2 pullout, on the Young Times page. Here's the link for anyone with a subscription to the site!

I am so very excited and chuffed to have been asked to be involved! I never realised it would take up so much of the page! Eep!

Outfit credits can be found here!

I did have a 'proper' tip planned today, so will try and get it up after I get back from dinner with a friend tonight.  

I'm refusing to let work, Twitter killjoys or anything else bring me down today! Have surely jinxed myself now, but will do my best to remain in this excited bubble all day.

Hope you all have a lovely day too!

Thank you all for reading the blog and my Tuesday Tips. Your comments and tweets make my day, y'know. 

♥